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Of course, in the midst of his pleaâ€" surable expectation, Jimmy had some minor apprehensions. ‘They concernâ€" ed the condition of his dress ties, colâ€" lars, gloves, and so forth, but were easlly dispersed by the expenditure of a little money, It was not until the middle of Thursday afternoon that real black doubt assailed him. The doubt concerned the missing and imâ€" portant item of his dress kit. ts The girl at the local depot of Cleauers had been positive that everyâ€" thing would be "guate all right." But would everything be? Bunposingâ€"doubt jabbed at Jimmy‘s interiorâ€"dclivery was not made in could breathe freely again. From the midday.of Tuesday until the afternoon of Thur:cay Jimmy‘s hours were made pleasant by enjoyâ€" able expectation. He had been to «»meldene before, but always in a casual way with Renes. This was his first formal invitation. It came from Mr. Gundry. It was a sort of acknowâ€" ledgment by the boss that Jimmy‘s friendship with Renee was permissbie. Sbiaton of 2004 fuiges Jimag Dertoas opinion of good game was impeccable. ‘Then Jimmy‘s work had won for him an excellent position with Mesers, Gundry, Whale & C+mpany. If he could impress the boss by his social fair, by his bridge playing, as well as by his business ability, it could mean 1 lot in his friendship with the bora‘ m:-wmu-rn:.hd.m firm dd "express" orders, he know, He had seen an announcement to that efâ€" fect in the window, Much depended on what "express" meaunt. "That will be quate all right, sir," the girl at the cleaners assured him. "Thursday evening will be quate all matinee with me." "Daddy will be.asking you down to play contract one evening," Renee had said.. "You must be sure to come, Jimâ€" my," *A ‘Tifs, to some extent, may explain Jimmy Barton‘s b/ ctic lunchâ€"time dash that Tuesdar trum the City to his room» .« t. John‘s Wood, It was just p+ .sble taat the cleaners up the way mmdlqnllhlnb seemed to like Jimmy. She lized Jim my so much that she had reached the "you mutt" stage with him. . "You must come end play tennis at the Renee Cundry was. He sometimes got lhlnulldllh.lh-l.m. that sho was the cream in his coffee. The description, though it might have -tnlub.-nw.b.:r.d‘ deplorably inadequate. to Jimmy. ln.-o-nâ€"olovn_â€"nu-h:ut‘ signiGicant beside the wish to please ing character, A potrolâ€"soaked rag in Jimmy‘s hands had only made matters worsd. It was a ca*, for experts in mmlmu time. But Thursday was only, two days‘ away. Jimmy Barton was not lacking in courage. If it had been a case of fac ing his boss alone, of making the savâ€" uâ€"-nlr.o-a,unu‘ !mw.o'flhn :nm-u:. =o-‘ '-m as office staff could vouch, liked having his own way. But in Jimmy Barton‘s mind lhl.llloluuu_lloi-o'-h- A couple of days before, on a misâ€" splashed the trousers of his dreas suit with mud mixed.with some vicious eleâ€" ment of particularly sticky and stainâ€" breath, "does it!" Gundry, "that you play a remarkably n-llulunnnnuu.. 1 want you to come down to Weybridge on Thursday night. We‘re baving friends in.. Bridgeâ€"supper. Be at Hazeldene by halâ€"past eight. Dinner jacket." that he could not refuse it. He d‘4 not ":.l: refuse it. The trouble was remembered one little detail which made acceptance rather difficult. _ "I hear from my daughter," said Mr. Jimy could never say exactly what mw-uuu....u_u *“.mm m By Victor MacClure ‘The invitation had the weight of a S‘MATTER POPâ€"The Result of An Auto Accident. C.0.D. db sn 2 gâ€"‘; F 2 ;uralf PP Sn And that wouldn‘t do, %her. Renee was almost sure to ansy er the ‘phone, What sort of acciden* could he jnvent that would satisfy Mer? "They‘ll never come now," jimmy uluhl:uwnâ€"uv.. 1 suppose I had betier ring v4 Wey bridge and say I‘ve had an a.cident or something!" his fourandsispence. All that he needed was his nether garments. or so he would need to take a taxt to Baker Street for Waterloo, That would cost two shillings, Which would ‘Mhmm~” ting to Weybridge. He was completely ready for dashâ€" ing ofâ€"except for his trousers. Unâ€" der his coat he had on his jacket *1d walstcont and his scarf. His Lat was on his headâ€"It kept his hir neat. Hits uwloves were in his pocket. So was less. ‘Thursday. mu' _;l "‘zuhlhl:-l:v;.h-nb to a cheyue friendly grocer up the road. In anotherâ€"minute calm. hllh.u‘alr.