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The Brussels Post, 1908-8-27, Page 7+)7+et+Ktaate- 7+)e -e +3 +areatee 7+3 i at-eit e•nee'a:i+)ef (4-):(+i f}32 ti4 is I< dirk 1` � Housc of Mystery OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE elf+101101+)7 +i7+37+)tf+'.,.E' +'57:4 +:(40+ :f4f +4k+A+# '1..)x1+• (+):E CHAPTER K:LI.—(Cont'd). ality, had been swept away and ef- faced for ever. "Have I often visited Heaton — my own place?" I inquired, turning suddenly to Gedge. t( la Not since ce Y our marriage, , I be- lieve," lieve," he answered. "You have always entertained some curious ,course, it seemed impossible that dislike towards the pisco. I went ome I, hie meter, should know nothing 1)7usinosse with your once toi s agent, and thought it a nice, charming old House," "Aye, and so' it is," I sighed, re- membering the youthful days I had spent there long ago. All the year round was sunshine then, with the most ravishing snow -drifts in win- ter, and ice that sparkled in the sun so brilliantly that it seemed al• most as jolly and frolicsome as the sunniest of sunlit streams, dancing and shimmering over the pebbles all through the cloudless summer. Did it ever rain in those old days long ago? Why, yes; and what splendid times I used to have on those occasions—toffee-making in the schoolroom, or watching old Dixon, the gamekeeper, cutting gunwads in the harness -room. I think I should have grown con- Iidential towards Gedge were it not that he apparently treated me as •elle whose mind was wandering. He believed, and perhaps justlyt] so, that my brain had boon injured by of the accidental blow, To him, .nf my own affairs. The ludicrous - mess of the situation was to mo en- tirely apparent, yet what could I •do to avert it? By careful questions I endenvore-1 to obtain from him some facts re- garding my past. "You told me," I said, "that I have many friends, Among them are there any persons named An- son?" "Anson?" he repeated reflective- ly, "No, I've never heard the name." "Or Hickman ?" He shook his head. "I lived once in Essex Street, :Strand," I said. "Have I been to those chambers during the time— the five years you have been in my service1'' "Never, to my knowledge." "Have I ever visited a house, The Moltons, in Kensington?" "I think not," he responded. "Curious t Very curious!" I ob- served, thinking deeply of the :graceful, dark -eyed Mabel whom 1 had loved six years before, and who was now lost to me for ever, "Among my friends is there a pian named Doyle?" I inquired, af- ter a pause. "Doyle ? Do you mean Mr. Rich- ard Doyle the war correspondent?" "Certainly," I cried excitedly. "Is he book?" "He is one of your friends, and has often visited here," Gedge re- plied. "What is his address? I'll wire -to him at once." "He's in Egypt. Ho left Lon- don last March, and has not yet returned." I drew a long breath. Dick had evidently recovered from fever in India, and was still my best friend, .although I had no knowledge of it. What, I wondered, had been my .actions in those six years of uncon- sciousness? Mine were indeed strange thoughts at that momenta Of all that had been told me I was unable to account for anything. 1: stood stunned, confounded, petri- fied. For knowledge of what had tran- spired during those intervening years, or of my own career and ac- tions during that period I had to rely upon the statements of others. My mind during all that time, it appeared, had been a perfect blank, incapable of receiving any impres- sion whatsoever. Nevertheless when I came to •consider how Nevertheless, had in so marvel- lous a manner established a repu- tation in the City, and had amassed the sunt now lying ab my bankers', I reflected that I could not have accomplished that without the ex- ercise of considerable tact and mental capacity. I must, after all have retained shrewd senses, but they had evidently been those of my other self—the self who had lived and moved as husband of that woman who called herself Mrs. Heaton. "Tell me," I said, addressing e ray life d marrio an gedgo agi, .has been a happy one?" He looked at me inquiringly. "Tell me the truth," I urged. "Don't cenceal anything from me, for I intend to get at the bottom of this mystery." "Well," he said, with consider- able hesitation, scarcely what one might call happy, I think." • "Ah, I understand," I said. "I know from your tone that you sym- pathize with me, Gedge." He nodded without replying, Strange that I had never known this man until an hour ago, and yet I had grown so oonfidenbirl with him. He seemed to be the only person who could present to me the plaintruth. Those six lost years were utter- ly puzzling. I was as one returned from the grave to find his world vanished, , and all things changed, I tried to reflect, to sem some ray of light throbgh the darkness of that lost period, but to me it seem - rat utterly inexistent. Those years, if I had really lived them, had melt- ed away and left no trace behind, The events of any