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cy Conyrign pyright Bonghton MITUn " 'GHAPTER XXXVIIL--(Cont'd) Le, ib ant be con- ' detective. Ho open- of clues, but lost With ,one of these perzems, he was nncyed to: find Nora continued upon ; ly terms. On the Sunday ow "Quite a stwoke of yours, Officer," e said 'Quite a hit you've. mada, goihing on the © front page of the papers." e3ry ignored him, and turned to fis 'Nora, 'who was opening the GOL A, oo ' "1 'can't see you mow, Jerry; you mustn't-come in now," she said under her breath.." Maguire, seabed in his car, was weiching them. \ 3 "You must see me now," Jerry ans- { wered, and he entered with her and | cleazd the door. "Yeou---you treat me as if I had no rights," Nora cried angrily. "I'm timed; I. didn't want to be bothered Es an ights, and 'qu've given me comé rights, an I propoce to stand on them, whether it bothers you or not," Jerry replied grimly. "I think we've got to come to an understanding once for all about M " "Come upstairs," caid Nora, after "We car't stand talking She led the way to the sitting- room, Jerry walked past her to the ' bay window and looked out. Ma- wes obill wadting in his car; he paw Jerry jin the window, waved to % him again with a smile that might have - been good-humiored or might have been denisive, and then, stambing his engine, moved rapidly away, ©. *"Do you let him e you on auto- .molile drives?" asked Jerry. "Yes; sometimes." How does it happen that he asks ' ""Because he finds me pleasant com- |; f 1 suppose. © "My question may have sounded oy I shan' mewn od meant, was, how do you hap- pen to have established such friendly : bora 7°, Them, { i Vlg I : io day to hel to get pardons. He promised to do 'he could when a new governor without Bis. having. been ing about it, he just Con vasy by special arrangement with Thos. Alles ir 49 de rhe {you every day and feeling that I'm ,[and®Mr. Maguire supplies about all »| "In ibis matter it's. im ) "Thre, 4 in- All 1] 1 "Just right, exid Jerry.' : She ped and addreszed and | staroped, e note and handed it to ~~ |for the She looked at him with soft eyes; she spoke'with a note of plaintiveness inher yeice. vi " "Then why don't you tell him so?" = "Because it amuses me to see him jin his automobile occassign- if 1 were to come out as you want, me to it would be the end of hats. (Carft you erry; 'low much I need the yamuse- yment, apd bow harmless it is? I see ly once a week, and I see no- 8 me 'any fun. Whian we're married and I'm seeing really day, I ments doing something for you every won't need any outside excite- . But just now I do need them, that I have." "You. musk find other resources and they mbstn' include fiirtatiops," said Jerry firmby. "You tell me, Nora, that you love me; now you must prove {hel you do by giving (in to my wishes." "Why shouldn't you prove your 1 hie. T love by giving in to nrine to-night bo write to Mr. bal matin that aré en- gaged 0 marry me and" his at- tentionis to yourmust cee." lL Nora' wag silent: . Then: ghe came and took Jerry by the atm and said, "Now, Jerrykins, don't stand up any longer and scold and scold as if you were a great big nasty school-teacher, SS': down and talk to me." She puch- ¢d him down on the sofa and then perching herself on his knees Jassed an arm round his neck. "Why you treat me like a mavghty }ttle girl, Jerrykins? I'm mot a naughty little girl; I'm a nice little girl. And of counse I'll do anything you say, only don't. you think you're yabher unkind to poor little me?" She stroked his cheek with the soft hand that' had crept round from be- hind ¥'s neck. She looked at him with eyes that were both mischievous and reprcachful. "No," Jerry said, "I'm not being unkind, Nora. And I'm just asking you to do what is really the kindest thing to Maguire." y ' "Oh, hum!" said Nora. "So it's Mr. Maguire's feelings that you'ne anxious about---that they. shouldn't be hurt, or anything of that sort. Jerry- kins dear, I wonder if I really do love you when you ride a great high moral horse. Especially when you ride it so ferociously right at me." She continued to stroke his cheek and to look into his face with her mis- chievous, whimsi | cal eyes {eintly challenging smile, ly his arms were round her, then!" he exclaimed among the kisges. "Of coumse I love you-- you've got to love. me. And-- i've got to do what you're told. you under stand, you teasing little thing. "Yes." She sighed and gave him another kiss. ren't 5 the hand- hiearted fellow, Jerry! Shall I write the letter now?" 1 wish you would." | "And then ycu could take it and | it in the box Te eat * othing certainly er 'than that." * | She sat down at her writing-table, 'and Jerry watched her while she 'wrete and felt a new end sweeter tenderness for her, What a winning tle porson i was tha could give in #0 Ns ' § Sandel the note for his approval. 