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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-10-21, Page 210,Prrr. IR14§ The Green Seal Dy OHARLDS EDMONDS WALK • Author i "The Silver Blade," "The Paternester Deby," "The Time Lock," etc. NO: CHAPTER VIIL—(Cont'd). There is' nothing. more dreary or foreaken then the inside of a modern business building on a Sunday morn- ing. The elevators were not running, and we were obliged to climb the stairs to the fifth story. Struber re- mained silent until we arrived at the long marble hallway at whose far- ther end my name could be discerned in neat gilt letters on the frosted glass of the outer office door. Here he paused and sniffed the air like a hound scenting its quarry. "janitor work all done Saturday night, I s'pose?" he Leaked. "Yes," said I, beginning to tingle with an incomprehensible excitement. "Then nobody% been in your shop since last evening?" "It's not at all likely." We moved along the hall, and pre- eently Struber stepped aside to en- able me to use the key which already I had singled out on its ring. I opened the door with an acute quickening of anticipation; but no- thing out of the way met my view. Around the walls were arranged the uniform calf bindings of the bulk of my law library; the half-dozen or so leather -seated chairs were placed at precise distances about the long table that held various legal periodic- als; the typewriter desk was closed and unencumbered, save for a small vase of Japanese ware in which Miss Fax usually had flowers of some sort. In short, everything was neat and shipshape, as the place always was of a morning before the day's activi- ties disarranged it into a homelike un- tidiness. Struber had not named to dwell upon the aspect of the outer room, seeming to divine that my private room must hide whatever it was he was expecting to find. The door be- tween the two rooms stood ajar, and an exclamation from the detective, who had halted upon the threshold, brought me speedily to him. "For the love o' Mike!" he mar- velled. I peered across his shoulder and echoed his astonishment. First, I noted that my desk had been dragged to ane side, providing a wider clear space in front of the safe which stood against the wall behind it. Then I saw that the safe door stood open. A few papers were scattered over the floor. With a start, I recognized one of the small ivory boxes. It lay upside-down, its lid projecting at right angles from it. And then ape, attention became riv- eted upon a figure huddled in the semi -obscurity behind the safe door. I only had time to make out the fa- miliar blue blouse and loose flowing breeches of the Chinese coolie's at- tire in putilic, when Struber sprang forward, Ile pushed the safe door to, permitting the light to fall square- ly upon the motionless form over which he stooped. A long low whistle escaped him. He reached down and caught the end of the braided queue and gave it a jerk. Ile jerked harder; the thing came away in his hand. "This is no Chink," he announced in a brittle tone, standing upright and looking from the dangling queue in his hand to the denuded poll. I stared in wonder. A small circu- lar space at the top of the man's head, where the queue had been fas- tened by means of some sort of ad- hesive, disclosed an area of close - cropped gray hair. The face was 1 hidden in the hollow of one arm; the , knees were drawn up and the body arched, as if it had petrified in a paroxysm of pain. Next instant I saw something that sickened me with horror. One hand was turned palm upward. It was puffed and swollen. In the palm was a clear imprint of the symbol on the death ring. On the floor beside it lay the ring itself. CHAPTER IX. Struber turned the body so as to get s view of the face. I was only hazily conscious of his quick, deft move- ments, having myself no stomach to see more than I already had and when I came out of my daze he was utiliz- ing my desk telephone in a low -voiced conversation with some person—at police headquarters, I surmised. Be- fore moving the desk, it would seem that the intruders, heedful of mak- ing as little noise as possible, had carefully set the instrument upright upon the floor. In a moment he was through, Ile fished up from a vest pocket a partic- ularly ill-favored and ragged cigar whose villainous odor, once he got it going, suggested an intent on his part to disinfect the room. The derby hat was cocked at a ;launty tingle. He squinted t me along his crooked nose and jerked a thumb baokward te- ward the safe. • "Y' don't know that guy, 1 s'pose," he remarked in a tone that implied he thought I did. Without waiting for a response, he continued; "Yuh look SiCk, Mr. Ferris, an' no blame to yuh; a sight like that don't set well on a man's chest, 'specially after what you've already went through." Then he irrelevantly fired at me: "Keep a rattlesnake in the safe?" I shook my head; I did in truth feel sick. "It was the ring," I told him. "Don't touch it." "Not me!"