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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THUR SDAY, AUGUST 25, 1921. The Kingdom of The Blind By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHE1M. illage. Tho Toronto E Dies, ln afflllatlo! Hied Hospitals, Synopsis of Later Chapters. Captain Granet calls upon Mon; Guillot at the Milan Hotel and £ him a document from the Raise: fering France a separate peace, plot is discovered. Conyers sinks by his uncle, Sir Alfred Anseima destroy the new sub detector, mad Sir Meyville Worth of Norfolk, ing a call upon Isabel Worth he m little progress. (Copyjitehted) s. they waterway from Bun Quite a large boat can at high tide." They entered the house and Isabel gave a litt'e gesture of dismay. She clutched for a moment at Granet's arm. An elderly man, dressed in sombre black clothes disgracefully dusty, collarless, with a mass cf white hair blown all over his face, was walking up and down the hall with a great pair of horn-rimmed spectacles clutched in his hand. He stopped short at the sound of the opening door and hurried towards them. There was no- ________ thing about his appearance in the least terrifying. He seemed, in fact, the Sanl° wa bubbling over with excited good- ration to ser.« NURSES •xpeni Superintended ,lv allowanc to and Iron matlor Hospital has system. The i of the School, Tho Deaf Child. A child becomes deaf usually as the result cf some injury to the delicate of thi "Col: "What going c : which got them 1 workshop of \" irobably then CHAPTER XIX. It was a very cheerful little party dinimr tint night at the Dormy House Club. There'was Granet; Geoffrey Anselim:!!. his cousin, who played for Cambridge and rowed two; Major Harrison, whose leave had been ex-tended another three weeks; and the match-boarding, secretary of ihe club, who made up, "Do you mean that the quartette. . ; allowed on board the l that wooden "By-the-bye, when afterr ( v.gi; tsked. play our best ball.. Jolly g he gave us, too." "Went out for a spin," plained, "and afterwards asleep in my room. Won yours, you know," he went Major Harrison 'declared, three nights I was heme I n itted from gene-Id just discern a corner of humor." " ing seems to dampen the ardor with lub-house. They stood watching "lsabel, my dear," he exclaimed, "it which the Stroebeckian pursues the in-in silence. At five minutes past is wonderfui! j have succeeded! I tricate moves of his beloved game, rive, Granet shut his watch with have changed the principles cf a life-' It is 0ne of the prescribed subjects N^'onio-ht then" he whispered time> .mad? the most brilliant optical t ht ln what we snou!d call the No. to-night, then, he whispered, experiment which any man of science grammar Echools. Nor do tUe pupils, entured to essay, with the ag goon ag they ,„„ school> try to „ the3" Admiralty,6 wired for fOTSet what the>' have Iearned' U is work-people. Captain Chalmers, their lifelong pursuit. In offices, in lan dropped his voice. _ ; ;s it not?" he went on. "You must .stores, everywhere about the village, lost two submarines in telj your me_ to dcubie and redouhle the traveller will encounter couples trmured. "The oevice their energies. Xhis place is worth who have dropped their work to en-• m Ca^e fELm i watching now. Come, I will show you gage in a contest. Even the village shop of Worth's. The plans are something amazing." He turned and led them hastily I wards the back door. Isabel grip] Granet groaned. ! Granet's arm. As a matter of fact I have been «He thinks u are the officer .thin a few yards of the thing, he, comm:.nd of the piatoon here,'" all fenced around with; whispered. "Better let him f . j thinking so." ■ou have been) Granet nodded. ] h"Is?he going to take us to the • " "I believe so," s Thev had hard with Sir Meyville tily down the little ' wnere a man was sitting! al'e aI1 the Periodicals that They all jumped i to the you this : Granet nodded. ' the lat-; "I had the rottenest luck," he de-elman to clared. "I took Miss Conyers and her ad hiding friend down to see her brother, Com-! mander Conyers. We were invited-to ranet ex- lunch on board. At the last moment; ghinjrh fell ."ast We were turned off. Through somejf- a boat srful air, glasses from the roof of the 'Ship' I man with the oars looked doubt. ! workmen pull d-ojn\ the, for a moment at Granet, but pulledjj blacksmith, placing his board on his J anvil, plays with the neighbor who has brought his horse to be shod. No bets are made, no prize; offered; the sole ambition of the players is to win. If defeated they console themselves with the reflection that they have learned something that may help them to win the next game. Everywhere in the town are evidences of the cult. The I mouldings of the schoolhouse door are le^hem'haE °™me_ted with magnified figures of tretch of shining: game, and in the public