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The Kinkdom of
The Blind
By E. PHILLI)?S OPPENHEIM.
(Copyrighted)
in en ordinary way, see a great deal
of fighting until the whole show is
over. It may be a fine enough pan-
orama when an attack is actually
taking place, but there is nothing
very inspering in the modern, battle-
field when the living have passed
away from it-"
Geraldine shivered for a moment,
"Really, I almost wish that you
were a soldier, too," she declared.
"Yo•ur work seems to me so horribly
gruesome. Come along, you know
you are going to take me in to din -
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SYNOPSIS:
The story, written in 1916, begins
with Lady Anselman's luncheon -party
at the Ritz Hotel, London. Among the
guests are Lord Romsey, a Cabinet
Minister; Surgeon -Major Thomson,
Chief Inspector of Field Hospitals; Ms
fiancee, Geraldine Conyers; ber bro-
ther, a naval lieutenant, and his
fiancee Olive Moreton; Captain Ronald
Granet, nephew of the hostess, home
with a wounded arm. Lieut. Conyers
receives commission on a "mystery"
ship and Major Thomson decodes a
secret message from the battlefield, ner. Thsnk of something mice to say.
Lord Romseyreceives a visitor and the I really want to be amused."
canversetion reveals the Cabinet Min- "I will make a suggestion, then,"
ister's secret dealings with Germany. he remarked, as they took their places
Thomson calls at Grant's apartments "I don't know whether you will find
to disarmer whether he•knowsany it amausing, though. Why shouldn't
thing about Lore Romsey's visitor. we do lake so many of our friends, and
(leaflet denies any knowledge of the get married?"
so-catie*l American chaplain. She stared at him fora msement.
Then she laughAl heartily.
CIIAPTIiR 1'II. "Hugh," she exclaimed, "I can see
"I wonder why you don't Bee Cap through yea! You've suddenly mai,.
thin Garnet?" Geraldine asked her izeti that this is your chance to escape
fian•ee, as they stood in the (erasvins- 'a ceremony and a receptione and all
roam waibing for dinner. that tort of thing. I call it a most
"Not like hien?" Phcroson repeated.'cowardly suggestion."
"Have I really elven yea that imm "It rather appeals to me," lie per-
. premier:, ( et al diho'?" j sisted. "It may be," he added., drop -
The girl no .ed, i ping his voice a little, "because you
"Perhap. 1 ought not to say that,'; are looking particularly charming
though," me eetafa-:r::ed "You aro this evening, or it may be—"
rnavar i>ar.r uiar'iy enthusiastic stint? She looked at him curiously.
people, are S-ou?" "Go on, please," she murmured'.
One of hes very rare 5ini10S trans- "Or it may be," he repeated, "a
figurei his face. He leaned a little man's desire to be absolutely sure of
towards her. i the thing lee wants more than any -
"Net ah'aut many people, Gerald -'thing else in tee world."
ire," hr whisperol. { There was a moment's silence. As
She male a charming little grim -'though by seine curious instinct which.
see me, a „meant afterward:. sbe was: they both shared, they glanced across
scrieu•s again. I the table to where Granet had
be -"But redly," she continued, "to me come the centre of a tittle babble of
Captain Grant seems just the type. animated conversation, Geraldine
of young Englishman who is going to avertedher ales rima t once,
and
was
stave the country. He is a keen sol-elplate.
dier, clever, modest, and a wonderful' a shade of uneasiness in her manner,
epertstnan, I can't think what there You sound very serious, Hugh,"
is about him far any one to dislike,'', she observed.
