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i, It wa- a dark, chilly 0mm night, mm than ther. and one single. bright star was thin- Each time the terrible noise sound- ing in " the chamber window where ed nearer than More, and soon they CharLle and Will Rogers were lup- could plainly hear the rapid steps you-d to be wrapped in tho healthful. of the something that was panning innocut sleep of boyhood. them. But for more than an hour Charlie "Climb 1 tree, Charlie," payed had been gazing at that twinkling Will, who felt that he could not keep star, that seemed to wink knowingly that headlong pace much longer. back at him, and his thoughts were "Ye.--eormt." replied Charlie. " very, "ry busy ell the while, _ _ the noise sounded not thirty feet be And considering the Net that Charlie In n well-bred Ind, no. thought: were very strange can. Fina .111 ha tlung the quilts aid. and turned over to wake Will with In onerguic pinch. . "0eohl" said Wilt, no. wide awnko. “I Sly, Will! Do you like honey?“ "Of course I do." l "Do you want some?" l “I shouldn't object." l “Lot's get it then." "Where'." l "From old John Alton'n spiny. There's lots there. 1 law it terdnr when l curried his saw home. Me w " work among the has. 110’: am the most of it tiny. but mom’s Iota left." "You wouldn't stool. Charlie'." _ “You don't supp“. hr’d give Ill my. do you, Will? He's too stintry for that. He'd - miss what little we'd take. and It Isn’t so bad to tatte mything from him. He's In old skin- Bint, nnyhow." "a. (Eh-rue! An if stealing wasn't stealing, no matter who we took it from!" And Charlie began feeling for Mo cloth“. It is strange how each Individual stair will groan and "cry door will utter a moaning protest ln the still- ness of night loud enough to awokon the nundut sleeper. Tho born nmr had thought of it Mom. In Net, this was their first nocturnal rnld. "Of course I'm with you, Charm. 1 want pom. honey as bad no you do. but it doesn't seem just right." - "We won't take But} little. nnd no one will be the wiser. Don't ml. my lobe. Come on'." Down tho stairs they crept. caching their breath on a state crooked louder than usual under their cautions foot. otopo. ond ruched tho kitehon door without disturbing tho doop snoring that come from tho hodrooln when Mr. Rogers and hio good wife wore woefully slumboring, uneonocioul of tho foot that their oono' footstepo were straying into forbidden paths. Suddenly there woo o brook in the mo soundo, o huh. the door crooked loudly no it woo olowly open- ed by Will’s hand, ond there Nther's voice was heard.. “Who's there?" “Quirk now. Chorllo!" whispered Will. as ho olippod through the small opare. not daring to open the door further. They tiptoed through the woodahed our dipped behind tho ruin barrel by th outside door. "Strange!” said their fnther's voico. "I'm sure l shut this door. ond horo " is open. It moot ho the wind in riting nnd blow it opon." “We’ro in luck. Wilt," ooid Charlie. "Father thinko tho wind blew the door open. Como on, now; the coat is elenr." Then they crept um. the "rd, climbed the fence and an npld'ly don. the highway toward John " To reach there. however. they had) Charlie had never felt so "Umed! to emu e dark, chem] "Imp net" in the whole fourteen years of Gl the lake, end nanny t--in.rirtnrlift, And for what? l storiee were told of ”71... wild nnl-' There, in the road, his dull eyesl mg}: that inhabited h. No one had staring into the astonished fecee of! actually Been anything terrible. but the boys, his long ears expectant!