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: pibighed 'drawin : An £ Rote) THE EXPLOITS. OF LicutCol. * hl ee ime "Klondike" Boyle /BY DOUGLAS WATSON, - x ' SE------ ox SR & + CHAPTER I i time ago a humorous weekly ntléman in a surveying a h hh enclosed in a glass case. "The man that caught tha' fish," the "i.g." was saying after deep thought, "is (hic) a liar." In writin, 5 of Joé Boyle, otherwise known as londike" Boyle--since the war Lisujenaut. Calonél Boyle, wear- ; the Stanislaus, 4th class; the ladimir, 4th class; the Order of jeen Anne with swords (all Russian jecorations); the Order of the Crown of Roumania, the Sthr of Roumania "and Grand Cross, and the Regina Maria, 1st class; a gentleman listell in the Roumanian Peerage as the Duke of Jassy--my only worry is in how much of the truth I can write before my readers charge me with in- vention. As a maiter-of fact, Boyle's career is more inary than any ever conceived by the vigorous pen of Jack London. for creating heroes of romance, Dumas never pictured a more engag- ing figure than this Canadian. In London, Petrograd, and Paris, "Klon- dike" Boyle is known as one of Europe's first gentlemen of adven- ture. ithout the least exaggeration it can be said of this native of Ontario that he juggled statesmen, di lomats, and generals as other men play with dice. In the tragi-comedy of Bol- shevism he wandered on and off the stage at will, directing -and changing the coyrse of events by sheer force of a persomality that could be felt even through the medium of an inter- preter. ¥ . He is a man who has lived in the open, and 'has assimilated something of the vasthess'of nature's broad ex- nse. When I'met him in the "Ritz" in London, surrounded by Roumanian Staff officers, there was still an air of the North about his thick-set fi- gure, with its face and shaggy light-brown hair, He does not talk glibly; therefore, when he speaks, / one listens. » N . "Colonel Boyle," said the Queen of Roumania when she visited London, "4s Roumpania's friend. Our country owes him a-debt we never can repay.' So much for so much. This is the true story of the exploits of "Klon- dike" Boyle. CHAPTER II. Boyle was born in Woodstock, On- tario, the son of an Irishman who had settled in Canada many years ago. He is related to the Earl of' Cork, an is devoted to the Empire--although possessed _of his race's natural love for "alarums and excursions." His first bid for fame was to start for the Klondike in 1897 as nansger for a heavyweight prize fighter. Un- fortunately for the completeness of this narrative, the name of the pugil- ist is unknown; but it can be assumed that he was knocked out, either by an adversary or by adversity, for his manager appears to have left him shortly after their"arrival. At any rate, it was not in the nature of things that Boyle should remain a fighter's Boswell--one could as readily con- ceive of Lord Beaverbrook devoting his life to chronicling the activities of Ramsay Macdonald. -- i In the of '98 Boyle staked an eight-mile claim, sulequently selling it for a large sum, Now, if this were fiction the story would end here--any author knows that shen his hero makes a million in the Klondike, his story is over. Give him a pretty wife, describé a sunset--and voila! Clest fini. ' of an inebriatedy { reaching in | teacher. The co to school Having adjusted that trifli ondiker Not so this adventurer of the North. Having achieved money, he started out to see what life held for him. He| became heavily interested in railroads, in dredging, and invested nanéy ; various enterprises of Dawson ity. | In a short time he had ceased to be, an' individual, and had become one of thé Yukon's sights of interest. It is not easy to dominate a mining-coun- try, for the lure of gold draw men of aw and character--but Boyle - th, and imagination besides. By common consent he ven the sobriquet of "Klondike" yle, and! his fame began Ao spread from Van- couver_ to New/York. Probably the only place that hadn't heard of him as the "Klondike King" was Wood: stock. Ontario. When the war broke out, Boyle gathered together two hundred choice spirits, called them "The Yukon Pack Company," took them to England at his own expense, and offered them to , the British Government. Afterwards, ith all his adroit gemius|gy part of the Yukon Machine-Gun| his resignation to the Russians, offer- Battery, they did gallant work France. Some day, it is to be hoped, the full | history of that little band will be writ-! | ten. It recalssold times desenibed! in Conan Doyle's White Company,! when English knights used to raise bands of men, and crossing the Chan- { nels wa; ivalrous warfare upon { the French, with much glory to them- selves and their ladies' eyebrows. | But there is one difference--adven- turous spirits as they were, the: Yukon men went for a gry je il and fone. in