Major Thmusan ganced across the f That is rather a failing of mine,
roam. in a way, he and the man"sn't it?" he replied. At any rate,
ch in
sat."
whme senseeofof the welt ordjh instinctively
even (was in, � TI'eam re rwasuanother r brief silence,
though an undeclared one, were of 1, ee
Thomewhich Gerakline was address-
'. exactly opposite types. (;rant was ec1 by her neighbor on the other side
the centre of a little group of people•
Thomson,
fancied that shwho seas zatcca ted alp
Who all seemed to be hanging upon most eagerly :the opportuMt' elf his coroversatian. He was full of spit -i version. It seas not until dinner was
its and humor, debonair, with all the!
obvious claims to popularity. Thorn -
looking,
almost over that she abandoned a
son, on the other hand, although od.=conversation into which she had
looking, even distinguished ivoile
his! thrown herself with spirit.
way, was alae t ton sunt and pale,' My littlee suggestion; Tltonsonr
His face was more the face of a reminded her, "remains unanswered."
scholar than of one interested in ort She looked down at her plate. l
anxious t, shine in the social side of I don'thail
think you are really
life. H.'s manners and his speech�emest" she said,
were alike reserved, has air aP ales a "Ami usually a farceur?" he re-
ing was apparent, hut. he •ha:l not the, piled. I think that my tendencies!
natural case or charm whicrth was - are rather' the other way. I realiyt
i m'akinr; Granet, even in those few! mean it, Gerald- Shalt we talk. about'
minutes persona rt later u this coming? '
p grata with Gerald -1 em you like," she agreed sirmply,l
, sine's rather and a little theta of, "hut somehow I believe that I would
newly -arrive:[ guests.
Mather wait. Lank at anther's a}e,,
'Al least I appreciate your point revery around the table. Clive me my,
of view," Major Th:nm„n admitted gloves, please, Hugh. Ile't't bu long.";
wwith a faint .ieh, f Thomson moved hie chair next to,
n rn ; be el" a clear eld snick,'"; his host's. Geraldrnc's father, Ad -f.
(Herr 'rine laughed."I want you to miral Sir Seymour Conyers, was a,.
like him h.naura I find him so inter.; very garrulous old gentleman with; -
: "4111'4%You .ee, as he gets to know, fixed ideas about everything, a little'•
one a little letter he doesn't seem to deaf and exceedingly fond of conver-
min I t ileng about the war. You:satlon. He proceeded to give his pre-;
ethers will scarcely say a word of spective sonar -law a detailed lecture
- , what you huvt• seen incl what is be -"concerning the mismanagement of the
in dunce out thee. 1 like to
be told l fleld hospitals at the front, and have,
thine by y ing disposed of that subject, he open-
. Keen them. lie Ira
en
ed t
pp obeten
ed a braadrside
attack
upon the .ed
' manures p
early etas evening and! p- miralty. The cast of the men showed
'tier no of esam most
slcfascinating descrip-' indications of breeking into iittie;
Basses." g near La groups. Ralph Conyers and Graney
"Yougwere elating e s n side dei
sa e
,>C engrossed
g by nesse
must remember
Thomson omson in totem, gime Mare than
bold her, that personally I do not, a a once 1
Thomson glanced taward�s them.
"With I unaerstead more about
eavar affairs," Granet sighed. "I'm a
perfect ass at any man's job but my
own. I .can't see how you ran ,seal
with submarines at 'all. The beggars
eau stay under the water es Ions as
they like, they 'use pep up and show
their heads, eel if they don't like the b
look of anything near, down they go
again. I don't see how you can get y
at them, any way,"
The young sailor smiled in a some- 1
what superior manner.
"We've a few ideas left still which
the Ges'mans haven't mopped up,” he
declared,
"Pr eo, Ile e," the Admiral cbserv-
erl, jarring in the canversation, "I con-
sider the submarine danger the great-
s F ;s"" r 1 cet to which this country has yet been
exposed. Net one but a estimt tf
.pirates, of ferocious .and conscienee•
less Huns, ooulsl have inaugurated
such a campaign."
