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Tsnni-jgag ^1^ Between Cousins; OR. A DHCLARATIOIN OF WAR. >ta= I it now-but it h»s conquered me. That ' NAVAL HISTORY OF THE WAR. CHAPTER XVIII. -(Cont'd.) 1 suitable for iin attack which would "If you did not lovo him. then I P'-^'W^ly, after all, be only « »l<irmish. ank God that you sent him away. , 'V^''"'"',^"'','' '»"''«''' ^" '•*'«/"'""• I w....... i... .=. ux .....h.. 11 " . 1 .'v^*'i"^.!L. 1!^Z1 rK^'''"rv." i of belief; whereas the re^st thanx viou tnat you sent him away. Another .man will be more fortunate, and he -will^ind your heart free." Fenella said no word, a» across the road their eyes once more irresistibly drew together. "He will lind your heart free?" ask- ed Duncan, with an acuter note in his voice. But Fenella had borne his g'aze as long a;; was in her. Down wont her chin apnin, and back went the um- brella-point into the half-bored hole. "Your heart is free, Fenella?" She had a mad desire to fling up her hands^over^her^^face. so__asJo ,vas almost as ,^reat as the appr.hen is why I sent uway Mr. Macgilvray. I meant to keep my secret arid never to marry anybody; but yesterday, in the Pass, I me', Duncan, and then â€" it â€" it' happenei' . " I "You have sent away Mr. Macgil-' vruy?" cried Albert, gettinp to his feet a^ain, and in the action shakinff off the hand which Fenella had laid upon his shoulder. It was the first item of her sncp'/h upon which his mind felt able lo fast- en. Here was something which lay within the limits of comprehension and from which she was picking the with- ered leaves, and remained silent. "Come, Fenella, you have something to tell me, have you not?" This time there was a touch of bon- homie added to the breeziness. "Yes; I have somethinfr to tell you." The voice seemed t,. come up f'-om;^^^^ -^ "It is s among the cyclamen, half suff"'ated ^^,^^5^.^, ^^ ^^,,^ ^f . by the crowded blossoms. It was the "Of course, I have sent him away. What would l>e the use of his staying here, now that I am engaged to Dun- can?" "You are not engaged to Duncan!" said Albert, very quickly, turning upon his sister, with a touch almost of It is absurd and non- ad an engage- , •' . ... .• I .1 . . 1 • . I ment, just hecau.se he had the impu- last minute in which that .secret which ,,„„„„' ,•',. „..^„ , »„ ;., ,u„ d'„„„ I she had been hugging to her heart since yesterday would be a secret, and dence to make lov eto you in the Pass yesterday." The numb blankness was gone from escape those inquisitorial eyes, but ; ^ results made, instead, a faintly n-gative sign * results while her lips gave nervous jerk."!, and her eyelids burned intolerably. He looked at her as though doubting his senses; and when suddenly a clear drop spla.shed upon the larobing um- brella, and hung there for a moment like a crystal bead, he made a quiclc step forward, and checking himself, drew back again. "Uon't play with me, Miss Fenella," he said, with a new and rather stern solemnity. "Am I the man?" There \ras that in the urgency of hi.s lone which beat down even bash- fulness. .\lmost as solemnly as the question came the low but clear ans- wer: "Yes; it is you." Again he made an impetuous for- ward movement, and agtdn stopped himself forcibly, keeping still rigidly to his side of the road. ".Miss Fenella!" he said deliberately, "this cannot be done in a hurry; not unless you are quite certain that you know what you are doing. .Maybe it is pity that is moving you; but I would not be t«ken out of pity." AH the old scorn was in his voice as he said it. "It is not out of pity, Duncan." "And you will not regret what you are giving up? I would rather have nothing than only half your love." "You shall have the whole," "The die has fallen then?" "Yes." "You are engaged to Mr. Mac.