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mill iss begin here today alden drake formerly a sailor grown soft and flabby through a life of idle ease ships aboard tho clipper orontcs as boy under the command of jake stevens whose enmity he in curs because of a mutual love for mary manning daughter of the owner who is a passenger at cape town stevens is superseded as captain by drake whose lawyers have seen to the purchase of the orontcs during its cruise stevens is reduced to the rank of chief mate the orontes due partly to jakes disobeyal of orders is run on the rocks in the siraits off java mary slips away from the ship with ike the stew ard and later jake goes to join her ashore now go on with the story lulled by the murmur of the tide on the shore and the soft crooning of the night breeze jake slept soundly for all his problems he failed to hear the stealthy tramp of many feet a line of men stepped cautiously by him without seeing him and went to wards the boat on the beach jake only awoke to the snarling challenge of ike saintly then swiftly awake he became aware of the gathering about the boat he ran down bursting in among the riot that seemed to centre there lor lumme stooard its hus ex claimed young tubbs desperately ike menaced his head with the axe git back tyke yer ands orf the boat warned ike and his weapon swished through the air murderously stevens pushed forward get back there what does this mean whos here blime its mister stevens blokes cried sims and the crowd drew back with many a muffled whisper and scarcely muffled chuckle vhstvj ike calle mary from her shelter tj theres th judy whispered sims hoarsely digging a forefinger jocosely into tubbs ribs dont be frightened mary jake called to the girl then with a fer ocity that abashed the men for the and aint been treated none too good mis ter stevens we only done the samo as you we swum for it too were ready to foller you if you- dont vysto href on im growled a voice in the dark them rats runninover th deck finished me to ell wiv im lets tyke the boat an git on our way fer anjer voices joined in agreemont the crowd began to move ike uttered a yell and the starlight glittered on his axe biade come on chaps shouted a man on the outside of the little mob and before ike could reach him his hands were upon tho boat another hand tore down the sail shove orf me sons we kin get strytened out afloat hands off roared jake and plunged headlong at the man tearing tho sail awning down he struck fiercely at the dim face and the fellow- toppled back into the lapping tide ike struck with his axe and the edgo gashed the gunwale of the boat not an inch clear of another hand es a bloody murderer gasped the lucky one who had escaped then there was a rush something struck jake on the head and he pitched across the boat gunwile iko screamed for desperate hands seized his axe and rendered him powerless for harm al though he still clung to the handle jake stumbled to his feet again all but stunned and beat at faces that snarled at him he heard mary cry- out and fought madly to reach her heavy clubs of driftwood hammered upon his skull he felt as if wheels whirled insido his head ike screamed but those ruffians were not to be dri ven off by screams tho boat moved too they were launching the boat and mary was in it he fought well but he had been sadly dazed by that first tremendous blow he called up canning where brawn bade fair to fail hcaidown and arms protecting it he charged clear of the gang and swiftly turnodxvpon them backtvou rats hands off or ill shoot yon sull o lead quick you need a bat tonight and i prefer not although a safe breaker might have to losi another to be continued which wins- crook or bank entered it in less time it is doubt ful if lie would havo cared to tacklo tho job with the desigi ot such formid able vaults the advantage lies tem porarily with the protectors of money rather than with the thieves still there is always the threat of srmo unexpected development in the safe crackers art or f somo super- criminal with th skill to use the means now known i is against this pos sibility that t vault builders are constantly matching their wits in their thrilling war against the unseen versus safe- making is a struggle not yet at an end in new york a sixtystorey sky scraper is rising and at its heart is a mammoth vault an armored for tress of steel and concrete behind the dcors of that vault may lie 51- 000000000 every human and me- chauical device will be employed to guard that treasure will it be safo i put that question to a distinguish ed vault engineer who has built some of the strongest vaults in existence his answer amazed me give me a million dollars with which to build a vault he said and there would still be half a dozen men iu theworld who could open and rob it nor are these men houdiuis or jimmy a who open tumbler locks with sandpapered fingers they are