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submarine, which was a dream in
1855, !s owned by the navy Of the
smallest power. 1t is true that single
submarines are not expected to &C
complish much In a real struggle, SO
the larger navies of the great powers
have fleets of submarines. The aero
plane and the dirigible balloon are to
be found in the possession of all arm
les In Europe today, yet they. too, are
only expected to be of real service
when they are possessed in large num-
bers.
The airships and the submarines are
the wasps of modern warfare. Like
the little insect, while they have q
powerful sting, they are very vulner-
able, and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless.
Aeropiane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars, aero
planes have been used to a limited ex-
tent, and this use has been so much
limited that their real efficiency is ex-
pected to be finally determined by
the present war.
1t is much the same with the wire
less telegraph While it was used in
the Russo-Japanese war of ten years
ago, the apparatus was still rudimen-
while the range Of the apparatus was
too limited to show the greatest eff
cheney. In the intervening decade, how
ever, great advance has been made in
wireless. 1t is now possible and, in.
deed, is a custom every day, to send
and receive messages from a distance
of more than 5000 miles. This, then,
is new and important factor in naval
operations, as was seen by the censor
ship put over the great sending sta.
tions on this side of the Atlantic by
the United States authorities.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached to aeroplanes.
The submarine was in existence In
1904, but it was very different sea
wasp to that which England. France
and Germany are using today. Yet its
real value is yet to be determined. and
it is expected that this demonstration
will come during the present conflict.
Rapid Increase of Submarines.
At the time of the Spanish-Amerlcan
war there were only Ave submarines
in all the navies Of the world
The latest edition of Brassey's Naval
Annual for this year gives the number
of submarines in the various navies,
and shows what interest is being
taken in the wasp Of the sea. Great
Britain has rs built, and is building 20
more; Germany, who only began buht-
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CHAPTER xxIx.-contInued.


The inquiry was drowned in shrek
scrambled to their feet. casting fear
full glances over their shoulders. The
man who had been lying behind the
bush had risen and was coming toward
them at a slouching amble, one foot
dragging slightly. His appearance, in
deed, was enough to cause panic. With
his savage face, set now in grin, and
his tramp-like costume. he looked
fierce and animal-like. White and
black, the children fed like startled
rabbits, older ones dragging younger,
without a backward look-all save
Hickey, who stood quite still, her wild
ening eyes fixed on him in a kind of
blanched fascinated terror.
He came close to her, never taking
his eyes from hers, then put his heavy
grimy hand under her chin and turned
her twitching face upward, chuckling.
Amt afeard, d-n mel" he said
with admiration. Wouldn't skedaddle
with tn fine folks white-livered young
'uns! Know who | am, don't ye?"
"Greef King" Rickey's lips rather
formed than spoke the name.
Right. An l know you, too. Got
5es' tn same look ez when ye wuzn't
no higher'n my knee. So We amt at
tn Dome no mo-, Ell? Purkle an fine
Inning an eddication. Hobo! Coin
ter make ye another ladyess like the
sweet ducky-dovey that rescooed We
from tn lovin' embrace O. yer fond
step-parient, eh?"
Rickey's small arm went suddenly
out and her fingers tore at his shirt
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EFFICIENCY IN "NEWS STYLE"
Columns Of the Modern Journal Con
tain, IL 10 Claimed, the Best OF
English Phrasing.

1t is seldom that a good word is
said in academic circles for what is
termed newspaper English" meaning
the terse, trenchant style in which the
best journalists are In the habit of ex-
pressing themselves. The College of
Journalism, however, recognizes the
value of this style, and Prof. F. w.
Beekman, well-known educators,
says:
With all it's faults l still believe in
the news style as the most efficient
style of this modern day of presenting
information through the written word.
It has been hammered out in the heat
and stress of newspaper work to meet
the demands OF the millions for some
thing to compel their attention, inter
est them and give them Information
in the quickest. clearest way possible. "
There is much truth in this, bit not
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CHAPTER XXX.