buildings portraits of many famous players. chessmen, public reading r right," match-boarding, but I couldn't make 3 first cut what the structure ™>« " closed; "I can give you an ! table to got hold of s idea." Collins w Worth has i of concentric lary reflectors "Dickens," he remarked, "that's a which enable him to see distinctly at queer-looking feiiow at the further, least thirty feet under water. Then end of the room. Who is he?" , they have a recording instrument, ac- The secretary glanced around and cording to which they alter the grad-smiled. lent of a new gun, with shells that "You mean that little fellow with explode under water. Von Lowitz the glasses and the stoop? He arrived, on the track of something of this sort last night and asked for a match this ias( year, but he gave it up chiefly be-morning. You see what a miserable,1 cause Krupps wouldn't guarantee hiir wizened-up looking creature he is? I a shell." found him a twelve man «r.d he wiped; "Krupps gave it up a little too soon the floor with me. Guess what his j then," Granet muttered. "Collins, ii handicap is?" j we can't smash up this little estab- "No idea," Granet replied. "Forty, Ipishment there'll be a dozen destroyers should think." | before king rigged up with this "Scratch at St. Andrews," Dickens • fernal contrivance." told them. "His name's Collins. I| The little man stood before the win-don't know anything else about him. dow and gazed steadfastly out He's paid for a week and we're jolly wards. glad to get visitors at all these times."; "They'll be here this week," he "Bridge or billiards?" young Ansel- confidently. "You'd better go man asked, rising. | Granet. It's all over for to-night "Let's play billiards,' Granet sug- j Granet nodded and left the Bested. "The stretching across the quietly. Every one in the Dormy table docs me good." | House was sound asleep. He made his "We'll have a snooker, then," Major way back to his own apartment with-Harrison decided. out difficulty. Only the little man re- They played for some time. The1 mained seated at the window, with his wizened-looking little man came and cves fixed upon the bank of murky-watched them benevolently, peering clouds which lowered over the sea. every now and then through his spec-1 ie*s. and applauding mildly any par- troke. At eleCHAPTER XX. <f turned out the lights ade their way to their rooms. S before midnight, Granet, in •essing-gown, stole softly acros issage and opened, without knocking,' deux Isabel Worth leaned back in comfortable seat by Granet's side breathed a little sigh of content. She her lunchecn party a troll along the sands full prepared i homewards. i door of a room opposite to him. afteYwards The wizened-looking little man was to enjov this short dr seated upon the edge oi tne bed, half-j "What a wonderful dressed. Granet turned the key in the she murmured. "But do tell me--w lock, stood for a moment listening and , on earth have you got in behind?' i _«*+t,. I ' •■'ust a ^t\e experimental i friend of hat swung slowly area's "Well?" he.exclai The tenant of the had taken off his gla sence revealed a fat viduality. He spoki m nodded, s and thei: )f strong ind; uietly but dis He i going to •dered to do so. Th rowed round to the front of the qui little structure. A man from insid, held out his hand and nelped Another young man, with books pili on the floor by his side, was making some calculations at a table. Almost the whole of the opening of the pli was taken up by what seemed to be^ queer medley of telescopes and lem" pointing different ways. Sir Meyvi beamed upon them as he hastily turned a handle. "Now," he promised, "you shall what no one has ever seen before, i I point the arrow at that spot, about fifty yards out. Now look through this one, Isabel." The girl stooped forward, was silent for a moment, then she gave a little cry of wonder. She clutched Granet's arm and made hdm take her place. He: too, called out softly. He saw the sandy bottom covered with shells, a rock with tentacles of seaweeds floating from it, several huge crabs-, a multitude of small fishes. Everything was clear and distinct. He looked away with a little gasp. "Wonderful!" he exclaimed. Sir Meyville's smile was beatific. "That is my share," he said. "Down in the other workshop my partners are hard at it. They, too, have met with success. Ycu must tell your men. Car tain Chalmers, never to relax thei vigil. This place must be watch by night and by day. My last ii tion was ar great step forward., this is absolute, success. For the next few months this is the most pre;' spot in Europe." (To be continued.