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FOOLISH FRANCESCA I â-ºâ€¢-♦ ♦♦♦»»♦ »♦♦«-♦â- â™¦â™¦â™¦â€¢â™¦â™¦â™¦ ♦♦♦â- â™¦â™¦â- â™¦â™¦â™¦ By Olive Wadsley »-»♦»•«»♦♦♦♦♦>»♦ ♦»♦♦â- Â»-â- â™¦-»â- >â- â™¦-»â- â™¦â™¦-♦♦♦♦ ♦â- â- Â»-»»^ ♦♦-♦-»♦♦♦♦ t, h For the benefit of many of our readers toe are oontinuint/ the story which ended with ' Chapter XVI. in our ittuc of ' October 2lsl. CHAPTER XV 1 11. Count Leon's Decision "The cheap platitude which asserts that love comes only once in a human being's life is proved, as generally that typ« of cheap remark hao to bo prov- ed, by some singlo outstanding excep- tion â€" sonin dcathleag love which sur- vives ignominy, anguish, or death and â- till lives supreme. "Many women would loudly pro- claim that tholr love for their hus- bands was of the deathless variety; but since that love is often merely a question of frictiunal companionship, «ftcr the first roses and raptur<>s are over, their assertion is hardly one to count "In history some famous and un- happy lovers stand out as an illumin- ating radiance to light the path of love and show by that radiance the pitfalls and the thorns upon the way." Francesca, curled up in a big chair, her feet tuclced beneath her, both el- bows planted on the arm of ths chair, and her face bent over the book, read the last sentence aloud. It was a French book, and, though she often thought in French, she unconsciously was translating the quotation to her- self. She frowned until her thin, pencil- ed eyebrows met in 'a straight line above her eyes. "I suppose," she said aloud, "it means that the only sort of love which lasts is the kind that will endure any- thing, give up anything and all that; I suppose that's it." She stared before her, still thinking, ber face propped on her hands. The stove glowed redly behind its screen; the room was very still. A faint scent came from the pots of early white lilac. Francesca rose; she looked no big- ger, but inlinltely better somehow. She was still very tender, but the slenderness was no longer painful to see, and her face was delicately white, â- with that whiteness which comes from a beautiful skin and perfect health. She went to the piano, and. striking u note, held It with her voice. It was high F, and the sound In the room was exactly as though a very clear silver bell had chimed once. "Oh, well," she said, leaving the piano, "to-morrow will see." She sat down on the big fur rug and took up the black cat in her arms. "To-morrow off wo go, Balzac," she said, rubbing her face against his soft, smooth head; "off we go to glory, or 80 wo hope. Carmen, mon ami; noth- ing less if you please for your pal Frankie. Carmen, and with lots of devil in it. too. "Heaven send 1 don't get an attack of the jim-jams, Balzac; Carmen at- tacked by fear would be a pretty sight! But I won't be; I mean to be a success. I won't be beaten." She hugged Balzac till he breathed quite stertorously. "Oh. Balzac," she said, springing up and letting him bump jerkily onto the rug, "I want to live â€" I do co wiint to live, and the gates of life are begin- ning to open! After tomorrow, as soon as I know If I'm a success, th«n things will begin to happen. Carla- slma (a name invented for Mnie. Schu- bert Kain ) during the last month has been a divs fifteen years now, and she's lived! .Mon Dleu, I should think bo!" The door opened and Mnie. KaIn rame in, resplendent in an immaculate suit of sables. She wore a Kniall black velvet hat with a huge white osprry In It. Behind her, like a train of cava- liers, three men followed. Frankie knew them all: little Von Clero from the embassy, M. de Sourne, the amateur pianist, and llaoul Valous. the muBleal critic on the I-'lRnro. "All alone, Hebe?" .Mme. Kaln ask- ed. "Ureamlng of tomorrow?" "Wanting It to come?" Valous ask- fd, his blue eyes very