The Brussels Post, 1921-12-8, Page 6The Kingdom of
The Blind
By E. PHILLa•Ps OPPENHEIM.
been:held names, The Premier held
out his hand,
"Good evening, Major Thomson,"
he began, "Pleas, sit eleven send join
us for et moment,"
Thomson was a little surprised at
the gathering -
"You'll forgive Ply suggesting that
this is likely to be a .marked spot toe
night,", be said.
The Premier smiled.
"Weil, you could scarcely expect us
to hide, could you, Major Thomson?"
he remarked, "In any naso, there is
not one of ue who is net prepared to`
share what the other citizens of Yana
den have to ease. The eountry"for
the women and ehitdren, if you please.
We gather, sir, that it is chiefly,
through you that we are in the for-
tunate position of being prepared, to
night"
"It was through my action in a
matter which I understand has been
subjected to a great deal of criti-
cism," Thomsen replied,
"I admit it frankly," the statesman
acknowledged, "That particular mat-
ter, the matter of your censorship of
.a certain letter, has been the subject
of a grave and earnest conference
here between us all. We decided to
send for you. We telephoned first of
,....,,IN,...,...a. all to the Chief but he told ne that
you were entirely head of your de-
al.—.., a pertinent and responsible to no one,
(Col ) that you had 'been -!forgive me—'a
CHAPTER XXXIV.—(Cont'd,) "But they may have warned him— brilIiant success, and that it was his
Thomson bowed• some personal friend may have done intention to interfere in no possible
"Perhaps I maybe able to indulge it," she persisted. "He is a man with way with any course you chose to'
you presently," observed, "Sinew world-wide friends and world-wide titatutch to ire when that
hwentrntoted as
bim,
you have failed to persuade Miss Con- connections."
simply furious because you had re
yers to leave London Captain Gran- "Then why didn't he bring the P
et, he went on, turning towards the warning straight to the Admiralty?" O thane whose eo arson nciencetis free
latter, "may I ask what your own Thomson argued.
If he were a pa- from censorship."
movements are likelyto be?" triode Englishman, do you think that „
„ any other course was aper to him? What can I do for you, gentle.
"Yoe
may
tare no was b epassionatencern of It won't do, Geraldine. I know more me/noon soked.
"Listenhto us while we put a matter
yours• ," about Cal
Captain Granet than am go- to you from a common-sense point of
Shall
h' elements S
tellyou at this mom ,
"They are, unfortunate;y;" Thom- we e e dview,' Mr. Gordon Jones begged. "You
son retorted, "my ver.- intimate con- wo leave that subject . Can't we er see who we are, We are those upon
cern. This, you wilt remember, is something to persuade your mother
to take you a little way from town? whose shoulders rests chiefly the task'
your ri+hth day of grace. It is rat You ought to take Olive, for instance. of ruling this country, I want to tell
my desire that you should sutler un- We don't want a panic, but there is moyou that we have tome to an tinnni-
out
Iumight ly for remind ur ma ethattunder l bet
ro reason why you shouldn't tell any heumo al s decision.
the actual n�guilt gofbSiz''
circumstance:, it is a little eamprorrt- of your friends quietly." Alfred Anselman. How far he may
Meg. No, don't interrupt mel We The door was suddenly opened. The have been eoncerned in plotting with
understand one another, I am qutle Admiral put his head im our country's enemies es a matter
sure." "Sorry!" he apologized. "I thought which we may know in the future,
Granet had taken a step back- I heard that young Granet was here" but for the present --well, let's make
wards. His face for a moment was' "Ile has been and gone, father," a simple matter of it—we want him
blenched. hi' lips opened hut closed Geraldine told him, "You'd better seetleft alone."