“ many “re ready to UF.rm that they erect. stoo6-not e dreadful “Indian. had hard 'xnarrountable new: in tho dowel." no, not even e Meek bear, but! [loamy "amp " nighttime. '---Peddler Shugereen'e old gray don-l “l wish we were then end bark key.' l “l wish In not there and back unin.” " Will. as they entered the dark-t pan of the swunp. The a... nut], mat above their hack. ad tho gamma wind mud and “M through the In" enr- [Think “What'l that. Charlie?" mind Wii'., with cluttering tooth. And thor both .topped to iitster "That? Why. that'l only I ham- bek stump. Com on. Don’t be I duplm. It'll b0 morning Mon we -rt"our honey. if We don't hurry," universe! Char“. with I an” of Mary " yin tar _fro_m (gaging. In Net, Churn. had much rather ho uh in his bed watching the twink. ling It" as it winked through the window of hi. room.' but he wouldn't say no. not turn Uck--oh, no; not. for tho world, "It isn't a hemlock stamp this a..." laid Will, grasping Charile's had. "Linton!" Again it sounded, nearer than at ttmb-the most hideous. awfui noise mind over hard. - tho gtories of the lonely swamp an. hub to their memories now, and M was the first to run. Nm-rr before hrd they been known to ru! . fut. not out. when the minister'., Onc- mon they stopped and liner, d intently. No; that was no fallen tn. trunk. Chum ulspowledggd in; but he com not tell what it "all, was. and then cum. such a ”up. unearthly you; _ Boys and Girls "Well, anyhow, pm going to in" ONE AUTUMN NIGHT. n" "No, you didn't, Charlie," averted 1., Will, eagerly. ready to bear his share yt. of the blame. “I needn't have come or in, if I hndn't n mind to. But I wish " we were " home, nnd I never, never'il .n Ito to Ital min," gunned the poor " boy, " he cropt. to his sent by the of, tree trunk. pa' "Nor I, either,” aid Charlie, em- ". phnticnlly. "No wonder father says he the way of the transgressor is hard." "Ye.--eormt." replied Charlie. u the noise sounded not thirty feet bts. hind them. Dating new“ the ditch, thay (raped " the low bought of the Brat tree they came to and luckily. each chose the sumo tr.- Iow-limbed spruce, among whom dense green branches they soon at in safety. "Will it go by? Can it climb?" questioned Will, as he hugged the trunk of the tree. No, it did not go by. On the con- trary, it stopped directly under the spruce, and sent torth "tother awfui roar or ser-eh, the boys did not know which to call it. barn was burned. But. something an But it did not climb. It was con- tent to watch " the foot of the tree, now and then making that hideous noise to let them know that it was waiting. "What time do you suppooo it " aid Chi-He, " last. "The moon 15 up, what little there is of it. See lf you can tell what kind of a beast it is. Will. It's on your aide of the tree." Will cautiously crept out on a large} limb and looked downward. "It" wasf lying quietly It the foot of the tree-- he could tell that much; but he was quite certain that he had never seen anything like it. "How large is itt" asked Charlie. “Larger than old Bruno, and you know he weighs most a hundred and fifty pounds. Maybe-oh, Charlie! maybe it's an ‘Indian devil.' Tom Jones says that they will never climb a tree their intended prey is in. Is ib--oh. Charlie, is it?" And Will shook with fright as badly " he had done with the cold. "r-dont-know-pm sure," ana- vend Charlie very tremuiously. "I with we'd never thought of coming--- that la, I wish I hadn't. You were not to blame, for I coaxed you." Then they waited in silence for the day to dawn, two cold, shivering, re- pentant boys perched among the thick branches of the spruce tree, with an awful "something" " the foot of it. Slowly the darknooa gave way to the my dawn, the weird, fantastic shapes around them took familiar form in the rosy daylight, that was never half as weleome before. “Look now, Will," said Charlie, as the am sun rays lighted the dark swamp. Painfully Will crept out on the limb, his body aching with the nip of the keen nutumn air and the cramped position on the limb. Just " that moment the "some- thing" Jumped up and leaped across the ditch into the road. "Charlie'." Will nearly fell from the limb in his surprise. "I guess." begun Charlie, laughing in spite of his eutrrin---"t guess we'd better go home and do the choral. What do you My, Will?" “I think it would be a good plan," agreed Will, u he slid to the ground. "Thi, in the but expedition of this kind for me." "And me, too," laid Charlie, as he darted the wind toward home. "Not to know Shumnn'n donkey'. Will, we ought to hide our heads. But the noise ho made did sound waul " night in the woods." "That's BO. Well, no one know it but jun us, and l for one don't man that any one skull ever