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less operator. This intimacy grew until whenever
We had an opportunity we would. by permission we
gained loiter around his isolated little station On
the third night when entered his den for chat
and a smoke he seemed puzzled and after a time
took into his confidence.
'' Odd thing happened this evening. he said. i
got in touch with the kaiserIn from Hamburg. She
IS OF to the south about a hundred miles and
the first thing that came from her was a message
from the Captain asking old man IN strict con
hdenCe, if our passenger list showed the name of
woman. This thing wOudn Z have struck me as so
unusual maybe a sap-headed old skipper gone on
some one, If It hadn't been coupled with the state
ment that the men desiring the information were
trusted officers of the Emperor and on official busi-
ness.
Some other wayfaring ship out across the rim of
waves interrupted him with a call and while he
listened and answered his cracking sputtering IN
StrumentS cutting out into the night. NlalOn and
looked at each other knowingly. This made II plain
20 us that the Germans coming the rendeZ-
vOus and had wanted 10 make sure that their spy
was aboard and safe, IN other words. that she had
escaped from France and was ready 20 deliver her
information.
Saw Vilalon said as the operator sighed and
the part of the German skipper. He wants 10
meet this woman himself. What her name''
Taken off his guard. the operator unhesitatingly
answered. Miss Laura Guth.
Again We looked az each other. and then as if il
was OF no Importance. changed the subject and
shortly afterward bade him goodnight and made our
way below. At the foot of the deck stairs Lepards
voice came 10 US IN free laughter and we saw him
leaning the rail with Miss Smith one of the
most charming girls aboard. for whom he had taken
a special fancy and with whom he dawdled away
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all chances 10 the fOxlike cloak of secrecy:
Mon Di-t Never try II. 1t doesn't pay, and be-
sides YOU don't know how. That Is about the way
We We're didn't know how. Ii the honorable Sec
retarv of War hadn't been old soldier who be-
lieved that but soldier could effeCtuay carry
out any task from digging a ditch TO taking a
fortress. he wOudn have sent on such errand.
This idea of being InCOgnItO at first proved us,
until we like three sneak thieves afraid talk
afraid play games afraid 10 recognize another
or be together as all vOyagers on steamers
XTE consulted the passenger list the day of our
w booking, but 1t gave no information other
than that Miss Laura Guth was aboard. Nillaon
and wandered around helplessly; but before the
lights had gone out that evening Leopard. and
daring, had somehow got speaking terms with
nearly every woman aboard. Yet, when met IN
our staterOOmS down in the heart of the ship that
night he could not tell us which of the charming
American women aboard was the Of our Jour
nev. On the second day Miss Guth pointed out
% us by another woman. Trust woman 10 learn
such things quickly,
Now here where confirmation of her guilt
entered OF all the women on the boat she the
She held herself aloof from all the others if wish
ing 10 pass unobServed. She excellent sailor
and there never by any chance an opportunity
TO perform some trivial service for her need that
would pave the way for few chance remarks. She
of those travellers who. when they wish any
thing call for the deck steward. and by no chance
She found alone leaning the rail or dis
playing the slightest interest in her surroundings.
For two days Nillalon and poked around trying
10 get information, and in the meantime had
made only one good friend aboard the boat the wire
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considerable of his time IN promenates a- --u1ie
board az which. being athletic she was dept
He turned al the sound OF our steps caught our
cret signal and a few moments later --t--- our
staterOOus
OF course he was as interested -- -.- lad
learned We had been but could -.-
ton 20 how we We're 20 act. Here ---ee
DAYS out OF Queenstown, the voyage -... --a md
further ahead N the quest tha- .--
that We had every ground & ---- --5
Laura Guth was an enemy
a IL our advances TO the purse. . --.=-----c -~l
cold Englishman. brought ---- ---- beyond
friendlIneSS. The woman we watched --es@-E e- her
auSterIty and was unapprOachaale " - could not
learn even the number of her s-a-e-. --. and ms
latter ignorance OF fact worried us che hours vent
by, for We felt certain that there was --y OF
our entering II II II came 20 necessity. ---- The
plans. If she carried them with her and either --oy
ing or SeCretlng them 20 carry back 90 Paris r-oOt
of our diligence. And IN the meantime He -s-nS
Three could but follow such course as lay open and
hope more desperately as the time became .-l'-ed
that we should ind road 20 success.