2 s a3, follows: -- Dear Mr, Maguire:-- I feel that T must tell you I am BT to td an Jointed, Ithink we had better not sec cach other any more. ! Sincerely yours, . Corcoran, dsseirved tind - recaivisd more | i he vowed to himsell hat a; m enmbing 'the high nal! : 3 ae time it; .| opened fire. ped -~ "Pailure of the mystery 'ship to te- "| officers. gun ; To win the world, his . Two German submarines were sunk in one day by-the Mary B. Mitchell, a sailing vessel, one of the "mystery ships" of the war. This craft Yay of He Sst, 5 not the first, of ecoy ships 08 the Doone, He ty ne the decoy service ez , unde: command of Lieutenant John Lowrie. All her officers and crew volunteered rdous work. - She was provided with a: tw two well-concealed_ six-pound She sighted the it three miles 'away 'and loafed along awaiting a chance fo bag it::| The German craft followed at a safe dis- tance for a time, but finslly crawl closer and after satisfying 'itself th it had superior speed and gun power turn fire at once baffled the German They were quiet for fifteen 'minutes and then resumed five, When the snbmarine came' sufficiently -close and was in 'good' position abeam, the conicealed,. guns of the sailing ship were b i mortal hits on the submaring, which was unable to fire an additional shell. Just three minutes: aftér the: first hit; the submairine was: blown up by a shot which "holed it. just below the foredeck and: caused an explosion which threw & vast column of water high into the air. A Successful Ruse. Later the same day. another Ger- man submarine approached the Mary B. Mitchell" and opened fire at a dis- tanee -of about two miles. After the gixth round the mystery ship was stopped and a boat put off. To all appearances the craft wad abandoned. The submarine approached the sup- posed wreck at full surface speed. Then it. submerged for a, time and suddenly rose to the surface again. The gunners of the Mary B. Mit- chell danded a shell just below the conning tower and pierced the side one foot above the water. -A flash of brilliant blue flame and a dénse yellow smoke came from the. hole." Almost instantaneously another shell struck forward and the submarine was en- veloped in black smoke and sank inte the water bow foremost, with a loud gurgling and hissing. The official report does not say that the Mary B. Mitchell was filled with : {In dive elve-pounder and, submarine' hi into play and: landed six. ers tongues they cry - The "Blood Bath"--such. the name They ith ga dubbed it--well, at last it came ! to her 4 nd flame, Then fell Bau-)- . e HE bles and crossed the | : : ng > h -Montdidier they drove their wedge |- ith Noyon on the southern edge. For seven days the long front bent r (a i: Seemed their foree was spout, ng. a And on they surged across their dead, | He EEE Yet over in the news "Haig Holds the Lines' ~ A million men ahd more they fl Against @ 'wall that "swayed L But unafraid! with their cannon- ung and fi | BWung-=-- Out-numbered---yes! The earth rocked © "ade, : ' But oh the Hunnish blood that drained With 'every shell-swept yard they gained. ; : In Berlin, banners: waved that day And bells yang out--but-who can say What depth of woe they knew who read wr # 2% Those columns of the endless dead-- "Who saw their wounded--mile on mile Return--train after train--the while ;Haig holds the line! . They. strove for Paris afid Calais, They thought to scatter and dismay Our hosts--to split the allied mass-- The answer came--'"You shall not pass!" From guns left by the Bolshevik, From -Austria's guns they had their . pick. 