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Lawrence "Diamond' leing Sugar he!ps- ^^j the (ante and appear '>-â- â- ' anc'e o/ the Cuke. Best For all Holiday Dainties because it is all pure cane sugar and yields the greatest j^ amount of sweetening (jcl the original Refinery sealed packutfra tind bat* St. Lawrence Sugar RefincrieSf l.ioiitcd, MoDtrvnl The Green Seal By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternostc».Ruby," "The Time Lock," etc. ^^«afn»_ CHAPTER XVII.â€" (Cont'd). "I'm trying to persuade Miss Fox of the wonderful merits of my Im- perial Chinese remedy for removing birthmarks, tattoo-marks, andâ€"" "I heard you," I interrupted. "Who sent you here?" "Bless you, sir, nobody sent me. For a limited time I'm (fiving the Rood people of Los Aniteles an op- liortunity to avail themselves of this great boon, a secret that's been one o' the most prized possessions of the royal family o' China for countless centuries, and now, as a result o' the recent rev'lution, tfiven to the public for the first time. Miss Fox'happen- ed to be next on ray list." "What made you imagine that Miss Fox might require, or be persuaded into attempting your peculiar .spe- cialty?" The woman turned a broad sidewise glance upon Lois with the obvious in- tent of establishing a footing of con- fidence between them, from which I was just as patently to be excluded. But the girl met the overture stonily. "There's a good many things about a young lady," the woman simpered, "that a gentleman scarcely couUl know." "But this one particular thing," I Tessed her uncompromisingly, "the m.>itance that brought you here, you do know; is that it? How did you come by this knowledge?" "Lord, no," she vehemently dis- claimed. "I don't know of any dis- figurements; how could I? I only learn by inquiring â€" unless they're on a body's face or hands." It was plain that nothing was to be gained by interrogating her fur- ther, so I in turn reminded her, as civilly as I could, that canvassing was strictly prohibited in the building. "Besides," I added", "I must re(iuest you not to interrupt Miss Fox at her work." And to bring the matter de- finitely to an end, with an air that could neither be mietakpn or ignored, I went over and opened the door into the hall. The woman's manner instantly changed. Her fat face flushed dark- ly, and in the covert glance she gave me as she swept past into the hall she could not hide a flash of malevo- lence. She said harshly, under her breath: "Maybe before very long you'll be •orry for butting in. You'll know then I was only trying to do the young lady a good turn." It was on the tip of my tongue to retort that I coufd not believe her mo- tives to be disinterested; but I re- mained silent, and contented myself with closing the door behind her. "Stub," I then said, "make the rouml of this floor and learn whether she really did call on any (me else." If, however, she were indeed some MOTHER SEIGEL'S SYRUP The proof of MotlierScifjers Syrup is in the takinji. That is why former sufferers, wlio.si: vitality was being sapped by Indigestion, say it is jml ex- cellcnl for stomach, liver and bow'el troubles. Thanks to Mother Seigel's Syrup, they are now strong and well. IS -EXCELLENT FOR If you are afdicted by Indi- gestion or otliei- disorders of the stomach, liver and houels take Mother Seijiel's Synip rej^iilarly for a few day3 ; \<.mg enouyh to f^ive it a fair chance to make its beneficial intluence felt. Tiicn note (he improvement i(^3,pur appetite, your strength, y'oiir general condition. mis HEADACHES, BILIOUSNESS CONSTIPATION INDIGESTION. 'Jlur.oohollU of S)riip coiilaiiis three limes us iiiiiih as the ioe siz,-. sort of emissary or spy, our oppon- ents were too shrewd to be caught by so careless an oversight. As a mat- ter of fact, the woman had made at lea:.t a perfunctory call at nearly every office on my flotfr, and had sucr ceeded in disposing of some of her wares; but on his account Stub ex- tended his investigation to the floor below, and the result confirmed my suspicions â€" the woman had not been seen there at all. The eles'ator must have brought her directly to the floor where my offices were situated. So here, it seemed to me, was an- other veiled menace; I could not im- agine in what shape it might possibly be realized; but some inner prompt- ing nevertheless warned me of dan- ger. Frankly, the episode worried as well as puzzled me, for how could this uncouth woman have possessed knowledge of Lois Fox's tattoo-mark, and why should she or anybody have any concern about removing it ? I glanced at Miss Fox. She was very pale and her pretty face wore a troubled expression. She looked at me strangely, as if filled with name- less terrors. "Here, here," I chided, "this won't do. You mustn't let a mere coinci- dence like that disturb you." She continued to regard me a mo- ment before responding. "If I could be sure that it was only a coinci- dence," she said in a strained, drop- ped voice. "You are not." Which was true: I was not. But I added : "You know, I am on my guard, that is aH. I am taking no more chances, after my own decidedly unpleasant experience. Be cautious and watch- ful; but don't look for a bogey in every unusual haiipeniiig, and haim I is not likely to come to you." i She breathed a deep sigh and ve- I sumcd her work without further com- ment. I went back to my private room, taking the woman's card with , me. Once more seated at my desk. I ex- I amined the bit of pasteboard. 