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"I see, some more lies for me to tell, I sup- pose," he said, angrily. "After you've raised the alarm and failed to recover the body," said the skipper, with relish, "you'll lock my door and put the key in your pock- et. That would be the proper thing to do if I really did go overboard, you know, and when we get to London I'll just slip quietly ashore." The elate came back to his dinner 1 and finished it in silence, while the I skipper kept up a rambling fire of in- structions for his futire guidance. "And what about Miss Tyrell?" said; the mate, at length. "Is she to know ?" "Certainly not," said Flower, sharp- ly. "I wouldn't have her know for anything. You're the only person to know, Jack. You'll have to break the news to 'em all, and mind you do it gently, so as not to cause more grief than you can help." "I won't do it ab all," said the mate. "Yes, you will," said Flower, "and if Matilda or her mother come down again, show it to 'em in the paper. Then they'll know it'll be no good worrying Cap'n Flower, again. If they see it in the paper they'll know it's true; it's sure to be in the local papers, and in the London ones, boo, very likely. I should think it would; the master of a vessel!" Fraser being in no mood to regard this vanity complacently, went up on deck and declined to have anything to do with the matter. He maintained this attitude of immovable virtue until tea -time, by which time Flower's en- treaties had so won upon him that he was reluctantly compelled to admit that it seemed to be the only thing possible in the circumstances, and more reluctantly still to promise his aid to the most unscrupulous extent possible. "I'll write to you when I'm fixed up," said the skipper, "giving you my rew name and address!. You're the only person I shall be able to keep touch with. I shall have to rely upon you for everything. If it wasn't for you I should be dead to the world." 1 cook, "I know what you'll do as well as "Better put about," he said to the i possible," said Fraser; "you've got no- mate, "and cruise about until day - thing to do for six months, and you'll light. We ain't found the belt either, be getting into some more engage- and it's just possible he's got it." menet." The mate shook his head. "It's no "I don't think you have any call good," he said, confidently; "he's gone." "Well, I vote we try, anyhow," said Joe, turning on him fiercely. "How did it happen ?" "He came up on deck to speak to me," said the mate, shortly. "He fancied he heard a cry from the water and jumped upon the side with his hand on the rigging to see. I s'pose his bad foot slipped and he went over before I could move." ' sea, and it was desolate except for the side -lights of distant °rat. The mato drew out his watch, and by the light of the binnacle -lamp, saw that it was ten minutes to ten. „At the $ame: moment he heard somebody moving about forward. "Who's that for'ard?" be cried, smartly. "Me, sir," answered Joe's voice. I'm a bit wakeful, and it's stiflin''ot down below." The mate hesitated, and then, glanc- ing at the open skylight, saw the skip- per, who was standing on the table. "Send him below," said the latter, in a sharp whisper. "You'd better get below, Joe," said the mate. "W'y, I ain't doin' no 'arm, sir," said Joe, in surprise. "Get below," said the mate; sharply. "Do you hear ?—get below. You'll be sleeping in your watch if you don't sleep now." The sounds of a carefully modu- lated grumble came faintly .aft, then the mate, leaning away from the wheel to avoid the galley which ob- structed his view, saw that his order had been obeyed 11 It has the reputation of nearly a qu rtes of a century behind every packet told flack -_-Green- -c r Mixed E 204 "Joe's about half mad," said the mate. "It's wonderful how upset he is," The skipper cursed Joe separately, and the mate, whose temper was get- ting bad, closed the interview by lock- ing the door. At five o'clock, by which time they had chased three masses of weed and a barnacle -covered plank, they aban- doned the search and resumed the voy- age. A gloom settled on the fore - "Now," said the skipperg, quietly, castle, and the cook took advantage of "you must give a perfect scream of the occasion to read Tim a homily horror, mind, and put this on the deck. upon the shortneses of life and the It fell off as I went over, d'ye see?" suddenness of death. Tim was much He handed over the slipper he had affected, but not nearly so much as he been wearing, and the mate tools it was when he discovered that the men surlily. were going to pay a last tribute to the "There ought to he a splash," he murmured. "Joe's- awake." The skipper vanished, to reappear a minute or two later