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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE. ONT., THURSDAY, SEPT 8. 1921. The Kingdom of The Blind By EL PHILLIPS OPPEMHEIM. ' DiPLC'V \ COURSE - JUNIOR •TEACHER'S COURSE • COMMERCIAL -\RT! j - C-A-RE1D R-C-A-Vriiiciual ISession 1921-22 Opens Oct. 3. 1 Prospectus Sent on Application. I ittle cm .VltVi Lis effort ray. Granet j compare I 1 n ° toe* car t\ tit i t 'tn u1 < 1 ti villagers and people from the neighboring farm houses, who were all keyit "back, however, by a little cordon of soldiers. Granet, closely attended by "his escort, made his way slowly into the avenue and up towards the house. A corner of the left wing of the build-blackened and (Oopyftefcted) Synopsis of Later Chapters. Collin: iouldering, and there Singing in the Home. | They should be baked in a pan made Why do so few mothers and fathers j especially for baking bread sticks, .-.vadays sing either to or with their Cherry Mold-Cook one-half cup of Si! children the songs which combine fine rice and one scant teasnoonful of salt hole i great Captain Granet calls uooa -Monsieur bcrations Guillot at the Milan Hotel and gives Soon the ------- ... ± the house to heln him a document from the Kaiser of- far away inland dog* were barking, to the house to help fering France a separate peace. The frt plot is discovered. Cony i Anseli s Ml of echoes. From looking for Collins. J didn't ;.i for s 3 sinks two of the read they heard submarines. Granet W commissitmed single voice, by his uncle, Sir Alfred Amselmau, to, "Now," 'Granet whispered, destroy the new sub detector, made by j Collins leaned forward. The fuse clt,,-S f' Sir Mevville WoTth ■ot "Norfolk. When ^ ^s hand touched the dark; sub- *>etter t calling "upon Isabel WotHi he is mis- stanee which he had spread out upaan Proposed. . taken bv the inventor for the captain the rc,.k In a moment a strange, nn- 11 -™y long, of the guard and sTawwn the marrei- earthly green light seemed to roll -they sen lous invention. At midnight r.e pre- \]w daVkness. The house, the came back . pares to carry out hie plar. with the workshop, the trees, the slowly 'flow- -had not been aid of his accomplice, CoIFms. jing sea, their own ghastly faces-- " -------- ! everytMng stood revealed in a "blaze of CHAPTER XXL--(Cont'd.) hideous, awful Tight. Por black ibemb ha! apparently fallen. A soldii time ! admitted them at the front entram; ihen i went up : aTul his ^de led him acrossthe ha .hern extinguish i a?\d a. l£rg' get back till four . offset and really go-'d musk tol ln one Quart ci milk until rice is thor-current atrocities which j oughly done. Add one cup of sugar, lelody? What has be- ' " the of the pari and other ide of the house, an apartment which! ~ ,--t>,L° :eemed to be half library, half mora-j -^em wi.h i P-ayinj, mm , ^ window_ Thgy turned ar0Und at j knew all thi and see," Granetj G/anet^ mt™*eZ a?d .he gav till I couldn't stickl?tart F.?r th-e- flrst Fancy That! One t 3 printed i: i 10,000 ft. of S different longer than ou for 24.000 flies A single orange will bear 20,0.00 oi An ounce of gob cf wasps v could be dra i servant up. The reply aickly--Mr. Collins' bed slept in. Granet frowned i little. "I suppose he'll think I let him a moment down," he said. "I waited at least an Collins was already om Ms feet. He they forgot themselves, they forgot hour for him." had straightened hinLlf woefully, the miracle they had hrought to pass.; fie^XXan1nnuiSd and there was a new alertness in Ms Their eyes were rrvetted skyward.: ^ffTey Anselman inquired, manner He too ware rubber shoes High above them, something blacker j ^ae seemed to he much the and his movements were absolutely than the heavens themselves, stupen- i worse Graaet ^Jhied. I dita t fh*k noiseless He carried a link electric dous, huge, seemed suddenly to as- oi anytrung of that sort no connection torch in hiT han 1, 11U • I '1 shed srrme to & shape, toxog of ma- -th Collins though. Perhaps he around the room whik> be placed 'hmery was clearly audible. From the might have got hurt, eral small articles in Ms packet. Then bouse came the mingled shouting of Wed all go over and have a look he pushed open the doer and listened, many voices. Something dropped mta for him this afternoon if he hasnt He turned back, held up Ms