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By MARGARET BROWN.
PART III. I pondeci, "that you were downright
When the great day arrived Miss'• boor so I could support you."
Cornelia did not go to the station.' She laughed gaily.
She could not bring herself to face!
"And I am so blessed thankful that
the idle, curious crowd. But she I am not. Your burdens will conte
pressed her face against the' rain-', soon enough," she continued soberly.
heart, watched old Henley's ancient
washed pane and, with wildly beating LtI want the rest of your years to be
"bus" tail through the mud. 1 as beautiful as life allows."
Then,almost before she knew it, 1 When the long evening, with its
she haopened the door, and her face music and songs and over -sea tales
was down against a wet overcoat and was ended, Ray turned at the foot of
a deep voice was saying, "Why—I the stairs to inquire:
mother! You're crying!" I "Will you come and tuck ole in,
"No, I'm not!" she denied. "Stand! Mother Cornelia?"
off and let me look at you." I She nodded, not daringto speak.
She took in every detail while the! When ne had gone, a bright tear
hazel eyes smiled at her, and a big! splashed upon her hand. Her face
hand held hers. He turned the hand looked beautiful.
over with meditative pucker of his t, e think," she whispered to Mary,
brow and then raised it and kissed it To
think he asked for that! Oh,
wassofte no squarelyernba ss embin the arrassment o aln1 self-con-re
elf con Mary' I wish he were little, little!
sciousness after that. And my heart is just bursting with
"Seems Iike," said old Mary, an joy because he is co big and strong."
hour later, smiling from the kitchen She laughed a bit at herself and
door at the gray head and brown one folded away her embroidery and went
bent together above an old album, to stand before the fire. The whole
"seems like you've been here before room bespoke some new presence. A gal ships and 50 frigates in commis -
and belong." pair of big gloves lay on top of the
sion elsewhere, besides 42 capital
ships and 36 frigates building.
Jellicoe in 1916 had in the Grand
Fleet 39 capital ships and 32 cruisers
and light cruisers, with thirteen ob-
solescent capital ships and five
cruisers in commission elsewhere, and
five capital ships and nine cruisers
building.
The Germans had twenty-one bat-
tleships and 16 cruisers in Jutland,
but it is nearly established that of the
ships which actually came into action
THE FIRST
SINCE TRAFALGAR
WAS THE ENGAGEMENT QF THE
FLEET AT JUTLAND.
Some Comparisons Made by Admiral
Viscount Jellicoe in "The Grand
Fleet, 1914-16."
Trafalgar, fought at pistol range
over an area of five or six miles, by
ships stationary or progressing at an
average rate of 11 miles per hour, is
contrasted with Jutland, fought at 13 -
mile ranges, over a course of 206
miles, by ships travelling at an aver-
age speed of 17 knots.
"More than a hundred years -af-
ter the Battle of Trafalgar, and af-
ter a century of controversy, the
Admiralty considered it desirable
to appoint a, committee, to decide
whether that action was fought in
accordance with the original inten-
tions of th commander-in-chief, as
embodied in his famous memoran-
dum."
The quotation, is from Admiral Jet-
licoe's preface to "The Grand Fleet,
1914-16," and explains why the author
describes with such care the Battle
of Jutland.
"The battle of Jutland was the first
fleet action since Trafalgar, if we ex-
cept the actions in the Russo-Japanese
War," writes Admiral Viscount Jelli-
coe, . "but there were no sur-
prises in the way of enemy tactics."
Many . have compared Nelson's
splendid breaking of the enemy's line
at Trafalgar with
Jellicoe's
cautious
long-distance argument at Jutland, to
the disadhtantage of the latter, and in
the "Grand Fleet, 1914-16," the twen-
tieth century seaman defends himself.
Jellicoe points out that Nelson took
into action at Trafalgar 26 capital
ships and 19 frigates, leaving 47 capi-
The hazel eyes smiled back at her. piano, the music had been left scat -
"And don't I belong, Mary?" tered about, the fire tongs were out
The ceremony of unpacking a of place. the sofa cushions had lost
small, hide -covered trunk was the big their usual primness and the whole
event of the happy day. Mary rodm bore the air of having been
smoothed and patted and exclaimed waked up and used.
over her Bombay shawl and laid it
carefully away.
"But," protested the boy, "that
Miss Cornelia smiled happily at
the disorder and stopped half way up
shawl .is for everyday use. You mast- the stairs to say:
n't put it away like that." "Don't straighten things ap, Mary.