Gornfor r"
1 you, dad, his son ex-
e-laimed,' "They're a rotten lot of
beggars, of course, although some of e
'them. have behaved, rather de�eentIy:
There's one thing," he added; eipliirtt
his posit, "there latl't et job in the
world I'd sooner take ost than hub-
nvarine hushing,"
"Every one to hie taste," Granet
renrerked geed'-+humroredly. ".Give rite
my own eoa ratty at my back, my
ertilierY wail posted, my reeexvea in
positien, the enemy not too strengiy
entren shed, and our dear old Oolaesel's
voice shouting 'At 'thein, iboysl' That's
my idea of a scalp,'
There waist a Mae murmur of syan..
pabhy, Ralph Conyers, howo'ver, his
'sugar in the corme4r of bis mouth,
smiled imperturbably,
"Sounds all right," he admitted,
"but for sheer excitement give me a
misty morning, the bows of a feetY-
•Inot destroyer cutting the sea into
:diamonds, decks cleared for eetion',
and old Leek in oilskins on the salute
—'Enemy's submarine, sir, on the
port bow, Or'
"And what ,would' you de tthen 7"
Omelet aekedb,
"See page seven Admiralty :instruc-
tions this afternoon," the other re-
sealing. "We're not barring it
sitting down, I can tell you."
The Admiral rose and pushed back
lois chair.
"I think," be said, "if you are quite
sure, ale of you, the you will, there
no more port, we should' join the
ladtesa"
They trooped out of the room to-
gebher. Thomson kept close hehenel
Railph Conyers and Captain Gaacet,
who were talking no more of sub-
nuefnes, however, but of the last bal-
let at the Empire. Geraldine came
towards them as they entered the
drawing -room
"Hugh," she begged, passing her
arm through his, "vaned you mind
playing bridge? The Milliners are
going on, and mother does miss her
rubber so. And we can tuck after-
wards, if you like," she added.
Thomson glanced across the room
to where Granet was chatting with
same other guests. Young Conyers
for the =anent was nowhere to be
seen. "I'll play, with pleasure, Geraldine,'
he assented, "'but I want to have a
word with Ralph first."
"He's at the telephone," she said.
"The Admiralty ramg up about some-
thing and he is tailrirug to them.
tell hirci, if you like, when he comes
up."
"If you'll do that," Thomson prom-
ised, "I won't keep him a minute."
The little party settled down at
their game Leery Conyers, Sir
Charles Hankies, ---a celebrated law-
yer, --another• man and Thomson. Ger-
aldine, with Olive Moreton and Caap-
tain Gramet, found a soda do a remote
corner of the room and the trio were
apparently hulking nonsense with
great success. Presently Ralph re-
appeared and joined them.
"Hugh wants to speak to you;,"
'Geraldine told him.
Ralph glanced at the little bridge -
table and made a grimace.
"Hugh can wait," he declared, as
he passed his arm through Olive's:
"This is my last eight on shore for
hearten knows how long end: I am go-
ing to take Olive off to See my photo-
graphs of the 'Scorpion.' Old Wil-
cock handed them to me out of his
drawer this afternoon."
The two young people desarppeared.
Captain Granet and Geraldine re-
mained, upon the couch, talking in low
voices. Once Thomson, when he was
dummy, crossed the room and ap-
proached them. Their• conversation
was sudktenly suspended.
"I told. Ralph," Geraldine said:, look-
ing up, "that you wanted to speak to
him, but he and Olive have gone off
somewhere. By -the -bye, Hugh," orae
went on curiously, `you didn't tell
me that you'd called on Captain, Gran -
et this evening."
"Well, it wasn't a matter of vital
importance, was it?" he answered,
snulinng. "My call, in any case, arose
from an accident."
"Major Thomson," came a voice
from the other side of the room;' "it
is your dasis"
Thomsen returned obedlently to the
bridge -table. The rubber was over a
few :minutes later and *fie little party
broke up. Thomson ,glanced around
but the room was empty.
"I think, if I may," the said, '111
go inbo the morning room and have a
whisky and soda. I dare say I'll find
the Admiral there."
Ile took his leave elf the others and
made hie way to the bachelor rooms
at the back of the house. He looked
first into the little apartment which
Geraldine claimed for her own, but
found it empty. He passed on into
the smoking -room and found all four
of the young -people gathered around
the table. They were so absorbed
hat they did not even notice his en-
trance. Ralph, with, a sheet of paper
etr'etched out before him and a pencil
ru his hand, was apparently sketching
something. By his side was Granet.
The two girls, with arm's interlocked,
were wabching intently.