fcger an 1 the s, a a bur bred ? aids away with a turned up, Anselmam suggested, nodded The two men passe.! down screech and a hiss , and a geyser-like What ahont playing a round of golf the stairs, through the sitting-room, fountain leapt so high that the spray , this^ morning? out on to the lawn bv a do«<- left ua- reached them. Then there was a | Suit me all right, Granet agreed, fastened and rcund the house to the sharper sound as a rifle bullet whistl-; Id meant to lay up because cf my shed. Together they pushed the car ed by. j arm but its better this morning, down the slight incline of the drive. "My God!" GTanet exclaimed. "It's v\e 11 8<?rt eariy and get back for the Granet mounted into the driving-seai -t;rnt- we were out of this, Collins!" P<»P?rs- and pressed the self-starter. Collins He seized his scull. Even at that . rne>' motored down to the club-tock the place by his side. (moment there was a terrific explosion. •-•<"-'>•' atid playt-d their round. It was "Remember," Granet whispered,!A stream of lurid fire seemed to leap'a wonderful spring morning with a "we heard something and I met yon from the corner of the house, the soft west wind blowing from the land, in the hall. Sit tight." ! wall split and fell outwards. And LlUle Patches of sea lavender gave They sped with all the silence and then there came another sound, hide- PurPle COl0r,.to the marshland, ihe smoothness of their six-cylinder up ous, sickly, a sound Granet had hear i e: e;";s' Y!!" "'c the!l way from the the tree-hung road, through the sleep- before, the sound of a rifle bullet cut- SEa to, the Village, shone like quick, ing village and along the narrow lane ting its way through flesh, followed sUvel bens-th ^he vivid si.ns.aine It to Market Burnham. When they were by an inhuman cry. For a moment was a mrorn 1 f "f u '« aD 1 » ».< ffi within about a hundred yards of the Collin's arms whirled around him. 1'.c';:"e' -'\":,J!eL: notw.ihstamnng a ht- gate, Granet brought the car to a Then, with no other sound save th.:'. y'S™ >'f W!*h hl* arm' '::;:.'t; carc" Sea-CoW Seen, standstill. ione cry, he fell forward and disar,- fuJy and we»- wh,en at last they, sea-cow thought to have "There are at least two sentries Peared For a single second Granet reached the eighteenth green, he holed ^pg.t pyV^^t^ ye^us lias beon that way," he said, "and if Sir Hey- leaned over the side of the boat as, a wonderful curly putt for the hole ^i, extinct for foity >ea.s, has been ville told me the truth, they may have though to dive after him. Then came ^dthe match. -een ...aim a special guard of Marines out to- another '-oar The sand flew up in ai J A great game his cousin aeclar- .-a,ne fishermen of the Aleutian night. This is where we take to the blinding storm, the whole cf the creek .Vs lh,>; left}h.f ereen. "Who the; Islands declare that when fishing off marshes. Listen. Can you hear any- . was suddenly a raging torrent. The \ are theEe ,Uows,V , ,. I tht islands cne or more of these crea-thing?" . !boat was swung on a precipitous1 ,^ere were two soldiers standing;turfa have been They both held their breath. ! mountain of salt water and as quickly ]fj** and, a mi ltal;f ",otor-car "Nothing yet," Collins muttered, capsized. Granet, breathk** for »!drawn.u? b>" the side ol tne road. "Let s get the things out quickly." : moment i filiated. start. F: fear chilled 1 was suddenly who stood wi scrutiny was whom he feared--Surgeon-Major Thomson! (To be continued.) weden has been ^ The fain the father sold for $2 e of air s just a net hurried to the back of the way somehow to the side of , ripping open the covering.^ In a I marshland, and from there stumbled |, dressed Granet. "Captain Granet?" he asked, salut- ------lents they had dragged ov r hirway'Towardslhe^ , iraf v , . , • the side a small collapsible boat; of behind him was on fire, the air seemed1, ^net nodd^an^totc^ out hd canvas stret ! . some bamboo filled with hoars,e shoutings. He turned , ^ for the note. The fingers which joints, with two tiny sculls. They | and ran for the spot where he had left: d;X Lid £ £ ,T'e vf^" clamhered up the bank. the car. Once he fell into a salt waterl"50^ ^ady, he even luted his head ' «™t be close . here,", pool and came out wet through to the ^ £j^Jf. a for the spot where he had left i . . ...... Once he fell into a salt water! f.ectly steadv>. hl --':pool and came out wet through to the Granet whispered. "Don't show a I waist. In the end, however, he reached light. Listen!" I the bank, clambered over it and slip- This tame they could hear the sound \ ped down into the road. Then a light of an engine beating away ;n the boat- v-,.,,- flashed into his eyes and a bav-i other side of the Hall, j onet Was rattled at his feet. There 'nir.s,1 were a couple of soldiers in charge of i I of his light from the house on the se: "They are working still," "Look out, Collins, "Hands el lines were like a message of fate:-- The officer in command at Market Burnham Hall would be obliged Captain Granet would favor him with an immediate interview, with refei enee to the events of last night. the c ■ek." et cafmly flashed his owr^efee-t's ] trie torch. There were at least a ; dozen soldiers standing around, and a id-: little company were hurrying down nd from the gates. He switched off his i back "Do yoi s to lediately. ;urt?" he asked_. dead silence. He felt his arm seized on either side. "The captain's coming down the road," one of the men said. "Lay on to him, Tim!" CHAPTER XXII. Granet sauntered in to breakfast a tes late on the following They pushed the boat into the die of the black arm of water stepped cautiously into it. Taking I light almost one of the paddles, Granet, kneeling) «ts any 0n down, propelled it slowly seaward. | There was Once or twice they ran into the bank - ■ and had to push off, but very soon their eyes grew accustomed to the darkness. By degrees the creek broadened. They passed close to the walls of the garden, and very soon they were perceptibly nearer the quaintly-situated workshop. Granet paused for a moment from his labors. . "The Hall is dark enough," he mut- j morning. A little volley of qui_____ tered. "Listen!" and exclamations reached him as They heard the regular pacing of a ■ stood by the sideboard, sentinel in the drive. • Nearer to them, "Heard about the Zeppelin raid on the top of the wall, they fancied j "They say there's a bomb on t that they heard the clash of a bayonet.1 ninth green!" Granet dropped his voice to the barest | "Market Burnham Hall is burnt to whisper. I the ground!" "We are close there now. Stretch | Granet sighed as he crossed the out your hand, Collins. Can you feel j room and took his teat at the table a shelf of roek?" "If you fellows hadn't slept liki "It's just in front of me," was the ] oxen last night," he remarked, "you'c stifled answer. I have known a lot more about it. "That's for the stuff. Down with it." ; saw the whole show." For a few moments Collins was | "Nonsense!" Major Harrison ex-busy. Then, with a little gasp, he claimed. gripped Granet's arm. His voice,! "Tell us all about it?" young Ansel-shaking with nervous repression, was man begged. Still almost hysterical. I «t heard the thing just as I was "They're coming, Granet! My God, beginning to undress," Granet explain-they're coming!" |6d. "I rushed downstairs and found Both men turned seaward. Far away Collins out in the garden. . . . Where in the clouds, it seemed, they could;the devil is Collins, by-the-bye?" hear a faint humming, some new j They glanced at his vacant place, sound, something mechanical in its! "Not down yet. Go on." regular beating, yet with clamorous! "Well, we could hear the vibration throatiness of some human force like anything, coming from over the h there. I got the car out and rere no sooner on the road than it distinctly, right above , „ ] us--a huge, cigar-shaped thing. We .g?*-„le.5fx,,yL„_e.?! raced along after it, along the road towards Market Burnham. Just be- The man pointed to the c "My ' • to take you Come and have a drink first, at any rate," Geoffrey Anselman insisted. The orderly shook his head, the twb soldiers were barring the gateway. "Some one from the War Office has arrived and is waiting to speak to Captain Granet," he announced. "We're all coming over after lunch," young Anselman protested. "Wouldn't that do?" The man made no answer. Granet, with a shrug of the shoulders, stepped into the motor-car. The two soldiers mounted nr-tor-cycles and the In the 1 quarters they appeared to be true but in the head and neck they -The huge sea-cow often wenght 4,000 lb„ and is "40 