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3 yank back against Deirdre'
th aa spasm of pain. She put
.tos his lips,
only I d 'choked—the life out of
tail; I could; die easy. But rho mare
o :;
,.
la itd.�,--' .
bolted—I couldn't. get her brach to him.
'Ile lying curl The bargain was
Made ---I thought , .I'd. got hien—:-thn.
he'd 've made over his last penny to
tile. Someone kept me talking outside
the Bull it w a.s l" $'1 kid: nunds, his
ries s yizag•ti N? r 'd gone
was a shot
b scuttling
cap" he novel
'hile�I' ,t Ido for him'
St?i'Ei'l's animated hire
for a morn., , 4a,,zruggled up, his
swart face stint -ding, his eyes flash-
ing.
"I can! I'm. alive °t -I
y e can,
Deirdre,
He swayed and .she caught him
breaking the' shock of his� fall back-
wards. Blood welled from the open
wound; the' wet pads had' staunched
• the flow for a moment. Steve brought
more water. She di ped fresh linen
=d nags in it and bound them into
Place.
She Conal lay. heavy and still
bent over hint; her eyes turned
questioningly to Steve.
She lifted Cottsl's head on to her
knees. The silence was .unbroken.
"Conal," she whispered as though
she were calling him, "Conal ("
"That you, Deirdre ?",a he asked
huskily, but he did not open his eyes.
p y
x —1f ,you could -kiss me—it's so
hard to:go—feelingyou near—and
that you don't care ome at all.: If
only. I. hadn't fat+led you -this time! ;
3f only— But it was because of you I
didn't want to—kill him-unless—un-
°• less it was necessary. It seemed all
right --the other way—You won't
think badly of me, ,Deirdre?''
"No, no, Conald_dear, but don't try
to talk. now,"
"I've been hard on you -Deirdre—
But you won't think ill of me. It's
the way men are made -and I-didn' •
understand how it was with: you—and
Davey --not till that niglit`in the
Deirdre's
CAm 'Xgrtattto I ovpltca1 "dor Incaar-
skid+. 1aa eaftiliattee with 30ell'evue arrd'.
' Allied ;nos tale,New 3rlc- CttY,
offers a three Yea V$ CtiLnpse of 'i 'rain.
inr, to ynuns v.omeea, having the re,
(mired edtaeat;oin and desirous of be-
coming, nurses, '.Chis Hospital has
adapted the eight-hour eYstern.
pupae receiveuniforms of the school,
as monthly tolowetnce and travelling
expenses tb'kantl °i -rota ite't Tolle' Icor
further. information, apply to the
Seperintenddent
but. dte and rkle out ciclztl1e fiat, dun -
em
colored :road to the Mary
hills. s, Mr ,s. M
Ann, 'driving a string of snow-white
geese along the green ledges of the
wayside, called to her, but Deirdre
fled on post the cottage that the,
Schoolmaster anti she .had lived in, .:
past the1 -
of t ca.oppppings of gorse be-,
ginning to bud goldenly on the edge of
the plains.
And McNabb chuckled softly, rub-
bing his hands together,
CHAPTER XLVI.
The Albatross was in.
Just before midday, carts and
ettrry-alis had clattered along the road
to the Port. Deirdre, riding down
from the hills at dawn,had seen the
schooner on the dim shining screen of
sea and sky. There was no wind, and
like a great white bird she hovered
outside the bar, waiting for the wind'
and tide to carry her into the quiet
waters of the inlet.
It was not until midday that a
breeze sprang up, sending white, curl
ed breakers higgh over the bar, and the
Albatross on the crest of them came
sailing into the harbor. She rode,
furling her sails to the log -wood
wharf on its further side. A crowd
had gathered to meet her, and it was
early afternoon before the vehicles
began to rattle back along the road to
thehills and Wirreeford. Deirdre
If I hadn't brought trouble betty
you --..you might forgive me -,r
"Canal, Conal," Deirdre sobbed, the
tears streaming over her face. "You're
dear to t, ou
o me, yourself—dear in. your
own way. Haven't you always been—
and I haven't been good to you—al-
ways, t ways, ,,My heart's breaking to hear
you talk like this:"
She bent over and hissed him.
