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, ^ t The Romance of Elaine SEQUEL TO THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE A Detective No vet and a Motion Pic­ ture Drama By ARTHUR B. REEVE The Well-Known Novelist and the Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories Presented ia Ccl'cboratioa WJth the Pathe Players and the Eclectic Film Co. Copyright 19:*. bjrthe Stxr Company All Foreign Rithst Reserved. Wi SYNOPSIS. f After the Hndtnf? of Wu Fan(f*a body and Kennedy's disappearance, a subma­ rine appears the following momirifc on the bay. A man plunges overboard from K and swims ashore. It is the entrance Of Mureus Del Mar into America. His mission Is to obtain information or Kennedy and recover, if possible, the lost torpedo. At the Dodpe home he soon wins the confluence of Elaine. Loiter •he Is warned by a little old man to be ' careful of Del Mar. This warning came ; Just In time to prevent Del Mar from -carrying' out hi a plans. Later Elaine gives a masquerade ball. !De Mar attends. Neither he nor his dom- : lno girl can locato the torpedo. A gray • friar warns Klalne and Jameson of Del Mar's purpose, and his plans are upset. Late? the girl enters the Dodse home : as a maid; finds the torpedo, places it In a trunk, which, with others, is sent to the Dodge country home. In a hold-up I>J M;ir's men fail to get the trunk con­ taining the torpedo. Elaine hides the tor­ pedo, which later Is stolen by Del Mar's men. who. in escaping, meet the old man of mvstery. A desperate battle follows. In which the old man destroys the tor­ pedo Enraged, Del Mar plans to blow up a bridge over which Elaine and Jameson are p issing. The plan fails. Next day Elaine and Jameson are motoring when Jameson loses his hat in the bay. As Elaine reaches In the water for It a email tube boba up which contains a note. Elaine decides to send It to the secret service at Washington. Jameson In taking the letter to the town is cap­ tured by Del Mar's men. Elaine later discovers Jameson's revolver laying in the road. It furnishes a clue by which Elaine is able to aave Jameson. TWENTY-NINTH EPISODE THE ATLANTIC CA&LE CUTTERS. "You remember Lieutenant Wood­ ward, the inventor of trodite?" I asked Elaine one day after I had been out for a ride through the country. • ^ "Very well indeed," she nodded with 4 look of wistfulness as the mention his name recalled Kennedy. "Why?" "He's stationed at Fort Dale, not fery far from here, at the entrance of $he sound," I answered. 'J "Then let's have him over at my ' warden party tonight," she exclaimed, / Sitting down and writing: "Dear Lieutenant: "I have just learned that you art >-§tationed at Fort Dale and would like • l|o have you meet some of my friends a little party I am holding lonlght.7 Sincerely, 4 "ELAINE DODGE." Thus if was that a few hours after- tj; 1 i 'iriard, in the officers' quarters at the an orderly entered with the mail $ S" flind handed a letter to Lieutenant ' Woodward. He -opened it and read the invitation with pleasure. He had *%</ • "ttearcely finished reading and was hastening to write a reply when the jerderly entered again and saluted. "A Professor Arnold to see you, < I' v1 lieutenant," he announced. V "Professor Arnold?" repeated Wood- ijM;',-<J| \ iirard. "I don't know any Professor *v , \ Arnold. Well, show him in anyway." || The orderly ushered in a well- &' '.dressed man with a dark, heavy beard JS^olMtd large horn spectacles. Wbod- |^i» ^«rard eyed him cautiously and a bit rj. suspiciously, as the stranger seated It/1 ,*fiimself and made a few remarks. • v /",, /y.)' ' The moment the orderly left the Lr. *;" «" . room, however, the professor lowered I •*>'• ' ;his voice to a whisper. Woodward f '0»<|i*tened in amazement, looked at him %/A '?