11 was ' of cheap ([uality, and its flamboyant announcements were smearily print- ed. The number given was on Main Street above First, which in itself was not a recommendation. Then I called police headquarters and had the good luck to catch Struber. I "I'll look her up right away," he 'assured me after I had related the in- cident. "Seems to me that name's j familiar; 1 believe the old dame has a police court record." I After the appearance of the per- sonal signed "James Strang" â€" that is, the one cautioning me to disregard i the personal asking for information respecting the disposilicm of a "valu- able mail parcel"-- no other person- als appeared addres.-ied to me, though I watched all the papers for days. ) Struber and I had agreed upon the ^advisability of inseiting one ad- I drcsseil to Strang, strongly urging j him to communicate with me, but not j until the first week in May did this j appeal produce any result. It had { begun to seem that Strang was detcr- I mined upon ignoring it; then one I morning I found my luime and after it this single laconic but pregnant line: N..1 iinilv to <lii' ji-t Willi. It was unsigned. At this stage events began to move swiftly. It transpired that the wo- man calling herself Madame Carcassi had once been fined in the Police (lourt for some petty .swindle perpet- rated at a time when she held forth as a clairvoyant and medium. At pre- sent, it appeared, she did in truth conduct a so-called "beauty-parlor" at the Main Street address, the medium business manifestly having upon par- lous times. "And," Struber supplemented his verbal report, "she sure enough can remove tattoo-marks, like she says, without leaving a scar." He grinned knowingly. "So ciin 1; so can you; Mi can anyl)ody. It's dead easy." "I'm sure I can't," 1 contradicted. "ilust prick fresh cream over the design; when the scab's gone, so's the I ink, 'leaving the skin as smooth an' clear as a baby'.-;,' as the ad-vertise- mcnts say. I know. Tried it on my- self once just to see if it'd work." Thi.s information interested me and 1 made mental note of it for Miss I''ox's benefit, resolving to lay the matter before some authority besides Struber. "Hut look here, Struber," I said, "how did anybody learn about this particulai' mark, and why should they be so interested in having it remov- ed?" "It's been on her a long time, hasn't it? Anyway, how do we know Wil- lets himself done it? We only have his word for it, and what's that ' worth ? Nix. 'rhat pair o' croquet wickets means something and it was put there for a particular purpose; there's others besides those we know about that knows it's there." "That's reasonable enough." Then I repeated: "But why should they be so eager to get rid of it?" The shrewd eyes regarded me dur- ing a long silent pause. Then came the response: "For a man who's so sharp in so many different ways, you're as a bat in others. Show me that ivory box again." I didn't see what the carved box had to do with it, but nevertheless I got it from its hiding place in the desk drawer. Struber slowly turned the cube- shaped receptacle in his fingers while he contem.plated it thoughtfully. "How many times you reckon you've examined this?" he suddenly asked. "A hundred anyhow, I'll bet. Yuh've even gone over it with a magnifyin'-glassâ€" something I haven't done myself; yet one o' the first things that caught ray eye you miss- ' ed entirely." He handed it to me. "S'pose yuh look again." I obeyed the suggestion, surveying every thread-like line intently in an effort to force it to yield whatever veiled meaning it might possess. Sud- denly I glanced up with a surpri.sed exclamation. j "Got it?" he asked indifferently. "Great Caesar, no! The devilish thing's got me." For this is, what I all at once raade out. The intricate fantastic design with which the six sides were cover- I'd- had been carved upon a back- ground which, up to this instant, I had accepted as simply a closely fW* • graved reticulated pattern, a sort of uneven lattice or network effect. But now I perceived that the effect was produced by a more definitely signi- ficant design. The reticulations were formed by an intertwining or overlap- ping of innumerable facsimiles of the cryptic character on the death ring. Struber gave the discovery time to soak in, then asked: "What yuh make of it now?" "Nothing, confound it!" I owned; up in a burst of temper. "The more ' I learn about this blessed muddle, the