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(Copyrighted Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.) CHAPTER xIv.---tCont'd.) {And there, a dozen yards off, were the We were dismounted now, leading aretrlene lights of tt big motor-car. our horses, and after about fifty yards: lt mime along very slowly. purring the path erased and came out on a like a great eat. while we pressed into welmade carriage drive. So, at least, the bushes. The headlights seemed to w" rammed, for the place was as black spread a fan far to either side,, shoul- a» pitch. Evidently the house couldn't ing the full width of the drive and ita he far off, but in which direction I borders, and about half the height of hudu't a notion. Ehe over-urchifng trees. There dwasha Now I didn't want lobe a lug calls lure in um orm trittintr besi e t 9 on any Turk at that time Ji day. Our chauffeur, .whom I new dile in the re- jnh was to find where the road opened flex qlow, but the body of t 0 car '35 into the lane, for after that our way dark. to "orcst.antinople was clear. One side It crept towards us, pulled, and my the lane lay. end the other the house, mind was just getting easy again owl it didn't seem wise to tune the when it stopped. A switch was snap- risk of trampling up with horses to the EM] within. and the limousine was front door. So I told Peter to wait rightly lit up. Inside I saw a wo- for me at the end of the back-road, man's figure. while I would prospect in hit. I.turit' The servant had got out and opened " to the right, my infention beieq if the door and a voice came from within i walked like a blind mun in that Munro", of darkness. The road menu-ll well kvpt, and the soft, wet gravel muftled the sounds of my feet. Great trees overhung it, and several mus-s t wandered into dripping bush- es. And then I swprd short in my tracks, for I hear the sound of ti traeU. f whistling, It was Your Guarantee It insures tea that is fresh, fragrant and pure -'Tror it. "SALAD l0iii tho High; ofa house' to rethrn, ith Peter take the other direc- Bart.“ tttet' GREENMANTLE In: a packet in your pocket for ever-mm ninshmt. Suites the that. " 'tsplits, [law and quite dose. about ten yards! And the strange thing was ms a tune I knew, about the F you would ex t to hear in t of the 1,'Qt" It was the w: "Ca' the yowes to the I which was a favorite of my lids W. his head was r followed suit BY JOHN BUCHAN. is the name the last man And the next e clutched my a a bound to eould see no- is head was grell---and, Lid on my you doing there Was m in the ' in the the my the “WE!" v a clear soft, voice speaking in some tongue I did not understand. Sandy had nartcrl forward at the sound of it, and I followed him. It would never do for me to be caught skulklng in the bushes. It wept, towards us, passed, and my min" was just getting easy again when it stopped. A switch was snap- Til, w.thin, and the limousine was rriithtly lit up. Inside I saw a wo- man's fteure. and I followed him. It would never do I see I have written that I knew no-l for me to be euuttht skulklng in thTthlntt about women. But every man has? bushes. An his bones a consciousness of sex. I I was so dazzled by the suddenness was shy and perturbed, but horribly' of the Klara that at firtst I blinked and fascinated. This slim woman, poised: saw nothing. Then my eyes cleared exquisitely like some statue betweeni and I found myself looking at the in-) the pillared yte; with her fair eloud/ side of a car upholstered in some soft of hair, her on: delicate face, andi dove-colored fabric, and beautifully, her pale bright em. had the glamori finished off in ivory and silver. The of a wild dream. I hated her instinc-‘ wormm who sat in it had a mantilla tively, hated her intensely, but I long-l of black lave over her head and shoul- _ ed to arouse her interest. To be valued il.ers, and with one slender jewelled eoldly by those eyes was an offence tO' hm " rlw kept its folds over the great- IV manhood, and I felt antagonism. or part of her face. I saw only a pair “5an within me. I am a straw: fel-', of pule trrey-lrlue “(Gimme and the low, well set up, and rather above the' slim. fingers. gaverage height, and my irritation still‘ I remember that Sandy was stand- fened me from heel to crown. I flung' in“ 'u'l", upright with his hands on his my head back and gave htr oool glance l,'., M, Ftrs tNtrttams2 m,“ " “mm“, h, for cool glance, pride against pride. T hips. by no means like a servant in the presence of his mistress. He was a fine figure of a man at all times but in those wild clothes, with his iiiiiii thrown back and his dark brows drawn below his shull-eap, he looked like some savage king out of an older world. He was speaking Turkish, and