•%} fuore closely, then laughed and shook -'sAufflds cordially. * The professor leaned over again. ^Whatever it was that he said, it made sreat impression on the lieutenant 't*- *>'} "You know the fellow Del Mar?" Professor Arnold finally. ?No," replied Woodward. "Well, he's hanging around Miss |?k' Dodge all the time," went on Arnold. ||Ki'A; "'There's something queer about his ~ presence here at this time." "I've an invitation to a garden party at her bouse tonight," remarked v Woodward. W0-;: "Accept," urged the professor, "and |"5 J. tell her you are bringing a friend." . Woodward resumed writing and when he had finished handed the note |^2i; to the stranger, who read: "Dear Miss Dodge: "I shall be charmed to be with you tonight and with your permission will bring my friend. Professor Arnold. t "Truly yours, ( 4 "^DWARD WOODWARD." • *Good," nodded the professor, hand­ ing the note back. Woodward summoned an orderly. "See that this is delivered at Dodge hall to Miss Dodge herself as soon as possible," he directed, as the orderly took the note and saluted. Elaine, Aunt Josephine and I were in the garden when Lieutenant Wood­ ward's orderly rode up and delivered the letter. Blaine opened it and r^ad. "That's 5 *11 right,". she thanked the orderly. "Oh, Walter, he's comifi§yt& the gar­ den party, and is going to bring a friend of his, a Professor Arnold." We chatted a few moments about the party. "Oh," exclaimed Elaine suddenly, "I have an idea." "What is it?" I asked, smiling at her enthusiasm. "We'll have a fortune teller," she Cried, "Aunt Josephine, you shall play the part. "All right, if you really want me." consented Aunt Josephine smiling in­ dulgently as we urged her. lliM /h" --HP ' • . 'F*f. £ $3- _ Down in the submarine harbor that afternoon, Del Mar and his men were seated about the conference table. "I've traced out the course and the landing points of the great Atlantic cable." he said. "We must cut it." Del Mar turned to one of the men. "Take these plans to the captain of the steamer and tell him to get ready," he went on. "Find out and send me word when the cutting can be done best." The man saluted and went out. Leaving the submarine harbor in the usual manner, he made his way to a dock around the promontory and near the village. Tied to it was a small tramp steamer. The man walked down the dock and climbed aboard the boat.,:: There several rough-look­ ing sailors were lolling and standing about. The emissary selected the captain, a more than ordinary tough- looking individual. "Mr. Dei Mar sends you the location of the Atlantic cable and the place where he thinks it best to pick it up and cut it," he said. The captain nodded. "I' under­ stand," he replied. "I'll send him word later when it can be done best." A few, minutes after dispatching his messenger, Del Mar left the subma­ rine harbor himself and. entered his bungalow by way of the secret en­ trance. There he went immediately to his desk and picked up the mail that had. accumulated in his absence. One letter he Tead: "Dear Mr. Del Mar: "We shall be pleased to see you at a little garden party we are holding tonight Sincerely, "ELAINE DODGE." As he finished reading, he pushed the letter carelessly aside as though he had no-time for such frivolity. Then an idea seemed to occur to him. He picked it up again and read it over. "I'll go," he said to himself, simply. • • • • • • • That night Dodge hall was a blaze of lights and life, overflowing to the wide veranda and the garden. Guests in evening clothes were arriving from all parts of the summer colony and were being received by Elaine. Al­ ready some of them were dancing on the veranda. Among the late arrivals were Wood­ ward and his friend, Professor At- nold. v "I'm so glad to know that you are stationed at Fort Dalei" greeted Elaine. "I hope it will be for all sum­ mer." "I can't say how long it will be, but I shall make every effort to make it all summer," he replied gallantly. "Let me present my friend, Profes­ sor Arnold." The professor bowed low and un- professorlally over Elaine's hand and a moment later followed Woodward out into the next room as the other guests arrived to be greeted by Elaine. For a moment, however, she looked after him curiously. Once she start­ ed to follow as though to speak to him. Just then, however, Del Mar entered. "Good evening," he interrupted, suavely. He stood for a moment with Elaine and talked. One doorway in the house was draped and a tent had been erected in the room. Over the door was a sign which read: "The past and fu­ ture are an open book to Ancient Anna." There Aunt Josephine held forth in a most effective disguise as a fortune teller. Aunt Josephine had always had a curious desire to play the old hag in amateur dramatics and now she had gratified her desire to the utmost. Probably none of the guests knew that Ancient Anna was in reality Elaine's guardian. Elaine, being otherwise occupied, I had selected one of the