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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-9-15, Page 6The -Secret of the Old Chateau EY DAVID WHITELAW, ,,....esseeeoewsweeseeees • o-ses-weesees— .,r (aJoesyelesOtod) Synopsis of Later Chapters, mon, had repelled a little wood of Leaving Bcosenter bound in the cel-ipinee, in which tithed a chapel which f Adderaury Towers DRAM and, they lied entered through .window. Fa -erten make their escape. Two: The fistonere attended breathlessly evlater Baxenie,starts for Paris, to the fade of Mew Renton .hast removed e r A El detective, Silos Berwick. They, the slab from u tomb in the Ow* track Haverton•to the Hotel d'EclaitO floor end descended by means of a rope they had brought with them, He had instructed Haverton to replace the slab and wait patiently in the shadow •of the pews for two hours, or until he heard a tapping, when he was to reopen the tomb and let Vi- vian out. • Haverton. told them how he had waited until the dawn had entered the church before he heard a faint tep- pin; but belled been unable to work the mechanics that moved the -great stone. Then he had heard the sound ef a fall and there had ,been no more tapping after that, and et last Haver - ton had left Iris companion to his fate, and had slunk back to Paris. To Robert and Berwick the story would have sounded like a fairy tale, but for the fact that the narrator's voice carried with it an unmistakable convietton. After all, what had }hiv- e -Ann to gain by lying? If, as he said, he had waited until all hope of re- leasing Renton was past, they could hardy blame hint for saving his own akin. The man seemed indeed to wel- come the telling of the tale—.perhaps there was yet a way to save the man below the floor of the ohne]. Then the crime of Hubert's death wouldbe beet:gilt home to Harbin, and not to hint The l solicitor spoke. "Mr. Haverton," he nazi quietly, "listep carefully to what I say. It's in your power to right a wrong—not your wrong. I have no particular quarrel with you. I have Renton's own weed for it that he alone killed my cousin"—the face of Haverton cleared at this—"I want you to lake us, as soon as • we can get- a train, to this chateau you speak of. Renton mustn't die like a rat in a trap, mien if we save him for another kind of. end. Good night, Mr. Haverton; we will call for you in time for the first train for Blois. And, by the way, there is a gentleman downstairs who wUl spend the rest ef the night with you. .It'll keep yim from feeling lone- ly, after your vigil in the chapel. Be- sides, it' a safer." . .CHAPTER XXI. Haverton at Bey. At their knock a Voice on the other side of the door suddenly ceased, thee wits rennet in an netted whisper. Then Was a delay of a few minutes, s.nd the door was cautiously unlatched inti Brieux's man looked out, At Eight of Robert and Berwick he Crew the den wide open, and they stelsised. Into the dingy lighted cafe. Madame Ireeier, the picture of stetici- patton, melding brightly as the police • effacer shut the dor. "Ab, meesieurs, you have come .at e gocd hour—ho is but newly ar- rived and has gone to bed, tines one, Messieurs, the other. is not---" and ni :dame mode an oepre.ssive gesture. isiffe know, =Aetna. we have watch- ed for his light to go out. We may co up?' queried Rona. "But certainly, meeeieurs; M. Elottard an I Will accompany you," Lerwick thought for a momenienind Enid a few words to Robert in leng- rsh. Then he turned to the WnratIll, eIf you will permit us, eve would • prefer to go alone. It is not a ease cf se arreet, and," looking toward M. E:oisard, "it is not en official affair." hey received the pass -key from Ilideme Ranier, and softly ascended tee etairs. On the sezond-floor land- ing they Stopped and listened at Hay- eston s door. From behind it came the nmistalcable sounds of a sleeper. Either Mr. Eddie Haverton was re- merkelly conscience free or remerk- clay tired. Berwick turned thekey softly in the leek, end the men enured with - at disterbing the slumbers of the nfim on the bed, and it was not until o In17eh was L•truck and the eandle spiltere-1 into light that he started to—lo and the steady hand of -the ewe he had left in the cellars at Ad- Ocrbery- Towere beeline revolver a fee iiwtee from his head. "Goad evening, Mr. leaverton. Leas r1-.11 0 week since wespartd—heevens! seems 0 year—keep those hands oway from your nillow—there—on the coverlet whirs I can see them—sol" Teen, as Reaert army e Derringer fren ,Leneath the pillow; "I don't Welt