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The March of he White Guard
By SIR GIi.BERT. PARKER.
CHAPTER III. ; ing with Her Majesty afterward." And
It was eighteen days later. In the Late Carscallen rubbed his left band
shadow of a little island of pines, that ; joyfully against his blanketed leg and
lies in a shivering waste of ice and! drank.
snow, the White Guard camp. They; Claud-in4he-Sky's thoughts were
are able to do this night what they i with the present, and his "Ug1•il" of
have not done for trays—dig a great! approval was ane of the senses purely.
grave of snow, and building a fire of Instead of drinking to absent friends,
pine wood at each end of this strange he looked at the Sub factor and said,
house, get protection and something ; "How!" He drank to the Sub -factor.
like comfort. They sit close to the! And Ja
thougr h
Subfactor,
fires, Jaspar Hume is writing with', what
number fingers. The extract that fol.-; His was a memory of childhood; of
lows is taken frpm his diary. It tells! a house beside a swift -flowing river,
that day's life, and so gives an idea: where a gentle widowed mother braced
of harder. sterner days that they have! her heart against; misfortune and. de -
spent and will spend, on this weary , nied herself and :slaved that her son
journey. : might be educated. He had said to
"December 5th.—Ws is Christmas - her that some day he would be a great
Day and Camp twenty-seven. We have man, and she would be paid back a
marched only five miles to -day. We hundred -fold. And he warked•ehard at
lday
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are eighty miles from Great Fisli
River, and the -covet wet to do. We
have discovered two signs. Jeff Hyde
hash had a bad twee days with his frozen
school, very hard. But one
of spring a message came to the
school, and •he sped homeward to, the
house beside the dark -river, down
foot. Gaspe Toujours helm ly which thefloating—.he would
to his dy-
eer—to give the world the fruit of
ten years' thought and labor, he had
sot all behind him that he might be
true to the friendship of his youth.,
ni
that he ithe be loyal to his manhood,
that he might be clear of the' strokes
of conscience to the last hour of his
life.
Looking round him now, the debate
beg look eontee again into his eyes..
He places his hand in his breast, .and
lets it rest there a moment. The look
becomes certain and steady, the hand
is drawn out, and in it is a Book of
Common Prayer. Upon the fly -leaf is
written, "Jane Hume, to her dear son
Jaspar, on his twelfth 'birthday."
These men of the White Guard are.
not used to religious practices, what-
ever their nest hri's been in thatre-
gard, and at any- other time they
might have been surprised at this; .ac-..
tion of Jaspar Hume. Under some
eireumstances it Might have lessened
their opinion of him, but his influence
over them now was complete. They
knew they were getting nearer to him
than they had ever done;. even Cloud -
in -the -Sly appreciated that. He spoke
no word to them, but looked at them
and stood up. They all did the same,
Jen Hyde leaning an the shoulders of
Gaspe Toujours. He read first, four
verses of the Thirty-first Psalm, then
followed the prayer of St. Chrysostoin,
and the beautiful collect which appeals
to the Almighty to mercifully look up
onthe infirmities of men and to
stretch forth His hand to keep and de-
fend them in all dangers and necessi-
ties. Late Carscallen, after a long
pause, said, "Amen," and Jeff Hyde
said in a whisper to Gaspe Toujours,
"That's to the :point. Infirmities and
dangers and necessities is what trou-
bles us."
(To be continued.)
Outwitting the Skunk.
s him no w e t ice was Mr. Skunk with his unsavory repo
One of the dogs died this morning. remember that floating ice
Jacques is a great leader. This night's ing day—and • entered a quiet room tationitrfursbeaobablyIths best
exceptional oo
f
shelter is a godsend. Cloud -,in -the -Sky where a • white-faced waman was
has a plan whereby some of us will breathing away her -life. And he fell i farm which • cannot boast of a skunk
d . and kissed her hand and
sleep well, IN { e- a er
Great Britain to Restore
Louvain.
The destruction of property in Bel-
ginm was the most wanton of Ger-
many's many crimes, Colonel William
Barclay Parsons told members of the
National Committee for the Restora-
tion of the Library of Louvain Uni-
versity in a letter indorsing the move-
ment.
"Much has been said about the de-
struction wrought by the Germans in
,France," the letter said, "But, terrible -
tis It was, the destruction wrought in
Belgium is worse.
"It was not caused by shell fire in
battle; it was not committed in mo-
ments of excitement. Houses, fac-
tories and public buildings were' inten-
tionally, and in accordance with plans
carefully prepared, razed to the
ground and their contents carried off
to Germany or burned.