prettiest of the girls and we were strolling through the house, seeking a quiet spot for a chat. "Why don't you have your fortune told by Ancient Anna?" laughed my companion as we approached the tent. "Do you tell a good fortune reason­ ably?" I joked, entering. "Only the true fortunes, young man." returned Ancient Anna severe­ ly, starting in to read my palm. "You are very much in love," she went on, "but the lady is not in this tent." Very much embarrassed, * I y pulled my hand away. > "How shocking!" mocked my com­ panion, making believe to be very much annoyed. "I don't think I'll have my fortune told," Bhe decided as we left the room. We sauntered along to the veranda where another friend claimed my com­ panion for a dance which she had promised. As I strolled on alone, Del Mar and Elaine were already finishing a dance. He left her a moment later and I hurried over, glad of the op­ portunity to Bee her at last. ' Del Mar made his way alone among the guests and passed Aunt Josephine disguised as the old hag seated before her tent. Just then a waiter came through with a tray of ices. As he passed, Del Mar stopped him, reached out and took an ice. Xjnaer the lot, «s he had Kujun, was a note. He took the note surffcpti- tiously, turned and presented thfe ice to Ancient Annft, with a bow. "Thank you, kind sir," she curtsied, taking it - ? ' Del Mar stepped aside and glanced at the little slip of paper. Then he crumpled it up and threw it aside, walking away. No sooner had he gone than Aunt Josephine reached out an& picked up the paper. She straightened it and looked at it There was nothing on the paper but a crude drawing of a sunrise on the ocean. "What's that?" asked Aunt Jo­ sephine, in surprise. Just then Elaine and Lieutenant Woodward came in and stopped be­ fore the tent Aunt Josephine mo­ tioned to Elaine to come in and Elaine followed. Lieutenant Woodward start­ ed after her. "No, no, young man," laughed An­ cient Anna, shaking her forefinger at him. "I don't want you. It's the pretty young lady I want." Woodward stood outside, though he did not know quite what it was all about. While he was standing there, Professor Arnold came up. He had not exactly made a hit with the guests. At least, be seemed to make little ef­ fort to do so. He and Woodward walked away, talking earnestly. In the tent Aunt Josephine handed Elaine the piece of paper she had picked up. "What does it mean?" asked Elaine, studying the curious drawing in sur­ prise. "I'm sure I don't know," confessed Aunt Josephine. "Nor I." : .-l Meanwhile Lieuteri&nt -Woodward and his friend had moved to a corner of the veranda and stood looking in­ tently into the moonlight. There was Del Mar deep in conversation with a man who had slipped out, at a quiet signal, from his hiding place in tfie shrubbery. "That fellow is up to something, mark my words," muttered Arnold un­ der his breath. They continued watching Del Mar, but, so far at least, he did nothing that would have furnished them any evidence of anything. So the party went on most merrily until, long after the guests had left, opened the window aha nstened. Then he entered. • First he went to the door and set a chair under the knob- Next he drew an electric bull's-eye and flashed it about the room. He glanced about and Anally went over to Del Mar's desk, where he examined a batch of letters, his back to the secret panel. ' Arnold was running rapidly through the papers on the desk, as he flashed his electric bull's-eye on them, when the panel in the wall opened slowly and Del Mar stepped into the room noiselessly. To his surprise he saw a round spot of light from an electric flashlight focussed on his desk. Some­ one was there! He drew a gun. Arnold started suddenly. He heard the cocking ot a revolver. But he did not look around. He merely thought an instant, quicker than lightning, then pulled out a spool of black thread with one hand, while with the other he Switched off the light, and dived down on his stomachy on the floor in the shadow. , "Who's th%t?" demanded De liar. "Confound it! I should have fired at sight!" , ^ .. The room was so dark now that it was impossible to see Arnold. Del Mar gazed intently. Suddenly Ar^ nold's electric torch glowed forth in a spot across the room. v Del Mar blazed at it, firing every chamber of his revolver* then switched on the lights. No one was