The Darkest Hour: Or, The Hope That Still Lived. Ferdy Pocock, - _cunnins Niue broker, i fant come as then to esk an a quee se fedang Mie whi» e had already eked once, Dut mW you tell me loa 7 are? I mean, wane ig your true nam Cc CHAPTER VIII. "His b wae found this thé moor, a quarter of a mile from Moray Fe rdy Pocock, rag little broker, read the dast wiids of t e 6 O00! i dark den 7h "was going down esc Mire. ee = : oe a = to ee carriage to. be driven to a duchess's cier. Fro he gisnced "around the ahenon ery, oor back and shook ber table at his ceatally 'row of guesta. aborately dres- ead. . " . "Not yet," she eaid. "I cannot give you ace pe must, vox" "yourselve or uny one else.an answer to that question dly, and yet." le CHAPTER IX. you, Christine. a of yo ua Os a been n4 © " Christi there; you ge only just returned from there. So you are bound to "Didn' tI Yell you that I'd been t to Birm- ingham?' ne resid. to 100) io ° Bs o . 28 a3 zp " o ng together outside the tely woman walked to the near- the Uplands r n Christine Dare's home fro m | revelled.in this home with all | a passioaste young girl'a love of nature; and of beauty. And now she pe Bes aving | or we 1 en, f er, as it med to is hour ~with the ban of 'her fa- here aiiger pon her, and with the on a her thane Seaxi reproaches _ still | ecuping in her ear | * the man tag fund er ae his own i a turned--just in time this dinner. ond a bt I want why yorid Dare hag been removed the wor ; "It wasn't him I meant. It wasn't him e litte man muttered in an zB i] " as ro Seay te oF $ = PEF eS ed to plead again. to know girl bent" her h affirmatively. | from rt thé he: | H sat wit more ea ge eo it is to yester- An a is keen in very i" terrible to think. that not 'there she s Hector, me. am] death e 6 --a fearful 2: per She rg clenched one of esolute little hands for an 'n- j stant us pF ome ut we will have rely; some be. I have 'thonsist that mother-- | that mater ~- been going to speak a nge thought which had been "continually" in | her mind of late--namel she believ- | ed that her mother knew' 'the 'hidden truth ! about Be brother'e murder, ne could | point directly to the person guilty wronged 'ou did not ured thia Foung man Hardy's very heavy sw x deceive me ont horror y Fe oto ion unepe: i mA eenion aod pocerreh ta}.."I su has no' connec you "you are s to may have had come i to do with your brother's. ss auth P' a e was bitter with! thport's ton the deadiy bitterness that jealousy lends. ; Now, meeting the gi irl's sudden _ look of | val } ming e an he hurried on before she could po "When I tel you that this Brian Hardy | is a priv aa Hardy--a young fellow, quite poor, and Absolutely a "Sieaneer te pad stranger, at least 'oO know now? And aa s well as we stand together here now that although you are rich, you premiu nean t thas superior office whom he struck was your brother cates, ts hie captain. you Ee told you now. am goi ng on te the Duc hous of Liverpool s dinner, Have you made everything right] who w: bout the lease of the Gros- | that? jouse 2" ee ' Christine Dare * broker started slightly, looked up ange tight volew. It was quic "tly. and then nodded. and Lord Southport went on: ro nder you like to live there, though, wonder that your brother did not tell | g& that the last person who own- | you thi 5 at firs auneawered in all she eaid, d that he met Colonel Stormont: differenee should that make to Mre, Crockenden scornfully reicins * | ed. "You have had face She turned her head | and Fy iftalt her eyes to hia. naecusation to make, again keenly at the | the girl beside him. a Jittie, doubt | eked his you Viscount the roots of the yo om ung red dening ah to diamondod fingers mean it broker's narrow shoulder "Fer "a tell nite were you ever a gor man? "A good man?" because I mean that, although you are now one of the bluckest scoundrels © 10e-leath do not mean tha Chriatine ae. adily. ? you ar without = in- for him ples sta ente about their grounds quiring sufficiently into speaking {1 of him.' again to unt-looking nae had a! os gared at) rénentiot admir- ) attention and fit to} ry insignifies and wo to have a mother pray for you. talk sometimes eg honest men That ia-how was with me. good once. At the time of my m --_ Ze 1} w aé innocent ag a child, and ten- | 9 und all the. creat- "Gre Heaven, uil of pity | love him!" were' fortunate than, pase 1ade eacrifices to help them. this until I was twenty-five or thereabout Wherese Q She drew a deep breath and clenched