—laconically. "That's the way I'd doped it out. It croaked that gink as if it'd a -been a side- winder, though. You its keeper . "It's mine—yes. It won't hurt you if you handle it properly. Just keep away from the set! that's the source' of danger." Mr. Struber grinned knowingly. m the one great little keeper away from a thing of that kind," he assur- ed me. "But I'd like to get it out 0' sight before the coroner comes buttin' in. Y' know, an inquest's a public proceeding, an' we're not ready to have some things get in the news- papers yet. These foxy reporters is fierce. Go shoo your jewelry into its corral an' put up the bars; then let's t lk " I never had handled the ring with- out a feeling of dread, and the thought of picking it up now was in- expressibly repugnant. But I recog- nized fully the wisdom of keeping some details suppressed until I was in a position to give a sensible, plau- sible account of them, and so hasten- ed to get the deadly object back into its box and the box itself buried be- neath a mass of papers in a desk drawer. Mr. Struber, reflectively puffing his malodorous cigar, was now seat- ed, one leg swinging comfortably over the chair arm. I leaned against my desk and waited, as he produced a blue halo in the air by waving his cigar. "Reckon yuh thought we weren't much interested in your troubles this mornin'," he began, contemplating me through the haze. "Fact o' the matter is, Mr. Ferris, I knew Thurs- day yuh was keeping something back I ought to a -been put next to. Mebbe yuh don't know that guy at the Re- public; I ain't sayin' yuh do or yuh don't; but as soon as yuh lamped that mind with somethin' that 'd happen- ed before; somethin' that had been worryin' yuh, too. Correct?" I contented myself with another nod, and, to myself, the expression of a definite conviction upon the extent to which this chap had befooled me. I could no longer dispute the fact that Mr. Struber was clever; that he was remarkably shrewd both at ob- serving and at drawing deductions from what he observed. Without seeming to remark my crestfallen silence, he pursued: "Says 1 to myself Thursday: 'Now, there's somethin' Mr. Ferris is afraid to tell me; it ain't ever occurred to him before that mebbe some time he'd have to tell it, an' handin' it to him sudden this way's got him to guessin'; he wants to weigh the likely results o' tellin', so I might as well blow. 'Mabbe,' says I, 'he'll need a jolt to make him tell at all, and I'll lay low a while.' . . Well, I reckon yuh got the jolt all right—what?" "Several of them," I conceded. "But I'm less concerned for the jolts that have been than tor those that are likely to be. Just between us, I'd like to head them off." "My idee exactly. If you're ready to put me wise to what was in the package the guy at the Republic sent yuh--all yuls know 'bout hun, in fact—why, mebbe We can head 'em. One way to go about it is not to set any more traps with that stingaree ring; yuh caught fair game this time, but who knows who the next one might be?" He was right. Whether knowingly spoken or not, his last words gave me a sudden thill and a swift recurrence of the sickening feeling. The truth of the matter was, I had aim 111 1115 1 111 111 1111111111111111111 111111N111111 11 ‘.`.1 Delicious cr--" with 11 111 MIN "LILY NEMis pure white Com Syrtipmnare dolt. ante in flavor than "Crown Nand". 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THE CANADA STARCH CO., LIMITED Head Office e Montreal SO 11111111111111111111111111 111111111111 1 11 111111111111 11 1 1111 11111 11 1 11111 1 111 1 1111111111 1 111 11111 11 III 11 11 1 MEL sAlVIOUS STUTTGART PALACE • RAIDED I3Y ALLIED AVIATOR§ Above is a sketch or the palace or the King or Witrtemberg miS Watt. gart, Germany, which was attacked by aeroplanes of the ,Allies in retaliation for zeppelin raids on London and other open towns. It was built lis 1740 and is situated in the heart of the Capital of Wurtemberg. deliberately placed the ring in the card border yuh connected it in your safe under the spur of a prompting that something might happen very like what actually had; the thought was horrifying, My carelessness with an object so deadly was culpable be- yond measure. "My God!" the words were wrung from me, "I'll get rid of the devilish thing at once. P11 carry it out to the end 9f San Pedro pier and—" "Not on your life!" Struber vigor- ously objected. "Put it where it can't bite every simp that feels called to monkey with it, but you freeze to it. Sometime yuh may want it powerful bad." At this moment 1 could not have believed that the time would come when I would be thankful for not having obeyed a naeural. impulse .to destroy thing so nant. As soon as I had steadied a bit I studied Mr. Struber and considered. He upset all my