Louis Leopard, gallant and handsome WAS -ag-
gard N neither war nor love. / don't thIrA e ever
PLAYED false with any woman, but he was ID
those men who cannot resist woman taS, -,l1
and wholeheartei IN everything. was incline 81 te
attentive 20 anyone who took his fancy. \I,a.- nd
thought he was paying more devotion 20 ..iss
smith than was necessary and Chlde1 nam gently IS
comrades should. on MS apparent laNlty IN the n
against Miss Guth. Not that could blame .---,
Tor Miss smith was the most charming Amer .-
have ever known She was of that smiling type %
suggests good fellowship. Her hair was S
her lips and dImpleS. and she what YOU A--5- IS
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The whole shooting match
reeked with good form, ev-
cry motion was strictly good
form. The only thing that
was not good form was the
women $ figures most of
them. There were of course
some genuine blown-in-the-
glass beauts. the kind that
one looks at as long as one
decently can. And when
the second arrives that one
decently can't, then one de
Gently looks away and SAYS
Gee" through ones teeth.
Know the kind | mean
But % hear some OF the
accents, 20 hear the way
they MAIN and torture our
President $ English | had
10 be restrained by the rest
OF my party several times or
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unavoidable, as the English team had % rer,... -r
teacupS and bread and butter plates Their Z
bags back OF their saddles But at last they
ready, and the game began.
he object of the game Is To- trv 20 get che III
under the legs OF Your opponents pony, and chez. I'd
distract his attention from the fact by riding
away with Your eyes shut and humping into ONE d
his friends
The Americans did splendid teamwork. The. SO
their malletS which look like fishing pole, ....
curved rnd of white cheese plaSterei TO one end .
mixed up with the BritisherS annoying then. --
aWt ~ Then the bah would suddenly shoot Ul-
from under the bunch of pony feet B. --.-
lciS after II ~ anNee SN1pS after him lU. Gets
tween the BrltlSher and the ball and then
a funny story and takes his mind completely ..
game and they ride away sde by side down the ..
hen another Yankee thunders up and sy.-- ..e
BAH through the goal Then the British u-
screams Foul" and they have 10 start ali ...-
again.
The Yankee has 20 think up a new story % tel tie
BrltlSher that goes after the ball This time ST..
BrItISher doesn't the point az once and relns -
his pony and calls his partners 20 him.
lie then repeats the story. and tlcv an discuss .
with heads close together. In the meantime tr,
Americans hunt under upturIred pieces of sod and
md the ball and trIumphantly Clattcr down r.c
held with IT, knocking II before them through the GOAL.
The Englishmen have az last come 20 an under
standing % the point OF the story and they s.r
gaiy up 20 the Americans and saw 70 them thsv see
the point and lets 60 again with the next move
mcnt.
When the American Side made a particularly loul
shot l let out tomanChe ye0. much o. the annoy
ance OF the people around me who turne, and looked
things az me The English thernSclves chec. ed heart
NY al times and n sounded ike three or tour guinea
hens dying under a sofa.
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the trees at one end of the field modestlv
arrayed IN their pyJamaS
\ little after tve the bell rang al the
clubhouse across the field. and the Van
KEGS Scampered out onto the turf. shortly
followed ry the English quartet The
latter rode their ponies nicely. consider
ing the fact that they often spilled the
hot tea they were drinking on the ponies
flaukS
y shrill whistle blew. and the two
teams faced each other. There was
trItlng delay al this juncture. which was
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They evidently doubted the secret TVS sincerity
We thought if got there by three-thirtv We
should be IN plenty of time get front seats but
bless your Sous'-there was none 20 be had they
were all occupied. Those people must have come
directly from the breakfast table without stopping
10 put their Icttcs INTO their rings
Every male person had on a morning coat and
top hat. which made me feel warmly and brightly
glad that was az least conspicuous IN my panama
which needed starchng badly.
