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Limited, Montreal Maauiacturer* of the famous Edwardsburg Brandt 29] imr. â-¡ The Green Seal By CHAf>-^ES EDMONDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The PBternoster Ruby," -' " "The Time Lock," etc. ( HAI'TER XVIII. Asi n matter of sentiment, I had kept all my father's more intimate personal effects; among which may be included his papers, ledgers, diaries, n few hooks, and the like. These were all in my rooms at the San Cabriel Club. So it wxg in the privacy of my sit- t'E;? «)Am, after dinner, that I once more got out the arranged and tick- eted packets of papers and various memoranda, and made myself com- fortable in a sleepy-hollow chair, the papers and a shaded cluster of elec- trics on the library table at my el- bow. This that I had set for myself was a disheartening task, because when the pater had not written in a species of .shorthand peculiar to himself and positively indecipherable to others, he had jotted down the details he » wanted to rememl>er in a series of ab- "toTvtati..ns that hid far more than they reveale<l. Not until I came upon the initials "P.S.," did I feci the least thrill of expectancy; then shortly I encounter- ed the name '"Jim"; and by-an(l-t)y I began tu notice that, during a period of year.s â€" eleven, as near as 1 could make out â€" these initials, with the name "Jim" occurring only twice more, were the sul)ject of u good many comments of one sort or another. Intei.sperscd throuifhout this same perioil was another symbol tif identi- fication, which â€" something I discover- «'d later on practically <lcmonstrated that they referred to the same indi- vidual -were the frequently recurring abbreviations, "Syl" anil "Maj." They occupied almost as much space as Ihe others â€" with this significant dif- ference: the entries wherein "J.S." and "Jim" figured all had to do with •he exchange of money â€" pretty stiff imounts they were, too, sometimes - or of bills of goods or shipments of «ame. I do not mean to convey the idea that there were no other initials >r names; on the contrary, his diaries jristled with them; but their import- ince seemed to<j remote to engage my ./" :ime. Hut between "J.S." and my .'ather there sefined to have been some «ort,,of partnershin. Naturally enough, at this stage the :onviclion forc'ed itself upon me that :hiK individual must have been no >ther than James .Strang, ('ould I lave lieen light? Anyhow, I made a notation to this effect. On the other hand, the relations be- tween "J-'yl" and the pater, while close, • ppeared to have been mainly of a perKoiial nature; most of the entries (V'herein he figured manifestly had to do with various social engagements. That "Syl" wa.s not a woman was demonstrated when mv mother's name was coupled with "Mr. &. Mrs. Syl" In a reminder of some pleasurable cx- curRion in the near fulurc. "Syl," however, was not altogether a social butterflv, as a few other en- tries testified. He and father seem- ed to have been interested togelhei' in at least two business enterprises of considerable magnitude, the nature of which it was impossible to interpret. And one other entry made me specu- late a good deal. It may be transcrib- ed thus, though the scratches were hrfrd to decipher: "'4 intst set a.sd Marian if alv -if hve to mrdr Chink." "One iiuailer interest," 1 interpreted it, "to be set aside for Marian, it alive --If I have to munler the Chink." Who was Miss Marian, and why the doubts as to whether she was dead or alive? One-(|Uarter interest in what? Why the necessilv of mui<ler- Ing any Chinaman in her behalf? This scant, unsatisfying .scrawl seemed to me fairly to palpitate with romance; I wondered much about Marian. Not until I had come to a bundle of newspaper clippings, however, did anything like genuine enlightenment begin to yield itself. These slips were neither marked or dated, but they were old enough to be tinged with yel- low, and I surmised that they were from English newspapers printed in Shanghai and Hongkong. One, manifestly the first announce- ment of an expedition, identified "Syl." I It appeared that at some early date, not mentioned, an exploring party was to start for Tibet from Nanking, where preparations had been going forward for months, and ascend the Yang-tsc-kiang river as far as Chan- king in Sze Chuen province. After having travelled thus far â€" upward of 2,000 miles â€" the party would be brought only to the point of depart- ure! .Something of an appalling un- dertaking, it struck me from every point of view. At the last-mentioned point a camel and yak train, with a store of fresh supplies, would be in waiting. Thence northwestward to ("hing-too the party was to proceed, where a secoiul caravan had been arranged for. From C'hing-too, still continuing northwestward, it was the hope of the explorers that the Noktomtchi Mount- ains might be penetrated, and access to an uncharted and practically un- known region of Tibet's high an<l measureless tableland be thus gained. After leaving (^hing-too the party would be thrown entirely upon its own resources and the doubtful hos- pitality of the natives â€" a medley of mixed, wild tribes â€" not alone for the success of the enterprise, but for their very lives. When one considers that the dis- tances to lie traversed were gauged by thousands of miles into the heart of a terra incognita, that even the first and by far the easiest stage had to be covered without the least comfort or convenience known to civilization save such as the party might carry with them, that the remaining stages at best ofTercil loads in name only and the most primitive means of con- veyance â€" when one pauses to consider all these details, then something of