with a sack into which he had hastily thrust a few lumps of coal and other tubbish. The mate took it from him, an, plac- ing the slipper on the deck, stood with one hand holding the wheel and the other the ridiculous sack. "Now," said the skipper. The sack went overboard, and, at mind was the worst of all. He was the same moment, the mate left the so ungrateful that the mate at length wheel with an ear-splitting yell and lost his temper, and when dinner was rushed to the galley for the lifebelt served allowed a latent sense of hum - which hung there. He rushed on deck our to have full play.. ily into Joe, who had rushed on deck, It consisted of boiled beef, with put, without pausing, ran to the side duff, carrots, and potatoes, and its and flung it overboard. grateful incense filled the cabin. The "Skipper's overboard," he yelled, mate attacked it lustily, listening be, running back and putting the helm tween mouthfuls for any interruption down. from the state -room. At length, un - Joe put his head down the fore- able to endure it any longer, the pri- scuttle and yelled like a maniac;; the soner ventured to scratch lightly on others came up in their night -gear, ! the door and in a marvellously short space of "Hist!" said the mate, in a whisper. time the schooner was hove to and the The scratching ceased, and the mate, I cook and Joe had tumbled into the grinning broadly, resumed his dinner. boat and were pulling back lustily in He finished at last, and, lighting his 1 search of the skipper. pipe, sat back easily in the locker, Half an hour elapsed, during'wiiheh watching the door out of the corner of those on the schooner hung over the his eye. stern listening intently. They could With hunger at his vitals the unfor- I hear the oars in the rowlocks and the tunate skipper, hardly able to believe .bouts of the rowers. Tim lit a Ian- his ears, heard the cook come down tern and dangled it over the water. and clear away. The smell of din - "Have you got 'im?" cried Ben, as ; per gave way to that of tobacco, and the boat came over the darkness and ; the mate, having half finished his pipe, the light of the lantern shone on the ! approached the door. upturned faces of the men. "Are you there?" he asked, in a "No," said Joe, huskily. 1 whisper. late captain's memory by abstaining from breakfast, He ventured to re- mark that the excitement and the night air had made him feel very hungry, and was promptly called an unfeeling little brute by the men for his pains. The mate, who, in defer- ence to public opinion had to keep up appearances the same way, was almost as much annoyed as Tim, and as for the drowned man himself his state of Ben threw him a line, and he clamb- ered silently aboard, followed by the to say that, Jack," remarked Flower, with some dignity. "Well, I wish ib was well over," said the mate, despondently. "What are you going to do for money?" "I drew out £40 to get married with —furniture and things," said Flower; "that'll go overboard with me, of course. I'm doing all this for Poppy's sake more than my own, and I want you to go up and see her every trip, «we'll cruise about a bit," said Joe, and let me know how she is. She mightn't care what happened to her. if !loudly, turning to the men. she thinks I'm gone and she might ! Are you giving orders here, or am marry somebody else in desperation." "I don't dare about facing her," said Fraser, bitterly; "it's a shady busi- ness altogether." "It's for her sake," repeated Flower, calmly "Take on old Ben as mate, and ship another hand forward." The mate ended the subject by go- ing to his bunk and turning in; the skipper, who realised that he himself would have plenty of time for sleep, went on deck and sat silently smoking. Old Ben was at the wheel, and the skipper felt a glow of self -righteous - nets as he thought of the rise in life he was about to give the poor fellow. At eight o'clock the mate relieved Ben, and the skipper, with a view to keeping up appearances, annisainced 1?" said the mate, sternly. "I am," said Joe, violently. "It's our duty to do all we can." There was a dead silence. Tim pushing himself in between Ben and the cook, eyed the men eagerly. "What do you mean by that?" said the mate at last. "Wot I say," said Joe, meeting him eye to eye, and thrusting his face close to his. The mate shrugged his shoulders and walked slowly aft; then, with a regard for appearances which the oc- casion fully warranted, took the schooner for a little circular tour in the neighborhood of the skipper's dis- appearance. At daybreak, not feeling the loss his intention of turning in for a bit, quite as much as the men, he went The sun went down behind clouds of + below, and, having looked stealthily smoky red, but the