The Evening Of an Old Score.
Observation-Disclosures Bristow's
ivory-headed camphor-wood stick
thumped on the great door of Damory
court. The sound had a tang Of impa.
tience. for he had used the knocker
more than once without result Now
he strobe to the end of the porch
and raised his voice in a stentorian
below that brought Uncle Jefferson
shlfling around the path from the
kitchens with all the whites of his
eyes showing.
You dog-gone lazy rascal" thun-
dered the major. What do you mean,
san, by keeping a gentleman cooling
his heels on the doorstep like a tax
collector? Where's your master?"
''Fo' de Lawd, Major, All ain seen
Mars John sence dis mawnin'. Staht
out aftah breakfas' en- he nevah
showed up ergin ct all. Yo' reck'n
whit de mattah, sub ?" he added anx-
iously. "'Peahs lax sumpin' preyin'
on he mind. DON seem er bit hese'f
lately"
"H-m-m!" The major looked thought
full. isn't he well?"
mo. sub. Ain ct no mcr'n er hum
min-buhd desc las few days. Jes'
hangs eroun' lonesome lax. Don
laugh no mo-, don sing no mo-. Ain
play de pianny sence de day aftah de
ball. Me en- Daph moght'ly pestered
bout him."
"Pshaw!" said the major Touch
of spring fever. l rackon. Aunt DapS
feeds him too we'll. Give him less
fried chicken and more ash-cake and
buttermilk. Make him some juleps."
The old negro shook his head
''Moghty neah use up all dat mint
bald All foun'." he said, "but ain do
no good. Majah, Abs sho' 'feahed
sumpin gwineter happen"
NONSENSE" the major shifted
What fool ideas got under your wool
now? Been seeing Mad Anthony
again, I'll bet dollar"
Uncle Jefferson swallowed once or
twice with seeming difficulty and
turned the gravel with his toe. Oats
50" he said gloomily. "Ah done see
de old man de yuddah day bout et
Ant'y, he know! He see trouble err
comm en- trouble er-gwine. Dat same
night de hoss-shoe drop often de
stable do, en- dis ve'y mawnin' err
tuhd done fly inter de house. Das'
er mighty bad hoodoo, er mighty bad
hoodoo!"
"Shucks!" said the major You're
as loony as old Anthony, with your
Internal signs. If your Mars johns
been out all day 1 reckon he'll turn
UP before long. I'll wait for him a
while" He started in, but paused or
the threshold. Did you say-at-
that mint was all gone, Unc Jetfer-
SOM"
ITO Pc CONLTINLIILrIlA
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Ing IsW years ago. already has ~,
and Is building II more; France has
10 and is building go additional ones:
Russia has %. and is building IS;
while the United States has 29, and Is
building 81; Austria has IS, and has
four under construction, whilo Italy
owns 1S, and is building two. Yet the
submarine Is still an unknown guam.
tity in warfare.
Submarine In War.
Many of the early submarines are
small and probably of little efficiency.
and France has numerous types about
which little is known by the outside
world The German submarines are
said to be built along the Holland
lines, while the Russian submarines
are said to follow one or more of the
French types.
The submarine, from romantic
viewpoint, should be great factor in
deciding a naval engagement. but the
fact remains that up to the present
time 1t has done nothing to prove its
value. 1t was believed that the moral
effect of the submarine would be al
most as important as its physical ef-
feet upon an enemys warship, but
this belief has not been justified up to
the present moment
There were notions that there would
be terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarine and de-
stroying each other. But it has been
found that when submerged the sub
marine is as blind as the traditional
bat. It's crew cannot see any object
under water, and is compelled to re-
sort to the use OF the periscope, which
energies unostentatiously above the
water, in order to see its own course.
1t Is known that the periscope Is
the eye of the submarine, and natural
ly attention has been paid to the best
way of destroying this vital part Of
their boats.
The designers Of the submarine did
not count upon II being seen. II was
believed that 1t would go upon it's way,
dealing death without observation al
though its periscope does make a
slight wake on the water, and when
submerged there are telltale bubbles.
But 1t has been discovered that from
a certain height an observer may trace
the course Of submerged submarine
with as great accuracy as II It was
running on the surface. The dirigible
balloon AMI the aeroplane now can
ferret out the sneaking submarine, and
they both are supposed to be armed to
destroy the warship that moves like
fish.
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ing had grown In It. A scientific gys
TEN Of irrigation and drainage was LAZY
out, under direction Of Lord Kitch-
ener, at a cost of $50 an acre, and It
was then handed over to the fellaheen
in five-acre plots for cultivation Last
year the land was washed. and crop
of rice was grown, giving satisfac-
tory yield After the rice crop the
salt distribution was measured. and
the percentage was considerably re-
duced. To the great establishment Of
the fellahe en- cultivators. permanent
result had been achieved In one year,
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be to strike to the heart her love
and loyalty to her mother, and she
said this over and over TO herself in
varying phrases:
You can't! No matter how much
you love him, you can't! His father
deliberately ruined your mothers life
your own mother! It's bad enough
to love him-you can't help that. But
you can help marrying him. You
would hate yourself You can never
kiss him again, or feel his arms around
you. You can't touch his hand You
mustn't even see him. Not If 1t breaks
your heart-as your mothers heart
was broken!"
She had turned into an unbeaten
way that ambled from the road
scarce more than bridle-path, wind
ing aimlessly through bracken-strewn
depths so dense that even the wild
roses had not found them. In her
childish hurts she had always fed to
the companionship of the trees. She
had known them every one-the black
gum and pale dogwood and gnarled
hickory, the prickly-balled button
wood" the lowly mulberry and the
majestic red oak and walnut They
had seemed friendly and plying coun
sellers, standing about her with arms
intertwined. Now, with the rain weep
ing in soughing gusts through them
they offered her no comfort She sud
denly threw herself face down on the
soaked moss.
"Oh, Cod" she cried. Il love him
so! And l had only that one evening
II doesn't seem just. If l could only
have him, and suffer some other way!
He's suffering, too, and it isn't oui
FAULT We neither of US harmed any
one! He isn't responsible for what
his father did-why, he hardly knew
him! Oh, God, why must it be sc
hard for US? Millions of other people
love each other and nothing separates
them like this!"
Shirley's warm breath made little
fog against the star-eyed moss. She
was scarcely conscious Of her wet and
clinging clothing, and the soaked
strands of her hair. She was sc
wrapped in her desolation that she nc
longer heard the sound of the perse
vering rain and the wet swishing OF
the bushes-parting now to a hurried
step that fell almost without sound on
the spongy forest soil. She started
up suddenly to see Valiant before her
He was In a somewhat battered
walking suit of brown khaki, with q
leather belt and felt nat whose brim
stiff with the wet, was curved down
visor-wise over his brow. In an In
slant he had drawn her upright. and
they stood. looking at each other
drenched and trembling.
How can your" he said with q
roughness that sounded akin to anger
Here in this atrocious weather-like
thls!" he laid a hand on her arm
You're wet through"
Il don't mind the rain," she an
swered, drawing away, yet feeling
with guilty thrill the masterfulness
of his tone, as we'll as it's real concern
I'm often wet"
His gaze searched her face, feature
by feature. noting her pallor, the blue
black shadows beneath her eyes. the
caught breath. uneven like child's
from crying. He still held her hands
in his.
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they have accomplished what they
started to do.
Men have quite another point Of
view. The boy IN his teens is already
thinking and planning some path in
life that win take him somehow to the
top. He Is perhaps deeply interested
in some profession or trade; he means
to "be something"
Work toward something fixed. May
be it Is small place Of your own
some time in the beyond. out In the
green country Maybe It is the top of
the work you are now doing. Maybe
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Lust Suit Him.