foggier ray brain gets." "It would come to yuh in time," he generously encouraged me â€" "bound to. But here's a theory I've been workin' on ever since Mrs. F'ox's box was stolen â€" " I "By George!" I suddenly exclaimed,' and sat blinking. j "What's got yuh now?" Struber j mildly inquired. | "I'm not the only one who's been blind â€" Miss Fox never recognized the ideograph on her aunt's box, and she's been familiar v.ith it all her life." i "That's just it; nothin' funny about that. How often do yuh think o' youi' cars or your nose, even when you're lanipin' yourself in a mirror? .N'ot at all unless they're a-hurtin'. , Well, she's just as used to that mark | on her throat; bet it don't come into her head once in a coon's age. i "Now if the Chink sign on her aunt's box had been plain and ilis- tinct, like it is on the ring, why, be- lieve me, she'd a-spotted it long ago; but bein' a whole flock o' them all .â- craml)led together, like when the '•at's been playin' wilh the crochetin', [ she overlooked 'em, just like you did. "The Chink sign was fresh in my mind the first time I see the box. i Munler â€" or what looked like murder I â€" had been done, with the ideograph, ' as you call it, left behind as a sort o' . trademark. That made me think o' j the time ('barley Yen croaked. So . yuh see, 'thout me knowin' it, a part o' my thinker was a-lookin' for the mark everywhere, an' spots it right (ff. "Hut 1 started to tell yuh about my theory, what I've been followin' ever since Airs. Fox's box was stolen. ! "It's not the diamond the Chink's, taking so many long shots to get, but ; anything and everything that has that double wishbone on it. .It's the I .seal o' some tong, as I've said before, ' and the order's gone forth to gather 'em in. Seem to be makin' a pretty j clean job of it, too. When yuh told \ me about the Carcassi woman's visit \ I knew I was right." 1 pondered this aspect of the mat- ter a minute with growing alarm. My suspicions about some hidden danger I threatening Lois Fox were receiving a most unwelcome confirmation. "You are sure, then," I a.sked, | "that the Chinese arc at the bottom of j the mystery? â€" that Steve Willets is i not^he mainspring?" I "Don't everything fit in with my i theoiy?" he returned. "Besides, Steve's croaked." "(lood gracious, man!" I groaned after another pause. "Has it occur- 1 red to vou how such a conclusion af- fects Miss Fox?" He nodded in a confident manner. | "I was going to make a suggestion j about that when you switched me off. There's just one thing to do: let her jusi as soon as possible have the thing removed. Tliere's plenty o' high-toned specialists â€" lady operat- or.s, y'know â€" in the city, so it won't be embarrassin' for Miss Fox. I'll dope out a way o' spreading the news among the Chinks." The idea of a refined girl having to endure such an ordeal was inexpres- sibly repugnant to mo, so how would it appear to her? Still, if thus she might be saved from worse indignities the suggestion must at least be given serious consideration. After a mo- ment's reflection I resolved to urge it upon her. "How about the diamond?" I ask- ed by and bv. "I can't fit it into your theory." Struber leaned abrui)tly forward and rapped with bis knuckles upon my desk. He spoke with more earnest- ness than I bad ever before seen him l)etray. "Looky here, Mr. Ferris. Hasn't it ever struck yuh who this man Strang really is?" I shook my heail. His next words left me speechless. "Who could he be but Sum Willets, Steve's brother?" .After a moment he went on: "What evidence have we that Sam was killed? None more than that he disappeared and hasn't since been heard from since. The body was never found, and a close search was made for it at the time, too. It's no new thing for men to drop out like that and take new names. Steve was al- ways a crook, and while there's noth- ing on Sam he and his brother at one time were pretty thick. If you had a brother like Steve Willets wouldn't you feel like beatin' it somewheres else and hiding under an alias? Sure you would. "But here's the way I look at it. Sam, he wasn't all bad; once away from Steve's influence he straightens up, gets ashamed of his past and cuts loose from it. He's James Strang and mebbe a respected citizen o' that Johore place. He must a-got rich, too. He learns about Steve's daughter and tries to make up for her rotten bad dad the best way he knows how; and be-!ieve me, it ain't such a bad way, either. But right there's where his troubles began. He has one o' the boxes, and not knowing how much it's wanted by Chinks he uses it to carry the diamond in â€" it's a pretty nifty present itself. He's fol- lowed mebbe from the time he landed at New York, and he ain't long get- ting wise to it. O' course he think it's the diamond they're after, and there you are. "Now then, I can't tell you why he's still hiding out, and that con- fuses some details. If the crazy dub would only come forw'ard *nd join â- us, we'd