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P 4hig ChaPicto• presently, "Why 411( nb ne to
e outbreak of war stattis Ronald bluff Hirldereati hke that?”
t, a young Loedon barristerto "Because," said, Gannesk
ighlantle eay good-bye to TL). "Pan not sure that TIilderman is tbe
foacee, Myra McLeod, On the, train man to, *Ake, into. ear eonaaenee to
o meets Hflderman, who calls himself completely. •It's not 'that 1 don't
American and a stranger in those trt,,4,t the mai, rh.at he;leeks sq. aiefrt
rlari,s, but later Ewart ends that •he and so , It end, he has such e.drearaY
• Lea built a hut qtt 0, eliff above the way of pretending he'ash% •listening
falls opposite General 1el-40{1s lotlg,e. to you when y•on know- jelly well t at
While "i.'n the river MYts, he is, that"' have Et. feeling we ought
-(1-dently blinded by a flash of green to he careful with
ht. Gen. McLeod. tells 11AV-oat of a "Very mulch -what liermis.said about
'42-bge cat-Perience at the same place, 'him the first time ie saw him. But if '
nown. as Chernist'.s Rock, Hilderritan you don't suspect him, end. he is at
very curious as to the, cause of v ory cute man, why net trdst hini and
ra's blindness. The famous London have the 'benefit of his intelligence?"
oculist holds out no hope and Ewart,
after taltin•g 1V1yra home, bring's Dr. "Haw wauird. Y°1't anawer that ques-
tion yonrself, Ewart?" the epemalist
iaarnealt irom Glasgoev. In the mean -
CHAPTHR
ziald
Q'arile5ht
as the train steamed, out 'ef
the -statien. Dennis -and I stood on the
p„latforin and wa'bohed, hi' tout a
sight,
. "Ho Seems a. •gcbil •feR9vrt''''ad
••. ,
"SPlendidl" 1 agreed readily.."He's
exceeding y er and
frdt very charming. What we should
aye done without him heaven °MY
krurys. I fancy his visit saved the
entire household from a nervous col-
lapsfe."
"We've no time for ,eollapses, nerv-
ous or otherwise," Dennis replied: "We
shall want our wits abate-, us, tied we
shall need' all the vitality we can
muster. But at the same time I don't
think there is. any cause for nerves
You're not the sort of mare Ron, to
let your nerves get the better f you
in P.1 emeegeria3r, .especially if we can
prove that our enemy in, a tangible
qaanbity, and not a congromeration of
waves' and yibintion"
"Ililderinan and his friend anneal'
to, be waiting for us," I interrupted.
"You m -w
may as ell introduce
said Dennis "I'd like to ineee the map.
Who is his friend, do you know?"
"Haven't the remotest idea," I re-
plied'. "I have eeen, him once before,
but that is all. I don't know who he
asked quietly'
e Sholto ' is also blinded, then '
toroformed 'and stolen. Garnesk as-
serts ins belief that Ifilderman, knew
of ,Sholto's affliction. The next morn-
ing the two men find footprints and
keei-niarks on the beach, and the
name -plate, from the dog's collar,
Evrart'telegraphs for his friend, Den -
that his cutenese may be the very
re.ason that we don't suspect him:"
"Precisely," Garnesk agreed; "and
that is partly my answer as well."
-And the other part?" put in Den,
nis quietly.
ills Burnham. At Chemist's Rock, "Well, it's a difficult thing to say,
Garnesk sees the green flash and EVir.! and it's all conjecture. But I have a
art is Suffocated. While in the dark- !feeling that •Halderman nob what
room wnere the two young men are e says he is. He has a knack of
„
Id ti a of lio t
'Is ,staying with Hilderman, or
does he live in the neighborhoo,d.?".
"That I couldn't tell you either,"
"I'm sure. he doesn't live any-
*h.ere near Invermalluch."
developing snap -shots, Myria, discoVers tha ng g way going u As we strolled out of the station
that she can see in the red light. ere, that giVeS ane the impression
ham at the s,tation. a very fine intelligence it PrehahlY f,ea'na,cijsdinoig: `,VilathehngierhYAthe gate whiehh.
a.,; tirne. dont ink e is re- b .
