~~ PLARRY'S DIPLOMA. Supper was over in the Sullivan houscliald; but Larry, the father, re- mained at the table, while his wife and Katie, the oldest girl, washed the dishes at the kitchen sink. It would goon be e to go to his work; for he was a night watchman; but mean- while he sat drumming absently on the table. "And how do you fare at the gram- mar school these days, Katie?" he asked, at length. Katie, bright-eyed and rosy-cheek- ed, like her father, returned his smile as she polished off a plate with a dex- terous flirt of her towel. "Better, father, dear,' she replied. "Jt has been weary work chasing along behind; but I'm gaining, and Tl sure graduate this year. It shall ne- ver be said of me that I left off schoal without a diploma." "They might say that same of me," said her father. "I'm wondering," he continued, thoughtfully, "if it is too late to get one now. ade half a mind to il "What nonsense are you talking, Larry?" said Mrs. Sullivan. "Would you be boing back to the grammar school? 4 wight take private lessons," said ITy, "And who would be your teacher?" "Who else but Miss Katie Sullivan? Isn't she smart enough to get a diplo- ma for both of: us?" "It's only his joke, Katie; don't you mind him," said the mother, as- she packed her husband's midnight lunch- eon. ; But the joke did not stop there. Two months afterwards it was the topic of Mrs. Sullivan's talk with her neighbor, as they hung out their re- spective washings in adjoining yards. "You'll laugh, Mrs. Malone, when I tell you that my man is studying for a grammar-school diploma. He's got our Katie to teach him, and it's her that's putting him through his paces. He has spare time at night when he isn't making his rounds, and it's then he studies the books she dag home. en every morning, before he goes to bed, she puts out his spelling les- son, and marks his sums, and hears him recite, and explains, and scolds him for all the world like a real teach- er. . She does be saying that he picks up the learning fast. "But how can Larry get a diploma? You may weli ask that, Mrs. Malone. It's my belief he can't, though he does say if he goes to the committee: and tells them boldly that he's ready to -take. the final he pissed _ rates psa para ep ind e tor Katie. Whe we practic at school from. being out so much, by reason of my children always taking any disease that comes near. But now she's near the head of her class, and barring ill-luck, she'll easy win her. diploma at the end of the year." But with the goal almost in sight, fate again laid a detaining hand on Katie. There still remained one of childhood's diseases for the young Sullivans to take, and when the quar- antine was once more lifted, June was at hand. "It run light with all but Katie," Mrs. Sullivan told her neighbor. "It has left the poor girl's eyes in that state that she can use them for scarce anything, except to cry with from dis- appointment. It has cheated her out of her diploma entirely. Did you ever hear of the like bad luck? To-day we are packing her off to my brother's farm in the country, and I hope the change will do her good." ~The change must have done Katie good, for she came back on the day before school was to close, with eyes much improved, and her health other- wise completely restored. No traveller returning from foreign arts ever received a warmer welcome than did Katie in that humble home. "Your father can't be disturbed yet," said Mrs. Sullivan, "but I can tell you a bit of news. They have considered your case, and decided that you've earned your diploma; so you are to graduate with the rest. Here is the letter, and isn't the sight of it good fer your weak eyes? But Larry will be telling you he's beaten you, for he's got his diploma already." Katie's joy over her own good for- tune was almost lost in her surprise at her father's success; but to all her inquiries her mother would only answer, "You must wait a bit. be wanting to tell you the story him- self." , Then Katie had her own long mary of her visit to tell, but after a tim she stole outdoors to look about am She was back from broad fields, gay | with buttercups and daisies, to a nar- row, dusty street, and a bare little! yard where flowers: could never be | made to grow; but this was home and | her heart was glad. An ice cart went! lumbering by, and she waved her hand | at the driver, who lived a few doors below. From down the street the let- ter carrier was