preconceived no- tions of detectives. In a vague sort of fashion, I fancied he should be go- ing over my office with a magnifying - lens and mystifying me with sundry occult comments and mysterious head - shakings, which, in true orthodox style, he would resolutely refuse to explain. Instead, however, he was the most commonplace looking chap conceivable. He had been not so much startled and surprised by the fatality itself, it would seem, as gratified that a line of reasoning had been approved and its result con- firmed. Apparently, in a singleltrief but comprehensive survey, he had taken in everything necessary to be known; aside from removing the queuewig and scrutinizing the vic- tim's face, he had sought no farther for clues. And lastly, he was more I disposed to sit down and thresh out the whole matter with me. I was be- I ginning to understand why his chief reposed confidence in hint. I expressed something of my thoughts, and he nodded his under- standing. • "Clues?" he mused, inspecting the expanding end of his nondescript cigar, which occasionally fizzed like a damp firecracker. "What's the use o' chasin' them bugs in a case like this here? That stiff; the busted safe; the little box; the ring—them's clues. No use 'Dolan' for any others. Yuh ain't a-goin' to find anything here that points to what's behind it all. "This much is as plain as day. Didn't we both have the same bunch o' somethin' or other bein' pulled off in here? Sure, we did. Look at it just a second as I see it"—he squar- ed round and indicated the different objectives with wide sweeps of one arm: "Somebody's opened the safe door by twistin' the button 'stead o' drilling it full o' holes, pourin' in a spoonful or so o' soup an' spoiling perfectly good harnessed -box. No common yegg done that, but one o' these foxy experts what reads the combination through the ends o' their fingers by the fall o' the tumblers, just as easy as if they'd had it told "Then there's the mark on this stiff's' hand. Right off I looks for the ring. There she is! Time Charley Yen gets his we had that Chink sign looked up, but I don't believe we f ound out what it means. Me remember Charley Yen's case? Believe me, yes. Us bulls 's paid for not ferget- tin'. "Now when you're ready to put me next to -what yuh know, why, I'll give yuh the answer—mebbe." "Here's hoping, at any rete," I fervently expressed my feehngs. More and more did I regret this amiable sleuth's appax.ent shiftiness, for I was sensible of a growing con- fidence in his abilities. How much would it be safe for me to tell him? It seemed imperative that, if the mys- tery was ever to be cleared up, if an unmistakable criminal activity was to be ended, he as a representative of the law should be placed in possession of all the facts. Yet I was very reluctant to tell him about the diamond; my right to gov- ern its disposition was based solely upon the incomplete and uncertain title of possession, and should' it be wrested from me under the cloak of authority, the rightful owner might lose it for ever. It was a problem not to be disposed of lightly. And, too, there was Lois Fax to be considered. Did Struber have an ink- ling of how closely she might be con- nected with the affair? Once iden- tify the vanished guest of the Repub- lic with lames Strang, and the two of them with the annonymous sender of the diamond, and her involvement would be complete, if not clear. I hit upon a plan at last which I fancied would be fair to Struber, and at the same time would protect my. position. "Strutter," I said, "I suppose this thing has become too serious for re- servations, but I'm in a predicament f db , 1 lirtve&t faintest notion of what it all Means; but there DSO one or two facts within my knowledge that score to bear upon this tragedy and the assault upon me that you ought to know. If you'll meet me at ten O'clock te-morrow morning at the Citrus Exchange Bank, I'll tell you everything I know about it. Is that satisfactery ?" "You're on," was his curt acquies- cenee. 9 can only say -now that there is one feature of the case that I can't, unsupported, assume the' responsibil- ity of disclosing; I want • to call in two or three witnesses of my own choosing," By a short jerk of his head Struber signified that the proposed arrange- ment was acceptable to him, and that for the time being he was ready to dismiss it. Then he • ed me with a glimpse into another side of his char. acter. "When the coronet comes, just don't mention that gentle, ladylike ring to him, nor Miss Fax's name. If she don't mind my sayin' so, she's too swell a girl to be mixed in a mess like this we've rim into." Notwithstanding the language, his tone and manner were unmistakably respectful, and I stared at him in wonder. "'S all right," he tried to ' quiet niy quickly awakened alarm. "You leave it to me. When Doc Harris asks you anything, follow niy