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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1923-08-03, Page 6rr 1 seµ __.-.. a, .,/ time, trouble and money. 'hat add milk to contents of package. Boil for a min- ute -and nerve. ' Equally delicious, hot or cold. Pudding Chocolate, Cocooaa"-r, Tapioca custards Lentos. Vanilla, Arrowroot, Nsts+ea, Almond, Plain At all Grocers. Specify McLAREN'S INVINCIBLE Nano by MCLARENS LIMf'1ED. Hamilton sad: Winnipeg. 14 2 A universal custom er that benefits every- boty. Aids -digestion, eal cleanses the teeth, soothes the throat. agoodthiiig sorentember Sealed is its Purliy Pat age THE FLAVOR LASTS WHir4 USING / W 7 L SON S (FLYPADS READ DIRECTIONS :; CAREFULLY AND 1 FOLLOW THEM �',, EXACTLY/ Best of all Fly Killers lOc per Packet at all Druggists, Grocers and General Stores Stop! Look! Listen! CREAM WANTED Weare not only a Cream Market for you, but we are also a large Dairy Industry in your community. We respectfully solicit your Cream. Oar Motto: Guaranteed Accurate Weights and Tests. Courteous and Prompt Service. Highest Market Values. Cream Grading. A difference of 8 cents per pound Butter Fat paid between No. 1 and No. 2 Grade Cream. Cash For Cream. Cash paid to any Patron wishing it when Cream is delivered. Creamery open Wednesday and Saturday Evenings. The Seaforth Creamery. TEE McKiLLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. 0 HEAD OFFICE.`—SEAFORTH, ONT. OFFICERS: J. Connolly, Goderick - - President Jas. Evans, Beechwood vice-president T. E. Hays, Seaford' - SecyTress. AGENTS: Ales Leitoh, R. R. No. 1, Clinton; U. Hhnehley, Seaforth; Jo1a Murray, Brucefield, phone 6 on 187, Seafortk; Z. 'IC Yeo, Goderick; R. G. Jar - Muth, Br'odkagen. DIRECTORS: William .Sinn, No. 2, Seatortk• Jolla BOiriew1ee Rrodhagen; Jamie brass, �woad; a'I, McEwen, Clinton; Jas. trllIyy, Goderick; D. F. McGregor, R. ; :'No.; 8; Seafortk; J. G. Grim, lifts: 4 . Walton; 'Robert Ferris, $sr. Ckt Gint. McCartney, No, 8, Baafortt SES WATSON tired* Seater* )'Thor !Singer Sewing en :lltlti General In - ".?' i°04 tt41, 1e 11}at $teirUtiiatiofl. - Diseases 'Tr'aneuiltted by Milk —Points Charged Against Pas- teurisation --- "Safety First" w Good Practice. (Contributed by Ontario De arflment of Agriculture. Toronto.). The prooesa applied to milk•, that • we know as paateurjzatiou, was orig- inally used by Pasteur toprevent the souring of wines and beer. and it L now universally applied in the con- trol of milk supplies of )arge cities. At first it was intended for the pre- servation of milk, that is, to prevent souring, but now it is used solely with the idea of destroying disease.' producing micro-organisms. Pasteurization Is Not SterWaatton Pasteurization 1s not ateriltzatioa.! A much greater beat 1s required to sterilise than is applied in the tor - mer process. Pasteurisation consists of heating the milk to a temperature' of not lees than 140 degrees and not! more than 160 degs. F., for a per- lod of not less than 20 and not mover' than 90 minutes. and then rapidly cooling It to 46 deice. F., or under.' and keeping it at that temperature until delivered to the consumer. In' addition to this, every care must be taken to have a clean product. The process does not remove dirt; there- fore those responsible fdr the super- vision of milk supplies haslet on a' high quality of milk for pasteurisa- tion. No matter how carefully milk is handled and bow well cows are in -, there still remains the den-� 1 ger of the carrier, that is. a person harboring the germs of a disease and yet not affected by them; or of the person who is developing an intim tious dlaeaae, yet is not sick enough' to atop working. These people may, unwittingly infect the milk by. coughing, sneezing, by their lolled hands when milking or washing ves- sels, or indirectly in many other ways. It is true that if the milk U kept cold these disease -producing bacteria will not multiply, but they may remain alive and fully virulent' for a long time and the original num- ber be sumclent to cause infection. Disease Transmitted by milk. Bone of the diseases of man that may be transmitted by milk are: Septic sore throat, typhoid, scarlet fever; diphtheria and tuberculosis. Some animal diseases transmissible', to man through milk are: Tubercu- losis; cow pox, which may cause in- fection of the digestive tract in young. children; mastitis, which may cause, gastro-lnteetlnaL disturbances; foot and mouth disease; trembles; acti-' nomyeosis and others. Pasteuriza- tion destroys the organisms that are the cause of all the foregoing dis- eases. In regard to bovine tubercu- losis it Is known that though adults may be relatively immune to infec- tion from a bovine source, children are quite susceptible, and a consider- able percentage of cases of tubercu loris In young children can be shown to be of bovine