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6 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 1921. The Kingdom of The Blind By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. MOTIOB A postal card will bring to you large Fall Catalogue, soon to bi containing Thousands of Illus of Gifts In Jewellery, Sill China and Novelties. Write to-day. wh A Vejret'-.r.Tc St I didn t try," he replied. "I want A v.- , t liberty. His time will cornel A blg ,barn> °J eve, I break up this conspiracy, if I ways_ maJ?es a fine Ph pa off-- . garage, al- (CopjfJ|rhted) Synopsis of Later Chapters. me?" she asked, looking hi Granet ;s commissioned by his j "Nothing," he replied, uncle, Sir Alfred Anselman, to destroy she nodded, slipped in h the new submarine detector, made by\ and drove 0ff. Surgeon-Maji Sir Meyville Worth cf Norfolk. When, gon entered the War Office i cr.Uing upon Isabel Worth he is mis- hh, way up many stairs and along, taken by the inventor far the captain j many- wide corridors to a large room! ed. of the guard and shown the marvel-, Qn the t floor of the i)uild.iiig. Two roon lous invention. At midnight, with his men were geated at desks, writing. He1 into accomplice, Collins, he lights a Hare gged them by with a little greeting to the Censoi to guide a Zeppelin. Next day he is and entered an ilmer apartment. AI summoned to the Hall and questioned rg gtood UDQn hig degk_ CHAPTER XXVII by Thomson. Isabel Worth comes to * .T._in.j ti.pm OT,„ bv one. de- « n j ' , . , , , , . nftle examined tnem one uy one, uc Mr_ Gordon jones wno nad moved stroyed some made pencil remarks hjg chajr a ^ ^ Ws upon others.Presently^ there»] side, looked reflectively around' tn s he sipped his port. do it at all,' =ar The Chief looked a little aggri I "No one's let off a pop-gun at in the he grumbled. "They must think j you're the more dangerous of the two, Thomson. You'd better do what you clutch can with that order as soon as pos-Thorn-! sible. No telling how soon I may and made | have to rescind it." 'icmson took the hint and depart-He walked quickly back to hit. i, thrust the order he had received envelope, and sent it round Departm Granet's e with a fake explanation of presence at Burnham Hall. Geraldine refuses to consider Granet's proposal until the end of the war. She assists Thomson when he is fired.upon from a grey racing-car. upon OLiiers. jriesenny mcic wcio » side lo tap at the door and Ambrose entered. [ djn;ng._r CHAPTER XXVI.--(Cont'd.) Geraldine drove in silence for s little distance. "Hugh," she asked abruptly, "why ; anteroom did the War Office send you down to Market Burnham after that Zeppelin His face was suddenly immovable, lie turned his head very slightly. "Did Granet tell you that?" 'Chief's compliments and he would be glad if you would step round to his room at once, sir," he announced. Thomson locked his desk, made his way to the further end of the building and was admitted through a door by which a sentry was standing, to an ' l which a dozen people r. His guide passed him in inner apartment where seated alone. He glanced Thomson's entrance. She nodded. "Captain Granet c; yesterday afternoon, much surprised as I a little hard on him, "I think not." "But why were you sent down?" she persisted. "I can't imagine what you have to do with a Zeppelin raid." chair He shrugged his shoulders. "I really don't think it worth while your bothering about the bandage," he said. "Hugh, you make me so angry!" she exclaimed. "Of course, you may say that I haven't the right to ask, but still I can't see why you should be so mysterious. . . . Here's a chemist's. Now come inside with me, please." He followed her obediently into the shop at the top of Trafalgar Square. She'dressed his wound deftly and adjusted a bandage around his head. "If you keep that on all day," she said, "I think--but I forgot. I was! "Thomsi treating you like an ordinary patient. ■ that y Don't laugh at me, sir. I am sure! the sa none of your professional nurses The butler remained on sufferance b< cause of his grey hairs, but the feot-men. who had been rather a feature Oa the Anselman establishment, had departed, and their places had been filled by half a dozen of th> smartol of parlormaids, one or two of whoi were still in evidence. "Yours is certainly one of the mot patriotic households, Sir Alfred, which I have entered," he declared. "Tell me again, how many servants have "Good morning, Thomson!" he said you_ sent to the war?" brusquely. "Sit down, please. Leave