Conal opened his eyes. The mellow
light of serene happiness had drifted
into them, They rested on her face
as though they were loath to leave it.
His long fingers were knotted about
her hands.
"I'm happier than ever I was in my
life, Deirdre, darling," he whispered.
She had, to stoop . over him to catch
the words on his lips, so faint and
hoarsely uttered they were, as though
the thoughts left him without his lips
I having power to form them, "Never
expected to put my head on your knees
—holcl your hand -like this. It would'
never have happened, if I'd lived, so
it's good to die. You'll look after
Ginger ---`ginger for pluck'—dear old
devil—never 've got here—but for
her, And Sally—good old Sally -not
a cattle mon like her—countryside."
The ghost of a smile flitted over his
lips.
"If only "
Recollection of IVIcNab came ban-
ishing the peaceful happiness from his
face. His 'eyes blazed. There was a
momentary straggle for breath and he
fell back fighting for life. Then, on
a long sigh, he was still.
Deirdre tFied the brandy again. She
called him. She felt for his heart.
His head was very heavy on her knees.
She stared down on the finely chiseled
features, so still, upraised before her.
Her tears rained over them. The quiet
was unbroken but `for Steve's crying
like a child.
Then Sally, Iying crouched against
the door of, the hut, lifted her voice
in a lon, mournful howl that told the
hills and all the creatures of
then that the soul of her master
Long Conal -Conal,' the Fighter --had
passed on.
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CHAPTER XIX.
Deirdre knew that McNab would
not come near Steve's while the dead
body of Conahlaythere. In the morn-
ing, she saddled the chestnut and rode
into Wirreeford.
"It was you shot Conal and I'm go-
ing, to let all the countryside know
it," she said, facing McNab in the
reeking parlor of the Black Bull.
"And who do y' think will believe
you?" McNab sidled up to her, his
eyes kindling.
"Everybody who knows you."
"And they'll say to, you: `How, do
y' know?' What' proof have you got,
Deirdre?' Nobody'll want to go agen
Thad McNab lest they're surd -and
nobody'Il want to be gettin' up and
givin' evidence against McNab lest
they're sure they're corrin' out on the
right side of the business."
'Proof? there's proof_enough!"
Deirdre's 'voice rang clear, thou
her heart was beginning to quail. Sh that what he said was true. S
had come with the idea of using Co
al's death` as a weapon against Mc
Nab; but it had suddenly become ",us
less in her hands.
"Now look here, my dear, it's "n
use bein' nasty," McNab said. "Yo
know and 1 know, there's ` no man ' '
the Wirree would go against me 'le
he was pretty sure of getting some
body stronger than himself to bac;
him. Well; is he going to get anybody
That's the question."
Deirdre thought of M'Laughiin
sodden with drink and as much Mc
Nab's creature as any other man in
the Wirree.
McNab chuckled, though there was
a nervous edge to his voice.
"There's Sergeant M'Laughlin, of
course, he's police officer for the dis-
trict. ':' You can tell' him your story if
you like. But he's a hard-headed man
i M'Laughlin._ He'll want proofs. And:
then don't forget I've still the trump
card up me sleeve."
Her, immobility maddened him.
"See here, Deirdre," he said, shak-
g with rage, "I've been patient with
u till now, and I'm not a patient
man. Y' may not. 've liked the ways
my love-makin', but they're'my
ays. Either' you take my terms or
u leave them. And if you send any
ore jackanapes to me y'1l find them
se
as was ConaL
"Maybe y're waitin' and hopin'
ung Davey 'I1 come overland,". he
sped' on, "to—to , help you. Don't
him get in my way again, Deirdre.
