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for anything, was led away without q
protest. Mr.. Grimm, musing gently
on the stupidity Of mankind In gen
eral and the ease with which 1t is
possible to lead eren a clever tndi-
vidual into trap, II the bait appeals
to greed, took a car and went up
town.
Some three hours later he walked
briskly along narrow path strewn
with pine needles, which led tortu-
ously up to an old colonial farmhouse.
Outwardly the place seemed to be de-
serted. The blinds. battered and
stripped Of paint by wind and rain.
were all closed and one corner Of the
small veranda had crumbled away
from age and neglect. In the rear Of
the house. rising from an old barn. .
thin pole with a cup.like attachment
at the apex, thrust its point into the
open above the dense, odorous pines.
Mr.. Grimm noted these things as he
came along.
He stepped up quietly on the YER
eAAVeS eAA0 A0N JUST 0ALSUO3u Ou0 UauV
to rap on the door when 1t was open
ed from within. and Miss Thorne
stood before him. He was not sur
prised; intuition had told him he
would meet her again, perhaps here in
hiding. A sudden quick tenderness
lighted the listless eyes. For an in.
stant she stood staring, her face pallid
against the gloom of the hallway be.
yond, and she drew long breath Of
relief, as she pressed one hand to her
breast. The blue-gray eyes were
veiled by dropping lids, then she re-
covered herself and they opened into
his. In them he saw anxiety, appre.
hension, fear even.
Miss Thorne!" he greeted. and he
bowed low over the white hand which
she impulsively thrust toward him.
II knew some one was coming"
she stammered in a half whisper. Il
didn't know it was you: hadn't
known definitely until this instant
that you were safe from the explo-
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London--and Rochester and Gad's
Hill-were shut out for forty-nvs
years while the young man worked
and dreamed and hoped III the Aus.
tralian bush. The elder man was
Charles Dickens-the@y younger was his
son. Alfred Tennyson Dickens. god-son
OF the poet laureate. 4
Forty-ive years passed. And then
one morning Alfred Tennyson Dick.
ens. mo longer young. but with white
hair. arrived IN his nativs London.
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SHIFT
N Your Food Fails to Sustain You
Change.

One sort Of diet may make person
despondent, depressed and blue and a
change to the kind of food the body
demands will change the whole thing.
A young woman from Phila. says:
For several years I kept in a run.
down, miserable sort of condition. was
depressed and apprehensive of trouble
/ lost flesh in distressing way and
seemed in q perpetual sort of dreamy
nightmare. No one serious disease
showed. but the .all-over' sickness was
enough.
finally. between the doctor and "a
fher, ! was put on Grape Nuts and
cream, as it was decided must have a
noFishing food that the body could
make use Of.
The wonderful change that cam.
Oyer me was not, like Jonah's gourd
sfheNsr0wth Of . single night, yet Z
NsanSe With . rapidity that astonished
me
During the first week gained in
weight, my spirits improved, and the
World began to look brighter and more
Horth while.
IsSs9e.A md this has continued steadily. till
1IoWs sitter the use Of Grape-Nuts 70,
'Sn1y . lev weeks, am perfectly we'll
'1sel 1plsndidly, take Q lively interest II
1 and nm q changsd persor-
laeySsy 1ay Nsnae gtten by Postum
a9&16 Greek 1lJch. g55
little hook The Road t.
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CHAPTER xxv.-(continued.)