glancing at me now and then u If angry and perplexed. I took the hint that he was not sup osed to know any other tongue. and {Eat he was asking who the dvvil I might be. A Then they both looked at me, Sandy with the slow unwinking stare of the gypsy. the lady with those curious beautiful pale eyes. They ran over my clothes. my Aryyi-new riding- inr'm chm. mil upfashed boots, my widii- hrimmed hat. I took off the last and made my brat, bow, A - _ _ "Madam." I said, "i have to ask pardon for tresspassing in your gun den. The fact is, l and my tservant--- he's down the road with the horses and I guess you noticed him-the two, of us went for a ride this afternoon,' and got good end well lost. We came in by your back gate, and I was pros-' pecting for your front door to find some one to direct us, when I burn d, into this britrand-ehief who 'Ill','; understand my talk. I'm American, and I'm here on a big Government proposition. I hate to trouble you, but if you’d send a man to Show us how to strike the city I'd he very much in your debt." . Her eyes never left my fare. "Will you come into the car?" she said in English. "At the house I will give you a. servant toyiirte.t you.'] . " She drew in the skirts of her fut Cloak to make room for me, and in my muddy boots and napping clothes I wok the seat she pointed out. She MM a word in Turkish to Sandy, switchcd " the light, and the cur Women had never come much my were Pl way, and I knew about as much of she mot their ways as I knew about the Chi- Befor nose language. All my life I had lived plucked with men only, and rather I rough words y crowd at that. Whvn I made my pile lttC: and came home I looked to see a little metwrap society, but I had first the business of the Black Stone on my hands, and [ then the war, so my education lan- The wished. I had nev‘er been in a. manna cheaper In! car with P. lady before. and I felt like a fish on a drv sandbank. The soft eushions and the subtle scents filled mo with acute uneasiness. I wasn't thinking now about Sandy’s grave words. or about Blenkiron's warning, or about my tt and the part this woman must ay in it. I was think- ing only that {felt mortally shy. The darkness made it worse. I was sure that my companion was looking at me all the time and laughing at me for a wed on Women The car stopped and a tall servant business like Mesopotamia." I ' - . L "You are on Germany's side?" she "Of byrowinyl Why, Judy, I never asked. borrowed a cent ln my liter. ', "Why, yes," I replied. "We Amer-l "Pm not talking about money. Why leans are supposed to he nootrals, and, don't you decide something for your- !) fly." means we're free to Choose any self? Really it's heaps more fun. Oh, islde we fancy. I'm for the kaiser. lyou’re a wheedler, and it's awfullyi 5 Her to?l eyes searched me, but lot hard to resist you, but somebody's 'T'/ in suspicion. I could see she wasnt to do it for your own good So I de-‘ he troubling with the question whether cline to ans ii " I was speaking the truth. She was. "Wh 'J.,',",',,,','",',',, goes fl'e.. d n sizing me up as a man. I cannot de-l ' y, Judith. Sttrah J""""'" '. ll', scribe that calm a praising look.) 'I mean it. We’re all ttt a consplr- to There was no sex in it, nothing even they to help you rob yourself.'but I'm w_ of that implicit sympathy with which gains to get out. Try standing on its one human being explores the exis- your own feet, Sarah, and see how of tense of another. I was a chattel, a good it feels!" a thing si,,rei,,rii,tt) {emoved flrfoin ling": "But Professor Baker said one of acy. lven so ave myse oo o a .. . . . ,1: a horse which I thought of buying. ttt,rg.1nut,i.e', 121'/iep12',' 1““an f" V Scanning his shoulders and hacks and . m o ertrl are exe tum- as paces. Even so must the old ii'iiii,edot,ri,eyP,1tt. . of Constantinople have looked at the' I know he did. But that doesnt ly, slaves which the chances of war; mean you should tto round borrowing Jn brought to their markets, assessing other people's brains to avoid using fp' their usefulness for some task or Four own," Judith retorted. as other with no thought of a humanity; "Nonsense!" Sarah replied lightly. ""/,oyyey to purchased .and purchaser. "Go back to your old calculus. If my id And yeti-"9‘ quite. This woman 5 W.” gown is spoiled, it will be your Nu1tl" g were weighing me, not for any special A week 1 t S h . d nn duty, but for my essential qualities. I' _ 'l er era was summone mo felt that I was under the scrutiny of, to the dean 8 ofhee. "Miss Fell," fly dy one who was a connoisseur in human) deen said, q am afraid your report " it, nature. i ttoptr l? he a shock to you this term, gamed the door. The lady was over e threshold before I was at the step. I followed her heavily, the wet Iquelching from my field-boots At ‘that moment I noticed that she wats' Her): ttll.. _ _ ., """. ....