approaching. Glanc- ing in another direction, she caught sight of Policeman Burke just turning the corner. Very imposing he looked; no wonder Mery Burke was proud of him. "But my father is 2 far finer figure of a man," said Katie to her- self, "and wouldn't I like to see him in a uniform once!" Then she heard a quick step on the walk, and she turned to find her wish gratified. "I've a letter for one Katie Sullivan at this number," said a well- known voice. "Are you the party, miss?" "Why, father!" cried Katie in as iperind nee He'll | SECURITIES We ot Fifty-two milli ollars in treasure, two-thirds in gold and one. tiled fax securities, which had been shi b Bank of Lond fa Halifax, arrived at the terminal of American Express Company Thirty-third notte Ae fn venue teeen pata cars ed by forty armed The greatest treasure cargo ver trusted to one z the in a British acco: by a flotilla of tor and a cruiser, the Altantic to Halifax. It is eet that Vice-Admoral Sir David Beatty, winner of the naval battle on Angust 28th, 1914, of Helgoland Bight, in which two and two German 0 and a third set afire ; led the gold convoy, The forty most enced of the American ress from the East were'sent to Halifax rd the treasure on its wa en by sag Bia Rl prone gh = sce der Geonpee loads of te gold, being tras mane: A y- thro the Sock, guarded ed by the armed men of the express com , and conyoyed by a detail of mounted aiianiae _ streets of New amazement, as she threw her arms round his neck. 'However did you get to be a letter carrier?" "Tt was by means of my diploma," yeptiet Larry, with a grin. "That's the name I_give to the paper that came from Washington, showing that I had passed my civil-service exami- nation. It is that I was working for all the while, Katie dear, and never would I have got it without your help, I'm a sub now, and only on this route while Mr. Towle has his vacation; but Y'll be on regular soon." "But why did you keep us so in the dark?" asked Katie reproachfully. "For theereason that I wouldn't have-you sorrowing if I failed. But now you . eevee oe me go. the rélibe. =f "And what is. your letter?" asked Mrs. Sullivan, with a smile, as Katie, quite age cat with excitement, en- tered the hous "Oh, I never thought to look!" said the girl, as she tore open the envelope. "Why, it's the dearest hair ribbon, and a card! And listen, now, to what it says: 'For Miss Katie Sullivan, from her grateful friend, Mr. Law- rence Sullivan. Hoping she will wear it at her graduation, and remember the giver when she receives her di- ploma +k SOCIETY IN OVERALLS. British Women of Rank Work on Munitions of War. Like a snowball the British women's movement as munition makers, etc., gathers new force as it rolls on. Titled women have within the last few days been enrolled in the ranks of munition workers, and have estab- lished themselves in a palatial hostel at Erith, where Vickers, Limited, the famous gun-makers, are utilizing their services. Appropriately enough this great firm, originated by that the first to take women into its em- ploy in this important section of man- ufacturing war waterial. The hostel is known as_ Lesney House, up till now a private residence in the Erith district. An interesting feature is that the new factory hands arrive to work at 6.30 am. in their own automobiles. The workers include some well- known society women, such as Mrs. Pearson, wife of the colonel com- manding the London-Scottish Regi- ment, Lady Gatacre, whose husband was a prominent general in the Boer war, Lady Gertrude Crawford, Lady Colebrooke, Miss Rosemary North- e| croft, Miss Buxton, a near relative of | Lord Buxton, Governor-General of |South Africa, and many other smart leaders. Their nearest and dearest would | hardly know them to-day, clad in blue i butchers' overalls and dust- proof 'caps. Each woman is required to sign an undertaking to put in an eight- hour day's work, either from 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. or from 2.89 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. Many of these fashionable ladies have signed on to the end of the war, and are cheerfully and faithfully per- forming their voluntary enlistment. About four dollars is the minimum pay, which is to cover living expenses. Week-tnds are holidays, which will be filled by others. | ee i a Vacation Time. "We should all do a part of the world's work." "No doubt. I also maintain that we are entitled toa share of