1T is only request from the sec.
tetary of war that be permitted to
meet the inventor Of the wireless per.
cussion cap" Mr.. Grimm explained
carelessly. "The negotiations have
reached q point where the War De-
partment must have one or two ques-
lions answered directly by the inven.
tor. Simple enough, you see."
"But it has been understood, and I
have personally impressed It upon the
secretary of war, that such a meeting
Is impossible" objected Mr.. Howard.
IAN negotiations have been conducted
through me, and have, as attorney
for the inventor, the right to answer
any question that may properly be an.
swered. This now is request for
personal interview with the inventor" :"
"The necessity for such an inter-
view has risen Unexpectedly, because
Of pressing need Of either closing
the deal or allowing it to DROP" Mr..
Grimm stated. Il may add that the
success Of the deal depends entirely
on this interview"
Mr.. Howard was leaning forward in
his chair with wrinkled brow intently
studying the calm face of the young
man. Innocent himself of all the in
trigue and international chicanery
back of the affair, representing only
an individual in these secret nego-
tiations, he saw in the statement, as
Mr.. Grimm intended that he should,
the possible climax of great busi.
ness contract. His greed was
aroused; it might mean hundreds of
thousands Of dollars to him.
"Do you think the deal can be
nader" he asked at last.
Il have no doubt there will be some
sort Of DEAL" replied Mr.. Grimm.
"As say. however. it is absolutely de.
pendent on an interview between the
inventor and myself at once-this
afternoon"
Mr.. Howard thoughtfully drummed
on his desk for little while. From
the first, save in SO far as the patent
rights were concerned, he had seen no
reasons for the obligations of utter
secrecy which had been enforced upon
him. Perhaps, If he laid it before the
inventor in this new light, with the
deal practically closed, the interview
would be possible!
Il have no choice in the matter. Mr..
Grimm" he said at last. II shall have
to put it to my client, Of course. Can
you give me. say, half an hour, to
communicate with him!'
Certainly" and Mr.. Grimm rose
obligingly. "shall I wait outside here
or call again?"
You may wait. If you don't mind. =
said Mr.. Howard. '.I'll be able to LEI
you know in a few minutes. hope"
Mr.. Grimm bowed and passed out.
At the end Of twenty-five minutes the
door Of Mr.. Howard's private ONCE
opened and he appeared. His face was
violently red, evidently from anger,
and perspiration stood on his fore.
head. :sis 5.s /.
Il can't do anything with him." hs
declared sayagely. "Hs says simply
that nsgotiations must be conducted
through mo o. not at all"
Mr.. Grimm had risen: be bowed
eourteously. q
'svery we'll. hs said placidIy. ..You
undsfstand. q course. @ ths nots
says. thst this refusal q his teemin,
ltss the nagutiat ions,
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Would Arrest Him ANYWAY.

Would Arrest Him Anyway.
Sergeant-'Alt! Take Murphys
name for talkin' in the ranks.
Corporal-W'y, sergeant, e weren't
talkin'.
Sergeant-Wasn't he? Well, cross
it out an put i'm in the guardroom for
receivin' me.--Tatler. .
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;, Accidents. Burns, scalds, sprains,
Bruises, Bumps, Cuts, Wounds, ali are
painful: Hamlins Wizard Oil draws out
Don't wait for the accident. Buy It now.
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His losin,,n.

What did you lose on that vrest-
Ding match?" 4
"About nine-tenths Of my respect for
the human race."
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Not If he Knew II.

That's nice little game you.
played on that girl in not showing up
at the church when you were to be
married to her." III.
Well, it. wasn't tie game"
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SYNOPSIS.

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Reoord In Piano Plauinn.

The Paris newspapers record feat
of endurance on the part of one
Thorpe, described as a native of Bo
hemia, who played the piano for thirty
hours and fifteen minutes without stop
ping. 1t seems that there is record
even In this kind OF folly and that 1t
was formerly held by Mr. Waterbury,
whose performance extended over
twenty eight and one-half hours. The
report states that Thorpe was fed and
given stimulants during the entertain
ment But nothing is said about the
audience. as to whether they brought
their beds or took their enjoyment in
parts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

to pass the thousand marks. Three,
four, FIVE, six thousand l passed, each
one taking an increasing length of time
and requiring more OF physical effort
and mental and nervous strain.
Soon the hand of the aneroid began
to caper back and forth. I knew l
was mounting steadily, but the little
instrument did not show 1t and finally
Topped back near the starting point
and stayed there. The aneroid had
evidently gone higher than 1T was ever
intended to go and was completely out
of commission.
A Paragraph. which is recording
barometer, had been tied about my
neck, and took one hand from the
control and turned the face Of the baro-
graph up toward me. Through the
glass front could see the purple line
that had traced my ascent. l felt sure
that must be near the top. 1t seemed
ages since had started. and the ter
rible cold was beginning to penetrate
even the thick, fur lined clothing that
had made particularly for this flight.
My hands were beginning to get numb,
and felt that my ears would burst
with the pressure from inside my head
or, rather, with the lessening of the
pressure outside.
But one sight Of the Paragraph made
me grit my teeth and shove the nose
of the Bleriot good deal higher than
wisdom warranted. Instead of being
near the coveted 10000 mark, was
barely passing the 5000 line.
No words of mine can express the
disappointment and the discourage
ment of that moment. was almost
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Submarine Paint.