Lots of the men had unocCupied and to-be-let eN-
pressions. This comes from breeding. They have
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the stroke ot seven tnr
penalty is nvc pounds
Or SIXTY days n -ae.
Kindly uotice Elo.
Another reason -.~N
stopped was hc~-->c
the score was u.Hc
goals % tWo m tItor ut
the Americans Who
had won the sap and
the championship
Our team sl,.'cI up
70 the rci velvet TENT
and let the DuNc o,
Connaught pm che sap
on them with apPropri-
ate gestures dnJ re-
marks.
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On our side of the field
there was a nice little red
velvet tent for the King
and Queen and the Jack
and Ten-spot, ii they
cared 10 show which
they didn tat least the
X. and .. renigged. which
was strange. because they
had been assured by the
secret ~ that their seats
would be held for them
and that they needn [
gulp their tea or swallow
their toasted sconcs whole
IN order 20 get there IN
time 10 pinch the places.
In fact. the seats were
quite, quite reserved. in
Guiding two rel plush UNI
brellas IN case II rained.
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p O 10 A T Rim G'M

THE occasion was the second
i and. as 1t proved. final match
between England $ best polo play
ers and ours. The English We're
second best in this affair. This
was quite as was expected.
Milburn, of the American team.
was booked TO sail back home on
the following day; SO they de
cided on his account 10 win the
match and get it over with and
not upset Milburn's plans.
Milburn said 10 his pals. Now
If you chaps would prefer 10 let
England win to-day, and then for
us 70 win the third match. III
cancel my passage and stay over" "
No, no. old fellow, said the
others. not az all You 90
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l should, IN my delirium. have walked
over and stepped on one or two people.
Hah-Je-duhe" That means How
do YOU do when translated from Bel
gravia 70 plain United States.)
About a half-hour before the game
was called the pathetic military band
played God save the King The
Queen can look out for herself"
And We loyal BritiShers stood up.
They all knew by some curious racial
instinct that the band was four-hush-
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ing anu thdt II was merely
the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught who were arriv-
ing SO We took of only our
hathandS, instead of the hat
itself as IN the case of the
King S approach.
As 10 the game. The
Americans had their ponies
MalkeI M and dnun rr-l..-
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By James Montgomery Flagg
DrIW4nss by the Author

proverb in England Breeding makes the face grow
foolish"
| also had my camera with me / was de
lighted 70 hnd that this was beaStly bad form too.
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ahead, we II Just finish 1t up to-day. Wen get some
real polo when We get back hOme."
50 that was the way 1t happened
The game scheduled to start at four O'Clock
and as II was a distinctly fashionable affair that
meant five
FOr pound entrance fee can be fashionable.
50 We decided 10 be fashionable for a few hours.
Somebody had monkeyed with the barometer early
IN the season, and 1t still out of order on the
day OF the match. y large assortment of bilious
looking clouds was draped the grounds at Iiur-
ID lib.
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~ NIN-IUUIN NC -II|O "" y : =
because the English -elw na. mo- cc
sire % get INTO the clutches o- the .l'
by appearing IN anything but .H.
dress evening suits of clothes a -c
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ms ms week we are taking stock, closin
!9Oo, and cutting prices on Winter 9
interested in anything to wear do nc
mere m as we intend to sweep out ev
Winter stock with the Big Brooms of
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are healthful, but oranges are not
considered so for luncheon, being a
breakfast fruit 1t is claimed that
apples cause headache, because child
rem with weak StOmachs eat apples
that contain an acid. which often
causes violent spells of headache.
Again. children who have good di-
gestion are benefited by eating them.
Ii is for parents to know what foods
agree with the children, for what may
be nourishing to one child might
prove injurious to another The
chocolate girl or the one who in
dulges in crackers and pickles for the
MONDAY luncheon is 4 sight to be
hold. for worse pimpled face is diff
hcult to find. The penny candy shops
do thriving business when the
school opens and they are fIeQucntcd
when the luncheon box fails TO meet
the demands OF hungry or fickle
appetite. II the health OF school
children is to be considered. then
must the luncheon box or basket be
carefully prepared IL does not call
for much. but II does call for the very
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confidence and esteem. Nothing has
worse result in the home than mys-
teriousness in trihes, which SO often
lead to Quarrels, tragedies and sensa-
tional scandals. Friends are often
separated by the lack OF frankness in
some trifiing event easily explained,
If il needed to be, yet secretly kept.
