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• to th* ftnvtt Japans, Superior to th* fti "SALADA" GRE£N TEA "*"* is the best at any priceâ€" Try It. GREEN TLE Woman's Sphere . â€" ~ BY JOHN BUChAN. (Capyrlghted Tbomita N«la«n end Son*, Ltd.) CHAPTER XX.â€" (OntU) "B« Btill," whiaperod Peter In Ger- man; "I mean you no harm. V/e are frienda of the same purpose. Do you apeak German?" "Nein," said a muffled voice. "English?" "Yes," said the voice. in th» eva-uated trencties. Tlie thinR "Thank God," said Peter. "Then \n was half full of watar, but it gave can understand each other. I've watch- Peter a feeling of safety, for it en- ;e<i your notion of signalling, -.nd ajabled him to got his head below the â-  very good one it is. I've got to got; level of the ground. Then it came to through to the Russian lines somehow j an end, and he found before him a before morning, and I want you to, forest of wire. help me. I'm English â€" a kind of Eng- i The Turk in his signal had m' ntion- lish â€" so we're on the same side. If I led half an hour, but Peter thought it let go your neck will you be good and | was nearer ^wo hours before he got talk reasonably?" _ | through that noxious entanglement The voice assented. 'Dmpm, if U toot 6id ?«««• ftmmiV Then m gKT* »• tti.«» i »4 h»m m4 goodbriad sr^lAdMdafcinrawp. -â-  " 'What is thlaThA erUd. gnming red in th* faes. " 'It is th« staff-map of mte gtomm, » German tkwllMm wbo commands in yon city/ I said. "H« HokeA at It cloM Md ratul ths markings, and then he read tlM othtr paper which you gave me, Dicli. And then he flung np his arms and l«ugb« ed. He took a loaf and tossed it into might reveal him and a volley aeeom. the sir so that it fell on the head of par.y his retreat. { another general. He spoke to them in From one shell-hole to another he ; th-iir own tongue, and they too laugh- wormed his r-ay, Mil he struok an old|ed, nnd cne or two ran out as if on ruinous communication trench which jfcomo errand. I have never seen such led In the right direction. The Turks marrymaking. They wet% clever men, must have been forced back in the and knew the worth of what you gave p&st week, and the Russians were now m«. NURS«^S tiesMitai. fer I; wJS ill aMUeUee whk B^devea -^--- »atv a tht«» ysara* Cour»« •'.;'•••! !«â-  te re»i>r wwsOTL >â- *«*«,«•? 2* «o1r«2 ita.atUa, »M O-i"""".* ?* JS r<>ntnc eurMo. . _ •apns rMsive «»ll«>-in» of tu. >«booi. a m«atMy aJlowano. »nrt jravsUlp- •siMMte U a«« trnm tt*w York. Imt'.'xtT laferiaattoa appl/ <• •rniMTlatitMaw MM "Then hfi cot *-, his feet and hng- ged me, all dirty as I was, and kissed tme on both cheeks. "'Before God, Peter,' he wld, 'you're the mightiest hunter since Nimiod. You've often found me game, but never game so big as this I' " CHAPTER XXI. THE LITTLE HOX. It was a wise man who said that ^he H«r Gninge. In a missionary school in the mo«» Uins of the Sonthern Sutes there bM been for several years a girt who wh«a she came Irto the class had, as a pa' tlent teacher pat it. "tew peers for » couthnMS of manner and density ot mln*" Tear after year the place at, the bottom of the class has remslne* hers. Yet she U the one girl whoai the principal of the school and aslo th*' teachers are most anxious to keep. She is a cripple and is baiting la' speech. Bhe oame from a boms of Ig-! noranoe and poverty. Her handicap: was so heavy that at first it seemed , , , ^i. » 1. .1 .„„>„„o,ii 'â- '"' v"«»--t> asBciiteu. Peter let gt>, 'Shelling had made little difference to . _ ^ JOY FOR STORMY DAYS. | would any other. A happily empioyea ^^^ ^^ ^j^^ ^^^^ insUnt slipped to it. The uprighU were all there, and biggest kind of courage was to be able | i„_,.