-,;: made inquiries as to van, could obtain no definite information. It sustained him while he prepared a bath and laid out every item of his dinner rig save the missing trousers. It put steadiness into his fingers while he inserted studs and links tnto his dress shirt, while he donned silk socks and laced dress shoos, It became intensifed when in el-duuch.:nuh.fl"* dressingâ€"table one better conâ€" dition from another socket he con trived to blow the fuse and leave himâ€" self in darkness. Ho felt an almost frresistible desire to ring up the local shop of the cleanâ€" Ing firm, though he knew it was use cashier, In his pockets he had merely sufficient to pay his taxi and get him to Weybridge and back. Jimmy pald the taxi fare in silence, Me even found sixpence for a tip. There is a mood that falls on men of mettle when they feel that they are h_nh-â€"n‘hn mood of desperate Me had meant that afternoon to ask m‘-mum.m‘ cheque for him. He did not know what stakes (Mr. Gundry and his friends played for, but on the chance that they might be on the high side hmh-io-nd,llvh. money, hlh&“.“u-“:: trousers he had forgotten to see the was a disgrace that it was permiltted on the streets. The engine suffered from chronile asthma, and the cab alfaply crawled, i on weag Jimniy thought of all sorts of seathâ€" Ing remarks to make to the driverâ€" Entil e put his hand in his pocket to fnd the fare. ‘ Then he clean forget all the withering sailies he had reâ€" it was a good enough tas! he seâ€" euredâ€"good enoughâ€"that is, to satis» ty the requirements of the Metropoliâ€" d pin e a /Â¥ n dn avear o d d h .2 lm!ndln-un."... when Jimmy reached the cleaning lr-'lnnnlhnulth'-t-l. llmdmhd:hhnhhm 'mmm formation that his trousers were in a Yan on their way to his address. Jimâ€" ’-llufldlu.lhh-v-u. He lulmlllummnluu to keep from him an article of his 'lnuhtu‘u'-n-.u d tcrerâ€"l ever, by a a mumummm .‘..“‘iliummhv.hm: rive at of the place and halled a taki. "reeq § it more agonizing doubt pierced Jimmy, After his daily serâ€" vant left his place in the morning it mat yeeeeupled seut he eot vome in evening. He on girl at the cleaners that the trousers would have to be delivered between aiz and baifâ€"past, But supposing the messenger called before six? Perhaps the young idiot, getting no response to his ringing, would carry the trousâ€" mlnr"uihu-dmh the morning. With the stab of this piercing apâ€" prehension Jimmy made a dive for the telephone. .'-‘z"fi'lh“ tory pages, found required number, and dialled it. He was answered by the "ringing tone." He was answered by nothing else. It took several minâ€" utes later on for the badgered operat« or to persuade Jimmy that possibly he Wat ma slus £000_ L2 T Eot no reply because Thursday was early closing day in St. John‘s Wood good enough time? ‘l'bhmhid artiving at Mazeldens punctually he 'ullnollo-lelllnhh'"- meant gotting out of St. John‘s Wood ':::ln:unolho::cunm‘ o t supposing trowers nnuthl'nn‘m -uullum?{ P’oul.‘flf.w * tbuawm:'a Aw‘ FELL Dowmg, $ .*Iou'bo :{;. â€"g i m _l' 61 " f 1‘\‘ +"*G «* ® Moa yo8! a * Arvs \/A momers Ummy‘s doorbell But in Jimmy‘s opinion it entrance .Aairs into the road. A light van stood at the kerb outhide the "Here, you! Oi!" yelles a mufled volce. "Let me out, willyat* ’ "You‘ll be let out presently, my lad!" said Jimmy, between his teoth, while he struggled with buttons. Uike Te ie Homite Cuatts sneoas . ‘ uuwmmmuu" Munmumm{ the outer hail, pulled his fat door sbut, and ran as for his life down the fiat. The little lobby to the cloak e ta mt anatche{ at and the '-.'uu.un. them cu. Loud banging resounded on the cluakâ€"room door, ‘ Jimmy‘s despairing calm had almost I"'-'l;“illk- But suddenly an idea occurred to him. "Just step across the landing to my office," he said, indicating a cloakâ€" m-hlâ€"lhby-_u.m Euoi irieg e e o tet round the door for its key. He found :-mllu.