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® â€" __ K (;’%@"}, B D of Th cur &! #1 M at the S ISSUEK N1Y. 44â€"27 1 vond which rose the white was the residence of the ernor. In that garden‘s ‘e he had caught sight of n alone. He crossed the with suddenly lengthened hi 10 none so pressed until I tested, and if his thin s blue eyes were oddly rerceive it, sir, I won trouble to be so insis ince at s he overtook her. ed," she informed him. forgive me if 1 do not ry peremptory summons," and passed the note to ng to ye, ma‘am," was ern« plain yourself after he. "But since it in your service that 7 s coat, you should the thief and pirate. detaining you any \fter all, the cursed nothing can be unâ€" â€"mber that it was irder She was ert w1 me han lerer a re very art open ne . she true me out the Old see you. It €d W on Uh Mary Levasseur ." ve told you a little. gray ey« because I Is, when I ind worse?" mouthed. rid at last. n eyes skimâ€" troked his n cir n in re nilar. night a daily e and vith a should gives \you deserve. But you shall answer 'bdore a courtâ€"martial for your action iin the matter of Wolverstone, and | take the consequences." " sai der what use can be mad "I see," said Blood. "Now we come: "‘,* *°" o to it. And it‘s yourself as Deputy-' old phonegraph records? Governor will preside over that game o ast courtâ€"martial. So that ye can wipe Minard‘s Liniment for Toothachs. veen __Lord Julian abandoned the strugâ€" gle. He smiled wearily, shrugged, and waved a hand in implied resignation. The Deputyâ€"Governor stor on. ’?Since niy ldfdrflere humgegren you a commission, I can‘t regularly deal with you out of hand for piracy as "This is a matter in which your lordship must allow me to be the betâ€" ter judge," he roared. "And, anyâ€" how, I‘ll take the risk of acting on my own reeponsibility." But Bishop‘s fury had by now reached a stage in which it was not to be restrained. leader." Lord Julian forestalled a fresh outâ€" burst on the part of Bishop. "It is possible," he said, "that my Lord Sunderland will be satisfied, provided that the solution is such as you promise." object. The knowledge that I‘ve entered the King‘s service should in itself go far toward disbanding the fileet of which I was until lately a other kinds. It was in our compact, my lord, that there should be no conâ€" straining of my men. "I will remind you that the object in view was to rid the Caribbean of buccaneers. Now, I‘ve taken the most effective way of accomplishing that "But the men?" he lordship interâ€" posed in his level, cultured voice. "This hundred men that Wolverstone has taken with him?" ‘"They are those of my crew who have no taste for King Jame‘s service, and have preferreo to seek work of rest of my lads that they‘ve one clear month in which to follow my example, quit piracy and get back to their bouâ€" cans or their logwood, or else sail out of the Caribbean Sea. That‘s what I‘ve done." "But the men?" he lordship interâ€" posed in his level cultured vaira If "Don‘t stir from where you arc, y lord, or there may be an accident.‘ "So ye‘ve come," the Deputyâ€"Govâ€" ernor hailed him, and followed the greeting by a series of grunts of vague but apparently illâ€"humored | import. i dsR NVs P , it nw" n# Shaak sh us1 live imse Under the compulsion of that sharp "]n‘(‘lrel':la:](‘-"s-l;:\ltr.for you, Captain Blood,| tone, those resolute eyes, and fl_aat’ because of certain news that has just SZleaming pistol, B}Shgll’ obeyetli{ '&“;}}‘l reached me. 1 am informed that yesâ€" ;"}t dem“"t-h Cap}tlmal b";d trc (::o 18 terday evening a frigate left the harâ€"| !€ t armfl. r":iuxg'i ht & Ther:xuhi- thverl-: V eiversions and o h Aired men of|his own mest hand mhih ho pictol Wolverstone and a hun men of | [ * O° C the hundred and fifty that were servâ€" i back into the bre:st of h’iddotul:)]et. ing under you. His lordship and 1l A;;m in armdt eyt}I:MS d rough shall be glad to have your explanaâ€"| the hg“sev am:' °V?‘ fethgar e:’e- tion of how you came to permit that, hT y passed out 0o: ‘:ogtah 8 m“" devarture." challenged, and so came a mala With scowling brow and in selfâ€" sufficient tones, Colonel Bishop deâ€" livered himself. He was aroused by the return of the negro who had gone to announce him, and following now this slave, he made his way through the house to the wide piazza behind it, in whose shade Colonel Bishop and my Lord Julian Wade took what little air there‘ was. CHAPTER XXIII. HOSTAGES. # Peter Blood stood in the pillared portico of Government House, with unseeing eyes that were laden with pain and anger. Perr those of my crew who for King Jame‘s service, ferreo to seek work of It was in our compact, there should be no conâ€" treason _put on quoth Blood. Casc FM Julian n my lord? Deliber.