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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1921-9-29, Page 2The Kingdom of The Blind 13y biz Main OPPEN I✓Ill4. *"'"" """'" (Oovrigle od) Sir Alfred frowned u'„lttly. "Notating tory meek," he etad. ' At the same tan*, there are a Minot hull - tatter of a tbamge which I dont laird. With celrtatn et.s:e ensu here M the top of the tree, it way perfectly easy for the to carry out any schemes whtvhh 1 thcught neternaty. During the 1arst few weeks, ha ierer there Me been n Outage. Nominally, things are the <une. Actue.iy, 1 seem to find arnether hand at work, nnothtr haml whish worker with the censorship, too, One of my very trusted agents in Harwich made the einghtert eltp iI'a other day. A few week- ago, he meal either have been finea'4wem'ty pounds or internal. De you know what'hnppcned to hint en Wed'needay? Of cadres you don't, 1 -Ie was arrested at one o'aback and shot in half an beer, Then you saw the paspers this morning? All dealings between here end e certain Mae spot we know o£ have been stopped witheet a .moment's warning. I am cwmpelled to pone In several most interesting schemes," "Nothing for me, I suppose?" Gran - et asked, a little nervously. Sir Alfred looked at him. "Not ,for the moment," be replied, "but there well be very soon, Take hold of yourself, Ronnie. Dent Look down- Wards so much. You end I are walk- ing in the clouds, It is elettost as bad' to falter as to slip. Confess --you've been afraid." "I have," Granet admitted, "not afraid of death but alra'id of What might follow upon di'rcovery. I am half inclined, if just one thing in the world came my way, to Sail for New York to -morrow anti start again," "When these friars •conte to you," Sir Alfred continual slowly, "consider rue. I run a greater risk then you. There are threads from ibis office stretching to many corners of England, to many corners of America, to most cities of Europe. If a man with brains should seize upon any one of them, he might. follow it backwards --even here," Sir Alfred touched his chest for a moment. Then his hand dropped to his side and he proceeded. "For twenty-eight years I have rule ed the money-rnarkete of the world. No Cabinet Council is held in this country at which my influence is not represented. The Ministers come to see me one by one for help and advice. gr I represeatt the third eat force of war, and thereisn't a single member of the present Government who doesn't look upon he as the most important person in the country. Yet I, too, hove enemies, Ronnie. There is the halfpenny Press. They'd give a mil- lion for the chance that may come any day. They'd print my d'owndalxl' in blacker lines than the declaration of They'd shriek over my runt Etyttbpals of Later Ciminero. "You esoeped all right, Pm glad to Captain Granet callsupon iliousleor see?" Guiilot'''at the 'Wain Hotel and gives "They got Collate," Granet eats, him a document from the Kaiser et-; dropping his vooee almost to a with, - faring France a separate peace, The per. "Tie was shot try my aide, They plot is discovered, Conyers sinks two oaught me, too. I've been 10 a few eubesarfnea. Granet is commissioned tight corners but nothing tighter than by his mole, Sir Alfred Anselman, to that, alrbo do you tattle was sent down destroy the new sub detector, made hy. from, the War Office to hold an 'in Sir Mayville Worth of Norfolk:. When qui Thermion -4W fellow Tl1om- e dda ing upon Isabel Worth he mis- scull' taken by the inventor for the captain The banker frowned, of the guard and shown the mortal- "Do you mean the titan who is the lotus invention. At midnight, with his head of the hospitals?" accomplice, Collins, he lights a flare"Supposoti to be," Granet airaworod to guide a Zeppelin, Next day he is g'riml'y, "£ am beginning to wonder- summoned to the Hall and questioned Tell me you haven't heard anything by Thomson. 