"Ray," was the spirited rejoinder, I want to see then just that way in
"that shawl is too good for every the morning. I want to be sure it is
day. I'll wear it to the Sewing Circle all true."
on 'Wednesday afternoons and to In the longtalk that followed,she the preponderance of force was
church on Sundays. So -there;" by the Germans.
Ray retired from the encounter learned that the boys few, simple I Jellicoe took into the Jutland fight
•
laughing and placed in Miss Corn- ideals were deep rooted, that the , twenty-four battleships, eight battle
la's had b 'f 1 1'tl em- thoughts of her son were clean cruisers, eighteen cruisers and sigh-
s a cavil u l e g
studded Buddha thoughts. He spoke of some problems
"That was the thing," he explained he had solved and a few conclusions
,t.h I ld
t. at won n t tell you aoout.
"But Ray, it must be awfully ex- lonely life had thrown him bac1s upon o
pensive." his native strength, and she rejoiced' greater number of eggs in one basket
'thanhad Nelson coul
"I imagine it is," and his eyes at the straightforward naturalness lost his eentire fleet at Trafalgar have
replaced it twice over. Jellicoe could
not have replaced the Grand Fleet had
it been lost.
"Our fleet," he writes, "was the one
and only factor that was vital to the
existence of the Empire, as, indeed, to
the allied cause We had no reserve
outside the battle fleet which could in
any way take its place should disaster
befall it, or even should its margin of
superiority over the enemy be elim-
inated."
Jellicoe may have overestimated
the number of German destroyers, as
he certainly overestimated their ef-
fectiveness. In his book he says the
Germans had always 88 of these avail-
able, with a reserve running from 20
to 70 ready to be used at the chosen
moment
An otherwise accurate comparison
of the forces engaged at Jutland gives
the number of German destroyers at
77, and the number of British at 78.
The British Grand Fleet, the admir-
al says, had never more than 80 nor
less than 42 destroyers, while the
Germans had always 88, _with a re-
serve running from 20 to 70.
"We had not built an adequate num-
ber of destroyers in the years before
the war."
he had reached. 'She saw that his
teen nght cruisers.
More Eggs in Basket.
Jellicoe had, therefore, a much
sobered,
"Don't you know?"
"No, Mother Cornelia."
She looked at him quickly.
"It was given to me," he explained
slowly, "by a man in India who was
grateful to me."
"Why was he grateful?"
"I saved his life."
"She put out her hands quickly as
if to draw him from some peril, and
then laughed softly to herself.
"I must not be foolish. I have to
remember day and night that you face
danger or the possibility of danger
—and not be foolish."
with which he gave her his confi-
dence.
She pandered it all deeply. Is there
a Power behind what seems to be
just happenings? Was it meant that
out of the loneliness of a maiden
heart .and an orphan's heart, this joy
should grow?
"It seems," she said, wonderingly,
"that all this has happened often be-
fore, that it is only one of many,
many such talks."
"Doesn't it?" he responded quickly.
"I have just been thinking that. All
my best dream has come true."
He slept at last, with her hand be -
So they went through the happy neath his cheek. When his breathing
hours together. He showed her the grew deep and even, she tucked the
things he had collected by land and bedclothes about him and kissed him
sea and together they fitted up the softly and stole downstairs to stand
north room. She touched all his again before the fire,
possessions with reverent, loving Then quite suddenly she was sob -
hands, arranging and rearranging, bing in Marys arms with no clear
suggesting, talking a little, laughing reason for doing so, and Mary was
softly, sometimes pausing, with a rocking her gently with a low tender
little intake of the breath, to look at crooning.
his broad shoulders or note his sure ( After a while the tears dossed and
movements or listen for his "Mother
Cornelia;" The joy in the little white
house night well have bulged the
walls.
"See," said Ray, standing at the
window, "our happiness has spilled
over into the rainy clay outside and
has made the sun shine through the
clouds."
It was there at the window, watch-
ing the sunshine glint across the wet
leaves, that they spoke of the thing
that had lain in the minds of both.
It was with a joyous surprise that
they discovered that they had both
thought of it. The delicate flush rose
in Miss Cornelia's face as she said:
"I was afraid you would think ice
presumptuous!" - —^
"My Heavens!" exclaimed the boy; The Hosts of April.
"1 am the presumptuous one. But I Behold young Ap irs banners
gave wanted it all the time ---to be
legally your son."
"And you know," she suggested
slyly, "I have some property—"
He turned quickly,
"Mother Cornelia, could you think
she smiled up into the kind blue eyes.
