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CHAPTER XXXIV.--(Cont'd.)) Thomson bowed. © J "Perhaps I may - you sently," he you have failed to yers to leave Londony Captain Gran- et," he went on, tu g towards the latter, "may I ask what your own movements are likely to be?" "You may not," was the passionate reply. "They are no concern of yours." "They are, unfortunately," Thom- son retorted, "my very intimate con- cern. This, you will remember, is your ninth day of grace. It is not my desire that you should suffer un- duly for your humane visit here, but I 'might remind you that under the circumstances it.is a little comprom- ising. No, don't interrupt me! We understand one another, I am duite sure," Granet had taken @ step back- wards. His face for a moment was blanched. his lips opened but closed again without speech. 'Thomson was watching him closely. "Precisely," he went on, "You have Jrossed the truth, I can see. We have n able, within the last few hours, to decode that very interesting mes- sage which reached your uncle some little time ago." Geraldine's bewilderment incraased. Granet's almost stupefied silence seemed to amaze her. | "Hugh. what does it all mean?" she cried. "Is Captain Granet in trouble because he has come here to warn me _of something? He has not said a word except to beg me to do down into the country to-night." | "And he has begged you to do that," Thomson said, "because he is one of, those privileged few who have been! warned that to-night or to-morrow, morning is the time 'Selected for the Zeppelin raid 'en London of which we have heard go much. Oh! he knows' all about it, and his uncle. and a great! to indulge ed. "Since ade Miss Con- i * "But they may have warned him-- | brillis persend] Triend may have done! intention, some it," she persisted. "He is a man with world-wide friends and worldwide connections." : ' "Then why didn't he bring = the Simpl 'warning straight to the Admiralty?" Thomson argued. "If he were a pa- triotic Englishman, do you think that any other coufse was to him? It won't do, Geraldine. I know more about ain Granet than I am go- ing to you at this moment. Shall we leave that subject? Can't we do something to persuade your mother to take you a little way fron: town? You ok by to take Olive, for instance. 'We don't want a panic, but there is no reason why you shouldn't tell any of your friends quietly." The door was suddenly opened, The Admiral put his head in - "Sorry!" he apologived. "I thought I heard that young Granet was here." "He has been and gone, father," Geraldine told him. "You'd better see what you can db with father," she added, turning to Thomson. "What's wrong, eh? What's wrong? Yhats wrong 7" the Admiral demand- ed, : "The fact is, Sir Seymour," Thom- son explained, "we've had notice--not exactly notice, but we've decod secret dispatch which gives us reason to believe that a Zeppelin raid will be attempted on London during the next twenty-four hours. I camé round to uy and induce Geraldine to have you all move away until the thing's over." "Ill be damned if I do!" the Ad- miral grunted. "What, sneak off and leave five or six million others who haven't had the tip, to see all the fun? Not I! If what you say is true, Thom- son,--and I am going straight back send for you, We i : all to the Chief but he told: 'you 'were entirely of partment and respor that you had' been--fo: success, and that it ion, to interfere in no 'way with any course you take. I may say that he intimated as much to me when I went to him, furious because I= had re- mo a certain person 'the list of those whose correspondence is free from censorsh ro . tle can or you, gen men ?" Thomson asked. "Listen to us while we put a matter to you from @ common-sense point of view," Mr. Gordon Jones begged. "You see who we are. We are those upon whose shoulders rests chiefly the task of ruling this country. I want to tell you that we have come to an unani- mous decision. -We say nothing about the moral or the actual t of Sir Alfred Anselman. How far he ma have been concerned in plotting wit our country's enemies. is a matter which we may know. in the future; but for the present--well, let's make a simple matter of. it--we want him left alome." 