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! 'Bynopsis of Later Chapters, .._ Captain Granet calls pon Mousjent {Guillot at the Milan Ho! gives 'him"a document fromr the Kaiser of- fering France.a' Jeparste pease. ° "by his uncle, Sir Alf y { destroy the new sub detector, ma e by Bir Meyville Worth of N . When ecllivg 'upon Isabel Worth he is mis Bn J Tg tr of the guard a own lous invention. At midnight, with his i accomplice, Collins, he lights a flare .to guide a Zeppelin. Next day he is summoned to Hall and questioned b Thomson, lestiol Worth Sones bo rescue with a e explanation Granet"s presence at Burnham Hal CHAPTER XXIV. Mr. Gordon Jones rose to his feet. It had been an 'nteresting, in some respects a momentous interview. He "glanced around the plain but hand-] somely furnished office, a room which betrayed so few es of the workd flung, power of its owner. "After al), Sir Alfred," he remarked; smiling, "I am not sure that it is Downing 'Street which rules. We can touch our buttons and move armies . and battleships across the face of the earth." You pull down your ledger, sign your name; and you can strike a blow as, deadly as any we can con- ceive." | 2 The banker smiled. ; "Let us he thankful, then," he said "thai the powers we wield are linked together in the great cause." r. Gordon Jones hesitated. I, | ee pitas Who do was from the War Office to hold i ? Thomson--that fellow Thom- son!" The banker frowned. ning Feir me, you haven't heard anything about him, have you?" "Not a ? 'Sir Alfred replied. should I?" "Nothing except that I have an un- comfortable feeling about him," Gran- et went on. "I I felt sure that he was just what he professes to be. He is the one man who seems to sus- nie, If it orth, I was d down. ait 'that wretched hole! me where I couldn't move. Hed and me 'out of it." Sir with hi 8! y e. : 1 aumnot surecthat these Tiske ane worth while for you, Ronnie," hs said. The young man ed his shoul- ders, is face certainly seem=d to have grown thinner during the last few days. "I don't mind it so. mtch abroad," he declared. "It seems a different thing there, somehow, But over here it's all wrong; it's the atmosphere, 1 suppose. And that fellow omson He had The girl schemes." wih othing for me, I " > York ? | : been for Tnabel "When those fears come to you," Sir| Alfred continued slowly, "consider me. this office # 7 "Sach things, I know; are little to means mischief --I'm sure of it." you, Sir Alfred," he continued, "put! "Is there any reason for ill-feeling at same time 1 want you to believe between you two?" the banker in- that his Majesty's Governmen?l will quired. not be-unmindful of your help at this Granet nodded. ¥ juncture. To speak of rewards at "You've hit it, sir. 5 : such a. time is perhaps premature. I} "Miss Conyers, eh? 3 know that ordinary divnors do not ap-| aL you g man's face underwent & to , yet it een sugges sudden change. ph Ny certain person that I should "Yes," he confessed. "If I hadn't assure you of the country's titude.| begun this, if I hadn't gone so far In plain words, there is fo +i you into it that no other course was pos- may ask for which it: would not-be .our sible, I think that I should have been pleasure and privilege to give you." | content to be just what I seem to be--- Sir Alfred bowed slightly. {because 'of her. wet "Yeu are very kind," he said! Sir Alfred leaned back in his chair. "Later on, perhaps, one may reflect. He was looking at his nephew as a At present ®t seems to be only one man of science might have looked ab stern duty before us, and for that one some interesting specimen. needs no réwand." i "Well," he said, "I" suppose you The two men parted. Sir Alfred rose simply confirm the experience of the from the easy chair in front of his ages, but, frankly, you amaze me. You desk and threw himself into the easy- are moving amongst the big places of chair which hisiguegt had been occupy- life, you are with those who are mak- ing. A ray ofiecity sunshine found its ing history, and you would be content way through the tangle of tall build- to give the whole thing up. For what? ings on the other side of the street, You would b a place, lay in a zigzag path across his carpet, easy-going young animal of a British and touched 'the firm Ynes of his soldier, for the sake of the affection thoughtful face. He sat there, slowly of a good-looking, well-bred, common- tapping. the sides of the chair with place British young woman. I don't his pudgy fingers. So a great soldier understand you, Ronald. You have the might have sat, following out the pro- bl of 'empire-makers in your veins. gress of his armies in different coun-! Your education and environment have tries, listening to the roar of their developed an outward resemblance to ns, watching their advance, their the thing you profess to be, but be- ltering, their success and their hind--don't you feel the grip of the tailures. Sir Alfred's vision was in a Other things?" . sense more sordid, in many ways more, "I feel