"Do you know what glorious thought
came to me just now, Mary?"
Mary shook her head, then said
quickly, "Maybe it's the thing I was
thinking—he'll marry and there will
be little feet?—some day ?"
"Yes. And oh, I just feel that I
shall live to see it, and know all the
joy—"
Mary, poked the fire meditatively,
"We'll have to make the spare room
into a nursery—"
"Oh, Mary, Mary!"
And Miss Cornelia wiped up the
last tear with a laugh, a lovely mo-
ther -laugh,
(The End:)
?"
' Oh, no, I didn't, truly, dear," she
protested, taking hold of his coat.
"ref can't I be just a little glad that
in something?"
sometimes tvi.abeds" he TAW.
'Upon the bough, of spring!
In every glade and marshland
Green flags are shimmering.
The great blue armies of the Lord
Thunder, and stir, and sing!
Now every shy earth creature
Advances in the dawn,
For the black ranks of winter
Have suddenly 'withdrawn;
A glory marches through the world
And caning arson Tv lawn.
that the maxitzzuzn effect of our
fire at night could not be obtain-
ed, and that we could place no
dependence on beating off des-
troyer attacks by giiniiz`e.
"There is no doubt at all that
the German organization for night
action was of a remarkably high
standard. In the first place the
use of star shells, at tlTht time un-
familiar to us, was of greatest ser-
vice to them in locating our des-
troyers without revealing their
own positions: and secondly, their
searchlights were not only very
powerful (much more so than
our), but their method of control-
ling then and bringing guns and
searchlights -onto any vessel sight-
ed was excellent. It also appeared
that some system of direct firing
was fatted to the guns of their
standing armament."
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Dirty electric lamps are inefficient
and wasteful. A recent investigation
in a large establishment disclosed in-
teresting figures In the extent of this
waste. A group of lamps with a
week's accumulation of dirt showed
an average absorption of light of 16
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Not Ready For Night Action.
Jellicoe Would not take the chance
of a night action, although he did not
get the battle fleet on the scene soon
enough to complete the job by day.
"For several reasons it was not
my intention to seek such an ac-
tion (by night) between the
heavy ships.
"Such a coruse. must have in-
evitably led to our battle fleet be-
ing the object of attacks by a very
large destroyer force throughout
the night, Neither our search-
lights nor their control arrange-
ments were at this time of the
best type.
"The fitting of direction -firing
gear for the guns of the second-
ary armament of our battleships
(a very important factor for firing
at night) has also only just been
begun, although repeatedly an -
plied for.
"The delay was due to nianufac-
taring and labor difficulties. With-
out these adjuurts I knew well
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Hon. Alex. Ramsay'% Family Dates
Back to the 7weifth Century.
The smooth manner in which the
marriage of Prtat.cess Patricia of Con-
naught with the Hon. A -thunder Ram-
say, a mere Scottish noble, was ac-
complished, the apparent absence of
any objecting to such an "uneven" tie
on the part of King George, may have
surprised many continental Europeans
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remarkable or to appreciate the
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blood marrying a commoner. Scot-
land hugs its nationalism, tightly and
looks on those commoners who lia,ve
married into Vie English Royal family
as securing nothing more than their
due. There is gratification, of course,
but it is mixed with a spirit of inde-
pendence and the severe conscious•
ness that a Scottish line of Campbells
or Ramsays is as long and exclusive
as a Royal house in England. In Scot-
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which had become extinct, passed to a
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Quaint Customs of the Tree Lizards
in British Guiana.
Seldom is a chance encounter in the
jungle as delightful as this one that
Mr. William Beebe describes in Jungle
Peace. The quaint little adventure
happened on a trail in British Guiana,
along which Mr, Beebe was dander-
ing, tired from a long day of work in
the laboratory;
For several weeks, says the author,
the jolly little trail lizards had been
carrying on most enthusiastic court-
ships,- marked by much bowing and
posing, and a terrific amount of
scrambling about. The previous day
—that of the.,. first rains—numbers of
lizards appeared, and at the same time
the brown tree lizards initiated their
season of love -making. I had often ,
watched them battle with one another
—combats wholly futile as far as any
damage was concerned. But the van-
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up toward the head, to preserve his
tail intact, Scarcely had I lifted hint
from the ground when he turned his
head, considered me calmly with his
bright little eyes, and solemnly spat
out a still living ant in niy direction.
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ground and opened ley fingers. He
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steadiness and without terror. From
the summit of a fallen log he turned
and watched me walk slowly out et
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