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Author of
"Ail for a Scrap of Paper," "Dearer Than
Life" eto. Published by Plodder &
Stoughton, Limited, London and Toronto
CHAPTER IL—(Cont'd.)
As Christmas drew near, Tom b
came more and more uncomfortabl
even although the blandishments
Polly Powell grew more powerful. H
had attended two recruiting' meeting
but they seemed to him half-hearte
and unconvicing. He still saw n
reason why he should "do his bit,
When he was asked why he didn
join, he mentioned the names of se
eral young fellows who also held bac
"Why should I go," he would sa
"when so-and-so and so-and-so sta
at home? They are manufacturer
sons, and they are no better nor me.
Let them enlist as privates, and then
I'll see about it."
When the New Year came a big re
melting meeting was announced a
the great hall of the Mechanics' In
stitute. It was advertised that
man who had been to Belgium, an
had witnessed what had take
place, was to be the chief speaker. At
first Polly Powell tried to persuad
Tom not to go, and would probably
have been successful had there n.
been a dance that night to which Polly
had been invited. Tom, not being
dancer, was not eligible for the oc
casion, so he made his way to the
meeting.
That meeting marked an era in
Tom's life. Little by little the speak-
er gripped the attention of the 'audi-
ence until the interest became intense
and almost painful. He described
what he had seen, he gave terrible
proofs of the ghastly butchery, and
made it clear to the audience what the
war really meant. He showed that
not only was the power of England at
stake, but the welfare of humanity
trembled in the balance. He relat-
ed authenticated stories of what the
Germans said they would do when
they came to England. As Tom list-
ened he heard the sound of the advanc-
ing Huns, saw towns and villages laid
waste, saw the women of England de-
bauched and outraged, saw the reign
" devilry.
"By God!" he exclaimed aloud, "I
an't stand this!"
His words reached the speaker, who
made the most of them.
"Yes," he cried, "if the young men of
England hang back, if they fail to
love their country, if they care no-
thing about the honor or sacredness
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CHAPTER III.
e- Tom made his way to the Thorn and
e, Thistle, but was informed that Polly
of would not be home until eleven o'clock.
e He therefore wandered about the town
s, until that time, and again appeared at
d the public -house door. But it was
o not until twelve o'clock that Polly
" made her appearance.
"t1 "Anything the matter, Tom?" she
v -Tasked.
lc. "Ay, I have joined the Army."
ee "I have noanbbeen een sla fool,ch a " said
eel Toxn, "I couldn't help it."
Polly Powell looked at him rather
angrily, then she said: "If ydu have
done it, what do you,. want to speak
to me about it for?"
"I shall be off to -morrow," replied
t I Tom. "The recruiting officer told me
- I must report et the Town Hall to -
amorrow morning at ten o'clock."
1 "Where will you go ?" she asked.
n! "I don't know," said Tom.
"Well, evhat are you waiting for?"
e! "I thought," said Tom, "that is—I
of � thought as I was going away I'd—I'd
I.. _Look here, Polly, you are going
. to keep true to me while I'm away,
a aren't you ?"
-1 "I never thought much of soldiers,"
Isaid Polly. `Besides—"
"Besides what ?" asked Tom. "Look
here, Polly, I gave up Alice Lister for
you, and if you had been at that meet -
mg you would see as how I couldn't
do anything else."
1 "Do you think you might get a com-
imission and be an officer ?" asked the
girl.
1 "I never thought about that," said
Toni.
1 Polly hesitated a second, then she
said: "Of course I'll be true to you,
Torn. There, good night, I must go
in."
The next morning as Tom was mak-
ing his way towards the Town Hall he
met Alice Lister. At first he was going
to pass her by without notice, but
when he saw the look on her face he
stopped. She came towards him with
outstretched hand.
"Tom," she said,' "I've heard about
last night, and it was splendid of you.
I am glad you were the first. I am
told that your going up in that '"way
led scores of others to go."
"Have you heard that?" said Tom.
"I never thought of it.".
"I am sure you will be a good
soldier, Tom. We are all proud of
you, and—and we shall be thinking
about you, and praying for you."
