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The Clinton News Record, 1919-9-4, Page 66,. ingetweeeetateareezvee-gemegianieet arearele-assaga-,-a-•=----• ---a--s-rattege- - CHAP, aa,--(Oentintted.) 'clootor starting to ale feet, Hie eyes were flatlet and his Vothe saook When he spoke, Help you! I'll helP you to-te beteg down the moon ancl al: the share, if you thy- the 'word! M. Denby, you're a -a little Macke/nett there's no you, Of course I'll help you--eome- encl to the way I respect and admire' how, Though how r haven't got the, faintest idea, Meanwhile you meet ' gat some rest, As I told you, Ina' sloe- I ter is at the beach, and there are only, Hawkins and bie .wife her to keep I the house open. Bub they'll make eou comfoetable for the night, and we'll, see to -morrow what can be cloneg We'll have some kind of a plan," he finished, as he crossed the room to, ring the bell, "Oh, "thank you thank you!" breath -I ed Helen. "But, remember, please, I'm not Mrs. Denby. I'm MI's. 'Datil- ing-my mother's maiden name," she begged in a, panic, as the 14oeter teethed the Tfue to his promise, Frank Gleason hid a plan of a sort, ready by morn- ing. He told it at the breakfast table. "I'm going t� take You to my sister, provided, of course, that you agree," he announced. "Five Minutes' talk .with her on this matter will be worth five years' with me. I shouldn't won- der if she kept you herself, -for a time, with her: And you couldn'tsebe in a better place. Perheps you'll be willing to help her with the children -and she'll be glad of that, I know." "But --my money -can't I pale: - money?" faltered Helen. •Fle .shook his head. • "Not if we can help it. Your money you'll need later for Miss Dorothy - unless you are willing to make your - ,elf known to your husband other --""than you seem now to be -swilling to. We'll invest it in something safe and solid, and it'll bring you in a dew hundred a year. You'll have that to spend; and that will go quite a way - under some ciretthstances." "But I -I want to -to learn things, you know," stammered Helen; "how to be -be-" "You'll learn -lots of things, if you live with my sister," remarked the doctor signiticantly. "Obi" smiled Helen, With a sigh of relief and content. The doctor sighed, too,- though not at all with either relief or content. To the doctor, the task before him loomed as absurd and unreal as if it were, indeed, the pulling •down of .the stars and the moon -the currying out of his extravagant promise of the night be- fore. to ding • eleageoteeeceieerese CHAPTER XII. Burke Denby was well pleased with the letter that he had sent to his wife, enclosing the ten-thousaggl-dollar check. -He felt that it was both con- clusive and diplomatic; and he be- lieved that it carried a frankn 6 '3 thet would prove to be disarming. He had every confidence that Helen wsuld eventually (if -not at once) recognize Its logic and reasonableness, and fol- low its seggestions. With s 1:ght, heart, therefore, he gave himself tol the enjoyment . of the day with his father. 13y Saturday, however, a live -,1 iv curiesity began to assail him as to' jest how Helen did take the note, after all. There also came unplethantly to him a recurrence of the uncomfort- able feeling that his abrupt departure from home Thursday night had been neither brave nor kind, and, in fact, hardly decent, under the circumstanc- es. Ile decided that he would, when he saw Helen, really quite humble himself and apologize roundly. It Was no more than her due, poor girl! . By Sunday, between leis curiosity and has .theasy remorse, he was too nervous • really to enjoy anything to the full; but be sternly adhered to his original plan of not eine-down to the Dale Street flat before Monday, be- lieving, in his heart, that nothing could do so much good to both of then, under the circumstances, as a few days of thought part from emit other. Monday, howeyee, found him headed for Dale street; but M an hour • he was hack at Elm Hill. He was plainly very- angry. • "She's gone," he announced, with a brevity more eloquent. of .his state of . ... -mind thanat flood of weetas woracl have been. -- . "Gehe! Whete?" "Home -to spend that tee thousand dollars; of course, She left this." WI a frown John Denby took the proffered bit of paper upon which had been ecrawled: I hope you'll enjoy your playday as much as I shall mine, Address me at Weriton--if you care to write, Helen. . • , "Where did you find than" "On my chiffonier. I didn't think that -,of Helen," . ,. . "And there Was nothing to allow when she left?" . . "Nothing -except that the apart - Meat was in spieletand-span orddr from end to end; aha that must have taken some time to acconiplish." "But perhaps the neighbors would-" - "There's no ona she knows but ales. Cobb," interrupted 'Burke,. with an im- • atitient gesture. "Do you suppose Ian going to hex and whimpet, 'My wIfe's gone: Please, do yqu khow when she went?' Not muclif I saw het-laae. Oar bream! And one glaatee tit laet • face howed that the wits dyiliat to ala asked. But I didn't affora hag that satisfaetion. I gave MO a pettiest's. ly blithe ‘Good-enernang,' lifeid t art walked away as 4 I'd itilotn 1 ltilat Coming home t6 all empty initt 0 all the titne. Bob, 1 ropeato I'll. 184a pointed. 