Do
he' him. If he gets in my way,
'Il have' to get out of it,"
'Or you will have to get out of his
stood at the window of McNab's par
tor, behind the curtains that had been
hung up in her honor, watching them
She saw none' of the curious `looks
and gestures that went her way, the
pitiful glances that covered her.' : For
the news of the Port that 'morning
beat any the boat had brought. Those
who saw the dim white face of. the
girl at the window and her shadowy
eyes, knew that she was Thad`; Mc-
Nab's wife. They knew that McNab
had driven Deirdre Farrel into the
Port before any of them were astir
and that a clergyman had married
them in the'church there. '
"Why did she do it? What could
have made her," they' asked each
Other.
"It wasn't for love of his beautiful
face, be sure," snarled Salt Watson.
"It's hard on the Schoolmaster.
He'll not know of it yet," somebody
else said.
Deirdre neither. heard nor saw them.
She was watching for Davey and Dan
to pass. She had seen Mrs. Ross- and
iessie go by to the Port in Cameron's
double -seated buggy. She thought
they would ride together to the hills
in that, Davey and her father.
If they knew, they would stop at
the< Black Bull; if no one had told'
them they would go on, she had de-
cided. They would wonder why she
was not on the wharf when the boat
got in, to meet ;them: But McNab
would not have that. .He would: ra,ot
lose sight of her. Besides she did not
want to meet the eyes of the men and
women who would be there, -and hear
what they had°to say.
She was.cut off from the world as
gh she stood at the window of McNab's
he house. Her mind was too utterly
he weary to' reason"further. As 4she
Con
watched and waited a sense of bleak
_ desolation closed in on her. Her eyes
e_ ached for -sight of the Schoolmaster's.
form against the clear sky; although
o she knew she would hardly see it
u above the buggy and among other
in people, '
ss She asked herself what. he would do
_ when he found that she was not wait -
k; ing for him at Steve's—what he would
• think when a he found the letter that
J was lying ` for him there.
1, I Steve would have to read it for hint.
- It would break his heart, the letter
that she had wept and prayed over;
but it was' better that his: heart should.
break than that he should go to the
Island again. And Steve, poor old
Steve, would die in peace some day
and be put to rest where they had put
Conal. A magistrate—assisted in a
fashion by M'Laughlin and a :jury-
' jury—
had duly investigated and found: that
his tragic death was an•` imperfeti'able
mystery. An "open verdict,"' they
called the' finding.
(To be continued.)
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of
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yo
ra
let
D
he
why!"
Deirdre's eyes flashed .into his. She
saw the mean, cunning soul in them.
She knew that it would be Davey who
would get out, that there was no fight-
ing McNab. Davey would die as Conal
'had died, of a shot in the dark, or a
death -dealing stab in the back,
MeleTab realized that she hadmea-
sured his chances against Davey Cam-
eron, Davey's chances against him,
in that moment, for all her proud
look.
"There's a boat just in the Port.-
takin" on some cattle—brought news
from Melbourne," ho said. "Davey's
acquitted. So is the Schoolmaster.
Jury didn't find there was evidence
enough to convict. They'll be coming
along by the Albatross. She's due in
a couple of days. .Johnson, Cameron's
roan, brought word. If you don't
marry me ---•if y're not Mrs. McNtib
before that boat gets in• ---it can take
y'r father and Steve along with it. It
goes right on to Hobart Town afteio
calling here."
Deirdre stumbled out of the room.
MtNab did not follow het. 1 -Ie knew
that she would not fight any more.