3 "You wish him to continue in his present high pésition?" Thomson slowly,--""a. man who is convicted of having treasonable correspondence with. our enemy?" "We wish him left alone," Mr. Gor- don Jones continued earne hot ed a|for his own sake but for ours. time comes, later on, it may be possible for us to deal with him, To- day, no words of mine could explain to you his exact utility. He has a finger upon the money-markets of the world. He has wealth, great wealth, and commands great wealth in every city. Frankly, this man as an open enemy to-day ¢ould bring more harm upon us than if any neutral Power you! the hot fat or meat juice which has|they are sterilized. could name were to join the Trip Alliance. Remember, too, Major to the Admiralty--1I shall find my|Thomson, that there may be advan- sel and get ready to be useful." way on to one of the air stations my-| tages 'to us in this waiting , and the women can stay at home Since your. warning, his lef admitted to censorship. You have Geraldine passed her hand tarough| the control of a great staff of military head your de-| of msible fo mo one, ve me--a was his le to bandles is a great convenience H the rack does not have handles, a ar lifter will save time and possibly urned fingers. Before beginning n, 'see you have new rubber rings which + streteh without breaking 'and whi can be bent back shasply showing any signe holes cracking. Test the rings before ing and do not, attempt to can good rings can be Dought,: The. jabs) ng that are used must be clear and tested to see that they are air-tight. The! simplest way of testing is fc water in the jar (which-Has a rubber ring on it), screw or clamp down the lid tightly, invert the jar and shake. | JT even the least bit of water comes from around the top, the jar is not air-tight. If the jar which leaks is a bail jar, tighten the bail; if it is a screw-top jar, try a different lid until one is found that will make the jar air-tight. Jars for cold pack can- ning' do not need to be sterilized, but should be filled with warm water and emptied just before being used, so that they will not break when they age filled. Free the' meat from bones and cut it in pieces of such size that they will go into the jars easily. The meat may be packed raw in the jars and {have boiling water poured over it or it may be boiled, fried or roasted, packed in the jar while hot and have been' 'tised in cooking poured over it. The meat is more dasily- sterilized if it 'is not cut' too| has been sterilized just as' the meat | 6. G , the fat hefore it is poured over the meat, but the meat should never be sifted with or rolled in flour before. it is 1 | cover is to put some Jig. in "jars about an inch. Put the has been used cover it tightly. After the water has reached the) boiling point, begin counting he time b and sterilize for from three and one-| half to four houts, Sterilize four ho if the meat has been put in the jar; & raw, or has heen cooked only long! on the wash-boiler, or if a pail] enough to brown, and sterilize three: | and one-half hours if the meat has been partially eooked. When removing the jars from. the boiler be careful not to place them in ms a draft, Clamp down the bail on the glass-top 'jars or tighten the lid con! the screw-top jars as tightly as pos- sible as sogn as taken from the boiler. It is possible to tighten the lid of a i tha screw-top jar after it is cool; but fl) made should not be done, as it breaks the| seal formed by the lid with the hot rubber. Jars. should not be opened to refill with hot water or gravy-after Most reasonable, in the jar, because the air: in the jar has been 'and can not contain: any bacteria which will cause the meat to spoil. : ne The meat will] , or hot water] keep even though there is an air space' Ham, sausage; pork chops, pork) : tenderloin, pork roast, beefsteak, meat for beef stew, veal or chicken, ground}, muny of the cuests they have gather-'her father's arm. etectives; the resources of Scotland ed together. They'll all be safe enough | "That's the sort of people we are," | Yard, too, are at your service. Have cooked, as the flour may form a coat- et Reigate! Come, Captain Granet,' she laughed, turning to Thomson, "All | him watched day and night, his let-| ing that will prevent the thorough what have you to say about it?" jthe same, Hugh, it was very nice of ters opened, his every movement fol-| sterilization of the meat. One tea-| meat for sandwiches or hash, rabbit,| * Granet drew himself up. He look-: you to come," she added. "I couldn't|lowed, but don't provoke him to Open | spoonful of salt should be added to squirrel, lamb chops. or lamb for stew ed.every inch a soldier, and, curiously see us scuttling away into the country, | enmity. We don't want him in the! agch t of meat, unless the meat| are 'all possibilities for meat canning enough, he seemed in his bearing and you know. I shall go round and per-| Tower. The scandal and shock of it is cooned with sathciont salt before| and will prove a boon to the house-j~ attitude to be respecting the higher suade Olive to stay with me. 1 am|would do us enormous harm, apart it is : : : Fv he : + : put into the jar. Celery leaves,| keeper on her busiest days, when nn- rank by virtue of which Thomson had expecting to return to Boulogne al. from the Jervible Smancial pale 1 ich onion, pepper or other seasonings may| expected company comes or when Po ost at, oifee, So the hospital there, tol Would ensue, be added at this fime if desired. .