life prior to that eventful night when I had dined et The Boltons had no affinity to those of the present, I had ceased to be my old self, and by some inexplic- able transition, mysterious and un- heard of, I had; while retaining my mane, become, an entirely different man, Sixp recious years of golden youth had vanished in a single tight, All My ideals, ell my love, al, my Igoe ,'beiy, try veto,' penton - myself fttteely"inns life of belisiv ing anything. The - whole - thing weaned shadowy and unreal. ,And yet the feats remained that. I was still alive, standing thorn in that comfortable room, rn pollees. Mon of all my faculties, both men tal and physical, an entirely dif- ferent person to my old self, wiTh six years of any past last and uu• accountable. Beyond the lawn the shadow of the great trees looked cool and in- viting, therefore I went forth, wan- dering heedlessly across the spaci- ous park, my mind full of thoughts of that fateful night when I had fallen among that strange company and of Mabel, the woman I had loved so fondly and devotedly, Sweet were the recollection that came back to me. How charming she had seemed to me as wo had lingered hand-in-hand on our walks across the Park and Kensington musical her how soft and Gardens, voice, hw full of tenderness her eyes! How idyllic is was �' h dark Y k`tig t our love I She had surely read my undeclared passion. She had known the great secret in my heart. Nevertheless, all had changed, In a woman's life half' a dozen years is a long time, for she may develop from girl to matron in that space. The worst aspect of the affair pre• aented itself to me. I had, iu all probability, left her without utter ing a word of farewell, and she— ori her part—had, no doubt, ac- cepted some other suitor. What more natural, indeed, than she should have married1 That thought held me rigid. Again, as I strolled on beneath the rustling elms which led straight away in a wide old avenue towards where a distant village church stood, a prominent figure in the landscape, there recurred to me vi• yid recollections of that last night of my old self --of the astounding discovery I had made in the draw- ing -room at The Boltons. How was I to account for that. I paused and glanced around up- on the view. All was quiet and peaceful there in the mid-day sun- light. Behind me stood the great white facade of Denbury; before a little to the right, lay a small vil- lage with its white cottages—the village of Littleham, I afterwards discovered—and to the left white cliffs and the blue stretch of the English Channel gleamed through the greenery. From the avenue I turned and wandered down a by-path to a stile, and there I rested, in full uninter- rupted view of the open sea. Deep below was a cove—Littleham Cove, it proved to be—and there, under shelter of the cliffs, a couple 11 yachts were riding gaily at anchor, while far away upon the clear ho- rizon a dark smoke -trail showed time track of a steamer outward bound. (To be Continued,) And I had entertained a marked dislike to the place 1 All my tastes and ideas during those blank years had apparently become inverted. I had lived and enjoyed a world ex- actly opposite to my own—the world of sordid money -snaking and the glaring display of riches. I had, in a word, aped the gentleman. There was a small circular mir- ror in the library, and before it I stood, marking every line upon my face, the incredible impress of for- gotten years. "It is amazing, incredible I" I cried, heartsick with desire to pe- netrate the veil of mystery that en- shrouded that long period of un- consciousness. "All that you have told me, Gedge, is absolutely be- yond belief, There must be some mistake. It is impossible that six years can have passed without my knowledge:" "I think," he said, "that, after all, Britten's advice should be fol- lowed. You are evidently not your- self to -day, and rest will probably restore your mental power to its proper calibre. "Bah 1' I shouted angrily. "You still believe I'm mad. I tell you I'm not. I'll prove to you that I'm not." "Well," lie remarked quite calm- ly, "no sane man could be utterly ignoranb of his own life. It doesn't stand to reason that he could." "I tell you I'm quite as sane as you are," I cried. "Yet I've been utterly unconscious- these six whole years." "Nobody will believe you," "But 1 swear it to be true," I protested, "Since the moment when consciousness left me in that house in Chelsea I have been as one dead." • He laughed inoreduously. The slightly confidential tone in which I had spoken had apparently in- duced him to treat me with indiff- erence. This aroused my wrath. I was in no mood to argue whether or not I was responsible for my ma - tions. "A man surely can't be -uncon- scious, while at the same time he transacts business and lives as gai- ly as you live," he laughed. "Then you impute that all I've said is untrue, and is due merely I'm a trifle dement- ed, fact that eh?" "Britten has said that you are suffering