Tom laughed uneasily. "I thought
You bad forgotten all about me, Alice,"
he said enee.„
autd you think so?"
(To be'Continued.) .
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of womanhood, if they prefer the
own ease, their own paltry pleasure
before duty; if they would rather g
to cinema shows, or hang aroun
doors than play the gam
like Englishmen, this,axed :lei re t leee
y "'i''liretse "j.'1 c`e. e Engla
thee we own and love will .be lost
ever. Liberty will be gone, we sh
be a nation in chains, while our
men will be the playthings of inhum
devils. That is the problem whi
every man has to consider.
"What are you going to do ? L
me put it another way. If we w
this war, if the glory of England
maintained, and_f she remains as s
has always been—
"The home of the brave and free,
The land of liberty,
t., whom shall we owe it? Who will
have been our saviours? It will be
the lads who have sacrificed every-
thing to do their duty."
A great cheer arose from the audi-
ence, and Tom scarcely realising what
ne was doing, shouted and cheered
with the rest.
"But if we lose," continued the
speaker, "if the Germans break our
lines and come to England, if we are
beaten, to whom shall we owe it? Wh>
will be responsible? It will be the
shirkers, the cowards! Look, you
young men!" lee cried passionately.
"Thousands and tens of thousands of
our brave feliows are at this time in
the trenches: fight*ng, suffering, dy-
ing. What for? For England, for
England's honor, for the safety of her
women, for the sacredness of our lives,
for you: while you, you skulk at home
smoking your cigarettes, go to your
places of amusement, and drink your
beer. Don't you realise that you are
playing the coward?"
Then the speaker made his last ap-
peal, clear, impassioned, convincing,
"What are you going to do, young
men?" he cried. "We don't want
conscripts, but free men who come out
cheerfully, willingly, gladly to do their
duty to their King, Country, and God.
Who will be the first?"
He stood on the platform waiting
amidst bre:..thless silence,
"Will you wait until you are forc-
ed?„
"No! By God, no!" said Tom, and
starting to his feet he walked to the
platform and gave his name,
Thus Torn became a soldier.
"Tha doesn't say so?" said Tom's
Mother when, that night, he told her
what .he had done.
"Ay, I have."
"Then thou'st goin' for a sodger."
"Ay:,
Mrs. Martha Pollard looked at him
for a few seconds without speaking.
Evidently she found it difficult to find
words to express her thoughts.
"Weel, Tom," she said presently, "J
thought thee't got low eno' when thee
got drinkin' and picked up wi' that
peacock -bedecked Polly Powell; but
I ne'er thought a bairn o' mine would
sink as low as that, Wer't'a bean
;ow?"
"* m goin' to tell Polly," said Torn.
,v', tha mun be sent to Lancaster
rase.i.m," said Mrs, Pollard.
TO GARNER CRO a
WEST NEEDS IgN
THE '"IMPERIOUS URGENCY" OF
CONSERVING GRAIN YIELD.
Survey Conducted by Canadian North-
ern Indicates Need of 25,000 Men
Along Its Lines.
The successful harvesting of the
crop in 'Western Canada this season
is what Ex -Premier Asquith of Great
Britain would term "a matter of im-
perious urgency."
Since men began to sow grain west
of the Great Lakes, there has never
bean so much depending upon the
yield of grain in Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta as there is this year.
The Canadian Northern Railway,
with lines gridironing the productive
'sections in the west, has already con-
cluded a survey as to labour needs,
and the prospects of the wages to be
paid, and has announced that 25,000
men will be required to help the farm-
ers garner the crops in the territory it
serves. The indications are that the
average wages will be around three
dollars a day. A further conference
between the representatives of the
Government, the railways and the
farmers is to be held, when further
details will be brought out.
The farming situation in Ontario
may not permit of sending as much
help as in former seasons, but nothing
should be left undone on the farms
and in the towns to give the western
farmers the assistance of which they
stand to -day in urgent need,
The Dairy Farmer's Ten Command-
naents.
Mr. Charles Christadoro has issued
what he Balls "Ten Commandments
for the Dairy Farmer" as follows:
Keep healthy cows.
Select good producers.
Use only pure bred bulls.