"You see," Ralph Conyers explain-
ed, drawing back for a moment to
ook at the result of his labors, "this
properly worked out, scheme,cam
ri P y
k a channel route suchas• t
cep the
Folkestone to Boulogne one, for in -
tante, perfectly safe. Those black
marks are floats, and the nets—"
"One"
mome'tt Ralph," Thomson
, p,
nterrupted from the background.
They all started and turned their
heads. Thomson drew a step nearer
and 'itis hand fell upon the paper.
There was a queer look in his fare
which •Geraldine was beginning to
"Ralph, old fellow," he .?aid, "dgn't
hank me too much of en interfering
eggar, will you? I don't think even
to your dearest friend, not to the girl
ou are going to marry, to me, or to
our own mother, would I finish that
ittle drawing and description, if I
were. yeti
(To be continued.)
Serves a Purpose.
"Paddy," said an Englishman one
day, "cam you tell me why my ankle
is placed between my knee and my
foot?"
"1 don't know," Pays Paddy, "unless
It Is to keep your calf from eating
year corn."
Hoard's Liniment Rcllevee ;olds, rt&
e Your Illeke•Over Problems.
If you earn make, buy, or Morrow u
ttpsie these days, halt your make -over
problems are solved, Ear 'transform,•
ing ski nist)tes into new, there's no-
thing like a tunic, I can just see your
Met summer's cotton dresses, Med
perbage you bad a tailetut frock. There
was a certain tdghtmess e'bout them-•
wasn't there?,-whioh'when you bring
them to light today gives them an
out-of-date look. Well, don't be die
-I You ma easily change!
your tight cheek girugheen dress into
a styii•Flh, exceptionally smart frock.
Leave it just as it is, and add' a tulbic
of organdie, ;This wile give it the
new bouffant look •
The tunic should be pretty long, as
I want to have you cover up most of;
your gingham skirt. It ought to be
two yards wide, and you'll) need two
yards to anake it, Have a deep hem,
and finish it eft the waist'bhee with a
sash of the organdie. 'You'll need a
quarter of a yard for that. A�ud to
give in a Freely little touch, and to
cover Where the sash joins, make
organdie flower. These fabric flower
are particularly sesart just now, and
from the centre let a cluster of da
red Cherries dangle.
It's the style to -dray to combine dif
forent fabrics. If you think of any
that you would never dream of put-
ting together for a dress, you can Sr
sure you have hit upon the two Cha
are now considered smartest do .coin
lei -nation. Organdie is quite the rat
thing out in combination with taffeta
and fine linen and also crash is used
much with crepe de chimve.
Perhaps you are young and have
that youthful propensity of quickly
growing out of 'your clothes. Well,
:here's an idea to lengthen your skirt
and make it prettier at the same time:
Perhaps your best dress lest summer
wee taffeta—dark blue or dark brown.
You can easily make it longer by add-
ing
udd
ing inset bands of white organdie, and
piping them with some pretty shade
of satin—pink, apricot, or jade• -green
If you have a .hopeless, out-of-date
looking dress with a tight, normal
waistline, you oan ,give it a etre/fere
low waistline look with but lietle
trouble. Cut the waist off about four
dnsaes above the normal waistline,
and add an aocorelioneplaited chiffon
section and a chiffon 'sash.' Let the
plaited section come about six inches
below the narwee waist. You have
-no idea how smart your frock will
look if you do this.
A puff here and a feill'there and
you wouldn't know your last year'a
sleeves. .Mary of the sleeves of our
last summer's drosses were really un
becomingly short. A puff will add to
the length, and at the same time put
the sleeve into the fashionable class.
If your taffeta or crepe dress of a
year ago has a Inc short sleeve, an-
other graceful way of lengthening it
is to add two chiffon ruffles. To make
a long sleeve short, try a puffed under -
sleeve, finishing it at the cuff with a
band of embroiatered beading run
with ribbon velvet, A net frill will
add a touch of 'beauty and newness to
your last season's lawn blouse. The
frill may be accordion -plaited, or it
may be just .gathered to the bottom
of the collar. Trim it with a lace inset
or a narrow band o! colored organdie.