know." b, other "Nor I," replied Charlie. "If we can only get to the barn without being rem. that's III I ask." Mr. Rogers was greatly surprised r") going to the barn to feed old Dob- bin to find his two boys hard " work, and the morning chores nearly done. "Out early, aren't you, lads? I thought I was going to su:prise you. I didn't think you remembered it was your birthday. Lucky you was both born on the some day of the same month-it saves me a sight of bother. Come and see your presents. I got them from John Alton yesterday." And leading the way to the garden Lehind the house, he pointed gleefully tr two nsw. white hives-two beauti- ful mums cf bees! “Will!" And Will looked inquiringiy at his PETER MMRTHUR Well known writer, who died on Oct. " in a London hospital. The Sage ot Ehtrid was a genial and philosophical humans: and his writings never failed to win the reuder's heart. This picture was taken by A. B. Gun, B The brothers were speechless with amazement and remorse. "I knew you’d be surprised, boys. One for each of you, or the two to own tomther-just as you like. And now come into the house. Your mother has got up a birthday breakfast for you. Then you can spend the day " you like. Birthdays are holidays.” Toronto friend And the worthy man led the way to the kitchen, where "mother" and "the girls" were waiting with their sur- prises. unconscious of the lesson his dutiful sons had learned during the darkness of the night. The birthday breakfast was a boun- tiful spread of everything dear to the appetite of a healthy, growing boy that could be prepared by loving hands; but the boys saw nothing but a trreit dish of golden honey that oc- cupied the centre of the well-filled table "I knew how fond you were of honey, deans, and Jane ran over to John Alton's yesterday to buy a box especially for your breakfast. Next year. if you have good luck, you can eat your own honey," said Mrs. Rott- era, with a motherly smile. The girls brought forward their gifts. The boys praised and thanked, arm got through with it somehow. They never really knew how. But one thing is certain. Even to this day-and they are men with boys of their own ---they never see a box of honey with- out thinking of that cold autumn night when they shivered in the top of the thick-limbed spruce tree, while a don- key stood guard at the foot. When a doctor makes a mistake he buries it; when a judge makes a mis- take it becomes the law of the land. --Lord Dewar. Shortly before the Olympic sailed from New York for England, the Prince ot Wales consented to pose tor the photographers in company with the vessel's skipper, Captain Har 3E???) BRITISH THRONE ON OLYMPIC WITH CAPTAIN HARWORTH Words. There is a vast. snobbishneae In the world ot words. "intrigue" is a climber While “meticulous" begin. to wear tho air Ot shabby genteel. No day laborer would any to his brother "Verisimllitude" And to the Bishops "Bokunk" is verboten. In the millennium things will change There will be sstrlt.determimvtion And there will be democracy Among words. Verily, verily I say unto you It will be easier for a camel To pass through the eye of a. needle Than for "epistetnoltWal" To enter the kingdom ot Heaven. --RotMsrt M'Blnir. Polite-Foe This Day. _ "lit he a polite man?" l The Coronation Chair in Weatmin.. "To be sure he Ia--- falls to star Abbey was made in 1296. It has otter his seat to some woman when I only been outside the Abbey once since he's about to leavv a car." lthat date. worth. He is seen bidding an rovdr to America. after having announced that his two-month holiday In Canada and the United States had been one ot the most pleasant ot " career TORONTO There no few more mysterioul " nres in the world to-dny than Mr Basil Zeb-non. who in thought by tome to he the richest mun nlIve. Nobody really knows who he II or what he does! Hie fortune bu been estimated " one hundred million dollars. " Bull ia interested In Mnklu. In oil, In nnnnmenu. and In A hundred and one other things. including the Casino It Monte Carlo. He shrink. from all kinds of publicity. His only hobby in cooking, and he ha: invented novenl new dishes. Now