"Of these crimes—because they are
crimes—the wilful destruction of the
great library of Louvain, which by no
stretch of the wildest imagination
could be deemed a military necessity,
stands perhaps as the greatest."
Great Britain has undertaken the
restoration of the art and literary
treasures of Belgium, it was an-
nounced. A committee has 'been
formed to direct the movement. It
will replace treasures that were des-
troyed and trace those carried off to
Germany.
The members of the English com-
mittee include: Lord Muir Mackeniie,
chairman; Sir Frederick G. Kenyon,
Sir Alfred T. Davies, Sir Alfred Hop-
kinson, Edmund Gone, Hugh Butler,
I. Gollanez, Henry Guppy, Librarian of
the John Rylands Library, "lVIanches-
ter; Dr. M. Rhodes James and Dr. C.
T. Hagberg i'Vright,
•
7klinard's Liniment 'Cures Colds, &a
A new law in England allows women
to •serve as members of. juries in all
cases.
e are in latitude 63 i t h sl a she waked for a
grees forty-seven minutes and longi- called ,to her; and
;ode 112 degrees thirty-two minutes moment only acid' smiled.bn'him., and
14 seconds. Have worked out lunar said, "Be good, my boy, and God will
observations, Have marked a tree make you great. And then she said
JH-27 and raised cairn No. 3. We are she was cold. And someone felt her
able to celebrate Christmas Day with feet—a kind old soul who shook her
a good basin of tea, and our stand-by head sadly at trite mother, and looked
of beans cooked in fat. I was right pityingly at him; and a voice rising
about them: they have great sustain -1 out of a strange smiling languor mur-
ing power. To -morrow we will start' mured, I'll away, Pll away to the
at ten o'clock. i Promised Land—to the Promised
The writing done, Jaspar Hume puts 1 Land! It Id—sovoice cold—God
ased,keep
his book away and turns toward the; my boy!" And
and
rest, Claad-in-the-Sky and Late Cars -1 the kind old soul who had looked at
Callen are smoking. Little can be seen 1 him pityingly folded her arms about
•d drew his brown head to her
of their faces; they are muffled to the, him, an
eyes. Gaspe Toujours is drinking a' breast and kissed him with flowing Skunk will often advertise his pres-
basin of tea, and Jeff Hyde is fitfully eyes and whispere•l, "Come away, my ence by odoriferous means, and by
dozing by the fire. The dogs are above, dear, conte away."depleted chicken yards, yet trappers
in the tent, all but Jacques, who to -1 But he came back in the night and
will tramp the hills over and fail to
night is permitted to be near his mas- I sat beside herand would not go away, find his den, especially if he has been
ter. The Sub -factor b remained 'theretil the sun grew
rises, takes from but remame until
den or, two. - Civilization may drive
the larger denizens of the wilds ,afar,
but the skunk readily adapts himself
to new conditions, and becomes domes-
ticated to the•extent that he is nothing
loath to take up his 'abode under the
barn floor or to burrow into a straw
stack.' 'While it is • true that this ani-
mal is in! some ways a friend of the
farmer, by destroying harmful insects
and mice, yet he has a black mark
against him by yirtue of his "relish
for chicken. He is a troublesome roost
robber. - -
In closely settled neighborhoods Mr.
much trapped. In this case you wiii'
•tl and uts bright, and than through another day i pP
1. 1 ail ern pa`
a -
napsac: a srn ,
it near the fire. This operation is and night until they bore her out of
watched by the others. Then he takes 1 the little house by the river to the
five little cups that fit snugly into each t frozen hillside. And the world was
ether, separates them, and puts them; empty and the ley river seemed warm -
also near the fire. None of the party ; er than his heart.
