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6 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1921. The Kingdom of The Blind By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. The salt water m his clothes and way in little streai lall blue hole in creeping in on him. H Synopsis of Later Chapters. body of Collins still oozing fro limbs, running a There was a sn middle of his forehead. "This, apparently," Thomson said, "is the man who lit the magnesium light which showed the Zeppelin w" to throw her bombs. The thin? previously prearranged. Can you identify him?" "Identify Mm?" Granet exclaimed. "Why, I was playing bowls with him yesterday afternoon. He is a Glasgow merchant named Collins, and a very fine golf player. He is staying at the j Dormy House Club." ____! "He has also another claim to dk. foUy. i tinction," Major Thomson remarked " '""'ly, "for he is the man who fired lights. The sergeant who shot Guillot at the Milan Hotel and gives ^°re^^jg^^g^ him a document from the Kaiser of-: ^^^^^^X^^'^^ ^d he heard fermg France a separate peace. The.^ ^ fPfc we/e ff?aduallv dosing! creek, and crept up to the wall just pi, The sergeant, >:before the flar I may add, is . that there were two men in the boat.' Granet shook his head dubiously. submarines. Grand is commissioned m upon him. by his uncle, Sir Alfred 'Anselman, toi way out! destroy the new sub detector, made by i "Captain Granet," his questionei Sir Meyville Worth of Norfolk. When continued, in his calm, emotionless nothing whatever of the calling upon Isabel Worth he is mis-; tone, "according to your story you 1 k™w, movementi" he decLred taken by the inventor for the captain j changed your clothes and reached hero; S^J-*. ^LfTb^TtoW 1 I have of the guard and shown the marvel-; at the same tirae as the Zeppelin, after | R™™ ™ * ha^e t(>ld you. I have lous invention. At midnight, with his having heard its approach. It is four f**™^,?Poken ,a dozen w?rd3 tc accomplice, Collins, he lights a flare: miles and a half to the Dormy House! me:. ana, f!ev<£ bel0'" to guide a Zeppelin. Next day he is Club, and that Zeppelin* must have I chS5?e meeting at the_ Dormy House, summoned to the Hall and confronted " by Thomson. CHAPTER XXIIL It was a queer little gathering in the drawing-room of Market Burnham Hall, queer and in a sense ominous. Two soldiers guarded the door. Another one stood with his back to the wide-flung window, the sunlight flashing upon his drawn bayonet. Granet, although he looked about him for a moment curiously, carried himself with ease and confidence. "How do you do, Sir Meyville?" he said. "How are you, Thomson?" Sir Meyville, who was in a state of great excitement, took absolutely no notice of the young man's greeting. Thomson pointed to a chair, in which Granet at once seated himself. "I have sent for you; Captain Granet," the former began, "to ask you certain questions with reference to the events of last night." "Delighted to tell you anything I can," Granet replied. "Isn't this a little cut of your line, though, Thom- Sir Meyville suddenly leaned for- "Th-at is the young man," he declared. "I took him to be the officer in command here and I showed him over my workshop. Quite a mistake--absolutely a wrong impression!" "It was a mistake for which you could scarcely hold me responsible," Granet protested, "and you must really excuse me if I fail to see the connection. Perhaps you will tell me Major Thomson, what I am here for Maji ravelling it the rate of at least' "You do not> for instance, happen to sixty rnHesTn Ltera1s°yo1r^r;k-w how he came here from the capable of miracles?' P°™y ?0use?... . ..- . ,, - . . .. If you mean did he come in capable of sixty miles an|car>.. Granet answered easily, "pi. ne assure you that he did not. My nd here last night was indiscreet enough, but I certainly shouldn't have ' Granet diclartd. further explanations, Captain Granet, when 1 tell you that your car was observed by one of the sentries quite a quarter of am hour before the arrival of the Zeppelins sn-.l the lighting of thai flare. Your statements, to put it mildiy, are irreconcilable with the facts of the case. I must ask you once more if you have any other explanation to give as to your movements last night?" "What other explanation can I give?" Granet asked, his brain working fiercely. "I have told you the truth. What more can I say?" "You have told me," Major Thomson went on. and his voice seemed like the voice of fate, "that you arrived here in hot haste simultaneously with the lighting of that flare and the dropping of the bombs. Not only one of the sentries on guard here, but two other people have given evidence that your car was out there in the lane for at least a quarter of an hour previous to the happenings of which I have just spoken. For the last time, Captain Granet, I must ask you whether you wish to amend your explanation?" There was a little movement at the further end of the room. A curtf brought another