you would do much with this— yne 'hyen't the pluckabut it might go oft—they do sometimes." The man on the bed made iso ans- wer, but . watched. with sullen eyes v•hile Berwick •cut the cord from the, window -blind and tied the handnn the coverlet deftly together. This 'den, Robert put up •,bis re- volver, and together the two men be- gan to examine the 1pggnge. Their renest for the keys .Taased. ioo fight in Hamden; he nodded in •theedieeo- tion of his trousers; and in the,pockets Oct,found them. At first sight the .bags contained nothing but wearing apparel, but be- neath this the seaechere :unearthed a quantity of jewelry and a coesideeneee ailment of gold- coin. Between the garments, tem reposed e small for- tune in notes. It was hardly to be wondered at that they wished to avid the inquisitiveness of the Cuetoins officers as much as possible. Robert noticed that the majoeity of the jewelry was engraved With the arms of the De Dartigny family. "And what are you going to do with me?" The voice from the bed was tremu- loua. and it seemed as if Havertoe's Bps, had formed a question the answer to which he dreaded to hear. Robert tuned front his examination of the treasure and 'seated himself en the edge of the bed. "That, my dear Haverton, depends a great deal on the attitude you take up—what you tell ue," "As to that, Mr. Baxentee, Pll tell vu whet you. tike. Can't you see I'm 1th:wised?" ewe:i.e.-where's the other one?" 'The other one?" "Yee—Vivien—Baptiste. whichever yen like to call him." For •tt .thereent a look of terror emoted over Eddie's fare and the boupd lisrids !nibbled on the coverlet. believe he's deed --he must bo dead ---I waited—before God! I wait - es ---it was terrible listening there— of,' he's dead all right--I- 3S., mentor turned on him sharply, "Doll drivel ,like that, man. What is it thet's happened? 'Where have yen teen the last two dayer • "011R.UVillc—he made me go—he seal 1 could help ,himo-ali did wait—I swear I weited—" Berwick seized a bottle containing brandy that stood on the crazy littas table. and, pouring cone into a glare% held it to the lips of the 1001 on the bed. Re effect eves immediate, and they extracted the sthey from him. He had been hurried off the teem- ing before to )31ole, and from there lied walked .out to an inn called the "Three Lilies".---Havertion remembered the name of the in although they bad not stopped there, They bed passed it and entered an avenue of, trees at the end of Which, and across a neat, stood a °beton. ,Darthe had sworn when he saw that the windows were lit up, rind lied Meted his lack. Eventually -they Mid left the avenue, end skirting the. MHO' No. 37ee'al,---"' CHAPTER XXii. In the Chapel. The tiny village of Massey was stirred to its very depths. Never within the memory of its oldest in- habitants had it ;been ,singled but as a stage for the world's' happenings. Smali wonder, then, that what little amount of work was usually done should be set aside on this slimly afternoon, and that twos and threes thouldicongregate in the scented little cottage gardens, and 'that many an old man should forego his after-dinnar siesta .that he might Mice leis place in the low -roofed parlor of the Three Lilies, there to discuss the facts—and when they fallectthe fietieps—of the strange happenings up at the chateme For old Henri there had never dawe- ed such a day. The pride he had al- ways felt at showing the glories of the mansion to visitors was nothing to this. Far the time being the old man was the centre of the village, a peti- tion of which he was careful to 'peke the most. The sunlight pierced the little foli- age -framed panes of the window and lit up the eager feces of the villageis as they leant forward and listened to the item,. "And.you yoursekt heard the mail- ings?" It was the ,sinith, who had left his forgo to take care of itself for an hour, who put the goeetien, and ho pet it with all reverence. Henri took the pipe from his lips. 