Sir Alfred smiled wit the room, Dawkes, and close the door. • one a little proud of his Thanks! Thomson, what about this "Four footmen and two chauffeurs seemed as 1 request of yours?" from here, eleven gardeners and three You were! "I felt bound to bring the matter| indoor servants from the country," he ?" before you, sir," Thomson replied. "I replied. "That is to say nothing about made my application to the -- through t the farms, where I have left matters i the result." in the hands of my agents, wung round in his ing the full wages to e> "And thank heavens have to pay us a little super-tax," the Cabinet Minister remarked, smilingly. Sir Alfred found nothing to dismay him in the prospect. "You shall have every pennv of it, my friend," he promised. "I have taken a quarter of a million of your war loan and I shall take the same amount of your next one. I spend all my time upon your committees, own affairs scarcely interest me, yet I thought to-day, when my was stopped to let a company of the itudying the I IJ,°ndon Regiment march down i Charing-Cross, that there wasn't ,---who Look here," he ssid, "the < department has instructions t<. you every possible assistance researches you may make. There are just twenty-four names in the United Kingdom which have been admitted to the privileges of free correspondence. The censor has no right to touch any letters addressed to them. Sir Alfred Anselman is upon that list." Thomson nodded gravely. "So I have been given to understand," he remarked. The Chief leaned back in his chair. His cold grey eye; m," he continued, "I know'of those khaki-clad young ire not a sensationalist. Atl^i"1 offering more than I." time, this request of vours 1, . 1 n<; riisnop leaned forward from -shattering, isn't it ? , hlsJ?,lace- "I expect to be going Lady Headley promised to let me large ' ' afternoon. Now I'll take his nephe' Those are noteworthy words of Alfred," he said ."There is the whole world so utterly such a success. He has i ineffective as our own passionate j dene more for us in the city than any j gratitude must seem _ to ourselv. eek. other Englishman. could have tied that up any better."} Sir Alfred Anselman has been the, "Of course they couldn't," he Chancellor's right-hand man. It was i y°ur.s> £ "By-the-bye, have jrou ob- j mainly owing to his efforts that .the P™ln§'. you down to the War Office like." if J took his place c "Hugh," she inquired, "have you any idea who fired that shot?" "None whatever," he replied, "no definite idea, that is to say. It was e who was driving a low, grey 5 such a thing?' She frowned. The exigencie to the various war funds, is a very distinguished young officer. Now there suddenly comes a request from you to have the censor pass you copies of all his Dutch correspondence. There'd be the very devil to pay if I consented." Thomson cleared his throat for a moment. "Sir," he said, "you and I have disced this matter indirectly the city than any si"Llt""c"1.""L , LU ouiseive: He has given|When v,'e think of ail those young fel- the traffic prevented her glancing towards him. "Only Captain Granet," she remarked, "and I suppose even your dislike of him doesn't go so far as to suggest that he is likely to. play the would-be murderer in broad daylight." "It certainly does seem a rather You .... but you of penny Press has lows--not soldiers, you know, but young men of peace, fond of thelr-Hhe" pleasures, their games, their sweethearts, their work--throwing it all on one side, passing into another life, passing into the valley of shadows. I, too, have seen these young men, Sir Alfred." The conversation became general. The host of this little dinner-party _ leaned back in his place for a mo-not yet"7 of mylment> engrossed in thought. It was a 11 be. The half-! verY distinguished, if not a large com-ickened us so with1 PanY- There were three Cabinet Min- the subject of spies that the man who j isters, a high official in the W groans about espionage to-day is nce> a bishop, a soldier of royal blood avoided like a pestilence. Yet it is my"""' mpression that there is in London, undetected and unsuspected, _ . ellous system of German espionage, a company of men who have sold themselves to the enemy, whose should have considered rash and unnecessary proceeding," he above reproach. It is my job to sift assented, "but the fact remains that this matter to the bottom. I can only i thought it worth while." "Some one with a grudge against the Chief Inspector of Hospitals," she observed