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Ancients Iuew Some 'Things of
Whteh We Are Still Ignorant.
In Egyptian tombs have been
found pieces of a brilliant scarlet,
Aon -transparent glass, the composi-
tion of which has puzzled generations
df scientists. In the fifteenth cen-
tury the Chinese re -discovered the.
secret of this glass, but again the re-
cipe was lost, to be refound by Sir
Herbert Jackson, who showed some
of it before the Rdyal, Institution:
If the ancients were ignorant of
X-rays and ;wireless, it is beyond
doubt that they knew some things of
which we are still ignorant. For in-
stance, they made paiuts and dyes
tha. have lasted for centuries with-
out losing their original brilliancy,
and poreclaia of a beauty we have
never succeeded in equalling:
Yet there never was a time like
the present when so many secrets of
past times. have been brought to
light. Lanolin, made: from the wool
of sheep, was the favorite ointment
of the ancient Greeks more than two
thousand years ago. The secret of
its preparation was lost for centur-
ies, but rediscovered in the nine-
teenth eentury, and now the making
of lanolin is a great industry.
The Romana had a' liquid which,
when used on the inner walls of a
new house, dried them at once, but
that secret was lost more than seven
oeniuries ago.
It was rediscovered in 1908 by In-
spector Simpson, of the Blackburn
Fire Brigade, and when useu on.
freshly plastered walls in new houses
enables them to be papered at once.
Neri, whose book on glass was
published in Florence in 1612, says
"In the time of the Emperor Ti-
berius was invented a way of making
glass malleable, a thing afterwards
lost, and to this day wholly unknown,
for if such a thing were known with-
out doubt It would be more esteemed
for its beauty and incorruptibility
than silver or gold."
Unknown to Neri, the Persians stili
had the old secret, for in 1610 the
Shah of Persia sent to Philip III. of
Spain six glasses that would not
break by being droppea, : and of
whichthe material was springy and
flexible. But again the secret was
lost . and remained, unknown until
last ° year, when two Austrian scien-
tists, after working for years, pro-
duced a glass which they call organic
t glass. It is transparent, will not
scratch, yet a plate of it can be bent
with the fingers.
A small ball of this glass dropped
on a stone floor rebounds like rubber.
It would seem that this is the' flex-
ible crass of the ancients once more
refound.
If this kind of glass can be pro-
duced economically, imagine what it
will mean to motorists, who will have
a perfectly transparent wind -screen
Irvin which there is no danger in
case of accident.;
The ancients used to shave them-
selves ' with bronze razors. • They
made a bronze or brass of tin and
copper, which they hardened so that
it took an edge like steel.
Some years ago a man named Daw-
son, a convict, serving a sentence in
an American prison, rediscovered a
method of hardening copper, and was
released so that he might work on
this invention for a syndicate. But
it is understood that the cost of his.
process was too great.
Terrible Twenty -Four.
Forty-five per cent. of the inmates
of Sing -Sing Prison areunder twen-
ty -flue years of age, and the propor-
tion of convicted offenders in New
York State of similar age is sixty-
three per cent. of the total.
In England statistics show a sim-
ilar state of affairs. While the pop-
ulation of the convict prisons has
fallen greatly in the past thirteen
years, the Borstal Institutes and the
reformatories are always full. The
worst a for grime is from twenty -
o 10 %
Ai twenty--four.
There are still numbers of young-
sters who are brought up in slums
and get a had start in life. About
the age of sixteen these begin to get
into trouble. On an average 100 out
of 150 of these youngsters are sen-
tenced to a month's imprisonment
or less, but, as the authorities say,
thereis not a redeeming feature
about the short sentence. If a boy.
is to go to prison at all he should
be sent for at least six months,
which Is the least time that gives the
authorities a chance to teach him
how to make a living. The .princi-
pal
princi-pal crime' of, these youths istheft,
often with violence.
The '.average age of murderers is
from twenty-three to thirty, that of
burglars is rather greater, while for-
gery is a crime of middle life..,
Lighting by Lightning.
A single lightning flash represents
enough wasted electricity to light
your home for forty years or more.'
On the average, one flash represents
about thirty thousand, kilowatt hours
of electric power.
Two thousand thunderstorms are
going on all the: time throughout the.
world, and in their lightning flashes
the earth is continually wasting more
than four billion, horse -power; nearly
One theneand.times <more than all the
electric power now generated.
Best Guard Against influenza.
A regular, healthy -life, avoiding
excesses of all kinds, and taking as
much outdoor exercise as possible, is
recommended by Sir George New-
mau, th'e chief medical oihcer of the
British Ministry of Health, as the
best gut -.rd against Influents..
Bones o'f Prehistdrrie Men,
Ames of prehistoric men discover-
' ed in East Africa covered forty-one
different types, but none of them was
of what is known now as the negro
type.