Ewalt explains the sittra,tion to Burn- I he , , . t .
is employhig his intelligence and lifider.m.an end ,conapanion were •
CHAPTER XII.-- ( Coned.)
"I'm very glad you had Mr. Garnesk
e hepe you won% let his inability to help
'tired at alt. There's a restless energy ecieen,Igklennon turned to me -with a
about the fellow that w,ould turn. into same. '
SOUT discontent if his mind were "Ah) 1VIL Ewart, he exclaimed,
wieh you " said Dennis at last, with a Tiq fully occupied -with work w ich
h• "your friend. lies left you, then. I
f.,,laruee o'f frank admiration at the it Is aceusto,med to, lid pro ably
joys de,ing,,Mise MeLe,,ect .depress You 'unduly.
"Ishall not give' up hepeyet ;
-aung specaai.tat. ,. .7.4
"'Not so glad as I am," I replied "It. ave you anything to suggest?" I
;fervently. "What I should have done asked,
.b...n 1 "I 'have an idea," he repl,ied; "but I
withcat him heaven only ows.
, r, haven't mentioned it because it doesn't
ea..12 t even gues-
"Oh, nonsense!" cried Garnesk, in satisfy- me at all. I have an.idea that
modest protest. "1 haven't 42.A71' Able the man is sorne'sort of detective hard
. ..
to- do anything Our one advance was at work all tire time. But I can't ime
a piece of pure luck—the discovery agine -what sort 01 detective would
• -that sies. maLena .eoakt see hy the take a house up -here and keep hints:elf
light of a red lamp. We have decided
to keep that quite to ourselves, Mr.
. Burnham."
• 'Of course," agreed Dennis, ' so
emphatically that laughed.
"Wiry so decided, Den ?" I asked,
tor .1 felt that I should' like to climb
as buSy as Hilderrnan appears to be
over some ease in the neighborhood.
I can't imag•ine what sort of case it
can be.'" •
"What about a s,ecret German naval
base in the Hebrides?" I suggeested.
,"It's not by any means impossilale or
even unlikely that the Germans have
s • e terns ope.
any,way,". ,anearered' „heartily. r
"May .1 introduoe my friend • Mr.,
Fuller?"' he atke•cl 'presently, and 1:
found myself shaking -hands with the
lifthia.rrmarl
me pl'easently bit 'glasses. I
1 .1
1101Shoul'.30111t tle
eaildest poss:ble fnertitnt," he answer-
-
wouldn't. ri-ss or a 'day. thillk
I ed. 'Tut 110. doubt Lord Kitchener
ailteld,41;„,ite3grill)„ttiVW1ble'l!d.Yiet-128-ty,710-,'114'ariy
twcb
llY'
Ah, •heres-the
loohed out to the mouth of the
harbor and saw the steam yacht,
ri .
the habit; of -cal:ling At
Glasuabinnte, gliding past the light.
house rock. I Nvas eh out to inaire'serne
comineut on the •boat when Hild.erman
forestallecl me. •
'Wow frfre ' you "f-ole
ire bac"
ta •
asked.
'Ina moto'r-boat, d replied. I am
afreiti ,Angits• is getting. weary ,01
xe "
. '
sure Mr. Fuller, would be de-
lighted to have you !fellows board.
Why not let your /flan take Mr. .13urn-
ham's luggage to Invermallatch, and
come to Glasna.binnie on the Pion -a?
You can 1uzeh vita me, ana Nviten
you tire of .•our ,company 1 NAM on
You across in the Baltimore. Eh?
What 'do you say 9,"
elanli be delafghted, ot courSe," his
ompanion broke in
hesitated for a 'moment, and
glanced' at Dennis. His face obvious.
ly said, "Accent," se 1 accepted.
"Thank' you;" I •said; "we shall, be
rery pleased. It will be nfore jolly
tha.n, going back by ourselves."