^il vray?" the pain "/ exposing it to Pul.lidty ^ ,,y^j^ ^^.^.^ ^,,j ^^^^ ^,^^^,^ ^„j .^ jj^ ^ place rage was beginning to circulate ' in his brain, an the revived blood cir- 1 eulates in the veins of a half-frozen \ body . I Fenella turned very red, but her, - „ , ... , .,,.1. eyes did not fall before those of her 1 Fenella stood up straight, and, v.ith| jjp^ther ' a sort of wrench of resolution, faced ^ ..jj^ jjj ^^^ ,„„,jg ,„^,g ^j, me-he J round towards her hiother. | jjj ^^^ j^bhu to; he thought I had ac-1 "I am engaged. Albertâ€" to Duncan j ^gp^gj j^^^ j^ja^jjiiy^ay It was I who ' M'Donnell.' , • , ., | betrayed myself." i The words were quite plain to Al-| ..you?" Albert's lips twitched into, bert's ears, and even to bis under-|g ^^gg,. ..jj^g ,y,g intercourse with 1 .standing, if that which beats .&l?ainst g^g^^^^.^ .^.^j^.j^ , ^^..^^ „.,^ enough to | our consciousness without being ad- toigj^tg^ brought you as low as this,: mitted into its inner circle can be said| pgnella?" to be plain. | Although she grew redder, yet her "Duncan M Donnell .' was all he. y,g^^, ^yg,,^ ^p ,,^, g„„^j,gy j^,.^ said, without cither astonishment or, ,.| j„„.t i^,,^,;^. ^^.j^^^^ y,,^, ^g^n by anger, and with as Kjeat a blank in (,^.1,,^ brought low. Duncan cares his voice as though he ha.l never heard, f^^^. ^g j,,,^ , ^^^.^ f^,^. ^i^, and have the name before. ^ "Yes â€" our cousin, you know, .\1- bert." "Since when?" asked the same' blank voice. | "Since yesterday ." .Albert happened to be .standing near, a chair when the blow fell; he sat down upon it without taking hi.s eyes off his sisterâ€" all the lestlessness sud- denly died out of his limb, and in the' let him see it â€" just as .lulia has let Mr. Berrell see that .she- -that she is ready to marry him. If it is no dis-j grace for her, then why for me?" ".And you imagine that you will l)e' allowed to marry this hoor?" "I am sure father will allow it." (To be continued.) i ♦ - -â-  i To provide a new food product the! new" position still continued to .stare United States bureau of fisheries will j at her with an attention which seem- experiment with canning and corning, ed struggling to transform what he seal meat. had just heard into an intelligible 1 . ] thought. .She had drawn nearer iiow,| Ke.xt lime you are in town, drop in Brief Siimmary of the Conflict's Fro- gresB on the Sea. On the sea Great Britain showed her suprimacy immediately after the de- claration of war, forcing the German na'y to run to cover behind Heligo- land bight and in the Kiel Canal and compelling Cierman merchant vessels to seek neutral harbors all over the world. The few German warships on the high seas were run down. The chief naval exploit of the war was the battle of Jutland, which took place on May 31 and June 1, 1916, off the eeast of Denmark, in which Germany lost three battleships, six cruisers and five destroyers, and Great Britain six cruisers and eight destroyers. Ths Germans withdrew to their homj ports. German mines sank a few British vessel.s, among them the armore.l cruiser Hampshire, in which Lord Kitchener and his staff were travelling to Russia on Jur.e 5, 191(5. The Brit- ish have lost ten battleships, nine light cruisers, and a large number of de- stroyers, submarines, torpedoes, arm- ed merchant auxiliary cruisers and by Oct. ir), 1916, 2,000,000 gross tons of shipping, nearly one-tenth of the w^ole British mercantile tonnage. During the first eight months of the present year 4,561,000 tons of shipping were sunk, including allied and neutral ships. New construction was then estimated at about a million tons, leaving the loss to shipping at 8,500,000 tons. The climax of the destruction came in April with HH ships sunk for the week ending on .