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written in 1916, bi Lady Anselman's luncheon-party the Hotel, London. Amaag the d Romsey, a Cabinet or Thomson, Hospitals; his : or ; 'her bro- ) 8 naval leutenant, an fances Olive Morotons Cavntain wgnald ranet, nephew e. hostess, § with 3 wounded arm. Lieut. Conyers es commission. on a "mystery" d Major Thomson : decodes a _ message from the battlefiel d. Lord Romsey receives a visitor-and the conversation reveals the Cabinet Min- secret dealings: with Germank omgon'.calls 'at Granet's apartments tod er he knows any- thing about Lord Romsey's. visitoy, Granet denies any knowledge of ihe so-called American Shaplait. Gerald- ine evades Thomson's. for an im- mediate 'marriage. e expostulaios with Conyers for disclosing dmiralty plang to the two girls and Grane After a walk in the park with Gerald-| ine, Granet returns to his room. to find a bottle missing from a cupboard. He warns his servant that a few hand has entered the son goes to the Front to inter- view Granet's General, CHAPTER X. Surgeon-Major Thomson awoke about twelve hours later with a start.] He had been sléeping so heavily that, he was ait first unable to remember his |. The old man looked sadl at; his home| The kd, man look SY Siu "It is always 'wait, " hie muttered, e game, War Office refuses o to allow him tq rejoin his regiment. s to live, one must eat, Thertfore E 1 and a ing his 5. y I dig alone. Why ido not ? usm r Monsieur "Wait but a le ti "longer," dl sls dcartul og Ha "and 'one Sows oldvand tired. Bon- jour, monsieur!" Aoavily car passed on again and sud. denis Seppe into a fie pestciad vi 5 € AS ] before a finy chateau. in front of, which stretched what might once have been an ornamental garden; but which was now. torn to pieces b: gun ody r convoy wagons, and every on of "vehicle, © "From the top lof the house stretched many wires.' |A sentry stood at the iron gates and ssed Major homsg on after a per- | Pinetorsy lenge. An officer with "mud-stained boots and' wind-tossed Ee ot al ah, moaoagh, head + been 'out , 8 on f the and welcomed Thomson. "Hullo, Major," he called out, "just across, eh?" Js "This moment," Thomson assented. "Anything fresh?" "Nothing to speak of," the other replied, "We've just had a message in that the French have been giving them 'a knock, * We've had a. quiet time the last two days. They're bring- The Gerieral hesitated. "Well, what are they?" ob ete oid Ta eds wat 4 are in" trouble with . authorities, and, to be frank iv you, J ; trying to strengthen The General heogadi his rs, > 3 Pr a Er "Very well," he . circumstances you : know what 'my me cent Granet back icion which may ustifiable. The a however, and it was sufficient make up my m ay ila er not to have. again. Now you shall know #i facts very briefly, Rk prisoner twiee. «| taken--as a 'matter affairs oe i t attacks. sudden: o pear ghead of his men, was hi tion, ' AJ I can ay is luckier 'than most of the; nyt! wandering about loose in a Bri uniform--but there, I won't go ith that. He came back each 'tim with information as to what he had}: seen. Each time we planned an at- tack on the strength of that informa- | Keen Minard's Linifent In the house. "(To be' continued.) {a st now stands at $9,450,000. 3 mentioned 1 last ep or Issue' of $2,100,000 of nev . was made, making the paid-up | al of the bank $10,500,000, and by the, transfer of the premium': b; % ry Fh, 0 » th - new stock to the rest accoun OW | Ti | Crop Reports Are Promising. Crop. canditfons thioughout the COURLEY ar¢ the présént abument ex 2 ceptionally promising. . If I may say a. ord as to general e ons it will PE e . WW, 8 k jeBalders. af the han be 'One of tempered optimism, having 2,622 In 1920, a due comprehension of the many dif- »! g po : 28 aginst whereabouts. His mind moved slug-|{ing up some more Bavarians, we| |B ) waa Nob being an increase of 76 during the | gishly across the brief panorama of think? ! \ pc Ind year" ; Re oe a a Je uel but his hurried journey--the special train] "Do you think I could have a few Current loans and discounts stand at. preciation -of the setual and potential from Victoria to Folkestone; the des-|words "with General 7" © Major $109,188,000, "as st; $113,198,000 rides. of thts edun : troyer that had brought him and a!Thomson asked. last year. It w seen, the ¥] Mhore are Indications that the mone. few other soldiers across the Channel,| "Come in and have some coffee. that this bank continues to extend its o § , he'll ; i . | tary position, broadly speaking, is less black with darkness, at a pace which| Yes, he'll see you, of, course: : He is ample share of assistance to. the in. Bed nt and that the general liquidity made eyen the promenade deck impos-|in his own room with two of the fly- dustries of the country. of dit now in evidence is continuing sible; the landing at Boulogne, a hive|ing mien just for the moment, 'I'll i fi % k of industry notwithstanding the dark-| let you know when you can go in." (General Manageris Optimistic. [to develop. further. Following the" presidents | concise i : . , ness; the