'th dppearance. must be as cheerful and attractive as possible, that the eyes of the patient i obstrusively in evidence, + : * " tines has power to othe, and' Gods what a.duel! * A stadium @ids nature's healing processes, So Where all the A stud had come ail grating and Giatrrbing Tticel 'To see the beast recoilin must be banished from the sick-room. § there "|The putting of coal on the fire. is of In red defeat-~while ev'rywhere text ot by hoy eis, 0i- Haig holds the linel noises. - It may be brought to the room wrapped in newspaper, and laid noiselessly on the fire, paper and all, As fresh air is said to be the best! tonde, the sick-room should be well! ventilated. An,open fire is a fihe means of ventilation. A thermometer thould be frequently used in a sick- room. © A window may be 'at the top on a sunny day no matter how ili the patient may be, if in the opens ing a wooden frame covered with fpr THE D.C. M. Takes Precedence of All Other Dec- orations Except the V.C. * Who does not know the red, blue, red ribbon of the Distinguished Con- duct Medal? Yet it is quite a modern decoration, dating with the Conspicu- ous Gallaritry' Medal of the Royal Navy in 1854, the year of the, com- mencement of the Crimean Campaign. The Méritorious Service Medal dates back nine years earlier, The earliest known medal for dis- tinguished condust is that awarded by Charles the First. The recipient was A room a little shaded is more rest ful to a patient, but a little sunshine wood to keep her from sinking, but this was doubtless the case, as other mystery ships were so equipped and were able to float in spite, of any damage inflicted on them by torpedoes and shells. Their guns were frequent- ly hidden behind doors in the sides of the ship which could be swung open. -- rnc lp sen. BLACK FOX INDUSTRY Carried on Extensively in All Parts of Canada and Northern States. The number, of foxes in the rinches of Prince Edward Island at the be- ginning of the pelting season in 1917 in the room makes it more cheerful. | Sit Robert Welch, of the Irish Com- The one in charge of a sick per- mand, who recovered the Royal Stan- i dard at the Battle of Edge Hill, Pre- sumably that award would be the equivalent of officer's D.C.M. of to-day --namely, the D.O. The youngest winner of the D.C.M. is" Private John McKinnon, of the Black Watch, a sixteen-year-old boy. The medal was awarded him in 1916, and, much to his regret, his parents succeeded in getting him discharged from the army because he was under age! Youth, will be served. During the war something like one thousand D.C.M.'s have been confer- red for individual cases of distin- guished 'conduct and devotion to duty long, even though the physician has given permission to receive callers, Neither should the nurse talk too much herself. ' Often the patient is fatigued in this way. Some other- wise good nurses fail in this parti- cular. They do not use discretion about when to talk and when to keep silent, Unless the attendant has some lit- tle occupation to fill the odd moments of leisure, the sick ome is often un- pleasantly conscious of being & bur-| den to one who may have other duties' to attend to. So the nurse may oc-! was approximately ten thousand. From December 1, 1917, to January 81, 1918, 2,600 foxes were killed and their skins marketed. The pup pro- duction for 1918 is 38,500, therefore making the number of foxes at the opening of the present pelting season 11,000. If estimates of 3,500 for this season's kill and shipments abroad are correct the season of 1919 will open for ranch breeding with 7,000 selected foxes as a breeding stock, Japanese and Norwegian operators are entering the fox breeding indus- try on a small scale, Japan having taken 84 island foxes this year and Norway 24." Good prices have been realized, probably averaging $750 each. American ranchers took 253 island foxes in 1918. pe: Raising ranch bred foxes is an in- dustry that is being carried on ex: tensively in all the Canadian' prov- inces, in at least a dozen of the north. e United States, and be- apan and Norway, all ly- same climatic belt, the V.C. All other medals and awards ticating the black t favorable condi- tions. Rie Oia en fied "In 'Flanders\Fields." : (Canada's Answer.) Rest now in peace ye Flanders dead, i each a cross to mark his'bed [here poppies grow. The boastful Hun Who thought by mi ght and sword and quest has fled. Ye noble dead, The fight ye led i: And peace is roun: We live and love vin Your cupy her hands with some bit of work that may be readily picked up amd [laid down. Don't read, unless the patient is asleep. That ig boo absorb- ing in