\pril 22. The week- ly sinkings have lately been reduced. Shipbuilding is increasing. Tonnage amounting to ."1,466,100 has already been contracted for in the United Slate.s alone. .Although 20 per cent, of the British merchant tonnage had been destroyed, Great Britain's im- ports show a decrease of only 6 per cent, compared with last year. More- over, the destruction of the subma- rines themselves is increasing. ^ . Denmark on Rations. the populace was put ou bread ratloD«. j Denmark is now looking forward to ' The authorities are already consider- ! a reduction of wheat rations. Final ; Ing a further reduction in the allowed ' (igure.s for the cereal harvest show a consumption. lotal of about 62,000,000. bushels, j ' which Is 20,0f)»,000 bushels les« than i A range will keep black longer if i in 1918 and about lO.OOO.OOO less than â-  you wash it with soap and water be- I was estimated In the summer, when | fort applyiiTg the blacking. I \ . Hotel Del Coronado Coronado Beach, California Near San DIsgo MOTORING, TENNIS, BAY AND SURF BATHING, FISHING AND BOATING. 1 8- Hole Qolf Course Hotel is equipped throusrhout with Automatic Sprinkler System. AMERICAN PLAN JOHN J. HIRNAN, Managar wife?" You are ready to lie a workman's «"''.'''>"'* speaking in haste. _ 1 j,- j^e hardware store and gM a .small , -Listen. Bertie; I know, of cour.se.; ^.,,^|.^^,yi,|g .p„);^ â- ^^^ ,^^^„ t„ ,i,g ••l,am ready to be your wife. Hun- [h^ .V- ,;v*'' ^l^^./''^-^^^^^-!-; I grana.^ and keep it t^ere for putting "And you are strong enough for the'r"..^'"' ' â€"7! '-''> '' â-  ' ^-^^ ''-" i ^oT'eve'i tr e.l ' ' (ight?-for a Litter fight it will be." â-  fighting against it all summer- I know >"u ^^^' t>'e<l. fight? â€" 'With you 1 am strong enough for unylhjng." j lie paused one moment longer, then I slowly came across the road, and slow- ' ly took her two hands in his. But for the way in whi-di they shook, his' outward calmness might have deceived her. Very slow too and gentle was the fust touch of hi.'^ lip.^ upon hers. | But the second was different, for' already something had liegun to race in both their veins. The first kiss had lieen that of the humble worship-' „ . , ,.„ ,,., c.,...r„,v tuv â- >i.n'i<^-i.^u i pt rat the feet of his goddess, the sec- i VAI.l K OJ- SI A I ION A!t> DKV l( KS { ond was that of the huniiui lover lo his' There is a great ilifTcri-ma. belwicii K\ery <levice can now be bought in human Jove. !a modern home kitchen and a mod- a ihiniped form. There is the bread j Then for a space Fenidla lcane<l diz- 1 ern hotel or instiluticui kitchen. This mixer, which can lie fastened equally < zily against his arm. Round her the Liiffe,(.ncc Is not so much one of size well lo .shelf, slool or table. There is, hills seemed to tuin in a circle.- a | -i^ „f p,i,„.ip|g. y„r instance, in the the cake mi.xer, which screws to the; A2?quf the Food Shortage in France. Shortage of wheat in Kranoe is b«- comtiig more and more alarming each week. .