again without spee, h Them -ter avn wasvhat you can do with father„ shel i
"You wish him to continue in bis
watering him ^lastly adde3, turning to Thomson. ;present high position?” Thomson said
•Preeise,y, he het on. "Fru have -What's wrong, eh? What's wrong? I slowly,—"a man who is convicted of
guessed t}, truth. 1 tau s" e, W. have What's wrong?" the Admiral domande:having treasonable correspondence
been able %hie the Met few hours, ed. !with our enemy?"
den le to le th .t verynt-re,tire mea- "The fact is. Sir Seymour," Thom- "We wish him left alone," Mr. Gore
sage wL eh rc telicl your erele „me 'seri explained, "we've had notice—not don Jones continued earnestly, "not
little time ...oro." exactly notice, but we've decoded a; for his own sake but for ours. When
G,,,,.,,'nc, I en ilder m, nt iner-r!,+. Bret dispatch which gives us reason' the time comes, dater onr it may be
Gran" t ; almost stupetled silenceto believe that a Zeppelin raid will be possible for us to deal with him. To -
:metre I
o-eretre,I tr minae her. `attempted on London during the next,day, no words of mine could explain
"}T 2,;a....es It wi rr; ,sus she twenty-fiur hours, I came round to' to you his exact utility. He has a
erre' '1 4'-- tali ( .a :n trouble try and indaee Geraldine to have you' finger upon the money -markets of the
1.c . h c.:; Ler,. m warn me ail m-cve away until the thing's over. I world. He has wealth, great wealth,!
.1 rum • lie hr.,, rat said a "I'll he damned if I do!" the Ad -•and commands great wealth in every
sw •r, .it *.' }leg me to do down',miral grunted. "What, sneak off and city. Frankly, this man as an open
int, Oa. to -night." t,
ea.e fire or six million others who enemy to -day timid, bring more harm
4e ' it, Lee 1 cy•e'1 you to do that." haven't had the tip, to see all the fun? upon us than if any neutral Power you
T$ n:. et real. : c este:, he is ono of Not 1! If what you say is true, Thom- could name were to join the Tripe
these m aaceeee fee; who have leen son,—and I am going straight back • Alliance. Remember, • too, Major
,rorn.e,: that t:. •:night or to -morrow to the Admiralty,—I shall find my Thomson, that there may be „van-
enornier is the tame selected for the way on to one of the air stations my- tagesto us in this waiting attitude.
Zeppelin real rah London of 'e ;ieh we self, and the women man stay at home Since your warning, his letters oar
hart heard r•, ranch. Ohl he knows and get ready to be useful." be admitted to censorship. You have
all anent it and his untie, and a great, Geraldine passed her hand through the control of a great staff of military
many of the tui' is they have gather- her father's arm, detectives; the resources of Scotland
n 1 r
rYard, too,areat youre
t, t. Thrall 17 h service. Have
ed ge her Th , I a e safe enough; "That's the sort of people we are,"
at Reigate: Come, Captain Granet, she laughed, turning to Thomson. "All him atced day and night, his let -
what have you to say about it?" ! the same, Hugh, it was very nice of ters opened his every movement fol-
Granet drew himself up. He look-' you to come," she added. "I couldn't lowed, but don't provoke him to open
ed every inch a soldier, and, curiously: see us scuttling away into the country, enmity. We don't want him in the
enough. he seemed in his bearing and; you know. I shall go round and per- Tower. The scandal and shock of it!
attitude to be respecting the higher; suede Olive to stay with me. I am would do us enormous harm, apart
rank by v' which Th had1 . from the terrible financial panic which
r virtue of hr Thomson, expecting to return to Boulogne al
spoken. I most at once, to the hospital there, to would ensue. We will see to it that
"To -morrow as you have reminded; bring some more wounded back. I he does no further mischief than he
mm, is my tenth day. sir," he said. "I may get a little practice here." may already have done. We make an
shall report myself at your office at; Thomson picked up his hat. appeal to you, all of us here to -night.