-ll.lllllhlh-: ped the key into the outer keyhole. ed at the parcel under his nearer arm, and gave him a Rard push. Next moâ€" ment he had slammed the door and turned the key in the lock. _ Jimmy did not bother to run to 1: "That‘ll do," the youth agreed, "it you think it‘s worth writing a cheque for balfaâ€"crown." "Rarton asked. «Yos, y them, quick!* "Wait a â€"â€" walt a minute?" :_’“‘l.‘ \"C.O.D. Twoand ¢ "I haven‘t got it moment, and I‘m in a hursy." N ‘ the goods without "I‘ll tell you wi cheque," said Jimmy. As he said it he belately that his chequeâ€"book was in his office rang. lie boited to the door. A youth in a uniform cap stood on the threshâ€" thing." Te _ "Right! " a:&- stepâ€" ping into the Ught W zo in." _ stury just as 799 â€" un will }-m with you, and 3".:."»..1 you see, my doar," sald 2enee aarnestâ€" ly, "that it‘s a ‘to . how father how resourcoful 3@ Mo loves a good lascb. . have one. But show him that doesn‘t vattle you and RoTi you." Well," he said, "I think P go now, Renee, . E:cept for you, 1 wouldn‘t have come at all. But I thought 1 ought to give you an explanationâ€"to :2 you the mo‘.. QL M‘ z it wasn‘t casy way dresed like thisâ€"â€"" | Renee Gusdry stopped laughing at once. "Do you mlllgtrnfl.h :‘L .n.“uu think it :.‘ id of you. M”*“ ‘ had the plack." \ "Thanks, Renee! Well, goodâ€"night:" "You are not 10 §O, g #I can‘t appCAF y¢r father and his guesis Uike this!*. "Why not! I F“ ~i will the others. But If you teil the haetea m n ons f Jimmy remained > in the shadow of the ml&. ‘The cleancrs‘ messenger had carried two parcels, css undér either arm. Both must bave contained trousers, The things on Jimmy‘s legs were of a bright, masvelike bluet must have ssatched the wrong parâ€" gelt" J ou see, my dear," said 2enee carnest» , "that it‘s & to . how father ow resourcoful 300 @ ‘ loves a ed lasgh. , let him have one. ut show him thit 1,_‘ e doesn‘t ittle you and respoct you." ‘ "Do you want bim tn . . met" "I wast that 0 than any» uw ® 3 Mixtures of dust and air are not alâ€" ways sureâ€"fire explosives. So Dr. Cuker combined sugar with alcoholâ€" one part sugar to three parts of alcb hol.. To make certain that this mixâ€" ture will explode, a little nitrated sugar is added. What nitration mean« we see in the case of gunâ€"cotton. Nitâ€" rogen puts the "gun" in the cottonâ€"â€" ‘makes it one of the most powerful ex> Sugar thus treated proves to be a remarkable engine fuel. There is no sediment, no ash. With perfect comâ€" bustion assured, Cuker‘s one worry is that the price of sugar may rise and thus thwart him from reaping his just new fuel, Cuker hit on sugar. He knew that it would explode if mixed with air. Flour and sawdust will do the same, Any bydrocarbon dust will Why not puiverize the sugar, mix it with air asd ‘eed it to a motor? luf“udllhmfl-.'\::-r mous. Without light plants not produce chlorophy!â€"the green colorâ€" Ing matter of follage, ‘The whole mysâ€" terious process of converting the gases of the atmosphere and the mineral saits in the ground into waving grass aud trees t*~1 toss their branches in the wind would come to an end if light were blotted out. Reasoning thus, physicists and chemists have subjected plants to the action of vibrations of all kinds. X« rays, uitraâ€"violet radiation, infraed raysâ€"all have their effect. One of theso experiments, Dr. David I. Macht, who conducis his researches in a taxes on gasoline to cast about for a Radio Affects Druge Light affects plants and animals, Inâ€" Janecke‘s calculation: lead to the conclusion that the heat los* by each square meter of the terres‘r.al surface amounts to 668 kilogramâ€"alories anâ€" ories, only engine«‘s -fi--i conception of what the loss thus ex mammmlmi 000 square kilometers. hhl\mllu‘ the shrinking of the earth meaus a reduction of its cuble volume by 30,000 cuble kilometers in 1,000 years. ‘ ‘There is no reason to suppose that there is a sharp line of demarcation between the solid and the uid porâ€" tions of the earth. Nor is the temâ€" perature of solidification the same for all constituents of the carth. Janecke which has the consistency of porridge. He thinks it fair to assume that the erust is not