In 1895 special submarine paint
was prepared by Holzapfel, the object
being first coated with an anticorro-
sive deposit and then with a second
layer containing toxic substances. Ow-
ing to the reactions which occurred be-
tween the two layers, however. the
paints were liable to crack and would
not last for more than six months. Re-
Gently this drawback has been rene
died by the production of paint in
which the outer coating consists of din
amalgam Of copper Incorporated with
an earthly pigment and waterproof
medium. AS soon as marine organisms
attack this coat the amalgam is ex-
posed and voltaic currents are pro-
duced which set free poisonous COM
pounds of copper and mercury and de-
stroy the intruders. Thus the action Is
only brought about In places where it
is necessary and the life of the paint
is doubled.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
HUMOROUS CUPS
MAGAZINE Girls.

All women are lovely and radIantly fair
In the magazine pages today
They all have n mop OF luxuriant hair
In tho magazine pages today.
There's not one with freckles or noses
askew
Or teeth that protrude. as some real
girls do.
There Isn't n blemlsh on girls that we
view
In the magazine pages today.
There's not one too pudsy or not one too
thin
In tho magazine pages today.
Nor one who's Just losing her tortoise
shell pin
In the magazine pages today.
'Twixt shirt waist and belt there IL mover
Or tear In the silk ,hat Is lining her
wrap.
And her gloves never lack a pearl button
or snap
In the magazine pages today
She doesn't wear pink when she ought to
wear blue
In the magazine pages today.
And she isn't run down at the heel OF her
shoe
In the magazine pages today.
You never can see when she hasn't hat.
How much is real hair and how much of
It's rat.
It's only in life that we SEQ things like
that,
Not In magazine pages today.
Edgar A. Guest In Detroit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

An ingenious variation of the guide
ways for sliding window screens has
been invented by an Illinois man.
This form of screen moves up and
down on stationary grooves set inside
the window frame and usually Is put
in place by having spring attach
ment on one end In the device here
shown the guides are made in two
sections. the lower of which are sta
tionary and the upper being hinged to
the top of the window. When the lat
ter is in vertical position 1t forms an
uninterrupted groove with the bottom
section. 1t is very easy to adjust a
screen on this form of guide. as the
upper part of the guide can be pulled
out at the bottom and the screen slip
ped into 1t. The guide is then allowed
to drop back into place, and as the
screen slides down over the point of
intersection of the two pathways 1t
holds both In exact alignment. II is
easy to remove these screens to wash
the windows.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
THE LAST SIkTEs.
Arizona and New Mexico viii Com
Plete Uncle Sans Family.

Arizona and New. Mexico viii Com
plete Uncle Sans Family.
Since the thirteen colonies became
the nation in 1888 thirty-hve states
have been added to the UnlSa. The
United Suites have multiplied at the
handsome rate OF one state for every
three and half years Of national ex-
istence. Decidedly there is a shock in
the suggestion that we now have come
to the end of our tether, for the end.
II end It prove, closes an epoch.
Congress has passed the act enabling
Arizona and New Mexico to form
state governments and become equal
shareholders in the Union. Thus the
last of the contiguous territories are
hidden into the great American fed
grafton.
Many questions arise: Shall we
forever remain close, compact broth
erhood OF forty-eight mutually depend
emit and respectively independent
states? There is no such design, yet
further changes are evidently far Off
in time. Doubtless one or more states
will be founded In Alaska. Some say
the Japs, Chinese and spineless natives
of Hawaii even now aspire to be vot-
ers of a mid-Paclic state. Our brown
charges in the Philippines are expert
menting, under surveillance. with a
toylike gift of self government. Porto
Rico. really ambitious for statehood,
already has territorial government
granted by congress and boasts vote
less delegate in the house of represent
atives in Washington.
1t is only too certain that the next
state will represent an important de-
parture in American history. involving
difficulties akin to the negro problem.
But we shall, as the politicians are
fond of saying, cross that bridge when
we come to 1t. = Metropolitan Maya
zine.
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Whore Our Dead Go.