nine o'clock. Good-bye. Miss Conyers' "Well," he said quietly, "I cannot Be guided entirely by us in this mat -
I hope that even though I have failed,400mplain of your decision, After all, ter. You have rendered the country
Major Thomson mapersuadeyouto it"great service byour discovery. Ren-
whatId
Y is exactly expected. y ry
change your mind;' He made his adieux and departed. der it a greater one, Major Thomson,
Be left the room. Geraldine was so The Admiral sniffed as he glanced by keeping that discovery secret."
amazed that she made no movement!efter lima I will not make conditions with
towards ringing the bell. She turned' "Very good chap, Thomson,' he re- yon;' Thomson replied gravely. "I
instead towards Thomson. 'marked, "but he doesn't quite under- will say at once that 3 am perfectly
"What does it mean? You must. stand. I bet you that fine young fel- willing to yield to your judgment in
tell me!" sheeinsisted. "I am not al low Granet would never have suggest- this matter. In return I ask some -
child." ed onr running away like frightened thing. I have more ,serious charges
"It means that what I have told! sheep! Come along, my dear, we'll still to bring against Sir •• Alfred's
you all along is the truth; Thomson ! go and dine." nephew. Will you leave the matter of
,replied earnestly. "You thought, Ger- dealing with this young man in my
eldine, that I was narrow and suspi- hands?"
cions. -I had powers and an office and "With pleasure," the : Premier
responsibilities, too, which you knew ing Thomson was awakened by a tight agreed, "I think, gentleman," he adds
nothing of. That young than who has ed looking around the table, "that we
touch upon his shoulder. He sprang
just left the room is in the pay of up from the coach -upon which he had neegd not detain Major Thomson any
"What Sire le hie Alfred Alele*" n?" she thrown himself. Ambrose was stand: lonbusiness to finish.er? We "
have still a little
exclaimed. Are you mad, Hugh?" (To be continued.)
"Not in the least," he assured her. y
"These are bald facts/' dressed.
Coal In Australia.
"But Sir Alfred Anselment Ile has Coal -has been •found in every Aus-
tralian state, the deposits of New
South Wates and Queensland being
the largest and best.
Minard's Liniment for Colds, etc,
CHAPTER XXXV.
About three o'doek the next morn-
ingover him. He was still in his
room at the War Office,and full
"Mr. Gordon Jones has rung up
done such wonderful things for the an
from Downing Street, air," he an.Prime
They all say that he ought stereea Theyswe ,s with owtheyou i£ ,lull
to have been in they Cabinet. Hugh, stepp across;"
you can't be serious." " "'ll go at once," Thomson agreed,—
I am so far serious," Thomson de-
clared
e- "just sponge my eyes and have a
clydgrimly,to an a
a e"that hour owe
succeedd in ecoding a message from brushvup. Nothing else fresh, Ana
st
Holland to Sir Alfred Anselman, ad- biose .
"Nothing at all, sir," the young
We • a him to leave London means. man replied. "All the newspapers in
We are guessing what that means. London have rung up hut of course
We may be right and we may bebeg we have net answered any of them.
youwto leave hell tity forttwenty-four You'll be careful outside, please?
There isn't a single light anywhere,
hours. I find Granet on the same
errand." and the streets are like pitch. A man
tried to use an electric torch on the
other side Of the way just now, and
they shot him. There's a double line
of sentries all round from Whitehall
corner."
"No flares hie time, eh?" Thomson
muttered. "All right, Ambrose, I
think I can feel My way there,"
Ile descended into the street but
for a few moments he found himself
hopelessly at sea. So far as he could
see there was no light nor any glim-
mer of one. He reached the corner
of the street like a blind many by
tapping the kerbstone with his cane,
Arrived here, he stood for a moment
in the middle of the road, bareheaded,
There was not a breath of wind any-
where, He made his way carefully
down towards Downing Street, Meet-
ing few people, and Still obliged to
grope rather than walk, Along Down,.
mg Street he made Itis way by the
railings and rang the 'Hell at last at
the Premier's housm, He was shown
at once into the council room. The
four or five men who were seated.
around a table, and who looked up at
LSU Ne, 4S '21
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motive, or leads a forlorn hope into
battle.—Josh Billings.