1 alb% think this IS i elell •----annlaing off lilte WO" "You thinit 8110 Wai try, the let your lettet?" n01 come 4.o tyme--4etti 040,.,V,ci itt the WRY- X left hei the 641iat tliS Vi. *ea a bit pa Ti, ed thettla VII WI's. • -13Y-s• EleitatOr PIarter • copyright- Henghton NIllijso 00,' Published ba' ar ngentent with Po Toronto Alton, Toronto' aerce-ta. tege Mit; but that deesn't OXel188'118* for doing a trick like this, I wrote her a good letter, and yob sent her VaMY generoue .check; and I told her 1wail coming to -day to pick up ray traps and say good-bye, She didn't -care to see me -that's all. But the Might have had some thought that I'd like td see my -daugatet• before t go. If there wise time I'd run up there. But tt's out of ate question -with only to- morrow befoee we start." 4Wenton is her herne town, I •sup - poem" "Yes, She left there, you know, two years before I saw •her. laer father died and then her ;nether; and she had to look out for herself. 601 write, of course, and send it up before I go, And I shall try to write decently; but I will own up, father, Ian mad clear through." "Too bad, too bad!" John Denby frowned and shook his head again. ."muet confess, Bnrke, that I, too, didn't -quite think this-eof. Helen." "I don't know her stieet address, of course," Bunke was on his feet, pacing back and forth. "But that isn't nec- essary. It's a email town -I know that. I told her I thought she'd like the hotel best; but the may prefer to go to some friend's home. However, that doesn't signify. She'll get it all right, if I direct At simply to Wenton. But I can't have a reply before I leave. There isn't time, even if she deigned to write -which I doubt, in her present evident frame of mind. Pleasant, isn't it? Maketrme feel real happy to start off with, to -morrow!" (To be continued.) • "BARGAINS" IN INDIA. Buying Steamer Chairs • From an Oriental. • ,Driving a bargain in India takes time, if nothing else, for the Hindu, like all Orientels, gets entertainment as well as profit out of alechaffering. Richardson and I wanted two deck chairs, says Alfred C. II. Fletcher in From Job to Job Arounclaihe World, and we were determiped to get them at a fair price. One.evening I dropped Ito a native shop to look over the stock. "Hots much is this steamer chair?" I asked the shopkeeper, "Twelve rupees!" I started to walk ot t. "How much will you native called. "Two rupees," I said emphatically. "No, I will let you have it for eight." "Two rupees are all I will give you," I said, as I continued to walk toward the door. "Six rupees." I took a few steps nearer the door. "Thaw rupeee," Ile said reluctantly. "I will give you only two rupees," I said. "Thatechair isn't worth an an- na more." •; ONo. Four rupees or no sale." "1 will meet you halfway and give you three rupees," I said. "No, four rupees.' finally left the shop, saying that I would come again in the Morning. Then I told Richardson that I had worked on the 'native front twelve rupees. down to four, and I suggested that he continua to beat down the price from that point. That evening I 'waited on the side - 'walk while Richardson entered to re- sume battle with the shopkeeper. PI will give you three rupees for that clinic,' he saki, • pointing to the sealed; of all the wrangle. "No, I have 0 man coming In the morning who is going to buy it for four rupees." As Richardson.ceme out 01 the shop I weut in, "Well, I have decided that I can't pay more than three rupees for the chair," I said. "Alt right; no sale, then." I walked out, JoinedRithardson and started up the street. We had not gone half a block when the native 0001e running after us, "Three relines, eight armee!" ho shouted. "Ali right," I said. "1 have some heart left, Wo have beaten the poor nen down far enough," I added to Richardson. We returned and bought two chairs. 