speak. A change seems to pass over, And sitting here ,in this winter deso-
the faces of all except Cloud -in -the -1 lation Jaspar Hume beholds these
Sky. He smokes on unmoved. Ati scenes of twenty years before and
length the Sub -factor speaks cheerily: follows himself, a poor dispensing
"Now. men,.hefore we turn in we'll doI clerk in a doctor's office, working for
w e none of useonor haveof the touched since eor we I hist dream of mother believed; achievement
e rn which in which
she
started; but back there in -the Fort' hoped. And following further the boy
and maybe in other places too, they; that first-year1as hims let colhe legeosoon,nd e s
will be thinking of us; so we'll drink tmakemaa collad e, Vowa health to them though it's but a, and to seeaalways the best Le -
spoonful, and to the day when we see! Page,
of
thein again!" i that friend, being himself so true. Aril
The cups 'tvere passed round. The; the day came when the both graduated
Sub -factor measured out a very small t together in science, a bright and happy
portion to each. They were not men I day, succeeded by one still brighter,
of uncommon sentiment; their lives when they both entered a great firm as
were rigid and isolated and severe' junior partners. Then came the meet -
Fireside comforts under fortunate con -1 ing with Rose Varcoe; and he thought
ditione they saw but seldom, and they; of how he praised his friend Varre
were not given to expressing their Lepage to her, and brought that friend
acelings demonstratively. But each 1 to be introduced to her. He recalled
man then, save Cloud -in -the -Sky had i all those visions that came to him
same memory worth a resurrection,, when, his professional triumphs
and hearts are hearts even under all, achieved, he should have a happy
eneot'thness. Jaspar Humie raised leis' home, and a happy face, and faces, by
!
'Pe
the rest absent friendso fella-wed
the day when; that ofside. And the Rose Varcoe andethe others,
all drank. Gaspe again!"
Toujours solemnly,' and like of himsele f hoHe saw,ould ge orike her
rather
and as if no one was near, made the felt, that face clouded and anxious
;,ir: of the eras; for his memory was ; when he went away ill and blind for
with a dark -eyed, soft-cheeked peasant health's sake. He did not write. The
girl of the parish of Saint Gabrielle,1 doctors forbade him that. He did not
before, ern he and�thad d left
neverbehind
seen since. ; and ears I ask her to steadfastt a (or his was so nature that he did
Word had come from the parish priest !not need letters to keep him true; and
that she was dying, and though he; he thought if she cared for him she
wrote back in lire homely patois of his! must be the •same. He did not under
grief, and begged that the good father,stand a woman's heart, how it needs
would write again, no word had ever remembrances, and needs - to give
come, and he thought of her now as , remembrances.
one for whom the candles had been Looking at Jaspar Hume's face in
lighted and masses had been said. the light of this fire it seems calm and
But Jeff Hyde's eyes were bright, cold, yet behind it is an agony of
and ;suffering as he was, the heart in j memory, the memory of the day when
him was brave and hopeful. lie was; he discovered that Varre Lepage was
thinking of a glorious Christmas Day; married to Rose Varcoe and that the
upon the Madawaska River three • trusted friend had grown famous and
years agone; -of Adam Henry, the! well-to-do on the offspring of his
blind fiddler; of. bright,rwarm-hearted. brain. His firs thought had been one
very likely find him. holding forth in
.scme old building, under a stone pile,
or around the roots of a tree.
When you find his den -set your trap
(No. 1%), digging a shallow trench
in the ground so that the trap sets
level with it, then fasten the chain to
a stake and drive it down level with
the ground. Too often trappers make
the mistake of leaving a stake stick-
ing up above the ground. Cover your
trap with straw freely mixed with
chicken ,feathers, and scatter a few
grains of corn about. You will find
this one of the best sets for skunks,
and one that can be used anywhere.
When you catch a skunk, do not muss
up the surroundings too much. Skunks
often den up ter. or more in one hole,
and if things • are not too much dis-
turbed, one set may prove very profit-
able.
rofitable.
Mice make good bait for skunks. If
you can find where a skunk visits a
chicken coop, set a trap alongside of
the building and cover it with chicken
feathers. Road culverts are a favor-
ite prowling place for skunks, and a
trap set at either end of one will likely
produce results.
As anyone who has tried it knows,
catching a skunk is, only part of the
job. Next,. and soe think most im-
portant, coines killing and skinning.
The best way to kill a skunk is to
t back of
shoot him in the centre •af the
the neck with a .22 -calibre rifle, using
a short cartridge. If you have no gun,
break his back with a long pole, which
will have the sante effect.
Lots of people, especially boys, who
skin a skunk advertise the fact for
days afterward. However, it is quite
Possible to do the job in such a man-
ner that half an hour later you need
not be a total outcast of society. The
secret lies in first greasing the hands
well, then use a sharp knife, and be
careful to cut only skin deep when
peeling the earcass. Unhappy exper-
iences are nearly always the result of
eutting too deep. Stand on the wind
side of your animal, and when you.
have finished wash your hands well
with kerosene, and the scent -will come
off with the grease, If you get any
scent on your clothes, fresh air and
time are the best deodorizers.
Pattie Chown, the belle of the ball, and
the long drive home in the frosty
night.