^,,u,: ,' ^er to overcome it. Yet home fhild is usually a good child, ft )f *ff the side. The man wheeled round and the barbed strands seemed to touch to sit still. I used to feci that when } ||^^ , ° ''^^ °" ^° ^"j g"i„^^ » It^J That was the la-{ It was jubt an <"''*'"" J , , ,j^ less time to get this busy-work ready flung out an arm but gripped vacancy, the ground. Remember, he had no we were getting shelled in the reserve, , _ ., ,, ,,, and one cou d see at a glance ^^a^^" ^nd show them how to use it than it "Steady, friend," said Peter; "you wire-cutter; nothing but his bare trenches outside Vermelles. I felt it]'"*- V'^*!, ' .I ,. . ,i.., m.^W task of making both ends meet wb» ^^^ ^^ ^^ continually scolding and musn't play tricks with me or I'll be hands. Once again fear got hold of before we went over the parapets ai ! **'«•*' t*'* d"*â„¢*"*: «*"i°"=*' ^*'; "*?• far from an easy one. Mrs. UlaKesiee j^^.j^ ^ j^ ^^^ ^^^^J. ^oth for angry." him. He felt caught in a net, with Loos, but I never felt it so much as on | »» the lookers-on want to Help in» all her own work, helped in tne », »'. | "wh^ â€" i â€" . , .-. Who are you? Who sent you?". monstrous vultures waiting to pounce the last two days in that cellar. I crippled glT\ forward. did all ncr own worn, neipcu "*."/' them and forme. - - - • garden and coaxed dozens of chicks^ ^^^^ what I'm doing cousin Belle,", '^''®<' the puzzled voice. 'on him from above. At any moment had simply to set my teeth and take[ She herself knew her limitations^ into plump broilers. And to Cousin; Mnlnie fmm npar the window Peter had a happy thought. "The a flare might go up and a dozen rifles, a pull on myself. Peter had gone onJ but she had an ambition, and she Belle visiting there for the first time, '=";|^ ™»'»'^ '"^oâ„¢ "r*/ ; ..' Companions of the Rosy Hours?" he find their mark. He had altogetherja crazy errand which I scarcely be-^ pressed toward It dally, forgetting self; it Becmcd as thoueh the three little Why! 1 thought tnat was anomerij^.j forgotten about the message which - lieved could come off. There were no ! she was not discouraged; she had a /„iC! Mni.u .n,l MilHred and baby <="P^°a'"^' exclaimed cousin Belle. -Then are we friends indeed," said had been sent, for no message could signs of Sandy; some-vhere within &]u^iju, f.ith In God Though she could folks. Maisie and ^'Idred ano oa y , ..j^ ^^^^ j,^^ ^^^ ^^^.j ^^^ pull back the voice. "Come out of the darkness, dissuade the e^er-present death he felt hundred yards he was fighting his own "',, ,|!"^' , s^wlv she determined Jim, must surely be «"° J''^^,^,,^"" ; the curUin," laughed Maisie. "Then J friend, and I will do you no harm. I around him. It was, he said, like , battles, and I was tor^ent^ by the^°'' "'f'^f J^' J''"'^' , ^/!„ loose and that they would doubtless, .^,^ ^ doll-house. Father made it for am a good Turk, and t fought beside following an old lion into bush when thought that he might get jumpy ^.'"*^J*â„¢'''', T.^ ,„ ILtL^^ after the first few hours of co'nP""y ug ^ut of boxes and Mother helped us the English in Kordofan and learned there was but one narrow way in and, again and wreck everything. A: ^''*'» *•**. '''»°' '""^t '° '°* f ,t V,, ' manners," prove annoying beyond the ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ paste-! their tongue. I live only to see the no road out strange Companion brought us food,l Never had a prayer been heara in Ui« average. u„„_j f „rnUiire irfven us and we used ruin of Enver, who has beggared my The guns began againâ€" the Turkish 1 a man who spoke only Turkish and Voot little hut My kne^s shook. , It was nuite to her amazement, then, that for natterns to make more Some- t^^ni'V ""d slain my twin brother, guns from behind the ridge-and a could tell us nothing; Ilussin, I judg- she said to her teacher atterward.' ♦V. . n tw ,l«I^in.; .ifter her arrival, !^^ ^ il^, ^^tL^nl, In it I therefore I serve the Muscov ghia- shell tore up the wire a short way be- ed, was busy about the horses. If I, "and so did my voice. But I wasn't that on the morning afUr ner arnvai, j,^gg ^.^ pj^y ^^^i paper dolls m itj ^^^^^ „ J ,^^^ j^._ ^^^ ,^ ^__ ^, ^^^ ^^_^^ ^^_,,^ ^^,^ ^/^^ ^^^^ c„„„tv,;„„ t„ i,„i„ ' .„h.„„^ - es,.