the stupendous nature of what this little party of two-seoro intrepid spirits faceil may be dimly imagine<l. It was a journey measured by years, not by months. Kvery second of twenty-four hours was fraught with the possibility of some fresh hardship, some imforeseen peril. Yet they seem- ed to be setting forth with a certain marked cheerfulness, and even mani- fested impatience at unavoidable ile- lays in starting. Thus far I read with kindling in- terest and admiration; and then 1 was ail at once struck aghast: one of the party had been â€" a lady! Think <if that! The expedition had been un<ler the i;uspices of the British (iovcrnmcnt, and in command of Major Hector .Syl- vester of the British Army. Here, then, was "Syl"; the lady was his wife. Heading further, I learned much of the honors that had been achieved by Major Sylvester and his wife as .Asiatic explorers. It seemed that the couple were childless, and that she accompanieit him upon all his journeys, sharing all hardships and dangers with as much resourcefulness, courage and endurnnee as had ever FREE TO HOUSEWIVES A lillC .I'Oiillillied. recf|»». iizt; '.WVt leicllfH. .V< « itlllit liunlt. ( 'ufflid itilnliitiiiii hniiclrc'dH iif w and Pif^ci|in Bor>k llii- liosi .iml iHtfxt HOW TO tiKT YOUn t OPY. 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Toniiit" ;-luiidiiid Itiliimcp .Mortgaga roipoi Bllon. Toioiitu, Home rmnltinp I'o.. Qiippn Ht. KhsI. Toronto HinjMinlii .Muiire * < 'o . IJnvd «t. Toronto Ito.SP I 'li.ll I'll. VoiiK' St . ToKihli, been displayed by her distinguished husband. Mrs. Sylvester, I here assumed, was Marian. If these were the sort of people the pater numbered among his intmintoR, I need not have hesitated about turn- ing over any pages of his past. I flushed with shame at the recollec- tion. 1 As is to be imagined, the newspaper 1 accounts made the most of unavoid- ' able hardships and dangers to be en- countered, and not the least of these had been the uncertain temper of the natives along the populous reaches of the Yang-tse-kiang, where govern- ment protection was not to be relied upon at any time. But now the article hinted at unrest among the people, of sporadic uprisings here and there and yonder, quelled only after fight- ing and bloodshed, the details of which were hu=hed or glossed over by native officials. Epch member of the party had been chosen for his especial fitness for some one of the several purposes of the expedition â€" which, briefly, had been to make geological and geogra- phical surveys and ethnological tabu- lations. Here and there among the \ personnel I encountered a name that was not familiar even to me. And then one swam within my vision that stamped these old clinpings with the utmost consequence â€" Lao Wing Fu. No expense had been spared to meet every contingency that experi- ence and knowledge of possible con- ditions could foresee. Guides had been brouRht down to Chan-'.ing from as far within the region to be travers- ed as any white man had ever pene- trated; and among thiy branch of the party's personnel was mentioned the name of the Chinese. I dropped the hand holding the clip- ping to my knee and sat staring long at nothing. Lao Wing Fu! Why, he, a mem- ber of this very party, was at this moment in Los Angeles â€" "boss" of our Chinatown! It seemed incredible â€" too astounding for belief. | I turned to the other clippings, pawing them over excitedly to find a comprehensible sequence in time, and detailed experiences. By and by I succeeded. I learned that in spite of all the many obstacles and handicaps, of all the forebodings and prophesies of failure and disaster, the progress of the party seemed to have been expedited instead of hin- dered. Accidents had been few and of minor consequence; transportation was invariably ready at hand; coolies showed a willingness to be hired and driven that was commented on as ex- traordinary. Blessings of good for- tune seemed, veritably, to have been showered upon the expedition. I transcribe one of the shorter , clippings: Advices have come down the river from Wu-chang of the Sylvester Ex- pedition's safe arrival there. All are reported to have been in excellent health and spirits and greatly elated and encouraged by the case and speed with which this stage of the journey was accompli.shed. ' Many compliments were bestowed upon Mr. Lao Wing Fu, the brilliant young student of the Pekin Univers- ity, for the genius displayed by him ill managing the natives along the route, a gift that immeasurably facil- itates the party's daily advance to- ward their distant goal. Mr. Fu is said to exercise a marked influence over all classes of people so far en- countered, that has been of incalcul- able benefit to the intrepid explorers, and Major Sylvester is unstinting in his praise of the young student's tact,. diplomacy and resourcefulness. Did this "brilliant young stuilent," I could not help wondering, know might of our Western institution, the liress-agenl ? i A later item stated, briefly: "Ad-! vices from as far west as Ichangan-| nounce the safe arrival and departure of the Sylvester Expedition." This was the farthest the news- papers were able to follow their course; as far as the outer world was concerned, the Sylvester Expedition, apparently with the star of good-luck still hovering above them, passed into silences, into the unknown. A year or more must have elapsed before civilization again heard any- thing of them; and then rumors â€" grave, dark, ugly rumors â€" began to drift into various mission stations, later to be gathered together and veri- fied at Shanghai, and subsequently embodied in a formal report at Hong- kong and forwarded to the British War Office. j For the brave little band had, after