-) Somewhere. How can I cease to pray for thee? Somewhere in God's great universe thou art to-day; Can He not reach thee with His when for thee The hollow of His hand all all space, That thou art done with eartl Somewhere Somewhere thou livest and hast need of Him; Somewhere thy soul sees highi heights to climb: And somewhere still there may be damage the sound viibratio If a child shews incipie the cause should be found fcr if the cause is known prompt and appropriate treatment will often effect a cure; otherwise the deafness is likely to become permanent and irremediable and may even increase. Parents must be alert, lest they mistake a slight degree of deafness for inattention and resort to discipline rather than to the doctor. Many Bathe:--to be Beautiful. irely as the result, of disease or of Have you girls ever thought how much regular and right bathing has to do with a pretty, fresh-looking deafness, complexion? You know if your body isn't really clean, your face will show if. The Saturday-night bath as an institution is a thing of tha past. Every girl should make a habit of the daily bath. Lukewarm water is apt to be the most agreeable, with a dash of cold at the end. A good pure soap and a bath brush are no longer the only requisites cf a modern bath. Now there are bath salts of all kinds, most slightly deaf child has been regarded fascinating to look at and fragrant to as stupid by his teachers and in con-smell. Many of them give a real tonic sequence has had to endure much'un- Quality to the bath, and also have the merited suffering. Teachers should, added advantage of softenin always be on their guard against,1 making that tragic mistake. A child may occasionally be deaf owing to wax in the outer ear; sometimes he may be deaf because he has slipped a button or some other small object into his ear and then forgotten it. Again he may be deaf because he has adenoids and enlarged tonsil: 'Inch h ating odor of balsar for the girl away U scho water. There • after His ken tho ralleys din : pass lach the !ej 01 ing that, seems to stand out in the "How do you know about it?" Granet demanded. "I sailed out this evening, hired a boat at Brancaster Staithe. The fellow wouldn't go anywhere near Market Burnham, though, and I'm rather sorry I tried to make him. They've got "the scares here, right enough, Granet. I asked him to let me the boat for a we.k and he wasn't even civil about it. Didn't want no strangers around these shores, he told me. When I paid him for the afternoon he was surly about it and kept looking at my field-glasses." Granet frowned heavily. "It isn't going to be an easy matter," he confessed. "I hear the Admiralty are going to take over the whole 'thing within the next few days, end are sending Marines down. How's the time?" They glanced at their watches. It was five minutes before midnight. As though by common consent, they both Btood looking out into the darkness. A slight wind was moving amongst the treetops. the night was clear but moonless. About half a mile away A Village of Chess Players. If a visitor to the ancient village of Stroebeck near Halberstadt, in Saxony, should wander through streets just after breakfast, he would meet little troops of boys and girls on their way to school carrying very strange school luggage. Every one of them would be burdened with a set of chess-men. According to a writer in Blanco y Negro, Stroebeck is a veritable rookery of chess players. From the children in primary grades to the doddering ancients in the chimney corners all the inhabitants devote the greater part of their leisure to acquiring proficiency in the fascinating game. ~ ing one of the frequent, wars between the Poles and the Germans in the Middle Ages a Polish prince, the story goes, fell into the hands of the German army near Stroebeck, and for his own safety they shut him up in the castle that still dominates the village! To while away the tedious hours the prince, who like many of his countrjj men was an accomplished chess plaj er, taught the game to his jailer! They became infatuated with it, an! the passion spread until every mal woman and child in the village wal neglecting his affairs in order to chec^ mate his neighbor. The devotion to Then all the more, because thou cansi not hear, Poor, human words of blessing, wil "" I pray, i! true, brave heart, God bless thee, wheresoe'r In His great universe thou an ■Little Nancy--' drawing is." Mother--"Well d. "Some day on one of these creeks, sible canvas boat." m't try it anywhere near us," she i laughed. "Two of the fishermen from 3e • .. , I Wells sailed in a little too close to the replied.' hed vesterday and the soldiers fired ta.e ot l volley at them." . . j Granet made a grimace, e right ,<Do you know j am becoming mosl .bw}r' frightfully curious about your father's n tne ; work ? " he observed. "Are you really?" she replied care lessly. "For my part, I wouldn't ever take the trouble to climb up the laddei into the workshop." "But you must know something about what is going on there?" Granet persisted. "I really don't" she assured him. "It's some wonderful invention, I