drily. He did not reply. They drew up outside the War Office. "Thank you very much," he said, "for playing the Good Samaritan." She made a little grimace. Suddenly her manner became more earnest. She laid her fingers upon his arm as he stood on the pavement by her side.1 "Hugh," she said, "before you do so if you will give me supr power over the censorship." "Look here, Thomson," the Chief demanded, "you don't suspect Sir Alfred Anselman?" "I do, sir!" The Chief was obviously dumbfounded. He sat, for a few moments, thinking. "You're a sane man, too, Thomson," he muttered, "but it's the most astounding charge I've ever heard.': "' the most astounding conspir- tell you something. I think: acy» Thomson replied, that the real reason why I lost some, Germany a few weeks ago, as yc of my affection for .you was because know." you persisted in treating me without [ «t heard all about it. A very bri any confidence at all. The little ijant but a very dangerous exploit, things which may have happened to that of yours, Thomson." Mttle details of your | «t will tell you my impressions, sir," the latter continued. "The ignorance displayed in the German newspapers about England is entirely a matter of censorship. Their actual information as regards every detail of our military condition is simply amazing. They know exactly what reaching our shore j abroad, the life, the harmless side of your profession--there were so many things I should have been interested in. And you told me nothing. There were things which seemed to demand an explanation with regard to your position. You ignored them. You seemed to enjoy moving in an mysterious at-1 munitionS mospher intelligent, both," "You still have nothing to say I ~ than ever now.! from abroad, they know how we n i not--trust-paying-for them, they know exactly , , i -ij. j our financial condition, they know "' he admitted about our new they know P;?Vely- T,hank y°u. ,very much for. how many men we could send ove, telling me,,thjs, Geraidme.______^ [France to-morrow and how many 1: could get through in three months' " j time. They know the private views ' of every one of the Cabinet Ministers, i They knew in Berlin yesterday what : took place at the Cabinet Council the ] day before. You must realize your [self that Mine of this is true. Hov, does the information get through?' | "There are spies, of co:::ze," the Chief admitted. I "The ordinary spy could make nc I such reports as the Germans are get-[ ting hour by hour. If I am to make a 1 success of my job, I want the letters [of Sir Alfred Anselman." The Chief considered for several moments. Then he wrote a few line cn a sheet of paper. "There'll be the perfect devil ti pay," he said simply. "We shall hav. Cabinet Ministers running about tin place like black beetles. What's th matter with your head?" "I was shot at in the Park," Thorn son explained. "A man had a ilyinj go at me from a motor-car." "Was he caught?" Thomson shook his head. back for a few days from the Front, and his own nephew--Granet. He sat and looked round at them and a queer little smile played upon his lips. If only the truth were known, the world had never seen a stranger gathering. It was a company which the King himself might have been proud to gather around him; serious, representative Englishmen--Englishmi of great position. There was of them who had not readily accepted his invitation, there was not o them who did not look upon h: one of the props of the Empire. (To be continued.) .ndom, as Swiss chard and p aine and radish. The partners form it a vege- in line as fast as named, and a grand •ybody must' march begins--a review before the party. This table stew to which___ come in costume. j eyes of the crows who decide c The invitations must be scribbled most original costume while it is yet on the inside of kettle-shaped folders fresh. with traditionally kettle black covers.: Of course the old game 'Oats, Peas, ! Beans and Barley Grow" is m place, Oh, wont you appear at our Vege- and "Farmer in the Dell" is just fool-_ ,„ taole Stew? i ;sh enoUgh for a crowd of mixed ages. Well promise you fun ere the evening Spelling vegetables is another jolli-is through; j fier_ Give each persfln a letter of the Pretend you're a cabbage, potato or alphabet. Then call out the name of rt bean> | some vegetable--say, turnip. The six Or any old vegetable you ever have persons named as the letters of the seen! word must assemble quickly in the The costumes are fairly easy to right order. The result is