|meat is needed for the day's meals "To-morrow h i {he does mo further mischief than h O-motrow. as you have. reminded Jie sags eischiof than he When canning chicken -have theland a trip ean not be made to town. .. : bring somé more 'wounded back. me. is my tenth day, sir," he said. "I [may already have done. We make an may get a little practice here." shall report myself at your office at] nine o'clock. Good-bye, Miss Conyers! I hope that even though I have failed, Major Thomson may persuade you to change your mind." He left the room. Geraldine was so amazed that she made no movement towards ringing the bell. She turned | instead towards Thomson. | "What does it mean? You must. tell me! "I am not a' ~child." iE "It means that what I have told | you all along is the truth," Thomson replied earnestly. "You thought, Ger- aldine, that I was narrow apd suspi- cious. I had powers and an office and responsibilities, too, which you knew she ingisted, that means. Germany. = Sp is his uncle," "Not in the least," he assured her, done such. wonderful things to have beex in the Cabinet; | "clared grimly, "that an hour ago we Iman, ad- we may be We shall see. 1 ; nothing of. That young man who has' just left the room 'is in thé pay of} "What, Sir Alfred Anselman?". she, exclaimed. "Are you mad, Hugh?" "These are bald facts. ; "But 'Sir: Alfred Angeélman! fiotha r _ country. They all say that. he ought ~ bit Hugh you car't be serious!" | . "1 am so far serious," Thomson de-| > succeeded in decoding 4 message from "Holland to Sip Alfred Anse! yising him to leave London We are Rea be ri ar ny 'wrong. come io. | ore leave the city for twenty-four iT find Granet on the same Y-! man replied. = "All~ Thomson picked up his hat. "Well," he said quietly, "I cannot complain of your decision. After all, it is exactly what I expected." He made his adieux and d The Admiral sniffed as he glanced after him, i. "Very good chap, Thomson," he re-{ yon," Thomson replied gravely. marked, "but he stand. I bet you that fine young fel low Granet would never have suggest- ed our running away like frightened sheep! Come along, my dear, we'll go and dine." % CHAPTER XXXV. "= About three o'clock the next morn- ing Thomson was awakened by a light touch upon. his shoulder. He: sprang up from the touch thrown himself. ing over him, He was still ,in_ his room at the War Office, and fully dressed, ¢ . 'Mr, [Gordon Jones has 'rurg' 'up m Downing Street, sir," he an- nounced. "He is with the Prime Min- ister. They want to know if you could ey across." ° Te "It go at once," Thomson agreed, -- & "Just m; sponge my and have a , brush up. - Nothing else fresh, Am-| Minard' brose?": "Nothing at all, sir, the young the newspapers in up. ted. er | 'which he had|Poed not Ja eh be had longer? but of course| Who appeal to you, all of us here to-night. Be guided entirely by us in this mat- ter. You have rendered the country t service by your discovery. Ren- it a greater one, Major Thomson, by keeping that discovery secret." "I will. not make conditions wi oesn't, quite under-| will say at once that I am perfectly willing to yield to your. udgment in this matter. -Ir"réturn I ask sone- thing. I "have more serious Charges still to bring against Sir Alfred's nephew... Will you leave the matter of dealing with this young man in my hands?" er "With pleasure" eed. "I think, gentl, jhe "he maa , ldoking around the table. "that we detain Major Thomson any We: others have still a little business to finish." | 3 (To be continued.) : -- Coal in Australia, Coal hae been found in every Aus- tralian state, 'the deposits © of 'New South Wales 'and Queensland being the largest and best. Linkment for Colds, ete, This, possible, Inventor's "Fool-Proof" Railway. Strange tricks as inventors have played In the 'past, surely there was nevér one more remarkable than that perpetuated by an Australian. But al- though. it seems like a trick, it is real ly a great ate. a RA For a long time Mr. Angus has been | experimenting with &tdan' engines, and: at last he has succeeded in pro- ducing the' "fool'proof" railway. Al- though the liability to error is not| avoided, error ls rendered completely SE a a Electricity is the secret of this vention. 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