man, especially stranger, with me." "Thank you," Major Thomson eluded, "that is all I have to say to yo:i for the present." "Has there been much done?" Granet inquired. "Very little." They had reached the corner of the avenue. Granet glanced down towards the road. "I presume," he remarked, "that I am at liberty to depart?" Thomson gave a brief order to the soldier who had been attending them. "You will find the car in which yoi: came waiting to take you back, Captain Granet," he announced. .The two men had paused. Granet was on the point of departure. With the passing of his sudden apprehension of danger, his curiosity was awakened. "Do you mdnd telling me, Major Thomson," he asked, "how it is that you, holding, I presume, a medical appointment, were selected to conduct an inquiry like this ? I have voluntarily submitted myself to your questioning, but if I had had anything to conceal I might have been inclined to dis-put your authority." Thomson's face was immovable. He simply pointed to the gate at the end • was drawn back and Isabel Worth ,! came slowly towards them. She stood1 of the ------- 'j there, the curtains on either side of i "If it had "been necessary, Captain ■ lhomson seated himself be-; her, ghastly pale, her hands, clasped'Granet," he said coldly, "I should have ' nesk a'nd leaned a little back, in front of her, twitching nervously. | been able to convince you that ! was ! "I am very sorry," she said. "This! acting under authority. As it is, I id, because is all my fault." | wish you good-morning." v.-e arfr l0°K;#'« two men who lit| They stared at her in amazement. Granet hesitated, but only for a the magnesium hght which-dttected Only Granet, with an effort, kept his! moment. Then he shrugged his shoul-the Zeppelin last night to this locality, face expressionless. Sir Meyvillo be- ders and turned away One of them bes on the lawn there, j gan to mutter to himseif. "Good-morning, Major!" witn a bullet through his brain. Wei "God bless my soul!" he mumbled. He made his way down to the lane, are still looking for the other. "Isabel, what do you want, girl ? Can't| which was still crowded with villagersiUfcwhv m Do you imagine that I can be of you see that we are engaged?" and loungers. He was received with Jrfl . L" --e to you ? Granet asked. | She took no notice of him. She turn- shower of questions as he climbed ini our impression, Major Jed ap-pealingly towards Major Thorn- the car. ison acmitted. "Perhaps you j son. I "Not much damage done that I ca ,ii us what you | "Can you send the soldiers away for [ hear," he tcld them all. "The c-arn< doing here last night.' ,a moment?" she begged. "I don't'of the house caught fire and the law un! , iephed. "About tMnk that they will be needed." looks like a sand-pit." Bulbs for the Early Spring Garden. I have found that no class of flowers are so charming, and none more satisfactory, than those produced from fail-set bulbs. The earlier varieties often bloom while the rest of nature is still dormant, and even with snow on the ground. Now is the time to prepare for these early spring messengers. I find that the bed or border Household Hints. To clear the air of a room put a lump of camphor in a saucer and apply a very hot poker to it. This will caure strong fumes, which cleanse the air speedily and at the same time act as a very powerful disinfectant.--Mrs. J. J. 0TC. cooking cranberries, SOO MILE BREAEE7 what they are like. USED AUTOS 100 actually in stool:. 02 YONGE ST. TORONTO Percy Breakey Ment . this An Airless Earth. mid not Were the earth deprived of its atmosphere, and existence possible under such conditions, we should find that no rosy dawn would herald the rising of the sun in the darkened east, which bulbs are to be planted should; pinch"f ^soda^when1 first "put 'crT to ! or gorgeous colors mark its setting in be prepared by deep spading, raising; cook. Allow them to cook a minute: the west The sky would be dark by the ground a little so that water will: or two, then drain, add fresh water - day as well as by night, not stand on them. I have discovered j and sugar and finish cooking. Cooked i The stars would shine brightly that good surface and under drainageiin this way, they have a better flavor: through the entire twenty-four hours, are essentials for successful bulb- and require less sugar.