Sir Bull has mnrrled u mn- terioualy " he has done everything else! His bride was the Duchese do ltr Villninncn do Ice Cabelleroe. a is the culmination of u long romance. Twenty year: no Sir Bull swore his devotion to her. Not until now bu Ihe been tree to mom him. Only I few friends were present an the cere- mony, Ind Mr Basil and Lady Zahar- oft diuppeared immedlntely after- In "Bpunytrrn," Mr Henry F. Wood'I book of reminiscences of " adven- turu ashore and Mottt, a story In fold ot a mu to a Malay Chic! " Sincl- pore, who had forgotten all then: in otter of hora-ea when the vii-nor: called. wards I saw a ragged Indie In the street With caploas head Ind bootlegs, grimy feet; His face was dirty. yet it wore 1 grin That plainly proved II bunny thought within. What could he have, this boy, to grin about? Surely. It anyotte'ir, his luck wu out! I looked him up tutd down, and under- stood Why life to the poor urchin seemed A coat too large, as well " old, he played, There stuck ten inches of . bright tin blade! You who were young once. you know how he felt--- Bo conscious of a cutlnu In " belt! He was no ragged urchin; in " wore-- His father's, I imagine, long betotNr-- And 'neath Its tuners. rakinhly dia. heart He played some reckless and romantlc part; His Glasgow was not Glasgow grey and cold. But some wild city full ot loot and gold; For all I know he Mood, that lucky one, On stout dock plankln; warped by salt and sun. Or ts1sty--tor he was quite a tiny bor-. He had no dreams clear-cut. but just A Mystery Huh Mystery Wedding. vague Joy Because he bore a shining sword, and know It was the thing that proper heroes do. More Trouble for Parents-The flrat essential in training a child is to have more sense than the child. and after having promised that, fol- lowing his South African tour next year, he would return to this continent in Mitt. Arms and the Man. The Only Way. GU" hut mmvhonen.‘ . math town-d. . yin-u nv- Ww-He “Over he “In. 1nd " he pkcod himself in the “will” antler! ml- tudo for daddy to (in baby u ride, I sprung upon his but Ind but“ Imu- rlu him with my hull. whilst I but - . ,_.___ -hln T"" lulu unu- nu, -i--"r him behind with n int-(inn whip. The eifoct wu mum]. Tho old tel- low dropped his pipe and (ambled over with Ingmar. hourly miuu oil tho divan. He cupped his ttanar---and the horses were forthcoming." Few men hive s bigger tund ot Fleet Street stories mu: Robert matchtord, the voter-n author ans! joumdlnt. the voter-n author end iournelint. One that he is fond ot telling con- cern- " brother newspaper men who we: holding forth to . mixed compeny of literary men. amongst whom wa- I. well-known novelist. The journalist In: “yin; that he ind recently been engaged in revising the obituaries held in readiness by " psper. Turning to the novelist. he added: "I've just been writing you up." up. The novelist, who apparently had not been following very closely. woke up with a slut, and "id, eagerly: “When is it going to be published?" Three continents are visited by the FUbre Line excursion ships in their 35-day cruise from New York to all the principei ports ot the Mediterranean. Shore tripe. included in the rate at pause, no nude to en the plncee of interest. These chore excursions are under the direction of the Fabre Line uid are carefully planned tor the com venience and satisfaction ot passen- gets. The 8.8. Patrin and BS. Providence,) which make these cruises, are built ex-i presely tor the Mediterranean service.- The carefree enjoyment ot then tripe 1 is long remembered by the tourist! Concerts, lectures and social diver-I lions of all aorta are provided, " well. " moving picture Ind wireless daily; news. I The Azores is the tlrat point of cull. where twelve hour. its given to view- ing the semi-tropical garden where pineapples grow In hot houses. Gibraltar, unique in position, in pio- turesquenose and history, claims the admiriaiion of the visitor. From an altitude of 3,000 test he views the beautiful panorama ot Main Inland, tamed tor ita embmideriu. Aldon shows the striking contrast of the Old and the New, gay life and Anhiu loi- sure. Following