wide open, his face alert, alive. Frankie nodded, "Yes, longing." "Tho KiiKllsh are a brave race!" Von Clere HHiil. "And a now Carmen! Think of beginning to create such a role, and to attempt It at the opening or u career." "Ach. doubter," .Mme. Kaln said laughngly. "Regard tho child; look well! Is she not Carmen, I ank it? That smaliness, these big, dark eyes, that queer hair? Wait, my friend, till you hear her sing the 'Chanson Bo- lieme'; then you can voice your opin- ion and not till thenrâ€" " "1 saw Leon Savinge in the Capu- clnes today," Valous cut In. Mme. Kain glanced for a second at Frankie and saw the scarlet color flanio up her face. "So? and why Is he back?" "He said for the premiere to-morrow night." "He's a wonderful creature, your friend Savinge," Von Clere said; "like a half-tamed panther, or one of his own native bears perhaps. But fas- cinating, 1 hear. They say tho Prin- cess Lavonska would have given any- thing to marry him." "Leon's not the marrying sort," Va- lous chuckled: "not much, mon ami. He's wedded, too, already to his aero- plane and his wander yacht and his shooting lodge." "The woman who marries him will have a lover In a thousand," Mme. Kala said with startling suddenness. "And no soul to call her own," Va- lous amended us he turned around. "Have you ever seen Leon, Mile. Frankie?" Frankie could have laughed at the notion! Seen Leon, indeed! She had greater knowledge of him than that! His last frantic Interview with her four months ago wasn't the sort of affar to be for- gotten easily! "I have met Count Savinge," she said Icily. "Ah, so you do know I.,eon, Mile. Frankie," De Sourne broke in. In his cool voice. "What do you think of him?" He watched her closely. He was Leon's friend, and he had heard of Frankie. "I think he is like the bear of M. Valous's description," Frankie said. "He's a bear who might be taught to dance to certain music," De Sourne drawled on. "Perhaps Carmen would enchain him!" Frankie flushed again. She wanted to forget Savinge, for he had humili- ated and enraged her each of the two times they had met. "So he is coming to hear the real Carmen to-morrow?" Mme. Kain ask- ed. She broke in deliberately. She, too, had heard of Leon from Frankie and she did not wish for any outside I interference in that affair. Her own j mind was made up on the subject, and she did not mean to have Frankie's I tranquility disturbed that evening. I "All the world Is coming to the opera house to-morrow night," De Sourne answered ; "and Leon is. even though he is a bear, rather a lion in his world as well, after all." "He's a whole menagerie of iinnlea'!- antnesfl." Frankie flashed uncontrol- ably. Then she turned stiffly from the tea table, and, addressing Valous over tier shoulder, asked him to come to the piano and listen to a certain note in her volee. 1I>' followed her and they stood together. Ignoring the others, at the piano. The door openea and Savinge came in with his swft, lithe tread, lie bunt over Mnie. Kain's hand and kissed it, greeted de Sourno and Von Clere, and flung himself into a chair. His face, despite his extreme good looks, appeared tired and worn; his eyes had tho hard, rather shining ap- pearance that comes from sleepless nights. Il(' must have seen Franresira as he came in, but pretended he did not. He twisted half round In his chair and surveyed her lelsiirely with his lanKUid. almost insolent, stare. He did not rise to greet her even when she turned and. with an obvious start, noticed his appearance for tho first time. Neither of them spoke; each looked hard at ono another. It waft Franeesin who turne<l away and, with some tri- vial remark, walked down the room to the door. She was obliged to pass near Leon's sofa. A Woman Likes To Be Admired, No Matter How Old She May Be Nature undoubtedly made woman to bo