Tha flchu collars of cream net and
lace also gave a quaint pretty touch`
to a last summer's waist. A. silk
waist may have a new lease of life
given it by a pretty white organdie
collar—long, narrow collars which
reach from neck to waistline are niuoh
the vogue this Year.
Dutch Peppernuts.
Here is a reliable recipe for these
little cakes
One and one-half cups of sugar, one
cue of shortening, one cup of sour
milk and one teaspoon o8 soda (or one
cup of sweet ilk and one teaspoon
of baking powder), cure egg, one tea -II
spoon of lemon flavor, one haat tea-
spoon of nutmeg or mane, one tea-
spoon of anise eeed'or one-half tea -i
spoon of anise flavor.
Usedat ,1117LE DANGER. 10
lr ani~t s 'r ; U> ' US FROM
VETS
L ►
slaps of ati tyAke; nil Gare gate silt
oe1 10 cleavers'y up •to so0 apllae, Pi teat
RIOAKerP of same diatartce if yen wish, in air
evacg ONO sa marehamice or pnrehasa
INTERESTING BECAUSE
MYSTERIOUS.
plea refui,ded'
nlNa-timehaelc of your own choler
to boli them. over, -or eek its L10.
aepeotion. Very large stoc.- always Oil
resize dot with (hike gine, which can =at(° any, car .to city roprga tafivo
be purehasek at n drug More, Um hand.
one half pound' e`f •glue to ono gaileso ioa Sang. urease, s
Sree eay!e decd Car MaricoX
of water, Stretch the rag very tight,
faro down, an a floor to *'balls You oan
task it, Be sure that the tug 1s
straight, Scrub in the glue until it
aims. Use a broom for a large rung;
a ecrabbing brush is better for a
small rug. Aroud putting on toe
match glue at a time, Make ar seoorud
applieeblon if the first dean not seem
to give 11 the proper stiffness,
When ink is spilled on ,the floor or
furniture apply salt and ssiihes akber-
'lately, Keep it damp for a night and
a day, then wash'.o6'.and the stain cath
Ise removed,.
If your rugs or carpets ere getting
shabby, after cleaning them with e
broom, put a liebre turpentine in a
pail of hoe water and brush over the
eurfa'ces, It will hap to •brighten the
Colors.
I dip an old mop in kerosene oily
Wring it out, and work •it around each
small •space of the bead springs.
a It well save your' Brands many a
er screech, remove all dust, wed st the
same time prevent your springs from
der rusjing,
Diet' for the Middle -Aged.
Persons ,frena fifty to 'sixty years, of
age need •to be extremely careful of
e their diet, :and should out down sharp -
e by upon the proteins and unless very'
active, only a moderate amount of
est starchy and sweet dishes. should be
eaten. A liberal diet of vegetaibles,
with plenty of green salads, will keep
thein in splendid condition.
If one is inclined to be thin, drink
two or three. glasses of milk, along
with plenty of water to flush the di-
gestive tract. If overstout, eat little
or no atarohy foods, bread at least
r one. day old and this should be well
toasted to Mears freedom frown
testier(' disturban'ce.% Plenty of wweld-
cooked fruits are also: beneficial.
The ingredients should be mixed;
well and flour added to make douglit
to roll. Rall the dough a trifle thick,!
and with a floured knife cut in hall-'
inch strips, and cut these strips into
lea f dm
1
1 'rh lire .
sxi s Bake in cca i
ke
pans, and when done they will lie little
brown, puffy, nut -like squares. Some-
times instead of cutting in squares
the dough ,is molded with the Mande
1 tiny balls is ilk marbles, r
e tva bi
es and the
.e
are •
much the same as the squares to
appearance when baked.
The most important part of these
cakes is the anise seed or flavos:iii:g.
These ere old country Christmas
cakes and are merle in large quanti-
ties at holiday time. No frosting or
sugar is put on tap of the cakes,
Household Hints.