'Three rultees, eight annas ;einem a big redectionfrom twelve' rupees, lint eeen -11)15'figure was exorbitant. Both Magee collapsed before they ever saw the (leek of ,a B giver the : BRITONS OF ROYAL. LINEAGE. Barred Fom Succession by the Act of Settlement of 1701. It is said that there aro living in' Great Britain to -lay some thousands of persons of royal lineage, two or three tbousaud of whom have by right ot ilescen•t abetter title to the throne than bas King George. 01 10 proper to acid, however that for these persona an obstacle in the way of their patting in a claim exacts in the shape ot the Act of Settlement of 170a. which 11xed the succeesion on the deseemlants of Sophia of :Hanover, arendamighter of Janos T. M wally as posenne or Gm dee mid:Iris of ralwara IV., llenry VII. or Efatialid aed Jlu000 11l of Scotland have' been tamed. The investigation iee satrivu that allneat every Meta/alb Eate1/0 figures In the list With malty of the Europeau nisbility, together Ali a hoot et Smiths, themes and oblations, 89Me yeare ego a doe- oentlatit oftimPlaatageatate was found alyitig his featle, that qt liateta, lenaer the mello et 'Pleat, telee mato a Deitenalgre, Whoee teed alined at King attlWgaa .1i1ia 'reheat Of the feet 114,,Va4 A 4povtAtut -Qt vAI, lethe flattigl getteraticia. .104ii, IA4 640; tO pre. )0fifi aVga, "'TOMS" TO TBE • OLD BAILEY MOIST NOTED TEMPlat OF JttliTI011 IN Ilia Won% ,11•101, Pan-Piettir0 of OrlMinel Court Which Exercises s WdIrd riesoltudion on Viel,tore From Every Cilline, ' For many Months Loxidou'has been tun of abate's, -Australians, ,Cantia, diens, New Zealanders, 'and Eriglteh, provincial aeople by ,the thotthand have flocked to the metroPelis. ' There le Ofte Plthe all Of them waist to flee. That 18 the grim Od• Bailey, wbloh ,towers mageOthally a' in Neve, gate Street; withal the °Meet London, It is the moot famous,temple 01 ju time in the world. Pote the countless thousande ot visitors to the great city the plume pee:settees e.n irresistible fascination, Even ae these lines are being read, some great trial about which the whole actuary is talking is probably being untolden, tor the Old Bailey 15 almost oonstantty 10 ifeesinn, and the Most thrilling murder cases in the land come to their grim conclusion within its walls. A Mixed 'Crowd. Faith the street whereethe rank and fashion of England used to foregather to see criminals. hanged, you pass a small army Of * dignined 'policemen, and reach the great central hall where, every session, miserable hun- dreds of people drawn from all walks 1 of life, And here, amid the frowning statues and the. wonderful architecture, one of the most amazing human kaleido- scopes to be seen in the entwine un- winds itself before your wondering gaze. The calendar Is full ef the names of men and women who have committed practically every crime known to the law. Along the richlyglied floor, on which the four courts run, pace people who will shortly play their part in one of the •great dramas being enacted be- hind the big glees, carefully -guarded doors, Detectives of •eveny rank, lynx -eyed and full of importance, mingle in this great hall with eminent barristers, solicitors, clerks leaved In the lav, where, uniformed policemen, and gorgeously-gathed, haughty flunkeys, Pretty and' well-dressed girls, old frumps whose partiality for &he gin - bottle is obvious, women of 'fashion from Mayfair, and washer -ladies from Bermondsey, sabre, soldlers, pros- perous City merchants and down-at- heel costars, mix freely together in this strange human sea. Most of them have become :embroiled in the gult of crime against their will. Nervous Tension. They have witnessed some criminal act, and the stern law decrees that they must testify their knowledge on oath, between God and man, from the box or suffer the penalties of prison attaching to a refusal. Nerves are tingling, faces are tense and drawn, fingers tremble and fore- heads Perspire. Lips twitch and eyes rove restlessly; for the average dent- zen ef this big hall is in a new, strange atmosphere. Men and women alike dread the ordeal of giving evi- dence in these stately surroundings. The plain, frowsy -looking little wo- man in the cheap black, coney-seaL coat, picking nervously at her button, Is a bigamist. She has been on bail since the .police court proceedings, and now the hour of her trial before the grave, red -robed Judge is at hand. Will he send her into penal servitude, or will he temper Justice with mercy? She wonders till her brain swirla. The button is twisted from its moorings and falls with a clatter to 'the stone floor -a clatter that sets every nerve In, her body tingling. That young woman rocking a babe to her breast is the chief witness of one of the most brutal quadruple mute dors of modern times. She saw enact, el a crime io terrible that for the rest of her lite she will be a nervous wreck, Wasting His