Major S. Harris. one of the Austria
lians who fought In the South African
war, visited British Columbia and
finally settled down in Vancouver.
Now he tells of a man In his province
who went over to see London for the
first time last year. and was being
shown through Westminster abbey.
He got into conversation with tour
list agent who was showing party
about, and at intervals the man who
was explaining asked the British Co
lumbar questions about Vancouver.
II suppose that In your country you
have no place like the abbey?" be
suggested
mo-" replied the other.
"Then, what, may J ask, do you do
with your illustrious dead?"
First" replied the British Column
bian, 1--WE appoint commission to see
whether the man Is really dead. and
then If the commission decides in the
affirmative we send him to the legis'
lature. "-Argonaut U
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
His Idea of Importanee.

"In one benighted region Of GER
tain state in the southwest" says a
Chicago lawyer, they cherish some
peculiar notions touching the duties of
a juror.
"One day a case was being tried
when suddenly the justice exclaimed:
"'How is this? There are only
eleven jury men In the box. Where is
the twelfth
1.-THE foreman arose and addressed
the court respectfully as follows:
"'May it please your honor, the
twelfth Juror had to go away on i'm
portant business, but he left his ver-
dict with me- "-Harpers Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26

"aIr In" yet had still the two hard
est stages of my journey to cover
the bitter fight of jumping and falling
jumping and falling, during the final
800 feet, and last, but most awful OF
all, the horrors of that descent where
the chances were 100 to against me.
Laughing at 10000 Feet.
There was nothing for it. however,
but to continue the fight upward.
So doggedly fixed my mind upon
the magic figures 10000 and mounted
again. Below me there was nothing
but space. The filmy clouds formed a
haze which completely shut the earth
from my view, and seemed like an
impudent little fly buzzing around Inn
portantly in the vastness of infnitude.
The thought struck me as being rather
droll. and laughed aloud.
Then 1 remembered how friend of
mine had come to me at the hangar
before 1 started and, with quizzical
expression on his face, as though he
knew was not serious. asked:
-'Are you really going for altitude to
day."
YES" / Unanswered.
''Do YOU think you have any chance
Of making it?' he asked
There's always a chance" replied
and jumped into the machine.
Since then have thought over that
short conversation a score of times and
I have failed to find in 1t anything
amusing. Yet away up there In a lone
liness whose vastness and impressive
ness only Legagneaux and / of all. liv-
ing men can appreciate, with the mo-
Tor buzzing and whirling and hnmming
and splitting, seemingly to accentuate
the very vastness of the solitude and
make 1t even more awe Inspiring than
It is to the floating balloonist-away
up there, passing close to the 5000 foot
mark-the two questions and their an
swers struck me as being the most
droll things I had ever heard, and |
started to laugh boisterously like
drunken sailor I'm a low taproom.
Crazy" l thought, and as the
thought flashed across my mind with
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
HolIandaise Sauce.

One-third of a cup of butter. yolks
of two eggs. Juice of small lemon.
one-quarter teaspoonful salt and a
little white pepper. Cream the butter,
add the yolks. one at time. and beat
well, then add the lemon juice strain.
ed. salt and white pepper Beat 1t
well. adding the lemon juice little
at time. About FIVE minutes before
serving add one-third cup Of boiling
water. Place the bowl in saucepan
Of boiling water and stir rapidly until
1t thickens like boiled custard. This
sauce is nice served with fish or pour
ed on boiled cabbage.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
BASEBALL COACHING.
In the Big Leagues tho Sign Language
10 Constantly Changing.