origin. There are' certain biological differences in the bacilli from humans and cattle which make it possible to differen- tiate these infections. A cow may be dangerous even though the -udder 1s. not infected, as the germs are passed I out with the excreta before any clin- ical evidence of tuberculosis is pres- ent, and owing to the position of the udder it is almost Impossible to keep them out of the pall as they fall in with the tiny particles of manure' that are on the cow's body and that silt down in the form of dust. Apart from the recognized disease produc-' ing bacteria, it is known that large, numbers of ordinarily harmless ones in milk may cause a serious and fre- quently fatal diarrhea In children during the summer months. Points Charged Against Paetenriza.• tion. Some of the arguments put for- ward against pasteurization are: That the cream is reduced; that the. milk is rendered indigestible; that the milk will not sour, thus doing away wltn nature's danger signal; and that the vltamines are destroyed.' The last Is the only argument that now carries any weight. The cream is not reduced in quantity, but by beating the fat globules are broken up amailer and do not rise to the top so easily, thus causing the cream line to appear less. As a matter of fact at 142 degs. F., there is very little reduction even in the appear- ance. With proper pasteurization the chemical and physical constitu- tion of the milk is not appreciably changed, at least not to an extent that 'renders it less valuable as a food. The lactic acid bacteria that causei souring of milk are not all destroyed by the heating, and con- sequently properly pasteurized milk may sour like raw milk, thus indicat- ing its age and condition. Recent work on vitamines shows that the anti -rachitic and anti -neuritic factors are not removed by pasteurization.' but that the anti -scorbutic vitamins probably is. It should be replaced' by giving daily a teaspoonful of orange or lemon juice diluted with' water and sweetened. "Safety First" Good Practice. Until methods of milk production' are much more perfect than they are at present the ',only way of main- I taining a Bale milk supply would appear to be by pasteurization, in which the rapid cooling and keeping, cool is given de much attention as the maintenance of the correct tem- perature for the proper length ofl time.—Ronald Gwatkln, D.V.S.c., On- tario, Veterinary College, Guelph. The moot profitable use is made of beet tops when they are shoed and fed with alfalfa hay or other forage and possibly supplemented with grain' or concentrate feeds. The chief value of cowpea hay lies in its high percentage of digestible protein. This has been verified by numerous feeding teats. The air of Zululand is so clear that objects can be seen at a distance of seven miles by starlight. � rhe *fit l 44 tikat,he baa . a ha the " l,allt ditpkof hie tar. "left to p Pt�i... sip. stingts, there e mover Slog r$,prn that could jfesia the eitbflierattng 4e - light ofwor sheep, blttitrarinetl I and discipline becomea a minae of vigilance and'unfaltoringlaertsice. "One of the- most beaatiful- things I have ever seen wad• the. behayionr of a' couple of sheep -dogs" in an af- fair in which I was"concerned:It-was in the days when my old friend Chun was -unreformed and when the sight of a flock of sheep filled him with un- governable thirst for adventure. Away he bounded, and had the crowd of, sheep flying helter-skelter before 'him. I shouted in vain. Suddenly two sheep -dogs appeared and leapt on him from either side. They did not bite him. They simply rolled him over. "He rose the most humble and con- trite sinner you could desire to see, and turned and trotted towards me with one sheep -dog on each side like policemen in charge of a criminal. They brought him to where I stood, and having delivered the offender to higher powers turned and trotted back side by side to their duties. "And of what other animal can such a story of mingled loyalty and intelligence be told as that which Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, records of his dog Sirrah, a fellow of some- what surly temper, disdaining to be flattered or caressed, but of a faith- fulness and skill never to be sur- passed. One night a flock of 700 Iambs in Hogg's care were seized with sudden panic and scampered away in three separate directions. "It was growing dark, and Hogg was helpless. 'Sirrah,' he said to his dog, 'they're all awa.'" And at the word Sirrah vanished. Hogg tra- versed the hills in vain during the night, and as the morning dawned turned cheerlessly homeward to tell his master the bad news. As he walked he saw with joy in a deep ra- vine Sirrah keeping guard over some lambs, One group, then, had been saved. But when Hogg had scram- bled down to the ravine he found not oils group but the whole 700, not a lamb missing. "By what miracle Sirrah had round- ed up the three flying groups and se- gregated them in one spot, Hogg never knew. 