15011)01 Worth• comes to about linm, have you?" haat reozue with a faire explanation of "Not a word," $tr Alfred replied. Geanet's presence at Bentham Hall. "Willy should I?" "Nothing except that I have an un - CHAPTER XXIV. comfortable feeding about him," Gran - Mr, Gordon Jones roar to his feat, et went on. "I wish I felt sure that It lud been tee iuterc-ttne, in fame he wits just what he professes b be, renpec'ts a momentous interview. Ho He is the one math who seems to sus glanced around the plain but hand- poet me, If it hadn't =been for Isabel tamely furnished office, a room which Worth, I was done for Linished— Iso.rayed no feeevidences of the dawn at that wretched hole. He had weed -flung power of its owner. me where I couldn't move. The girl "After all, Sir Alfred," he remarked,: lied and got me out of it." rattling, "I ant not sure that it is Sir Alfred drummed for a moment Downing ,Stra &, .z'ivh vulva. We tea:with his fingers upon the table. touch cur Means Sul move armies' "I am net cure that these rusks are an•'l ate:•ehiu: re ass the faze ef the','oath while foe you, Ronnie," no said. earth. You pelt ereto your tearer, The young man shrugged his shoul- age your name, and you can strike a'r'ms, Itis fire certainly seent:d to blow as deadly as any we cal con -•have grown thienex during the last Ce:vC •, !fee 'Says. The beaker smiled. I Sena mind it so muoh abroad," • 1 . t , • l -e ''tankful, then," he im 1, hr ,.d ':red, "It some a different, "Cat to powers we wield are limed thirg there, somehow. But over here, to?ether in the great cause," `it's all wrong' it's the atmosphere, I, Mr. (torsion Jones hesitated. ;suppose. And that fellow Thomson' ,tears m' teh thins I know, are little to S. things, you. Sir Alfred," he continued, "but at the same time. I want you to believe that his Majesty's Government will not be unmindf'u•I of your help at this 301' Lure. To speak of rewards at such a time is perhaps premature. I know that ordinary Honors do not ap- peal to you, yet it has been suggestel to nee' by a certain person that I should assure you of the country's gratitude. eofit. ••hi f—I m sur ib e "Is there any reason for ill -feeling between you two?" the banker in- quired. Granet nodded. "You've hit it, sir," "Miss Conyers, eft?" The young man's face underwent a sudden chsnge. "Yes," he confessed. "If I hadn't begun this, if I hadn't gone so far In plain words, there is nothing you into it abet no other course was p may ask for whish it would not be our sibte, I think that I should have been pleasure and privilege to 'give yam" ' content tofbl just what I seem to be— Sir Alfred bowed slightly. beeau,e o er there Ronald, Sometimes T feel one "Yee are very kind)" he said. 'Sir Alfred leaned back in• his chair,. , "Later cn, perhaps, one may reflect. He was looking at his nephew as a shiver a little. Sometimes I have to At pre ant there some to be only one man of science might have looked at• stretch out my arm and brush too stern duty benne us, and for that one some interesting specimen. curious an inquirer into the pane 'Well," he sand., ee suppose you where curiosity, ends. I sit and watch neck no reward." and I am weld served. There are men The two men parted. Sir Alfred rose 'simply confirm the experience of the from the easy ctatr in front of his ages, but, frankly, you amaze me. You this morning at Beckingham Palate desk and 'hrew himse:f into the easy- are moving amongst the big places of with a V.C. pinned upon their breast chair whi..h his guest hal been eernpy. life, you are with those 'who are mak- who faced dangers for ten minutes ing. A ray of city arm=band found its ing history, and you would be content less than I face day and night: way through the tangle of tall build- to give the whole thing up. For what? Granet rose to his feet. logs on the other tele of the street,' You would become a ooznmonplace, "For a moment, he exclaimed, lay in a zigzag ro h aorta his strata, ewe'y-going young animal of a British had forgotten. ... Tell me, he add tend touch: l the firm lines of his soldier, for the sake of the affection ed, with sudden vigor, "what have w thoughtful tam. He eat there, slowly of a good-looking, well -Sired, common done it for? You made your me and tapping the sides of the hair with Place British young woman. I don't name in England, you were Eton his