ad- mired, and man to ad- mire her. No womaa ever gets so old that she doesn't want admira- tion, and no man ever frets beyond admiring Iter. Good looks in woman do not depend upon ago, but upon lioalth. A woman's lioalth depends mora up(m tho distinctly fem- inine organi.sm than upon iinylhing else. Be- tween that organism and her beauty there is tho cloaeat connection. You never aee a {^ood-lookinK womim who ia weak, run-down, irritable, out of sorts, fidg«ty and ncrvoua. Headaches, backachca, draj?ginK-down and troublts of that sort are all destroyers of beauty. Men do not admire sicknesii. It is within the reach of every woman to be well, healthy and â- tronir if she will take Doctor Piojce's Favorite Prescription. It is the aafcst woman's toaic because it is made entirely of roots and berbs, without alcohol. ( Intrrodienta on label.) It is fifty years old, and iu age testifies to ita goodneoa. A medicine that has made sick «Mmen well for half a oentory ia sorely good to take. Women from Vfwy part of Canada testify to its merita. \ Send tan eenU to Doctor Flaret'a Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y., 9m A trial paekag* and confldsntitri nodical adviea. ..w. ITTLE Tommy Grace Had a pain in the face, And he knew he ought to go to the dentist; But how could he ever dare, Tell he'd nibbled at the ware Of the candy man to whom he was apprenticed. Find the dentist and the candy man Upper tight corner down. itvtaMkat Keht side down, on trousers. De Sourne and Valous were at the door, holding it open. Von Clere was busy making Russian tea; only Mme. Kaln saw Frankie's deliberate cut direct and Savinge's twisted smile. When she' had left the room he bent forward <iuite deliber- ately and laid his hand on Mme. Kain's. "I shall either marry that girl with- in a month or go out to the Balkans," he sold. "I have a chance offered me there." (To be continued) THE BESTIedTcINE FOR LITTLE ONES Thousands of mothers state posi- tively that r.aby's Own Tablets are the best medicine they know of for little ones. Their experience lias taught them that the Tablets always do just what is claimed for thwn and that they can be given witli perfect safety to children of all ages. Con- cerning them Mrs. Joseph Therrlen. St. Gabriel de Hrandon, Que., writes: "Baby's Own Tablets are the best medlcino 1 know of for little ones. I thought 1 would lose my baby before trying the Tablets but they soon mad;' him healtliy and happy and now I would not be without them." The Tablets are sold by medlcino dealers o:- by mail at 2,'> cent.-* a b^x from The Dr. Williams' .Medicine Co., HrockviUe, Ont. FEEEMNG OF CHILDREN By Elinor !Bt:rray DUCK CALLING NEEDS SKILL Whether you shoot ducks o^â- er the decoys or the pass, jumping or wading, the call is very esseiitiu!. Vet of the great number of men who shoot few are able to call well or witli judgment. It is not necoK.'Jary to cultivate many different culls. Two or three are onougii. For the Inland water fowl, mallard widgeon, teal, grayduck, spoonbill, wood duck, black diuU, and all non- diving ducks, the mullnrd and teal call Is sufficient. In iact, the mallard call alone is usually enough for uU non-diving ducks. For diving or deep-water ducks, the blue-bill call will answer. althouRh if one also has at command the purring call of the wd head, it will greatly help in tho day's spoil. In sliot)ting over ordinary waters where sport is to bo had at red heads and the otlicrs respond readily to tho blue-bill or broad-bill call. Sonne travels a long way in a still marsh. When the call is loud the mal- lard, black duck and widgeon defect easily the fraud In calls; therefore, moderate your voice in a marsh. Of- tentimes these wary bird.