appearance, and the patient often hesitates to interrupt. Making the bed properly fs one of the necessary requisites of a good nurse. Stretch the under sheet tight-| ly over the mattress and tuck it in firmly, and much discomfort will 'be avoided. In order to 3 sheets while the patient is in bed, the under one is rolled lengthwise from the edge of the bed to where the per- son lies. The clean sheet rolled in- like manner, is tucked in at one side, in the field. "Many of the recipients have 'earned the decoration on a sec- | ond, third and fourth occasion, and ! have been given bars to their medal | accordingly. | Here and there many years have separated the winning of the D.C.M. from that of gaining the bar. For example, Company-Sergeant-Major , W. L. McIntyre, of the King's Royal | Rifle Corps, who won the D.C.M. in { the South African War during 1902, i was given his-clasp for bravery dur- ing the present war in/August, 1916. | Thus 14 years separated the winning . of the medal and the winning of the ' clasp. : On one occasion the D.C.M. was cancelled and the Victoria Cross given in its place. This happened a couple of years ago to Pte. W. Jackson, of the ~Australian Imperial Forces. ""A-man in the ranks wears the D. ; CM. in the place of honor on the left | a0 breast: of his tunic, unless he holds | to the clean sheet, the soil- i rest of the sheet all the ] and all, Ov | excepting the V.C.--follow the D. a The C:M." But the officer who gaing the en be tacked in D.C.M. in the ranks and afterwards : wins further decorations in the form of the D.S.O., MC, DFO, BD. F.C., or any of the Orders of Knight- | 'hood wears the D.C.M. after them, 'but still in front of all war medals, immer ra ia g ¢ | A pinch of sat added to fruit when | of. cooking greatly improves the flavor. Pillows may be comfortably arranged 'one under the back small one under ust | gon should not allow visitors to stay | everything onne if Tiked--or green peppers. toast. can of tuna, or dried beef' added to | the cream sanaé furnishes a pleasing © variation to the ¥ 2 : with ; a fin of baling ing itl biscuits, usi aciped Remove salmon f he<can, free from bones and skin and add # to a rich milk gravy or white sauce made' quite thick. Break the fish into suit- table sized pieces for serving. Open' ' and arrange on a platter, then cover with the hot gmavy and # i { 4 fish. The biscuits may be buttered, but. if. the gravy is rich enough, thia wil] not be necessary, : .1".A CANADIAN IN GERMANY Describes Triumphal March Through * Hunland--Canucks Looked Fine. 3 Major Geary, of Toronto, in a lets" 5 ter from Bonn, under date of Dec ember 8th, says in part: i "We have had a great time ever since the 11th of November. First here were the receptions and that sort of thing. The joy of the Bel- gian people was unbounded, and no- thing was tgo good for us. The only difficulty was sometimes in avoiding their kindnesses and different meth- . ods of expressing a welcome. Even the poor people ran for hours with pitchers of coffee, a substitute, for they have not been able to buy the real thing. This lasted all through Belgium, but, needless to sav, it has been quite the other way in Germany.' We have had no trouble. The people are very deferential, and ready to do what they are told, but- receive us in what someone called a "frigid silence." They look foolish, sullen, or mourn- ful, or uninterested. y take off their hats, but don't smile; neither do we, so far as that goes. The girls, however, are 'girls, and I ex- cept a good many of them--they do smile. . "On the whole, the country ws'® have passed through has not been" noticeably hostile, nor do the pebple appear to have suffered much. Now, we are just outside of Bonn and with- in a few miles of the Rhine, and hegin to encounter a distinctly hostile at- mosphere, but that does not worry any of ws. We are the vanguard of the British forces and the first in Germany, and it is all novel and in- teresting. Iam: lucky to be in this march, but it has been a long( hard one. The men have beén splendid-- =~ did their 15 to 22 miles a day with' full equipment, and at the end of it, marched into billets in some Ger-, man towns: ldoking as fresh as daisies. They did not feel that way," but no German was going to know ~~ their fect and backs. ave never. seen the battalion we! seems to a tackt ted ever, that e 3