believe, but I can't help resenting anything that makes us live like hermits, suspect even the tradespeople, give up entertaining altogether, give up even seeing our friends. I hope you are not going to hurry away, Captain Granet. I haven't had a soul to speak to down here for months." "I don't think I shall go just yet," he answered. "I want first to accomplish what I came here for." She turned her head very slowly and looked at him. There was quite a becoming flush upon her cheeks. "What did you come for?" she asked softly. He was silent for a moment. Already his foot was on the brake of For eighty years Kew Gardens, in the car; they were drawing near the Londollj have been the Mecca not only ^■T^Ip^SMuite sure about of the world's horticulturists but of that myself," he whispered. | millions of admiring visitors. They had come to a standstill. Shej Kew Gardens do not exist solely or descended reluctantly. \ -rimariiy for the purpose of pro- "I hate to send you away," she "TZJ reiaxation for jaded Londoners sighed, "it seems so inhospitable. Will ■ ^k,mp ' «a«l j you come in for a little time? The ! or wondering visitors from every land ! desenptn worst that can happen, if r" meet.; Their chief object is the advancement teres! dad. is that he might be rathe ■ -ude." of the study of plant life, combined "I'll risk it with pleasure," Granet! with the introduction into Britain of replied. j new and rare foreign plants. "Can I see your collapsible bat?" Tne Gardens, which cover 288 acres, Marconi Develops New Radio Receiver. William Marconi has retired to his yacht Electra, where he is making experiments with a new receiving apparatus which he says, when perfected, will revolutionize wireless telegraphy, says a London despatch. He is communicating with the powerful Fishguard station, and is arranging long distance signals with American stations, testing the elimination of atmos-ic disturbances. He is taking advantage of a long dry spell because he that the atmospheric conditions aid him now. His new device is calculated to in-irease the range of the wireless con-dderably, and it is hoped that it will also be applicable both to the telegraph and telephone. The secrets of new device are being closely guarded, and it will probably be several months before it will be covered by patents enabling it to be applied to commercial uses. cy--"Mother, I know what Minard's Liniment for Bur The World's Mosl Wonderful Gardens not only good for the skin, make your whole hedy fee! which have brought about, a catarrhal reliable one, especially if j condition in his throat and middle reddens and roughens easi ear. Perhaps he is deaf because some medicated odorless powder, one has boxed his ears--a thing that another is a light powder w no one should ever do to a child. If vents an>' odor cf perscira a child has acute inflammation of the wonderful new bath oil con ear, whether catarrhal or suppurative, »» fine to use after a salt rub, he will almost become permanently so only softens and refines the if the inflammation is not properly a'so takes all the pain out r.f treated. Such inflammation may come muscles and aching joints, from an ordinary cold, especially if the child has adenoids, or from an attack of measles, scarlet fever or diphtheria. If your child has any trouble his ears, you should always and mediately consult the physw Especially never try yourself body from the outer ear of your child if ycu do, you are most likely to d him an irreparable injury. or Easy. Three Recipes for Rclishon. Celery pickle.--Threo pints chopped green tomatoes, three pints'chopped ripe tomatoes, tw^o and one half pints chopped onions, two bunches of celery chopped with leaves, two medium-sized red peppers, seeded and chopped, any foreign Do not peel tomatoes. Mix all to-"" gether, add one half cup salt, let stand over night. Drain, and add two quarts of vinegar, one quart sugar, one half tard seed, seal in jars. Governor sauce.--One p tomatoes, three onions, t Cook t Making Threshing Din: I am a farmer's wife. E\ I have to get dinner for thrt used to think it a big job; easy. Here's my plan: My first point is to see that bread,'Pers. Slice tomatoes, sprit cakes, and salad dressing are on hand, one cup salt, and let stand o' the day before I must have threshers.! In the morning, wain well Second, I have my meal planned and off salt. Seed peppers, chop supplies in the kitchen the evening tomatoes, onion sliced thin, before. I one-half cups bro with d, I plan to secure an start on the day of threshing s . time for rest from 10 to she asked, peering in behind. He shook his head. "It isn't my secret," he said, "and besides, I don't think my friend has the patent for it yet." ISSUE No. 34- contain 25,000 different varieties of plants arranged systematically in hothouses and in the open. The Palm House, which attracts more visitors