â„¢ .,„„ .k^ „..«.-v.r«,t ! with the wind blowing the snow into ^^^ sometimes with our littlest china | drifts out of doors, she was greeted , j^jjgi. by three sunny little faces. "j must go out and attend to the "Isn't it a lovely morning?" Maisie asked seriously. "Why do you think it lovely?" Cou- sin Belle asked in surprise. "Oh. there are so many nice things Kr»." fore him. Under cover of the burst cculd only have done something to help ! ashamed." EJvery day she preseveredj "I don't know what the Musky Jaws he made a few yards, leaving large on matters I could have scotched my and when she left home (or school chickens now," Mrs. Blakeslee an- nounced. "I'll write some letters while you are gone." Cousin Belle settled herself my Ariend. to write in peace and quietness so ab- and to do on a day like this." Mildred put' sorbed were they all in their occupa in. "That's why we're hurrying so to get our dusting done. Mot!>or's going to let us choose what we lyant from our surprise cupboard." "I'll have to explain to cousin Belle," laughed Mrs. Blakeslee as she stepped about briskly putting the livingroom in order. "You see, I've quite a job on my hands, taking it all around. But I call these three the most important part of it Much of the time they are happy out of doors or playing with their dolls. I've tried to teach them to amuse themselves. When days like this come and times when other am- usements grow tiresome and I am too busy to give them much attention, their happiness must be considered. These are the times when our surprise cupboard is a big help." "We're all ready. Mother," Mildred announced. "We've dusted every cor- ner and taken care of everything, as neat! And we've all decided what wo want to take first" "I want the Nose ark," Jim shouted "I'd like the sewing cards," Mildred said, "I made some new ones the other evening for a surprise," Mother re- turned, taking the box from the shelf. "You see," she explained to cousin Belle, "the nice box of sewing-cards they had for Christmas were soon used up. So now I watch for suitable out- line pictures, collect bits of cardboard, lay the two together and prick around the edge of the picture with a hat-pin or big needle. The children love them. We have needles with big eyes, and Maisie has learned to thread them, tions from the Surprise Cupboard. A NEW DOLL SET. that is where you shall help me, a star-rocket from the Turkish side tie, the fellow who m^ke8 the plan'J!, ;. .!,t°„^.I!^!' w^iffM.^ ^ riend." ^ | lit up the place, and there in front , which others execute. Leading a 1 fj;^ ' '*=^°°1 "^r^" »'^f '''''V**^'*' "How?" ! was a rampart with the points of bay- ' charge can be nothing like so nerve- j '""" ^o^PJ. Yet by patient effort ahei "By playing that little tune of yours onets showing beyond it It was the I shaking a business as sitting in anl"" earned enough to give a small again. Tell them to expect within the Russian hour for stand-to. | easy-chair and waiting on the news '''^eekly offering. At Thanksgiving one' next half-hour a deserter with an im- • He raised his cramped limbs from |of it portant message. Tell them, for God's the ground and shouted, "Friend! sake, not to five at anybody till they've English!" made certain it isn't me." I A face looked down at him, and then The man took the blunt end of his the darkness again descended, bayonet and squatted beside the bell.! "Friend," he said hoarsely. "Eng- The first stroke brought out a clear, lish." searching note wnich floated down the ; He heard speech behind the parapet, valley. He struck three notes at slow An electric torch was flashed on him intervals. For all the world, Peter for a second. A voice spoke, a friend- said, he was like a telegraph operator ly voice, and the sound of it seemed calling up a staaon. ! to be telling him to come over. "Send the message in English," said j He was now standing up, and as he Peter. ' got his hands on the parapet he seem- "They may not understand it," said ed to feel bayonets very near him. But the man. ' the voice that spoke was kindly, so "Then send it any way you like. I with a heave he scrambled over and trust you, for we are brothers." 