Feed liberally an approved ration.
Produce the feed.
Keep barn clean and aired,
. Keep the cows comfortable.
Be considerate to the cows:
Provide shade and wind protection.
Feed and milk regularly,
DOMINION FROM SEA TO SEA.
The Idea of Our Country's Name
Came From the 72nd Psalm.
The, British North America Act
which made Canada a Domino came
into force an July 1, 1867, a that
original essay in Dominion s -gov-
ernment has richly justified the faith
and foresight of thosewho unstook
it, says the Glasgow Herald.
The Convention sat in a room t
n the
Westminster Palace 'Hotel, in London,
which is now the smoking-rooxnof the
National Liberal Club. A tablet fix-
ed in the wall records the fact that in
this chamber the delegates conferred.
Those who took part in the proceed-
ings are all dead. Sir. Charles Tup-
per was the last survivor, and he died
at a ripe old age a very few years „ago.
The word "Dominion" was suggested
by the Bible.
Sir Leonard Tilley had been 'read-
ing in the 72nd Psalm "He shall have
dominion from sea to sea," and
thought the passage applicable to
Canada.
IF FOOD DEM EFS
RINK HOT ' ATER
When food lies like lead in the stom-
ach and you have that uncomfortable,
distended feeling,
linsuf-
ficient blood supply this estoma,,
bined
with acid and food fermentation,
in such cases try the plan now followed
in many hospitals and advised by many
eminent physicians of taking a teaspoon-
ful of pure bisurated magnesia in half a
glass of water; as hot as you can com-
fortably drink it. The hot .water di;a,vs
the blood to the stomach and the bi,
ted magnesia, as any physician can ell
you, instantly neutralizes the acid d
stops the food fermentation. Tr
simple plan and you will be a
at the immediate feeling of r
comfort that always follows th
tion of the normal process of
People who find it ineonvenien
to secure hot water and trave
are frequently obliged to tal
meads poorly prepared, should al
take two or three rive -grain tablets of
nisnrated Magnesia after meals to pie
vent fermentation and neutralize the
acid in their stomach.
SHELLS LIKETHUNDERCLAP
British Shrapnel Explodes More
Quietly than Does German:.
Writing from British field head-
quarters, Edward P. Bell, says:
Listening to the explosion—con-
tinuous as I write—of British and
German shrapnel shells, one notes a
striking difference in the sounds pro-
duced. The British shells make a
comparatively soft report, while the
German projectiles make a piercing,
shattering sound like that of a tee
ribie thunderclap. Moreover, th
subsequent sounds.;a 70 different,.t
srbx kilt' in quality arid greeter.`
volume than those from the British
shells.
Which shell is the more destruttive
I cannot say. The German has a
sharper, louder report, due to the fact
that is is charged not only with
shrapnel bullets, but with high explo-
sive materials. This material bursts
the steel shell case so that the whistl-
ing noises following are caused by e
mixture of bullets and fragments of
steel.
The British shell case, on the oth-
er hand, does not burst. It remains
intact and pours its bullets from the
shell mouth as a shotgun pours its,
shot; thus perhaps the bullets are
brought to bear more effectively in a
definite direction. Certainly the
British must have some good re
for using the type employed.
Brother Fritz's penchant
"frightfulness" shows itself in a
does. There is probably no doub
regards his high explosive shrapn
shell, that he reasons that, whether
it is really more destructive than the
other or not, it is calculated to pro-
duce greater fright—a thing which
commanders always must fight
against among their troops. Happily
for the British army, Tommy Atkins
is about the hardest man to scare that
ever wore a uniform.
Success with poultry means work,
and the work must be given when
needed.
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ng of diamonds.
rWhen a diamond is quite clean and
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be confounded with the water. On the
ether hand, the imitation looks inde-
finite and it is sometimes difficult to
see it at all.
Not To Be Cheated.
Little John had been extra specially
good that afternoon, and father felt
amiably inclined.
"Papa," piped John, "cau I have a
banana ?"
"Yes, certainly, soonny."
"Papa, if I was twins would you
give the other boy a banana too?"