from a fit of temporary derangement, and that you will re- cover after perfect rest." "Then, by taking me around this house, showing me those books, ant explaining all to me you've merely been humoring me as you would a harmless lunatic 1" I cried furi- ously. "You don't believe what I say, that I'm perfectly in my right mind, therefore leave me. I have no further use for your presence, and prefer to be alone," I added harshly. "Very well, he answered, rasher piqued; "if you wish I,11, of coo: se, $ "Yes o; and don't return till I send Ifo' you. Understand that 1 I'm in no humor to be foo.e;l, or told thet I'm a lunatic." Ho shrugged his shoulders, and Muttering some words I did not catch,..turnod and left the library. tii,iii; Elie BclilatbianlMig, we lead' our 'first' experience of e, vertical mooed- ing current of air which pushed the airship strongly upwards, and would necessarily bring our journey to an end if its force could not be rudders we ware table, in spite of the disturbing force, to keep the ship at ilia right level. Soon the narrow streets of ehatthensen. aro below us, with high gabled houses. Wo see men and women rush out to look up at us. gradually massed together in crowds. The roof's of the houses be- come black with people. Handker- chiefs appear everywhere, and shouts reach our oars even through the rattle of our motors. NO PROBLEMS OF TRANSIT "The fall of the Rhine, impassable and unchangeable obstacle to navi- gation, presents no difficulty to us, the surface Problems of transit on of the earth have ceased to exist for us in the air. Wo swerve to the southeast, crossing the plain to- wards the Swiss mountains. We are passing above shouting, tumultuous villages which send up to us from every point a greeting without envy. The railway below us reaches the mountains and disappears in a tun- nel, looking like an earthworm from height. The rudders send us up- wards, slowly and majestically; our ship at a steep angle climbs the side of a precipice, and note that we throw no ballast overboard. Paral- lel with the railway tunnel we cross over the mountains at a height of some thousand yards, and descend again at the point where the tunnel energes. REACHED LUCERNE. "Shortly after midday we reached Lucerne, facing Pilatus and the Rigi surface of the Bernese Oberland. As we pass over the lake the little steamers are full of shouting people. The streets and quays are black with tumultubus insects. "Hitherto the flight has been with, or at least not against, the wind ; now we meet manoeuvre dif- ferently. We approach a corner where the lake narrows, and here for the first time we notice how the strength of the wind changes in mountains. "But the mountain gate is short, and soon we are beyond it—our di- rection the Lake of Zurich. To reach this we must pass over the range of Horgan, through which the St. Gothard railway tunnels. Again we ascend to an immense height and must light against a strong northeast wind over the pass. JOURNEY IN AN AIRSHIP TWELVE YOURS IN THE AIR WITH COUNT ZEPPELIN, Few Over Towns and Mountains iu All Conditions and ' D irections. liere is a striking story of what one sees and feels like on a twelve- hour journey in an airship. Till this year no man in the world's history was able to write such a story, because no man had ever made such a twelve=hour jour- ney till Count Zeppelin and his friends did it .ori July 1, travelling from Constance to Zurich. Among those in the ship was Dr. H. Horgesell, and he has written the following article describing his jour- ney for The Woche. The London Evening News translates this his- torio document thus:— HOW THEY STARTED. CHAPTER XXII, Ho is a faint-hearted creature indeed who, while struggling alo,lg sorne dark lane of life, cannot, at least intermittently, extrace some comfort to himself from the thought thet the turn mast 801ne ab last— the turn which, presumably, troll 'ring him out upon the well -me :al led high -reed' of happy content- ment, Ido not know that I was exact ly feintlleertcd. The mystery f all had so stunned me that I felt "Uolleague and friend of count .Zeppelin for many years, I accom- panied him on that twelve -horn's' journey in his airship, the longest journey that has ever been taken in an airship, through the Swiss moun- tains, that is to say,' over a district wh'ch pteeents the greatest difficul- ties of navigation. "My place was in the front gon- dola w`iere the control of steering machinery takes place. In that car there were eight people—the Count, the chief engineer, myself, two steersmen, who formerly belonged In the Hinder gondola were three mochar.ics also, and in the so-called saloon, which is plated between the two gondolas, sat a well-known noleli.t friend of the Count, "Seven minutes and the ship mov- ed out of its floating hall and back- ed rapidly towards Constance. ..In tweuty minutes we wore above the town, listening to the shouts of the. entire populace. We lett the city and hurried onwards. Below