If you are sewing baneand-socket
snaps mart garment, try sewing the
bail snap en the upper piece. Your
snap will never chow then as this
pari: )pie a smooth back end then,
no
mark as the rounded back does,
Save all small pieces of toilet soap
and put ins double boiler with a mean;
quansity of boiling water. When thea
semi mats stir in all the almond meal
the mixture will take up, and pour,
into molds. This gives a good toilet;
'soap front ]eft -overs,
When a.rag curls -up at the corners
A Hopeless Case.
A Vancouver man tells of a sea;eap-
tain who, ashore, makes his home in
that city, and who bad loaned a sum
o1 money to a neighbor. The latter,
atter the loan was a, year or two old,
made no effort to pay it.
Now the captain began to look upon
the debt as a bad one raised. On one
occasion, however, upon his return
from a voyage, 5e heart, of a debt 001-
lector noted for his ability to extract
money from such delinquents. Ac-
cordingly, the captain called upon this
collector and advised him of the cir-
cumstances.
If," said the skipper, "you can "col-
lect that debt, I'll give you halt of it"
The collector promised that the
thing would be done. The captain
sailed away on another voyage, and,
on his return, sought out the collector
again. "Any success with that bill?"
he asked.
"Well," said the collector, "I•haven't'
coliected the whole of it; but I did
collect my half. He hasn't pald me a'
cent since. 1 keep after him, but ft's
just as you said when you gave me
the bill—he hasn't any conscience
about It.
Scarcely Comforting.
At a meeting of a Bible association
Shelter -Belts for Prairie
Farms. -
Several million eeedling trees and
cuttings are being sent out Es'oui the
Donatulon Verret Nursery Stations at
Indian Head and Sutberlancl, Sas•
katcliawan, this cpring, for planting
by prairie fanners as shelter -belts
about their premises. The trees are
sent out tree on condition that the
tanner prepares the ground for the
reception of the little trees and keeps
the land eulblvated 511 the trees kava
grown sufficiently' to shade the ground
and thus keep down grass end weeds.
The species of trees sent out are Mani-
toba maple, ash, poplar; and ,willow,
and the,,tree-llke shrub earagana, This
work line been ,gleam on now for about
twenty years with the a'eault that
thousands of prairie homes are sur-
rounded and sheltered by belts of
trees. lexcept for the war years the
work has shown steady increase from
year to year, and the plan has proved
so successful that it has been adopted
by several et the pro -feces and by
the United Status Department of Agri-
culture.
•
mit-
you,
writ-
ten,
Yet,
et,.
ed,
ed
yet.
The miglatleet rivers aren't spanned;
Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted,
The chances have just begun,
For the best jobs haven't been started,
The 'best work hasn't been done,
What It Would Say.
A profernor of botany was Inking a
class of girls on a woodland walk rind
was endeavoring to melte them listen
to his identifications of the trees: One
gusting maiden paused before a giant
of the forest and burbled:
"Oh, dear professor, what would this.
noble oak say if it could talk?"
,The professor took a look at the
tree. Then he refilled:
"It would say: 'I ant an elm.,"
Mlnard's Liniment error Burns. eta.
,Iapanese soldiers have increased
two inches in height on an average
since meat was included, in their ra-
tions. a
No Chance.
With doubt and distuay you are smit-
ten,
You•think there's no hance°for
sen?
Why the beat books haven't bean w
ten,
The best race hasn't been run;
The best score hasn't been made
The best song hasn't been sung,
The best tune hasn't been played
Cheer up, for the world is young
Tha best verse hasn't -been rhymed y
The best house hasn't been.planu
The highest.. peak .hasn't been`cllmb
Strange Wanderers of the
Sides Have Long Puzzles]
Astronomical Observers.
The astronomers say that Iwo corn-
ets amu now atpproaolaltig the earth, -as
and that ono of them will conte "very
near" eta in Jnue.
(toinets ars always interesting be-
cause of the mystery attaching to
them.. • Nobody knows where they
cense Et'mn, sit 09 one tatlemr imagln-
ativo,suggesUoit is that they may be
detached iragtnentc 01 the clouds of
stardust seen in distant quarters of
the heavens and called "nebulae.
The groat Kepler said tbat there
were probably more comets in the
heavens titan fishes in the sea, and
that, if we resided on one at the outer
planets—say Uranus' or' Neptune—we
might see them by thousande. But we
are, eo close to the eulr that only now
and then does one of them come with•
ie. range or our vision.