Time! Presently she will hand bier baby to an attendant and enter the court in response to the stentorian calling of her name. Then, led by Counsel for the Crown, she will reconstruct the drama of horror and bloodshed she in- advertently witnessed. And she, too, quivers. inwardly at the knowledge that her evidence will probably be the mediumof sending a -fellow -creature to the scaffold. That tall, severe, self-possessed num in morning coat, beautifully cut, white spas, and tall bat, is a famous city finencier who has been robbed of seine hundreds of pounds hy an ab- seoecling employee. He has came to testify this, and 'eharee at the watte of time while the routlee of his office Is disorganized, telephones whirring, and tape -machines clicking out the latest market movements, in the Papers which report the case he will be described` as "the, prospector." 11 is not the sort of publicity he desires, but his duty to the puballe demands that he shall attend. That bright -faced child in the blue frock, with masses. of coal -black hair tambling rebelliously from under her saucy. TannoaSaanter, is the chief witness in one of the moat notorious abduction allegations of this genera - tient llama long elapses. she will, with the calm, unconcernedness of child - head, be telling judge and jury the 411,111111g, cinema -like uarrative or her advehtures Ibi the mighty underworld at wicked London, and theh among the heether-claa hills of bothie Scot- land, And 011 the teeth or otherwise of her story will 101)011611 mane; libertY end honor, She smiles mai Oath brightly with her father and the' faallelg tleteetiVe evae accompany her, rleetalet ao tier ethic liege through hall, alcitippisars fettle view, Taerle three man chatting together, it eget end meth easeita furtive glances at the strolling detectivee, °ape corthealed the matt formidable teleot bineelate bit tho metropolis, When their eountry needed them, A Friend in Peed 'When a mole of 8fx Inuidxod 010* inumeeden 1 -digitate on board the tblp Sirius were terrified althea' to the phint ot Metiny by a terrific ntorm at ilea and gatleore4 on deck to demand that the eaptean 'either stop the tumult ot the WaTefts Or xieltiete them the commend of elle ithip, the lives; of all on boara were, saved by a aorearh- able hiteryention. Mn', 3,,,10. Pattereoll tells the etoralithea:Pit1 We poseeese'd,a•fetend that we hed not thought ot in' countiotiell lOth 'oriole like thicta-penis, •a Dig, came te, our aid at tapt most aritleal moment, and proved, to be the beat kelp we could bare bad M the cir- ounistances. • By omit miens, Prole. ably the rolling of' the 'ship, his sty door became unfastened end oet leaped, granting in setisfaction at his sudden liberty. He ran alosigbbs deck aft, but lie mile not go tar, for the crowd was too great. The tore - most members or it baw alsti hie aimless ehariee-a charge that era pearedeto them to be 1011 et diabolical/I intention, Then evaat a hullabaloo there weal Pandemonium let loosiel "A pig! A pig!" the pilgrims yedied In half a dozen different tongue, all heightened and intoned with religioue fear, Thell Over hatches, winches and their felloeve lteatle scrambled thoth who were neareet to Denis, as if they fled from the very Princeof Darkness. It was a wonder that some of them did not go over the side in their hor- ror. The other' caught the ory and repeated it, Heedlese of wind and rushing seas, of the heavy rolling of the ship and everything except es- cape from the dreadful enemy, aft went the whole mass helter-skelter, with grunting Denis at their heels. As the pig passed the door of the second engineer's berth, at the for- ward end of the alleyway, the engin- Pear ataatling' With bile bead out, ettught the tatatition, ne a githee alta gave Coate e whack on hit rump that eallead him to aelld ttp, a imiteel arid double him pace in tho 'Aren't 1'1e410 before wile aeolt cleared of such a i ----emeeseesnesa b_____ . to,cy,0,4c„.; • The iley Who 'Kept Clean, oreltal in a tanth ot the time,- awl 00 "Anianatea slinshitlea' "the hands effectually, Within a .shigle minute wriest baby itt town," theee, Una lik° seen abOYe:the histehevage; there was not a MOhantmedan to be , e,vx•oakreedes:ioxn:ree }loaf teitllomfill'Itiotniodllneomty sen Then the captain, , qui* to benefit bd betwitlfel eyes wermeparklieg with by Denia's thueig teppetmance; theuteti delight In living, All hearts warmed an eaaer to Map on all Mathes; and to him He lilted •the whale World, every Man of our orowe-exoept Inme arid its deg, !wits the helmsman e.na the enginetar Jealonely I .gearded hint front every and stokers on duty Wow -leaped to hatan; R1 grendmothet eould