in the room. But the door was open. Del Mar gazed about, vexed, then ran to the open door. For a second or two he peered out in rage, finally turning back into the empty room. On the mantleplece lay the torch of the intruder. It was one in which the connection is made by a ring falling on a piece of metal. The ring had been left up by Arnold. Con­ nection had beeg, made as he was leaving the room by pulling the thread which he had fastened to the ring. Del Mar followed the thread as it led around the room to the doorway. "Curse hifti!" swore Del Mar, smash­ ing down the innocent torch on the floor in fury, as he rushed to the depk and saw his papers all disturbed. Outside, Arnold had made good his escape. He paused in the moonlight and listened. No one was pursuing. He drew out two or three of the letters which he had taken from Del Mar's :;|:S J: mmrnrnm Lieutenant Woodward Recognizes Professor Arnold. Europe an Physician Asserts World Is ^Entering on New Era In Field i.V •; .j, of Electro-Therapy, ADVANCE IN ART OF HEALING j The theory of electrons and ions has provided a scientific basis for ther­ apeutic action, a basis more solidly planted, he insists, than we have for the action of most of our drugs. Among the favorable accounts of ion treat­ ment published recently is that of Aufaure with acute and subacute ar­ ticular rheumatism treated by driving a ten per cent solution of Bodium salicylate directly into the Joints with the electric current The effect was found to bo superior to that with in­ ternal admiaistratlofl. ot the firyg . A distinguished European physi­ cian, Kowarschik, declares that we are entering on a new field of electro­ therapy, as the mechanical technic has has been so perfected, while our knowledge of the biologic and thera­ peutic action of electricity has been - 1 : : > i • • Elaine sat in her dressing gown vp in her room, about to retire. Her maid had left her, and Bhe picked up the slip of paper from her dresser, looking at it thoughtfully. "What can a crude drawing of a sunrise on the sea mean?" she asked herself. For a long time she studied the pa­ per, thinking it over. At last an ideia came to her. "I'll bet I have it," she exclaimed to herself. "Something is going to hap­ pen on the water at sunrise." She took a pretty little alarm clock from the table, set it, and ptyced it near her bed. • * * * • • • Returning from the party to his li­ brary, Del Mar entered. Except for the moonlight streaming 'In through the windows the room was dark. He turned on the lights and crossed to the panel in the wall. As he touched a button the panel opened. Del Mar switched off the lights and went through the panel, closing it. ' Outside, at the other end of the pas­ sageway, was one of hiB men, waiting in the shadows as Del Mar came up. For a moment they talked. "I'll be there, at sunrise," agreed Del Mar, as the man left and he re-entered the se­ cret passage. While he was conferring, at the li­ brary window appeared a face. It was Professor Arnold's. Cautiously he Excellent results in the treatment of chronic nose and ear disease and sinusitis are reported by Friel. A one per cent solution of zhic sulphate, with a current of two or three mil- llampheres, was used at a ten-minute sitting and repeated at eight or ten- day infervals. Sometimes a single sitting completed the sure. About half of the cases of sinusitis thus treated were cured and a large proportion of the middle-ear cases. Kowarschik says the eye and ear desk, and hastily ran through them. "Not a thing in them," he exclaimed. At the first break of dawn the little alarm clock awakened Elaine. She started up and rubbed her eyes at the suddenness of the awakening, then quickly reached out and stopped the bell so that it would not disturb oth­ ers in the house. She jumped out of bed hurriedly and dressed. Armed with a spy glass, Elaine let herself out of the house quietly. Di­ rectly to the shore she went, walking along the beach. Suddenly she paused. There were three men. Before she could level her glass, at them, however, they disappeared. "That's strange," she said to herself, looking through the glass. "There's a steamer at the dock that seems to be getting ready for something. I won­ der what it can be doing so early."' She moved along In the direction of the dock. At the dock the disreputable steamer to which Del Mar