"Good!" cried Hfidermatn, "and, I
can show you the view from rny
smoking-roorn. I hope it -will make
you green -with envy." ,
So I -gave Angus his...instructions,
and the four of us waited at the fish -
table steps for the dinghy, to come
ashore from the yalcht. She was net
a particulamly beantiful 'boat, but she
looked comfortable and strong, and
her clumsy 'appearance was aecent-
uated by the fact that her funnelwas
aft a commodious deck dining,-sa.loon,
on the top of winch was a small witeel-
house. Myra had been right, as it
turned out; she was a converted chift
er. The 'two men who canto in to IAA
us up wore the usual- !blue guernsey,
with S. Y. Fiona. worked- in ,an jarc of
red wool across the .chest. They- wtem
obvieusly gtiod servants and useful
hands, but there wns'''arane of that
ridiculous „imitation of naval cals.:torn
a-' whi-lif--"elight.s licarot
of the Cotton Exchange yacht ovaner.
as ei
returned the cornpliineht by antro,cluce
Mg Dennis,. , _ I
'On holiday, 1VIr. Burnham ?" asked
the American. Dennis was So proaniPt,
with his, reply that I was ,convinced he
had beerrthiinking /out in the mean- I
• • I
"Virell, I hardly know that I should
call it a liolid.ay," he replied imrnecii-
We boarded the Fiona with the feel-
ing that we- were go,:ing to have a
pleasant ,ancl comfortable time, and
not with the fear that our set -ting of a
eather-soled shoe upon the hallowed
decks, was in itself an net of sacrilege.
We were no siooner abroad. than Fuller
set himself to play the host with a
be the topmost pmnacie of the high -
t I cl the lonely lochs land ,areeks to 'atelY* "/ have ins& zu4I III) to sa-3" t
the good news to the four corners. of sonle sr Purin e• t ' d
'Y
en e tn join up together, but Dye Dress, Skir't
ehaf1111 WhiCh was• ,exceedingly atten-
ive and neither fus.sy nor parbronisin:g.
' ' ('To he toritinae.de)
est peak in all the world and shout 11147e • .t se. man of the gdod-bye to Ewart before offering nly
iloehs are entirely hidden by surround- head.rie:ta !cd' •2:1cifY Mg ' count y. e !
tbe earth,
"Pei not a scientist Ron," ing mountains, -which come right down he ja, as, as you kaaw., been detained
or Faded Curtains
In Diamond Dyes
I
Dennes eepaeede 4erhat may account to the edge of a narrow opening, and
ills.- make. the .i - ace almost Unnoticeable
for the heresy of my prefound
belief in science. 1 w-eukin't cross the nOi'ws, your. happen to be looking for
road to s.ee a 'miracle/ The atVentieth .
eentexy is eneeeageleal to anything et "Theres 'something 'in that, certain, -
that sort. Take it from me, lead chap, 13,-," Garnesk agreed; 'tout we must
r.ementber he's been here eincenMay.
'thereia a man at the back of thia—
\ seat a iliee man, I admit, but an ercli- Surely our precious Gov,ernatent
nary hit/nein being to all outward ap•- w(Yradj have rthilageci to find what they
Taaaanaast_eand when we catch a ave.nteda'and clear it out by this time.
glimpse ef. his outward appearances
we -shall knew what to do.,",
"Yes; when we do," 1 sighed
"You mustn't let EWart :get de-
pressed, about things, Mr. Burarham,.
He very naterally looks at this busi-
nees, from a different standpeint. With
for the time being., so I am off by
myself."
"We are very old. friends," I ex-,
plainied "and Burnh m ver d entl
decided. to come here, to sed" me as
I was unable to go south to see
'"Never mind, Mr. Ewart," wad He_
del -man. "I guess you'll be able to join
him. very soon. I wish you luck, Mr.