them, right enough," Granet somplicated. yet it, too, had its drama- replied. "I have felt them for the last tic side. He looked at the" money! Seven or eight years. But I am feel. markets of the world, he saw exchang- | ing something else, too, something rige and fall. He saw in the dim .which I dare say you never felt, some- vista no khaki-clad army with flashing thing which I have never quite be- bayonets, But a long, thin line o [Hezed in. | black-coated men with sallow faces,! Sir'Alfred leaned back in his chair, clutching their money-bags. | "In a way," he admitted, "this is There was a knock at the door and | disappointing. You are right. I have his secretary entered. never felt the call of those .other "Captain Granet has been here for things. When I was a young man, I some time, sir," he announced softly.' was frivolous simply when I.felt in- The- banker came back to the pres- clined to -turn from the big s of ent. He woke up, indeed; with a little life for purposes of relaxation. When start. ed ' * [an alliance was suggested to me, I "Show my nephew in at once," he|was content to accept it, but thank {this morning at Buckingham 'Palace directed. "I shall be engaged with him for at least a quarter of an hour. Kindly go around to the Bank of Ene- land and arrange an interview wi Mr, Williams for three o'clock this heavens I have been Oriental enough to keep women in my life where they ong. I am disappeinted in you, Ronnie." The young man shrugged his shoul- ers. "] haven't flinched," he said. "No, but the soft spot's there," was the grim reply. "However, let that go. Tell me why you came up? Wasn't it better to have stayed down at Bran- caster for a little longer?" "Perhaps," his nephew assented. "My arm came on a little rocky and I had to chuck golf. Apart from that, 1 wasn't altogether comfortable about things at Market Burnham. I obliged to tell that I saw nothing of Colling that night, but they know at the Dormy House Club that he started with me in his car and never been heard of since, + Then was the young wi the hake penal Ha remarked. "That may be ee a of me own affalee? # 8 ic my own affairs," Gran- et declared gloomily. Ahing fresh up here at afternoon." The clerk silently withdrew. Granet nutes later. The entered, a few banker greeted him pleasantly. ""Well, Ronnie," he exclaimed, "I thought that you were goi to be down in Norfolk for a week! Come in. Bring your chair up to my side, po. This is one of my deaf m " Granet silently obeyed. Sir A glanced around the room. There no posaible hiding-nlace, not . slightest chance of being overheard. "What t it, Ronnie?" "We did our share," Granet answer- ed. "Collins was there at the Dormy House Club. We the si ar was oman, by a lie, didn't she?"|' "Is. é ie wl, et asked, a little Sir Alfred looked at might follow upon discovery. Tn ned, if just ome thi world came my way, to sail : to-morrow and' start I run a greater are threads from: moment. Then his hand cropped: to his side and he preceeded. A "For twenty-eight years I have rul- ed the money-markets: of the world, No Cabinet Council. is held in this country at which my influence is not represented. inisters come to see me one by one for help and advice. 1 represent the great: force. of war, and there ign' a single member of | Government who doesn't pany. Fees, They'd son for the chance that ma day. They'd print my blacker lines the d there, Ronald. Sometimes I feel one shiver a little. Sometimes I have to stretch out my arm and brush curious an inquirer into the where curiosity ends. I git and wateh and I am well served. with a V.C. pinned upon their breast, | who faced dangers for ten minutes, less than I face day and night." Granet rose to his feet. "For a moment," he exclaimed, "I had: forgotten! . . . Tell me," he add- ed, with sudden vigor, "what have we done it for? You made your great name in Englend, you were Eton and Oxford. Why is it that when the giant struggle comes it should be Ger- many who calls even to me?" Sir Alfred held out his hand. His eye had eaught the clock. "Ronmie," he said, "have you ever wondered why in a flock of sheep every lamb knows its mother? Ger- many was the mother of our stock. Birth, life, and education count for nothing en the great days come, when the mother voice speaks. It isn't that we are false to England, it is that we are true to our own. You must go now, Ronnie! I have an appointment." Granet walked out to the street a little dazed, and called for a taxi. "I suppose that must be it," he mut tered to himself, A (To be continued.) maior ------ 7 Rubber, Columbus reported that he found natives of Haiti playing with balls that bounced, which is the first reference to rubbér or caoutchouc. Prjestly, the English chemist, erased. lead-pencil marks with the substance and called it rubber." Mackintosh, a canny Scot, in 1828 dissolved some rubber in naph- tha and spread the solution on a slab to dry. He then fastened a rubberized sheet between two pleces of fabric' and so introduced the