'Have I .not told you that' I die, actin? I only hope you will never hear the like. Strong nerves are nec- essary, and"--ewith pardonable pride —"I was equal to the occasion." Henry applied himself to his gine, details of his story. In their rapt at- tentionthe they had hardly noticed the entry of three strangers, who h.4 ordered wine and taken their seats near the door. At the first words of the old man's story Berwick was all attention. To Baxcnter, good French echolar though he was, the patois made the tale rather scrappy, but he could make out enough to tell that the subject was the same that had brought them to Chauville. To the cosmopolitan Silas, however, it was plain, and he related, in the pauses of the narrative, its salient points to his companion, Haverton sat a little remote from the others and, understanding no French, took no interest in what was going on. The three men had left Paris as arranged, by the earliest train, and after taking lunch at Blois, had walk- ed over to Massey. The heat was op- pressive and the way dusty, and the visit to the Three Lilies had been op- portune. Haverton had during the day main- tained his sullen manner of the night before. He spoke but rarely, and, in- deed, as he thought of the information —the king's evidence, as it were—that he •had given to Ms captors, he felt a dull resentment et his treatment, 11 seemed telim that he was doomed to come off vety badly in the affair altogether. Of the mystery that evidently stir- ound.ed the Chateau Chauville and its Anal he knew nothing, and 'mired less; in the killing of Hubert Beim - ter he had had no hand; why, then, was heiratning dusty roads with two Men who emetically held him prison-. er He wished with all his soul that Who he had located Vivian Rentou at Aliderbury Towets he lied let the sleeping dog lie. Ile should have taken warning by hit last association with that gen:Heinen. It seemed to him Very unfair that he should be etern- ally callod upon to pay the piper to Vivian's dancing. In fact, Mr. Eddie Hoverter' was filled with a very real pity or himeelf. He sat with his head leaning' baek oft the old cracked plaster of the wall smoking a cigar and 'gazing out through the nen doorway moodily, geeing nothing of the beauties Of the set -kissed conityelde, Hie thoughts were of g ozy flet overlooking Hydo Park, Med of all the niceties and line - trite of a well-to-do MAO n Lotideno glories which he told himself wore no mare te be his, Qne by ono the villagers, satiated With TOMO departed to convey their knowledge to, and. ehisai with it tea fleeted glory among, their Waiting amities*, As old Henri, his (menet, open pne, Farmed to foikrW thr, pervvick touched him onthe shoe) Or, "A :Moment, minden. 1 have been listerong to your graphic description, 1 Wills I would like to bear a Bale more. A bottle of wine, now, I am a journalist from Paris; your etory would read well, I think, and would be 'well paid fon" Nothing loth, the old Marl settled again into his Chair. •It was not the monetary anect -whin influenced him so much as the thought of Seeing his story, and perchance his name, in print. A few of the Parisian journals filtered through, from time to time, to Massey, to be end and re -read by the inhabitants, arid Henri, in imaglns ation, already saw the personal glory Of the flaring headlines. The wine was brought and, under its mellow influence, the old man open- ed out; if the story was to apiear :in print then it should he a good one and leek no geneome detail. (To be continued.) Battles of the Eye's Rays. When you look straight at someone else's eyes and then find it neceseary to blink or turn away you are being attacked, according to Dr, Charles Ruse, by a force or ray that emerges from the human eye, He claims to Have shown by experi- ments that this force is actually cap- able of setting an instrument in Mo- tion, "The fact," he explains In the 'Lan- cet,' "that the direct gaze or vision of one person soon becomes intolerable to another person suggested to me that there might be a ray issuing from the human eye." "If there is such a ray it may pro- duce an uncomfortable effect on the other person's retina or by collision with the other person's ray." in order to give his theory the sup- port of some experimental evidence, he dectded to try to evolve some in. strunint which should be set in mo- tion by nothiug more than the inspect of human vision. "Wahines. metal box," he writes, "I suspended a delicate solenoid (that is, magnetized wire), made of fine, cop. 1poenrgl.vire. his solenoid was wound cylinder up- ou a et celluloid and suspend- ed by a silk fibth (unspun silk) 14 in. "The box was 3 ft. by VA in. 