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BEGIN HERE TODAY
A novelist, seeking nocturnal ad
venture, leaves the ball room of the
Marchioness of Drimning at t
o'clock d
is the morning. While stand
ing in the archway leading into
Shepherd's Market he hears a woman
screaming to a dog. $.e is surprised
to see a woman in evening dress chas-
fng a small terrier.
Wen he sees that the dog is car
rying the woman's slipper in his he galantly offers to assist' the
lady. And is amazed when the wo-
man addresses him as "No. 9." Be-
ing unable to capture the dog the
novelist resolves to penetrate the mys-
tery. Presently several men come
upon the scene and he is blindfolded
and taken to a part of London strange
to hizn. Many people are assembled
there who plot o kill the Emperor of
Berengaria. The novelist is addressed
as "No. 9," and is asked to voice his
opinion.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
I plunged: "Well, I should say that
between 12 and 1 would be the best.
You see when the ... the tyrant is
going in and out of shops, it is quite
simple to nick him between the shoul-
der blades." There were murmurs of
assent, as I made a nicking gesture.
"In that case," said the chairman,
"you would do the removal, and I take
it that No. 5 would be ready to assist
you in escaping by having a taxi in
readiness. However, you will remem-
ber that it is more usual, when `a fe-
male comrade is employed, for her to
do the removal while the male mem-
ber drives the taxi." ,
We discussed this for a short time,
and I made quite a pretty picture of
myself lurking at the corner of Graf-
ton Street, watching for the Beren-
garian to conte out of Pomfrey's. But
No. 5 cut us short:
"No. That is perfectly useless. It
is most difficult to escape from a dis-
trict like Bond Street. There is too
much traffic, and the road is generally,
up. When I was concerned with the
removal of Schlopstein, the traitor, in
Fifth Avenue, I was very nearly
caught. If ' I had not run over a
policeman, I should not be .here."
"Certainly," said the chairman,
politely, "there is something in what
you say, No. 5. Though, of course, I
assume that you are not thinking of
your own life."
"Oh, no," Said the lady, carelessly.
"That is not of the slightest import-
ance. But I dislike inefficient work.
I say the park."
"Have you thought out a plan?"
"Yes. You are aware that the Em-
peror of Berengaria rides sixteen
stone? Therefore his horse does not
go very fast"
"Well, assuming that is the case?"
"What I propose is as follows: No.
9 and I will proceed to the park, and
be there by half -past eight in the
morning, a few minutes bfeore the ty-
ranty-
rantarrives. I shall be standing by
the railings when his horse comes to-
ward me •at its usual leisurely pace.
We will select a spot in front of a
tree behind which will be posted. No.
9. As the Emperor of Berengaria ap-
BROCADE
preaches, I will give a cry and fall`
,- down in a faint. He will get off and
assist me. I understand, Comrade,
wo that the tyrant is very chivalrous•;-
- due advantage should be taken of this
weakness. While he is bending over
us, No. 9 will have an opportunity to
dispatch him with any weapon he
thinks fiat. I say truncheons. They
_' go deep and make no noise," She flung
Ins a smile, as she added: "Though I
sha'l'l not object to No. 9's preference
for the knife if he is more practiced
with the weapon."
"Very sensible, indeed," said the
chairman, "very competent. I con-
gratulate you, No. 5. Have you any
objections, No. 9?"
"Oh, no. It sounds very efficient.
I am quite willing, and perhaps No.
5 is right. In the case of a highly
adipose monarch the knife may not go
deep enough. I say truncheons."
"You can settle that later. Settle
it between yourselves. Now can we
assist you in any way?"
."Yes," said No. 5. "As soon as the
good work is done we shall run across
the grass; one toward the east, and
one toward the west, until we reach
the carriage road. There we shall ex-
Cary if
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i aeliE N*. 62-0- 16.
hoz* I Was again in Curzon Street.
Near by I could eee the file of ear
riages outside Deming House; the
fights glowed; upontrhss air carne the
strafe once more of "Chop Chop
Chinaman." But now I Was no longer
alone; the beautiful figure by my side,.
though she wasin keeping with the
opulent scene, represented in her robe
of flame the re•cl virgin of anarchy.
It was exciting and wonderful. I knew.
that my duty was to iesid her forth-
with to the police and to expose the.
plot, so that the Hmp,cror of Berens
gala might proceed with his peace-
ful life. But the idea of manacles
upon those tender wrists, that dark
waving hair undee the cap of the pris-
oner, it was unthinkable, horrible. I
hated and feared her, but at the same
time a gentler sentiment arose in,me.
If only I could save her, argue with
and convert her! For., of course, some
day else must be catght and die;- or
see the roses of her cheek grow dull
in a prison cell. Only, to convert a
woman one must make her love One.
There was not 'much time.
It was then that with a pretty laugh
No, 5 paused outside the archway,
and murmured: "It's all very well, "but
I still 'haven't got my slipper."