all, met with appalling disaster. Re- ports ill many instances were con- flicting, but after painstakingly read- ing through them all, I noted down upon a pad what I took to be a pretty accurate picture of the details of the party's fate. It appeared that good fortune actu- ally had fidlowed them as far as Li- fan, a settlement north of Ching-too where the last supply train was en- countered. At Li-fan the contemplat- ed northern route had been discovered to be impracticable for caravan travel and guides were found to show the party a way westward through the Snowy Mountains to the great Kham Valley. They could not abandon the pack animals, for without them many indispensable instruments would also have to be sacrificed. [ Here hardships and perils began to pile up and overwhelm them in earn- est. The mountains were crossed, but only after the loss of twelve of the partyâ€" more than n fourth â€" and fully one-third of the animals. The party now found themselves, with infinite labor and a succession of mishaps â€" and, alas! all too fre- quently recurring fatalitiesâ€" obliged to find a way across leagues of salt marshes that were occasionally re- lieved only by illimitable expanses of wind-swept plains. The inhabit- ants of this bleak, forbidding land, roving Drupa tribesmen for the most part, were frienillv enough disposed, liut the best they had to offer was so unspeakably wretched that the party shunned aid from this source except- , inir in cases of dire emergency. \ Later on, those who Burvived, be- fore starvation overtook them, were glad enough to find and partake of even this mean hospitality. And remember â€" one of the party was a lady! After many weeks of this sort of travel, the decimated and sadly worn little band literally stumbled upon the hamlet of Yalung, in the Di River Valley. Their condition was pitiable in the extreme. Wretched as they found conditions to be at this primi- tive place, their journey would have ended then and there had not the few inhabit'ints been generous wilh the little they had to offer. For the party hwi reached the end of its endurance; a long, rest was forced upon them. Only the strongest and most seasoned had survived, and their condition was distressing be- yond the power of words to describe. And now picture to yourselfâ€" amid these .surroundings, at the mercy of an uncouth lot of barbarians, not one of whom ever before beheld a white f''C", a daughter v/as born to Mrs. Sylvester! It seemed so dreadful that 1 v/as obliged to pause a while in my reading. (To bo continued.) « W^- The Farm =P Just What Yoird Like eceive is to R You Ought to ^1 Ask to see the Safety^ Self-Filling and Regular Types Every pen de»ire can be gratified and eveiy hand fitted. Prices $2.50 to $150.00. Be explicit:â€" ask for the genuine Waterman's Ideal. Sold at the Best Stores L. E. 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If the results differ, it .shows some er- ror in the work and if the difference is over one tenth of one per cent., the sampling and testing .should be re- peated in a more careful manner. If it is necessary to keep the milk samples several hours or days before testing, a preservative should be add- C(f to prevent curdling and the bot- tles should be kept tightly corked. Thoroughly mix the sample to be tested, then draw the pipette nearly full of milk by sucking with the lips. Quickly place the forefinger over the pipette before the milk runs down the mark. If the finger is dry, it is easy, by changing the pressure on the end of the tube, to let the milk run down slowly and to stop it exact- ly at the mark. The tip of the pipette is placed in the top of the test bottle held in an inclined position and the milk is allowed to run down one side of the neck of the bottle, without filling the neck completely. In this way, exactly eighteen grams (17.6 cc.) of milk are transferred to the test bottle without loss. â-  The Beginner should practice sampling and testing milk until ho is well acquainted with every necessary step. He should be able to make several tests on the same sample of milk which do not dif- fer in reading by more than one or two tenths of a per cent. The milk in the test bottle should , not be warmer than 60-70 degrees P., I just before the acid is added. Milk fresh from the cow must be cooled be- fore acid is added. Fill the acid meas- ure up to the mark and pour into the I test bottle. Hold the bottle in a slanting position so the acid will run down the neck and under the milk. Rotate the bottle slightly. Mix until the liquid in the bottle is of a brown color. Place all the bottles in the centrifuge and whirl for five minutes. Stop the macVrine gradually. Add hot water to the bottles with the pipette until each is full to the base of the neck. Whirl again for two minutes. Add hot water until each bottle is full within an inch of the top. Whirl again for one minute. The bottles are then taken out of the machine and the per cent, of fat is read from the neck of each bottle while still hot. By the aid of the dividers the per cent, of fat is read directly from the neck of the bottle. The neck of the standard milk-test bottle is divided into ten large divi- sions, and each of the latter into five small divisions. Each large division is one per cent, and each small divi- sion two tenths of one per cent. If the butter-fat fills three large spaces there is three per cent, of fat, or three pounds of fat to the hundred of milk and would be written three per cent. If the fat column covers five large and two small spaces, the read- ing would be five and four tenths, written B.4 per cent. situdes as those that cost Napoleon 450,000 men from the "Grand Army." 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