look out fcir him and clear the whole thing up in a day." The more I turned this theory over in my mind, the surer I grew that Struber was at least approaching the truth. One detail, however, led me to ask: "If you are right, how can you re- concile the conflicting personals?" "Dead easy," was the prompt reply. "The Chinks get wise to the diamond, and while gathering in the boxes why not grab the sparkler too? They're crooks, all right; they're not over- looking any chances like that." "Then your theory is, that the ear- lier per.sonal .was designed to trap me into disclosing the diamond's where- abouts, and that Strang, alarmed by it, had the second inserted to warn me?" "You've got me." "He need not have worried. Who- ever learns anything from me about that diamond will first have to show impeccable credentials." â- There remained yet one question that I did not put into words; first, because I knew it would open up an avenue of inquiry that I shrank from entering upon, and secondly, Stru- ber was even less better qualified to supply the answer than I was myself. The question was this: How, and under what circumstances, had my father come by the death ring in the first place? And then followed the subordinate questions: Why should he have guard- ed it so jealously all these years? And, what association had there been between my father and a desperate character like Steve Willets? Candidly, I feared there might be certain pages of his past history that would better remain unturned. And then, like a flash of inspira- tion, I thought of a source from which might be adduced the one clue needed to knit together the tangled skein of our perplexities into a whole, sound fabric. (To be continued.) Monstrous Names. The longest name ever inflicted on an English child must surely be that of an unfortunate born at Derby in 1882, on whom her parents bestowed a name for every letter of the alphabet, says the London Chronicle: Anna Bertha Cecilia Diana Kmily Fanny Gertrude Ilypatia Inez Jane Kate Louise Maude Nora â€" I will cease the infliction until it comes to Zenobia! The Rev. Ralph Lyonel Tollemache ToUcmache was another person with a craze for long names. He baptized his eldest son Lyulph Ydcrallo Odin Nestor Egbert Lyonel Toedmag Hugh Erehenwyse Saxon Esa Ormo Crom- well Nevil Dysarl Plantaganet. i i m In 3 pound Glass Jars Your grocer has "Crown Brand" Syrup in these new glass jars â€" or will get it for you. And be sure and save these jars for preserving. "Crown Brand" is sUso sold in 2, 5, 10 and 20 pound tins. 143 THE CANADA STARCH CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL A Sure Way. "Do you know," he stammered, "you could make my wife mighty proud of me?" "I could?" asked his boss. "How?" "Just by raising my salary," was the reply. When four years old, children are generally twice as tall as they were at birth. An Irishman has said, "In oulden times they hanged thieves on crosses; now, begorra, the Kaiser hangs crosses on thieves." German War Dog Now a Prisoner Farm Notes. Pay attention to the little details, j Dead beets â€" those killed by weeds j and lack of attention. i The farm home can and should be made more attractive. One well fed hen is better than two half starved ones. Sunlight is a natural tonic for the little pigs, and they revel in it. What the grain grower takes from the soil, the dairy cow in times re- stores. Actual experience is the only way in which success can be attained in bee keeping. Economical feeding requires supply- ing the food nutrients in the right proportion. To prevent rabbits gnawing the trees, mix fish oil or strong red pep- per with whitewash and apply. | The two grains, Indian corn and Kaffir corn, are almost identical in chemical composition. Nothing ever came so near turning December into June for dairy cattle and sheep as the silo. Poultry keeping is more profitable than dairying â€" for the man who likes poultry better than he does cows. Having the pigs farrowed as near one time as possible greatly simpli- fies the work of feeding and caring for them. Don't forget to gather in road dust or sifted coal ashes, so that the hens will have something to wallow in this winter. The story of the farm is written in the sweat of the farmer's brow, and punctuated with tears of sorrow and tears of joy. Do not slight the milki:ig, but get the last drop. There is no quicker way to decrease the flow of milk than to leave a little each time. While still young, but full grown, the chicken is best suited for food. As it grows old, the flesh loses its flavor and increases in toughness. Some farmers think it a waste of time to groom work horses in order to make them look sleek and shiny and would rather leave them in their natural state. As long as there are points in the farming business that are unsettled, and as long as the man behind the farm wishes to make progress, there will be something for the farm papers to do. Is the ram kept from the ewes in the