Children who begin these trifies at
home are those who are discouraged
and fear to be frank. and for this
very reason children deceive parents
because they realize they cannot 60
to them and confess little faults and
the like because ii would mean pun
ishment of the worst kind, and some
thing even worse, the lack OF sym
pathy rhe girl who can sit down on
a low ottoman at her mothers knee
open her letters and read them aloud
discuss her love affairs as freely as
she ever discussed her school life
events, is the girl who will grow 10
be frank, honest woman. She NAV
not be openly frank, ut she will not
be possessed of a hidden nature
which always makes her q suspicious
person among friends.
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CHILDREN AND SCHOOL LUNCHES

If your children cannot return
home for MONDAY luncheon. let them
go to restaurant. or provide a good
luncheon. Children with tickle ap-
petltes are more apt to play than eat
during the noontime. then eat too
much for evening dinner. Eating too
heartily at night is not good for a
child engaged almost wholly in men
tal duties. If the luncheon is tempt
ing, 1t is more liable to be eaten. 1t
Is said nothing tempts the childish
appetite more than raisins, and child
rem will nibble at them when other
fruits are let alone. They are highly
nutritious and can be eaten raw or
cooked in bread. II boiled eggs are
included in the luncheon, they should
cook at least twenty minutes, other
wise the yolks are indigestible Good
cheese is nutritious, though il should
be as sparingly used as meat, for only
people engaged in muscular duties
demand such heavy food. Bananas
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Carried a Live Skunk by the Tail.

Both OF our hired men have often
insisted that live skunk could be
safely carried by the tail. insisting
that they had often seen il done.
Since the veracity OF both men hap
pens to he absolutely unquestionable.
my father did not hesitate to mention
this fact in his writing He was once
called down by several naturalists,
one Of them being Prof Bailey SO it
happened the other morning. when |
caught a skunk in a trap set for rats
in front of my hen house at once
informed father that | had skunk
for him and il was about time for him
to put his theory in practice by taking
his own medicine. etc We all had
our misgiviuss. but were also secretly
delighted when he proved. I'm spite OF
his 20 years, to be game.
BY means OF a long pole the poor
skunk was dragged about and roughly
treated 10 mako him good and mad
Then my father liberated him. bare
handed from the trap seized him by
his waving plume-like tail. and icrked
him quickly into the air There was
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ways and bridges in the state.

ways and bridges in the state.
Said state highway engineer shall
hold each year under the auspices
of the county highway officials, d
meeting in each county for the open
discussion of questions relating to
building and maintaining public
highways and bridges.
Section S. The State highway en-
gineer shall make an annual report
to the governor of the operations of
the state highway department. This
report shall show the number of
miles. cost and character of the
public highways of the State and
the progress of their improvement.
He shall also make such recon-
mendations for any highway legis-
lation which to him appears exped-
lent and necessary. This report
shall be transmitted to tine secretary
of state as soon after the first Tues
day of December as possible.
Section 6. County highway Of
ficials throughout the state shall, on
request, furnish said state highway
engineer any information they may
possess and be required by him con-
cerning highways in their charge.
Section 7. All acts in conflict
with this act are hereby repealed.
Section 8. This shall go into eff
feet immediately upon its approval
by the governor.
c. M. Galloway.
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POWDERED MILK
a Remarkable invention is Credited
to Swedish Chemist.

MILK that can be carried about in q
snuff box or tabacco pouch. and that
with the addition of little water can
not be distinguished from the article
which is freshly yielded from the
COW, is one of the latest romances OF
science.
This wonderful article is the inven.
ton OF DR.. NJ. Ekenberg, a Swedish
chemist. who is now resident OF
London, and who demonstrated his
process Of drying milk recently. The
process can only be described as dry
ing milk, for that is what il is i'm its
simplest form The water which the
milk contains is extracted from il and
the solid parts which remain are re
duced to a fine powder All that is
required to restore the powder TO the
condition OF pure natural milk is toe
add quantity of water equivalent
to that which has been extracted in
the process OF solidification.