sometimes manage of ciepe paper and cheese-J a strange assortment of ages ai cloth and gay rag-bag contents. j sexes. This is. especially lively if , Decorate the barn with strings of person has to appear in two different onions, red peppers, or any other gar-[ Places in the same word--as in den products, and outside of each' tato, for instance. But if there window place a peering ghostly white' persons enough to go through the face. Barrels, sawhorses, upside-; alphabet again, or to have several down pails, or the like may serve as sets of vowels, two o's or two t's may seats. j struggle for places. The music may proceed from the The refreshments are always an hay-mow--if you choose to have interesting part of a party. At a music. And the musicians might all vegetable party they surely should dress as black cats, and give awful consist of vegetables in one form or ear-splitting screeches from time to another. Good sandwiches are made time. j with a filling of chopped celery and When the barn is full of jolly, gig- cottage cheese. Beet and egg sand-gling radishes, turnips, corn, peas, po- wiches are also delicious made on tatoes, and tomatoes, it's time" for the graham bread. Kidney-bean salad in games and stunts to begin. Everybody individual portions on hearts of let-is so disguised as to be willing to tuce could be served, and the final indulge in foolish antics and, regard- C0U1"se might be squash pie and less of age, fall in with the directions cheese. Coffee, cider, ginger ale, or of the leader. j fruit punch is a desirable beverage. First, then, let everybody join' - hands in a circle which is certain to Picked Recipes, look like a real stew, with all its var-J Delmonico salad dressing requires ieties of vegetables. The blind-folded one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half person in the centre holds a long tablespoonful of finely chopped pars-wooden spoon with which she stirs ley, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, the "stew." As long as she stirs, the four tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one vegetables revolve, and when she says tablespoon of finely chopped red pep-"Done!" they stop. Pointing her per. Mix ingredients spoon at someone, she .asks questions well blended. to discover the identity of the one Green tomato preserve: To one selected--not the real identity, but pound of tomatoes (quartered), use the masquerading one--whether to- three-fourths of a pound of granulat-mato or beet or celery. She may ask ed sugar, and one-half of a lemon, mi' All YOU will be astoni hed at the re/ suits we get by our mod era 8vst^ni; of dyeing and cle niug. Fabrics" that are shabby, dirty cr spotted ftfe made like new. We can restore most del icate articles. i Send one article or a parcel of goocja by post or express. We will p»y cat-: riage one way, and our charges arU most reasonable. When you think of clean-; ing and dyeing, think of PARKER'S. Parker's Dye Works Limited Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yonge St. 92 Toronto Heat the sugar i )n, and cook slowly unti are tender and trans i jars ISSUE No. 40--'21. "The Ghost Walks.' This phrase, meaning that pay-day has arrived, originated in a travelling company playing Shakespearean pertoire. Salaries had not been paid for a long time; and at a rehearsal of "Hamlet," when the line, "Perchance 'twill walk again,' 'occur playing the Ghost replied: "The ghost won't walk till our salaries are paid! The phrase quickly becar to express the payment of salaries. Jersey Marriage Custom Quaint. On the island of Jersey there U very curious but pretty marriage c As soon as the ceremony is cv and when the happy couple are en) ing. into occupation of their house, the large granite slab over the porch is scribed with the initials of the bride d bridegroom, and between the tw< rough representation of two heart; entwined, the whole thus forming ,-ique marriage certificate for all then-Id to see. - Itting sponge. I his water, and grasp seed thrown im <>in Ornament. should be soaked in or mustard and crese o the holes. It will with a nice green Irish Moss. From carrageen, or Irish moss, Is ide an isinglass, formerly much used r stiffening blanc mange, and still greatly esteemed as a remedy for consumption. Irish moss is a plant about foot high, with a fan-shaped leaf. such questions as these: thinly slic "Do you have tc be boiled to be fit ficient wate to eat?" (Potato would say, "Yes," toes and lei but tomato, "No.") the tomiatci "Are