Royce the sh apely hands which a -- nt before had tested against his shou uilty?" "Now, 'wee there is no hu an nb creature harder of heart an ' a her with a sort of flerce, ion. - I loved Goa Christine, I helieve you year, and py, althout h lifted a beseeching hand eay any more. n't say any appealed to him in a snffocat oice. } "he ---_ had been golng at mil-' pa they were now on and ! entering Guilford. "There's no time to enay a rattling the point of are vampires. am worse cruel than any who have been be fore any more," he ng her -- quickly, and with They were ing the ueually start Hardy's ---- fing pallor of hér fon the woman - nan-| alwaye made his home outside the eier turned and walked towards the door. | by reason r] the difficulty of obtaining FREE PRIZE TO GIRLS Beautiful, French Dressed Doll 16 inches tall, eatin eyes open and ehut, sompletely satin with ince and ribbon Beautivlly trimmed hat and real shoes and. stoc: rings a ee addrese, and a eond you 4% sete of Sretine Poste: well at % centa wot fa bee 'beaut cards in 'oath set.) . money, and we will pee ge eee et Hoowr aren Co. }@ proper pitch within the walls | appurtenances heed to lower oa voices. -woman of be eg upon ei, C ming down | grime ed faces \ | o | you are likely to have ace epted other peo: | a | wise 'daunted. ' Fi | you a lia J An DEPT. 8, TORONTO. ¥ Indian Lancer Outposts in France--Indian Cavatry on the Actua: right- ing Fr Chrie ietine 'Dare dre her horees now at a tance yarde from hie es an caravan, which sto i of re gr ugly y the way: side" but couventant hard b. He w looking: out vexpoctantly towards he road: ' t this whole proc . The youngynobleman by here- a "but mpt grins, while es | made gesticulations of surprise and'y eHtull oa, old pal!" they cried, taki ing no are you Well, now, us, stick lag pleased 'o on us; t'r ae "Cheat " Figtine Dare atching this <rarna'e * worth them through the crisp October ce at did" I teh you?" Southport was say ing, at once gravely and triumphantly, "Didn't I tell you he'd Y hard sshiar for theft? A iJ who Pith about with. him?" Mos. Winston, a delicate, petnetieoking ighty, had hand. 8 dha may take: your oath that ahis 'a8 canter he "anit not worse," tine. ou a know sick wate man js a ecoundrel weeks past, And I don' t inte ¥y until I've Jot him know what Dare had recoiled a step, very en = the sight of en, hoe dirt e st amped in ever, ondlinibed if Lord shrinking in ese slouching, tatte ous ses had not epoken ae he did aoa her gees bare ry cotton t "again, | by the. suggestions .a turk winding his turban about his | mounted straightway to her | phaston and = driven hous ward shaken in her regolve f filth and of vice t a resented themeelves to her and daunted her in this | first hour while as yet he was still in the making." But her com-| manner, panion's abuee of Brian Hardy had nerv- ed her aga ay "Come nearer Sere. if you're not a cow- ard well as Come nearer here, you gaol-bird sou _ on, you nhanged | rderer! Where je Colonel mia oes FESS. now? pod within an inch of your | yeatohed ; P hold el 7 Giving up his now Pot snad uous ho of, ther, the girl who a momen nto » had been | oi but half-conécious, Sou rt 'raised the ¥ Q it at the mun whom | he had threatened. But the lash missed | i stim young prea nobleman, he wrene the groom uld have aimed at you in have learnt thro ugh suffering that it ~---- cred ital ble please remember futur that you havs no right to epeak to Mies | " Lord Southport put in, still in 'Miss Dare has t y looked keenly then at the ; troubled face of the girl, who close , to him, elender and hese her plain black this eo, Miss | christine Dare moved nearer etill him, searchin a is face with her deep enki ewect grey ey "You beard wha you, Mr. Hardy," she yet with anguish in her voice. said, very piietly,: called words are true of you, wi | again, and will only help you by pray ving THE GERMAN MILITARY SOCK. Experience 6 Gained in the | im Franco-Prussian War. r. people. The 'Anelo- Saxon fone ag) the death when war comes, careless of his previous ip ag after the war is over; b pursuits. The rman, on other hand, feels 4 in time of peace jas.keen an interest in war as he d midst conflict. He) oes in the ofa takes note of his errors in one war, | mianat soar "I cannot SoemDhy : soo you 'experimenting. ogee emg in'yoa to diers marched in all Binds of foot- the gear, tested every possible kind of met sock and stocking. for ps and when peace comes devotes him- self to remedying these