--Mrs. L. L. G.; but we snouid gee thousands more of growing. If the ground is not natur- T° make aPP e mlnt >f*> cut *«| them than are now vteibl, ally rich and porous, I work in aUpples mLo quarters, barely cover with; cIearest nigMa^ They liberal dressing of well-rotted manure1 ^olhn« water and cook until soft. twln.kIe ln the least, and bone dust I never use fresh i Draln' and foT a Quart of the mlce: They would be seen almost up to the manure, and I let none come in contact: heat three cupfuls of sugar. Set the very edge of the sun itself, but lm-with the bulbs. A handful of sand' Julce on to cook /lth th,e crushed; mediately round the sun there would placed around each bulb is very bene-! leaves Md stalk of a blmt °,f mm.t'i be a glow having the appearance of flcial. I always try to plant all bulbs: Cook for twenfcy minutes and strain: broad wingS) and red flames w01li<i of the «ame variety the same depth i into a clean saucepan. Heat to the; add their grandeur to the impressive' otherwise they will not bloom at the! bo}}™« nt> cook forJfi,f*fe/1 ^If'l SC6ne' same time. Most bulbs may be set! actd the hot suSar and let bo11 L° the! The Zodiacal light would appear as a so that the tops will be three or four i^^S sta£e- Tlnt a delicate green i broad beam of light in the spring, up inches beneath the surface of the soil, with vegetable^ color paste and store to the left of the place where the sun and four or eight inches apart. Daffo- m_J*™y glas""'" dils, tulips, narcissus and jonquils . should be planted five or six inches 1 apart, and about four inches deep. ^, Crocuses, scillas, anemones, snow- utes' arld then pla< drops, chionodoxas, and other small ' , , bulbs should be set two and a baif, ^ f'mk >7<,u ,rU ha™ ^ t T to three inches apart, and about two! t^h""" sticking You will find and a half inches deep. About thead^Me to let the mold stand ' " of October is a good time to sraW If you will place your butter i kettle filled with rapidly boiling water, and allow it to boil i cold water so it will cool before being used, I do plant. After the ground has frozen, and on the approach of severe freezing weather, I cover the bed with leaves, straw, or other dry material to a depth of several inches. This prevents the bulbs from starting to grow during a warm spell, and also prevents injury from spring freezing or thawing. A few evergreen boughs or brush thrown across the top will prevent the mulch from blowing away. This covering should be removed as soon as severe freezing is over. allow the bulb flowers to go to seed, as this robs the bulb of vitality and makes it deteriorate. It is best to cut the flower stems either when it blooms, or immediately afterward, with a sharp knife. With a little care i have the cheery welcome of spring expressed in flowering bulbs, and most of them will bloom satisfactorily for several years without had set. It would be possible to study this remarkable object, and no doubt to solve quickly the mystery which has clung to it for so many centuries. The appearance of the Milky Way would be far more magnificent than it is now, seen even from tropical A big comet would be seen months before it got to the sun, and we should witness it sweep round the sun with incredible speed and dart off into space again. Mercury and Venus could have their movements followed with ease, and any other planet there might be between Mercury and the sun would soon be discovered. Egg's Fight With Moss. A French naturalist recently had the rare opportunity of observing an intensely interesting struggle for ing Children's Dise 3 dises :s?" "That nothing! °How tunity to get •ir.:- of i i the 1; brief order! He was driven in silence back to i an-snip we; and the men left the room. Isabel, the Dormy House. When he arrived i but could see i came a little nearer to the table. She,1 there the place was deserted. The avoided looking at Granet. | other men were lunching at the golf "I am very sorry, indeed," she went \ club. He made his way slowly to the on, "if anything I have done has j impromptu shed which served for a caused all this trouble. Captain Gran-1 garage. His own car was standing et came down here partly to play golf, j there. He looked all around to make partly at my invitation. He was here' sure that he was absolutely alone, yesterday afternoon, as my father j Then he lifted up the cushion by the Before he left--I asked him! driving-seat. Carefully folded and ar-over last night." J ranged in the corner were the horn- breathless silence.: rimmed spectacles and the silk hand- ■x, I took that oppor- it going. Latei is on my way upstairs, ] sard the sound once more started my car, and drove ne. It seemed to be com- . direction so I followed knows, d up short of the house, J to core the top of the bank and i Thei irdin -------Isabel was standing at the end of i kerchief of ' •= mju, irshiand on the other side, j the table, her fingers still clasped j Market burnham small beat fall back > nervously ^ together, a spot of intense I through his forehes really all I kno^ odded. (To be continued.) Fine Weather. Weather is fine for livin'--and that's what most of us want As much as we do the shadows of glory that hound and haunt; Do her cheeks. She kept herl car and j eyes turned sedulously away from to whom Granet. Sir Meyville gripped her by that is the shoulder, latter." j "What do you mean, girl?" he de-I manded harshly. "What do you mean t arrived, then, by all this rubbish? Speak out." dropped?" I Granet looked up for a moment. >fore the ilium- "Don't," he begged. "I can clear nt- ^ myself, Miss Worth, if any one is mad , him thought- eno^dt^e)?»PickmS about me.! Weather is flne for lovlng> a remark Cap-1 «The truth may just as well be told," I TT And dreammg and sitting by upon whicn you she interrupted. "There is nothing to! Hearine the naru of tne evening wind, as you choose, be ashamed of. It is hideously dull! The lark of tne morning sky. me last night. down- here, and the life my father has I for the evening , asked me to lead for the last few i Weather is fine for laughin'--and that's ere on your^wHy; months has been intolerable. I never! what most of us need ^ *™JlZ??