-. She led me through a long corridor to a room where two pillars held lamps in the shape of torches. The place was dark but for their glow, and it was as warm as a hothouse from in, visible stoves. I felt soft carpets underfoot, and on the walls hung some tapestry or rug of an amazingly in- tricate geometrical pattern, but with every strand as rich as jewels. There. between the pillars, she turned and Need me. Her furs were thrown back, and the black mantilla had slipped down to her shoulders. "I have heard of you," she said. "You are called Richard Hanan, the American. Why have you come to this land?" "To have a share in the campaign." I said. “I'm In engineer, and I thought I could help out with some business like Me1sopdtarnia." " ... I Once, I remember, a doctor on board ship who dabbled in hypnotism told me that I was the most 1etrntth,s"a'viig fer-son he had ever struck. e said was about as tre a mesmerie sub. ject as Table y ountain. Suddenly I began to realize that this woman was trying to cast some spell over me. The eyes Crew large and luminous, and I was conscious for just an instant of some will battling to subject mine. I was aware, too, in the some moment of a strange scent which recalled that wild hour in Kuprasso’s garden-house. It passed quickly, and for a second her eyes droopcd. I seemed to read in them failure, and it,1 a kind of satis- faction, too, as if t ey had found more in me than they expeete.d., . - "What life have 'you led?” the soft voice was saying. I was able to answer quite natur- ally, rather to my surprise. "l have been a mining engineer up and down the world." . "You have Need danger many times tles? "I have fought in battles." Her bosom rose and fell in a kind of sigh. A smile-o very beautiful thintr--f1itted over her face. She gave me her hand. A . .4 "The horses are at the door now," she said, "and your servant is with them. One of my people will guide you to the city? . _ , Peter and I We, home in the rain with one of andy's akin-clad Companions loping at our side. We did not speak a word, for my thoughts were running like hounds on the track of the past hours. I had seen the mys- terious Hilda Von Einem. "Mad and had," Blenkiron had called her, "but principally bad." I did not think they were the proper terms. Mad and bad she might be, but she was also great. Before we arrived our guide had plucked my knee and spoken some words which he had obviously got by heart. "The Master says," ran the message, "expect him at midnight." tTo be continued.) The lowest priced tea is not the cheapest. A pound of "SALADA" yields more cups to the puund, and so much morn satisfaction than ordinary tea, that it is reaily the most economl. cal to use. The '.ouirfumiliar colored globes in chemists' windows were flrst display- ed by the Moorish druggists of Arabia and Spain. A strong hive of bees will number 60.000 insects. A queen bee is sup- posed to lay mm: Tmillion and n half \ ggs during her lifetime. Mznard‘s Linimcm Heals Cuts SLm'Id :, .v :14" be bitten in a limb and poiscn h T'tccnt. the creature will often 't, :-r he limb " and throw it away, mowing a mw one to ro. place it. New 'il have faced danger." "You have fought with men in bat. on It is a t man to thing I In, art is a terrible as: when s to thing to have to send --at least as terrible pm to prison.--Lord be bitten in a limb , a . . i "No more scolding-locks for Gothert I; "j, It limb Daughter is so delighted with this L" 75,”??qu one improvement that she donated the I "Prue said silver, Connie said black, 1nd Mary said both," observed Judith _', dryly. "Sarah, don't you ever get tired 50f borrowing?" i "Nonsense!" Sarah replied lightly. "Go back to your old calculus. If my gown is spoiled, it will be your fault!” A week later Sarah was summoned to the dean's offiee. “Miss Fell," the g dean said. "I am afraid your report is i going to be a shock to you this term, so I called you in to talk it over with I you." Judith's door opened cautiously, and Sarah Fell stood turoioitetiea1ly in the doorway. How pretty she was with her golden hair and her arms full of jade crepe de Chine! "Oh, you’re studying!" she exclaimed. “I won't interrupt you but a moment. I just wanted to ask you which you'd have this made up with if you were 1, silver or black? Or would you use both?" "But Professor Baker said one of the requisites of success is willingness to learn from others!” Sarah exclaim- ed triumphantly. "I know he did. But that doesn't mean you should go round borrowing other people's brains to avoid using Four own," Judith retorted. She waited till