world's loafing." It t 18), Gifted American, Sir Hiram Maxim, is a 'lrelieve the situation by sending GRIM VALOR THAT WON THE Y.C. THE GALLANT ACT OF LIEUTEN- ANT J. G. SMYTH. Hero of 21 Was the Only One of Party Who Survived Brave Exploit. Nobody. will be able to read un- been communicated from the front by an officer in touch with the read- quarters of the Indian Army Corps. On the night of May 17 (writes the officer) a company of the 15th Sikhs, under Captain K. Hyde-Cates, relieved | a portion of the Ist Battalion High, land Light Infantry in a section on a trench known as the "Glory Hole," near the Ferme Du _ Bois (near Ypres), on the right of the Indian Army Corps' front. Furious fighting had been in pro- gress here for some time, the posi- tion at the moment of relief being that we had taken and occupied a sec of the same trench on our left being still held by the enemy, who had suc~- ceeded in erecting a barricade be- tween themselves and our men. Send Bombing Party. When day broke it was ascertained that the German trench was packed with men with the evident intention of attacking us. A short time afterwards the attaek began by heavy bombing, to which the 15th replied vigorously, and succeeded in holding their own until noon, vhen the position became critical, as all our dry bombs had been' expend and those that had become wet from rain were found to be useless. It was then resolved to attempt, to 2 a bombing party from the reserve trenches. Position Desperate. The position was. desperate, and Lieut. Smyth, a young officer, who, in spite of his years--only numbering 21) --had already been brought to netice for his gallantry, was ordered to take command of the party. Volunteers were called for, and were immediately forthcoming. The alacrity with which the demand was responded to speaks volumes for the spirit of the regiment, for each man felt sure that he was proceeding to almost certain death. In the Jaws of Death. Lieut. Smyth and his little party of ten men started at 2 p.m. to cover the 250 yards which intervened. be- tween them and our trench, taking with them two boxes of 96 bombs. The ground 'to be covered was ab- solutely open, devoid of all natural cover. The only possible shelter from the frightful fire which met the party as soon as they were over our parapet was an old, broken-down tre which, at the best of times, was hard- bodies of Highland Light Infantry, | pre Worcesters, Indians and Germans. Peril and Horror: wriggled their way through the mo commenced a progress tion of the German trench, a portion} da pulling and pushing the boxes with them, until they reached the scanty shelter of the old trench, where they which, for sheer horror, can seldom have been } surpassed. Pagris (or Pugrees, the turbans worn by the Indians) had been attach- ed to the front of the boxes. By means of these the men in front pull- ed the boxes glong over and through the dead bodies, while those in rear pushed with all their might, the whole party lying flat. At any moment the bombs might jhave exploded 'Six Left. bis dehige: ok Vie: apd machine gu ee young thes of 21. This faerntive hae: O Se watchers in the r it seemed impossible that. a_ single man should win through. After they had accomplished a mere 20 yards of their deadly jour-} ney, Sepoy Fatteh Singh rolled over | wounded, followed in the next 80) yards by Sepoys Sucha Singh, Ujagar | Singh and Sunder Singh. This left only Yieut. Smyth and} 'six men to get the two boxes along. | Under ordinary circumstances four | men are required to handle a box of bombs Dwindled to Two. They crawled on and on, until, just before they reached the end of the btrench, the party had dwindled to two--Lieut. Smyth and Sepoy Lal Singh. The second box of bombs had to be abandoned, and to haul even one box along in the face of such difficulties ppeared an impossible task. Still pulling and hauling, Smyth | and Lal Singh emerged, wriggling ae tally along into the open, where they were met. with an _ increased blast of fire. Miraculous Escapes. Miraculously surviving this, they crawled .on, only to be confronted sud- denly by a small stream which was ' too deep to wade. Across it lay the direct line to The ordinary man, under such cir- cumstances, would probably have pken it, but these were no ordinary They crawled on and on, in full 'view of an enemy now at close quar- ters, until they came to a point in the stream which was just fordable. Honors