Burnham_ I suppose it won't be long
Then again, did they ,suspect the base,
before you. leave."
or did they have a general idea that
war waS,corning so far back as May V' "Ile's talking of returning to-rnor-
eAz,-to the war," Dennis put in “ime row," eut in. "I with you'ditell him
don% really know when the aubror- e's rldku'l°11's' Mr. Ililderman. Fancy
ities had their first suspicions." c°'Illing a this way twentY-fou
* "No," said 1- "but I fancy it was t
, no ,
hint it is a tragflc, mysterious horror, a very definite 'suspicion until after
which threatens the we:la-being; if not the Archduke was assass,inatedt But
iihe existence, -of, a Info that is dearer look here, Garnesk, just let us sup-
• to him than his own." Pose Hilderman! reallY ]..s a Govern
-
"I'll look after hirn," said Dennis, inent detective in the guise of an Ani -
With griirt determination. which erican visitor. Wouldn't be be just
made even Gitenesk latigh. 'about the man we want, or do yoa
"When you 'two precious people think it would make too nrabb stir
Lave fralthed marshier Me'," ;Mid, `1, to take him into our confidence?"
tope You'll qallow me to point out that "Far too much," .Garnesk repliedi
that very reason giveS me a. prior emphatically. "It's not that he wciuld
ektim to take ,any risks or run into talk; hut if he has been here a/11 this
any dangers that may 'crop up from time this opponents have got wind of
now on. If there is any trouble brew- him lon:g 'before this, and his arrival
Ing, particuitarly dangerous trouble, on the scene in, connectio,n with our
then it is my place to tackle it. I am case would give any suspicious char -
!leanly grateful to you foldows for all acter the tip to bolt. I should, adrvise
you have done ,and are doing ond in- keeping in touch vrith •Thilderman,
tend to de, but the nu,rsing. comes from leant as much as you can about him,
J the other gcle, ean't let you run and be ready to. run to him for help
lisks in a cause which is more mine in if you come to the -conclusion] that he
Abe nature of things than yount." is the man to give it."
"I fancy," said Denraiis, "that, even We sat down among the heather at
year elloquent speeches, will have very the foot of the Mallaig Vac road, and
tttb affect when it comes to real llooketi out over ,bhe harnbor.
;trouhrle, ..danger comes it'lli come "Don't turn your head's," Said Den-
• suddeuly, ,and we .shaill he best helping mis 'quietly, "but glJance clowa at the
. y ec y
oho; .coinmon cause by looking- . alter
oua-selves.r .
';1)a,eaxr, hear," said' Garnesk, and I
.00tuild onlyMutter my thanks. and mY
gratittide for the poSsesSiori of two
'staunch hientis
' "To -get back to, business,' I -saki rug us through their field -'glasses.
"Yes," 'said: Galena* in ,a. vioment,
"he seems to be as interested in us
aa we .a3.*ein him."
1-111clerman and his friend were
standing on the end of the pier watch -
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For the busy woman who cannot
spend as much -time with flowers as
She 'would like, but who still 'wants
to beautify her home with summer
annuals'a border bed along a fence is
the mosit precticaL A vridth of three
feet makes a b•ect 'that is convenient
to work with, andit can be any length,
the longer the better. One of the
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e'Ver seen was ever ninety feet long,
and ]contained about every tint of the
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The taller plants, of course, belong
next the fenee, maing a splendid
backgroand for the shorter ones. It
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One year 1 used: ,eosinos for my
baelcing with blue larks•pur Idfront
of them, and bush nasturtiums at the
edge. These nasturtiums were the
largo flowering T -in Thumb variety,
and stead 'erect, es.ch individual plant
a camped buSh in itself. They bloom -
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'froet, the different shades of yellow
blending welt witih the blue of the
larltaptir., Along a /hark fence that
s,arine year I planted dwarf sunflowers,
which furnished feed, for the ehlekena
,addition to funlishing entertain..
'far the entire ;611i'lly. We leved
to 'watch than turn with the atm,.