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Can Your Surplus Meat. chickens dressed and cut up, as if for
There is a-tondeney in.enanyefarmf frying,
then separate
the
`m at, pack -
homer: to Beast' on meat •during Dee
cember,•January and February and to s1 nel oihher Jars with witbark white e n eat and
some• extent fast, „far as •fresh . meat
eter
is concerned, during the other menthe on when wanted for soup, all that le
of the year, This is not at all me,' necessary is to open a jar of necks,
sary, if some of the meat it canned, wings, etc, The white meat aan be
when animals are killed on tfie+ferm:' used for salads, creamed chicken and
Canning meat is as easy as canning sandwiches. ` The dark meat is baked
vegetables and the preemie is the ter used in various other ways, Thua
familiar cold pack method whkb beryl you have just the part of the chicken
housekeepers already us
needed for the ,dish you are making,
The'work is quicldy and easily done Chicken can be packed in pint or quart
by means of a steam pressure cooker, jars, depending upon the size of the
and not so quickly, but still well don,, family, Half pint jars are a convert-
in `a steam 'cooker; lacking these, lent size for chicken• which is to be
it is quite possible to can with the used for sandwiches,
equipment which is found in .•Query After packing meat in the jar, place
home. All that is needed is a wash- the rubber and lid on the jar, IP the
boiler, a rack that fits in the bottom
of the 'boiler, airtight jars and new
elastic rubbers. A canning rack with
handles is a great convenience but a
home-made one made of strips of
wood nailed together will servo nicely,
If the rack does. not have handles, a
jar lifter will save• time and possibly
burned fingers,
Before beginning tS can, see that
you have new rubber rings which will
stretch without breaking and which
can be bent back sharply without
showing any signs of holes or of
erackin'g. Test the rings before buy-
ing can unless
and do not attemptto
good Tinge can be bought. The jars
that are used must be clean and tested
to see that they are air -tight. The
simplest way of testing is to put some
water in the jar (which has a rubber
ring on it), eerew or clamp down the
lid tightlly, invert the jar and shake.
If even the least bit of water comes
from around the top, the jar is not
air -tight. If the jar which leaks is
a bail jar, tighten the bail; if it is
a screw-top jar, try a different lid
make the
until one is found that will
jar air -tight. Jars for cold pack can-
ning do not need to be sterilized, but
should be filled with warm water and
emptied just .before being used, so
that they will not break when they are
filled,
Free the meat from bones and cut
it in pieces of such size that they
will go into the jars easily. The meat
may 'be packed raw in the jars and
have boiling water poured over it or
it may be •boiled, fried or roasted,
packed in the jar while hot and have
the hot fat or meat juice which has
been used in cooking, or hot water
poured over it. The meat is more
easily sterilized if it is not cut too
thick. Gravy may be made of the
fat before it is poured over the meat,
but the meat should never be sifted
with or rolled in flour before it is
cooked,as the flour may form a coat -
y
ing that will prevent the thorough
sterilization of the meat. One tea-
spoonful of salt should be added to
each quart of mat, unless the meat
is cooked with sufficient salt before
thejar,Celery leaves,
iti• u intoe 0
s t
P
rY
other seasonin s
onion, pepperor g may
be added at this time if desired.
When canning chicken have the
jar used is'"a screw-top jar, screw it
down tightly and loosen by turning
back not more than half an inch, so
that enough• steam man escape to keep.
the jar from. tweaking. If using a
glass -top jar with a ,bail, do not clamp
down the lower 'bail until the jar is
removed from the boiler or the jar
will break.