a north-Mar” course,'; we reach sweet smelling and volum, tuoua Palermo with it. rich back. ground of orange and olive trees' Nlplos. (on: ot Italy, is famous for; beautiful situation and remin- at glorious history. Athens stands as tho last beacon ot the Golden Age, domin- ated by the are”. Furthenon towering; over the ruins of the Acropolis. l The mystery and fascination of the Orient is nowhere more potent than " Constantinople. u the emu-roads ot two continents; a splendid View over the Bosphorua, the Asiatic Gout. and the Sea of Marmara. ated by the greet Parthenon towering: One ot the most mains bones on over the ruins of the Acropolis. 1record lg that of the American ex- The mystery end fascination of the'j ttloror, Peary, who reported thlt he Orient In nowhere more potent then‘hld “In”: . (Sarina at the north of st Constnntlnople. u the emu-med: _ Greenian . h was supposed to ot two continents; u splendid View prove that Greenland was " Island. over the Boephorue, the Asiatic Count _ end the chennel was marked on Ameri. and the Sea ot Mormon. inn Navy maps. It was not until Bil A three-hour trip in autos from 1.1., yen-e later that another explorer re- in brings the traveller to "ruscem,lportm1 that wUre the channel was the most interesting city in the world, l “id to be waa I range of hills. free the city that wu adorned by Solomon from ice end where game abounded. and hallowed by Christ. There in: The c That Failed. scarcely a Davina stone of the old city; Peary also armed to have discover. without ite wealth of religion: unoci-‘ ed at tract ot lend celled Crocker Land. won. Its legends and tradltiortas Much ' Subsequently, other explorers estab- in still unchanged tor the Idmiration _ lichen the fact that no such 1nd exist. and reverence of the axes. Sod. Peuy'e ‘dbcoveries" have been ”If”; 'll/t 11:3 130:; m;h:nclent| deleted from the navel maps. and o a o Mhl.'much doubt has, Comte ueutly, been and the prmrnidtv,tNs1ieo ot an we Ionic-at upon hie ntniememq that)” tii) past. Cairo and the Nile and Alexan- 3 covgmd the North Pole. Next we set foot upon the ancient 9011 ot Egypt. land of the Pharaohs, and the pmmldl, relics ot an use long past. Cairo and the Nile and Alttxam drta, then weltwu'd over the sunny Mediterranean to the Reylen. urden of Europe. The coco-nut palm in the most wide- ly distributed and most generally known tree in the tropical regions ct the world. To such an extent do the people of all warm countries depend upon the coconut palm " a source of food or income that it in dialcult to tmngine how they would get along without it. While every part of the palm is re. tttsisitioned for special uses, it is not} generally known the; it supplies a' ryelng mated-1‘0! no mean Pee nnce. especklly in the Fur Eut. The ', dye it Health In in the rind. The lat-' ter is ground or powdered, end then) soaked for a few day: in water udf afterwards boiled. The material to be' dyed is washed in this wntor. i A voyage to chem end edlty, an ex- cursion into the delights ot three con- tinents. Information restrain; the" cmisee may be obtained from June- W. Elwell & Co., 17 Btate Street, New York City. on is present ehieftr in the tlowers, which are gathered tor their trunnce. And in a small way the oil in extracted Ind sold tor maklnx pertumery. Correct Engllsh. Ardent Bultor---"tur, I want. your daughter tor my um." Irate F'ather-'WouM man. to home and tell your wife the curt hue my daughter." Duty makes us do thiligu well, but love makes u: do them b-ttfully, --Philiips Brooks. Winter Cruises of 1925. Coco-Nut Palm Perfumes. An Awkward QuGINOH- ,' 31mm him "r'-""---""------""'"""" not: an. to am the viola worm In land by non. cumin: Item of new. It bocomu tho chief topic od ' - nuns“ convolution. .tortisa" Tl been l A Water-Power "wonder." A few any later It was reported In London that. KIM Boris ot Duluth had been WIInttod. Nothing de- tttttte could be learnt. All day long the telephone ot the Bulnrlan Leu- don rug. The greeted anxiety vu felt. Then it wu lean! that the Klu was all" end well. A BuUnrtnu new.