Another quielt grovel. giving 'Spleta,
did results is the oldefrrehloried
Seed hou,ses are advertising" a conical
zinnia which, as the naine implies, is
eone-shaped, and rather blunted at ,
tbe top, It grows to be abont three
feet fall, and comes 4ades
red,. yellow,' lavender, orange, Ansi
pin*. A pretty •ectirhimition. With this
Id white cantle -loft, a, letv-spreitifing
plant which, When Covered -with
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might be cres,sed with the nmeth-es-
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flaVer of the latter ',with the greater
size of the former. If -such an a.tteMpt"
Were' made the eggs won Id be hatched
arbiacialloaand the frY "tagged" after
, .
raising them:to fingerling length, in
order 50- identify them three:or four
'years letteere, when 1-1..,.,rotttru
from the sga tothe rivers, arra so get
an idea of ,tlie results'. •
atroald it • be: practicable to erase -
breed the black has with tile striped
bass .or with the crappie? Could the
same 'thing be clone With tthie- cod and
the head:oak br-with the hake and the
pollock'? iSratatralists: reply that such
experimentmig2:Jt be successfully car,,
lcd out in the laboratory, but that -
they .,-wCuld have no value beyond
sat,isaying soi'entifie eurioS,itY. Fur-
Therinore, as an incidental point, fish
hybrids sometimes (thougb not „al-
awflth
ayasro)pieriozygitI
e otosbrrei.;:tules" incapable
S uggestion. been' offered, eleal: Line
o';‘,"Ster might be crossed to advantage,
with t.6e long clam or with the "huo,
hartg,,,n to asto prociace kb 01
shellfish that migalt prove .highly pupu•
ler in. restaurants ansi at clam-balces.
Tho,notion is Undeniably .attractive:
hut.h,e're, again the 'naturalists step in
with a veto, declaring- that. :the
, valves concerned are "too far apart"
lin a zoological sense.
On the ()tiller hand, they say that rzi‘
fish is a very "plastic" organism;
[easily modified by breeding, as illus-
trated in the eae,e , of tlie goldfish,
which' has been, aeloped in thin/14
beautiful and s•ometairrea. we•Ird from ‘4,
. commonplace, dn11-calored little mem-
ber af the, 'carp .family. Similar
"stunts" -might be done. whin other
finny spetese ,and certainly it would
he practicable to increase the she of
some of 'them' greatly,-
.
• improving a Species.
Take the Sunfish, for example. The
hlue sunfish attains a length of twelve
inches,. By breeding it might be Made
two or three feet. tong. Much might
Id ' done ,in the same way with the
blacit bass. .A.11 the sunfishes are, like
the -black bass, nest -builders, e..nd all
of them are well adapted for pond cul-
ture. The yellow perch and wbite
perch could probalil-y, be Increased
four to six times iii weight,. by Proper
breeding.
There is hardly a farm anywhere
that 'cannot have a fieth pond. Dana -
Ming it little streani Will make it. If
there is .no stream, a flne pond for felt
culture ean 1)e made by .digging out a
marsh 'to a depth of four or, five ,feet,
covering the bot -tem with gravel ansi
sluicing planks edgewise- for banks.
Experts say that 1,4 one -acre pond
ouglvt‘to yield 5,000 pounds of.,lish
ziatly, ib nrei)crl..V maaaged, At ten
cents a pounc1 alai would tneen,
a 7,re, r,
NitaPhin
p&is t, Snow,
Very ai.avy ttrIfts of snow. Paeiced
and hard te handle by 'any method of
removal, nee novy beteg cleared away
umeit more easily and rapidly by de-
molishing, insteati of moving them,
'Inte 511.ii‘V meite4 bv "O,trOa.111
dame thrown at it in much the same
manner ;that Are is utionehed
0,110111 of water fcom a nc,7,,h1e,„ 'The
tattle thrtre-er ale° liarZle, which
te oentiectoit to a pair of pipes, one
16i‘itilig to, it boiler with Steam at. 50
Id 70-11, .pressUre, and the Other to
t;,1114it o crrnie oil, whiell is, kept at 5
trainer:, Lyme oI about 50 diegnseS. 13:r
eoil at pine Conitootati to the boil%
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