«, after coin- ing Into a nuirsli in response to your call, will settle among your decoys; or they nmy aliglit outside of gun ranf,o and study the decoys to satisfy tliein- selves of their beluR all right. If not disturbed they will then slowly move towards the decoys, feeding uud chuck- ling as they Hwlm. I THE CARE AND | t ♦ o Rctitttrcd according lo CopyrtgM Act 4y SLEEPLESSNESS The nurse who is in charge has it in her power to make life easy or mis- erable for both mother and baby. From the first the baby shoul dbe taught to sleep in his own basket without rock- ing, walking or patting. He should be left alone sleeping in a quiet room except at his regular meal times, when I he is wakened and kept awake long I enough to finish his meal, then he is changed and made comfortable and put back again in his bed. There are several causes of sleep- lessness. One is bad training, as 1 liavo already hinted. The baby is dis- turbed for the benefit of every visitor or for the return of any member of the family. When he opens his mouth to cry for the purpose of exercising his lungs somebody rushes to him ai'.d takes him up and walks around with him, showing him "pretty things" or else sits down and rocks him until he feels seasick. The consequence is he becomes Acited, the blood rushes to his head, and it is impossible for him to sleep agaiu for some time. Habies who are to sleep well and be free trom nervousness luiisl be hniulled as little as possible: ti\it wliat liaiidll:ig is done Mltiard's Liniment For Qarget InCows. DETECTION BY HEAT RADIATION During the war an attempt was made to di'tect men moving in No Man's Ijiiid by recording the heat radiated from their bodies. Tho re- ceiver for this purpose was a thermo- pile at the focus of a 14-inch parabo- lic mirror, and connected to a IVAr- sonval halvunomoter. It was found that>wlth this sensitive apparatus the presence of a man could be detected at a distance of 6U0 feet, and the de- vice appears to have proved very use- ful for detecting hostile raiding par- ties creeping towards the trenches by night. It Is also suggested that the method might be made the basis of a atiort-ranae form of secret ilgnallBg. Babys Own Soap The fragrant creamy lather of "Baby's Own Soap" and it3 al>:<iilnlo purity have woa a great popularity. ALCERT SOAFS LllllTID. Miiiiufwrlurrif, KONTREAL E :.20 Mlaarrf'a LInlmtnt For Olptithtrla. !^ •â- *T^i\i Wlicn yon thinlc 4lways thin theWalker house I mM« M WM^a â€"Mfcif «â- â- â- â- > W wni* m MMMM4 M Un hemm TteM v« r »»»â- â- â- â-  ta CM»afc a«4 •« UtfMi iMMa ti mmm*»4 <i**â€" - lij fl Ijphe House or Plenty IWANT^DI Don't Sa&r Wiih Eczema Coticuia SoGiiies at Once Firct baths the affected part with Cuticura Soap and Lot v/tter. Dry and gently rub on C-.:t!Cura Cint- menL Tjio trcr.tncnt not only Ecothcs^ k»it in most caacs healj distrcsang ecMcnus, rashes, irrita- tions, etc. Soap 2fis. OiBtaM^t as and GCc. SoM throughout tfioI>:n::a;3a. C-ns-i'!cr.OeEK.-t: L;Mlte4.£:. Vuxi LU Mor.cML Send (or list of iavcnticos waatcJ by Maaufcctarcrf . Forturet hare been made from simple ideas. "Patent Protcctioa" booWIa! and "Proof of Conception" on r«<i.i«5f. HAROLD C SKIPWAN & GO. PATENT ATTORNEYS 3» eHlMI«N CMAMell^ OTT*"" riXAB* IMENTIOi^S ISSUK >:0. AP>. I'JL'i). HELP WAirfEDâ€" FE5IALE I ADIUo WANTED TO DO PL.MN' Ort iiKHt Eewinp at home, whuie or •pare Unie: good puy; work sent any il.si-incu: chaiKea paid. .«er.d stamp for parilcu.ara. Nulivual Mfg. Co.. Mon- treal. in the care o: a bauy causes nun lo be wakeful. I>o everjthing for him on schedule time and he will become as methodical as you could wish. ' 10 mucJi or too little food will cause a baby to be wakeful and rest- lesi. Feeding a baby during the night is perhaps the best way to prepare him and yourself for years of sleep- lessness. Nothing could be worse for mother and baby than frequent night nursing. It ruins the baby's dlcesUcn and the mother's health. If a baby seems really unable to sleep through hunger, the mother should not make the mistake of in- creasing the number of feedings, but should have her milk exam.ined. ..Milk may be plenlitul, but too poor in qual- ity to give proper nourishment. The bottle fed baby is not likely to wake with hunger. His trouble may be over- feeding. The food is given too often, or is too gtro.