Sarah, white of focal had read the card twice. Then, "Doi, you understand?” the dean asked. The girl shook her head. "It is because you are trying to live upon borrowed capital. We could not be sure of it at flrtst, so we waited, giv- ing you the benefit of every doubt. Think it over. How many papers have you written, how many problems have you solved, how many even unimport- ant things have you decided without help from others?” "Why, I-l didn't truppose---r thought--" Suddenly as in a dream Sarah saw Judith's clear eyes chal- lenging her and heard Judith's voice: "Try standing on your own feet, Sarah, and Bee how good it feels!" I A DRESSING STOOL. l "By the time I comb my hair in the afternoon I'm just too tired to primp before a mirror," admitted a busy country mother. "So I do it in the lquickest possible way and trust to Huck regarding the appearance of the back of my collar and hair." 4472. Figured percale In white and blue is here portrayed. The style is, easy to develop and easy to adjust. The straps may be fastened to the belt with buttons or snap fasteners. _ - The Pattern in cut- in 5 Sizes: 6, B. 10, 12, and 14 years. A 12-year size requires 2 yards of 27-inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 15e in silver or stamps, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide Street. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. Many times my tired and aching feet have tondui to hasten my after- noon toilet crrl have reminded me of my hard-working friend. So it was with surprise and interest that I re- cently saw in front of her dressing- table a rejuvenated piano stool brought down from her attic, where it GU remained in useless oblivion since superseded at the piano by a more ambitious bench. "I cannot tell you what a comfort it is." she explained. “I'm only pro- voked to think that I did not get it down sooner. I sit here in comfort and arrange my hair as carefully as Woman's Sphere I choose. “Thai I swing roundUnd scrutinize results from all angles. cretonne cover." A PRETTI APRON FOR "MOTHERS HELPER." THE BORROWER. ISSUE No. 88--'23. Even if vanity does not prompt a more careful toilet, every mother will appreciate the comfort this arrange- ment offers for tired feet. If the attic does not harbor one of these old swivel piano stools, one can be bought at tsecond-hand very cheaply. And inci- dentally let me add that such a stool is exceedingly handy in the kitchen as well. The other day I saw my aunt knead- ing bread on R eloth-covered breal- board. I had never seen this done before, so asked her her reason for using the cloth. The answer was that the cloth prevents the soft dough from sticking and it can be worked up mueh softer than on a floured board in the ordinary way. She said it was also splendid when cutting doughnuts, as they stick so easily to a floured board, and to be good should be very soft. The idea is not original, as she once saw the doughboards covered with cloth in a big doughnut factory. The cloth cover is best made from a large- size flour sack, which is sewn into a tube to fit the doughboard; or new tapes to a square a little larger than the doughboard and tie these so that the cloth will be smooth and stay in phuee.--Louitte E. CLEANING OILCLOTH. l Oileloth should never be tscrubbed.' If this is done the paint will quickly be worn off. It should flrtst be care- fully washed with a soft brush, to re- move all the dust and dirt, and then wiped with a large. rnft cloth wrung out in tepid (not hot) water. If it is very dirty it may be necessary to use a little soft soup. but this should be done rarely, and on no account should soda be used. When it is dry wipe over with a cloth or sponge dipped in skim milk, which will brighten and preserva the colors and give it a pol- ish. After aponging with the milk dry with a cloth. Sun Spam-the Effect. Bo often the light shining through cretmme praperieu will mar the beauty of the design. A lining ot soft cloth of a harmonizing color will bring out the panern both day and night. Any man who looks for trouh blind to his own interests. MInard'o Llnlment-fe. Osmium. -6iVtAWity ARC TORONTO THIS DOUGH WON'T STICK Serve "liifiiij"iilrd WIT/I . ttll gtetip's :xfgssimilale food which octet-mac .rout! burden the digestive organs. 