had dis­ patched his emissary was still tied, the sailors now working under the gruff orders of the rough captain. About a capstan were wound the turns of a long wire rope at the end of which was a three-pronged drag hook. Already, on the shore, at an old de­ serted shack of a fisherman, two of Del Mar's men had been waiting since be­ fore sun-up, having come in a dirty, dingy fishing smack anchored off shore. favorable field for diathermy, a* alio malignant growths of all kinds* Buffaloes In Action. No dsubt the buffaloes employed to break the Austrian's wire entangle­ ments at Monte Corada came from the Roman Campagna, where they impart to the landscape a strangely, tropical aspect. Italian buffaloes are somewhat like bisons, and when they are wallowing in ditches or lying half concealed in the brushwood their affections seem to offer « qp^%Uy^ U*ck* might be wistaken f^r , tho&fi '••h ' Vji'- ' ' ' - *1s everythli.^ ready?" asked Del Mar. coming up. * "Everything, sir," returned the two, following him along the shore. "Who's that?" cautioned one of the men, looking ahead. They hid hastily, for there was Elaine. She had seen the three and was about to level her glass in their direction as they hid. Finally she turned and discovered the steamer. As shermbved toward it, Del Mar and the others came out from behind a rock and stole after her. Elaine wandered on until she came to the dock. No one paid any attention to her, apparently, and she made her way along the dock and even aboard the boat without being observed. No sooner had she got on the boat, however, than Del Mar and his men appeared on the dock and also boarded the steamer. The captain was still explaining to the men just how the drag-hook worked when Elaine came up quietly on the deck. She stood spellbound as she heard him outline the details of the plot Scarcely knowing what she did, she crouched back of a deckhouse and listened. Behind her, Del Mar and his men came along, catlike. A glance was sufficient to tell them she had over­ heard what the captain was saying. "Confound that girl!" ground out Del Mar. "Will she always cross my path? We'll get her this time!" The men scattered as he directed them. Sneaking up quietly, they made a sudden rush and seized her. As she struggled and screamed, they dragged her off, thrusting her into the captain's cabin and locking the door. - "Cast off!" ordered Del Mar. A few moments later, out in the har­ bor, Del Mar was busy directing the dragging for the Atlantic cable at a spot where it was known td run. They let the drag hook down over the side and pulley it along slowly on the bottom. \ • • 0 • • « • I had decided to do some early morning fishing that day after the party, and knowing that Elaine and the others were usually late risers, I said nothing about it, determined to try my luck alone. So it happened that only a few min­ utes after Elaine let herself out quiet­ ly, I did the> same, carrying my fish­ ing tackle. I made my way toward the shore, undecided whether to fish from a dock or boat. Finally I deter­ mined to do some casting from the shore. • • > I had cast once or twice before I was aware that 1 was not alone in the immediate neighborhood. Some dis­ tance away I saw a little steamer at a wharf. A couple of men ran along the deck, apparently cautioning the captain against something. Then I saw them run to one side and drag out a girl, screaming and struggling as they hurried her below, I could scarcely believe my eyes. ; It was Elaine! Only a second I looked. They were certainly too many for me. I dropped my rod and line and ran toward the dock, however. As I dime down it, 1 saw that I was too late. The little steamer had cast off and was now some distance from the dock. I looked about for a motorboat In desperation --anything to follow them in. But there was nothing, absolutely nothing, uot even a row boat. I ran back along the dock as I had come and struck out down the shore. * * * m * * • Out at the parade grounds at Fort Dale, in spite of the early >hour, there was some activity for the army is composed of early risers. Lieutenant Woodward and Profes­ sor Arnold left the house in Which the lieutenant was quartered, where he had invited Arnold to spend the night. Already an orderly had brought around two horses. They mounted for an early morning ride through the country. Off they