experts in the use of two of the most terrible safebreaking weapons known the fluxing rod and the oxygen lance against these latest potential tools ot safe breakers no absolute defense is known the financial world is waiting to see if any supercriminal will dare to use them nothing is impossible in the neverending battle between safe mak ers and safe breakers say3 henry mcrton robinson in popular science burglarproof vaults have per force undergone great and devolution- ary changes in the past fifty years from the days of the eighties when a banks idea of the last word in security was a four foot thick door studded with cannon balls and bolted home into their vaults framework which doer was incidentally pvied out completely by theives to the tune o nearly three million dollars to the uptodate strongbox such as described at the commencement of this article is a far cry the progress of the opposed sciences of safemak ing and safebreaking has been an in teresting one through the phase of tho stepped doer the introduction of nitroglycerine and the soup man the cone door machined so closely i that that artist could not get his jss manufacturers are j- w soup into the cracks and jiwuy lhe extremely short ones any long or short medium ayy kind wilt do freedom of knees however thing of the past by spring says costumer are they wearing em long iu an attempt to settle the great question for the time being at least a timid reporter was told to take a walk around town look the girls over and report whether they were wearing long or short skirts such fut the surveyreyealed that miss to ronto likes them long s4rt and medium but the shortaveiltthie 1hs jority a daytime stroll around the shopping district shows that knees are still an open secret although one ladies store manager predicted that four inches of extended skirt will soon place all knees dimpled or other wise iu retirement paris says about four inches be low the knee and although toronto girls are not taking quickly to the new style for business wear we no tice that for evening wear they pre fer the ankle length dresses he said says change is gradual another manager stated that the change to long dresses was coming gradually and predicted that by next spring business dresses would be worn three and four inches below the knee the newest style calls for flares and drapes instead of the usual pleats girls buying dresses now are interested iu the long ankle dresses for evening wear but are gradually akrfhgtoxve shorter length for busi- last stage but oue the oxy acetylene torch which will bite through a sixich steel plate in a tew minutes today science meets the threat of the cutterburner with composite walls that embody materials resistant to heat drills and explosives yet even such walls cannot meet tho new- threat of the fluxing rod and the oxy gen lance the first is simply a stick of soft steel which the expert operator holds against tho metal to be burned then he applies tiie oxy- acetylenc flame to the tip of the flux ing rod which oxidizes so rapidly that the temperature can be raised to un believable heights the oxygen lance has been known for some time it consists ot a long small iron pipe through which oxygen gas is forced the business end of the pipe is heated redhot by a cut terburner the hot iron ignites in th oxygen stream and flares so fierce ly that it will bum its way straight pugh anything blast furnace men the oxygen lance to cut away teel from the tapholes ot the tniust be the men behind nts that only halt a the world he stated asked if he thought girls would be come independent and make their own short dresses he said that by next spripg they would be so far be hind tho style if they ventured on with their knees exposed that inde pendence would soon be forgotten you know what women are like in declared greatly overestimating the reporters education in this regard shorts still have it observations at one place iu to ronto revealed that for afternoon street wear short skirts were far in the majority of one hundred girls counted passing this corner sixtyfive wore wearing short dresses expos their knees twentyseven had d es of medium length and eight wore long dresses although only three were the ankle length creations another halfhour at another placoj emphatically established the fact tiiaft they prefer them short seventyj three wore short dresses whim twentyfive preferred them medium or slightly below tho knees and tvvu wore longs at night it u different a visit 1 1 the large hotels shows that the par styles are being taken to kindly by ijr mlirls attending social tunc- erowus are high iu n premiums trot sitaest qiaalit y faresh srom the gardens what bwearin illustrated dressmaking lesson furnished with every pattern by annebelle worthington a novelty printed silk crepe in brown and beige tones that you can easily make in two hours the scarf collar is in the beige shade plain