ft. long. Seaweed grows in miniature forests along the Aleution Islands, and the sea-i once pastured there. They possessed habit of herding together like cattle, ortiug and puffing. The hind legs were used as a sing! fin, but the front fins were used a: legs to support the animal. There were udders between the forelegs, and plates instead of teeth white men was forty years ago, o\ a hundred years after its discovery Who- d foil. ^ e ;rew cider and needed if: I the grandmothers who | fine old hymns and bal- It ' id were net afraid to let their with, be heard by admiring youth?; there oh, where are the mcd< and let cool. Then : spoonful of vanilla and a glass of pre-erved sherries, and fold in one-half pint, or one cup, or whipped brought up on anything but ragtime or jazz? As a nation we are losing the power of expressing ourselves in song, and the younger generation is losing all the joy and cultural value of being brought up in households where music j is as much a da'ly habit as speech, and father, mother and children sing separately or en masse as regularly j they eat and sleep. place to the The Circus. is a perfect circus! To begin i the fences of the countryside ere big posters--rivaling Bar-md Ringling Broth- , for they featured such beasts a ver were on land or sea, and bore s proclamation: The circus is coming, . To show on the green; The freaks are the strangest You ever have seen. Bring pennle, And dollars and dimes, To pay for the cheapest Nothing can take the place to the! Of jolly good times! child of the living human voice as a! A field near one member's home had musical medium. In no other way, been borrowed for the occasion on a than by listening and trying +o copy. Saturday af.ernoon. It was roped off can he so easily be taught to sing ;n true circus style. A row of small himself. There is no fund of mem-; tents quite evidently and audibly held ones in later years which will yield the side shows. him such rich reasure as those con- Pretty nearly everybody in the nected with the music of his childhood, | neighborhood, and some peonle from provided it has been made by mother,) the nearby town, had curiosity enough father, and the rest of the family. • to come, pay the entrance fee, and so Whatever the reason for the dis- j gain the privilege cf a place by the appearance of singing in the home, be j ring and a chance to explore the side it lack of time, fancied lack of ability,; shows. the prevalence of the "record" or thej The circus proper began, of course, family exodus to the "movie" every [with a sawdust parade. There, sure evening, the songless condition of the, enough, were the band--all the mem-household is a national men-1 hers playing kitchenware instruments: ace and should be remedied without delay if we want to do what we cai to bring back to the world some o: the old grace and charm and peaci of the days that are gone. If every mother and father would resolve to spend ten minutes a day singing with and to their child] preferably the songs of their ( childhood, I venture to predict tha a few years there would be a ms ed change in the too often insolent modern attitude of many children towards their elders, and that Earth procured from certain min in Colorado has been found excelle for exterminating beetles. Pills imported into India are cole ed, to show their use; those tinted r certain poison. Hot weather will frequently cau clock and watches long out of use start working. The heat melts ti old oil which has hardened and clogged the bearings. Ask for Minard's and take no other. s way through the resistless ; ] . With every second it grew loud-L,. n The men stood clutching one an- j could : "Hav. must hear it muttered. . moment," Granet'< fore it reached the Hall it seemed . turn inland and then come back again. We pulled up to watch it and Collins jumped out. He said he'd go as far as the Hall and warn them. I sat in the car, watching. She came right round and seemed to hover over those queer sort of outbuildings th< at Market Burnham. All at : bombs began to drop." "What are they like?" Geoffrey Anselman exclaimed. Granet poured out his cofL fully. "I've seen 'em before--plenty of them, too," he remarked, "but they did rain them down. Then all of a sudden there was a sort of glare--I don't know what happened. It was