clattered, naturafty bending .heir course toward the shore. They came soon to a point in the road where it emerged from the hills and gave them a panoramic view of the harbor and ^ound. "Walt a minute,' called the pro­ fessor. Woodward reined hp and they gazed off over the water. "What's that--an oyster boat?" asked Woodward, looking in the direc­ tion Arnold indicated. "I don't think so, 'so early," replied Arnold, pulling out his pocket glass and looking carefully. Through it he could see that some­ thing like a hook was being cast over the steamer's side and drawn back again. "They're dragging for something," he remarked as they brought up an object, dark and covered with sea- growth, then threw it. overboard as though it was not what they wanted. "By George--the Atlantic cable lands here--they're going to cut it!" Woodward took the glasses himself and looked in surprise. "That's right," he cried, his surprise changed to alarm in an instant "Here, take the glass again and watch. I must get back to the fort." He swung his horse about and gal­ loped off, leaving Arnold sitting in the saddle gazing at ^the strange boat through his glass. By the time Woodward reached the parade ground again, a field gun and its company were at drill. He dashed furiously across the field. Woodward blurted out what he had just seen. "We must stop it--at any cost," he added, breathlessly. The officer turned to the company. A moment later the order to follow Woodward rang out, the horses were wheeled about, and off the party gal' loped. On they went, along the road of young elephants, so pachyderma­ tous are they. The natives use them for transport purposes and also to clear the weeds from the canals cut to drain off the stagnant waters of the Campagna. Herds of buffaloes are driven into the canal, and where the water is shallow they trample down the roots with their hoofs. In deep water they force a passage through the vege­ tation by swimming, horsemen armed with long poles driving them forward if thfjr shojK .jUflA of lagging. 'l •' "• , "v< which Woodward and Arnold had al­ ready traversed. Arnold was still gazing, impatiently ncvT, through the glasb. He could see. the' foredeck of the ship where Dell Mar, muffled up, and hiB men had suc*; ceeded in dragging the cable to the proper position on the deck. They laid it down and Del Mar was directing the preparations for putting it. Arnold lowered his glass and looked about helplessly. Just then Lieutenant Woodward dashed up with the officer and com­ pany and the field gun. They wheeled it about and began pointing it and finding the range. Would they never get "'it? Arnold was almost beside himself. One of Del Mat's men seized an ax and was about to deliver the fatal blow. He swung It and for a moment held it poised over' hiB head. ^ Suddenly a low, deep rumble of a. reverberation echoed and re-echoed from the hills over the water. The field gun had bellowed defiance. A solid shot crashed through the Cabin, M&ashing the door. Astounded, the men Jumped back, As they did so, in their tear,- the cable, released; slipped back over the rail in a great splash of safety into the water an<2 sank. " The first shot had dismantled the doorway of the cabin. Elaine crouched fearfully in the furthest corner, not knowing what to expect nex^. Sudden­ ly another shot tore through just be- Bide the door, smashing the woodwork terrifically. She shrank back further, in fright - - Anything was better than this hid­ den terror. Nerved up, she ran through the broken door. Arnold was gazing through his glasd at the effect of the shots. He could now see Del Mar and the others leap­ ing into a swift little motorboat along­ side the steamer which they had been using to help them'ln dragging for the cable. Just then he saw Elaine run Bcream- ing out from the cabin and leap over* board. "Stop!'11 shouted Arnold in a fever of excitement^ lowering . the glass;, "There's ft girl--by Jove--it's Misa Dodge!", v "Impossible!." exclaimed Woodward. "I tell you it Is," reiterated Arnold, thrusting the glass into the lieuten­ ant's hand. The motorboat had started when Del Mar saw. Elaine In the water. "Lobk," he growled, pointing, "there's the Dodge girl." Elaine was swimming frantically away from the boat. "Get her," he or­ dered, shielding his face so that she could not see it. They turned the boat and headed toward