lend. He's young and like as not never heard o' the ring an' Charley Yen's death. Hagan was coroner then. Harris don't know nothin' about Lois Willets. We don't want to drag her into this at all. There ain't any in- quest that's gain' to bring out more 'n we already know, so let it go as a plain, everyday case o' peter-crack- ing—some important papers some- body's trying to grab, savvy? Harris '11 think so anyhow when he finds out who that stiff Is." "That's so," said I, with a sudden realization that we had forgottenthe victim in consideration of the tragedy's larger aspects, "you seem- ed to recognize the poor devil." The shrewd eyes regarded me quizzically. "Recognize hire! I guess yes." "Who was he?" "Steve Willets." (To be continued.) TRENCH DAGGERS. Various Kinds of These Weapons in Use at the Front. Shops ,in London showing cutlery are doing a considerable business with army officers in trench daggers. These weapons vary in size and pat- tern. Sometimes they have a decided mediaeval appearance. More deadly weapons for the "in fighting" which is so frequent a feature of modern trench warfare could hardly be de- sired. They are described as "straight plunge dagger," "stab dagger," "knuckle-duster dagger," "trench dag- ger" and "Thug knife." The charac- ter of the grip varies, and the handles are weighted according to the amount of strain put on the fingers by the blow. Sometimes an officer has a fancy of his own as to the most de- sirable kind of trench dagger, and supplies the specification, A „little excitement has been caused in a Hay- market shop by the request that ;an assorted lot of these knives should be sent to the War Office. The order is more likely to mean that one or two, officers in the building are about to proceed to the front than that Lord Kitchener is seriously considering the issue of such weapons to the rank and file. In the French Army of course trench daggers, as well as helmets, breastplates and other revivals of an- cient war paraphernalia, have been in use for some months. He Decided. "Supposing I decided to let you have the money how do I know that I shall get it 'back at the time you mention?" said Monikins. "I pro- mise it, my boy, on theword of e gentleman," replied Spiffkins. "Ale in that case I may think better of it, Come round this evening and bring him with you." He Opened IL A little girl stood one day before a closed gate. A man passed, and the 1Iittle girl said to him—"Will you ' please open this gate for me?" The man did so. The% he said, kindly -- "Why, my child, couldn't you open ' the gate for yourself ?" "13ecause," said the little girl, "the paint's not dry yet." , Three hundred years ago glass windows which were wily to be found in the housesi,of the wealth', were 'considered so precious that when Pee - pie left their houses for a dine they used to take the windows out Mid glut 1 them carefully away. • Fresh and Refreshing it 13. is composed of clean, whole young • leaves, !Pickedright blended right and packed right. It brings the fragrance of an Eastern garden, to your table. 32231141-03We Axxame32 cm aaviEniam- Hints for the Farmer. Every farmer should raise bees. Dryness is more essential than warmth in the hog -house. Honey is an especially profitable ctop for the fruit, farmer. Bees are.easier to care for than chickens; and yield good returns on the investinent. , • Late -sown carrotse beets, etc, store much better there those which are • sown early and are too old when har- vested. Cut out and burn the bid' raspberry canes as soon as they afe through fruiting. Cultivate the young ehoots and keep out all the weeds. Alfalfa offers one of the best honey making materials. Alsike is also valuable, as is sweet clover, which may be grown to advantage in meet peovinces. It will cost not less than 75 Cents to raise a baby Brahma chick up to the point of laying. Leghorn chicks could be raised for about 50 cents, as they mature much earlier in life. It pays to prepare vegetables as well as fruits neatly for _• market. Clean, attractive packages do not cost much more than unattractive ones and bring much better prices. Try it. When it is necessary to prune trees, the branches should be cut or sawed off -smoothly and a thick coat of paint applied to the cut surface, and a sec- ond coat applied after the first is dry. • The mammoth Russian sunflower is grown for its seeds. While it is bloom- ing at the back of a keit is a sight worth seeing. The seeds are used for chicken feed and a variety of pur- poses. Molting hens need particular care and attention. The change of. coat is a big 'drain on the bird's system, and vitality. You must make up in ,food. An occasional feed of sunflower seed is, good. Mix a little oil meal in The mash, and give increased ration •of meat, green bone, beef scrap, or whatever it may be. •The colony plan- of keeping poultry is best suited for the farmers and those who have plenty of land at their disposal. It makes it possible to keep several hundred hens on the ordinary farm without the expense of yarding them, and still have them away from the home buildings. 