ifearees they. thit oader. Thageapped the situa• ly believe that at a yen. old Ite had tiba, The 'enplane Were arthonere, in never, haa a beMp. never heard of Safe 'initerterse and theg temaitted so seeli a thing!" exclaimed the dear old ante the followinea days 'Oen quer lied isicredulettelY, wether allowed us -to release: thein, • Blit poor Denis ised te pay with his life for •the valuable aseistance, that he hacagiven 00,, The mate preaicted that the tregeay,wonid eocem. When the pilgelme were once mote on, the uln per agela they began to olaniot tor tile lite et 'th'e 'parker: They swore that -lie had been Icit leen to contam- inate Rua drive them below; 'cand if they heel known et his being there, not allot the tercet in Obrietendem would have induced them to be his tellow pitesengers. They fetid that a -penance. Wouldahave to be rformed eaerg individual of the .party, .and were doubtful whether the whole pia. grimage would not, even than, be in Yain Des was at ones led out to thee - flee and slaughtered befogs the eyes of the.gathering,...with.the steward on fioleting as buteher priest, The pile grins then diepersed and went aullen- ly about their affairs. For several days we„ smiled beefily, cogitated at intervals on the vagaries of religions, and enjoyed the sucoulent flesh et our peace offering. • they forsook the jemmy, crowbar, and blowpipe, and jollied up. They made good. The past was blotted out. When they had settled down once more to civilian life one of their "china's" (friends) got into trouble: Now they have come to the grira Old Bailey, right into the lion's den, as it were, to see how their old comrade fares before judge and jury. As we lee them they are waiting for his trial ta come on. If he gets "lagged" they will hurry home and tell his wife, who has Just become a mother. Then they will set about pieviding means by which the %vernal] can live until her man is once more free.• Taking No Chances. Glance we next at the bearded man who lets apartments in a fastionabie suburb. A man who came to lodge with him turned out a bigamist. The police fetched him and hauled him be- fore a maglitrate. The cad] was will- ing to grant ball if the accused could find one surety In $500. Listening to a woman's paesionate, tearful pleading, the landlord stood. Now he has actually brought his man to the Old Bailey because he fears that at the crucial moment the biga- mist will funk it, disappear, and mulct him.in $500. And until the accused ie in the dock, when the bearded man's responsibility ceases, he does not mean to lose sight of the lodger tor whom one wife was not sufficient So the human panorama keeps mov- ing. Grave and gay, laughter and tears, shade and sorrow, sunshine and tragedy, jumble together and alter- nately occupy their place in the centre of the stage. And inside sits the great judge, who, without the flicker of an eyelid, sends mei% to the scaffold,. to penal servitude, aggregating at one single session hundreds of years, or opens the gates of freedom to those whose souls he knows will shortly sing for Joy. , Keen and alert, he listens, analyses, dissects, and then, in the polished ac- cents of a scholar, guides and directs the good men and true in the Jury -box In whose hands the fate of the prison- er at tiles bar rests. The densely - packed court hangs breathlessly on to every word he utters, A shudder runs round as sentence is passed, and al- though he may have issued an edict which will hurl the soul of a man into leiternity, the great judge teckles the next catia'an the list as calmly as he woitItl ackle the fish which follows his soup en the menu at dinner. Old Bailey's Cells. And underneath the scenes of this drama, hidden from the curious gaze of the public, are the cells-t13e cells , of despair .and of hope. Here' duster 'the prisoners who have been refused bail, and who have beeu brought straight front' the remand prison in the "Black Merieg* waiting to be celled into thedock above. Murclerees, blackmailers; bigamists, burglars, swindlers, dwell tor a brief space in close smoximity to each other, - They sometimes menage to exchange con- soljng whispers, but, for the most part, over them lies the mantle of despair,. and silence reignsupreme. Often it is a prelude to a greater sileeee-the silence of the convict prison, over the eell doors of which Might well be written, "Ithabod; abandon hope all ye Who enter here!" It is all very strange, very mystic, very 'Niel/derail, is this grey, grim, Old Bailey. That is why it may well be called one of the wonder places of ahe WOW. Helium Gas Cheaper. Up to 1915 the total output of hel- lum gas in all the world had probebly