\I. .Maurice Uong, .Minister for Genei'al Heviciualling of Krance, indi- cated recently that a further reduc- tion of 2fl per cent, in the bread ration would Roon become imperative. The manufacture and consumption yf pas- try regarded as a luxur> was entirely suppressed on .la^uary Isl, except on Sunday and liolldays. Fertilizers Pay Better Than Ever 'TpODAY a bushel of corn or wheat buys more fertilizer â- *- (poush excepted, of course) thaui at any time during the past three years. Note how much cheaper you can buy a 2-10 fertilizer now than before the war,, Switzerland on Rations. The food situation in Switzerland is rapidly falling to the danger line, A ration that is far below tlie consuinp- i tlon in many of the countries at war } has already been ordered. Under the new regiilallons, Uie Swiss may have 1 only a pound and a half of sugar per person per inontli. The bread ration has been fixed ai about half a pound a day. and the liutter ration at one- lifth of a pound a nionih. magic circle v.hich ki pi owl the world, A long, long breath came ovei- her,. , , . ,, lips, such a breath as is breathe.! at ! ""''"=•' ^"'''*''' "'"'â- ''''• ''"â- â€¢ the end c>f » struggle. Iiolli by the van- (luisher and the vaii<|ui.<hcd. After a space niiiii'an spoke thoughtfully: it home kitchen we have sepaiate de- table lop. There is the meat choppeT and port- -just consider how much more effici-' able smaller eiiuipnienl. Very little cut this tool is than the bowl and. is built ill or perniatu'iit. In the in- hanil-chopper which it supplants, stitulion kitchen, on the other hand, merely because it is fastened instead | tables are m<ire likolv !« Ijc connect- of loose and wobbly! There are also An attachment for telephone receiv- ers which silences all the buzzing, whirring and jarring noi.s<>s has lieen invente<i by a Dutch engineer. In 1914 would buy Today will buy Ferti liier Fprti- liror In terms of farm product*. ftrtiUsert eott lest today than in 1914. FertUizer. p«M you «A«n-they will pay you better now. Fertilizers at. today more profitable and more necessary to efficient producuon than before the war.' Boost crop production, fftow more per acre and increase your profits by using fertilizer. Help both the railroadt and yourtelf by ordering Spring Fertilizer, /V O 'nr. S°>><1 for literature to DepiHmenl 45 Soil Improvement Committee of the National Fertilizer Aatociation Petal Telegraph BIdg., Chicago The Mun.ey BIdg., Baltimore And now it is we two Against allied with ihc stove surface, all ciiuiji- excellent devices for bealiiig eggs and the others." I menl is at the same height, connected niayoiiiKiise>- also clamped. Coffee "We two anainst ail the I'ther.s," i |,y ^..,,.(,,,1^ nn.a„s_ ,,,y diat work may bv giinders may be fastened to wall or .'!"K,.„r^*'"''"'''''' "'"' " '""""â- "' '"''â- ''• i "roi.te.l" „r done one step after the table; coiitiast such types with the other. dld-liiiu' sipiare colTee mill, which the Many more pieces of c<|iilpnicMt, too, worker held in her lap and which re- are permanently installeil. 'rhe ad- quired a vast deal of turning on the vantage here is that everything is laii until the coffee was ground. .-iddcil: "Not against a our side, I think." father will be an , ready when it is needed, and need not be adjusted, moved around or pos- sibly lost. In the home kitchen of the future this ideal will have to be met stationary, permanent installa- tion, similiar in type, similar in liiiish. CHAPTKU .MX. Frowningly Albert M'Donnell watched the dip of the oars in the wa- ter. The week (111(1 was not yet reacli- eil, but fa note from .lulia called him home. It coritaine<l a good piece of news, though not llie one be had been bxjking for. Mr. Berrell bad spoken, height of surface, etc. It is this and all was right between him and ^ jjeal which is now so well worked out .lulia. .So far so good. That cat i^ shopsand factories, in hotel kitchens, was killed, anyway. {..i „. propor- j,, ,„,-ci..rias. etc. tlon as there had lieen utile doubt re- ,,. . 