'It's the farmer's way. From eight to fifteen colonies o' bees are the right number for the average farmer to have, ten being us- ually preferable to a larger number, and still fewer being desirable to start with. For the fruit farmer bees should be regarded as a neces- sary side line just as chickens are in many parts of the country. ' The equipment cost for five colonies of bees is about $50. It ie possible for careless help to leave a considerable portion of the grain crop in the field by neglecting to gather up scatterings, loose bun- dles, etc., and by hauling grain on open -bottom racks. From a few pounds to a few bushels of grain may be saved every dee, during stacking, by using a tight -bottom rack, or a canvas over the rack that will catch all of the heads. In seasons when the grain shatters badly, a surpriaing- ly large amount of grain can be saved in this way. THE PATRICIANS OF AUSTRLe. •Unchangeable Point of View of The Aristocrats. ' We read in Chambers's Journal that many powerful persons in Austrian society wish that the rigid -rules of court etiquette could be modified;' but the number in fayor of reforms is pot sufficiently large to bring about a change in the usage of centuries. The nobility usually mstrry those of their own rank, with the result that nearly all the families of the aristoc- • racy are related. Princess Karl, whose mother and father, together, had fifteen brothers and nine sisters, told the writer that at theelast court ball there were more than a 'hundred of her first cousins, and that one win- ter at Abbazia she had not spoken during a whole week of halls and par- ties to anyone who was not connected either directly or remotely with her own or Prince Karl's family. - It was thought that the barriers of caste would be broken down if the Archduke Franz Ferdinand should succeed his uncle, the Emperor; for if his morganatic wife, Countess .Chotek (created Duchess of Hohenberg ;by the Emperor), became empress, de- spite his solemn oath to the contrary, the present rules as to birth could hardly be enforced. If they were so relaxed as to 't a lady t of royal birth to become Empress of Austria, they would be relaxed for all those who now suffer exclusion from • court for lack of princely blood. Prin- cess Karl, although she is very broad- minded, could admit no variation of this rule, "In Austria," she said, "it is what you are born that counts; not what you become." When I ventured to point out that this sentiment belonged to the Middle Ages, says the writer, her reply show- e,d me the unchangeable point of view of the Anglian aribtomate: 15 15 not mere vulgar glorying in pride of birthe it is the acceptance of a fact that to them is as necessary and as natural as the coming of night and day. "I was born Durchlaticht" (that is, Serede Highness); "I have married a Durcidaucht; my children are Durchlauchte. How can I possibly recognize Countess Chotek as em- prese? Durchlatichts do not make obeisance to comitesses, no matter whom they' may marry. Countesses cannot be made empresees in Aug - bee." "Hot they can be made,queene in Hungary," I ventured, 'and the arch- duke would be King of Hungary as Well as Emperor of Austria." "It is different in Hutigary," the princess replied quickly. 'The wife of the ICIng of Hungary is his Veen, evert if she were ce beggar girl," "Then if the Duchess of Hohene berg had been Queen of Hungary, you would have made obeisance to her as queen?" "Certainly," was the immediate ien- swer. "Then why not as empress?" 1 ask- ed her. "In Hungary the Countess Chotek would be queen. It is only in Hun- gary that I would make obeisance to her. In Austria she .could never be anything save, the Countess Chotek, because she was born Countess Cho., tek. One does not make abeisance to countesses, even if theyemarry arch- dukes who become emperors," she re- peated. The murder at Sarajevo made it im- possible to put this question to the test, but the Princess Karl. gave the point of view of the Austrian nobility in a nutshell. A FEW RULES. Be Conscientious in the Discharge of Every Duty. Dishonesty seldom makes one rich, and when it does riches are a curse. There is no such 'thing as dishonest success. The world is not going ,to pay you for nothing. Ninety per cent, of what men call luck is only talent for hard work. Do not lean, on others to do your thinking or to conquer your difficulties. Be conscientious in the dispharge of every duty. Do your work thoroughly. No one can rise who slights work. Do not try to be- gin at. the top. Begin at the bottom, and you will have a chance to rise, and will be surer of reaching the top some time. Be punctual. Keep your