|10u8sly awaited news, Wolverstone loose| You conceive the master‘s amaze 1â€"Wolverstone, the | ment to see the Deputyâ€"Governor come ing of pirates a,fwr!tOilinK up the entrance ladder, with s thing is treason! ’Iiilood following very close behind rtâ€"martial." im. ;cgzurml?latl}l, of|_ Colonel Bishop collapsed on the n and courtsâ€"mar.|locker under the stern ports, and )n his hat, and sat| 8SPOke now for the first time. | ‘"I have séent Wol-' "May I ask wha . . . what are youfr* & 5 » Hagthorpe and the|intentions?" he quavered. _ _ _ _ e seemed to swell to deepen. He I ordered at‘s ar Is the time approaching when we will wonder what use can be made of old phonograph records? The vessel is termed "nonâ€"magâ€" netic‘" because in her construction no magnetic materials,« with the excepâ€" tion of the auxiliary engine, were used, assuring a minimum of error in making electrical observations. The coming voyage, which under year, will be the Carnegie‘s seventh similar expedition, _ Through coâ€"operation of the Navy Department, a sonometer for deterâ€" mining the depths of the ocean has been installed With this and a winch electrically operated and capable of reaching a depth of 30,000 feet, the chemical composition and temperature of seawater at varying depths are to be studied. It is thought that data obtained in this way will bave an imâ€" portant effect upon the study of ocean currents. An important object of the expedl-! tion is to be determination of whether' the sea contains electrical currents‘ similar to those passing through the‘ land, and in turn, the effect of thesei on compass variation. Terrestrial' magnetism and its influence on the | compass also wil be studied, together with atmospheric â€" electric pressure and the radio activity of air and water. | yoyage in the course of~which naâ€" 'turu] sclentists of the Carnegie Inst!â€" !rution. which owns the vessel, hope !:n obtain much valuable data on the electrical properties of the sea and air, ocean surrents, conditions varyâ€" ing with the depth of the water, and aimospheric phenomena. ! As planned, subject to authorizaâ€" tion later, the tour would cover apâ€" proximately 110,000 milos and take the vessel into each of the oceans and into all laaitudes between 60 degrees north and 60 south. For motive power,. the ship depends primarily on her sails, although she carries for emer-‘ gency use a 100 horsepower gasoline engine. f Washington â€" JThe â€" nonâ€"magnetio ship, Carnegie, has left New York under tow for Washington, to comâ€" plete preparation for a threeâ€"yvear Electrical Properties of Se and Air, Ocean Currents and Atmospheric Phenoâ€" mena to Be Studied on Nonâ€"Magnetic Ship Carnegie Sea‘s Mysteries To Be Solved "My God!" groaned the Deputyâ€" Governor. "Ye ... ye never mean that ye‘ll carry me to Tortuga!" (To be continued.) Colonel Bishop collapsed on the locker under the stern ports, and spoke now for the first time. Natives "May I ask wha . . . what are your Eas intentions?" he quavered. Y ‘"Why, nothing sinister, Coloncl. I‘ll be getting back to Tortuga and’ That Can my buccaneers. So I‘ve fetched ye| hind a new aboard as a hostage." i the WH! Tel [3_ _ ELCC1L 3| 1 67 ADen No tnrust/ the raw and finished product. his own right hand with its pistol| With a view to improving this conâ€" back into the breast of his doublet. dition and making possible a wider f Arm in arm they passed through| knowledge of the essentials necessary the house, and down the garden. to the proper skinning, stretching and They passed out of the gates unâ€"| drying of raw pelts, a monograph enâ€" challenged, and so came to the mole| titled "The Preparation of Pelts for where the cockboat from the Arabella‘} the Market" has been prepared by the was waiting. They took their places Department of the Interior. This side by side in the stern sheets, and monograph will be sent free of charge were pulled away together to the great| on request to the Director, Natural red ship where Jeremy Pitt so anxâ€"| Resources Intelligence Service, Deâ€" iously awaited news. partment of the Interior, Ottawa, You conceive the master‘s amaze| Canada. ‘ Blood cast his cane from him, thus disengaging his left hand. "Be good enough to give me your arm, Colonel