her. She struck out harder than ever for the sliore. On came the motorboat. Arnold and Woodward looked at each other in despair. What could they do? •. r; /; • V ; - ^ SomehTdw, fcy » Sort of (nstln&i I suppose, I made my way as quickly as I could along the shore toward Fort Dale, thinking perhaps of Lieutenant Woodward. As I came upon the part of the grounds of the fort that sloped down to the beach I saw a group of young officers standing about a peculiar af­ fair on the shore in the shallow water --half bird, half boat As I came closer, I recognized it as a Thomas hydroaeroplane. It suggested an idea and 1 hurried, shouting. One of the men seated in it was evi­ dently explaining its working to the others. "Wait," he said, as he saw me run­ ning down the shore, waving and shouting at them. "Let's see what this fellow wants." It was, as I soon learned, the fa­ mous Captain BurnSide pf the United States aerial corps. Breathless, I told him what I had seen and that we were all friends of Woodward's. , , Burnside thought a moment iBd quickly made up his mind. "Come--quick--jump up here with me," he called. Then to the other men, "I'll be back soon. Wait here. Lather go!" I had jumped up and they spun the propeller. The hydroaeroplane feath­ ered along the water, throwing a cloud of white spray, then slowly rose in the air. -• As we rose could see over the curve in the shore. "Look!" I exclaimed, straining my eyes. "She's overboard. There's a motorboat after her Faster--over that way!" ""tfes, yes," shouted Burnside above the roar of the engine which Almost made conversation impossible. . He shifted the planes a bit and crowded on more speed. The men in the boat ssrw us. One figure, tall, muffled, had a familiar look, but I could not place it and in the ex­ citement of the chase had no chance to try. But I could see that he saw us and was angry. Apparently the man gave orders to turn, for the boat swung around just as we swooped down and ran along the water. Elaine was exhausted. Wttuld we be in time? We planed along the -water, while the motorboat sped off with its baffled passengers. Finally we stopped in a cloud of spray. Together, Burnside and I reached down and caught Elaine, not ft moment too soon. "Oh--Walter," she! munnuredv'*yo» w<?re just in time.** . * l I coute hate been sooner,? I apologized. ( "They--they didn't cut the CftW*-- did they?" she asked. (TO BE CONTINUED.) animals tear their way through the tangled weeds with the utmost ease, just as they appear to have' tor® through the barbed wire at Uout» Co­ rada. ^ Ki-'":." *i . ~ ^ - -•. I Strange Generosity. •Dent you know that drink la yout worst enemy?" "Yes," replied Broncho Bob. know it And ain't it funny thxt it's about the only' enemy a man km b# relied cn to have anv forgivenest JAPS KNOW NO PROFANITY> , " Their JLanguage Contains No **8wear> Woffia," Unfortunately fte ' mon In the West, > v < • • - • The Jap is always polite, but once In awhile he slips from grace--and when • ^ he does be is up against it, for therfe are no swearwords in the Japanese •"'%•*$ language, says a writer in Leslie's ^ *v Weekly. When a Japanese meets you he bows three times and takes off his hat, but does not shake fiands. When ^ he greets you his first concern is ...Su lit about your ancestors and next about g-: ^ your stomach. It would be almost an open insult for one Japanese to meet another without asking him how his stomach fared. On the third bow he asks: "This morning, how is It with your honorable inside?" As you coae up on your third bow you answer to the effect that the place mentioned is doing as well 0 f v->*v $ M as could be expected and in turn ask him whit news hfe i 34 has from the front. Then he lifts his hat again and says: "Your delightful head this morning, I hope it have no U Commotion." When you tell him that you fire pleased to report that it feels well this morning he asks about a few generations of honorable ances- tors and then you aire free to take up r'j)-the weather. 