Employs 2,000' 'i,'ea.+sons.
The Vatican, the residence Of the
bops, finds employlnant •20i' a, iltai'f of
2,000 persona.
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SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER 1.—Garth Guthrie, Ca-
adian war veteran, having to live in
the open on account of vtleakened
lungs, is factor of a Hudson's Bay
post at Elkwan, He came back from
the conflict with a permanently scar-
red face, which he realizes cost hire
the love of his fiancee, Edith Fal-
coner. Sir Charles Guthrie, his bro-
ther, is a millionaire war profiteer,
CHAPTER "I1.—With, Etienne Sav
anne, hafbreed, his firm friend, Garth
meets Doctor Quarrier, geologist, and
his sister Joan. Their schooner has
drifted ashore. Quarrier complains he
has been robbed bya pian known as
"Laughing McDonald" or to the Ind-
ians as "McDonald Ha! Ha!" because
of a scar which gives him a perpet-
ual grin. McDonald is Garth's'
com-
petitor for the fur trade. At Elkwan
an Indian girl, . Ninda, tuberculosis
victim, whom Garth has befriended, is
dying. Quarrier hints that Ninda is
Garth's mistress, which is hotly. re-
sented. Joan, trained war nurse, cares
for Ninda, but the girl dies.
CHAPTER III.—Garth tel)s Joan
part of the reasons for his presence
at Elkwan. He takes the Quarriers
to Albany, from whence they can pro-
ceed to Montreal. Charles Guthrie
writes reproaching his brother for not
coming home., Charles' wife assures
him Ethel still loves him,'but Garth
in his heart knows better. His scar-
red face has separated the.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER IV
Little did those whom Garth Guth-
rie had brought to Albany in his York
boat sense what this act of friendli-
ness to strangers might mean in days
of drudgery—precious days lost from
the goose hunt which was nearing its
end -for the men from Elkwan. As
the boat drifted down the south chan-
nel of the delta past the scrub -grown
shores of Albany island, Guthrie's
thoughts traversed the days since the
storm and the meeting with the girl
back at the Albany Mission, who was
going down the coast and out of his
life, as the "wavies," from the Arc-
tic, linger through the soft September
weather;' until the sting of the first
norther sends them down the wind.
But the "wavies" return. There
would be no return to the west coast
for Joan Quarrier.
He had left her, the night before,
puzzled by the elation her promise to
write by the Christmas mail had a-
roused. And, always, as he strove
toanalyze the nature of his response
to the appeal of her genuineness
her level -eyed meeting of life—the
blond loveliness of Ethel, with her
shrinking from the unpleasant- the
inevitable—intruded with the know-
ledge of disillusion. Ethel was grow-
ing so vague—so shadowy—here in a
land where raw life admitted of no
subterfuge -no compromise. And yet
Ethel would wait for . the brother of
Sir Charles. Guthrie, he told himself,
with a tightening of the lips; of that
he ,jiad no doubt.
The York boat reached the open
water of, the bay as the 'sun lifted,'.
bringing an easterly breeze. As they
worked up the channel to the post, a
sense of loneliness chilled the heart of
Guthrie. There wouid'be no welcome,'
which, through the weeks of the sum-
mer., he had grown to cherish, on his
homecoming—no Joy in the wistful
vas of the girl who waited. All that
remained to .hiin now was. the mem-
ory of a devotion—self-immolating,
complete. Poor little Ninda. l
Old Anne and the wife of Etienne
stood on the shore while the voyagers
made the boat fast to its buoy. As
the men paddled in, it was evident
that news awaited. them.
"Somet'ing Happen," said Etienne.
"Marie ver' mooch excite' w'en she
not sten' still"
"Bon ,jour, ladies!" called Guthrie,;
as he approached the chattering wo-
men on the beach, "What seems to
be on your minds?"
"Oh, dey have come here dos'
nen!" cried old Anne,
"What men?"
"De man in de beeg boat—she was
here. Dat one wid de bad face --.Mc-
]Donald Ha! Ha! de lnj,titti call .heem,"
Guthrie and Etienne started inerel
itlottsly at the speaker.
"What did he want?"
"'He want talk wid you. He leave
dis."Old Anne handed Guthrie a
folded sheet of paper. • Opening it,
he read:,
Hudson's Bay Con pany, Elk-
wan:
"This is to save you a trip to the'
island after the ,stuff' left on the beach
by that walrus -faced geologist, Quar-
rier. I can use most of it, and, will
pay St. John's prices for it on my re-
turn hone. Have made an inventory.
"McDonald."
"Well, he's a cool one!" commented
Guthrie.
Etienne shook his black head, "He
steal dat stuff, he steal' all de fur. on
Akiiniski." • ! r
"Not if I know it. If he thinks he's
going to ',getour share of the Akim-
iski hunt, he'll have to fight for it.