been less than 100 ethic feet and it was worth about $1,700 a cubic foot. tut just before the armistice was signed a shipment of 180,000 'cubic feet of helium gas was sent to Europe and it cost lase than. 10 cents a cubic foot Helium gat was first discovered on' the sun, by epectroseopy. It is the best gas roe ithe in 'balloons, bemuse it le tot inflammable, It le now ex - treated from the nateral gas of Texas tura Kangas, The method th delicate mut complex, but ie based upon the fact that the principal constituents of natural ems livery when coolecilitilif Ai Acid -828 deg. lathat ., but at be reelable a gets a that temperature, and hence is easily separated. Th e day Son started to submit -wag the first day I entrusted him to eare other than mine. Solemnly I, ma:Heed that lefluences were coming into the lifeof, riay boy which, I should not Initiate •mi control. • ' A. lively sense of lunnomand an 10 - heated 'drollery, made him the delight of aorne of his teachers and the des- pair • of - others. In his dun -loving pretties, there was no trace of 'cruelty or mesinnesa. This was a comfort, when lny middle-aged patience MS eften tried. • )early as I loved the boy, strongly rooted as was my belief be hia- basic integrity, from the day he mitered school I was never free trawl a haunt- ing, ho4ible fear of the decidlinst evil that lurks in the path of hob -'blooded youth. Iwas frank with my boy, pro- viding him. with the best available expeet instruction in printed form warning .against the social evil, but always I was not sure hew deeply such instruction went home. s With all his warm-he,arted openness there persisted a certain reserve pat kept me outside my son's confidence. I' did not mistake his ' native joy - PUZZLES ABOUT BIBLE ANIMALS ousnees and optimism for evidences — of a shallow nature; that there were Translators Failed to Identify Some depths of thought arid :reeling I was of the Scriptural Bonet's. confident, but I could not fathom them. It seemed to me we never got below When the huge German liner Vater- the surfaee of thinge in our daily land was confiscated' by the United converse. States Government (since evhich time Son wen' to college. Hie too brief she has carried great numbeers of vacation waits were the events of my troops and immense quantities f,sup- years. Earnestly I studied•th•at bright, plies to France), she was appropriate- ly genamed -Leviathan. handsome face for trace of something I dreaded. In clear, honest eyes hone At all events, the new name seemed the old -tine mirth, unshadowed. And appropriate for it is popularly under- yet, 80 meny boys; aa. gifted, as loved stood that leviathan means "whale." ee mine, The truth is, however, that it means have fallen under evil in- fluences that drag in the tnire the nothing of the kind. The leviathan of the Bible was the crocodile. glory and beauty of youth. For proof of this let the searcher The fear -stayed with me, an ever - of the Scriptures teen to the book of present shadow, walking by my side in brightest noon -day. If I could only Job, where he will find the leviathan know t described as having scales that are that Son Was safe! I could not "shut up together as 'with a close know. Only another mother of a boy seal," which "cannot be sundered," can understand the ' suffering caithed and which neither sword, spear nor by sech a fear. Then came the revelation. arrow can penetrate. Job (who lived about 700 B.C.) Son nnd I were spending a summer seems to have been much interested together overseeing the development in natural hiatory. His zoo -logical ob- of some westeen land. We camped in servations were remarlcably accurate, an old farmhouse built by a •ploneer. and, being the possessor 61 great Son's sleeping room opened into mine. -wealth, he doubtless traveled and en- We got into the habit of going early joyed opportunities of seeiag plenty •to bed and talking until sleth 'claimed of crocodiles. us. Lying in the sweet summer dark, The ,books of the New Testament far from home and familiar 'associa- were originallemin Geek; those of the tioas, alone, uninterrupted, we entered Old Testament, of course, ail Hebrew. into an understanding of each other When the first "authorized version" such 'as never before had been pos- of the Bible was aramed, early in thesible. Son gave me glimpses of his seventeenth century, the scholars who inmost thoughts, gave me confidences undertook the work of • translation that evidenced an eaanestness of per- poee ordinarily hidden by the banter - were puzzled to identify some of the scriptural beasts. The crocodile was ing, humorous trend of his daytime unknown in Europe at that