the wind-swep in t cause; epbTielda] of Flanders, many of them are at rest. Is there any one whose imagination is so déad that there is not for him/| ' something gripping in the thought of those men of the North, who had once wrestled with the earth for her riches, now lying asleep in her forgiving bosom ? . _. CHAPTER IIL . "" Possibly if Boyle had gone to France he would never have been heard of again; but the military authofities, in one of those flashes | of intelligence which sometinies il- luminate officialdom, decided that he should be sent with the Canadian Transport Mission to Russia. And that was the real beginning of the ro- mance of "Klondike" Boyle. It was in June, 1917, after consul- { tation with the Russian General Staff, that he was sent to the south-western front to examine and report on the ' condition of "their light-railway and horse-transport system. He took . along with him the official interpre- ter of the General Staff, and had just completed six weeks' work when, on his way. back te Stafka, there was a | break in" the line at Tarropol. 'This ! struck Boyle as something which | needed attention, so he entered the place to investigate. Things were in a "pretty kettle of fish." The officer commanding had bethought himself and gone, the inhabitants were pass- ing from a state of confusion to one ; of riot, and the enemy was preparing to exploit the situation. § "Assuming an authority I did not ossess," Boyle subsequent! n a charming naive report, "and! with the assistance of two young Russian officers, I got a Russian Death Battalion (women) to throw a cordon round the town, and establish patrols, and restore some semblance of order." Ha done that, Boyle stayéd around for a day, during which time the place was twice attacked from \ Silver foxes on a ranch at Hungry 'Hollow, near Regina, are epicureans and lve on the fat of the land, This need mot be wondered at, for silver Ed toxss literally are worth their weight ia gold. -_ Thé Tittle aristocrats are fed as ex- pensively as guests in the best hotels. The meat served them fs kept in a; pertect Jegulutol - 42d Suction re- steaks and pork' Hon ; Canada's Silver Fox Farms ists of the choicest | made { the air, and feeling that everything / Canadian Pacific Railway and of sever- al others near Winnipeg has demon: strated that the prairie provinces are as well adapted - to breeding silver foxes as Prince Edward Island, which is the world's centre of the industry. Some of the fox ranches in Prifice Bd. ward Island-are operated by corpora. tions capitalized at several hundred thousand dollars. Many of them 'have lost xes seems. to x their Breeding ling to " of " | he was under the Mission for orders | port Missions." h have | o 'heavily. ; aay with his ae gig oom 'Blun sion: "That teacher of yours don' | now not in his ear: ence. with Boyle and Kerensiky were| isn't going to buckle down to hisles- "clean, General Alexieff and General Douk-| sons properly. I -since teacher, As 800 honin, who later became the Com-| doesn't know anything, he thinks, out of tk mander-in-Chief of the Russ "What's the use of --learning what water in to General Alexieff's| she tells me to learn?" Or the child' you can approval of yi¥he! who. "becaiise of some misdemeanor the Canadian was placed in complete $0 remain after school charge of reorganization and gome hours, was coniforted. at h ith alEA 'struction-work on" the 4 0 he as ag contforied at home Ta wi iy e assurance, "If that teacher keeps work is Niage in Boyle's career of- ficialdom decided that he had been a At free-lance long enough, and the jo eral who was chief of the British Transport Mission informed him that y, who, had invested him forces. the is mot going to come to'school with the determination to be as good as possible all day long. He is, however, This struck Boyle as absurd, and he protested; but the British Ambassa- dor at Petrograd and the War Office informed him that he was subject to regulations. It is-difficult to harness a hurri- ane. Lieutenant-Colonel Boyle tendered that his mother can cause trouble for! That much ten he succeeds. done much to bring par ers together for a better mutual un- it derstanding of home and school con-! ditions and aspirations. Yet there are ¢ ils out. ing first to Somplele his Bessarabian, many small communities which have The R jatid were much perturbed, 10 as yet such associations, and hi invited him to Petrograd fo con.