silk crepe with insets of plain brown crepe that are simply pieces cut square and appliqucd at ends for fecorative purpose plain bias crepe in bfbwnashade finishes ends of sleeves lhare dartfitted below the elbows and edgopf flaring skirt style no 2961 ihatsvjust the best dress ever for general tkrtimft occasions can be copied exactly ft the medium size with 3a yards ot 39inch material yi yard of 35mc 1 contrasting and a yard of 35mch bias binding for collar trimming sizes 16 18 years 36 38 40 and inches bust the twopiece circular skirt is seamed at sides and finished at hem with bias binding and it is ready to attach to bodice that has beer seamed at sides and shoulders sleeves arc now set into armholcs and collar stitched at neckline presto 1 your dress is made i try it and be convinced later for fail select one ofthose lovely sheer woolens in heather brown mixture or mauvcrcrltoncs and use plain harmonizing silk crepe for scarf collar and youll be the proud owner of one of the smartest dresses of the season a comfort able dress too for while it has warmth it is quite as light m weight jjjjirjiiiihlcaii be worn as s mi ihaj a faslv for sports or for luncheon ionablc restaurant black crepe satin with collar of white silk crepe or made of the re verse of the crepe is fashionable and serviceable canlon crepe plain silk crepe crepe de chine georgette crepe crepe marocain and wool crepe ap propriate i jtt to order patterns wrie your name and address plain g number and size of such plotted to kill entire belgian royal famil communist agent confesse conspiracy to bomb train on way to rome for wedding brussels belgium a widespreai antifascist plot which took vio enco for its watchword was des eribed by brussels police the day be foro christmas after tlte arrest o two young italian radicals the secret organization which pi lice said was prepared to kill prl minent fascists in italy was iubu- rectly linked to the recent attempt jfo assassinate crown prince hurnbelrt on his visit to the belgian capiufl police said documents showed tlie 1 ganlzation extended to paris berlin and other cities i two youthful italians luigi ber- neri and pasquale rusconi weie ar rested befneri was said to e art associate of fernando de itosa who is held for attempting to kill crown prince humbert police denied reports ublishea here that berneri di a plan to nssassinatethe belgian royal family about the time ot princess marie joses marriage to prince hum bert january s the reports of such a plot involving a purported plan to bomb the royal train were wide spread despite the police denial police said berneri arrived here to organize antifascists iu an armed league several automatic revolvers were seized when he was arrestedu another revolver was found i in tho homo ot rusconi an associte of ber neri and rusconi was arrested later on a charge of false passport papers he was released among evidence to show that ber neri was plotting attacks on promin ent italian fascists was a photograph ot tho italian minister of justice al fredo rocco who will arrive here on friday it we encounter any fascists we will kill them berneri was quoted as jjigs police ff n yf sa organization appar- o- vas extensive aud that paris jr vi headquarters were merely fes of action v 29611 patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it carefully for each number and address your order to wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto patterns sent by an early mail reading ylive losing c dress- i they who have read about every- 1 thing are thought to understand j everything too but it is not always i so reading furnishes tho mind only with materials ot knowledge it is thinking that makes what we read our we are of the ruminating kind and it is not enough to cram our selves with a great load ot collections we must chew them over again evil the world is bad enough to darken and distress my noble mind yet thank heaven the words of schiller are stil true that no man can love evil for evils sake as he can love for goodness sake ifntfl woo to you when all men speak well ot you stanley baldwin mlnards wads off grippe london jj sir charles iebjistow has suiierintetled the c lfl the airship bt messrs kijosl ited at hown yorkshire reryj cently that ether the goyerwni must come forward with a cohere j definite prognm over no less hw five years whitii in his opinion cost at least u5000000 or thg better leave airships alone amplifying the above repwj tional particulars concernjjj building of r100 given in der burneys speech followl sir denuistoun told the gul had lunched on tho airshipj dirigible had cost 22200f contract which they had itj ernment was for 1500000 j a capital grant ot 250000 expenses of the hangar r iu in fact been much greater bp j tur in adapting the had t tim firm another mcrcial fim this meant that a coma had contributed 700000 to aeronj ml science and airship developj-