period, remarks. and, not having even heard of the One night from the borderland of hippopotamus, they let the Hebrew4elioious sleep, Son's voice called me: word "-behemoth" stand. "Mother, I had an experience last fall that you may be interested inI was The unicorn (which to -day appears '. on the British coat -of -arms) is gen- down town one evening, going home erally regarded as a fabulous animal from the library, When a girl accosted -a creature somewhat resembling a me. She was young -no older then Sister, I thought, autl she seemed horse, with a single •spike-like horn. But the Bible mentions it, and, as a scared at having stopped me, I asked her if s matter of fact, there are plenty 01 he had never accosted a man unicorns alive to -day and roaming before. She said it was the firet time. wild in the deserts of northern Afeica. 1 asked her why she was beginning The beast in question is the "addax" that sort of a life. She had lost her antelope, ancl is represented on many place in: a down town office for lack an ancient Egyptian monument. It is, however, shown in profile, so that its two horns appear as one -a Cir- cumstance that gave rise to the no- tion of the single horn. Ezekiel speaks of huge scaly zee- -tiles that lie out in rivers watching for prey. Again in this case it eves ,what she would do if she could borrow crocodiles that were menet. But the money enough to live on until she Bible translators, being ignorant of the existence of such monster sau- rians, called them, in,, the autherized version, "dragons." es -- of preparation for her work. Slie said if she had only had a little more train- ing she was sure she coelci have made good as a steeographer. When her landlady turned her out because she 'could not pay, she was desperate, she was starving and cold. I asked her WEALTH BENEATH YOUR FEET: Centre of Enrth is Plentifully Suartiled With Molten Gold, We Icnow how much tho earth weighs. . Also, that an average piece of the oath's must is a little more than two and a:half times as heavy as water; whereas, in the middle of the planet ilia ea -swage weight of things is eleven times ae great as that of water. • This is primirily becauth pressure, duo to gravitai:lon, acting from all sideS toward the center of the globe, crowds together the materials of which' the earth is composed, enor- thously•increasing their density. The likelihood theme to he that in the process of the pallet's formation trom a finning mass of molten ma- terial the weightier stuff teaded to gravitate toward the center, and that the core or the globe is mainly or wholly emaposed of the heavier met - ale, Gold is one et the moot widely dis- tributed cit metalon the surface or the earth, bellig rotted even la beech samba and tea. water; but all or it was originally brought tin in a molten gate front the .bowels ot tbe planet by volcanic entail:. There is -good reason foe believing that geld it a vent plentitul sabstance delve:beim, tr You owe tie much es a square Yard 01 114011 anywhere, yout prePrio- torthip in law oxtails all the way to the enter oe the earth. Home, if yen could only get at what actually belongs to yee-eartioularly the geld--yonr wealth in all probability would he so great that John D, Rockefeller would bo, relatively theakihg, a, peeper, could finish' a course at business cal - lege. " 'What would I do?" sbe glad, 'I would work -I would pay it all bacic- but there is no one who would lend me money! • "I'll lend At to yet," I told her. "I left hr in charge.of the V., W. 0. A. for the night, and the next day 'I took her over to Mrs. Blailas board- ingehouse near the . business college. I guess,. Mrs, Blair got the impression the girl WiTS tonne one from back home that I had been acquainted with a long time. Thele couldn't be a better place for a homeless girl to stay; Mee. Blair Is one of the motherly kind. Getting in there. was the best of good lack for the gitl. She lielped Mrs. Blair with kitchen and dining room week, to re- duce expenses until she got her dip- loma and a dandy good position, "Well, she made good, all right, fahe'e just finithed. peying Me • afick the money I ,ant htne Leet week the Sent o cheek and o line eilYing, 'Got my salary raised to -day, Tama& Pee not seen her came I got her the Place to stay, . Somethine, about ber nide me think of Sister,', I tried to say something -words would not "come. My bealit was sing - Mg, Somewhere in the •starey spitees, angels were singing it hallelujah chor- us, San's voice went on, In the sweet, silent sammer' dark: "I've been tempt- ed enough, Lord knows; especially since I vsent to the city, The•thought of you, Mother, and of Sister, has kept me clean, I've given a square deal to every woman and girl I've ever had any assoeletion with, Thought maybe you'd like to know." The fear Is past. Gone forever is the ehadow stalking beside me at noon -day. The Icirigdems ea earth hold no wealth or glory .not excelled by the exceedieg abundonce of heart richee lavished upan me by my non -my baby , who grew up to be a mem, upright, dependable and °leen. As I have said, only mothers fully, ean understand my fear and ray rejoic- ing; and only sons canenderstand what my son had to meet and how he met it. Seasonable Recipes. 