for the Brave. Across this they struggled with their valuable burden, and in a few in our trench, both untouched, al- though their clothes were perforated with bullet holes. the trench the Singh was killed. gallant Sepoy brave men with him the Indian Dis- | tinguished Service Medal. Kipling is Wise. If there is one thing more than an- ther which Rudyard Kipling -- it is making a ch . A short tim ago an influential friend a mine wrote and as the famous auther to s ata public dinner in aid of an ng tow asylum, and this is what the grea man wrote in reply: simply dine Make a speech in public. It isn't in my power--not for all the orphans in! the world. I have dibedanentad. on hae people, and the result wasn't | tty. I'd sooner wash an ge or" gine i ic bottle than speak to the or- Pphan's 2 at ore after a heavy, 2 re people could ' meal. Dropping over our parapet, they recognize ter Paitations in this re- lated the gi L yards they were among their friends , Sad to relate, shortly after reaching | WOMEN SOLDIERS IN THE WAR. One Is the Colonel of a Russian Regiment. * will no doubt surprise many people to learn that no fewer than four hundred women are bearing arms in the armies of the Czar. So, how- ever, the London Graphic asserts. A majority of these women are enrolled in the Siberian regiments. A woman, twice wounded while fighting_in East Prussia, has received the Cross of St. George and the promise of a military pension in recognition of her bravery. Her name is Kokovtseva, and she is a colonel..in command of the 6th Ural Cossack forces, and:when the war be- red to get into the: ui came from Kier of a catlant girl vial officer 3 in @ regi- sie of Don \Cossacks, Alexandra Ephimovna Lagereva, who showed un- | usual initiative and courage. She and la handful of men of her detachment; | were captured by the Germans and locked up in a church. When all was i still, the prisoners broke a window | and escaped, Alexandra herself killing ithe sentry witha stone. The little | force, seven in all, managed to recover | their horses, and actually succeeded in capturing a patrol of eighteen Uhlans, securing important documents into the bargain. These papers Alexandra delivered into the hands of the Rus- sian general. A Lithuanian woman in the Russian cavairy, named Olga shin oi is a highly experienced warrio' She served under General Rennenkampf i in the Manchurian War, and was in sev- eral important battles. She was of 'special value in the fighting round Grodno, because of her intimate know- 'ledge of the country. During the fighting at Sokatchew, "Yellow Mar- 'same | i 9 ~ Bie GUNS VALUE \ THE aauied KAISER GUESSED. RIGHT. --_ } Hillaire Belloc Acknowledges Allies Saw Less Profitably Ahead. Hillaire Belloc, Franco-British mili/ tary writer, says Germany alone fore-. saw the mode of warfare that would develop in a great struggle by arms in Europe. He says: Two of the German guesses as to the probable turn modern warfare would take can be dealt with briefly, for in each the Germans were thor- oughly in the right and the allies, as a whole in the wrong. These two points are the use of heavy artillery in the open field--with which may be incorporated the value of high explosive shell, not only against' permanent fortifications,, but' for general operations---and the value,' especially upon the defensive, of a' very large provision of machine guns.' Allies Feared Mobility. _ As to the first of these points: Roughly speaking, there were two schools before the outbreak of war. The school which belittled the value of heavy guns in the field, and of the use of high explosive shell for general purposes took their stand upon the re- cent Jessons of South Africa and Manchuria. The proportion of losses produced by these methods did not seem ta warrant the very great expense and lack of mobility they entailed. "Now, it must here be conceded that though the enemy was right in hid theory, and we were wrong, chance has also played very directly into the enemy's hands. Effect of Trench Warfare. After all, what is it that renders the use of heavy shell and high explosive of such peculiar value at this mo ment? It is that the war settled down months ago to trench warfare). which is essentially siege work. What makes that trench warfare possible? Nothing but the combina- tion of two unforescen events--name~< ly, the failure of the enemy's use of mere numbers at the outset of the war and the immense