just as though some one had lit one of those colored lights. The Hall was just as clearly visible as at noonday. T could see the men running about, shouting, and the soldiers tumbling out of their quarters. AH the time the bombs were Ing down like hail and a corner of Hall wa s in flames. Then the lighted stuff, whatever it was, burnt Spectacles for Russian Cows A good deal of surprise was created when a long list of goods required by Russia was found to contain an order for spectacles for cows, says an English newspaper. Surely this must be a joke, said the business men, or someone must have blundered in writing the word cows, for spectacles could certainly not be needed for animals. But there was no mistake. Cowi the Russian steppes have long v spectacles to protect their eyes from the glare of the snow, which stretches for hundreds of miles on all sides till late spring, and sets up a serious affection that may result in total blind-Snow blindness is not a new complaint. There are many instances of it in history. The glare of the shining on the snow causes a pricking pain; then there is a sensation of grit under the eyelids; light of any kind becomes extremely painful and the sight begins to go. If the matter is not attended to, the eyelids swell and the vision may remain impaired for months. On the vast steppes of Russia the cattle that graze during the early spring, when the ground for hundreds of miles is glistening white, are troubled with sm several years ago vented a special form of spectacles with brown glass which could be fastened round the horns of cattle with leather straps. Quite a thriving business grew up in th© manufacture of these spectacles, but the war put a stop to it, and the cattle suffered severely. Now Russia is anxious to adopt the remedy again. Mountain climbers and Arctic explorers have to wear blue or green glasses when in snow-clad regions, and any neglect to do this may lead to serious trouble. No amount of familiarity or usage gives immunity, even to the people whose ancestors have lived amid the snows for centuries. The Eskimos have long made snow spectacles in a very crude form from driftwood. This is cut to the curvature of the face: a notch serves as a bridge for the nose, and in each of the discs that cover the eyes, where the wood is about two inches thick, a narrow slit, about the width of a thin saw cut, is made. Through the slits the light passes to the eyes sufficiently diminished to prevent snow blindness. Nansen used these Eskimo snow spectacles in Greenland, and found them very good, as the absence of glass prevented the obscuring of the sight by the condensation of moisture on the lenses. Captain Perry, an earlier explorer, and his men, also wore native snow spectacles. On one occasion, when a party of men set out from Parry's boat without this protection, every man was struck with blindness, and no one was able to direct the sledge. Large bodies of men have sometimes been affected by snow blindness. In Peru a whole division of the army marching from Cuzco to Pano became blind, and a hundred guides had to be summoned to lead them to their destination. Many of the afflicted men wandered away and fell over pre-In 1793, in the Alps, bodies not hes the bad n Music stil mother's ight to s much as we now do of mners of young people, hath " char ound a child's life froi babyhood, be a delightful and living memory in later years and an inspiration to do likewise, when the time comes, for the new generation. A Ckar Complexion. A secret of bathing the face successfully is first to open the pores of the- skin with warm water, then to cleanse them thoroughly, and finally to close them with cold water so that as little dirt as possible will lodge in them. Usually pure soap and water, with I plenty of sleep and fresh air, simple l food and sufficient exercise will keep! the skin clean and fresh. Bathe the face every day with pure soap and! warm soft water and rinse it with! warm water and then with clean, cool I water. If the soap is not well washed! off, the skin will become dry tight. Some skins, however, react more favorably to a good cold cream than soap and water. Avoid skin lotions and beauty creams of which you know little or nothing; experimenting with such things may ruin your skin. Choose a pure, cleansing