'Baked ;Rice With Cheese -Three cups boiled rice, two tablespoons melt- ed butter; one-half cup grated cheese, one-half cup milk, one-half teaspoon salt and one-eighth teaspoon peprika. After boiling rice until tender, mix in, milk, butter and seasoning.. Add grated chease and place in baking dish. Bake until brown. This is nice If a tomato sauce is 'poured over it Kidney Bean Stew -One and one - hell cups kidney beans, one cup can - tied tomatoes, ozie-half cap honed rice, two tablespoons flour, one • onion (fried), -and the teas-poon salt. Cook beans antil tender, or canned kidney beans may the need. Wash rice,sand cook thoroughly. Add tomatoes evhica hava been cooked; friend oniOns, sea- sonings, -and gnix with kidney bens. Cook down --until all are well mixed. • Glazed Turnips -Pare and wash tur- nips. Cut in slices, and cook until -tender. Place .1n baking relish, add salt, pepper anti ,butter. Dreege with flour, •add a •little water, ana bake until a delieate brown. s . Tomato Butter - Combine ten pounds of ripe, peeled tomatoes, four •notinde of -granulated -shoe, eine pounds, Of peeled, sliced apples, a scant; quart of vinegar, half an ()Math each .of stick eintiamon and ground ginger .thde a quarter of an ounce each of mace and whole cloves. Tie the spices in a bag and cook all the in- gredients slowly until quite thick. Seal as for jelly_ or jam. Spiced Sweet- Tomato Relish -Mix together -two -quarts of peeled and sliced tomatoes, on0. quart of brown sugar and mixed groistal spices to suit, the individual taste. '(Uae mace, all- spice, cinnamon and nutmeg.) Let stand for two or three .hours in a preserving kettle and boil down slowly Like jam. Seal when cold ,with par- affin. This Is delicious d cious with col meate. Women In Public Life. In Canada at present we have three., Mem-hers of the fair sex who are alder- men -Alderman Mrs. A. Gale, of Cal- gary, who at this writing is actin() inlayer of the western city; Aldermae Mrs, M. B. Hill and Alike:nen Mr,. H. J. Hanna, both of Alberni, B.C. In the United States lady eirierrecn arc equally Retiree, but in Great Britain many women have taken on municipel responsibilities withsnceess, one of the latest, recruits to oldermenic dig - !pity being the Duchees cf Merlbor- ough, who was recently elected to the London County Council by a district made up entirely of working M811, What is more, the duchess theily de- , feated her opponent, who is a well- • known local Socialist. THE LUCKY_HoRSESHOE. The More ,Nalls the Better the Luck of the Finder. The superstitious use of horseshoes as emblems of good luck originated about the middle of the seventeenth century., They were at first doomed a protection against witches and evil Writs, and were nailed on doors of houses With the curie unpormost. was the belief that me witch or evil spirit could enter a houseethes guard- ed. The cut= of nailing horseshoes to ships and other sailing craft is still in vogue in many lenglislospeaking countFies. To find a horteshoe with an ode mimber of bails attached to It is onsidered the forerunners or good luck, • and the more liens the greatei• the good fortune that is likely to attend ,t'Les_finde.;, Red hot pokers, tritomas, like plenty of water anti a dose of liquid immure now and then, orne=Coolced Baked B Are Delicious -- bet how seldom the peqns ere aegkea Vita% oniottin0o halt somethnes mbthy, soinetinnia �o wete-q* perhaps dome to a oriole And the liettra o cookhig hioy retallre ahd aolleeglient waste of takpeaelye bbS„ Next timeget "Clark's” Porte 4114 Iaaallai They ate alWitati 10047-100 heat 1116 Oerl'0, 1114 "tel InVeri bean ot untforin size-claeta beide WIlele-gyet age*, one cooked to perfeatlea, They are' sold 'with three kitule et eauce, Tomete, Chili, Plaine-Buy the kind you Masa beet, thea, are all 10110100e, "Clarka be appreeiated 1)Y ell gee faantlY, ates most ecotornical-and ileao the hotthelteePer W0Pla 014 aaagraY/ The GM/01cent leg.eltd 61 away eth et ' Ciegiae" I'eek anti. 880 Beate enr1 other good things gµttrantee theft, absolute Pririty, IV, CLARK, LIMITED veg. 11151: ivioNTRpAti)