The sentry stood by and allowed! than any other building, is 362 ft. long them to pass, although he looked! and 66 ft. high. It is warmed by huge searchingly at Granet. They walked ovens, the heat being conveyed slowly up the scrubby avenue to the" through 17,500 ft. of pipes, house. Once Granet paused to look j one of the treasures of the Gardens down at the long arm of the sea on | ls the Victoria Regia, the queen of his left. _ water-lilies and the biggest flower "You have quite a river there, he K_ ,e<lves are 60 broad that r6_fe nodded Itney are caPable of supporting the j for beauty, the possibilities of Kew "That used' to be the principal weight of a child of five. This won- [ inexhaustible. derful plant, which has a house to itself, was discovered in 1801 by a Spanish monk, who described in a report to his Government his astonishment at; first seeing the glorious blooms. Thirty years later an English botan- J ist found the plant floating on the Ber-1 bice River in British Guinana, and his ] created tremendous i :n afterwards it made i at Kew, where the wond' plant has received the homage of hu dreds of thousands of visitors. Another source of attraction are tl pitcher plants. The Flytrap varie insect alight on the inside of its cup than the lid shuts down tightly, remaining closed until the prisoner has been completely digested by the plant. But to catalogue the plant marvels of Kew would be to essay a gigantic task, just as to inspect the contents of the Gardens thoroughly would occupy many days. For the visitor who is in-in Nature and w\o has p-erience t the following: Roast Beef with Gravy Baked Beans Mashed Potatoes Bread and Butter Cabbage-Peanut-and-Banana Salad Soft Top Pic Cake with Fresh Fruit Sauce or Gela'in Fruit Salad Iced Tea or Coffee I have noticed the harvesters will seldom pass any of these dishes by. while if I prepare string beans, green corn, sliced cucumbers, boiled cabbage, pickled beets or cooked tomatoes these dishes will, many times, scarcely be touched. In preparing the dinner I start j bottle early. While getting breakfast I Put'nlelted the beans on to parboil. Immediately [ after breakfast I bake the pies, hav- j fyiiriard ing them out of the oven at. 8 a.m., at which time the meat must go in to roast. A tough roast will spoil an otherwise good dinner. At the same time the beans should be put ir. to bake for the secret of good baked beans is hours of baking. From this time till 10 I arrange the rest of the regular day's work. About 10.30 my friend and neighbor arrives, who relieves me of the care of the dining room and leaves me free for overseeing the cooking. By eleven the potatoes are ready to start cooking. Then comes the real rush but, by preparing the meal in the proper order, hurry is avoided at the last minute. By 11.45 the meat is ready to be :ut, the gravy made, potatoes . md salad mixed. The table vith the bread, cake and pie: bread and cake are wrapped with if necessary to protect them drying winds. The iced tea, butt ' fruit gelatine are prepared the table and on ice ready for diate transfer, so when the harvest file into dinner after the noon whis blows, the meal can be served without rush. Try this plan next and I'm sure you will agree with an easy task. Canning Questions Answered What makes pears discolor? Answer.--Mineral sulphur of water; variety of pear; am air for oxidation in jar. Is steam blanching best? Answer.--Steam blanching is ing in favor with all who know value of the mineral content of tables, so valuable. What is "pectin"? Answer.--Pure food product obtai ed mainly from apples now, makes all jelly "jell." What makes strawberries ri Answer.--Overcooking, too cooling and too heavy syrup. How can we prevent pick! preserves from moulding? containing twelve whole cloves fourth _p celery seed, one te: of black pepper, and a bay leaf; with vinegar and boil gently for hours. Seal in jars while hot. recipe conies from Jamaica. Tomato ketchup.--One-half ' i.pe tomatoes, one quart onions, red peppers, one-fourth pound ai buds, cfte-fourth pound whole i one quart sugar, one cup of sal quart of vinegar, one-fourth tes caytnne. Put tomatoes, skins ai in kettle and mash with wooden ev. Remove seeds from peppei add poppers and onions choope Then add whole spices and cook tomatoes are well done. ! through a sieve to remove ski:; seeds. To this strained liquid <" sugar, salt, vinegar and cayenre apidly until reduced one-third. :ed bottle, dio co Airplanes in Forest Protection. By a co-operative arrangement tween the Air Board of Canada the Dominion and provincial fo this season in five provinces§ in work of forest, stir protection. The pi airplanes are operating are Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, a tish Columbia. The use of m of different types, tested undei ent conditions, will by the end of Ing and forest .chin