cold cream. Wash the face with'a wash cloth and water before you go to bed; then dry it and rub the cold cream well to the skin. After a short time, wipe off the cream with a towel that been dipped in warm water; then wash the.face thoroughly with fresh, water and finish by rinsing it with cold water. Some persons prefer to leave the cream on overnight and to wash it off in the morning. There is no objection to that plan. Never try to clean your face with cold water alone, and when your face is overheated do not wash it in cold water. midgets, the towering giant, thi fat lady, the bearded sisters, the purple clowns, the pretty ladies the wild beasts in cage; really fascinating assen cus material. The band was made wearing blue overalls and high red paper hats--quite a stunning color effect. The midgets were the tiny brother and sister of two club members. They were dressed in garments cut grownup fashion. The giant, as may be imagined, was a boy on stilts. A long duster coat effectually concealed the wooden extension. A weird effect could also be gained by putting a mask on the brush end of a broom, dressing the broomstick properly, and carrying it erect The fat lady was a boy unrecognizably stuffed out with pillows covered with the waist and skirt of a very large size. "She" rode, of course, in the parade, sitting in a child's express cart drawn by two lad's, apparently tugging for all they were worth, and pushed by a third. The bearded sisters were two girls who put aside their feminine vanity to the extent of allowing their hair to be brought around each side cf the face, held there with spirit gum, and then allowed to dangle in beard fashion. The purple cow was a mysterious creature with 5a purple skin, walking on four legs. Two boys composed the i strange anim'tri, the first one walking I bent over, the second following,' and ! resting his hand3 on the stooped back | of the first. In this position they had been sewed into a purple cambric covering with a tail and horns. The hindmost boy switched the tail, the foremost one "mooed." The clowns, the familiar plump cops, and blacked-up rascals were also part of the show. The pretty ladies were much bespangled and betulled, and rode on a float made from a lumber wagon and draped with gay materials. As for the beasts i thei: they caused a good laugh, for under the label "Wild Australian Dog," Jimmy Atkin's collie was recognized. The possibilities for a wild beast parade are quite unlimited in the country, where domestic animals are available. To-Morrow's Dinner. Spring Lamb and String Beans New Potatoes in Jackets Lettuce Salad Bread Sticks Cherry Mold Tea Spring Lamb and Beans--Buy the forequarter, and cook as a pot roast. Clean and cut in halves lengthwise, tender string beans. Add to the lamb from a half-hour to forty-five minutes before it is done, depending upon the tenderness of the beans. When " beans are cooked, remove the lamb and thickn the gravy with flour. Pour gravy and beans-on the platter around the meat. Lettuce Salad.--Mix thoroughly two cups of boiled salad dressing with one and one-half cups of chili sauce and pour over the lettuce which, has been 3 similarly washed clean, dried, and chilled. The factory chili sauce is nicer for this been learned than home-made. Bread sticks--To a pint of bread colored spec- sponge add the well-beaten whites of tacles, and, thanks to English enter- ' two eggs, and, proceed as for bread prise, which has done so much to fos- J making. When light enough to form kindness to animals, the lower j into loaves, shape instead into rolls similarly protected. j about the size of a thick lead pencil. of Pledmontese troops incapacitated. But the lesson has no and modern travellers gions invariably ird's Liniment used by Physici Obstinate. Jimmy (after discussii governess on the subject Judgment): "Will every come cut of their graves Last Trump sounds?" "Of course, Jimmy." "Shall you, Miss Brown?" "Most certainly I shall." Jimmy -- (after deep reflection) "Well, I sha'n't." the Portable gasoline pumps up to ten horsepower and capable of forcing water through 1,500 feet of hose are now used in fighting forest fires by Canadian federal and provincial for- 300 MILE BREAEE7 USED AUTOS 100 actuall Percy Breakey 100 actually In stook. 402 YONGE ST. TORONTO