appointments. Be there a minute be- fore .time, if you have to lose your dinner to do it. Be polite. Every stnile, every gentle bow is money in your pocket. Be generoas. Meati- ness makes enemies and breeds dis- trust. Spend less than you earn. Do not run in debt. Watch the little leaks, .and you can live an yout sal- ary. Fashion Hints • S Now is tifietniaMPS eolr year when the fashionable maiden =tote her plane for the winter campaign. How sue - capful this planning is depends in a greet rit of me ilrNwtr ereupa7oeth,f e coarwbat ref ulpolvaen; i women may choose to say to the con- trary, they dress to,Pleaee men, They new have an innate love for beauti- ful things—and who of • us hasn't? But underlying this in almost every wee is the not impossible "he" whose frown or sinile makes the coottune 11Q:sibfalee.tidious woman wouldn't have much trouble in selecting an evening coat for herself this season. Every. thing is elaborately trimmed—taseels, beading,,furs of every imaginable de. seription, even lacee made ef materna tissue are seen in the shops, Evening ' wraps at any 'figure are possible, from the very exclusive models with wide bands of Russian sable to sim- ple little white fox -trimmed panne models for the school miss, --- Russian lines and colorings are no. ticeable on the fashion cloaks. TN peculiar -shade of green which made its appearance last season is again popular in panties, plesii and velour, Black velvet, with white fox, is an- other most effective combination, and is being worn by the younger genet, ation to very good effect this season. • Velvets have entered the combina- tions. This. does not mean there is a •new trust forming. Quite to the con- trary, but merely that velvet band on chiffon or velvet bands on cloth are very much to tbe fashion fore. Pile fabrics of all descriptions, fur trimmed and even cloth trimmed, are le mode. 'Doucet showed redingotes of velvet with high fur collars and chiffon or Georgette crepe skirts in matching colors, but it is Paquin who has "taken up the fashion created by Lucille, or Lady Duff Gordon, as she is also known, and presented it anew in many of the cloth frocks designed by this house. Leather coats made? of a fine, soft suede -like quality of the hide, in shades of gray, tan and mole, are the novelty shown by one of the • most fashionable dressinakers on rim Avenue. These are worn with skirt: of wool or velvet in exactly matching colors. One needs to be told 'these coats are leather, however, for the skin has been treated in such a way it resembles a heavy woolen mixture of the quality of duvetyne. Velvet basques with lace or chiffoi skirts also flit for a moment before the gaze of the fashion pilgrim,. to tantalize with a suggestion of Spanish modes to follow, This is not a stray guess, however, for scarf-toppei skirts and full ones, fringe -trimmed bodices and low ones, high -cut slip- pers and dainty ones, and lace -draped coiffures and faschatting ones • flit across the mirror of fashion, reflect- ing more than a speculation and seme-- thing of a reality in their passing; China rose is anew color making its appearance in millinery lines. The shade is not unlike the coral tones with which the summer vogues have familiarized us. It is deeper in tone and of a bluer quality; very good- looking in felt and plush, especially when trimmed with beaver or seal. It is a novelty issued for epOrts or traveling wear hats. • Another of their novelties is a tam shape in green frieze, or chinchilla cloth with a facing of satin Tor the narrow brim, and a yellow ball -shaped tassel of worsted and yellow embroid- ery triiiiming it. Even the velvet bridle,' first collate to Tammy Atkins' chin strap, plays a part among the new designs. Wo-,. men are adopting this style, but its high or conservative style value will be pmobably nil by November, tho curse of popularity killing its right to sit in high places. QUEEN 4tMELIE NOW A NURSE. Spends Hours Every Day at London Hospital. • For some months past Queen Amelie of Portugal has been training as a nurse at the Third London Gen- eral Hospital, Wandsworth Commoe, She has no intention of going to the front; she intends to stay and help as a Rad Cross nurse in her own hoe- PitAall.; first Nurse Amalie, as she pre- fers to be known, visited only the wounded soldiers but she soon bectune anxious to do more, so she entered the hospital as a probationer. "She came," said the commanding officer, Col. Bruce Porter, "not as a queen but as a wornari. She drivee over from her house at Richmond every morning and spends several hours in her ward, There is no lady in waiting in attendance. When her cases require it she goes with thorn to the operating theatre and sees them through their oedeal," Lord Decies has placed Beresford Lodge, Birehington-on-Sea, at the dii- email of the committee of the Ser. vks Club as im convaleseent home for officers.