light of the summer 1 round, unlocked the door of the state - evening lasted for some time after. Then darkness came down over the THREE VITAL QUESTIONS Are you full of energy, viral force, and Soneral ,!or, i he Ith? Do you know that good digestion _. is ;'.., found:Pion of good health; Pains and op - A fr -t. DoE, F • IT E.A L4.1%I te- e rt prcesiou in stomach end these after eating, will constipation, headache dizziness, are sure sill,. of Indigestion. Motherseigpl's Syrup, the gree_ herbal remedy and tome, will cure you. M OTH E l AN D BM'fSH STOMACH SYRUP tal TROUBLES en receipt of price, 50c. and $1.00, The large bott b contains three timet as A. J. Werra & Co. Ltnturao, Craig Street Wog , Montreal. room and peeped in. It was almost uncanny, considering the circum- stances, to see in the dim light the skipper sitting on the edge of his bunk. "What the blazes areou doing, y g, dodging about like this ?" he burst out, ungratefully. "Looking for the body," said the mate, "Ain't you heard us shouting? It's not my fault—the crew say they won't leave the spot while there's half a chance." "Blast the crew," said the skipper, quite untouched by this devotion. "Ain't you taicing charge o' the ship?" "Of course, I am, you fool!" said the skipper, wrathfully; "where's my dinner?" "I'm very sorry," began the mate, in a whisper. "What?" inquired the skipper, fierc- ely. "I've mislaid the key," said the mate grinning fiendishly, "an', what's more, I can't think what I've done'with it." At this intelligence the remnant of the akipper's temper vanished, and every bad work he had heard of, read of, or dreamt of, floated from his hungry lips in frenzied whispers. "I can't hear what you say," said the mate. "What?" The prisoner was about to repeat his remarks, with a few embellishments, when the mate stopped him with one little word. "Hist!" he said, quietly. At the imminent rish of bursting, or going mad, the skipper stopped short, and the mate, addressing a remark to the cook, who was not present, went up on deck. He found the key by tea -time and, his triumph having made him gener- ous, passed the skipper in a large hunk of cold beef with his tea. The skipper, having found an empty stomach very conductive to accurate thinking. (To be continued). Exceptional Circumstances. The sympathetic prison visitor went front cell to cell interviewing the in- mates. To one penitent -looking in- diviudal she put the usual question: "What brought you here?" "Borrowing money, lady," was the reply. "But, good gracious!" she exclaimed, "they don't put people in prison for borrowing money." "Not ordinarily," said the man, "but I had to knock a man down three or four times before he would lend it to me." The Heart Lived In. Faber has said, "A man's heart gets cold if he does not keep it warm by living in it." Love to others is not a matter of mere out -flowing impulse. It must be purposeful and steadfast if there is to be real warmth in it. Only the heart that is lived in and used draws others close to its hearth fire. Rubber Supply Steady While Leather Gets Scarcer This Explains Low Price of Rubber Foot- wear in Spite of Increase in Cost of Chemicals, Fabrics and Labor. The war is using up enormous quantities, both of leather and rubber. At the salve time it is seriously restricting the output of the former, much of which cane from. Russia—while rubber production keeps pace with the demand. From the great plantations now reaching maturity in Britain's tropical Dominions will come this year 150,000 tons of raw rubber -75%, of the world's production, and an increase of over 40,000 tons over last year. Thus, thanks to 'the British Government's foresight in encouraging these plantations, the Allied armies have been abundantly supplied with all the rubber products they need --Germany and her allies have been cut off—and therice to the world at large has actually been reduced. Meanwhile leather has been getting scarcer and more expensive --80% higher than in 1914 --amid the end is not yet. At normal prices a pair of good shoes cost about four times as much as a pair of rubbers --and would last twice as long if rubbers or overshoes were worn to protect them. Or a pair of, heavy rubbers for the farm cost much less thanheavy shoes,, and would stand much more wear in bad weather. So even before the war rubbers were a mighty good investment, to say nothing of their prevention of wet feet, colds and doctors' bills. Now, when leather costa so much more in proportion, the saving from wearing rubber footwear is so outstanding that no one who believes in thrift will think of doing without rubbers, overshoes, rubber boots, or whatever kind of rubber footwear best suits his needs. Nor will he who is anxious to help win the war, for by wearing rubber he conserves the leather that is so scare°, yet so absolutely necessary to the soldiers. Wear Rubbers and Save Leather for our Fighting Men i' 17 ON THE FARM Cereals. Seed Grain.