"I say," I replied, remorsefully.
"How like a man! I was going to
make you walk until wee met a taxi.
Why!. You might have hurt your
foot."
She laughed on a queer, intense,
ecstatic note: "Oh," she murmured, "if
only I might spill my heart's blood for
our cause."
"Spill yotiir heart's b'-ood if ,you
like," I replied, "but your foot's blood
is not gloar. ions. The question is, how
am I to find you a slipper. Look here,
I'm afraid It'll be a bit large for you,
but let me lend you my- left shoe."
She laughed again: "And then it
will be your foot's blood which wild
be spilled for the cause." I marvelled.
at her lightness, but she was not 20;
she could laugh in the middle of
tragedy.
"I know what to do," I said. "I've
just been to a dance, and it's my mis-
fortune to grow very ° t.� Thus I
carry several spare handkerchiefs:
Let me make you a sortof sandal."
She laiughed again, and silently ex-
tended a charming foot, covered in
fiaane-oolored silk. I knelt down,
fumbling with the handkerchiefs, and
I was filled wieh pity as I noted this
exquisite little foot, rather too long,
but very slim, and perfectly arched.
It was cold in. my hands as•I swaddled
it in the handkerchiefs, clumsily tying
She flung me a smile, adding: "I shall not object to No, 9's prefer-
ence for the knife!
pest to find two Bolls -Joyce cars
driven by comrades: they must follow
us."
"Certainly," said the chairman
"Comrade No. 1 (Supplies) , please
make a...note: Two Bolls-Joyces."
"We've only got one automobile,"
said No. 1.
"We can't bother about that," said
the chairman. "You'll have to find
another. Outside the Blitz Hotel is
an awfplly good place. That's settled.
What day do you propose?"
"This morning," said No. 5 in a
savage tone.
"No, we shan't have the car till day
after to -morrow. They're awfully
difficult to find in daylight. , To -day's
Tuesday ... for safety, say Thurs-
day morning at half -past eight. Is
that clear?"
"Yes," said No. •5.
"Yes," said I.
"Any other business?" said the
chairman. "No other business? The
meeting le declared closed."
As we went out, No,..5 said to me
"I say, we'd better have a talk to-
morrow and get it absolutely clear.
We don't want any mistakes."
"Rather not," said I.
"Well, look here, we'd better lunch
to -morrow at .. ". let's lunch at Miv-;
' art's. Suppose the tyrant were to
catch a glimpse of me!" She laughed
low: "I'm not altogether repulsive.;
Then, when I fall down hs my faint, he
might recognize me, and he'd be all
r
'the more sure to take an interest in
my sad case."
"All right," I said, "to -borrow
lunch at Mivart's, one -thirty, I'll book
a table.'' Before .we went out, how-
ever, Comrade No. 1 (Supplies) stop.
ped us:
"Have you got enough money?"
"One never has enough money," I
replied, out of habit.
"llettor•take fifty pounds," "said No.
1, confidently. "One never knows what
may happen, and there's lots more
where that came front."
1 Put the money into my pocket, and
thanked hitri „with :ti siiiile, r ,
PART T III.
Not a half an hour had elapsed;;.
, `them about the ankle. When it was
done, No. 5 murmured: "I'm afraid
I shall limp."
"Take my arm," I replied, and we
walked along Curzon Street; I
trembled under the light weight of the
little hand.
"I say," I remarked, "I can't go on
catling •you No. 5."
She drew a little away: "How do
you mean? We have no names. We
are but lonely atonis working toward
a common end."
"I know," I replied, for I realized
that in such adventures names are
not Used; "But, a14 the same, you and
1 are entering upon a business from
which neither may come out alive.
Let us not tell each other our names,
hut let us 'assume names as might a
pair of ghosts meeting on the other.
side, For me ... well, call me Geof-
frey, and I'll call you . Sylvia."
"All right Geoffrey," she mur-
1 mured,, coming a little closer.
(To be continued.)
Wool -Growing in a Hurry.
An invention which makes sheep's
wool grow faster was described by Pro-
fessor Barker, of Leeds University, at
the international conference of sheep -
breeders at Chester, England.,
Ifo said. • a Japanese doctor had
placed on the market a fluid which,
when injected in the veins of a sheep,
Bray, every two days, promotes rapid
growth of wool,
"So rapid is the growth said to be,"
.professor Barker continued, "that two
i ionthe' injection produces twelve
menthe' growth at the ordinary rate.
Tittle two or threo shearing each year
are •possible.
• Whales Have Teeth,
',Neth are present in the jawe of the
whalebone whales, but they never ap-
pear iibove the surface, and the young
of the ruminants have, buried In the
galas minute upper incisors, though
they do not develop into functional
teeth in the adults,
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At the Soda Fountain.
The Soda Glass—"Those Straws are
abad lot!"
The Ice Cream Spoon—"How so?"
The Soda GIaes—"Just lay for stook-
era
uckerr all day."