He watched her swing into her Sad
A Pretty Style for'Spr(ng. -
Knitted sports • suits promise to be
popular in the Dominion for spring and
summer wear; partly because they are
youthful and inforina]�. The girl in
the picture wears a white costume
brightened' with a conventional block
design,
out
it
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SHORT CUTS" TO BEAUTY:
Here's a quick salt.rub to the rescue
of your winter skin. Ten'. chances to
one it's been deadened and dulled by
long days indoors and too much rich''
food. And this month, -. with. the' gar-
den the eggs hatching, and summer
sewing to do, one hardly has a minute
for complicated treatmentse
aak'e a handful of table salt and
rub it over your face and neck., Don't
skimp at the corners of the nose, the
ends of the mouth, or where the. hair-
line meets the forehead. Blackheadsi
and a shine always 'choose those'
places. When the salt is absorbed,
rinse it off in ' warm `water. If you
like your toilet articles all prepared,
you can buy, in an `attractive bay:, a
special face salt that contains other
wholesome • ingredients and may wake
up your skin a little quicker. -
The salt rub" is especially good for
the thick, oily, sallow skin. If yours is
thin and dry and'irritates easily, sub-
stitute finely ground corn meal.' After
a treatment your skin should feel
satin smooth to the fingers and look
firm and rosy. -
Another quick beautifier' is the two
soap method. Here are just two cakes
of soap -one flesh -colored, the other
creamy -white. Whether' your skin is
oily, dry, oily and dry'together, old,
young, or fading,, the lather of, these
two soaps can be varied in quantity' to
So Often Does.
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hook night h•cilp you to decide."
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Way, but when ypu're through with
your washing you're through with
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you won't need a whole boxful of other
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When I was a little girl my Inother
always made nae take sulphur and
molasses in the spring. Thts`tvas"sup
posed "to tone up the system and re-
f lieve the skin of winter blotches. But
nowadays we' take our spring sulphur
in more pleasant forms. Internally
we substitute plena of water'` and
y
spring greens. Externally we use a
sulphur soap and a cream.
'I For the hair that needs spring ton-
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Mg. -up there is a sulphur tonic as
clear as .crystal and as. fragrant as
a pine forest. This taken away the
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the woman who'ought to massage Tier
scalp every:. night and doesn't
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The Earth's Bue
Proof boat
if you watch. any part of bhe shy ld
a few minutes on a bright night {i
this time of the year, you can seareel
fail to see the br111iant trail of a shoe
T. ese,tiny visitors froin spade a `
consttutly falling upon the cnrtli.
fact, so great Is their number that dad
dust that falls from thein causes 'ab
actual' increase' in" the' ;" •
sY
ear iii # ae ad
t e e,,nturies go by.'
What 'are they, and from whence do
they
ciente ? 'As trononi ti's iielieve'they
are minute fragments of a great planet
tvllich once dirtied round our eat
many trillions of miles outside our
own path, According to all Calcula-
tions there should be a:world between
Mars and Jupiter.
Shattered Planets..
The others travel in paths •at regu.
lar' distances from the 'sun.Mercury`
is nearest, followed by Venus°, our owni
earth,. and Mars.. 13eyond this
Mighty gap which ` was believed -
irk;
'-Such -deformities as bow-legs and olden days to contain nothing;.
knaek-knees: are becoming .much less :`Giant telos•copes have shown that it
frequent owing to the spread:- of
knowledge of hygiene among parents.
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Through it allthere runs a romantic in.
terest, and one finds himself (or herself)
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HERE are luscious rats-
- in 'pies just around the
corner; at -your grocer's pr a
bake shop.
Baked to a turn -a', flaky
crust filled with t e n d e r,
tempting raisins, the ; rich
juice .forming a delicious
sauce.
Once '.try these pies that
master bakers bake fresh daily
in your city and you'll never
take the trouble afterwards
to make: raisin pies at home.
Get'a-pie now and let your
men folks taste it.
Made with tender,thin-skinned,
meaty, seeded Sun -Maid Raisins.
me
Raisins furnish 156f calories
of energizing nutriment 'per
pound in practically predigested.
form.
Also a fine content of food
iron—good food`•for.: the blood.
Use raisins frequently, there-
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coogood fo,retcy.ou, in puddings, cakes,
kies
You may be offered other
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Learn what you caa do with
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Blue Pacfage.