0 I ball/musfbe Keen s The health odour vanishes quickly after use. , ' . - - - - -- Mustard neutralizes the richness of fat foods and makes them easier to -- . _a “-14.. “mm minv Viiii"aiiiGitable.s PP P. enjpy sagging Skin be- fore she is sixty. Lifebuoy keeps the skin Nutrltlous Banana. The producing power ot the human: is forty-four times as great an that ot the potato. The dried fruit is readily converted into nutritious ttour; it may be also tmuu1ftretured Into sausages; beer can be nude trom It; while the skin can be turned into cloth, and the juice made to do lax-vice either " Ink or vinegar. The first negro was brought. to the US. in 1619. The first astrological issue of Old Moore's Almanack was published in 1697. "E slit' --. -m, CANADA 'c!tP,h""'or2auti. g. 31, "AV": . JAMES SMART PLANT' sl iitittt't our mu on til';,:',)-,",' l wig EA . " '.'CC."fuil TWIN BEAVER WASH BOARDS WWW!) HEREIN! outwearallothers a DY'S ”at! " 6m MW! KIM"! To succeed in any profession a an must know some tbintm well, and to do that he must cultivate the power of concentration. To acquire that W is the greatest diffieulty that the young student has to meet, but unlua he does meet it in early life he will be handicapped throughout his whole career. Until he acquires the power of giving his whole attend": to what he is doing, his reading will be no- chanicul. and the longer he reads tb loss attentive he will be to what he does read. Like other habits, the lack of attention grows. When Edmund Burke read a books he gave his attention to it as if he thought he should never see it again. - _. A -c, I... an! an- he gove his attention to it " if ho thought he should never see it min. The result '16 that when he hnd tln- ished reading it, the book Wu his own. Not only did he absorb the book with one reading and thus strengthen hie mind for other work, but also he saved an immense smount of time that most people waste in reading the some thing again and again. Any book worth reading " ell should he read with all the power of the mind con- centrntrd on it. In our own time there in danger of inattention in reading that did not prevail in older days, when books were few. Men like Webster and Lincoln read a few great books and mastered them, but to-dly. when we have no many books, we ere likely to read everything and retain nothing. Then the mind becomes a junk shop full of literary rubbish, little of which in worth the room " occupies. It is only the young man who cultivates the habit of attention and directs it to some of the really rent hooks who can use his mental powers to the fullest. Mere passive reading will soon wreck the memory and render the mind unable to think for itself. Rush- ing through a vast number of boob. many of which are shallow and evan- escent. and much newspaper 'ttuff, highly seasoned with aenaationalism, is sure to result in intellectual dyspep- sia. Almost better not read " all than to vitiate the mind in that way. It is better to read one good book well, with the attention almost burning holes in the pages, than to read fifty volumes with the mind on everything from football to the Milky War. The question arises how beat to con- trol the attention and force the mind to overcome or prevent waste of men- tal energy. Many rules have been given; memory systems have been de- vised. Some advise reading with pen- oil in hand and underscoring or mark- ing every important passage. That in all right in case you want to review the book; by noting the important points you can go over in a few min- utes what required hours to read at first. But that method isn’t worth much in strengthening the habit of attention; on the contrary, the very Net that you intend to go over the matter again may have quite the op- posite effect. The thing you are after is to find some way of making the author's message your own at the frret reading, and a0 eliminating the neeea- sity of reading the book again. 1 One good way to with.“ attention tin reading ll to form the habit of l studying an hour or so every any who "uNeet for which you have a nutunl aversion. and then to force the mind to reproduce it. A student may dis- like Greek. Because he does dislike it he should force his attention to it, 1 for in so doing he will flnd hil greatest lgrowth. The power of Attention in Gtrenethened by compelling it to con- centrate on difficult Ilibjocu. Ind especially on those that are dis-gree- Although it may be impossible for the ordinary person to reach a point where repetition will be unneceasary. set anyone can accomplish much if he tries. It is laid that Macaulay could put his finger at the top of a page he had never read and, slowly moving it down the page to the bottom, could tell all the author had aid, and that one reading was .uffleient, It shove what training will do. Of course interest in an object aroueoa "flex attention, and acme people never get beyond that kind; but the attention that counta in making a auccese of life la voluntary, and that kind is the result of a strong will. So to tstrengthen the habit of attention it is necessary also to exer- ', ciao the will. 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