'by 7 in., and lined with sheet aluminium. The far end of the box was closed by a sheet of window gins, and the near or observer's end was furnished with a thin gloss or celluloid window which was screened by a sheet ot aluminum with a slot 3 in. long and 1 in. wide. "A conducting wire connected the sillc fibre with the aluminum of the box, which was earthed. The solenoid was held steady by the magnet which naturally came to rest in the magnetic meridian," The human eye was then brought to bear through the slot in the observ- ing window on the suspended solenoid, and it was found that if a steady gaze were maintained on one end of the solenoid it was seen to start into mo- tion, usually away from the observing eye. When the gaze was transferred to the true centre of the solnoid it stopped, and when the vision was ap- plied to the opposite end of the sole- noid it moved in a reverse direction. Hedges and Gardens on the Prairies. Became I have seen on the prairies, and especially around Winnipeg and at sueh :pleees, as Indian Head, some of the fleeet gardens that could pos- sibly be seen anywhere in Canada, I say the time will corn when these prairies will be hedged and cleated With gardens of thefaniag DOWers, of ripening fruits, and of delicious vege- tables. They exist to -day. I may seen - Hen, especially the Dominion Forestry Branch Nursery Station at Indian Head, because that does not come un- cler my own .department; nothing could be more exquisite, more perfect than is that magnificent garden. But before the prairies can have gardens they tent have hedges for their. wind- breaks. Set your hedge and youmay look for your garden. The hedges are coenieg. The Dominion Experimental Farms have far more than paid for themselves by the wide distribution which has been given to the caragana hedge which the Department of Agri- culture at Ottawa, introduced from Ru,ssla,—Prof. W. T. Macoun, Domini- on Horticulturist, Ottawa. Mt. Everest Clirr+ers Still Seeking Route. The British expedition which is alining at the conquest of Mount D;verest in the Himalayas, the world's highest peek, he's completed Its ex, Mentions to tho north and west of the mountain without discovering a practi- cal route to the summit, it is an- nounced in a Reuter despatch from Simla to London, Some hope .is stall entertained, how- ever, that a route may be gained on the northeast flank of the great moun- tain, and when the Monsoon abates an- other effort will be made, Meanwhile the headquarters -of the expedition has been moved toward Kharta, upon which point the further effort will be based. The present expedition has survey- ed about' 30,000 square miles of terri- tory on and .adjacent to Mount Ever- est, Choosing a Career. "Now, boys," said the schoolmaster, "when I ask you a question, you meet not be afraid to speak out and answer me. When you look round and see all the One heusee, fame, and cattle, do you ever stop and think who owns them all how? Your fathers own them do they not?" "Yesy AMAMI the boys. "Well, where will your fathers be in thirty years from eow?" asked the teener. "Dent" shouted the boys, "And dld you ever SOO in the streets lazy man lounging about, welting Vet eomeone to give them money. Well, whore will they be In thirty yoats?" "Dead 1" Ated who Wil be the Inflame then?' "Del" • • ("r?Ctele0446 Caring for the Complexion. Said a giail to me once, "How 1wieh 0010 be lust as beautiful in tho cold, pitiless! sunfiglit, es I can in a softly lighted room at night," We all 'NIA we could! An we kneW We could but for our Complexthoe Which the ruthless sunshine sIlqW8 up :most cruelly, Some of 145 joet CUM-. not have the marvelonafren, pile end-white skin of ethers!. But we een keep our complexions free from blem- ishes; we can keep them as dear as Nature and right living will let us; land as for freckles and healthy ten, well, we must reconcile oureelves. to that by thinking of the favors Nature has bestowed upon es. To have a ether akin, we meet begin at the very root of things, namely, proper living and. diet. The ,girl who stuffs heraelf with candy and rieh, greasy foods, who is Mzy and inert, cannot hope for the clear, healthy skin of the ,girl who eats fruit, vege- tu'bles, drinks lots of water, stens with her windows open every night, bathes often and gets in plenty of vigorous exereise. And as we need not lack for the wholesome exercise, let us concentrate on diet. In their seasons there is nothing better to eat0'than lettuce, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, radishes, bee* turnips, asparagus, greens. Pones every morning for breakfast and bran bread instead of white, will help the sluggish bowels which cause dull and sallow complexious. Are there any harmless artificial aids for the complexion? Yes, there are. I have a little list of things I think we could keep with profit on our private shelf in the medicine cab- inet and the next time you go to