pu:igy finger.,. Sa a greet soldier understand you, Ronald You have the Ceders. Why is it that when the might have rat, following one, the pro- blood of empire -makers in your veins. giant struggle comes it should be Ger geres of his armies in different cam.; Your education and environment have many who calls even to me? tries, , •stoning to the roar of their developed an outward resemblance to Sir Alfred held out his hand. H' guns, watching their advance, their the thing you profess to be, but be- eyhad' caught the clock, faltering, =their success and their hind•—d'on's you feel the grip of the "Ronnie," he said, `have you ev failures. Sir Alfred's vision was in a other things?" wondered' why in a flock of shed sense mare anal, in many ways more "I feel them, right enough," Granet every lamb knows its mother? Ger comp',irated, yet it, too, had its drama.• replied. "I have felt them for the last many was the mother of our stock tic .,.,Z If looked at the money- seven or eight years. But I am feel -Birth, life, and education count fo when the great days con when the mother voice speaks; It isn. that we are false to England, itis that we are true to our own You must ge now, Ronnie! I have an appointment. Granet walked out to the street little dazed, and called for a taxi. "I suppose that must be it," he shut iim teredi do hself. (To be continued.) h - I e e His waT, with a more brazen -throated triumph even than they would greet the her- alds of peace. And the threads are er p or t a markets of the world, he saw exchang- ing something else, too, something es 1185 anal fall, Ee saw in the dim which I dare say you never felt, some - vista. no khaki -clad army with flashing thing which I have never quite be- bayonets, but a long, thin line of i lieved in." back -coated men with sallow faces,, Sir Alfred leaned back in his chair. ohitcltng their money -bags. ( let a way," he admitted, "this is There was a knock at the door and disappointing. You are right. I have his secretary entered. 1 never felt the call 'of those other "Captain Granet hes been here for things. When I was a young man, I seine time, air," he announced softly. I was frivolous sdmuply when I felt no The hanker came back to the pies- alined to turn from the big things:. of Sob He woke up, indeed, with a little life for purposes of relaxation. Whoa start lan alliance was suggested to me, I "Show my nephew in at once,' he!was content to aooept it, but thank directed. "I shall be engaged with lam' heavens I have been Oriental enough for at least a quarter of an hoard to keep women in my life where they Kindly go around to the Bank of Eng- belong." I am disappointed In you, Ronnie. The young man shrugged his shoul- ders. "1"I haven't flinched'," he said. "No, but the soft epot's there," was the grim reply. "However, let that go. Tell me why you Dame up? Wasn't it better bo have stayed down at Bran - castor for a little longer?" In. Bring your chair up to my sides "Perhaps,:' his nephew assented. ea. That is one of niy'tieaf moiutin'gs." "My arm came on a little rocky and Granet silently bayed. Sir Alfred I had to chuck golf. Apart from that glanced armlet the mom. There was I won't altogether corlifortable about no possible hiding »tarn, not the things at Market Burnham. I dial land and arrange an interview with Mr. Williams for three o'clock this of ternodm. ' This clerk silently withdirew. Granet entered, a few minutes later. The !banker greeted him pleasantly. "Well, Ronnie," he acclaimed, "I thought that you were going to be down in Norfolk for ' a 'tveekt Come slightest chance of toeing overheard. What about it, Ronnie?" "We did our share," Granet answer- ed, "Conrad Was theta at the Dotnhy Muse Club. We got the signal and we lit the flare. Day came down to ,within two or three-liundred feet, aiid they must have Mown twenty botnibs at loas+t. They damaged the sited' but missed; tlliie workshop. The house oaught fire, but they managed to put that stair:' obliged to tell Thomson that I saw nothing of Col'ans that night, but they know at the Dormy House Olub that he ebarted with me in his car amebas never'beea heard of erode. Then there was the young woman." "Saved you by a lie, didn't eke?" the ibanker remarked. "That may be awkward later on." "I'm sick' of my awn affairs," Gran et declared gloomily; "Is there any thing fresit up here at ell?" eel rf� F + ,• * T'hereare rtnire than' RAMC +I ' 15O'b anndc of:bak�n ; aandAKIiYff ,"{‘,, P o-tl�der in Canada,,� :powrnf its• tile fact, that' there is. mole: �I IIIM cfrf.' 