In tho Big Leagues the Sign Language
10 Constantly Changing.
Hugh s. Fullerton writes in the
American Magazine on baseball coach
ing In the big leagues. He says:
Each team has its different systems
Of coaching. its different language OF
signs, motions, cipher words or phrases,
and no one can hope to learn them all.
The worst os trying to study the sign
language of the game. by which the
coachers from the little spaces near
first and third bases give or transmit
the orders for plays, lies in the fact
that the sign languages change rapid
ly. often being altered or entirely
changed in day. If Arlie Latham
jumps into the air and screams Hold
your basel it may mean Steal second
today and tomorrow 1t may mean Hit
and run One never can tell what a
sign means. Hughie Jennings hoists
his right knee as high as his shoulder.
pulls six blades or grass and Della ham
ty hunts. You are certain that Jen-
nings signaled him TO sacrifice, so the
next day when Cobb is at bat and Jen-
nlngs goes through the same motions
you creep forward and Cobb hits the
ball past you so fast you can't see it.
If Connie Mack Tits his hat over his
eyes and Eddie Collins steals second
base as the next ball is pitched. nat
urally you watch the hat, and, 10. Bar
ry plays hit and run. You hear Clark
Griffith yelp Watch his footr and see
two of his players start a double steal.
The next time he yells Watch his
footr you break your neck to cover the
base and both players stand still. Some
players and most spectators give up
striving to learn the sign language OF
the game and just play ball without
trying to anticipate moves or to pre-
pare for the style Of attack"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
JeIIied Cucumber Salad.

Three cupfuls cucumbers cut into
small blocks, one cupful of white wine
vinegar, one ounce Of gelatin. one large
bay leaf. two teaspoonfuls of salt, one
teaspoonful Of pepper corns, two blades
of mace and mayonnaise dressing
Soak the gelatin In half cupful of
cold water for half an hour. Put the
bay leaf, pepper corns and mace into
saucepan, add two cupfuls of boiling
water. cover the pan. simmer for fif-
teen minutes. strain and measure the
liquid. If there is not cupfuI and n
half. add sufficient water to make that
amount. Turn In the gelatin. stir UNI
til dissolved and add the vinegar.
Stand away until cold, but not stiffen.
ed. Arrange the blocks of cucumber
(Which should be free from seeds' In
small molds and pour over them
enough Of the gelatin preparation to
cover we'll Put In the refrigerator to
stiffen and serve.
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kMyAEROPLANE
- ADVENTURES
S&G| j. ARMSTRONG DRE1EL


copyright, 1911, by Henry M. Nicely.
Copyright In Great Britain and Canada.
All rights reserved
ZIP L was on the train between Phila-
delphia and New York. / had
IN just received confirmation of my
altitude record of 9,S97 feet-the
highest man had ever been in an aero
plane-and had read In the evening
papers that my great ambition to be
the first to go up above the coveted
10000 mark would never be realized.
for Legagneaux had risen 10,499 that
afternoon.
"Well," heard one man say to an
other, "they have settled Drexel's rec
ord beyond all question now. Here's
fellow who has beaten him by 500
feet"
YES" said the other. ''It seems to
get easier every day."
Easyi A man climbs and climbs
and strains every nerve and muscle to
the breaking point-he fights inch by
inch, forcing a frail machine beyond
anything 1t was ever intended to do
he hears the creaking of the wood
work and the wicked singing of the
tautening wires, and he knows that
one little ounce more of strain some
where, anywhere, and it win all be
over in the most horrible of ends-he
plugs onward and upward, sick at
heart and in body, utterly weary and
hopeless, nerves gone, strength ebbing
fast. brain dizzy, ears bursting and
eyes swimming until a momentary
spell Of near unconsciousness makes
him pull himself together for the
awful hell of that final plunge to
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
Great River Under rexaa.

Biologists are claiming that the
greatest underground river in the
world flows from th@ Rocky noun
tains underneath New Mexico and
Texas, emptying itself in the gulf of
Mexico. This river Is thought to be
in places several miles wide. and 1t is
believed that It feeds rivers that flow
upon the surface. The artesian well
belt of Texas is pointed to as the up
lifting of the water from this river,
often from 800 feet low.-Christian
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
ON Rub For Colds.

For Group, cold in the head. sore
lungs and throat, place PARENT near
the fire and thoroughly rub the fore.
head, temples, nose, throat and lungs
with oil of eucalyptus. being careful to
keep oil from the eyes; put patient in
bed and in about twenty minutes the
body will be in a profuse perspiration
md the patient asleep, breathing nat.
urally. This is an old and efficient
Australian remedy.