town, you, might buy these things if you do not possess them. The cost is ounce, medicated alcohol, 1 come - done extroctor, 1 roll .absorbent cotton, % ounce pure almond oil, IA ounce tincture benzoin, 1 jar of good make cold cream. First about washing our faces. If one is not engaged in work that leaves much genuine dirt on the face, one thorough scrubbing a day will do, preferably at night. First, rub the cold cream in thoroughly; wipe off with soft cloth; then with a pure, bland soap and soft water, wash the face. Close the pores with cold water and rub over with a piece of ice if possible. A few drops of benzoin added to the cold water will improve an oily skin. Complexion brushes are not necessary. Blackheads trouble many of us, To banish them we have purchased the comedone extractor ("comedone" is another name for blackhead), the al- mond oil, alcohol and benzoin. They cannot be removed, all at once; it may take weeks but if we persist faith- fully, we wilt be 'rewarded. Wash the nose and parts of face affected, then rub in some of the almond oil with a piece of absorbent cotton. It is bet- ter to do this three days at least be- fore beginning the extracting process, to soften the skin. Then when you can devote plenty of time to the process, washing your hands so they are im- maculately clean, take a mirror and sit in a god light With the come - done extractor (a small inexpensive instrument which every drug store keeps) press the black head with the end with the small hole, the larger one being for pimples. A whitish, worm- like substance will emerge. Do only two or three at a time or your face will have a bruised appearance. Rua over with alinoncl:niewegain; then rub on a little of the medicated alcohol to close the pores. Witch hazel is just as effective, and is even better as an astringent. Never touch or pick at these spots with your 'fingers, before or after treatment. Freckles are a problem but we must remember that 'once we remove them or even bin& them, we are forever after a slave to this process, for they will recur with every season, nor can we ever finally get rid of them. Here are some simple preventive measures: always cold -cream your face after coining in front exposure to the hot sun, before washing it; before going out in the sun, rub on a little cold nem and dust over lightly with pow- der to take the oily look away. And if we must try to bleach out the freckles, try fresh buttermilk every night, It is wonderfully softening and bleaching, Heart Disease in. Children. Rheumatism is the most frequent cause of heart disease in children, piincipally beemeth rheumatism in children 41 often so disguised or is present in so mild a form that the heart is damaged before the parent knows that the child is ill. The first symptom of heart diseass in a child is likely to be stoutness of broth and when rheumatism is the cause is likely to be noticeable in the early stages.Of the disease. In that respect the child differs from the adult, who is more likely to have trouble in breathieg only in the later stages of the disease. The reason is that in children rheumatism usually damages the hear: muscle as well as the lining, whereas in adults it main- ly affects the lining. So long as the muscle itself is not damaged 'Meath- ing remains easy. If the membrane lining the hearted dreamt, either the naval oss the aortic valve or both are crippled, The mi- tral it the valva between the two cavities On the left side, and the aortic is the valve that guards the opening into the aorta, the barge artery that leads from the heart. The mitral is Crippled more otten than the aortic. Aortic valvular (Beetles is usually meth serious then mithiel, In 'children velvular disease of the" heart is usually not sorbou mitil the -child begins vigorous growth; then the parent mint take great Oro to keep $ the child ftoln being too actiVe. The chief anger is that tho 'heart will not be ablo to stein+ the added Wahl of ordinary hotel, The gravest tetint 0 ,t diteeatie in a chill sthei ist which the heart muscle is diseased; that origuely interferes with the child's nutrition, and he wastee away, The ehild M the Amite tithe a helot dines° most rest in bed; after that stage is past he Must have judicious exercise. Ho must never take part in such vigorous gents as football or baseball? mei bathing, swimming, running or rowing mos. Ile should be warmly 40 and "kept in the house on cokl aad especially on windy cloys' He mut avoid .all indigestible feel The Pleasantest Room In the