'All I can say,' he said, 'is that I never felt so grateful to any living creature as I did to my honest Sirrah that morning.'" LAST OF OLD WRITERS OF THE DIME NOVEL Many a man of middle age, per- haps millions of them, heard the other day with regret that the author of the "Old Cap Collier" series of de- tective stories had been obliged to sell his little collection of mementoes, letters from Mark Twain, Roosevelt and others, in order to raise a thou- sand dollars so that he might retire with some dignity to the local poor house. Thomas C. Harbaugh is down and out. His name meant nothing to most of his .readers. Sometimes/ it was attached to his stories. Some- times it was not. In any event, the boys of thirty or forty years 'ago who read.. dime novels did not long re- member the names of their authors. They remembered the stories and they remembered most of all the charac- ters. Certainly they remembered "Old Cap Collier," who was in the view of the writer, who had almost a reprehensible acquaintance with the outfit, the best of the old detectives of the dime and half -dime novel. He was vastly supel®or to "Old Sleuth," for instance, yet "Old Sleuth" had his hundreds of thousands of devotees. It was in 1867 that Harbaugh, a mild-mannered little man, began writing in Casstown, Ohio. He was secretary of ...the Maryland Society in Ohio and was interested in local history. He w r o t e senstimental poems of which he was fond, but which brought him little money. He was also fond of collecting old books and of growing flowers. These in- terests and the occupation of tun- ing out the dime novels, occupied all his thought and time. He never married. He had written various stories of adventure for New York publishers for some years before he hit on the character that was to bring him fame. That was "Old Cap Collier," the detective. The first of these stories he wrote in 1883 for N. L. Munro, and so great was their popularity that his pub- lishers sought to keep him on the same line ever after. In alt, he wrote 650 dime and half -dime novels, receiving $250 for the longer story and $150 for the shorter. At his usual rate of speed he turned out two a month, but if necessary he could produce four. In the, course of his career, therefore, he' must have earned large sums of money which, if they had been pro- perly invested, would have left him wealthy. How he disposed of his money is not said. The general ex- planation is that he was a writing man. And of course there came a time when there was no demand for Aarhaugh's dime novels or for any dime novels at all Tastes changed. Boys to -day probably get the thrills at the movies that their fathers got out of Beadle's library, and the Har- baugh technique is not the technique g q q demanded' of the writer of scenarigs. The present generation is altogether too sophisiticated to enjoy the art of Harbaugh which was frank in the extreme. We daresay that the boy of to -day, aged sixteen, would regard as ridiculous the characters which held his father enthralled when he was the same age. Do boys of to -day read the Boys' Own An- nual? We dont it.. They do not read Jules Verne, nor Captain Mayne Read nor R. N. Ballantyne nor W. H. G. Kingston—none of the writers that the boys of thirty years ago felt tfley could not live without. The stories of .forty years ago w o� vpfar oln,*^l ran ✓i', i ate'mo' l'or Mp! day ding i the he t}}t�,p? tld: ad 13 we>(gr fly we its the n who meat to tihe .We t'f ht's whenivhorg,24 ioio. m home q' eft ,Lt 4ty- y to run 'Whilivr, Toth But to tb.@ .b3'y of ,to.. diens la to- hunt- ur. Thomas . Haran the yelleve',tnewejtapeh killed OL pale novel. Ther motto,. of the ' latterthrill to 'every other parfgraph*,;;,, ecame the motto of the yellow l;s, and they bad more- over s tion of reality -that the a dime rigte ` eked. The editor "of a publislu douse which tried to con- tinue dm Me novel after the era. of Beadle ,e7tpressed the view that the cheap magazine killed Cock Robin, by developing .& .slightly better reading taste, though we doubt if most of the readers -0.091d Cap Collier"- are to- day readingCheap magazines: An iMp!oytant accessory in the deep damnation of its taking off was a cold-ble ded ruling of the Ameri- can Post -Office in 1898. Before that time the thine novels had been car- ried like • newspapers as second-class matter. Bat the authorities ruled that as each issue was a complete story in itself it did not come within this category and a higher rating was demanded. This increased the expense which the publishers were unable to recover from the nickel or dime which • they charged for their libraries, and being unable to raise the price some of them went out of business. In the same year there