'MAGIC BARING POWDER / id "\ ares than all the other combined sht;iw% why Mac ; 3aitjifg Powder 'is known da a Caluas 1)1124't ' baking-pos4''clerL.• ' �s ' t taNtrAINS NiALUM kasOa s Rubber. Columbus reported that he found natives ot Haiti playing with balls that bounced, which is the first reference to rubber or caoutchouc. Priestly, the English chemist, erased Iead•penoii marks with the substance and called it rubber. Mackintosh, a canny Scat, in 1828 dissolved some rubber in naph- tha and spread the solution on a slab to dry. He then fastened a rubberized sheet between two pieces of fabric and 90 introduced the nate oat to the Worlt. But most important, Goodyear let some- of a rubber -and -sulphur mix- ture tall on the lid of a hot stove and noted with amazement that it harden- ed without melting, He had discover ed that It was possible to vulcanize rubber, a process that makes it no longer sensitive to the changes of the season sand increases its strength and elastatty. Keep MInard's Liniment in the house. British Made Broader by War. The chlet examiner of the Board of Education .says that the wer seems• to have brought not only a wider view, but increased earnestaese in men's minds toward protesstohol training, Bays a London despatch. In every Ob- ject under examination there is a marked upward tendency, he says. The men Who served in the war have ea conaelonsnedss of t i a greater the s gnifi• once of history and the pa'Wer of knowledge, AFul-- go Robert came lin from school one at- ternoon wheeling his bicycle, What has Happenea tb your hip eyele?" hitt Mettler inquired, "OIi," said Robert, "the tire is puna. emend.'" "Yeti Metter pofletnred, my boy," eind his mother, "Well, at any rate,' sold Robert with oonvtetfon, "I came to a full stop" . IF you are out all day in the cold, keep41 warm by wearing �'r a3TC 7LN IELD'S "Red Label" Underwear It is heady wool'undeirwear ---thick enough to protect you against the piercing cold—easy and comfortable because so carefully made. . We make all weights suitable for men, women and children. Send for free sample book. STANFIELD'S LIMITED Truro, N. S. ol)a, di wit Making the Moat of Meat. The high cost of meant, even to the producers of mtisait, makes the carefu'I housewife seek ways and means of snaking the daily meat ration go as fes as possible. Then, too, the great 'agitation on the subject of health that bels brought to even i!he most careless people the knowledge that less meat and more fruits and vegetables will prolong life and make the individual snore comfortable and efficient while he does live, has had' its effect on the cooking in all progressive homes. Forty or fifty years ago it was com- mon to have three or more kinds of meat on the table, and .too much of each kind, but nowadays people know better. My grandmother always said thatanher day people would have been "mort'Red to death," her own expression, if they had not served chicken and ham and beef to guests at the same meal; There are certain vegetables and. breads and deserts that will help out short 'supplies of meat, and make the poorer pieces appetizing. Por example, if hash must be served, or croquettes, to use up the remains of a roast or odds and ends of steak, there is flee large suet puddingg well, stuffed with raisins will melte up for an deficien- cies, and the poorer meat will be quite cheerfully eaten. In the same way a rioh mince pie will help out a scanty portion of either beef or pork and will supply the needed nourishment for a hard melees', particularly if served hot. Indeed, the country housekeeper should always have a supply of rich mince meat canned in order to help out scanty meals, for there is nothing better liked than ,tibia dessert by men folks. Dumplings are the mainstay of the housekeeper who economizes ors 'riot, and a elate seoond is the rich biscuit oast of meat pies. Chicken with dumplings goes twice es far as plain chicken, and' chicken pig with raeh gravy is a most economical dish for the farm. Use a fat bid hen seek melte plenty of rich gravy and the chicken will hardly be touched as the family will enjoy the dumplings or the•teider light brown crust more wttb•the gravy than they do the meat Beef' stew with dumplings, or beef pie, win help out when an extra number of people are to be sewed. A hemi bone with a niee supply of lean meat clinging toit will furnish the barrier for a nice potpie or the ham can be cooked, removed from the 'bone and, eked out with a small quantity of potato in a nice meat pie. Eggs aro also handy to help out and a very emiawa• posttest of boon or ham can be made to go a long 'way eerved on the salts platter wtbh eggs delicately browned in the ham *singe. A good substantial surlad Miade of hard boated eggs ori loth= leaven anal served with 'a good dre.+Ss'lrlg will furn- ish bho necessary nourishment pn days when the meat is not plentiful, oe the Earl cooloed eggs can be cut in halves and deviled. Eggs in any form are 300 MILE BIZEAKEY Th 'add car' dealer who otawa ro may rnh instead of tar><ln what they are McMcUSED AUTOS i m actually to etoote, bd� nabon t Percy Dreakey 4 02 TORONTO T Mention this paper. Issas No. 88—'¢i. welcome, and they are really dhoaper and better than se much meat. Warm breads are also great savers, A pan of light rotas served with but- ter and honey er syrup will -5o fila hungry men, or women eater, that they forget to eat meat end, potatoes. A waren, sugary cinnamon loaf served not as a d'ess'ert, but as a bread at dinner or supper will also take the place of meat. Sugar siipplies energy as well as meat, aced ell people like it. General ly speaking, hot bread is not so wholesome as that which is: twenty - painful filters is ovally little or no ewe'",t lig, The child may be feverish ansa disinclioied to play, but it does not seem to ase iii, and its mother is dikaly to attribute the alight pains to fatigue, or to th'sna of thein perhaps as agree/ink pa'ro, '' The muscles that are usually affected are either those of the neck and the ohoulders or those at the back of the thigh or in the calf of the leg. When the child feels pain in Sts neek and sthouldors, its mother 18 Among the Late guests at Ar gnon, likely to think it has a "stiff nook"; now released: was Baron von Scble When pain is in the thighs or legs, the staedt, who was arrested' on Septette mother is likely to conclude that it has ber 26. 1914, sit the bead of an enemy been running or jumping too much. patrol in the Forest ot Fcntainebleav In either case she has made' a serious`` twenty-two days after Cie German re mistake. t treat from the Marne. His preaeuci Occaeicnal'ly rheumatism in a child! there was a mystere IIe was accuser appears to be merely an attack of of robbing ami pilla,l: g while armed tonsilitis. SoraoLinses the physician. Gibers were Coma rntnwiiz. cn Who should be called whenever a child whore property to Villar :Mesta twen compIalnts even far a day- cr two of, ty-five Polo were slim recently: 11e10 NINETY GENS STILL IN FRANCE SOLDIERS RETAINED IN FRENCH PRISONS, Guilty of Various Offences, , Haid Cheerful Quarters* joy Preferential Treatment.. Not so long ego there were eonatdme% able hundred* of German soldlent (a France, Today there ore suet nfnet4, and these members of the Iaiser"tt former armies romatu bepause theta are he +are In Safi, Ot these forty-one ar t kept in the military p81800 at AvIggnot4.. In the South' of Prance. Others cull scattered- about various.' parts of Prance on voluntary labor assign. tents. • Friends and relatives in Germany of the dwindled military force on Frenclt. soil are conaiantly active for the re: lease pt the prisoners before the ex. Mention ot their sentences, and Ger. man newspapers reeenly charged that they were "martyrs," with the wrath of France upon them, undergoing ter. cable privations In daxup and