What is a comet made of? That
question- has long puzzled aatrouomt•
cal observers; Its head seems ,to be
an enormons agglomeration of meteor
to particles, possibly weighing natlllons
of toes; its tail is gas, mainly hydro
gen.
Relatively to their vast bulb, cornets
aro exceedingly light, and therefore
respond readily to the attraction of
heavenly bodies, Apparently the giant
planet Jupiter catches many of them
from outer space, drawing them into
our system, and for a while they
swing arour..d the sun in elliptical us,
bits, but sooner or later break up or
take flight into other colestial regions.
Or it may happen that one of these
strange wanderers of the skies, en-
tering -our system, passes around the
sun at et terrific rate et speed and then
departs forever, disappearing again
into the. Teed of space.
Visible In.Dayilght,
The famous comet of 1848 approach- ,
ed within a `few . trillion miles of the
sun, and was of shah brightness e,, to
be visible in broad' daylight,
The -brightness of a comet is duo
mainly to Iight reflected from the sun,
but there Is no tluestlen of the fact
that it also gives out a light of its
own, as If it were incandescent,
You cannot tell which way a comet
is travelling by observing its tail,
which always points . directly away
from rho 800. As It approaches the
sun its tail grows longer and brighter;
and one theory hold is that beat from
the sun raises tiie temperature of the
head to se high a point as to drive. elf
Part of its material in the form of gas,
thus creating ,the tail.
The gas is so diffuse that, it Is al-
leged, the entire tail of the biggutt
comet "night be Packed iu a Portman -
an onkel' told a story to Illustrate the
fact that some people need guidance
In the selection of Bible reading. This
story was a reminiscence of this ct-
flcera mission days, when a man came
to one of his meetings and told of his
efforts to comfort bis wife as she lay
upon the sickbed.
"I read to her every night," said
the man, `
"What do you read to her?" asked
the nriselon water.
"Well, sir," said the 'man, "I began
at the first chapter of the Book et
Proverbs, and when I had Welled the
book she died!"
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eomat's tail, we would net notice It
In 1770 Lexell's comet passed so
near the earth that, had It weighed
only one Dye -thousandth as much as
our planet, ft would have drawn' the
latter from Rs course suillclently to
lengthdta the year by three hours!
Tho great comet of 1811 bad a heed
ore than a million miles to diameter
d a tall I00,000,000 lnllcs long. It
renes an olliptiene path around the
n, the farthest point of which Is 40,,
0 million miles, away, and requires
or thirty centuries to accommodate
e round trip, Our descendants will
it again in 4876. This was trio
leatial visitor after which "cosset
rt" (of 1811 vintage.) was named.
Donaatf's comet, when last seen In
58, had a tallfthat stretched clear
rose the sky. The cornet of 1744
as visible for seventeen months, and
d six tails ,spread over the heavens
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What Would Happen?
We have learned not to be afraid et -
comets; yet ft will not do to be too
confident, A big one might conceiv-
ably appear out of the infinite void of
apace and strike the earth heathen.
What would tampon than?
Itwould be In effect a gigantic pro.
seethe, weighing perhaps mlllionn of
tons, and travelling a million nines an
hour. The energy of the moving mass,
almost Incalculable, would on striking
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Newcomb, a fatuous astronomer, has
written:
"At the Ilrst contact with the upper
regions of the atluos here the whole
p e wl .e
heavens would be illuminated with a
resplendence beyond that of a thous•
and suns, the sky .radiating a light
which would blind every eye that bo-
held It, and a heat which would melt
the hardest rocks."
We should be burned up. Our
platlet would become a cinder.
There Is, however', a more cheerful
view. We know nothing of the (tens!.
ty-of Um Materiel composing a Cornet's
head. .The latter may not he so very
heavy after all, 5 might be thous.
anile of times as big as the earth and
yet macro up of particles so widely ilig.
Arlbnted litai WO should pass through
it without experiencing anything worse
Chau a rather dangerous shower of
meteors,
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