'flopped into the trench. Once more After ten minutes the man ceased the electric torch was flashed, and re- and listened. From far aw ay came the vealed to the eyes of the onlookers sound of a trcnch-gong, the kind of an indescribably dirty, lean, middle- thing they used on the Western Front aged man with a bloody head, and to give the gas-alarm. , scarcely a rag of shirt on his back. "They say they will be ready," he The said man, seeing friendly faces i said. "I cannot take down messages around him grinned cheerfully. 4196. The little doll mother may in the darkness, but they have given "That was a rough trek, friends," not only make dolly's clothes but also me the signal which means 'Consent' " he said; "I want to see your general the doll, from the models supplied| "Come, that is pretty good," said pretty quick, for I've got a present for herewith. The body may bo of drill. P^ter- "And now I must be moving, him." unbleached muslin, oil cloth or sanitas. Y"" take a hint from me When you He was taken to an officer in a dug- with a stuffing of bran, kopak. or ' hear big firing up to the north get out, who addressed him in French, _, • u u »i „r,A ready to beat a quick retreat, for it which he did not understand. But the cotton. Eyes of choe buttons, nose ana ^^.,j ^^ ^j, ^^ ^.^^ j^.^, ^.^^ ^^ ^^^^^ .^^ ^^ Stumm's plan worked won- hps of yarn, or, the features may bej^^j ^^jj y^^^ folk.too, that they're ders. After that he was fairiy embroidered or painted. I making a bad mistake letting those bundled down communication trenches Dressed as a clown this doll will be fool Germans rule their land. I^ct and then over swampy fields to a farm very attractive. The suit may be of them hang Enver and his little among trees. There he found staff calico, cretonne or scraps of silk or friend.s. and we'll all be happy once officers, who looked at him and looked satin. One or two colors of materials more." 'at his map, and then put him on a may be used For the Rompers ere- 1 "May Satan receive his soul!" said horse and hurried him eastwards. At tonne or gingham is pleasing. Dolly the Turk ''There is wire before us, last he came to a big ruined house .„iii K„ .^ .,i»^ /,# tv,o ^^..f Hf*!.. r,«,.v but I will .show you a way through, and was taken into a room which will be so glad of the dear httle pock., .j,j^^ ^^.^ /^^^j J^^^ 8 ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ j^,, ^^ ^^^ eta in her rompers, and "Pierrot the ^^^^^ j^ j^ Remember there is much,erals. ._ clown will do all sorts of tricks m hisLyjre before the other Unes." The conclusion must be told in Pet- Mildred can, too, unless the yarn is too comfortable costume, if his arms and] Peter, with certain directions, found ' er'swords. (To be continued.) â€" o Inventions Needed. Further suggestions have been made to the list o( things wanted. The lat est contributor is Prof. A. M. Low, the Inventor and man ot science, who has made the following entries: A process of Instantaneous color photography. A selective method of radio com- mute icatlon with really sharp tuning. A light efficient, slow-speed Inter nal combustion engine. An internal combustion turbine. Greatly simplified clothing, not strange In appearance. A loud speaker that can be control- led without distorting the sound. Improved methods ot electrical stor- age and power transmission. A cheap house-warmer that can be installea by anyone. A new game ot skill. A new method of conveying speech direct and readably to papei But there are some things spiritual and not material that are needed more than anything In this list and they are things that any man can find for him- self If he will without the services of any inventive genius. heavy. We use all sorts of