us lay the rich territories that had been the scene of so many great events in European history. We passed over this country at a speed of some sixty kilometers in the hoar, but at last the Rhine valley began to narrow, and: we approached a dlilinit and interesting part of the journey, the navigation of the airship in moun- tain valleys.. • el A V "GATED Truitt MO U el TA 1N S. "As we swung round One moue- food for the shop. THROUGH GORGE TO ZURICH. "For the airship the pass is made more difficult by a high tableland down wlticli a narrow gorge runs. t s . pass, this gorge we m r t p , and here navigation is especially in- teresting, for in it the masses of air crowd together in a new and strong- er current, which flows onwards and thus tends to prevent the rising of the ship. Ali ten minutes to two we had passed the apex, and the view of the Lake of Zurich was before us. The descent, was as difficult as the as- cent. The wind was still strong against us, and now it was no long- er a descending but an ascending current. Our height -rudders aim- ed downwards, and at last we rest- ed over Zurich, 11 you want to thoroughly enjoy your vacation don't for- get to take along a sripply of TRiSCUIT--The Dainty Shredded 'Wheat Wafer, Nutritious and appetizing, Try it with butter, cheese or fruits. ALWAYS ROWDY TO SERY2-60W by A'1 Grocer•O: 1011 011 THE FARNL � of hemp -seed will not be too much. In the mayn Linseed moil be given same proportion mixed with other meals, but it is not necessary to give this when bemp-seed is being pro- vided, LOOKS DO NOT ALWAYS COUNT CHEAP PRODUCTION OF PORK, Ina great many things, looks, or the appearance of a thing counts for a very great deal. The surrounding and outside appearanee of a cheese factory or creamery count for much. An untidy and slovenly appearance gives a difterent impression from that produced by neatness and good taste. So in a great many things, looks count for much, and the cheese and butter maker should see to it that the factories present a neat and attractive appearance, both in- side and out. One of the things in which looks don't count is in the milk cans, cream cans, milk pails, .etc. A milk pail rinsed out in water after milk- ing may look clean, while it may be far from being in that condition. There may be minute particles of dirt left in the seams of that pail.. where innumerable bacteria will propagate, and be ready to operate on the fresh milk at the next milk- ing time, ho with milk and cream cans. At many cheese factories the sour whey is returned to the patron in the milk cans. Upon the whey being emptied, the can niay be mere- ly washed out with cold or luke- warm water, and may present a clean appearance, so far as looks go. But it is far from clean, and cannot be considered as clean until it is thoroughly washed with boiling hot water, and placed in the sunlight to dry. So with the factory utensils. Butter makers often make the mis- take of thinking the churn clean, be- eause it looks that way. But if left without a thorough cleaning and scalding after each churning bad flavors may develop. and cause in- jury to the butter. The patron supplying milk to a cheese factory or cream to a cream- ery, and both the cheese and butter maker cannot, therefore, depend up- on looks alone. They must make sono that everything is clean. Half way washing will not do. Thorough washing and scalding are necessary in every ease. It is the unseen things, they call bacteria, cannot be harm. 'These little infinitesimal things, they call bacteria, canoe be se'Stt. 1f they could no one would have them lurking around in milk pails, milk cans, churns and vats to work their own sweet will. For this reason more than looks is re- quired in cleaning all dairy unten- ails. A medium must be used that -will reach these unseen things, and put them out of business, and that medium is plenty, of scalaing hot water. It will penetrate into all the cracks and crevices, and leave the utensils sweet and pure, 'as well as clean in appearance. If everyone who handles milk in any way could be made to realize this, and to act upon it, what a re- volution in the quality of our dairy products would be effected. Olean milk handled in clean utensils re- mains clean if properly kept, and as- sures cheese and butter of the high- est quality being made, z he dairy- manmustmust gope re looks. A box of butter may look good, and also a cheese, d'nd looks count for a great deal, too, with those. But both may be far from being of prime quality. There must be something more than this, and that 'something can be attained by strict attention to cleanliness aU along the line. BACK AGAIN. "At half -past five we caught sight once more of the broad surface of Lake Uonstance. In the evening sun the immense floating hall, which is the home of our ship, shone clear- ly, inviting us homeward; but we re- sisted. We turned the nose of the ship eastward in order to keep our promise to run another point of the Rhine Valley. "At