House. el,"msuast id abawveomaanb.arg"ei domyovskita- chhousework and spend most of my.time there." She spent most of her clays washing diatom, cooking, preserving fruit, or washing and ironing. Her meals were the boast of the family. But the children were in the way, even in the large kitchen. "Don't dis- turb mother when sheia cooking," was a frequent injunction. When the chil- dren had gone to bed, the father and the mother sat in the "den," cosy enough in the evening with its drawn curtains and lighted fire. "I must have a sewing room that is large and sunny," said another wo- man, "because I do all my own sewing, and I spend most of my time there. The children can play in the corner." Her children were well dressed, and the mending was promptay done. If the sewing room was the centre of the household, no one offered complaint or criticism. "We have a living room that ie the largest, sunniest room in the house," said still another woman, "so we all love to •be there. It is the place where we live. I want the pictures and books and flowers to be the background that the children will remember. That room is the heart of the home." It was. The kitchen, the sewing room, the husband's den, all were ac- cessories and contributed in a measure to the health and happiness of the household, but they were not ends in themselves. "We shall be sure to gather in the pleasantest room," the mother reason- ed, "and the home that keeps the best balance lays only enough stress on the kitchen to provide wholesome food, only enough on the bathroom to attain cleanliness, only enough on the sew- ing room to furnish the things that must be made at home. But the living room, with its fireplace, its books, its lights, and its easy -chairs, holds the best of the home life." Make the Most of Ourselves. Children are prone to forget the little daily household duties assigned to them. A good reminder would be a slate hung in the kitchen for each child. On these slates can be written the tasks each is expected to perform. As each task is finished it is wiped from the slate, and when the slate is clean it is understood that ,playtime has arrived. The secret of success and happiness lies in learning to like what we have if we can not get what we like; in accepting things and turning them to our gopd, instead of fretting because they are not to our liking. Most emi. plo would have happier lives if, when they were chrdren they had ;been taught to make the best of them- selves; if they had not pod looks they could at least have good manners and make themselves agreeable, interest- ing and obliging, Parents can help the future of their eltildren by making the home an inviting place for their young friends. They owe it to the 'children to attract suitable compan- ions for their future life, and to ar- range that they shall meet such friends in a natural way and under the wise guidance of their elders, -*" After Sunset. I brave an understanding with the hills Al evening, when the slanted radiance fills Their hollows, and the great winds let them be, And they aro quiet and look down at 1115. Olt thole I see the patience in their eyes Out of the centuries that made them wine. They lend neo boarded memory, and I 'torn Their thoughs of granite and their ili And wcu Ilie-ren dream of foresfo must en- du every tree be slain; and how twillepntstreofern ,f Invisible beauty has a word so brief, A flowterestii:ulslay it, or a shaken leaf, Butmfew ay ever snare it in a song, Though for the quest a life is not too long, When the blue hills grow tender, when liey The twilight close with gesture beauta ful, And shadows are their garments, and the air Deepene., and the wild veery is at , 1 Pt1;11:1Yeoyeu elr're , strong around pee; and The t somehow I shall follow when they go To tho still land beyond the evening stat, Where everlasting hills and valleys are, And silence may not hurt us any more, Anil terror nail be past, and grief and war. 'wee, ,o Odd and Interesting. Wing, played as long ago as 1590, was originally callod "Triumph." Itunithig upstairs Instead of Walking will hicrease the work of ties Ionia by alioilitroflrtille. 