He'll find he can't bluff us," replied
Guthrie, with increasing irritation at
the thought, of the high-handed met-
hods of the unknown. In the north
a cache was inviolate, and the stores
of Quarrier on the Akimiski beach
had not been abandoned, but cached,
to be recovered later. McDonald's.
appropriation of them under the cir-
cumstances was a distinct breach of
northern custom, If this was an ex-
ample of what could be expected from.
him later, in the fight for the Akim-
iski fox trade, the winter and spring
would hardly be dull on the .west
coast. As soon as they had shot their'
winter supply of geese, he would have
a talk with Graham and 'Boucher, at
Attawapiskat and ICapiskau.
"Too bad, Etienne, we were not
here to meet Mr. Laughing McDon-
ald. What did you think of him,
Anne? He'sa big man with red hair,
isn't he?"
"Oh, ver' beeg, strong man, wid
hair lak fire. Heee'face!" Anne stop-
ped to shudder. "He's got de crazy,
face all tam, from hees hurt mout'."
"Poor devil! thought Guthrie,
"branded for life with that grin. Then
he asked: "Who came ashore with
him?:
The question was .a signal for an
emotional outburst from Marie. "Dey
were bad men, M'sieu Guthree. One
beeg one, wid de barbe noir, 'black:
beard, he try kees the, de femme of.
Etienne Savanna" The black eyes
of the comely wife of Etienne flashed
with anger at the memory.
"W'at! Dey try dat wid you, dees
peopl'?" The sinewy, fingers of the
half-breed worked nervously as if
groping for a ,knife -handle, "W'at you
do, Marie." he demanded.
'he talk ver' cross to de black beard.
"McDonald Ha! Ha! broke in Anne,
give heein push Zak he was 'little
boy. Dis McDonar,'dey all scare of
heem, dose mien. Den dey ,paddleout
to de boat.","Good enough! McDonald seems
to be boss all right," laughed Gtth
rie. "Black beard; that must be the
Newfoundland whaler, Etienne, the
captain of the schooner."
The face of Etienne hardened. "He
mak mooch, troubl' on dis coast—dis
McDonaI' Ha! Ha!—mooch troubl',"
"It looks like a lively winter for
us, eh, Shot," And the factor of Elk -
wan bent to 'rub the ears of his dog.
'1 * * ' * *
It was early Octbber on the west
coast, hunting weather, when the
geese. restlessly crossed' and 'recross-
ed the wide flats between the timber
and the sea, and the duck, in flocks
of thottsands, endlessly rose from the
shallows to skirt far a space, the rim
of the tide, only to settle again, and
shortly repeat the flight. When they
had shot two back-breakin loads,
Etienne and Guthrie started for their
camp , out where a ` boulder -strewn
sandspit thrusting seaward, rendered
the lath ching of a loaded canoe pos-
sible at the height of the tide. A
mile from the tent on the sandspit,
Etienne lifted his lowered head band-
ed by the tump-line whieh'held the
flour -bags filled with geese. Then he
swung round to, the bent figure fol-
lowing, eyes on the ground.
"Boat at de camp."
Guthrie straightened 'until his range
of Vision included the spit. Below
the boulders at the nose of the spit
lay a ship's boat. A boat could come
only from the schooner of McDonald.
What were they after:
Nearing the camp, the •packers
dropped their loads, and continued
•
with their guns, If these people had
abused Shot, chained at his stake-
Guthrie's pulse quickened at the
thought. Near the tent 'three men
idled, evidently waiting for the own-
ers,
"You keep out' of this, Etienne.
you're sore, Let zee' to the talking,'
warned Guthrie, as he aproached the
camp: Suddenly breaking into a run,
he shouted.: "Stop baiting that dog, or
I'll' turn him loose on you!”
Standing out of reach, a young sail-
or tossed sand into the face of the
infuriated airedale, straining al his
leash.
"All right! Turn him loose,” was
the truculent reply, and retreating' the
sailor cocked his shotgun.
'Put down that gun, you young
fool;" ceminanded .the elder of the
three strangers to the boy, as Garth
reached the camp.
"What, are you people after—trou-
ble?" demanded Guthrie, fighting for
his self-control,' for the badgering of
his dog had left him hot.
The man addressed grinned good-
naturedly and extended his hand,
"Good day, Mr. Hudson's Bay; we
ain't runnin" away from none. We saw
your tent and rowed in to get some
shells, if you have any—to sell."
Guthrie took the hand of the speak-
er, a heavy built man, with a beard.
The anger left his face as he said:
"Oh, you're not going to take the
steels, then?" He was conscious, as
he spoke, of the curiosity in the eyes
of the man he faced, as they lingered
on his scarred cheek,.
"No," drawled the other. "You must
think we're pirates. We pay as we
go."