twenty-six minutes past eight the ears touched the surface of the water; the precise moment at which we had left it that morning. In our journey of twelve hours we had flown over towns and mountains in innumerable conditions and direc- tions. Wo had passed frontiers of many cities, always masters of our ship, always lords of the flowing ocean air, and conquerors," ZEPPELIN LIN Elie?. "It is announced that the new Zeppelin Airship Company, which is to maintain a regular service of 'liners' between Berlin and the leading continental cities, will have a capital of between X400,000 and X500,000, the Krupp firm being heavily interested," says The Ob- server. ".Other capitalists are ac- tively pushing forward the organiz- ation of a league to carry on an agitation for a mighty `Imperial air fleet' of both airships and • aero- planes, and to operate them, on their own account by means of a small annual subscription," DOGS HAVE EAST TIME. Dogs• in Mohammedan countries have great freedom, not because Mohammedans love them more, but because it is impious to kill or Mo- lest an animal, however mean, that Allah lets live. But there is no bitterer insult than to call it Mos- lem a dog. "The Swims Family Robinson" is not admitted at the Turkish custom house bemuse lt tells shout si dog named Turk, You would think that their master had said, "Feed my giraffes, by the way some preachers pisco the The man who has nob provided a clover field for his sows and pigs to run in from now on through the summer, has no business raising hogs," says a farmer writing to The Indiana Farmer. The profit in hog production comes from making the greatest gains from the pasture and not when the hogs are put on grain feed. There should be no let-up in crowding the pigs. If the sows have been properly bandied, they can stand heavy feeding while the pigs are sucking. Turn out the sows with their litters. See that they have a good water supply but let them live in clover now for a couple of months, If you have not clover for them, provide rape instead. It will be well to provide some rape for them at any rate as it will be very acceptable later on. • SNAKE LAY ON MAN'S BBEA.ST. Soldier's Terrible Experience With Deadly Lanoehead. The Paris Eclair tells a blood- curdling serpent story, the scene of which was the Island of Martinique, and the dramatis personage Aer- geant Legrand and Private Durand and the snake—a deadly lancehead. The. soldier had been punished with a night in the cells for some trivial offence, but as the night was very hot the sergeant had left the door open. In the morning at five o'clock, Legrand went to take his prisoner, and to his horror beheld a lance -head snake coiled up and fast asleep on the man's breast. The sergeant did not lose bis pres- ence of mind. He stole noiselessly away, ran to the guardroom, and, followed by all the men on duty, returned to the cell with a bowl of milk and a tin whistle. Placing the bowl of milk at the entrance to the cell, .the sergeant began to play "The Blue Danube." It is needless to remark that the weakness of the lance -head is milk end music. The serpent, which was a six-foot speci- men, awoke, glided from the sol- dier's body towards the bowl; but it had no sooner buried its head in its beloved drink than ten cudgels descended on it with terrific force, killing it outright. The soldier Durand, who was in a swoon, was taken to the hospital, where he lay for many days on the verge of madness. He finally recov- ered, and related his horrible ex- periences ; how he had awoke in the middle of the night, as the serpent was coiling itself on his 'bare breast, and how he had lain there in an agony for hours, not daring to move a muscle. Durand was sent back to France as soon as he had aufficiontly recov- ered. The only trace of his terrible experience, adds the Eclair, is that Ins hair is now snow-white. P— lerialelakeftee-H-Imeriekleteleieleal rt? t Fashion t Hints. FADS AND FANCIES. Bats trim some French hats. The round veil has been resurrco- ted. All guimpes are transparent and deep, The openwork stocking has had its day. Pink is greatly affected by young girls. Nearly every shoe is some shade of tan. Qills of queer shapes abound in iraibhnery, Gored skirts the early fall. The since T princess s bathing suits. The "all around the head' pom- padour is obsolete. Even the Panama is adorned with ribbon rosettes. Straw trimming marks the latest note in embroidery. Rajah and tussore gowns are trimmed with pale calors. A blend of yellow and purple is a fancy of the moment. Coats are fanciful in cut as well as in their trimming. Lace trims everything from lin- gerie frocks to the tailormades. Some of the latest hats suggest a large embroidered doily. White serge is the material par excellence for wear at the shore. Embroidered filet net is appear- ing on many of the handsomest gowns. Polka dots adorn nearly every- thing and the newest are the large dots. A variation of sash provides for it contrasting