^g. or is too much; gas forms in the stomach and iateslines and makes the child very uncomfort- able. If the mother thinks he is hun- gry and feeds him. It only adds fuel to the flames. The more he cries. tl;e more he is fed; and the more he eats the more he cries. Proper regulation of this baby's food wiil make him sleep well. Older children ara wakeful often be- cause of too much supper, improperly masticated find digested. MISC3LLANE0U5 iMNfoRTATlTY CERTaTn^S'SVED- I ' enborg's great work on "Heaven and Hell," and a real v/orld beyond. Over <U0 pages, only 25c prepaid. H. Law, 4S») ILiiclid Ave., Torouto 46-51 Bid A nSGI.^TnnED NURSE-THH Cooper Hospital of Camden. .N.J.. of- fers a thr-a (3) years training (The- oretical and Practical) to youni? women who wish to enter the nurslnt; pr.)t«e- «lon. A high school cdacatlon i.f re- quired. This course ndraita yiung wom«n to one of the many posltteA.i demand- ifig llie trained nurse of to-day. For further particulars write: The Super- in{e(id«ut of Nurses, Cooper iluspilal, Camden, N.J. IT IS ALWAYS SAFE TO SBNP A Domlaion Express Money Order. Five dollars ccets three cents. 5,000 OUT OF WORK Not men, but corns that w^'re put out of busin?'-R last week by Pa;aam'>. It is safe, painless and sure. I'se only Putnam's, 2oc at ail dealers. GETTING COAL FROM CHINA W.VITTI.NG TARNSâ€" LOVEt.T COLiORS, *^ pure wool, but very moderate price*. SiHikple shades free. C?<v>rpetown Woi- Wm) Mills. C«orcetown. OUarlo. ORM WINDOWS &DOOES MZ£i^ to Jail ycur *^ oprnmai. Fjtei will) ituE. Sifc dc. Uvenr suArsateet]. â- Write for Priix Lkl [C). Ci'i,-.,n?u5 bl'Ij. i&Mjr: wi'-'"« It ' ' co^^ott, IThO HALLIDAY COM?AI«Y, Limited I^AMILTOM raCTV.BT pit-ai.vTons C*->JIDA A CURIOUS VESSEL Indicatiof.s that China will soon be- gin to realize some of the benefits of its large deposits of coal arc contained in the statement that the Danish State Railways have just ordered 10.000 tons of coal from that country. Only a short time apo aivnouneement was made of the forthcoming dellvcrv of 100,000 tons of Chinese coal to M:ir- seilles. Chinas coal dcposi;s are known to be very jjreaf. and with prac- tically all oi Europe in t:eed i>f sup- plies it woiild not be surprising if a considerable trade was developotl with- in the next few years. One of the greatest needs of the industralized countries of the world to-day is au adequate supply of f.iel, and while bingland and tho I'nitc;! States may be able to iiitfct this den.and for a short tin:i- to come it is only a quts- tion of lime before China's rei;ourcc3 will be called u'.xn- Minard's Liniment For Colds, Etc STRUCTURAL STEEL AND FIRES Some ir.terestiug figures relating to the behavior of stri'.e;ural stoei at the high temperature of ordinary fires luive beeu given by the United States Bureau of Standards. Naturall.v tiie sirent;t'a of steel at high temptrat;irrs has a very important beiuing upon t'.ie stability of a strticiure v.iiich m.iy be subjected to fire. Wiliiont any [iro- ttctive covering, steel colutuns (all after only ten or fifteen minutes of exposure to temperiitures such as are reached in ordinafy I'.us. Itesistence can be greatly i!;cre;:.'ied by the use of covering.