day time or does he run with them all of the time. Better keep them apart, allowing hira with them a few hours daily. Result: Better lambs and more of them. The farmer or any other person that has the room, who fails to keep a flock of hens, is making a mistake. Besides the "home consumption" part ; of the programme, chickens and eggs are excellent products for the market and are always in demand. Millet seed is not only an excellent poultry food, but, being very small, there is nothing better to scatter in the litter as an inducement for the fowls to get the exercise they require. Throw a handful in deep litter in the morning and it will keep the fowls busy and active all day. It is really a crime the way some farmers are permitting the escape into gullies and creeks of so much manure. The records show that con- stant cultivation depletes the fertil- ity of the soil, and the farmer who allows this valuable soil builder to escape is the one whose farm soon be- comes barren. Preserve the manure. ginning of bios&oming time. Cutting earlier than this is not desirable oi profitable, since the yield will b« smaller and the hay will be more dif- ficult to cure. It should not be al- lowed to get much beyond this stage for two reasons: (1) Although a somewhat heavier first cutting of hay can be secured by allowing it to stand longer than the time recommended, the hay is neither as palatable, nor as nutritious. (2) Leaving the first crop after it is at the proper stage to cut delays and reduces the second crop, since the new shoots coming from the crown are cut off with the first crop. When alfalfa is to be fed to horses, it may be allowed to grow slightly longer than when it is fed to cattle, but it should never be left until the second crop is injured in cutting th« first crop. Consumption is most common be- tween the ages of 25 and 30. This Is the piclmo of a --.ill anil for- lorn prl.soiier In the French cauiX). lie's n Uermnu "war dog," When to Cut Alfalfa. For all classes of animals except horses, alfalfa should be cut for hay when the new shoots or stems begin to appear at the crown. These are easily seen just as they come up among the old stems at about the be- Christmas Appeal KOR The Hospital for Sick Cliiidrsn COLLEGE ST., TORON TO. Dear Mr. Kditor: â€" Thanks for your kindness In allow- ing me the privilege of appealing at this Christmas time ou behalf of the Hospital for Silk Children, Toronto. lu the 40 years of the Hospital's ex- istence there have been treated wlthlu ts walls 26,108 children as Inpatients; J31.7(>8 as out-patients; a grand total â- f 257,876 in and out patients. The Hospital f.ir Sick Children gives I province-wide tervkTe. for little patients from every section of On- ario have sought its uid. Last .â- ear 499 patients were admitted from J32 places outside the city of Toronto. • in 1[)14 there were 3M4 from 210 places. Of the 2,838 Inpatients last year 1,771 were medical cases and 1,067 surgical. In the orthopedic department it the 2,838 In-patients. 2i)4 were retited for deformities, 21 Pott's dls- .•attt of the spine, 10 lateral curvature of the spine, 10 bow-legs, 57 club-feet, 17 dislocations of hip, 42 tubercular disease of knee, hip, ankle, wrist and elbow; 76 infantile paralysis, 8 wry neck, and 21 miscellaueous. Our battle Is never-ending â€" is one that will continue while the world lastt*, for It is the tight between the armies ol life and death, to save the child life, the sick little ones, sons and daughters, not only of our soldier men, but of the fathers and mothers still in this home-land province. The Hospital is beating back dis- ease and death, the enemies that as- sail the lives of little children as the British Empire is beating ba^'k Ger- many, Austria and Turkey, the ene- mies that assail the life of liberty. So we appeal to the generous people )f Ontario not to forget those so near ind dear to us, who lie In the beds and "Ots of this great charity. Will the people at large, as of old, respond to our call? Will they remem- ber that every year Is a war vear for the Hospital, every day a day of battle, and that the Hospital needs money, not for its own sake, but for the (;hil- dren's sake? The Hospital has Vaged its war for forty years. The people of Toronto and Ontario have been Its friend, and this year of all years tt requires help. Surely you will give to a charity that cares for every sick child in Ontario, for only as your money reaches the Hospital can the Hospital's mercy reach the children. Kv( ry dollar is a link of kindness In the chain of mercy that joins the money In your pocket to the miseries of some child's life, some mother's heart. Remember that Christmas calls you to open the purse of your kindness to the Hospital that the Hospital may open the heart of Its help to thiB children. Will you send a dollar, or more If you can, to Douglas Davidson. Secre- tary-Treasurer, or J. ROSS UOBl-.'RTSOX, Chairman of the Board tf Ti' cc^ Toronto.