If the work must be done without a
steam pressure cooker, place the jars
in the wash -boiler or in asail of hot
water on a rack which holds them up
from the bottom about one inch. To
prevent the jars from breaking, have.
the water intheboileraboutthe same
temperature as the jar; and do tot
plunge the jar in the water, but put
it in gradually, The water should
cover the jars about an inch. Put the
lid on the wash -boiler, or if a pail
has been used cover it tightly.
After the water has reached the
boiling point, begin counting the time
and sterilize for from three and one-
half to four hours. Sterilize four hours
if the meat has been put in the jar
raw, or has been cooked only long
enough to brown, and sterilize
three
h 1hours if th
and one a f the meat has m
been pariflally cooked.
When removing the jars from the
o er e care u no o p ace 0m n
a draft. Clamp down the hail on the
glass -top jars or tighten" the lid eon
the screw-top jars as tightly as pos-
itsible as soon as taken from the boiler.'
it is possible to tighten the lid of a
screw-top jar after 1t is cool; but this
should not be done, as it breaks the'
seal formed by the lid withthe hot
rubber. Jars should not be opened to
refill with hot water or gravy after
they -are sterilized. The meat will
keep even though there is an air space,
in the jar, because the air in the jar
has been sterilized just as the meat.
has been and can not contain any
bacteria which will cause the meat to
spoil.
Hem, sausage, pork chops, pork'
tenderloin, pork roast, beefsteak, meat
for beef etew, veal or chicken, ground
meat for sandwiches or hash, rabbit,
squirrel, lamb chops, or lamb for stew
are all •possibilities for meat canning
and will prove a boon to the house=
keeper on her busiest days,
when
In -
expected company comes or when
meat is needed for the day's meals'
and a trip can not be made to town.
inventor's "Fool -Proof"
Railway.
Strange tricks as inventors have
played in the past, surely there was
never one more remarkable than that
perpetuated by an Australian. Bat al-
though it seems like a trick, it is real-
ly a great invention.
For a long time Mr. Angus has-been
experimenting with steam engines,
and at last he has succeeded in pro-
ducing the "fool-proot" railway. Al-
though the liability to error is not
avoided, error is rendered completely
harmless.
Electricity is the secret of this in-
vention. The engine is stopped auto-
matically when another engine is on
the same line, Collisions are render-
ed impgssible, and, in the event of any-
thing happening to the driver, the only'
effect is a temporary cessation of
traffic.
A few simple coils attached to the
engine two Melees above the rail do
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n the rails at this lune
wire Qin s c
g j
i
time A small box of electrical fittings
is outside the boiler, and a compact
magnet under the hand of the driver.
Bleotrical sympathy between engine
and rail prevents the brakes from go-
ing on and steam being shut off. Di-
rectly that sympathy is broken the
brakes are applied automatically and
steam is shut off. This sympathy
must bo broken if another engine is
on the same section of line or if the
line is broken in any way.
The System has been installed in
Sweden and Is to tomo into active use
in Great Britain almost immediately.
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In this clock the quarter-hour chimes•
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the months and the signs of the
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STEERING SQA...
:BY STARLIGHT
ANTARCTIC WINTER NOT
ENTIRELY DARK AND
DREARY,
The Gallant "Quest" Will be
Aided. by Lights We Never
See in This Latitude,
Shackleton and his brave equipped
-
ono may not:aster all, experience such
a dark and drearywinter as moat pee.
Pie imagine,, ag
Although the sun's light will be.
withdrawn ,for a greater Or lesser
length of time, a000rding to .the lati-
tude in which the explorers are lo-
cated, the brilliance and duration of
the moonlight, -for one thing; should
make oonaidarabie amends for its loss.'
Shackleton'a old chef, the late Cap-
tain Scott, for example, tells us how
at laid -winter (Tune 23rd) "the full,
moon, high in the heavens; flooded the
snow with its white, pure lighi"wltllst
"overhead a myriad stars irradiated
the heavens;" and "the pale_shafts of
the aurora australis grew and waned
la• the southern sky."