| there are many mothers who could fer with the Minister of War, the | not attend the meetings even if 'the Minister of Ways and Communica-| Were held near at hand. But, whether tions, and the Minister of Foreign Af- or not there be a weekly or monthly fairs. ; : gathering of parents and teachers, "Gentlemen," said Boyle, who felt the same r hility* rests on the hat Hs knowledge of Joeal Sffairs, parents regarding" the talk about the made shpervision nei only irritating, teacher their children hear at home. ig Fg A sion ay fot | «Not always, of course; can" good ease of any effect #f-has:on my work, | things be said of 'the - teacher--yet but because of constant, Annoyances | very seldom is.it that the, children from the British and American Trans:' cannot be told that their teacher is ; trying hard to teach them right, that The matter was adjusted by the, she is doing her best, that it is a "Stevens" Mission and the British one hard task -teaching so many active, being kept to the civil area, while the eager little children, and that she Han froh Cangde wes placed in com-| needs their help every minute if she plete ¢ ey 'S e oy area. | ig to give the school a good-name and ' # be co inn i record. But even though the parents SE do not consider the teacher as good A Song of Days. as a previous one, or do not approve Sing of the bee, taking her busy flight, Sing of the sun, driving off the night, Sing of Dame nature's days, fresh and bright. A Happy the springtime, through the grass, Happy spring hours that brighten as they pass, Happy our youth, it comes but once, alas! articles smoothly and iA lone that has 54 lars «and fifty ment for two cuse for airing these beliefs before tional benefit. the children. 1i strolling schoo! to feel approval or disapproval |. of 'the teacher's methods or ability, but discussion" of the latter should be garried on when the children are Tabsent. Whenever possible the teacher should be invited to the kome, neck in that loving little way she has; then she startled me by saying: 'Mama says you're just a little girl, and I can't expect to learn anything from you. She says we ought to have '8. grown-up. teacher--but. I. like you better." 0 N . My friend smiled at-thought of the child's affectionate words, then con- tinued soberly and thoughtfully: "I suppose I am just a girl, but: I'm try- ing to do my best as a teacher. Some- "times I get discouraged, though, and now, since Doris' 'mother -made that remark before Doris, I'm almost afraid I'm going to lose control of the whole school. Doris won't take anything I say seniously; she has been told I'm just a girl, and to believe I know no more than shi does herself. And she has communi- sated her feeling to a good many of the other scholars. I really don't where ems presented by the chil- dren can be discussed when the chil- dren are not. around, and the parent and the teacher can come to a better understanding. = But whatever your real feelings toward, the teacher, if it be not good let no-inkling of it reach your ehil- dren's ears. Instead, pick out all the! 'teacher's good points and hold them constantly before the children. Fak i " 3 Zz Saving Time ands Strength ; ashday. he the hardest jobs a out which we smooth, black Sunny the days that go to make July, Sunny the life beneath his flaming sky, Sunny the summer as our life Eges by. began to ask numbers. Fruit fills our orchards in the autumn 3 rl days, a . _ . Fruit of the vineyard 'shimmers though the haze, f Fruitage of life work fills our harvest. trays. better. The early to work White is the winter, snowflakes cover - all, Yellow the fireplace in the cheerful ball, - Golden our visions shadows fall. Len Re GOT A CHILD'S COA BY DYEING ENT "Diamond Dyes" Help Make New Outfits for Vo Maks N Don't worry about perfect results. Use "Diamond Dyes," ranteed tos give a new, rich, tadelens color tg any fabric, swhether it be Wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods -- dresses, blouses, 'stockings, skirts, children's] coats, feathers, draperies, coverings, --everything! © > SIE Ce = a The Direction Book with each pack age tells how to diamond dye over any color. & g * 5 >. = To match any matérial, have dealer show-you "Diamond Dye" Color Card. Made Him Feel Small. As the as the evening in the manual spoke to the the value of on men's underw boiler put your han t the colored clothes to soak while wringing out the white ones. I soap ly soiled spots,-such as on men's , irts, ete. When I am ready you in another night 1 shall take up ' for them, I simply punch them well, tter 'with the school board," and very seldom board for anything. at za) 1 have a big washing out by ten o'clock, my floor mopped, and have going to endeavor to get kept in so time to rest before starting dinner. | the teacher. And in nine cases out of | bolle bi White ot | no one' who-eares 'at ull >for his/ap: Parent-teachér associations have ting the clothes on in cold water. 