Bishop. Come, come, man, your arm." And my lord, who had been moving to Bishop‘s assistance, stood instantly arrested. "Don‘t stir from where you are, my lord, or there may be an accident," said he. Captain Blood‘s right hand had reâ€" emerged from the breast of his doubâ€" let, bringing with it a long pistol with silver mountings richly chased, which he leveled within a foot of the Deputyâ€" Governor‘s head. Peter Blood stiffened, and his vivid blue eyes stabbed the bloated face of his enemy. He passed his long cane into his left hand, and with his right thrust negligently into the breast of his doublet he swung to Lord Julian, who was thoughtfully frowning. "Before you go," said Bishop, "and to save you from an idle rashness, I‘ll tell you that the Harborâ€"Master and the Commandant have their orders. You don‘t leave Port Royal, my fine gallows bird." off old scores by hanging me ye care how ye do it!" Zinoâ€"pads €orns, tender toes and pressure of tight shoes. Dt Scholl‘s Quickrelieffrom painful CORNS # 7 1 'll}_creas_ing Value of it‘s little becca M. Church ‘ofr'l‘orohrlo.:'i‘:)ron- to Daily Star. Q.â€"2. Who was the father of John the Baptist? { Bernard Fay in the Paris Figaro: (Europe does not know how to treat | the United States). She might be {proud of them, the greatest contemâ€" porary creation of the white races, adâ€" lmlre them, be fond of them, and let | them know it. . . . Or she might jiold Iherselt utterly aloof. . . . But she ‘doea not seem to follow either of ithese methods to its proper end: she has, in a general way, no love for the American nation, and she lets them know it, but on every critical occasion she appeals to the Americans and asks â€"them to act as mediators. No attitude could be more dangerous nor memory of the Greeks, who in their discords called in the Romans is no chimera, though conditions may be very different and the dangers of a totally different character. I |\ _ One regulation of the islands is | that all enterprises must have a cerâ€" tain percentage of British capital. ithe port of Suva is an important‘i centre. The barbor, though small. _can accommodate five lartre linars! and the port is also an important] cable station. According _ to Capt:‘ Williams, there is no private ownerâ€"| ship of land on the islands but thel community system cf ownership is used. _ As yet there are no railwnys‘ in the Fijis but there are over 300 taxicabs and privately owned cars. These cars are 80 per cent. British or Canadian manufacture. ivdia. Aly ifi ts i. thereâ€"perbaps too rapid for the wellâ€" being of the race as the law compellâ€" ing natives to clothe themselves when they come to town is rapidly breeding among them a high percentâ€" age of tuberculosis, This disease, acâ€" cording to Capt. Williams, who has been a resident of the Fiji Islands for 55 years, threatens to destroy the race. "There is not the least t;emblance\l of disloyalty; the entire group of isâ€" lands is wholeâ€"heartedly British alâ€" though there are only 5,000 English-, men in the Fiji Islands as compared‘ with $4,000 Fijian natives and 73,000 natives of the East Indies," reclared,‘ Capt. Williams. He states that thel islanders aro the happiest people on | earth and that progress is rapid | ©ooo ont oog PmE t l'the Fiji Islands is an opinion voiced by Capt. F. A. Williams, â€" shipping agent, customs official and acting harbor commissioner in Suva, in the Fiji Islands, who with Mrs. Williams recently passed through Montreal on their way home after returning from a trip to Europe. This comes as a result of the success of a Canadian investment in conjunction with the British Government for the canning of pineapples on the scene of their growth. Canadian Capital f in Fiji Islands Natives are Happy But are Easy Prey to Tuberâ€" culosis HThat Canadian capital will be beâ€" | Too many trappers think that once "they have taken a skin nothing else | remains to be done. Amateur and farmer trappers which form more than halt of the trapping fraternity are the chief losers through this lack of knowledge in the handling of raw pelts, as poorly prepared pelts bring much lower prices than those which bave been properly preared. Leadâ€" ing fur authorities have stressed the fact that in many cases u to oneâ€"half of the pelts coming to the raw fur markets fall into the unprofitable class and that every jyear there is a tremendous loss in pelt ‘values that‘ could be prevented. The 1oss, howâ€" ever, is not confined to the careless trappers, but effects the whole