"But you robbed that cache on
Akimiski-youleft a note at Elkwan
to that effect.".
"McDonald will pay for that. stuff
—it would spoil in the rain."
"Well, we don't touch a man's
cache in the north. By the way,
where is this McDonald from?"
"We all hail from St. John's, New-
foundland."
"But McDonald?"
"Well, he hails from there, too,"
was the reply, but from the. tail of
his eye, Guthrie caught a look in the
face of the' companion of the spokes-
man which belied the accuracy of the
statement. "You say you'll sell us
some shells?" continued the speaker.
"No, we can't give you any!" it
was Guthrie turn to smile, "We need
every shell we've got." He' glanced at
the muzzles of the •guns of the stran-
gers. "Our shells wouldn't fit those
cannon of yours, anyway. We use
twelve .gauge guns with No. 6 shot.
At close range it gets more geese
than this big stuff.
"McDonald gets 'em with a Lewis
--fres a burst into a flock and hills
a half dozen."
"So you've got Lewis guns, eh?"
abruptly demanded Garth.
"Oh, yes! Wp'i.e.heeled, if you peo-
pie should take the notion to try to
run us out of the bay,"
"AMY, man! you've got as much
right here as we have, but if 'you
don't play ;straight, we'll run you out
—that's. all,"
'The blue eyes of the sailor met the
chill gaze of the soldier in a long,
unwavering stare, and from that mut-
ual appraisal, the reaction in the mind
of each man was identical.
"You may—but you'll sweat some.
Now, I want to give you fair warning
that some of your people have come
to us this summer of their own accord
There's an Injun who claims you stole
his daughter—"
"What! That skunk of an Objibwa?
He tells you that?". Guthrie sickened
at the thought of Ninda's memory
being made the catspaw of Indian
gossip.
"That's what he claims. It's none
of my business, but he's got it in for
you, so don't blame us. He's work-
ing for us, of course, for the fur,"
"A girl he claimed as his daughter
came to Elkwan in June, dying with
tuberculosis, said Garth - quietly:
"She couldn't trael—we took care of
her till she died ' He :tried to hold
me up—for stuff. I kicked him out,
so he wants revenge. Just. tell him
Mr.—" "Skene," prompted the other.
'Just tell him for me, Mr: •Sk•ene, that
I'll` give him >to the dog if he shows
up et the post. He knows Shot,
"Looks like a tough old veteran!"
commented' Skene, .admiringly, glanc-
ing at the airedale, tense as a statue,
hair and tail up, bristlingat his stake.
"He is. He's an overseas man. He'd
tear that Indian's throat out in one
snap."
"There's another matter, too;" con-
tinued
ontinued Garth, "When .your people
came to Elkwan when we were, down
the coast, one of them—fellow with a
black beard—tried something that will
get Bim knifed if he shows upat the
post again." At the words, Etienne
slowly moved up to a position be-
side Guthrie, his' right hand resting
carelessly on ` his hip, the fingers
touching the bone ; handle of his
sheath knife' The bearded leader of
the sailors glanced curiou.slay at the
flint -like face of the half-breed, and
smiled' indifferently at the threat.
"Just tell.. him for ine, will you,. to
keep' away from Elkwan?"
"Oh, you mean Black Breault. He's
sailing master—owns the schooner.
I'm the mate. He's a bit rough. I'll
admit, but don't make any mistake
about who's boss. McDonald's run-
ning this party.'
"That's why I'm asking you to telf.
McDonald that ,we won't stand for
manhandling women on this coast,'
insisted Guthrie.
"I Kicked Him Out, So He . Wants;:
'His Revenge."
"Right -o, I'll tell him.ll
We ,well
be off," said the big sailor; offering
his hand, which Garth shook. "I'm
glad to meet a 'reasonable Hudson's,
Bay man and one who wasn't sittin
g
snug on the bay when we had our
backs to the wall in front of Amiens."
And as Garth stood pondering the•
remark, Skene turned and joining his
men, walked to his boat with a limp.
He, too, thought the man who
watched, is wearing his service stripe.
The sailors launched their boat in the
rising tide, and poling it out to the
deeper water, rowed away.
So the memory of Ninda was to be
mouthed on evil tongues? The'story'
was going out among the Crees that
the factor of Elkwan had taken her
from her family. It was the kind of
tale only too readily believed. Judg-
ing from the coolness of Swan, the
missonary, Quarrier, without, doubt,
had publishedit in Albany; soon it
would be the property of the whole
west coast. Poor, loyal.Ninda! Then
the thought if one who had seen and
understdod came like a breath of '
clean air from th spruce. ` He saw -
her again, her heavy' hair touched by
the moonlight, her fine, dark eyes
with the questioning look, as she
said: "Good -by, Mr. Exile1"
(To be continued.)
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