clanking of waggons, the ey passed into an rtment the' pres AR ogethen er, and in a word, it is not shrieking of locomotives, the jostling | which Had once been the dining-room yet comprehensive review of the situa- | difficult to be an' optimist a. to the of ¢rowds, the occasional flashing of | of the chateau, and in which a long tion, as reflected in the years state- future of "Canada Unlimited," to bor- an 'electric torch. And then the ride(tablé was laid. One or two staff: offi. His, sald Mr. "Macarow, there is { row- thie apt expression recently used: % in the great automobile through the cers greeted Thomson, and the man ttle Jeft for me to add beyond, per- [by an eminent Canadiam:' . | misty night. He rubbed his eyes 'and! who had brought looked -around™him. A 'prey morning his wants. v wag Dregiing: The car had come to a| . "The General had his breakfast an standstill before 'a white gate, in front | hour ago," latter observed. of which was stationed @ British sol-| "We're pretty well forward here and dier, with drawn bayonet. Surgeon- | we have to keep on the qui-vive, - We Major Thomson pulled himself togeth- got some shells yesterday dropped er and inered the challen : n a quarter of a mile of us. I think we're going to try and give Gl ELD LY | EE 2] occupants have left. Under usual cir- cumstan-es, bedbugs work only at night" when it. is dark, concealing themselves in cracks of bedsteads, be- hind wainscoting, under loose -wall- paper or in, other crevices in the day time. Bedbugs have been known to live as long as & year, however, with- out food. 'One to five eggs a day are laid over a period of two months or more. Those. kgs latch in ten days and the bug {s matured in seven weeks or' more, depend ng Spe of t ure and food. " PO method 'of daily inspection of beds' and bedding, particularly. the seams and. tufting of mattresses and of all crevices, liberal aise "of kerosene; corrasive 'sublimete (a very dangerous poison), or of boil. ing water (where this does no harm bo. the furniture) are effective in the! case of slight or récent invasions, ©. When a hotise 'or' room is badly infested, a simple niethod is to' build sufficient fire to raise the temperature I) Sey amd vo-shut up the house room Jor. a day. Tem low, 60 deg. 8 Jax. = feeding der developing activity. of the bedbug to cease temporarily so that sleeping in cold rooms will afford some relief, but the Gags EE eatyoYsd only by fe so that food can be stored success- ng perature continued for not less Fin the oven of 'on ton of | fi et fifteen dats al They ath oi oo Fully ih diovasen of 'on top of 'an ui destroyed until thirty days at freczing a temperature have possed. hea is 5 i not feasible to apply extreme heat, the | water Care must be. taken, however, | - no Stficient. tomedy for the bedbug no} to have such a wall] _- 2 - 5 ¥% ¥ 1 ng 4 Oe Bas, The ase of this gus: requires cop figthgs Bitte Sof dfusiftuto' « Ge: Are, as it is deadly poisonous. 3 Cockroaches eat and soil foodstuffs, eat 'holes in House Insect Pests. Insect pests may descend on Sy household and their: visitation: not netessarily bring a blush of shame to the: cheeks of 'the perfect houses keeper, "him in attended'to| Flies and mosquitoes ave the. most ' dangerous to health of the insect pests; fleas, bedbugs and cockroaches should be regarded with suspicion as possible carriers of disease; moths are the most destructive. " Clothes: moths are of immediate in- terést | to housekeepers during, the them a push back on the left flank. | spring months for it is-then that the ry go in» L'see about you, Thom-|little yellow or buff moths which SOT i ) Y 4 fourths "Good taw! Nou might tel) them | of wn rh se i Tous to' give my chauffeur something. The: read; BY their ting egas 44 destroyer that brought me over is|°P. illars Hatch f CBRE. waiting at Boulogme, and I. want to| caterpillars Tom these eggs and tr : feed on' woolens; carpets}. furs - and haps, 'a word or two by way of ampli- fication; Raced It will he observed that in com; aris son with last years figures bur fotar | . The Board of Directors was re-elect ed, with Bir H. Montagu an as President 'and: F, Howard, Wilson as Vice-President. is made by boiling' oie 'pound of suger; One quart of water and 125 grainy of + | arsenate of sods, This ig 'strained, (cooled and 'used for. sponges, This s I 'nests can be found under the flooring, i Shee woodwork of in the Nr of. the hy ation by following the a to the point of their disappearance, and such places treat- ed by squirting: a little kesosena or gasoline into. the opening from an oil|-vent poisoning, animals 'and can or small syringe, there will bef beings. Avoid all dengbit so & some hope of getting rid of these per:|* odo ¥ sistent pests: In using kerosene" or]: 'gasoline; 'of 'course, care must he taken not. to have any flame néar. If the nests cannot. 