The essential part of DR.. Eken
berg's machine Is what is known as
the exsiccator. This consists OF a steel
drum revolving in a vacuum which is
heated to the temperature OF the
human body. The milk is pumped
into the machine at one end and par.
TALLY solidified before il reaches tho
drum. The thick liquid is then car.
rtcd over the drum. and by the time il
has reached the side furthesl from
the pump II is solid and is scraped
on the drum by fixed knives, in the
shape OF long, curling ribbons. These
ribbons breaks into fragments as they
fall into the receptacle placed TO re.
ceive them, and they are afterward
milled to a rne powder.
The powder will keep indefinitely
in tins. and il will keep for several
days after the tin is opened. Another
advantage OF the process is that while
the drying kills all the harmful bac
terra I'm milk. IL does not destroy the
engines or ferments which add so
much TO the food value OF milk.
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WHlTTEN DRY GOODS COMPANY,
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best. The best brain workers in the
school room are children carefully
and sensibly fed; laggards are found
among the poorly fed ones Study
ing with a half-starved or overfed
stomach is like praying with cold
feet both liable to get woefully side
tracked
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WHERE COLLARS DON'T WILT
Summer in Mexico Seems Like Win.
ter to a United States Visitor.

Yes, yes, this is summer, that is,
the Americans call it summer" said
the American resident 10 the tour
lists as they slipped into light over
coats preparatory to leaving the opera
house after the play. but of course
you should understand that we do
not coll il summer because it is hot
here. You see, about the time of the
year when dozen persons a day drop
dead in New York we begin to call
1t summer in Mexico City. Just what
the connection is has never been ex-
planned, but I am telling YOU the
facts and leaving you to evolve the
theories for yourself"
Il see" said the tourists. as they
put on gloves and walked out
And so it is in truth Summer in
Mexico City is that season of the
year when the press dispatches
printed on a cool sunshiny morning
In Mexico tell of prostrations from
heat in the United States, says the
Mexican Herald
While the overcoat feels very COM
Portable in the early morning and an
hour or SO after the sun has gone
down In the evening IL is not exactly
necessary. One could get on without
II. Those who wear overcoats usual
~ have light spring garments.
heavy suit OF clothes is always
comfortable in Mexico and there In
no good reason for not wearing heavy
Underwear a
ahd then you can suit your other
clothes to effect a proper balance.
Ine laundryman If he were foolish
enough to have any literary molina
uons could tell eloquently OF how few
wilted collars he gets in Mexico.
only few days ago there was a
very Jolly dance at the Country club,
ana feature of the evening was q
large roaring fire of logs In the SPA
cious fireplace at one end of the hall
ana here the merrymakers gathered
to enjoy the warmth tween dances.
Ihere are some freplaces in the
private houses OF Mexico and they
are frequently used during the sum
mer early in the morning and dur
Ing the evening
But the cold is never extreme, nei-
ther is it accompanied by storms OF
wind or heavy rains Figures are
not very expressive, but did you ever
get up and dress in hurry because
you felt better as you got more
clothes on and yet did not suffer:
then go down and eat a large break
fast. relishing such foods as ham or
bacon and eggs, aDd walk brlskly out
picking out the sunny side OF the
street and feeling as II you would
enjoy running block or two just TO
work off excess energy? Well, that
is the effect OF summer In Mexico
City and it explains about as well as
the figures
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Beinu Frank.

Have you ever heard a person max
ing his or her boast that he or she
would keep certain facts from certain
persons? We all have. and TO a
great extent we all practice the bit
OF deception. But when largely car
ried out, mischievously done, there
is no end 20 the trouble it brings.
The faculty for concealment. as Sc
cretiveness," as the phrenologists
term it. is dangerous gift. Open
ness and candor are delightful. When
We discover that friend has deceiv-
ed or only half-trusted us, we regard
him ever after with suspicion, and 1t
requires a very long time for him to
recover the ground he mas lost in our