5 and teach- The cold water loosens the dirt and When I bring the clothes in from, the line, I fold and put away many ithout towels, pillow slips, and all flat pieces, I fold and-run through the wringer and put away. Underwear if/ folded hands looks as well as if ironed, and is sweeter and healthier, ; Home: Blackboard. i LR TY a 3 A very useful 'arfitle in our home equipment, writes 4 contributor, and pleasure and profit for the children, ; of our, best investments, not only as of her methods of teaching or correct- the means of unlimited entertainment, ing unruly scholars, there is no ex- put also as the s ; ev When we first put the blackboard _ Eyery parent should take sufficient in place, small Rob knew nothing 'of interest in the children's progress at! jetters or figures, but he often spent hours "making things)' he voluntarily set about copying the figure he saw on a large calendar. Unaided, he learned to make the num- bers as far as thirty-one. With: a little help he was soon counting up into the hundreds, and each day filling the blackboard with crooked rows of tippy figures; put gradually ; the rows grew straighter and the figures stood up| ".yeg" the De has always liked arithmetic. ildren grew older the en- tertainment that the blackboard pro- vided gradually yielded to utility. An arithmetic problem brought up in re- view of the day's lesson; a sketch, a bar of music, an outline map, or per- haps a drawing of scme article made ) -tigining shop appeared in rapid succession on its surface. Once a' veteran of the Great War obedience. Our boys were much im- pressed, and upon returning they wrote the words, "Prompt Obe- dience" on the blackboard. subject was further discussed that evening; other desirable traits of character naturally suggested them- selves, and such words a "1 5 mess' nd ness" went up to join "Prompt Qh; ence." Thus they the of expressing' blackboard long of bulletin of as compared with 1, ang | does not get bald on his. face, a mysteries, Indeedy it is often notices 'able that the sf and more '| luxuriant a man's beard is, the earlier and the more nearly completely di from the scalp, causes it to fall. But most men wear their hats only for a fraction of the - day, and the pressure of the I the hat is never enough to shut off; blood supply altogether; so pret that is only ope of the factors t cause baldness. =~ ; A _ One cause pndoubtedly is seborrhea, . or dandruff, and for that reason, as well as because of the unaightliness of the white shower on the coat collar, i 'have to use a wash- soap will do a large] pearance, either present' or future, should neglect to treat dendruff. It ; 48 comparatively easy to cure dand- ruff; but when the halr follicles have been destroyed, the baldness that re-: sults is 'irremediable. Indedd, the fu. tility of treating established baldness is proved by the 'number of derma- tologists of middle age who are them: selves bald. In cases of premature baldness, exéépt those caused by dand: ruff, the viftim is alniost always f poor health. A chronic invalid seldom | bas a good growth of hair. Wig _ After an- attack of some acute dis. ease, such as typhoid fever, the hair" 'very tommonly gets thin on the top y of the head, but it usually returns af =X. Re valescence is established; and its "yefuirn. can be hastened-and assired | ironing. Everyday pressed. out with the successfully combined our hole blackboard. It occupies : by the use of a tonic. taken internally a well-lighted corner of the dining and daily massage of the scalp. room, is two feet wide and three feet 2 long, is framed in stout oak and clamped solidly against the wall. Ten | years ago we bought it for three dol- A good shampoo is' made of tincture of green 'soap containing ten grains of ° thymol to the ounce; but the scalp should not be shampooed oftener than' twice a month, and after sham- pooing it is a good plan to rub into the scalp a few drops of olive off'ar' = liquid vaseline. D § " Lloyd George Predicts His Own Defeat Soon. 111 fortune has attended statesmen intimately associated with the fram- ing of the Treaty of Versaliles, in the opini of Premier David Lloyd = George, of Great Britain, according to a newspaper article published in Paris. . . ai In conversation with a member of the Thamber of Deputies the British Premier is aigr to have expressed an . opinion "that the 'peace treaty was |' hard luck for anyone having had a. is' cents'as an entertain- Bl boys. It has been ons! x ource of real educa- upon the surface; Then one day Then 'he questions about the puty is quoted as re. plying, "Premier Orlando is out of of- fice, Premier Clemenceau is again. in' private lite and President Wilsen has met with reverses in Washington. Only you have been spared." | < } "Yes, and in less than six months it will be my turn," is the reply at- tributed to the British leader. 5 boy who learned thus thinge out for himse y PE a = Highest Mount in'England. : Seflten Peak, 3,210 feet, is the high: est mountain in England. It is in the _. coupty of Cumberland, in the Take school children about Di t. the hébit of 'prompt sil Tavest Your. As the [] ps onesty," and. "Ind ous | * q i "habit white "in 1 _ they fan shou d