'be: found, care in storing all food supplies in ant-proof. metal containers or in ice boxes; and 'prompt -attention-to- cleaning up all Crumbs on the floor or tables will keep dawn the not eradicate them. if such precau- tiohs are not contiined? ' Ants seldom travel on a cold stove e. "A friend," he fran, --'Sur- geon-Major Thomson, on his Majesty's service." He leaned from the car for a mo- ment and held out something in the hollow of his hand. The man saluted! and drew back. . The ear went on along a rough road which led across a great stretc of Jasfureland. On the ridge of the hills on his right, little groups of men were at work" unlimbering guns. Onde or twice, with a queer, screeching sound, a shelly like a little puff of white smoke, passed high' over the car and fell somewhere in the grey valley below. In the distance he could see the movements of a body of troops through the trees, soldiers .on the way to relieve 'their comrades in the trenches, Ag e morning broke, the trenches themselves came into view--long, zig-zag lines, silent, and with no sign of the men who crawled about inside like ants. He passed a great brewery transformed into a can- teen, from which a line of wag going and returning, were passing al the time backwards and forwards into the valley. Every now and then through the stillness 'came the sharp crack of a rifle from the snipers dying hidden in the little stretches of wood- land and marshland away onthe right. A motor-omnibus, with its advertise- ment signs still displayed but a great red cross floating abovesit; came rock- ing down the road on its way to the field hospital in the distance. As. yet, however, the business of fighting seemed scarcely to have comnienoed. They passed several small houses and farms, i front of of was stationed. a senfry." r the hills behind, a great aeropla hould'not be used un- leas every precaution is taken to pre ; be in London tonight." _ © Ole One of the officers fom the other | feathers. From side of the table smiled queerly.? * "London! My" God!" he mut'ered. "There is still a London, I suppose? Savoy: and" Carlton going still? 'Pall Mall where it was?" "And. very much as it was; Them- son assured him. "London's wonder- fully unchanged. You been out long?" "September the second," was. the cheerful reply." '"@ t on "getting Promised a week but I ean't bring it off." + i "He's such a nut 'with the tele- phones," the man by his side explain- ed, helping himself to marmalade, ah neral' positively can't 'spare im." ? "Oh, chuck it." the other exclaimed in disgust. "What about you?--the! they should be * thoroughly. 'Sunned, only man with an eye to a Heaven-| aired, beaten and brushed to dislodge ondg jad gun position. as old Wattles| and destroy the eggs which are so Jecred one day. Were all living! ginute they-tun'hardly be See. Atte TT hhoior tlie Ment ok. CE ipis is done, the: Droper eiirege of ing to Thomson, "but. if T-don"t get u] il reper Sigrage; of the woolen and leather. and. Sole Colbert and a grill at the Savoy,| Earments: will keep them safely: from damage even th cloth and lathe and a front seat-at the Aliambra; be. | ding, "eaten: : sr Li as, fra. pall fore many weeks have passed, I Shah | Carpet beetles or 'buffalo moths | €F bindings o p wet "stale=that's what'll "happen tor Sather only those housekeepers who | © ts all ve their floors covered with nailed-|' 1 food, a eaten, and 8. to fresh food, re dd, imparts thick: is seryed on dishes kept-in 'a 'pantry where. ronches have - heen; a 2 'and odo or rw Not Born at All, J In a Shiga achigol recently: a tle 'Swede presented himself' for struction, . "What ig asked. jo if 4 reas ay fang WW 2 the teacher 4 _"Young' Olson," he sald: the 'ant nuisance; but will {HOW old are yous: » they (emerge three wesks 3 mibths, OU, RAMEY Moths will not lay their eggs on gar-. ne hams ments' kept in light; wellaired, used] if closets, nor on garments stored with : moth balls,; tobacco or camphor, in tarred paper sacks or in cedar chests new enough 50 the odor is pronounced. But if' the eggs have already been laid on garments before they "are stored, as is often the case if such garments; are not stored: umtil "May, none of these precautions will prevent the ravages of the moth larvae. Always before garments are stored "Ay not know how old Ay bane." "Well, 'when we you Doras? ¥ oe "Ay 'bane not born at all}"Ay 'gota' | stepmutter," ¥ realize how many parts until it hits a telegraph ive odor which me." 'which, they have "Hope you'll have:your hair cut be-| fore you' go back," a man from 'the Sher end of the eg irked. ce, from | "Your own 'mother wouldn' ow 4 reat white-winged|like that--much less your act ne glided over his head on-its| heart." ". / Ay baer "akon #15 ign Toke a reconnaissance. Queer- | man fingeréd his locks The young ] reflectively: : EA 'Chap who was going. to, cuf it for, ay," he grumbled. as you came over from 'down carpets. This inset i8'a broad oval beetle} three-sixteenths of an inch! i olor with @ red stripe down the intiddls but "covered with! scales..which-give it -a-marbled-blacke] 'and-white appearance. When disturb. | 'ed it pretends to be dead. The larvae «of this beetle arpets 3 woolen - maf me oH shot yest some one Te- ei arié and a ould be J : Oates; go- , "He'll be back here before