'llel robes worn by an Ring- let) Judge, inch:ding a feiladroes Stele own of erteille, oast Min upwards of ' 3,600. • 1 Nobel, the totercleir Of the Nebel 3 mine, owed' his Vett Ilotttele to hie The Stature of Britain's Cleverest • How tall Is -IOW george7 Ninaty- ntpe parsons out 9f' a aundred could not tell you, just as they are enable to Ore the correct, height of most of our greatest men. The maJority of people are unaware of the nistenn of the seines of an- thropometry, as the study ot lieman height l pelted, or of the part this Mena plays Ia determining facts re- lating to men's evolution. Yet so important is azethropemetrY to students ot man and the various moo to which he. belongs that a Ease - dal section ot the British Assoelation, known as the Anthropometrical Com- mittee, has been formed to deal ex - elusively and exhauetively with the subject. It is a curious fact that biographies and autobiographies rarely give the Height of those with whose careers they are concerned. A man's tastes In dress and wines will he recorded, while If he has a passion for pinks as buttontolee this is also noted. His height however, is seldom ,11 ever, re- ferred to. When it is, hie blegraiihere usually disegree, Take the case of Napoleon. "louden- ne says that the Emperor was five feet two inches in height, Another writer of the period states that he was five feet one and a half, while aa English biographer declares that he was "less than nye feet six." The captain of Uri Bellerophon measured Ills famous cap. tive, and reported that We vtas live feet seven. Incidentally, Napoleon held the view that the shortest men are often the brainest, and by way of demonstrating this belief he nearly always selected email men for his biggest tasks. Ring George is five feet seven and a hall inches in height in which respect he represents the average height of his subjects. The shortest rulea is the King of Italy, who is five feet two; While the tallest is the King of the Belgians, who is six feet two, Who isaBritaires tallest statement Lord Curzon can probably claim this distinction, being six feet one in height, Mr, Balfour is six feat and half an inch; wbile Mr, Austen Chan berlain is five feet eleven and a half inches, The Premier is five feet slx and a half; while Mr. Asquith is five feet eight, The Bishop of London is live feet ten, and the Rev. 7, R. Campbell one inch sherter. Earl Beatty is flue feet seven, and Earl Haig five inches taller. The shortest author is probably Sir J. M. Barrie, who 18 only live feet five; the tallest ofefamous writers being Sir A. Conan Doyle, a bine figure of a man at six feet one. SHACKLETON TALKS devoted to making a noes sof the enterprise. Let me say, also, the ship is We'd with every labor saving de - OF SOUTHERN TRIP ENDER BY QUADRANT NEGLECTED. "The Impossibility of To -day is the Commonplace of To- morrow, Says Traveller. A correspondent ot the Landon Times, who interviewed Sir Ernest Shackleton en his voyage of explora- tion in the little ship Quest, writes; "First I questioned Sir Ernest on the region he is going to explore, He answered me with a particular refer- ence to .the Antarctic, which is only -a Part, though a very large part, Of his obilcti fs a' °mine thing," he sttle, 'that the Enderby Quadrant has been neg- lected by explorers—by modern ex- plorers, I mean. I think this is duo in great metisure to the fact that .no ex. tensity° land mass has acted aa a umg- net on their imagination. Search for Lost Islands, In the Ross Quadrant the gigantic ,elevations and volcanoes, and in the Weddell Quadrant the mountains of Graham Land have naturally attracted :men to follow up certain lines and find, if possible their termieations. While In the Enderby Quadrant there are the .same stormy ice laden semi to plough through, no big land p..1E9SeS stir the ,fancy. But, if the vision widens ae- yond the distant horizon, one on dee- cry a goal: those mountains not yet seen, those gulfs not yet entered, those icy barriers yet unineaeured. Here in this narrowing world of ours are 3,000 nines of land or sea to explore. Such 1 is the most serious work of the Quest." "And what of the lost islands?" "To my mind an island always has a fascination. There is something compact and personal about it no' mat- terhow desolate it may be, Some of the Wands we are going to visit, and the others we shall try to locate, will have their history written only on the rocks and their life displayed only In the scanty plant and animal existence. "We may find a connection between some of these islands and the nearest continent. We may come on purely indigenous forms of life. One such discovery may throw a flood of light on the building 05 the world and the amigos that have passed over R. With the staff that man's the Quest, infor- mation of value to the scientiste at home is sure to be forthcoming, But what may be discovered I am not in pc,sitIon even to prophesy," A Coast Line Voyage. "Shall you make the land journey?" 