"Yes, of course,"
"Well, papa., you aren't going to
cheat me out of another banana just
because I'm all in one piece, are you ?"
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WITH A BRITISH
TANK AT MESSINES
INCIDENTS IN THE BATTLE ON
Ml SSINES RIt GE.
Lieutenant Tells of Adventures With
the Big Machine Under
Shell Fire.
Lieut, H. W. Benjafield, in com- ,
mand 'of a British tank, writing to his
sister,' in Toronto, tells something of
the recent battle of Messines. He
says he had been up to the front on
reconnaissance work for days before
trying to pick out a route for his ma-
chine. "We could see the Bosehes
alright, because we had to look over
the top and they could see us. The
trenches were,up the slope of the ridge
and they could observe all our move -e''
ments, as we were on a ridge opposite,
with a valley between, 300-400 yards
wide, "No Man's Land." In normal
times it would be marshy, but there
was one stream right across it, an-
other behind us, the long spell of dry
weather was in our favor."
In the Darkness.
"We moved off at half past eleven
to a point 150 yards behind the first
line. At best of times you can see
very little from a tank. Now we were
driving at dead of night, over a route
none of us knew, as et had been,
changed at the last minute. We
had to drive with our gas masks on,
for the Hun put over gas shells the
whole time, and it was terrible, as
we had to take our respirators off
to see where we were going. At
last we got to our jumping-off place
five minutes before the attack was
to start. Tank commanders hop-
ped out to say good-bye to one or two
friends, but it was none too healthy
outside, for the German barrage
had come down.
Seen by Enemy.
"I think we had been spotted .'ten
minutes before, for a big dump went
up behind us, and I fancy, we were
spotted against the glare. Inside
and barely seated when zero hour
was announced by the mine explo-
sion. The mines were a magnificent
sight, the ground rocked and made
our 'Willy,' as we call the tanks,
toss about. Then forward, lumber-
ing. over trenches and shell holes in
the dark By great good ruck we gojzr,
nothin coma •e
g' P r. d to oil •
1 S �!e
jumped the Douve river and in `Ne
Man's Land' could see our infantry
engaged in hand-to-hand fighting on
the ridge, and I was sorry our,,,mon-
ster was slow. As it was the attack
was such a success that the tanks
eerere not required. We are supposed
to go where the infantry are held up.
Germans Gave Up.
"Machine guns rattled or. the out
side. My driver zig-zagged so as to
make it difficult for artillery to
range us. We got to the Bosche front
line and lumbered over. By this
time the ridge was practically taken
—the Germans hardly fought at all—
they simply ran. Then we saw the
prisoners coming back. The German.
trenches had been blown absolutely
away. At 4 a.m. we got to the
Bosche second line, then we had the
misfortune to ditch our tank in
boggy ground. We set to digging
her out and got her out at 6.30. Theu
I sent my message by pigeon, which
was quoted in an account of the
battle in the Daily Mail.
Under Shell Fire.
"The battle was now too far ad-
vanced for me to be of service, and
I decided to return. All the undiitch-
ing was done under fire, and the
crew worked magnificently. A
Bosche aeroplane came over and
spotted us, and they put up a ter-
rific barr,,ige along our route, which
1 thought we would never get
through, so I decided to wait a while
and we got out and had breakfast in
a shell hole. The Hun gave us no
peace, but shelled us soldier for an
hour, but we enjoyed our breakfast.
My poor old 'Willy' managed to stop
a shell, fortunately we were all mute
side, but it made a nasty hole 12 by
9 inches just by my seat, So I de-
termined to make a dash for home.
We steered successfully through a
heavy barrage and got back: safely;
they dropped shells all around us,
but the;luck was with us."
Lieut. Benjafield *on his commis-
sion in the British service.
Heroism of Stare Clerks.
"It is the fashion to scoff at the -
clerks behind the counter, but I could
tell you. of countless acts of heroism
on the part of these so-called `Willy'
boys. One boy from a Toronto dew
partnaent store, a mere youth, toff,
captured seventeen Germans without
firing a shot. When he paraded then
in
camp it was discovered that he was
without ammunition. He knew its
and fluffed it through," writes a war
correspondent from the trenches.
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