color of lining. Tulle plaitings finishiug the tops cf high collars are increasing in size. There is a touch of color in lin- gerie waists, but it must be delicate and simple. for arepredicted0r mode rules a 1 'mon les g FEEDING FOR FEATHER G1SU W Tel The growth of feather 18 not often taken into consideration in feeding young stook and moulting liens, al- though much can be done, to assist old birds ata critical time by pro- viding some food of an oily charac- ter. Among the best feather-forne- ing foods are hemp -sod, linseed, aid sunflower seeds. The last-named is tot generally known to be so use ful, but we can strongly roeommend all gardening poultry -keepers to grow a crop of sun•flowors, the heads of which are generally ripe about moulting time, and the seeds can easily be beaten. oub. 1,.ee for n'opel:U a of one-eighth part of holeP -seed, with other gravis, given to young stock be- tween the ages of four and a half and seven months, will greatly assist in growing the new feathers, and for FORTUNES IN APPLE GROWING Tasmania is 'Described as the Fruit -Growers' Paradise. Thousands to -day are making fortunes in the cultivation of the apple in far -away Tasmania. The island may well be describ- ed as the fruit -growers' paradise. An expert agriculturist with a ten- acre orchard can not only make a good income in a healthy occupa- tion amid ideal surroundings, but find at the and of the season a very substantial balance at his bank. It is in the Huon district, s0 named from the river of that name which flows through it, where the finest apple orchards are to be found. Curiously enough, it is very rare to find one man owning an or- chard more than fifty or sixty acres in extent. The majority of them range from fifteen to thirty acres, while a ten -acre orchard is regard- ed as ample size, and five or six acres of good orchard land is con- sidered quite enough to keep a fare - lie in comfort. There are two orchards owned by two Scotsmen. They went out some few years ago, purchased the land at the modest sum of $2.50 per acre from the Government, cleared it, and planted apple trees upon it. Last year both of them netted over $'1,500 apiece, entirely out of the sale of apples. Many a man, if he manages his ten acres of land pro- perly, can make $2,000 or $3,000 profit at the end -of the season. Some men are now making as much as $5,000 a year from their 'ten- acre patches. The result is that some 10,000 people in the island are now grow- ing apples, yet they cannot supply the demand. The sawmills in the colony could not turnout enough all the s last season to pack boxes apples that were grown. The prin- cipal reason why the colonists are making nice little fortunes out of their apples is because the fruit has now captured the British markets. Ie required twenty. -seven large steamers to carry the quantity tak- en by Great Britain last season, The value of the industry to the col- ony is not leas than $1,280,000. IRON DUKE IN FRANCE. French Teacher Gave Ideas of Mili- tary Tactics to Virellingion. Both as a lad and as a young offi- cer the Duke of Wellington studied military tactics and strategy at An- gers, in France, and it was there that he had the advantage of "sib •ting at the feat of" one of the great- est masters of scientific warfare who ever lived, Vanden -tram Wellington himself is recorded to have said that he owed the idea of forming a square of infantry to resist cavalry to his French teacher, The formation had been tried in the eighteenth century by the Aus- trian -Leopold regiment at Villers- Cotterets, Franco, but our looth Hussars broke the square. The French used it in 1812 at Salamanca, when again it failed, before the charge of the English Dragoon Guards. It was essentially a forma - time only serviceable with the steadiest troops. The Iron Duke saw its merits, knew he had the right miterial,.and at Waterloo, it was the British square, Vandamme's idea, which rolled back the Imperial Guard and broke the power of Napoleon. Prudenee is a good form o£ pray old birds in the moult, a fourth part or for Providence. • BIRDS THAT DECEIVE. "All birds are not so innocent as they would seem," says a natural- ist. "Take, for instenCe, the goose. Most people have heard a goose hiss when threatened by danger. Well, that is trick, on the birds part. In past ages, when the mo= they goose was sitting on her, nest among the reeds, she somehow learned thae this aetiet' made' her head and neck simulate a melte. So ii formai a fine defence. "Tho lapwing is another deceiver, If you approach her nest, she will net up a dismal outcry, and run back- ward and forward, trailing ono wing on the ground, as though it were broken. Thinking to pick her up, you follow, Thus she lures you away from her young. In tunes of drought the thrush ants a lie. IIe svill beat upon the ground with his claws like a dancer. By this lie 11A111 es the eartlrta'ertrts think it is rating, tTtI they come, and then the wily thrush dims 1ptturiously.'