you tall and. skinny or short I parent. Pis and fat?" (Celery would confess to| Poinsettia salad: Pare being skinny; radish, round and fat.) [ medium-sized tomatoes. The "cook," as she is called, may ask as many questions as she like?. Jf she decides to give up, she stirs w again and selects another victim. The victim,-if correctly identified, becomes the leader. As a series of stunts, ask the corn to illustrate lending an ear; the potato, to show that it has eyes; the cabbage, to scratch its head; the beet, to become dead beet; the httuce, to leave; and the asparagus, to fcet t psy. ther punning stunts may ocei | to m. A good mixing stunt is "bcare- ow." Suddenly a regular cornfield To six quarts of diced sort of scarecrow, black coat-tails and one quart of small onions sliced. Mix all, appears in the midst of the party all together with a cupful of salt, put and flapping its arms, diecilares it J in a colander and allow to drain wants to speak to the crows. It then! night. Next day put the mixtu names several of the guests--to act'a preserving kettle with one and as crows. Then, when the crows are! half cupfuls of sugar and five cupfuls judge-like seated by this human! of mild cider vinegar. Simmer until scarecrow, it calls for certain vege-1 the cucumbers are tender (about an hour is required), then pack in jara and seal. This quantity makes two quarts of pickle. A little pepper may be added to the ingredients, while cooking, if desired. The best pickles you ever ate: Thiist recipe makes a large quantity; halve it if you wish, but you will probably be sorry you didn't make the whole amount. Use one and one-half pecks of green tomatoes, one dozen large cucumbers (remove seeds), one head of white cabbage, six large silver onions, six red bell peppers (omit seeds), one cupful of grated horseradish, one-half pint of salt, two ounces of celery seed, two and one-half pounds of sugar, three quarts of cider vinegar, and one ounce each of white and of black mustard-seed. Chop tomatoes, cabbage and onions finely, add salt, mix well and let it stand four hours. Drain, add the other ingredients, mix again, boil for one-half hour, then put in jars and To spice watermelon rind, remove the soft pink part and the peel, and cut the rind into one-inch squares, until '■ Make a syrup in the proportion of three pounds of sugar, two cupfuls one of vinegar, one tablespoonful of whole use. cloves and two tablespoonfuls of stick ulat-! cinnamon which has been broken into one-inch pieces. Bring the syrup to boiling point, add the watermelon rind and allow to simmer slowly until the rind is dark and tender and the syrup has thickened. Pack in jars and seal while hot. Left-over syrup can be used for spicing another lot of Wonders the World Has Lost One of the many lessons taught by museums is that clever craftsmanship is not a modern monopoly. Much of the work done thousands of years ago is unapproachable to-day, and many of the processes which were comparatively common then are now practically unknown. There is in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum an exhibit, which baffles the most skilled of modern em-balmers, says a London despatch. It consists of a number of human heads from Ecuador reduced by some undiscovered process to about, the size of a small orange - Notwithstanding the great shrinkage, each is perfect, and is rendered additionally interesting by the sealing of the lips, which are sewn up, so that the "spirit" of the dead should not escape and do harm to the The museum in the Royal College of Surgeons contains another remarkable ipecimen of ancient workmanship It is part of the wrapping from a mummy more than six thousand years old. So gauze-like is this material that r a time its precise nature was a mystery; but ultimately it was found be lir.en of exquisite fineness. Compared with it, the finest that Belfast ,n produce is positively -- ready [fruit. Citron, ripe cucumbers (w .