—Early attention should be given to the seed grain which is to be sown next spring. If no special fields for seed purposes were growl last summer, next season's require- ments may be met by very careful re- cleaning of the main crop harvested last autumn. One can never afford to sow weed seeds, and one can seldon afford to sow grain more or less mixed with other types. The fanning mill should furnish plump seed free from weeds. If other grains are present, such as oats in wheat, or barley in oats, it will be necessary, and quite worth while, to hand-pick two or three bushels during the winter so as to have a. field of an acre or two to fur- nish pure seed for the following year. Hand-picking may appear too labor- ious to any one who has not tried it, but by devoting to it an hour or two at a time a great deal can he accom- plished in the course of a few weeks and without undue strain on the eyes. It there is any doubt about the vital- ity of the seed, a test should be made before the winter is very far advanc- ed. While the laboratories of the Domin- ion Government are always available for farmers who desire to have an of- ficial report on their grain, any one can make a test for himself without delay by placing about two hundred seeds between layers of blotting paper or cloth, and keeping them damp for a few days. An ordinary dinner plate is very handy for this purpose, with another plate set on it in reversed position. , The grain after being moistened must not be allowed to become dry, and must not be exposed to frost. After about six days the sprouts from the seed of strongest vitality will be sufficiently developed. Seeds which take an unusually long time to sprout generally give weak plants. If less than about ninety per cent of the seed produces strong sprouts, it will be necessary to sow such an increased quantity as will bring the strongly vital kernels up to the usual number per acre. Change of Seed.—The best advice in regard to change of seed is this:— Change only when you are sure you are getting something super- ior to your old stock. The new grain should be true to variety and free from weed seeds. A very great danger in obtaining seed from a long distance is that it may contain new and dangerous weeds. If you have reason to believe thet the returns from your fields are less than they should be, considering the character and fertility of the soil and the time given to its preparation, it might be advisable to test some new variety of, grain from the list of varieties recommended for your dis- trict. For the first 's'eason the new sort should be sown beside the old, and a careful comparison made of their relative merits. Purchase of Seed.—If new seed is to be purchased, inquiries should be made early in the winter from those who have grain for sale. No large pur- chase of seed should be decided 'upon without first seeing a sample and ob- taining a statement as to its germina- tion, and as to the quantity of other grains present. To intending pur- chasers of seed grain the Dominion Cerealist will be glad to furnish in- formation aseto possible sources of supply of the varieties they desire. Farmers who have seed grain for sale are requested to communicate with us. Free Distribution of Samples.—A free distribution of samples of seed grain will be made from this Farre for the season of 1917. Farmers who desire to test some other variety than those they are already familiar with may obtain a free sample in this way. The quantity of seed supplied is 5 pounds in the case of wheat, barley and peas and four pounds in the case of oats. Only one sample of grain will be sent to each farm. For an application form, write to the Domin- ion Cerealist at Ottawa. No postage is required.—C. E. Saunders, Dominion Cerealist, Ottawa. The Farm ;*Tome. A time will conte when enlightened farmers will realize that the farm household is the source of all energy, enterprise and intelligence that makes farming a success and life on the farm. possible. It is the indefatigable farm- er's wife that makes the farm home; altogether too often she makes it a real home in spite of her husband rath- er than as a result of his co-operation with her. He, to his shame be it said, too often has by far a greater appre- ciation for hogs, cattle, grain and hay and their proper housing and care than the equipment and environments that make practicable the prosier reeving of his own children. . Yet he will complain that the young -people tple will not stay on the farm. .n'terican Lumberman.