* of brick, concrete plaster, tile, etc., lo such an extent that col- umns so protected are iiiiaff;'Cted after several hours' e.xpo.ure to intense heat. Tests have been made to determine the compression strength of specimens of sirf.eturi'.i steel when heated iu an electric furiu:ce to ttuipcratures cor- responding to dull-rei! heat (1.000 ueg. v.) and loaded up to L'O.OOii pounds per siiuare inch. It was foirrui that struc- tural steel loaded to 10.000 pounds per stiuare inch falls at about 1.07,'. deg. F.. and under a load of 20.O^'O popnds per syuare inch failure occurs ,a;- about !i:i5 de?. 1'. For practlciil considerations, howi ver. tho limit ol' iitilily may be regarded as reaclieu at temperatures of about 130 deg. F. be- k.\v those given above. A curious type of tank.r was launched at Aransas Pass. Texas, in .\usust. The Durham is 29S feet long, ;<:! ^ect 9 inches^ beam and 2\ feet 10 inches deep, and carries 14,000 barrels ot oil. The hull is of reiiifor.ed con- crete, cylindrital iu shape, and built in 30foot sections. Each section con- sists of two interlocking syiinders, with connecting plates forming the keel and deck, and was cast in verti- cal position by using sliding form?. Bow and stern are of the ordinary ship form. » yfarj Staniiard for Delayed nad PaTn'nl Mennruation to;.led Tin pacl:a -e onlv. all Drusjists or direct by lla:! Price '$2 OU. Knjclcrrboclier Kcm<xly Co.. Il E. Frjnt St. Torcato, Canada. France has built up an extensive in- dustry of making artific:;;i ivory, tor- toise sbtll and celluloid from casein extracted from milk. Sffv'CF ^-1870 I'LOH 30S?gi'ICOUGHS A LIVE SPONGE As usuniiy s-vei\ the prepared bath- sponge rciembU-M notiiing so much as a ntimber of holes of varying drpth and diameter linked tc;vthor by a fi- brous franiework. In the living state, supported upon thiv. framework, the fibres of which are !:treagthened with more or less flinty or limy particles. U a gelatliKHis mntler coitsisting of an Immense nuinN-r of simple animal cells the really living portion ot the colony. When lltted from the water this substance, of the consistency of the white of an egg, runs freely froin the sponge; the simplycoustrucled c.r- ganlsms, Bach being capable of Inde- pendent existence and movement, glid- ing easily through the water by exten- sion and contraction of its very plastic substance. The Uahamus hold the re- cord for the largest sponge ever taken. This giant sponge, when alive, weigh- ed ninety pounds, and twelve pounds, when dried and cleaned of extraneous matter. Invented by a Virginian, a new hand plow can be turned over aiul the han- dles fitted with a Icdy lo r.iake it serve as a wheelbarrow. Cook's Zott^n uoai Conipccatf. A ffe, pf.'i'nM.* nviuling m'liu^^ie. Solil ia tlric de- L-r<.«s oi ptrciifiih â€" No. 1. $1; N:. 2. c.": N». 3. %r> :kt boi. Sold by all dru.cciil.^. t:r wi % t.rfitajd en rf<-\ipt rt ?-ru'e, xrvo ^auiplLi.t. .'si^ci.-i-ita : THE Ct>0:t MGDlCIMr CO, TlJtr-«irci. C'\T. ('.">"- v.i»ii«j Te.^ts ;>y C.ovev:iment scientists have shown that the lencth of a day rather than tho temperature affects the growth of plant life. W0^3 PHOSPHOD!l«E. 7.ic- (irei't i.ifii.j ;Vro.-iifii)Ji. iT.onvs and inv.Korates llic whole InetvoiK »y«Iem. I^al.^.•s m.r Ulood in old Veins. Used (or Hertvux iVebilily, Mental oi,/ /tmt.i Worrv, Derf.nndifnt-v. Lo.u â- ,' t',:eir\ .' a'/ilatisn of tht Hejrl, F,i::-rf_ I'Umory. FrireVLfcr tiox,3. forji. Sold by alldfuKgi'^l*, c.r iioiiled in plain pkg. on icceipl of p.-i:;e Neif fjmphle't mmled /'«.THE WCOU K&DICIN-:: CO.,70I3HTO.OIfr, Lord Inchcape'.^ fund for Kint George's Sanatoriur;i. associated with the Seamen s Hospital Society, now amounts to C74.464. /' iraETVv *^«*' ** • ^« V Ti re. Itch, •m JSi^^;:^ Smart crBunv if Sore, Vnim iri/rC Irritated, luHamcd or lUliK C.Y to Grani!iated,useM«rine often. Seelheti Betreshey. S^fs tor Infuit CT Adult. At all Pnigs'stseiid Opticianti TVriM for Free L'y* Uou^ tijx be i^mn Ck, ( MliMi^e Liniment rer (Xetemper. Wrecked ?ff the OrUnevs, tae crew Of the crawler Hi-n l.ar.ur, with the exception of two wire ri*cu.U by the