- paper had been hwxed, Ind the “my had been caplet! " newspaper: Bit over the world. Curiously “ouch. selenium um other inte1ietstnnU teem to be won. the mint to be“. There I: the in- stunco of tho ”Keely motor." An In- nntor dodorod (hot he had discover ed a new force. more powerful an. any power then known. By mean: ot this invention. he stated, a quart of water could be mode to exert a force of one thousand horse-power. There 1m Intense oxcltement over this tut. tumtteemttttt. Twenty thousand pounds was raided by I. public fund; the In- ventor was hailed as the greatest scientist ot tho m. The inventor produced a tmuehine--- . hwling mule ot pipes 1nd ttttreg-- and invited scientists to witness a test. Unfortunately for him he bungled the wait and we. seen to slip in a reser- voir ot commenced Air. the only power hie "irteetttiort" possessed Blew Up the Wrong Ion. Another hon deceived Icientintu end some ofthe (testes! anvil experu. A certain "'protetrttor" stated that he had discovered a rv which bould blow up shine that were lying tive or more milee “my. He nve 3 wonderful de. mottgtratiott in the presence ot well- known people. He bed. ot ounce, discovered no ray at o. The ship. were exploded by n clause of dynamite plwed on board. end'ignited by an electric cebie er- ranged by two newmpiicee. On the occasion ot , second test aomethin‘ went wrong. end intend of the ship being blown up, the tote betel! the boat containing the "protasor'a" unlu- Some you: no a letter was m ceived by an important newspaper do curing that the greatest surfed”: worn being experienced by the inhabit. mu ot certain puts of Italy owing to tho failure of the mammal crop. " uncle In. actwly published on tho mbjoct and u relic! fund suggested. MW! in not I plant, but an article mnutnctund from ttour'. In Ceylon than is a taerniett. a sort otymnsael. which tings! tt can hmny be animal um it com. petes with the tsiqhtttttrale, but it pro- duce. a long, low. nuty sound. which has a musical quality. Seeing that these binlvu'do not page“ a that in any accepted sense of the word. and certainly no vocal ccrds. this singing sound must be produce] by some manipulation ot their double shell. hue good ,tudtirCva" ai, tel-3". that the mother in more than . hon..- kupor; sho'u n Wink". It in poulhle that increasing dry. ness does the trick. for the sound only occur after the tide bee, been down for s eotuideratM time. Waving the " aive: high and dry on the rocky bench. There is a fish wnhu: nuoll. too. The Scotch ttshertntul calk th'a nah tho buttermam and. when caught by line or not, it We; . noise from the back ot Its throat when landed. Eels alto make 1 not“ when the hook In being removed from their gulls. The com- mon and very ugly gurnnrd of our cout- grunt: loudly when hurled to the urine. n strange cranking nolu more like the our ot a crow than the sound n M seem likely to produce. Bun-nth an: When the children Fish The Sing. comes . a“. mind"; And with startling a . bomb-boll. The f. A clever .dtteertor Ilul‘ change tn du the ot a pin lemwm lavish» - of mu. " uh t com gover ly nude “in ttonarNqt eve nus-van?- “do nuuhtod a qrouldAre an w go-"" are ttot " o--"", to Hue-n to t "a I. ”6.11:2 son I - ”I!“ Mi about tn -otri. Wm cud Otherww III. to Bo unreported. SI mm 000000!“ If " I u M boat!!! I "who at an. Hem“. who we - to Wk to deltvor it m an a trap on the Do "nd. mm the police no; at to take the mum- and a. tit driver they Inuv ttttrel tlc out“ the mile In a 1;“an 10' my miles an O“ Kazan. “We Won't mind that - getting out his “a. (kit's .11 var} W: "but I mu m at that rate t was In te "Well, we (can. obviou "drugs-m Me, "Did )4 cubscrimlon lent Fund t" “Come up hen ml to the C M this out." . In here the! taddiod, as tht (Ll, which Cow notebook. shotx ed an hour. 'Wh. bnlder Bo he took h hang. "Bee (one the mm A mile I mi hour; trot, wp hour. Gimme 1 "Well. I upoltxolk-I "" name." Tan-rt. and I “out. and I i, hire system diam; among may well km W with TmmK-t “I dare I mud tor how." with: In think And w in; the De That r Moody. ION” tirely in ty Ma Coin Worth a F Wisdon In." strut“ Why Wd Quarrel a. . tt that: “and.“ ‘ortun I “udd mud