•
Is far from being unoccupied.; .It con-
tains. not one -world but hundreds of:
tiny globes, some as large as the'n'toon,
end others only '"a utile or two 'in
diameter, •
• These asteroids, as they are called,
1 d,
are believed 'to be the shattered rem-
pants of the planet that once swung
ahong the path, they now occupy. At
seine tints la we distant pant : there
worlds
must have been , an appalling ; catas-
trophe in the solar s'ystem. • Some
great visitor from outside=perhaps a
giant •cornet, perhaps another world'
struck this, planet in a head-on colli -
Each was shattered into tiny pieces,
which,
awing; to their small size, cooled
rapid4y.. The larger ones became little
inhabitedi probably by micro-
scopic creatures; but the slno,ller,
ranging in size from that of +a 'hay-
stack to that of a walnut, wandered
through space, whirling always round
the sun, but pulled out of their" true
course bei any great globe that came
near them.
Let us see what happens, toone of
•them, For millions of years it strays
through space, pulled now this way,
how that, but always managing to
avoid destruction Then .;one day its
path £01:216s near that of the earth,
Siowly_at first, then" more rapidly, .it
Is drawn toward our globe.
Finally it feels the full _force of the
earflli'sa mighty' attraction. It rushes
headlong towards us at perhaps twenty
miles'a second. Siidde'nly it is brought
up 'short :by hitting aur- atmosphere.
Instead of the utterly empty realms of
's:pa,ce, whch'dffer no resistance to its
passage,:ft encounters -our envelopeof
air its; speed. is -Slowed down, but it
•ue'lies towards the ground at about a '
mile a sec,,ndt
Burnt to Dust.
So terrible is-tT e friction thatin a
fractIon of a second tile little stone,
wade temperature' a moment ago was 1.
400• degrees":U.el,aw'; freezing point, be -'q
conies white hot. That is the moment-
when- it 11, first visible to .our eyes as •
a b"r,1113a1ft `point of; light.
The het rises .as- it rushes towards
the earth, "In an instant it has burnt
up, leaving nothing but a trail of glow-
ing; dust, which falls! 'slow`, cooling
on its way. •
12 the earth hack no atmosphere, life
on its surface would be ,impossible,
even" -if Nature designed beings ''that
could -live without air, for the constant
fusillade of shooting- stars, travelling
thousands of times' faster than rifle
bullets., would soon wipe out evei'y liv-
ing thing. The atmosphere acts as a
kind .of bullet-proof overcoat. Owing.
to its ;presence meteors are burnt to
harmless dust whilst they are -still a
hundred rnilesi above our heads,
A few of very large size do occasion-
ally manage to penetrate the air. The
largest known weighed several tons, ,
'and- there liave been others of smaller „_
size. These big fellows reach .us be-
cause they are too large to be -entirely
burnt' up as they pass through the air.
Solving Nature's Secrets.
The 'aid of, "pirate on Europe's' grow-
ing network of airways is -to.-be enlist'
ed to solve some of the secrete of ,bird
life. The work 7111 be done unofficial-
ly, but tli:e airmen are to be encour-
aged to set down any observations of
bird life that they,tnay encounter.
It is hoped that in this way some
light may :be shed on migration and
similar problems.
OTaervatio.ri:s" have hitherto been
made c lfP1aily, but no steps have been
taken to collate tbteni. When the late
Sir Ross Smith was .flying from Eng-
land to Australia he ran into a night
of hawks, -
1t was 0 common practice at one
time at Royal Air Force stations to
race swallow's and swifts, and although
the machinees usually outpaced s the
birds, sone extraordinary ,speeds have
been observed among swifts. These
births, curiously enough, have shown
little resentment of man's intrusion fn
the air, <blthough l3ritisb pilots havo.,
reported attacks by eagles when cross-
ing the Pyrenees.
The Iii("el Tower in .Paris is 985
feet high.
Sir H. Rider, Haggard, the fainous
novelist, elist, loss; ;$250 on his first book
and in disgusit ho abandoned writing'
and became a lawyer. It was only
, t: a, c time" hobby that he wrote
success, "King Solomon's
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