odds and ends of colored thread and yarn. After the needle is threaded we pass the point through the two threads a few inches down, draw the needle through, and that fastens it so it can't slip out A little wax helps in threading it and drawing the entire thread over the wax prevents knots and tangles. "I'd like the old catalogs .ind scir- sors and paper doll things," Maisie announced. Cousin Belle was interestedly look- ing over the remaining articles in the Burpri.se cupboard. There were bubble pipes, home-made peg-boards, crayons and pencils, odda and ends of wrap- ping and waxed paper cut neatly in rather small sheets or made into little books, modelling clay, a small hammer, legs are fastened so as to be movable. The Pattern, comprising the Doll and the garments, is cut in 3 Sizes: Small â€" 12 inches, Mediumâ€" 16 inches, Large â€" 20 inches in length. The Doll requires for a Medium size V6 yard. The Rompers % yard. The Suit and Hat, 1V4 yards of 27-inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide Street Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. it pretty easy to make his way throufh | "There was a big man sitting at a the entanglement. There was one bit ' table drinking coffee, and when I saw which scraped a hole in his back, but; him my heart jumped out of my skin, very soon he had come to the last 'For it was the man I hunted with on posts and found himself in open coun- the Pungwc in '98 â€" him whom the try. The place, he said, was a grave- 1 Kaffirs called 'Buck's Horn,' because yard of the unburied dead that smelt I of his long curled moustaches. He was horribly as he crawled among them. | a prince even then, and now he is a He had no inducements to delay, for he thought he could hear behind him the movement of the Turkish working very great general. When I saw him, I ran forward and gripped his hand and cried, 'Hoe pat hct. Mynheer?' party, and was in terror that a flare ' and he knew me and shouted in Dutch, DECORATING CURTAINS. 1 saw a thrifty little woman make new curtains out of some old scrim af- fairs with faded stencil border. The material was still good for consider- , able wear but the faded borders spoil- tacks and a soft-wood board into ^j ^1,^. pertains' looks and apparently which little Jim loved to pound the ^^^^ them useless, tacks and pull them out again. A small: g^^ ^y f,.ie„d gave the old curtains washboard, flat iron, moulding board | ^ tareful laundering, boiling them to and rolling pin were there, also. I ^^nove all sUins and the remnant of ••What are the.se for?" rousin Belle ^^„^^„g ;„ the less sun-faded places. ' uired, opening a box of dried peas. J rp^^y ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ through a thin "We soak them over night" Mrs. ^^^^^^j, ^^ ^^,5^^ ^ y^^^^^ strained ochro Blakeslee explained, "and the children ^^^.j. ^^j j^g^^ added, to give the ma- use them to fasten toothpicks together ^^.j^, ^ pretty cream color. Doubtless and make all sorts of things, tables ^^ ^^y^^j. tj^ting colors would havs and chairs and letters nnd stars, men j^^^^ ^^ ^^jj and animals. | ,pj,g -.sourceful housewife then "Where do you get all your ideas! ; bought ^ few yards of inexpensive be cousin exclaimed. .'light-weight flowered cretonne and' "1 have attack ed t his problem as I ^»^ ^^ .^^^ ^^^jp, „, „ ^^â- ^^^Y^ ^ cover j " â€" ^ ! the old borders. The cretonne was neatly stitched to the scrim. When hung, the curtains were most i attractive and gave a fresh, cheery i look to the room.- Josephine K. Toal. { Ten Orextest Inventors. j In un article railed "The Ton Ureat- est Inventors, ' the author, John B. Seymour, names the follnwt.g: j Ell Whitney, Kllas Howe, Charles Ooodyear, Sir Henry Bogacnier, Sam- uel F. B. Morse, Thomas A. Edison, MbleP0lPW(}OD(esWed)JlfilHUM ran POWffi of different Provinces. Make a Start This Year! Have you Increased your Investmenli durlDf the year lu«l closed? If you are unablo to buy a IIUNO or some selected STOCK for Cash, why wait use our Monthly Payment Plsn. par- tlculafa of which wa will glartly null you on sppllcadon. H. R. Brereton &. Company Oevernment and Corporation Bonds InductrUI and Mining Shares. Dominion Bank Bulldine Toronto Send Us Your Inquiries. I Alexsnder Orahsm Hell. Nikola Tesls. j cynia Ilnll .Mccormick, Wilbur Wright. IStUe No. 1~'2C Ulnarjs Liniment Heals Cut» BRITISH COLU«BtA ?mm pftoviHCES ARIO â- Â»f.