errors. A German officer who was visit- ing America spoke of the way in which his people addres them paves to war problems in time of iS "Here is an excellent' .illustra- tion," he said; and lifting his foot, he took off his shoe. rom his foot he then took, not the ordi- The House Without A Cold Spot Smokeless Oil Heater needn't have a cold spot anywhere, - A Perfection is light and can carried 'easily frem room to room --anywhere that extra heat is needed. For the "between seasons" of Fall and Spring the Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater gives just the heat you. want. PE ERFECTION HEATERS Perfection heaters are solid, hand- somely designed and smokeless and odorless. Look for the Triangle trade- mark, Made in Canada ROYALITE OIL is best for all uses THE IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY, Limited Toronto Quebec Halifax Montreal St. John Winnipeg Vancouver nary sock that men wear ut a-sort of napkin or handker- chief, which was carefully folded about | science and medicine. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, when our armies were making forced marches round Metz and on to Se dan, our infantry was much .im- peded by sore feet. When it came to having a certain number of men at a certain point at a certain time for a decisive stroke, we were beually from ten to thirty per cent. short, because so many men had fallen out of the ranks from sore feet eiVe got through the war. all right, for our enemies were as bad- off in that respect as we were; but as soon as the war was over, the government ordered every man in the service to turn his attention to aay Se form of footwear aie por viceatie mje .t tongue can ever pronounce certain| French words without betraying' their Teuton origin. It is failure to} pass tests of this kind" which con- demn. ae despatch adds: "T saw a woman challenged i in the| street, 'iliead and haled to the gen-' darmerie. She was well dressed,, and the last type which the ordi-} nary home-staying British people! would suspect of espionage, appar-| asa cour * poametone img ng | thirty, leading a little y the might win some battles but she pee. but I Mel heard since thet would not win the last one. With it proved a clear case. Russia closing in from the east it evaded the war reeulation ne ye became madness for Germany local pr esac og that strangers fire a gun. It meant that Germany must not remain more than 24 hours would lose her colonies, her com-| in any town in this part of France! aay, her industries and the flow- without reporting personally to. the! of her young manhood and that police, by changing her lodgings Lit-i the reigning dynasty would lose its erally every day of the week.' throne. Great Britain has the! Two officers in. British uniform! territorial recently brought to a tors belon AT THE END OF THE WAR. Will Be the Beginning of a New Creation. The final issue is plain enough. When Great Britain undertook the cause of her allies, Belgium and France, the defeat of Germany be- came certain nnd beyond question, writes Dr. Jam ay, Chan- cellor of Sy pasting University, in Leslie's Magazine. Gérm no extent, the cari: will sock was - opted Hthoumsods 6 of dollars bint spent ¥ Thousands of sol- 0 Het nto wat it el yhaes pete if After years of trial, this form was chosen. Here are some of the ways in which it can be worn Thereupon the officer-took the napkin, which was about -- Southport or twenty Inches square, made o and linen, an folded * about his foot with the deftness of head. Then, unw rapping it he fold- r great eacrifice!ed it about his foot in a different and then in still a third There are about thirty different ways of folding this sock about the said, "and it has a different purpose, One will "| relieve a soreness of the heel; an- acher j,Cd ball of the foot. coming clese to time that the soldier is taught these ched the | \different methods of ide on in | ne to control anger than | ola |walk a mile a day, a weariness of the instep; a hird will protect an irritated corn; ee a fourth will relieve the inflam- At the same wrapping the i sock, he also learns the anatomy of the foot, and just why the different wrappings relieve the different foot ailments, \ "After serving his two years in army," continued the cer | "the soldier goes back to civil life, becomes, let us say, a clerk at ten years he doesn't At the end of 'that time, war breaks out, and he is He goes ' sce with the depot of his regiment, and there finds, among his other