*\*lee2> and 1 i?vited Captain Granet J To hurry the heal of the wounds we "I 'ubberjto come over here at twelve o'clock! J"-ket for dm- hast night and take me for a motor _ , ... ,. ,. ride. I was dressed, meaning to go, moment bit his lip. I and Captain Granet came to fetch mej those things tn case it turned out to be impossible because Weather is fine for dancing, ' And delving with what life sends lay ask. "Every child has have them sometime, and the soon-the better." The person who talks that way generally argues from the belief that measles or s-carla- is in a child. Th i it 'en' if it were so, it would still be ise not to expose a child to them, nee the older he grows the less likely ; is to take them. There are only two ways to protect a child from disease: one is to keep bim in perfect health by providing him with good food and good air and seeing that he gets proper exercise, and the other is to keep him away from any child who may carry contagion. The first way is only relatively effective, but the second is certain It is easy enough, of course, to keep a child away from a companion who is sick enough to be in bed or in the house; it is not so easy and is quite as important to keep him from the playmate who is convalescent, for ignorant parents often permit the convalescent child to seek his friends while he is still able to transmit the disease. When such a child ceases to be dangerous depends on what disease he After measles and German measles a child should not mingle with itil at least a week after the eruption has disappeared. After scarlet fever he should see no. other children for three weeks; after chicken pox, not until all the pimples have completely healed; after mumps «aTt TVa ^^hms dom'g> he said I 0f all the new sentries "about the place, *tJ ^ VT' 1 s"r*, at 1 h«d, but that is why Captain Granet was ,S 1 3 hf f j f ii" T?i!here' and that'" she concluded, turn-*W,t,fIiil« t0 MaJM' Thomson, "is why, I TW w£ il n J suPP°se, he felt obliged to tell you lou^a^ the tr^- " haS ^en Per-| There was a silence which seemed composed of many elements, Sir Meyville Worth stood with his eyes fixed upon his daughter and an expression of blank, uncomprehending dismay in his features. Granet, a frown upon Ms forehead, was looking towards the floor. Thomson, with the air of seeing nobody, was studying: them all in turn. It was he who spoke 1 first. "As you justly remark. Miss Worth,' he observed, "this sort ol thing has been done before. We wil leave it there for the present. Will you come this way with me, if you please, Captain Granet? I won't trouble you, Miss Worth, or you, Sir Meyville. You might not like wr ' we are going to see." Granet rose at once to his feet. "Of course, I will come wherever you like," he assented. The two men passed together side by side, in momentous silence, across the stone hall, out of the house, and round the back of the garden to a wooden shed, before which was posted sentry. The man stood on one side to let them pass. On the bare stone floor inside was stretched the dead ■everal minutes while being churned, and then cooling it in cold water while the butter is being worked.--J. F. Compressed yeast should be as fresh as possible and free fi odor other than the well-known yeasty odor. It should be fairly soft, but should break easily. It should never be mixed with any liquid which is more than lukewarm. Liquid yeast should always be kept covered and in a cool place. It should have a yeasty odor only and should not be kept more than two weeks with- existence between an egg £ out freshening. A good liquid yeast is made thus: The egg was that of a lizard which 4 medium-sized potatoes, washed and j had been deposited on a cushion of pared; 1 quart hot water, M cup sugar,; moss. It was enclosed by a white pro-1 teaspoon salt, 1 cake dry yeast' tective covering of leather-like tcugh-soaked in M cup warm water, or 1! ness. cake compressed yesst. j The moss on which the tip of the Grate or grind the potatoes directly s egg rested secreted at the point of into the water (a food grinder is con-! contact a substance that gradually dis-venient for the purpose). Boil about! solved the leathery shell of the egg. 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add When there was no longer any i the sugar and salt and all ture to cool. When lukewarm, add the yeast. Keep at ordinary temperature (about 70 degrees Fahrenheit) for 24 hours, when it will be ready for This yeast should be kept in a dark place. An earthen jar or enanielware pail is a good container for it and should be scalded before the jea it.