was a financial panic -which added to the troubles of publishers. Two or three of then tried to carry on, but a new generation was growing up, and of course the preceding'gert- eration, when it got to be about eighteen years old, atoppe ading dime novels. Probably the r quent denunciation of the books from the pulpits and other seats of authority had some influence in stamping out the practice. In any event the habit has been. broken, and that without the adding of another amendment to the United States Constitution. THE STORAGE OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES The storage of fruit and vegetables for home and market must receive greater attention than it has hither- to been accorded. The amount of waste annually is very great. As a first step towards eliminating this, every farmer or household with suf- ficient land to grow vegetables, and perhaps fruit trees, should understand more about storing the crop. Some crops keep best in an atmosphere that has a high moisture content, whereas other require a low percent- age of humidity. So it will be seen that there cannot be a condition to suit all vegetables and fruits in the same cellar or storage building. Apples, pears5.,yotatoes, carrots, cab- bage, soon deteriorate in very dry storage; while on the other hand win- ter squash, pumpkins, marrows and other such crops like a dry atmos- phere. Moulds.and rots soon destroy them. If you know your cellar is a very dry one and you wish to keep apples, etc., in it, make provision for adding more moisture to the air by introduc- ing wet sacks spread out or by sprinkling the floor, the idea being 'that a large surface must be wet and evaporation quick. The atmospheric humidity can , be tested with a wet and d'ry'bulb thermometer. Take the readings and check up on the chart which is supplied with it. A hum- idity ranging from 75 to 85 is satis- factory. In case of squash and pumpkins, etc., any frost proof place which is dry is suitable—the top shelf of the pantry for instancesor shelves in the passage. Quality is often lowered by poor ventilation. Where crops are stored in large quantities ventilators should be open as much as possible to carry off gases and heat coming from a large bulk of any crop. When severe weather occurs close up the ventilators. Do not 'store a large volume of any crop while,it is warm from the field unless you know that you can reduce the heat by proper ventilation. More attention must be paid to this when commercial storage is being done h1 the Fall and our growers must help •waren asked to do so. HOW MOTOR TOURISTS MUST CROSS BORDER A 'bulletin dealing with Canadian and U. S. customs regulations has been issued by the Department of Public Highways for Ontario, and it gives the following information for the benefit of motor tourists: "Motorists who are residents of the United States may bring their motors into Canada for touring purposes only for a period of one month without filing'' a bond. They may return either by the port of entry or any other port. "On entering danada the neces- sary forms must be •filled out, the duplicate copy being carried by the motorist and surrendered to the Customs officer on leaving Canada. "Registration cards identifying the motor vehicles should be carried at all times and shown when demand- ed by the Customs officer. "For a staylonger than ong one month and up'to six months !n any one year a bond will be necessary on entering Canada. Motor vehicles used for touring purposes only can be under bond, duty free.. "Canadian tourists entering the United States are not• required to furnish a bond -at the • port of entry provided that their stay is not to exceed 'one month. They should have a letter of identification from the United States Counsul, in which Ill ltiq td$t t` i7 at mil ,�`', �zil� dtl din a p Igttf't $05 9can* 0+1� .a • rd* Ise full duty may ,he requlre;d', return. of the Rooter :vehicle to; "fn every ,eeaie the nu toeist shOaht; 4iry:' his automobile ' registration card as furnished by the Ontario Department of 'Public Hi 'hwayd, 'The entering of motor' vehicles. not manufactured in the United States for a period of ,six Menthe Ie` permissible, Provided bond . is tar- nished for- double the, estimated' duty and in addition a consular in- ' voice, including a declaration sworn before a United States Consul stat- ing that the motor vehicle is enter- ing the United States for touring purgoses only, is required:" FACTS ABOUT CANADA Lethbridge, Alta,—The first cutting of alfalfa on the irrigated area east of the city is well under way. It is eitpected to be the largest alfalfa crop ever harvested in Southern Alberta. The area this year is somewhat in excess of 10,000 acres, or abbot 1,500 acres more than last year. The aver- age yield per acre on the first cutting will' be in the neighborhood of two tons, so 'that there will be about 20,- 000 tons of new hay after this cut- ting. Toronto, Ont— Authorized capital of $18,656,000 is represented by com- panies whose incorporations were re- ported during the week ending on June 30th, compared with $14,332,500 for the same week last year. Ottawa, Ont.