1 .1 • , , . garding this i:..suc, so was elation at i '"'â- " «."""'»'"t "'"' "'")« "hat any the accomplished (act tempered. The ""« ''"^''' '" '""knig a cake in the usual affair still waiting to be delt with was "'»""«'"• ""^ ">nih of the work is of a far more critical nature, as after the note of this morning he could no spent in actual heating and how much in holding a wobbly liowl in place? Kvery act of beating, mixing, grating, molding hread, etc., which is done in a wobbly way, is increase in ililficiiliy and muscle strain 20 per cent. Now, whv lilies not the hoiisosvife ?i'e the longer doubt; for it had bioiight news of Fenella as well, though i-rowdeil in- to a postscript by the writer's pcrsniial jire-occupntions. "I can't make her out at all," .lulia wrote at the bo'.tom of the page. ".No- , r .1. , 1 thing seems lo have happened between "'l^'"""*-"' »'f t-n« clamped, perma- hcr and Mr. Macgilvray the other , •"'"">â-  fastened hxliire? Uecall again, night. And yet she doesn't seem at the mixer for mixing cgg.s or syrups all unhapny, although I heard yeslcr- ' used at llie modern soda Toiinlain. Is day that he lia<l left lialladrochit," I it not clamped or screwed to the shelf It was this postscript whieh, like a ' surfa.e and self-operating? If a wo- trumpel-note <,f alarm, was r„lling „,„„ ,,i,i i,^ „.mi|,i „i,e not still cling Albert to Ardloch. He could have lived two day-s longer without press- ing Mr. Berrell's hand, but he felt that he could not sleep another night without knowing the reason of lioiiald Macgilvray's depailiire. At the Rectory he began by taking In the kitchen there should be some sort of shelf so firm thai even heavy devices may be kept pernuinenlly clamjied on it. The utility motor, for; instance, which takes the place of any I servant in the home, .should be sta lionary. There is need of moral screws and less drawers in the average' kitchen! If a device is really worth while and is used rrequenlly enough, to justify its purchase, it should be j permanently installed instead of be-, ' ing set away on a shelf or in a draw- er, where it must he hauled out every time it is necdeil. I The reason the portable device i» ' inefficient is becau.se it takes so much 'energy to bold it in place, aside from' the actual energy needed for the tusk; i itself. Therefore, it really doubles the work instead of making it easier, j With the clamped device, however, all the energy of the worker can go into I the actual task of beating, grinding,] ' or whatever it may be. ' "Clamp, clamp, clamp," should he to the traditional way of Indding a one of the housewives' slogans. It Wobbly howl and opeiatiiig a jerky will mean more efficient kitchens and bealer? 1 less wasted energy. / HOW TO KCO.NOMI/.K ON KI.Ol'K IN HKK.M). .. - -^ The fiiniiliar 'war bread' means so completely absorbed. Much of the his measurcH, which consjsted in giv- ^ ,„.^.,„, ,„.,.,,„ ,.^,1 |,y .ombiiiing a mini- graham flour on the market at pre- 1 ing , lulia her "•''Itr--'. ta^'Ke'i «t>;ai|,'ht 1 ,,,,,^, „,^ ^^„t ^, n,.,,.,dy white flour to which on to Ihi' somewhat hurried felicita- ' . , ,. 1 , , â-  o- 1 u i . 1 i,.,i tions- for an undi,sluibed half hour I ''' ""'"'""'« I'"" bread making. Since, bran has been ad.led. with Fenella was the first requirement. "" "'',' '"''"'?'' manufacturing pat- ^ g,,^,. „f t,„. „.,„terials which may It was in the Ikiw- windowed sitting- j *""'^ ''""'' »'""" three-fourths of the j^^ .substituted for wheal flour are; room that they were left alone very niineral salt is lost, it is evident ">«t. cornmeal, buckwheat flour, soy bean sneeilily- -Fenella nervously busy with by milling a larger percentage of the tlie flowers in the wiiidow-hox, Albert' wheat, the fond value a.s well as the somewhat provoked at missing hi.? ' positive amoiinl of bread-making mn- habitual perfect coolness, and thinking I {eriul would be greatly increased. best lo conceal tho fact by a ro8'1e»8 ^ T|,i^ „,i,],,,| niineral matter may l.e- peregrinat.on of the room „ ! cmie a vital fa.tor in making up the "I am sure Julia will be happy," ,â-  . r iiii- he obaerv^cd, as the door do.sed upon ' '"'.".V ' ' i '' , ,, . the new fiancee. Then, as Kenellu ' ""= manufacture of old-time gra- ; u , 1 , „ ham flour, or wheat meal, which is! I'otato flour. .such as has been .