raincoat to the world. But most important, Goodyear let some of a rubber-and-sulphur mix. ture fall on the lid of a hot stove and noted with amazement that it harden. ed without melting. He had discover ed that it was possible to vulcanize | wh rubber, & process. that makes it no longer sensitive to the changes of the season sand increases its strength and | elasticity. ' ; lL Keep Minard's Liniment In the house. I here 18 mally Hus or Bo Hv Making the Most of Meat. {velo The high cost of meat, even to the producers of meat, makes the careful housewife seek. ways and means of making the daily meat ration go as far as possible. Then, agitation on the subject of that has brought to even the most careless people the knowledge that less meat and more fruits and vegetables will prolong life and make the individual more comfortable and efficient while he does live, has had its effect on' the cooking in all progressive homes. Forty or fifty years ago it was com- { mon to have three or more kinds of meat on the table, and too much of] each kind, but nowadays people know better. My grandmother always said that in her day people would have been "mortified to death," her own] expression, if they had not served chicken and ham and beef to guests at the same meal. There are certain vegetables and| breads and deserts that will help out short supplies of meat, and make the poorer pieces appetizing. For example, if hash must be served, or croquettes, to use up the remains of a roast or odds and ends of steak, then a fine large suet pudding well stuffed with raising will meke up for all deficien- cies, and the poorer meat will be quite cheerfully eaten, In the same way a rich mince pie will help out a scanty portion of either beef or pork and will supply the needed nourishment for a hand worker, particularly if served hot. 'Indeed, the country housekeeper should always have a supply of rich ince meat cand inorder toihslp out! 100kS better to, the average man than meals, for there is nothing better liked than this dessert by men folks. Dumplings are the mainstay of 'the housekeeper who. economizes on meat, and a close second is the rich biscuit the great ©! Keep nz. The child may be feverish and: disinclined to play, but it does not seem' to be ill, and its mother is likely to attribute the slight pains to fatigue, or to think of them perhaps = as "growing pains.' The muscles that A | are usually affected ave either those of "| the neck and the shoulders or those at we pn not as a dessert, but dinner or supper will joints, is 'helped in making a correct diagnosis by finding little nodules be- that may arise from other causes; but that are most commonly the result of! rheumatism. Chorea, or St. Vitus's dance, if it follows such slight pains: a8 we have described, conclusively proves. the of - rheumatism. | But by that time the heart has prob- gbly been affected. The treatment of rheumatism in children is mainly aimed at preventing heart disease. For that purpose the most: important thing for the child to have is absolute rest in bed. Tts diet should be simple. Water or milk it should take freely. The medicinal or, curative treatment is of course a mat- ter for the physician, who 'mu:t be called early. Though the disease may, fa of life, it rarely!' good substitutes for meat. noodles, macaroni with cheese, cheese sandwiches, ereamed hot potatoes with cheese, and other similar dishes will always prove appetizing. The milk and cheese used in their composition take the place of meat and are really bet- ter for workers in hot than so much meat, Even cheese and bread and butter served plentifully go a long way toward reconciling men and wo- men to less meat, and cottage cheese rich in fat is to, be had on every farm. Pies, 'doughnuts, crullers and rich cookies take the place of meat also. A quarter section of fine berry pie occur at any attacks a child Minard's Liniment used Oh anything else, and when topped with a doughnut or two, fresh and good, the meatless meal will pasy without com- ment. Kich fruit cake, "Dutch cake," made by filling a loaf of bread dough with sugar, raisins, currants and a 'sprinkling of" spice, apple dumplings with rich milk, peach pudding; berry |, shortcake with 'cream, 'end dozens of Sthet Rwy. svacts, > aks ap Sor Among the singing of the birds, - he aber ge. "and hash 'and Teal The humming of the bees: = balls 50 ry lo use Up the s . The fooling fears of what might in every home. Then, on days whon a| BH Con Loo plentiful supply of meat is served, a Among the: wt olf scented cheap dessert can be used and things ™ oboe new ES : spol blend 0 aks arse mln Suc: or help well fod and contented | Where the drowsy poppies nod, it hy B i: *; Where ill thoughts die and good + 'When there are Phy Lr Outindhe Folds. The little cares that fretted me, oe p + born, Out in the fields with God. Parag Birla Zo HS if neath the skin near the elbows, the knees, the ankles, the finger Er the spine. They are little fibrous hadi © under four years. of ~ 1