fur industry and lowers the value of both the raw and finished nroduet There are thousands of trappers in Canada and al; of them are engaged at one time or another during the winter season in taking the pelts of wild furâ€"bearers. There is hardly a farm, village or a town in Canada that bas not got its trapper or fur trader. Millions of dollars are distriâ€" buted each year among these perso as a result of the disposal of Canad;t annual raw fur catch. Last year it had a valuo of $15,072,244, _ A very considerable increase in the yearly value would be made possible were proper methods of pelt handling more widely known. Europe and America Who‘d ‘a Thought It? 1g among them a high percentâ€" tuberculosis, This disease, acâ€" 5 to Capt. Williams, who has _ resident of the Fiji Islands years, threatens to destroy the another page) Canada‘s Fur Crop [imely Monograph Publishâ€" ed by Director Natural Resources Service, Ottawa dian capital will be beâ€" meatâ€"packing industry in calch. . Last year it $15,072,244, _ A very crease in the yearly made possible were of pelt handling more â€"2. Miss Re gazer at the moon ' The national debt of Canada do-' icrensed by $70,189,814 in the first balt, | of the current fiscal year, that is from | 'Aprll 1st to September 30, 1927. } t There are 12,370 post offices in Canâ€"‘ lada. 284,000 miles of telegraph lines 1and over 1,000,000 telephones with ai | three million wire mileage. l Higher education in Canada is carâ€" lried on in 23 universities and 83 colâ€" leges with a total student registration of over 60,000, . Well, that‘s another way of lookâ€" ing at it, remarked the telescope Mysterious coins have put in an apâ€" pearance in Albania, according to reâ€" ports from Budapest, The coins are ostensibly of the same value as the French Napoleon and bear the picture of Skander Bey on one side, the Lion of Venice on the other. It is not known who minted or distributed them. ‘ Suecesojul Baking! & _“ & S ie . It depends largely on the flour you use. We believe * you‘ll welcome this sufigmionâ€" try PuritK, the rich, vizorous } ;"lourâ€"mnde from the finest Western wheat. Thousands of . cooks say Purity Flour is best for cakes, pies, buns and bread. _A stepper occasionally beats time and breaks a record." "The conviction was driven home that the piano is assuredly the most M serviceable of all musical instruments. And it was the radio that first brought ’ Th to my attention the various uses of | smar the piano. It led me to find out | fount something about the place piano has}Thef in music, and what I learned wasfopeni truly surprising. Vast numbers of ing a people are hearing piano music every darts evening the year round. I believe or loc the radio is a strongly ally of the js in piano, and that serious consideration ;inche: should be given to its possibilities." | wari PURITY FLOUR _ _ "Ensembles and small orchestras nearly all have pianos. Every dance orchestra has one. Piano solos come out of the air with great frequency, often rendered by some noted artist. 1 began to realize the enormous usâ€" age to which the plano was put," Inâ€" quiry disclosed the interesting fact that nearly all music is first comâ€" posed on the piano and thenp transâ€" posed for other instruments or for orchestras. Send 30¢ in stamps for our 700â€"recipe Purity Flour Cook Book Westen Canada Flour Mill: Co. Limited, Torvato, Montreai, Otisws, S. "I rotice that every time I tuned in I would hear a piano. _ If someâ€" one sang, the piano accompanied the vcice. If I heard a violin or other instrumental solo, there was almost invariably a piano accompaniment. "Ensembles and small orchestras The writer of the newspaper item in question in confirming the above Item then went on to give his porâ€" sonal experience with radio. He said: It seems that "listeningâ€"in" is gradâ€" ually developing a desire on the part of many young people to play. _ For instance, under the caption, "Radio Attracts Boys to Plano," a wellâ€" known newspaper recently ran (in part) the following news item: "Radio is inducing the boys to learn piano playing. The art once considâ€" ered the forte of girls and only men of foreign birth, is now, through the incentive of hearing music over the radio, the property of farm boys as well." 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No. 1655 HOW TO ORDER PaATTEERXNS The lnteli;étx;réynic Wilson Publishing Company , for free sample. stee, shaped coll the shoulders, k sleeves and a b os 40, 42. 