unhealthy holes. Enjoy Many. Favors. An tnveetigatinn of the etetus ot German prisoners at Avignon, which is a typical jail for enemy offenders, iu. dicates that they stilt enjoy preferen- tial treatment, and their only cone plaint Is their "lost liberty." Not many months ago several Gerillana of note were still among the prisoners. On account of the 'Teuton "guostt" the French governmentcharged the category of the Avignon penitentiary in order that the praetors amnia en. joy favors not ordinarily tendered to Inmates of French penitentiaries, They were allowed with thin comes. sion, t0 receive rations of food In ex- cess ot the Freneb .army allotment provided by their keepers, dud percale, , books, tobacco and dainties from friends at home. Their quarters, ac cording to the resent investigation, are light and cheerful, four hours old, but onoo in e, while it paha tether in its museles cr in its' rice lattattiorat grandson cif G inert does no harm to serve it. Hot baking joints, is helped in making a correct: Arden c military carrenpa.idss:t of ria powder biscuits are at welcome dish diiagno-is,by finding little nodules be-i"Ilerline Tag Matt": Dr. Rollin. dire - summer and winter, and they will help neath the skin nor the sinew-. thea tor at the medical client at auntie; s out any kind of neat that seems ins knees, the ankles, alba finger joints or; Prussian lieutenant pained Israel, can auffieient for the farm workers. Hot the opine. They are little fibrous bails; tented for heruitte inhabited It,u:•ca. toast served with milk or poached that may arise from Mlles' oaisea, but, and Lleuterta0t Avia'ur £Brener, telt eggs makes a nice change from the that are most cmostiy the rostra of Mated amc=ng Drawers for his clx;tin om inevitable meat dish at breakfast or rheumatism, Chorea, or 'St. Vituss aCY in tefnslrg to rebate French et. supper. dance, if it follows such slight pains, racers. Dishes made with cheese are also as we have described, eonr..iusnvely4 Germans Misrepresent Conditions. good stubstitutea for meat. Cheese proves the preserve of rheumatisno Officials in charge of Avignon. de. noodles, macaroni wish oheess, (tiueese But by that time the heart has prob-+ nied ibat their charges had been billy sandwiches, creamed hot potatoes with ?ably been effected. 1 treated, and, on rue other ]rand, ven- cheese, and other similar dishier will The treatment of rheumatism fail Lured that the government has order. always prove appetizing. The milk and childreni's mainly sinned at preventing? ed treatment which is, if anything, too cheese used in their composition take 'heart disease. For that purpose the, lenient. They sited that 200 prisoners the place of meat and are reelly bet- ter for workers in hot weather than so much meat. Even cheese and bread and butter served plentifarily go a long way toward reconciling men mind w'o- enon to less meat, and cottage cheese rich lar fat is to be had on every farm. Pies, doughnuts, crullers and rich etiolates take the place of meat also. A quarter section of fine berry pie looks better to the average man than anything else, aid when topped with a doughnut or two, fresh and good, the meatllieas mesa we'll pass without eon- meat. Rich fruit cake, "Dutch cake," nilade by fllsng a loaf of 'bread' dough with sugar, raisins, currants and a sprinkling of spice, apple dumplings with rich milk, peach pudding, berry shortcake with cream, and dozens .of other hearty sweets, win make up for the absence -af meat or will smooth over the leftovers, azul hash and neat balls so necessary to use up the scrape in every home, Then, on days when a plentiful aup$y of meat is served, n cheap dessert can be Peed and things evenly balanced. It takes careful planning to balance the meals and keep tired help weal fed and contented, but it pays, Wheo tberg tett growing children to be condi deres it is necessary to pro- vide snotty of milk, fruit and, vege- tables with good bread and butter; and only a moderate amount of meat, To le no mean task to fted poopio well at as shall coat ee possible rro the business women in the kitchen can feel sure she is serving, her