—Records of the De- partment of Marine and Fisheries for the month of May show the total quantity of sea fish landed on both coasts to be 739,986 cwt., valued at $2,770,894, while that for the cor- responding period the preceding year was 839,435 cwt., valued at $2,464,- 899. Vancouver, B. C.—Vancouver will have shipped about 19,000,000 bushels of grain when the crop year 1922-23 draws to a close this summer, accord- ing to statistics issued by the Van- couver Merchants' Exchange. During the previous crop year about 5,750,000 bushels of grain had been shipped. Up to the end of June, 18,376.587 bushels of the 1922 prairie crop had passed through Vancouver. Dawson, Y.T.—The continued sus- pension of royalties on coal mined in Yukon territory for a period of five years is the subject of an order -in council dated June 7th. This suspen- sion has been in existence since 1913. AFool and His Money (Continued from page 7) aboriginal American means "Man- -a- i t h -t h e -Strong -Arm -Who -Carries - Baby." "It is very nice of you to ask me up to dine with you," said I. "Isn't it \about time I was doing something for you in return for all that you have done for me?" she in- quy)•ed gaily. "We are having a par- ticularly nice dinner this evening, and I thought you'd enjoy a change." "1t change?" said I, with a laugh. "As if we haven't been eating out of the same kettle for days!" "I was not referring to the food," she said, and I was very properly squelched. "Nevertheless, eaking of food," said I, "it may int to know that I expected to have ra r a sumptuous repast of my own to ele- brate the deliverance. A fine pl p pheasant, prepared a la Oscar, co n fritters like mother used to make, pa/ tatoes picard,—" "And a wonderful alligator pear salad," she interrupted, her eyet dancing. I stared. "How in, the world did you guess?" She laughed in pure delight, and I began to understand. By the Lord Henry, the amazing creature was in- vitirid me to eat my own dinner in her salle manger! `Well, may I be hanged! You do beat the Dutch!" She was wearing a wonderful din- ner gown of Irish lace, and sle fair- ly sparkled with diamond8. There was no ornament in her brown hair, however, nor were her little pink ears made hideous by ear -rings. Her face was a' jewel sufficient unto itself. I had never seen her in an evening gown before. The effect was really quite ravishing. As I looked at her standing there by the big oak table, I couldn't help thinking that the Count was not only a scoundrel but all kinds of a fool. "It was necessary for me to bribe all of your servants, Mr. Smart," she said. "You did not offer the rascals money, I hope," I said in a horrified tone. "No, indeed!" She did not explain any farther than that, but somehow I kffew that money isn't everything to a servant after all. "I hope you don't mind my borrowing your butler and footman for the evening," she went on. "Not that we really need two to serve two, but it seems so much more like a function, as the news- papers would call it," It was my turn to say "No, indeed?' "And now you must come in and kiss Rosemary good night," she said, glancing at my great Amsterdam clock in the corner. We went into the nursery. It was past Rosemary's bedtime by nearly an hour and the yohngster washay- / ', r Le cent► .oI. taftt:O 8aM lag great dikculty iq'keeping awake. She managed to put her arena around my neck when I took her .up, from, the bed all tucked away in her warm little nightie, and aleepllyy presented her own little throat for me to kiss, that particular spot being where the 'honey came from in her dispensation of sweets. I was full of exuberance. An ir- resistible impulse to do a jig seized upon me. To my own intense amaze- ment, and to Blake's horror, I began to dance aboutthe room like a clumsy kangaroo. Rosemary shrieked de- lightedly into my ear and I danced the harder for that. The Countess, recovering from her surprise, cried out in laughter and began to clap time with her hands. Blake forgot herself and sat down rather heavily on the edge of the bed. I think the poor woman's knees gave way under her. "Hurrah!" I shouted to Rosemary, but looking directly at the Countess. "We're celebrating!" Whereupon the girl that was left in the Countess rose to the occasion and she pirouetted with graceful abandon before me, in amazing con- trast to my jumping -jack efforts. Only Blake's reserved and somewhat dampening admonition brought me to my senses. "Please don't drop the child, Mr. Smart," she said. I had the great satisfaction of hearing Rosemary cry when I