-implv Ihc entire grain cleaiie«l and ' "»«â- ' idiroad, is not gener.-illy avail- ground, -has been almost entirely ' "We in our markets, but boiled mnsh- almndoncd, no doubt because of its «'! potatoes may he Hubslituted for pe'ishability. Due to its bran and sli^'i'ly l«-^« than half the flour. Hoil- mineral salt content, flour of this type e'l r''*! may also be used with flour in posse.-^ses lavative properties', which Hti«"t the same proportmn. are often desiriihle, although 'the pro- { Equal measures of cooked liean pulp tein of the coarser flours may not he ; and flour arc satisfactory in muffins. meal and potato flour. Cornmeal may l)e used in the proportion of one pari cornmeal to two parts wheal j flour. Huckwheat flour combines well , with wheat flour in any proportion. , Soy bean meal and cotlon-.iead meal ; are both useful in small amounts. said soniethinij acquiescent but not (jiiite intelligible, he went on without H pBi;se: 1 ".And hov about you, Ken? Surely \ iiir little affair i.s sclllod by this lime? It wculd be rather good fun ^ to niiike a double i.vcnl of it?" Ou* of the arsenal of weapons at his , unniAnd he had selected this breezy .; .! l/n''V','bi(j' to.ne as the one mo«t > "Hundreds of Dollars In Actual Profit " More than one farmer has told us- since he has got a copy of "What the F-armer C-an Do With Concrete," that the advice it gave hira netted him hundreds of dollars in actual profit. Get the book-^-it's freeâ€" and by reading it you will see the profit there is in building itiiprovenients of CONCRKTE according to Its plain, simple directions. For instance, there's a page devoted to Watering Troughs â€" showing how to build the sanitary kind that will not rot, rust or leak. Several pages devoted to Concrete Silos. Others telling how to build concrete foundations for ban:>s. All these are improvements a farm needs -its value will coup considerably if you use concrete in the building of them. And you'll be able to " work " your fann with less effort and on a more profitable b^sis if your buildings and utilities are of the modern Concrete type. This book gives all th' directions you'll need. Remember Concrete improvements are fire proof, rot-proof, vermin-proof and indestructible The book also contains inleresting photographs ahowiiijj what ot her Cnnadian farmerB have accomplished; with woikinR plans revcalina how they did it. Perhaps you Mp Bp<!fially interested in some of the feat urea liste d in our coupoa Put a cross opposite theo nea about which you want particular inioruiatioa ^i^nif^ wliit ||ou WMJ lufornutioil «^otit OMIiY KoUStS Plliuto tha Tlaie Wast* UivoUud in a\\>ii.ii;;i; the b.td road. Whcthcj driving or ixiotoi iiii{. you c»ii travol ovct « two-mile etrctch ul concrete quicker than over a oacniiic necltoii oi old style road, rarmanent Hl>thway« of Concr«to will fnable us to gri;.illy reducK the c<iot of titmling fw m produc •Mloui cou:itry'i Du>.iiK'ci willL- •peeded up and i-conomijud by replacinf the old-stylo, rut-AUcd fo.nl8williroad»yfco:icict« Y VM Concrete on your tarm to 1 duce the cu«i of form up-kwp â€" bMauw Cuiicrciv elimmatea 'Y»p»lr«." For tJit Mree icii*>n,