'We are equipped to Ind and make short journeys for geological purposes, and also for magnetic observation. Practically no Magnetic work has been done In this area—I ani alluding, of course, to the continent. Landings will always bo made, wherever • pos- sible, on the Islands; and clip' and other magnetic observation carried out. Bet the ships will not winter in the Antarctic. Were I going to the Rees Sea or the Weddell It would be necessary in the interests of explora- tion to winter, A coast line voyage, if we can achieve it suoceestully, will add much more to our knowledge of the continental nature of the Antarc- tic than leolate,d journeys into the in- terior from fixed poeitions," "Your ship is Yore small." . "Ong 111 test long, Yes, abs is vory Mall. But, properly handled, she will be safer In stormy weather than a larger voesel; and in the lee she will havo the supreme advantage Of being able to twist and turn moth readily," "And how will It work having a crew 011 oMeore ancl no seamen?" "Wolle et test nine of the sixteen are Seafaring mul willing Mende ening tho pointifie staff, whether 1(1 isaisitolcohold or oe leek, will add to our ofileiney, Each member Of tho 'me iedition 15 imbued with lovo ot the oh and With the ilort( or adventure, So 1 hope that our egpedition, liko orator ones, will be a hooey tensity liseeVery of dynamite. Seaplanes Are Useful. "About the eeaplaue—what do you expect to do with it?" I consider that seaplanes or airplanes are now a serious factor in explora- tion, Undoubted/3e when the weather ealtn, we can gale moth intorma. tice on the trend of Lite Antarctic coast lino er the position and extent et -float1ng peels ice from a height of 5,000 beet in an airplane than would be gained in weeks of battering through the ice In the ship. One's hare, zon from the crown nest of the Quant Is approximately eleven miles. Fran the seaplane we shall be able to cm lerge this horizon so much that it may make all the difference to our manoeuv. ring In the pack." "Have you any theories on the sort of weather you are likely to get when you reach the Antarctic?" 'That is a most difficult question. On our last expedition there was prac. tically no summer. 1 understand from the Argentine Motemogleal Station at the South Orkneys that last winter was the most severe ever recorded in the south polar regions, It is just pos. sible that the Southern simmer this year may be au open one for naviga- tion. It so, instead of a falling to twenty miles a day progress, the ship may reel off 100 to 160 Tuna." "A fine rate plunge into the um known." "Yes; one feels what Keats calls '(be dearth of human words and the roughness et ruortel speech' when one tries to express all the experience means." "Yet there are people who say it is nothing but fun—for the explorer." "You meun the people who aslc what is the good a all this exploration? 11 theirs had been the view held NA years ago, and explorers lead not gene forward, we should have had a cramp, ed and emu world to live in now, Life must be lived not for the moment atone; we must live and order our lives for posterity DA well as our- selves., The impossibility of to -day is the commonplace of to -morrow, and it is sorely the privilege of a cent u y like aur own to extend the bounds ot humen understanding farther than they Item pet been placed." Mother. Mother I' inn here tethinkine Jot a-feelee sort 0' bine, Half discouraged: heart's a-sinleinO Like a heart, will sometimes do. Lutck hes sort o' been agin me, Though Iwo bravely hit the line, To revive the hope that's in me, rin Corgettine mother nue, I have Put tiny woes behind me, An' I'm beck there in your came, Snugglini whore the world can't find me, With its worries an' alarms; You're a-sayina "There, now, nutty: It's all right, dear, never mind!" L1fe's as sweet agin as honey, ' It's no more n tough old grina. Vlotber, 1 nuns( quit lny droamlni An' get busy, atter whim, But this little bit ot ee•emia' That I see your lovin' Will bring back the peen you gm's me, In Ilteie game VII klcic o goal; You, in menery deer, can tam me, I'll bo master of my soul, Lighted tobacco and Matches are especially destructive in the forests. Late forests mean employment; dead forests employ nobody. Do not be reeponsible for o dead foreet. 00 MILE 213REAREY The used ear dealer who shows you hew they run Melon of talking about ulna they ere 111Se. 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