country well when she mattes the moat of tubi' her supplies, no matter whether deli or polor, Rhettniatlam in Children. Elven in an 'adult acute Intlammetoty rheumatism at a serious matter, but in child itIs all n ro ay da g'0 us, be - use likelyt the heart, pa it to affoo a Moreover, the danger is insidious; the palm in the joints of an afflicted child is often so tuu'c1 NW Severe than It IS in an adult that it paws unnoticed until the diet ase has doss irreparable damage, Aitheugh flifarntnatery'rbeintakhnt iia gerpt dvous jwpasel nerand viva• o us chi:Moen email to be more subject to it than chaldron Whe aro by nataro quiet. In a mild case the dlaease set. ties 'rat'her in the enuaoles tris» in the joints, and even when the points are • most important thing for the child to have is absolute rest at bed. Its diet should be simple. Water or milk it should tape freely. The medlicinal or curative treatment is of course a mat- ter for the physician, who must ba called early. Though tho disease may cedar at any period of life, it rarely attacks a child under four years of age. M Mlnard'e Liniment used by Physicians, $ Out in the Fields. The little nares that fretted me, I lost them peeterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play, Among the lowing•ot the herds, The rustling, of the trees, Among the singing et the birds, The humming of the bees: The fooling fears of what might hap- pen. I cast them all away Among the clover scanted grass, Among the new mown hay. Among the' hushing of the corn Where the drowsy poppies nod, . Where ill thoughts die and good are born, Out in the'flelde' with God, No Wonder, District Visitor—"Welt, ono moat do something for rho Buttering poor," Friend—"But are you sure they do suffer?" District VlsItor—"Oh, yes, I visit them," t'etaterer are being paid to three million men women on a •basil tl o , wo e and chdidren by the British Ministry of Pensions. i a l 19vireatco via tie 13 ,: Don't evei'Igo , , ase at baying, Our Travellers havp the Samples, —';We iraTo the St elk, TorOa Fan '- Qoods Ce Wholesale Only, 7 Wellington 9t, H, ']brant:, held at Mignon last December did. bursed 10,000 franca to local stare, keepers for their Christmas supper, which was a gala event. An Investigator for a leading after- noon paper of Paris wrote of his visit to Avignon a few days ago "The prison at Avignon, built along the celebrated ramparts quite close t0 the Rhone, at. tho foot of the former Pope's gardens, has the legitimate re- putation of being one of the most spat ciao and modern prlsona in France. The director of the special depot of the prisoners of war allowed me to visit the cells. list even permitted .me to qustion the prisoners. 'What are the crimes the prisoners are guilty of?' I asked him. I was handed a re- gister, and read on tho emote of en- tries. 'Refusal of obedience, 'military theft' ottences against decency; 'wrecking trains; 'forgery; 'banded robberies; 'burning of houses, 'viola- tion ot graves.' "The German press and the govern- ors of the German Empire show bad grace dn. not recognizing the -criminal culpability of the prisoners ot Avig- non, vignon, kept there justly, and in .willfully pslsrepresentlag the perhaps too be. nevolent treatment' their -fellow -coup• trymen are subjected ton -'?^---- ,•o' 71111 - Septemtber Days. tl September days—September days-- �an' autumu fields aro callln', O'er woods there hangs a purple has. Au' acorns are a.tailin', Where squirrels in the trees so high, In their wee paws are boldin' The nut to eat—oh, such a treat— A sight for your beholdln`, Across the fields the Bob White:yleldl His mating tall so ebeery, Which plainly eaye his wile he shields Bythat call clear an' merry, Ere bang the punkin's golden glow 1? '11I brighten up the stubble, , Ant pies that mother Lm'(k3ir you knelt Will heath care at1' Trouble. September days, Septeniber days, Au' school bells gladly ringita", Ail' boys and girls with happy 'w », Their oases to wattle nee ntnght', Attain the huntsman's Mata so eltlt►r Will Op, th@ par be Callan, he autumn'* hero, the auktlettlla The patnted woods are emit", f!t