delivered her up to Blake and started to slink out of the room in the wake of my warm-cheeked hos- ess. "You would be a wonderful father, sir," said Blake, relenting a little. I had the grace to say, "Oh, pahaw!" and then got out while the illusion was still alive. (As I've said before, I do not like a crying baby.) It was the most wonderful dinner in the world, notwithstanding it was served on a kitchen table moved into the living room for the occasion. Im= posing candelabra adorned the four corners of the table and the very best plate in the castle was put to use. There were roses in the centre of the board, a huge bowl of short - stemmed Marechal Niel beauties. The Countess's chair was pulled out by my stately butler, Hawkes; mine by the almost equally imposing footman and we faced each other across the bowl of roses and lifted an American cocktail to the health of those who were about to sit down to feast. I think it was one of the best cocktails I've ever tasted. The Countess ad- mitted having made it herself, but wasn't quite: sure, whether she used the right ingredients or the correct proportions. She ase ed me what I thought of it. "It is the best Manhattan I've ever tasted," said I, warmly. Her eyes wavered. Also, I think her faith in me. "It was meant to be a Martini," she said sorrowfully. Then we both sat down. Was it possible that the corners of Hawkes' mouth twitched? I don't suppose. I shall ever know. . My sherry was much better than I thought, too. It was deliciously oily. The champagne? But that came lat- er, so why anticipate a joy with re- alization staring one in the face? We begun with a marvellous fliers - d'oeuvres. Then a clear soup, a fish aspec, a— Why rhapsodise? Let it be sufficient if I say that in discuss- ing the Aladdin -like feast x and ,faithfully promised my `Chef.. a material increase in wagey..:1.,.bad never suspected him of being aitch-* genius, nor myself of being such a Pantegruelian disciple. I spust main- , tion the alligator pear salad. reef" three weeks I had been trying to bjiy alligator pears in the town. bard •by: These came front Paris.. The Chef' had spoken to me about them that morning, asking me when had ord- ered them. Inasmuch as 2 had .:!sot ordered them at all, I couldn't sate fy his curiosity. My first thought wee that Elsie Hazzard, remembering my. fondness for the vegetable -mit is a vegetable, isn't it?—had sent off for them in order to surprise me,. It seems, however, that Elsiehad noth- ing whatever to do with it.. The Countess had ordered them for me through her mother, who was in Paris!. ' at the time. Also she had ordered a ' quantity of Parisian strawberries of the hot -house, one -franc -apiece vari- ety, and a basket of peaches.. At the risk of being called penurious, I con- fess that I was immensely relished when I learned that these precious :jewels in the shape of fruit had-beeu paid for in advance by the opulent mother of the Countess.. "Have I told yyu, Mr. Smart, that 1 am expecting my mother here to visit me week after -next?" She tactfully put the question to me at a time when I was so full of contentment that nothing could have depressed me.. 1 must confess, how - ,ever, that 1 was guilty of gulping my champagne a little noisily. Thu question came with the salad course, "You don't say sol" I exclaimed, quite cheerfully.• I "That is to say, she is coming it you think you can manage it quite safely." "I manage ii? My dear Countess. why speak of managing a thing that is so obviously to be desired?" "You don't understand.. Can yeti sriruggle her into the castle without any one knowing a thing about it? You see, she is' being watched every minute of the time by detectives, spies, secret agents, lawyers, and Heaven knows who else. The instant she leaves Paris, bang! It will be like the starter's shot in a race. They will be after her like a streak. And if you are not -very, very Clever they- will heywill play hob with everything." "Then why run the risk?" I ven- tured. "My two brothers are coming with her," she said reassuringly, "They are such big, strong fellows that—" "My dear Countess, it isn't strength we'll need," I deplored.. "No, no, I quite understand. It is cunning, strategy, caution, and all that sort of thing. But I will let you know in ample time, so that you may be prepared." "Do!" I said gallantly, trying to be enthusiastic.. "You are so wonderfully ingenious at -working out plots and conspiracies in your books, Mr. Smart, that I am confident you can manage everything beautifully." Blatchford was removing my 9sd- ad plate.. A spasm of alarm canto over me.. I had quite_forgotten the two men. The look of warning I gave her brought forth a merry, a- mused smile. (Continued next week.) • Fill' your pipe /ll with ..' 15per Padept t. 8�a Ys Ibitin If you roll your OW11. ask for CO r Mg GM`s` (roan !.boli