1 Even though they are elaborately \u- polite, once in a while one Japanese'^ will get mad at another. Their anger kindles slowly at first, finally fanning f ' to a blaze that knows no staying. But even thorps there is a torrent of emo­ tion seething in his soul there are no • ' . words to give it vent; it keeps surging harder and harder until it throws s aside all restraint and gives up all idea of decency by putting Into one t phrase all his bitterness and snapping v •; squarely into the other man's aston- ished face the worst thing that can be • -j said in-the whole language: "Your stomach is not on straight!" This is t h e f i n a l i n s u l t ; n o t h i n g m o r e c a n b e * added--he has cast the glove. There ' is nothing left for him to do but tor» give his enemy a cutting look, turn on ; his heel and haughtily clap-clap away^. t>n his; wooden shoes; -- • K " • • Codfish Market Swamped. A big inrush of codfish along the northern and eastern coaBts during the latter part of June caused a salt famine in the Ancient Colony. The salt used by the. Newfoundland fisher- folk for curing their catch Is obtained from Trapani in Sicily and Cadiz in Spain. Practically all the salt in the island has been absorbed, and it is claimed that about 15,000 tons more coul<t> be advantageously used if it were available. At least this quan­ tity, and probably more, has been ordered, and should arrive during tho next month, but much of it will cobip to hand too late to be of any real serv­ ice. This shortage of salt is likely to affect the banking fleet. also, which has had exceptional good fortune in its earlier voyages this year The average price of cod paid last year and the year before, both in New- ' foundland and Nova Scotia, was about $6.50 per quintal, but with foreign markets as they are at present it is hoped that at least another twenty- five cents per quintal may be ob­ tained. The#fact that fish of late are . so plentiful is inducing industry, and also stimulating smaller operators to prosecute the shore fishery more ex­ tensively. Holland's Water Trenches. The war department of the Nether­ lands has developed a new sorl of trench for use In the low and marshy parts of the country where, in case of invasion, the chief battles might be expected. Fighting along the^ Yser has taught the strength of a water defense above all others. For this purpose, as Ib well known, the so-called "waterllne" has been brought Into readiness. But a great deal of fighting might take ^ ace upon the endless tracts of meadows which lie all around the capital of the kingdom. The trenches which will here be con­ structed will be arranged In such a way that at a moment s notice '".hey can be turned into Hooded ditchcs. In the warfare in France and Rus­ sia a conquered trench means an add- «d strength for the enemies, who im­ mediately turn the trench into a for­ tress of their own. The Dutch trenches, when it is necessary to abandon them, will almost automatically become a deep flooded ditch, which will be no use to anyo..e and will merely form another obstacle on th« way forward. If Civilian* Learn U Shoot.. Civilian rifle clubs ftre lately r#» ceiving much attention. They have developed a number pf njen who are ^ excellent allots, with 22-^jfiliber rifles, , indoors, at ';« distance of 50 to, T* -j feet. i=\. • .' v ;• . •• Comparatively few, however. ***«*-../• ,f< able to handle the modern higb-pow-l,, ^ ered 30-caliber TJnited States maga- " zine rifle and hit a target 1.000 yards, away. Moreover, even were all our men good shots. It must be remem­ bered that shooting is merely one of the important parts of a soldier's training, and that It is a very small part. The soldier who can do nothing out. shoot has about the same relative^, j./ v a l u e a s a p o l o p l a y e r w h o c a n s i t f ^ on a fence and wield a mallet skill- fully, but who can't ride a hdrse.--$ Capt. Richard Stockton. Jr., In Col-;'; .3-" Iter's Weekly. ~ ^ .- When Moving Rug*:. In packing rugs, when moving. 1 al-^,,^ ways sprinkle with powdered alum^.^ and fold a few moth balls In when^t •' rolling them. Then, if not used im­ mediately. as is sometimes the case, there is no danger ot their being de­ stroyed by pests.--The Mother's Mag-' azine. y Creating loubt. If tie archeologists don't, stop dig­ ging arourd ir the ~uins in Asia we shall soon be as uncertain about what really happened si * or seven thousand years ago as we are about the situ* , t. Don on the fighting line tn France. » 4 A : ,^.*3*': f'ii-i. '•! iw Acquiring Mohammedan Title, \n-Wr Any Mohammedan who commits thO;': , ;;" whole of the Koran to memory is giv- ' , , j en tho title of Haflsr--Cincinnati Kbp|V.; % ***?•; V ;• j***;"!.' ' "it