-3C0O0 C0»»\ QUEBEC tItW&RUNSWICK ^av« SCQTIA IN THE LUNCH BOX. A country school, where the brevity of the noon hour and lack of time to make earlier preparations made it im- practical to serve a hot lunch, has worked out a very satisfactory solu- tion of the problem. Each child brings a potato in his or her lunch box. At recess the potatoes are tucked into the ashes in the front of the heating stove. By dinnertime they are well done and form a satisfying supple- ment to the contents of the lunch boxes and pails. â€" Dorothy Porter. year when all united In a thank offer- ing she brought one dollar and a half,' earned and saved through no one; knows what toll and sacrifice, but! given with a grateful heart for she isi happy in her school, in her teachers 1 and In her opportunities. | ^er mind may stay at the foot oti her class, but her soul Is at tha head of It and Is always advancing. Is It any wonder that even with her dull mind and her halting speech she has still a power beyond eloquence upon all about her? o The Complete Liar "Why do you believe he Is so ea^j Urely a llarr' 1 "He told me he couldn't believe hUi own eyes." ' The Russian Winter. Keeping warm In Russia Is a teat The people of the lower classes in Rus- ' sla encase themselves for the winter' In shaggy sheepskins and look un- kempt Indeed, but with such a warm' covering these people have great powers ot endurance and can stand certain kinds of work In the cold that would kill a Canadian. For Instance, every house has a "concierge" or por- ter, and It Is his custom to take his seat on a chair Just outside the front porch at nine o'clock in the evening; and stay there all night long to pro- tect and safeguard the house. Another, odd sight seen In every large Russian city, Is the great cones of fire built up ' at the intersections of the streets' where drivers and footmen may re- main In order to warm themselves and : be comfortable, while their masters | are Lt a ball or opera. 6i9l5.244 H f>- Ba*06 MP. 20.r5l MP. Cause Found. Poetâ€" ••My wife declare-; that last poem of mine yo-.> published almost stopped her heart" Editor â€" ••Ha! So that's why our clr- cnlattoo was set back!" The basis of education should be, sure before a superstructure of acconh, plishments is raised upon it â€" BishoiL Welldon. 1 Troubles come to all men; but those, who are looking for them will have the largest share. | A KT.STSâ€" INSIST ON '..he best Wlnsor ik I colors, â€" the standard of HAVING,. Newton's the world.' Much skill is required to^se:.. -d Oj^der JhrougM^^^^^^^^ shape feathers used on fish-hooks. | ^ ^he Vlughes Owens Company, Ltd... I Utntreal, Ottawa. Winnipeg, or te, Kindness to animals is a theme that pepartment A, The Art Hietropole, ought to be touched upon frequently , Toronti | by every preacher and ?very writer 1 â€" â-  «j whose aim is to make this world bet- ' tcr. ONE SOURCE OF CANADA'S LIMITLESS WEALTH The chart shows in a graphic way the wealth In Canada's undevelop'id natural resources of timber and water-power. Artificial lighting has bicn found so to hasten the growth of plants with large leaves that they blossom ap- proximately eight days sooner than when g^rown under sunlight only. !nj the winter five hours of additional light in the greenhouse seems to mean five hours of additional growing. To florists who wish to bring their plants to f'lll bloom for a hoti lay the discov- ery .vill be of considerable value. tanyl ayorr MInsrd's Liniment ter Dandruft EDDYIS MATCHES bring the light/