44 4 strong wind â€" makes s a doctor. A sleepâ€" belie A leg term Asthma it isiness of sopâ€" he seamy side not merely the past but any n the present bes ‘_ public â€" is ning to the of the spirit, est _ society‘ ‘s in Truth one‘s peril ckery of life 1pD« eloq se that as rny, ven the It 1en( oble 18 has The results of physica} . were. many, _ It develope, manship, Jdeais of charmony operation and a sense of ju: for aAs a restorative for the mome placed in the category _ of "that are good for you" it t merely physical training, "The only way to Cerive q benefit from physica) educatio enjey it," Miss Herlott continu makes a great contribution to hours. _ If we could teach pe play something well, we wo crease their activity, o Bur «; dittntss B sssmic d d t 1 Women‘s Club, . In giving physical education he must he considered as a pers and not as a mass of bone or n Miss Heriott maintained. | The mind, and personality were too ly associated to be treated sepa The current idea then of pi education is to satisly the whol« Therefore it should not be req as a restorative for the momen Plaged "In /AlkBh Auininco | L4 Physical Director of McCill Women Explains Physiâ€" cal Education CULTURE OF BODY NOT ALL PHYSICAL ticul He : he Wu Chihâ€"hul, a and anarchist, denic God in his writings material basis of ceptible than the "slogan" is: "Eve clan standards must go; filial j and conservative ethics are fei which must be broken; away â€" superstition, abolish the idols of past. Destroy the old style of 1 Ing and with . it the old _ style thought and follow science and m rial forces. China needs to com| the Russian spirit and German ence." n Physical education is 0 much as hospital pr ssie Heriott, M.A.B.S ysical education for 3 11 Unh'ershy, pointed ess to the Business an T must also Introase im iSin, Ch on writer, } trodfeing cularly that pen," s1 Bartlett rent Hi the exa , Four years ago the European popuâ€" lation of the Congo colony amounted to 6971 persons. Toâ€"«lay there are 15,â€" 236 Europeans. Of these 9638 are Belâ€" gians and 5598 are from other counâ€" tries. The total increase in the Euroâ€" t pean population during the past year was 2441, 1868 of whom were Belâ€" ]glans. This means that 76 per cent. ‘of the newcomers last year were Belâ€" lglans and only 24 were from other countires. . Proportionately therefore, the foreign element in the Belgian Congo is decreasing, and the Belgians are taking ecconomic possession of their colony. "The chief creators of China are neither military i politicians; they are literary have done their reforming pen," states Professor Robs Bartlett of Peking Universi Literary Leaders of New China This is due partly to the dificult economic conditions in the mother country, the commencement of a boom in the Congo industries, and alâ€" so to a more enterprising and more cosmopolitan mentality in postâ€"war Belgium. } While climatic conditions there preâ€" vented any considerable migration from the mother country to the Conâ€" go before and shortly afier the war, and while Belgian youths formerly emigrated rather to foreign countries, disdaining the opportunities which the Congo offers, a great many young men, and also some young women, go nowadays as gladly to their African colony as the young Dutch go to their East Indies. ' Belgian Brussels.â€"Within the past four years, the white population of Belâ€" gium‘s vast Congo colony has doubled, the majority of the newcomers being Belgians. The fact shows a complete reversal of opinion in Belgium in reâ€" gard to this colony. Of 2441 Newcomers Last Year, Only 24 P.C. Nonâ€" Belgian Migrat*on to Congo Active &T n ng AP ihâ€"hul. _ muthor Ci â€" "CFAmmined. The body érsonality were too close _to be treated separately . idea then of physica to satisfy the whole man : "Every one dsc | gets what he w: China‘s most cmi , has been infine _ ol h "There rality /z essent with th are laz C Magazine, . ds must g« reign pital procedu M.AB.Sc., dir on for womer pointed out i; f¢ ha edit« n o dit Rusa are Nmor, â€" mater s the existen arguing tha life is more spiritual. retorm not the nd P; Al be regarded moment it {s ber, Prof looked personality education I sports« ‘ and co stico. rect [( things becomes n in the JSuroâ€" ie past year _ were Belâ€" 76 per cent. air were Belâ€" from other muscle to man at Mc an ad th ro« Miss I‘¢C b al t} U« nA 18 0 her prison n On viet D) of visit notoriou Prison : casts, of Fra senten He 8A y Cay 191 con % W% 1 Bravery of WNurse sorges Betraver ing she wa ind firm «tep o face a firl