-ighths| seeds removed), whole pears oi and open like the petals of a flower, i peache3, or halved and peeled sweet on a nest of lettuce leaves. Mash a: apples can be spiced in the same way. cream cheese, moisten with French , More spicea can be add«d to the o|gpi» dressing and make into tiny balls the, if desired. _ size of a pea. Place eight cheese balls' * in centre of each tomato and serve j Japan's New Battleships, with Delmonico dressing. See recipe j According to reports which have aDOVe- reached London the Japanese naval Cucumber hash is made of well- authorities are preparing to "go the ripened cucumbers, the kind that usu-[ limit" In their new warshiis as really go to waste. Pare the cucumbers,! garda size and fighting power. It is cut in half lengthwise, remove seeds,[known that the first Japanese 18-inch cut in half-inch strips, then across |gun has been produced and tried out, the strips into little blocks or dice, j and this tremendous weapon will probably represent the main battery of the Owari class of battleships, which were authorized last year, but have not yet been laid down. The gun took twelve months to build, and has been under trial since April. It weighs 170 tons, and can throw a 3,400-pound shell up to a range of 45,000 yards. At rather less than half this distance the shell, it is declared, will penetrate the stoutest armor carried by any battleship now afloat. The Owari is designed to car-cy eight of these monster weapons, and will therefore hurl twelve tons of steel at each broadside salvo. Guns of the same calibre will probably be adopted for the four later battle cruisers of the "eight-eight" program, which are to follow the four ships of the Amagi class, but in this case the number of guns will be reduced to six a ship. Japanese naval opinion has always favored the heaviest guns that can be obtained, and the decision to build an 18-inch type was taken late in 1918, after Japanese of-Europe had inspected the ex-British gun of this calibre, nts were set up at Muroran for the purpose. Confidence Epirus. It is as remarkable for wealth of detail as for fineness of craftsmanship. The marking of the veins is distinct and prominent, every lock of hair seems as if it could be blown about by the wind, and the lines of the lips, brows, eyelids, etc., are perfectly flcished. Yet the surface is so regular that even with a magnifying glass no tool-mark can be detected. Graphic representations of the Pyramids, as well as fragments of those great sepulchral monuments, further illustrate the wonderful skill of ancient craftemen. One of the prob-1 periment lems of ages is how the ancient Egyp- j Special pli tians moved the great blocks embodied J and Kur in the Pyramids. The cubic contents I is feIt in Japan that the Owari of the greatest weigh nearly 7,000,000 ! eclipse all other battlesntps in fight- tons, and would build houses of ordinary size. Basement stones in the Pyramid, moreover, are 30 ft. long, 5 ft. high, and 5 ft. wide. The method by which the components, and particularly those huge blocks, were transported and put into place has never been discovered But there are other mysteries no less bewildering connected with the Pyramids. For instance, the Jointing is a perpetual marvel to experts, since it is equal to that in the finest m cabinet-work. It is amazing e\ j those who know that 100,000 men -iniment used by Physici Trained^Li'onT!- It takes four years to train for exhibition work, and only i mal in four is fit for training, trained lion is worth five tin price of one untrained. thousand years old living can reproduce it. The art presents has long been dead. It is made, this vase, of two lay< of glass, white on top and blue belo and the exquisite design is showr white This ; the Portland i employed for twenty yea: - Though ! Great Pyramid alone. "There ain't never been nothin dis world yet," said Sambo, the nc lodern | philosopher, "which ain't got so •en to j thing in it to keep it frcm being as were j as what it looks like it is." the Little lesL __. 14 : commonplace objects, such as Roman j I bronze bowls found in this country, j rs | The puzzle here is this: How did the j r. \ ancients reduce metals from their j in \ ores? At that period there ig ether fuel than wood, which Keep Minard's Liniment In the house. away all the glass where it was not i verted by slow burning into charcoai; wanted--a feat of well-nigh, incredible ] and though in comparatively modern difficulty owing to the brittlenes3 of j times iron was reduced by charcoal in the material No other example of | Kent and Sussex, scientists do not surh workmanship Is known to exist, j know by what method the Romans Just as inimitable is another Bri- j produced the enormous heat required tish Museum treasure--a bronze Mer- j to smelt iron and copper. Apparently cury, found in 1792 at Paramythia, in i their process has been lost for ever. Halloween Novelties erlook these in buying ellers have the Samples. 3 have the Stock. Torcan Fancy Goad3 Co., Ltd. Wholesale Only. 7 Wellington St. E., Toronto.