"Those That Go Down to
the Sea."
Men who have loved the ships they
took to sea,.
Loved the tall masts, the prows that
.creamed with foam,
Have learned, deep in their hearts, how
it might be
• That there is yet a dearer thing than
home.
The decks they walk, the rigging . in
the stars,
The clean boards counted In " the
watch they keep,— -
Th se., and the sunlight on the slip-
pery .sears,
Will. ,haunt them ever, waking and
asleep. _
Ashore,' these men are not as other
men; -
They walk as strangers through the
crowded street,
Or, brooding, by their fires, they hear
again
The drone astern, where gurgling
waters. meet, •
Or see again a wide ,and blue lagoon,
And a lone ship that ride's there with
the moon. •
-bgV4dIVIerton, in "Ships in Harbor,"
Wise Willie.
Willie ---"Say, dad, my shoes need
soles•, but if you bay, me roller skates
I won't need to send them to the shoe-
=tier."
hoe-mitker.' -
Ancient Egyptian .surgeons had a
way of hitting the patient en the head
in just the proper place and th it c, -
<;Fa't'159fl cv:rd•.a he woe 17neonscioclrf
frs nl u..e blow.
What Totems Tell.
Right at the root of totemism was
the ' profound superetiti'on of savage
races which associated the world of
birds, beasts and insects—and even of
vegetables• --with the .dtetinies of men.
Totemic worship was practiced in
ancient G.heece, Egypt and Rose, and
to this day is found in Canada, Alaska,
India, Australia, New Zealand and
other places. Its India many natives
rejoice in such names aa Kole (jackal),
Hansraj (noose) and Dudhi (pumpkin)
and claim descent from tdhe particular
animal, bird or vegetable that they
deify.
The aborigines of Ausitralia worship
animals, binds and fishes of all kinde.
Nerert'heless•, this pious regard does
not reetrain them from killing and
eating these revered tribal gods.
But it is among the Indians of
North America that totemism exists
in its most picturesque forms. Some
tribes, like the Iroquois, tattoo their
totems on their bodies. Others, such
as the Heide Indtans, of British Co-
lumbia, erect wooden totem -poles;
either unpainted or crudely colored,
carved with grotesque representations
of various local birds, beasts, reptiles
and fishes.
At such an Indian settlement as
Alert Bay, on Puget .Sound, these
totem -poles afford en amusing spec-
ea.cle. Almost every house has before
it a carved post, its angle reminiscent
of the leaning tower of Pisa, and the
entrance to some of the dwellings is t
through the yawning mout of a weird -
looking killer -whale -or timber wolf.
If a stranger Indian enters a settle-
ment like Alert Bay, and spots a her:
aldic symbol similar to the one he
bears himself, he is justified in claim-
ing blood brotherhood with the owner
of the totem -post, even if he does not
speak the same language.
Folkentitled to the same crest must
not marry, however. Thus, a wolf
may not marry a wall:, but must seek
a mate among the Frogs, Whales,
Crows or Salmon. The symbols of the
mothers are passed on to the children,
for the Indian women rule the roost
aid have the chief say ,n the home and
council.
By this time many totem -poles of the
North American Indians have found
their way into the museums, and one
does duty as an ornament in the main
street of Winnipeg.
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Romany Riddle.
I cannot give the bread you seem to
need,.
For I am just the sound of wind. In
fields of grain;
Nor can I offer shelter of a. roof,
Being but the tune of pine trees in the
rain;
But make you pipes, of oaten stew, or
violin of tree,
And I. will take the°road, with you and
Set your spirit free.
Edith Thompson.
BICYCLE -BARGAINS
Now And etichtiy Pod. Ohl
upwards. TranikartatIgt
Prepaid, WM. fed
Pries List.
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Music and Public Welfare.
The immense investments which aro!
visible in the operations of the pltonoil
graph and the mechanicalpianos anal'
roll Industry, not to mention the con-
cert and opera field, demonstrate b
gond a doubt .the neceseity of music to,
the publio welfare..
That the share devoted to music edu
cation ie not a larger one must"then,
b1f due to some other cause than
apathy of the public as regards meed
itself. Pondering upon the millions o
dollars annually expended upon thesel
various • vehicles through which music
is given to the masses \solely through
their ear, and at a minimum et person-
al exertion, how complacent, indeedy
must be the `toaoher who is content to•
ascribe It to the matter of laziness on/
the assumption that it is from mere',
choice that the people buy their music'.
ready-made instead of making it for
themselves.
The Barrel Garden.
By boring holes of sufficient size for
a strawberryplant, in a barrel filled
with earth, enough of the fruit can be
grown to supply a family for a season)
A. vine; set in: each of the holes, is
supported by a screen platform to holds
it as it grows and bears fruit.
No fewerthan sixty vines can be)
raised in one basrek
ti:t.!
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stock?
What feeds contain the vita -
mine that prevents chicks from j
having rickets?
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