accoutre- | jments, two pairs of these military ks. t Lord Southport called | 'Next morning he starts to march with his regiment. At the end of an lon, a murderer. Tt "these hour, when he has tramped two or three miles over a country road, he allowed ten minutes for res for you. If they are false, Ee vill s ay here 18 j with 3 7 truth ae i. gH bad, Ar Fa Sneed. Now, the chances are that the sol- God 2s your witn be dier has a pair of very sore feet. (To be «t continued.) He sits down, takes off his shoe, diagnoses his sore places and, re- minutes later, he falls into line, he has virtually a new pair of feet. And this he does just = often as new foot troubles appea. e tremendous airentaus that an army thus equipped has over one war, the army with the sock is at least epedaies more offee tive than the o: . . Paris dressmakers are no» engaged in making hospita' Cuigrti' be the return = es ine Al- i « Po eee eee goa supplies Gees you are Papi damages and the payment of ex-|the fcramend gives racial to ebony emit pences to Belgium, a great war in- demnity to Great Britain, France and Russia, and a great revolution in Germany that will send William The captain spoke to wo 'of! cers, who were driving - British automobile. After a few words passed the captain- noted that the who had issued the order spoke! with a slight accent, whereupon he) more. 'nis is the last war among| drew his revolver and shot both his: great Christian nations for the|supposed comrades. At the same! arbitrament = -- among}; moment a squadron 'of German! rulers. War peace will be placed in the en of the people, who will rule with constitutions, written or unwritten, respected y their rulers. The kings that remain will be of the harmless and helpful character of the King of Great Britain. This hope is the only thing with which we can justify this terrible war and get any comfort from it, There should be only one throne in the.world and that is the rone of . No ever was pee enough to rule over other cavalry appeared a short distance! away. The British captain then' ordered the truck drivers, most o whom were London . motor- bua chauffeurs, to dismount with their rifles and take a position in a ditch beside the road in order to defend the convoy. The Germans were! about to charge and a detachment of-German infantry had arrived on the scene, but from the other side a French battalion appeared and the Gerinans retired with heavy losses,' a men. . : When the work of this great war Not Literary. is consummated in the averthrow| Jail Visitor--You say that a love f the absolutism of militarism at} for books brought you here, my} its only source of danger, we shall; poor man? emerge into a millennial epoch--! Prisoner -- Yes, mum; __ pocket-! the beginning of. of _a new creation. books , '*We teach the baby to talk urst," MANY WOMEN "SPIES SHOT. aoe said the grandfather. '"'Then we Germany's "Seeret Service'? Very} teach it to hold | its tongue."' Active in Battle Zone, Ital: : h talian women employed in the According to a despatch from the | mota] industry can earn frem four; north of France, received in Paris, no lists or even figures are officially disclosed, but the shooting of batch- es of spies takes place daily in the towns of the district from which the | to five conts per hour. Financier--That is not the same tale that you told me a few days a eggar--No, > si" t you message comes, and there have been | didn' tbeke ve that me =, ows nearly as many women shot as men. ? It is most hard for the veteran who cow * loathes the task of shooting women, Fiance-- Ww ell, Tove ; spent = & ut, rding to the laws of war really jolly week down here, don't it must be done. They are lined up | YO" know. Fis Se with men. often young girls or wo- haven't spent much e'se, have men of refinement, at the zenith of | You their charm and beauty, and so, ac- cording to their tights, they give| "Did you see anv sharks when their lives for their country, and] you were vr ian Sang 4 era lantie, Mr. a their death as bravely as any | Brtts?" asked Miss Mills Yes, replied Butts sadly. 'T played ecards with a couple!" 4, is claimed tha: "THE PU WER FREE TO BOYS HOUSE SPECIAL" Horizontal Model Steam Engine Runs like eixty, spurting steam and ing as much gp Bes o1 t were running the stetrio light plant in Your bre Has brace aeaneres bolle, with safety yvatve, b lued frit burn- chimney. of beat mt German no oney, you the-eugins, ait'; charges Dre paid. " Homer-Warren Co., Dent. 83, Toronto ~ Ps