The moon, Captain Soott further re-
lates,•greatly favored the Disovery exe
pedition by being full when at its most
southerly decilinetion.
Starlight should" be another import-
ant means of relieving ,.the darkness
i to the h c e-
tion hiS ak1
of the Antarctic
g
tonlans. It ig perhaps act widely
realized that the very large majority
of the most brilliant stars are either
in the Southeru Hemisphere or visible
from the Antartic regions.
Nature's Lamp -tight.
The three brtgbtest—Sirlus (the
Dog Star), Canopus, and Alpha Cele
Merl—are all south of the Equator;
indeed, the two last mentioned are so
far south that they never appear
above our horizon at alt. The Dog
Star is, of course, a familiar ob eco t
o
ever
ybody in cttr latitudes during. the
winter ntonth5,
No small amount of I:lamination,
too, should he derived from the Ina•
jestic zone cf "star dujt'h wbicb gird.
les rheentire firmament, and whist is
most generally known in this country
by the name or the Milky Way.
Its brilliance is caltahtle very mare -
ed with us, but fu the South Polar re,•
gfons it shines with u :-plendor of
which we Northerners aro gait, isnot,
aur. Tho famous Southern Crass • Is
seen partly projeted a; ainet the Milky
Way.
Then the Magellanic Clonds — two
brilliant, luminous patches whloli look
as if they had broken loose from the
Milky \Vay--slhouid be another sou-ce
of illumination. They are so immense•
ly remote that OM' 024111 universe 0i
stars would appear Hite one of them
if •te a Pro r ell
• d to .
v w d n ib same is neQ
Yet their brillieuco is such that ellen
near the horizon In the tropics they
have been mistaken by travellers for
a far -alt prairie or forest lire.
There are also luminous clouds of
another kind -which uigbt help to miti-
gSgate the gloom of the long h
ni t.
These, 'however, are in our atmos-
phere, perhaps thirty or forty miles
high.
The "Merry Dancers."
They aro supposed
to be of electri-
cal
tri-
cal
origin, and aro brighter at some
times- than at others. However, they
are quite capable of giving a glow to
their region et the heavens.
• To what -extent the aurora mistrials
will illumine the darkness is uncer-
tain. Some Antarctic explorers have
expressed themselves as altogether
disappointed with the display of this
counterpart of our aurora boreotis or
"merry dancers,' or "Northern lights,'
as it is variously known to us.
The aurora ustralis it seems to me,
varies iu brilliance In the sante •1411'
as does oar aurora boeralis- This
variation la regulated, presumably, by
the electrical condition of the higher
regions of the atmosphere.
When, far instance, there is unusual
activity on the sun, the auroral ells -
play is often more brilliant than when
the sun is comparatively quiet.
It is intorestiitg to note, in tate re-
gard, that the sun's quiet time will
coincide with Shackloton's sojourn in
ritat'ottc.
the.
DisA plays of some degree of intensity
are sure to be witnessed by members
of the expedition, and, likely as not,
the auroral stremers will "sometimes
have a reddish or greenish hue. The
effect of this itght on the froeen
wastes of the Antarctic ehouid be
grand in the extreme.
The Straight Road,
There
aro roads that pass through
5741131.001•,
And ways that seem sublime.
,There are paths than lead o'er Vale
cs 02000,
Ohl saroiclei siiiee Mau 'know tune.I1.
Yet sinoe the first alar travelled
With his laughter, or his Caro,
The sira,tght road was the great roan;,
Ws the sltortust distance therm,
We :yearn *Mimes for new roads,
Por a short cut o'er tate way,
And sometimes weep whoa pathsare
• atop—
Our path of life today,
Yet since the first man travelled,
Sueeoss was t :ar, Aomewh0Ye.
And the straight lifo was tate groat
itfe,
It's the sltort"st dtslonro ten
e