--R. K. t Girl--"I'm so irning, doctor." --"Ah! Have ; Servant Girl (blushing)-"Who is he, may I ask?" "He's the "Ah, thei ! love with ti night police: 3 milkman"." the stem of t penetrated the shell and se: branches through the substance the opposite < plant s (-(in: j tho gency. It enveloped the stem of the moss inside the egg with a membranous coating that formed an insulating tube around the intruder. Then the moss sent out side branches through the egg, traversing it, but these also were made innocuous by an albuminous coating. In spite of this struggle against the intruding moss, the lizard embryo developed to all appearances normally, and finally emerged frcm its prison unharmed. The Test. lent used by Physicians, j his old age at sor SOS For the Doctor A woman sat rocking her baby one Saturday at sundown in the steamship Venetian, homeward bound in the Bay of Biscay, from Alexandria For a week past she had nursed her dying child, and there was no doctor on Weather is fine for fightin'-- and that' what most of us know As over the hills and hollows struggling for joy we go; Weather is fine for singing And swinging and smiling away To the lilt of the looms of twilight, The boom of the mills of day. ISSUE No. 37--'21, Building New Plane in Secret. Much is expected from the tests of Great Britain's new secretly constructed heliocopter (vertical flying machine), made at the Royal Aircraft Works at Farnsborough by a few trusted workers, says a London despatch. Extraordinary precautions are being taken to insure that no spy will gain the slightest inkling of the principles of construction. The place of the tests and the time they will occur are kept secret and it is not improbable that the tests may be made at dusk. Keep Minard's Liniment in the house. The grey outline of a man-of-war appeared in the distance, and a wireless message was sent asking for help. The war vessel flashed back a reply. The Venetian stopped, the war vessel 'he should see none oT'ms Tlaym'ates I drewt° a Quarter °' a m"\and for several days after the swelling has in s*>lte of the lleavy swe11 a Meboat disappeared; after whooping cough he j p should keep from thr-- "c but hei mouth carried no surgeon, commander secured wireless communication with the Allan liner Hesperian, gave details of the man's symptoms, and received dai . escri; tiens from the doctor on board the Hesperian. The fireman was well on the road to recovery when he readied Mont- ten days after the last "whoop." Following diphtheria a child will be a menace to his mates as long as the germs of the disease remain in his throat, it may be for weeks and even for months. Only a physician, by making cultures, can tell whether or not germs are still present in the child's throat. A cold in the head is not distinctively a children's disease, but children should be kept from anyone who has it. Uses for Adhesive Tape. If the children lose their rubbers at school, or get them mixed up, put a piece of adhesive tape in the back of each rubber, and print the name on white tape. You can get this- adhesive material in the drug store, and- it nes in different widths, [t is useful for many other things well. A patch of it will often mend a rubber hot-water bag, the garden a split umbrella handle, or it will hold a dressing in place over a r burn. The regular surgeon's adhesive plaster will prove a useful dressing also for cuts, or abrasions of the skin. Many times when the heels are tender and blister easily, the surface may be covered with a pieo£ of The captain of a tramp steamer :n the Gulf of Mexico was taken ill with ptomaine poisoning. With death staring him in the face on account of inadequate medical aid, he decided to call by wireless for assistance from a i naval station many miies away, n the Venetian watched j A liner 700 miles farther away pick-breathlessly as the lit- I ed up the call, and the ship's surgeon ■ up and down in the - made haste to reply with the neces-length the side sary prescription, which was then filled from the tramp steamer's medicine-chest, and the captain recovered. The mail-packet was crossing from Ostend to Dover, and one of the passengers, donning his overcoat in half a gale, put his shoulder-joint out, and was in great pain. A wireless message was sent from" the vessel to Ostend and thence to Dover for a surgeon to Passengei their progr< tie boat swung u trough of the sea. of the Venetian v man whose help \ mounted a rope him. The baby's name of the baby name of the warship was the Queen Elizabeth. Some time ago James Arthur, a fireman of the Canadian Pacific liner Monmouth, was attacked in mid-ocean with severe internal hemorrhage. He owes his life to wireless. The Mon- reached, and the so sorely needed ler prepared for was saved. The i Elizabeth. The ; the 1 rrival ; the