thickening at the same rate everywhere. Hence there must be stresses and strains which give rise to voicanic eruption and to mountain building processes. The bigâ€"game nurter found himself xt to a charmicg wirl at dinner, He to‘d her how, having fired his last shot at 1 wounded and infuriated lion, he was forced to throw away their best to popu‘srize kilogramâ€"calâ€" his rifle ard swim over a crecodile> infested ersek to safety. _ _ _ The greater a man is in power .bnoll.n.lh-luhmb“ excel theni in virtue, None ought to m_'h_l_o__-t_hmnhh\ square meter become» wmore intelligâ€" ible when we are told that it is enough hulllyl-MWM'l millimeters (.12 incb) Measuring the Shrinkage Janecke shows that a solidification of 3 millimeters of rock 1: equivalent to a contraction of the earth‘s radius amounting to 0.06 millimeter, Hence earth will be reduced by 12 centlâ€" "Yes," said the girl, brightly, "I‘m awfully fond of batking, +»." must ncrease in laick»~ss. rocks shrink as they freeze. Janecke therefore reasons that there must be a separation between the solld crust and the fuld core.. Otherwise the erust would fall cataclysmically inward upon the uid portion.. Such a u&j lapse would shorten the radius of the fuild. No doubt there is a transitionâ€" al region between fuld and solid. As more and more of the fuld interior At this rate the rigid crust of the earth should increase in thickness by three meters every 1,000 years, ‘The A ship‘s keel was laid on a Friday, The vesso! was named Friday, las achâ€" od on a Friday, sailed on a Friday, and captained by a man samed Priday. It was never seen again once it had sailed from port. Is Uncovered Landmark After Eighteen Years Rio Grande, Texas. â€" Army surâ€" eyors uug 12 feet througn si of seven foods of the Rio Grando to fnd‘an tron stake agreed upon as a key position in rechecking increas Ingly valuable land at Fort Ring time that the British Admiraity doterâ€" mined to scotch the superatition on :o on land granted carly setiiers ®, the King of Spain and was first sutâ€" from the quertermaster corps of the Eighth Corps area at San Antonio, twice computed the location of the stake before it was uncovered. The first time several feet of the >i!t was removed without any trace of the lrom peg, Second computatiors co incided with the frst, so the hole Along the walls of the shaf: sever layers of silt indicated a« many floods since 1915. Young women who are thisking of nursing as a carcer will be interestâ€" ed in the new School of Nursing. In University of Toronto School of Nursing training in narsing, one tha\ will onâ€" ulh-g.ruull.nlloo‘ wishes, to easily to post graduate work in any brauch of nursisg. This threeyear course propares (2e nurse for both hospital nursing and public health nursing ang thus gave« a yoat in the time of preparation (or thase whoe wich to enter public be!th uprs ing. A young woman who »as com» plete Pauss or Junior Mawslculation and the Upper School o Homour Matriculation subjects as o=(lined for admission to the Arts Coâ€"rses may take the training is nurs!~@ in this threeyear course propares (2e nurse for both hospital nursing and public health nursing ang thus yav« a year in the time of preparation (or those whoe wich to enter public be!th uprs ing. A young woman who »as com» plete Pass or Junior Mairlculation and the Upper School o Honout Matriculation subjects as o=(lined for admixsion to the Arts Coâ€"rses may usual hospital school of nu:sing. This l..ln-el-un:'hl‘l: wity the mm purpase®s of practical training. ‘The Calendar and fol! (sformation ‘m-aubdn-m Secrotary, of " Nursing, Un versity of Japanese Settiers Tr=ined bonefit of settiers 'flu rom Japam to Manchuria are being »ded to the weâ€"rloniym of a mumber 0 agricaitarâ€" 1-|-uumm. phasis will be placed on trainâ€" ing to enable the promective emiâ€" grants to "load selfâ€"contâ€"n0d lives." Thm-'q*‘.duvt’ special education to p»aduates secondary schools, colleg«s and uniâ€" weraities as candidates for officers mlso will go intoreffect ts May, Tokyo.â€"Emigrant cou <s for the in that territory. g trip o the Cape n Farms # in this it in the «sing. This