forces available for the holding of a defensive line. It is essential to the prolonged de- fence of an entrenched position that its two flanks should be quite secure. Enemy Proved Right. - 'St ing : of many officers and men in their use, there is nothing to be said ex- cept that the enemy has proved en- tirely i in the right. It is, perhaps, if we survey the war as a whole, the only point in which the enemy's theories are open to no criticism at all, Just that the French theory of a most highly-perfected quick-firing field piece has proved upon their side the one unchallenge- able preparation for modern war. Every higher command on both sides at this moment, sees quite clear- ly that the choice -is between the en- emy's obtaining a real decision within a comparatively brief delay and his approaching exhaustion as compared with his foes, Strategy of To-day. Therefore his grand startegy in its simplest terms must be mainly direct- ed to the attainment of such a decision and that of the allies rather to post- poning it than to direct action at the moment upon their part. And, this being so, it is fair to tha," so called because of her golden hair, recaptured a Russian flag from | the Germans, who had taken an- ad-|t vance section of the Russian trenches. | As the Russians were making for the | second trench, the banner bearer was | shot in the back. Martha saw him | fall and dashed back to pick up the | ag. Two Germans. pursued her as she made off with it, and she shot | them both dead. She has taken part; in three battles Although it is probable that no other nation has as many women in the ranks as Russia, doubtless there | are women in almost all the armies. | A woman has been discovered serving , in the Scotch Grays, although it was not until she was wounded that her sex became known. Mme. Eugenie | Buffat is a French corporal. The female soldier has figured in 'all wars. Without going further back | than the eighteenth century we find her dotting military history. Hannah Lal | Snell of Worcester, born in 1723, en- Take the total of the two years listed at Coventry in Colonel Guise's Indies. She received twelve wounds jat the siege of Pondicherry. As a girl, ; she organized and commanded a corps |of young soldiers, who often paraded _the city of Worcester, and were known as "Young Amazon Snell's © Company." ----_g----------- A Puzzle. The lady of the house was explain- ing things to the new maid. | "An' what's this, missus?" asked the girl, pag Se a metal bottle. "That is a bottle which will keep things ser hot or cold, whichever you desire," replied the mistress. "Well, for the land sake!" ejacu- irl. "How is it gwine to | know wiiether you want thing hot or judge the general strategic results on both sides by the measure of success. th e enemy attains in his enemy's forces, whether that attempt be made on the East, like the one now in pro- ' gress, or upon the West, where, in the opinion of many judges, he will make his next and perhaps his last effo It is true to say that the import- ance to the enemy of obtaining his | decision before the late autumn is 'very much greater than the import- ance to the allies of obtaining a cor- responding decision against his East- ern or his Western line by the same date, and it is upon this criterion that the whole position must be | judged. x When War Will End. When will the war end? The "Figaro" gives the following curious prophecy in answer to this question: of the Franco-Prussian war, 1870 and {+ For hig most conspicuous bravery | regiment of foot as James Gray. She 4971, add them. The result will be Lieut. Smyth has now been awarded afterward joined Fraser's regiment of the sum of 3,741. the Victoria "Cross, and each of the' 'marines, and was drafted to the East figures in this sum, 3 and 7, when add- The first pair of ed, give a total of 10, while the other gives a total of 5, The peace treaty ending that war was signed on the tenth day of May, the fifth month in the year. Using the same process for ,the years 1914 and 1915, the total is found to be 3,829, and the respective pairs give each a total of 11, which fact, in the opinion of the #rophet, in- dicates that the war will end on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, that is, Noebbas 1ith. BEE De Selfish Viewpoint. "Don't rock the bout!" careful man. replied the serene n swim." said the "Don't worry,' egotist. "I can _Dnithe' second points the ample-Eto:._ ~-