Late Carscallen was thinking of a
brother whom he had heard ppreach
his first sermon in Edinburgh ten
years before. And Late Carscallen, great," and for his mother's sake he
Slaw of speech and thought, had been had compassion on the girl, and sought
full of pride and love of that brilliant no revenge uln her husband. Rare
brother. But they, in the natural type of man, In a sordid, unchivalric
- course of things. drifted apart; the world! And now, ten years later, he
slow and uncouth one to make his did not regret that he had stayed his
home at last not far from the Arctic hand. The world leas; ceased to call
Circle, and to he this night on his Varre Lepage a genius. He had not
way to the Barren Grounds. But as fulfilled the hone that was held in hint
he stood with the cup to his lips he This Jaspar Hume knew from oc-
i e;alled the words of a newspaper easional references in scientifie jour-
-paragraph of a few months before. It naffs.
tele reference to the fact that "the And he was makin* this journey to
iaaa vend James (Carscallen, D,1)., save, if he could, Varre Lepage's fife.
a , 2,•„h:•ri before His Majesty on Whit- And he has no regret. Though just
tsn1l had the honor of hitch- on the verge of a new era in his car.
of fierce anger anis c etermination to
expose this man who had falsified all
trust. But then came the thought of
the girl, and, most of all there came
the words of his dying mother, "Be
good, my boy, and God will make you
Labor Trouble.
His Better-IUalf (regarding him
from the bedroom windows). --"Where
you bin this hour of the night?"
"I've bio' at me -union, considerin'
this 'ere strike."
"Well, you can stay down there an'
consider this 'ere lockout."
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EXPERIENCE OF SEASON
JUST PASSED.
Proves That Improved Meth-
ods of Conservation Are • .
Still Necessary.
One .direction in which forest pro-
tection will probably be unproved is
through the use of alrerefi. During
the last season, -an experiment along
this line has been maintained by the
St, Maurice Forest Protective Associa-
tion, in co-operation with the Quebec
Government, • using 'seaplanes Jowled
by the Royal Canadian Naval Air Ser-
vice. Similarly, in the North-western
states, forest patrols by aircraft have
been maintained, through co-operation
of the U.S. War Deparment with the
National Forest Service,
While these experiments have not
Yet produced ,absolutely conclusive
results, they at least indicate clearly
that aircraft will have an important
place in forest protection in the future,
Provided the question of expense can.
be met: One ambit seems very clear,
and that is that no matter what the
cost inay be, within reason, it will be
much less than the average annual
loss sustained by forest fres. In the
United States, the proposal is that the
Federal Government adopt definitely
the policy of full co-operation With
state and private agencies. 'It being
assumed that a National Air Service
is to be maintained in any- event, ,as-
signment to forest patrol would con-
stitute an extremely useful activity •
when personnel and equipment are._
not needed for national defense.
Aerial Patrol Established:
Under Such an arrangement, with
the Federal Government assisting,
through the assignment of aircraft
and aviators, the additional cost for
an effective aerial patrol could be
brought well within reason. Existing
agencies can well afford to incur more
expense in forest protection than they
are now doing, provided the results
are commensurate with tho increased
costs, and that this would be the case
with aerial patrol now seems reason-
ably well established. It is probable
that smaller machines than those thus
far used for this purpose would prove
preferable, because much cheaper in
first cast as well as in mahttoaance •
and operation. Full co-ordination be-
tween the air force and the ground
staff would of course be a prime es-
sential Look -out towers have many
times proved their value in the detec-
tion of fires; an aeroplane or seaplane
would take the place of many such
towers.
The systematic mapping of the
country, by aerial photography, is an-
other closely related activity, the pos-
sibilities of which are receiving con-
sideration in both Canada and the
United States. In Canada, it is re-
ceiving the attention of the Royal -Cana-
dian Naval Air Service, the Geodetic
Survey and the Geological Survey.
The St, Maurice Forest Protective As-
sociation, using the machines loaned
by the Naval Air Service; and with
tits co-operation of the" Geological Sur-
vey, is now experimenting along this
line.
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Striving For Success.
The ambition to succeed in what we
undertake, to rise high and go far 11;
a natural one, and a worthy one. But
neither the naturalness or the worths•
ness will excuse the use of selfish or
unfair methods in accomplishing the
same. •
If our standards aro high enough,
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t
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side forces.
What we are in ourselves marks the
limitations of our endeavors, cense-
ciuently of our successes. s. - Jean ltiew.
ett. • - -