What pawt have you-aw--we-
served fob me, Miss Coachem? ?" asked
young Sapleigh of the fair manager
OF the amateur theatricals.
why. really. Mr.. Sapleigh, she re-
Piled. I'm afraid I've overlooked you.
and all the parts have been assigned.
Oh. by the way, there is still the part
of the heroine's father. think that
would about fit you"
The pawt is WEAKLY OF little-aw-
consequence. doncher know. just so
Pm one of the-aw-actahs. said Sap
leigh. What am I-aw-supposed to
60 IN the pavt?"
We'll" answered the manageress,
as the heroine is supposed to be an
orphan. I'm afraid it viii be necessary
that you should remain dead
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he gees them with those OF the author
and the actor. He is nc longer the
same man; be was barbarous. he was
agitated with furious passions, when
he saw an innocent woman killed.
when he stained himself with the
blood OF his friend; be became a man
again az the representation Of t.
The question is much more interest
ing than the answer, which is truly
theatrical. Perhaps there isn't an ex-
PLANTATION. Carlyle does not explain,
but states the fact that Robespierrs
OF the Terror refused to take part in
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in 1876, 1900 and 1910, gave the popu-
lation of the district Of Maine as a
part OF Massachusetts. In 1920 II was
separated from Massachusetts,, made
an independent state. aud was admit
ted into the union. Vermont was not
one of the Is original states which
adopted the constitution In 1888,
and was not admitted to the union
until 1871. AS colony 1t furnished
its full quota Of troops during the
revolutionary war. but its boundaries
were in dispute with Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and New York claim
ing jurisdiction, and pending the dis
pute Vermont did not get iat3 the
union as one of the original states
adopting the constitution. 1t was rot
represented in the convention thar
framed the constitution
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all the truth. So-called newspaper
the literature and especially the fic-
ton of our times. The most success
full stories are those told in the few
est words. The oid-fashioned flowing
periods, which produced verbal melody
instead of recording facts, have lost
their charm for novel readers. whose
eager brains are anxious to absorb the
tale rather than linger over fine
writing"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-08
CHAPTER Xxx.
In the Rain.

Shirley stood looking out at the
| rain. 1t was falling in no steady
downpour which held forth promise
of ending, but with a gentle constancy
that gave the hills look of sudden
discomfort and made disconsolate
miry pools by the roadside. The
clouds were not too thick, however. to
let through dismal gray brightness
that shone on the foliage and touched
with glistening lines of high-light the
draggled tufts of the soaked blue
grass. Now and then. across the drip
ping fields, fraying skeins of mist wan
dered, to lie curdled in the flooded
hollows where, here and there. cattle
stood lowing al intervals In a mourn
full key.
The indoors had become impossible
to her She was sick of trying 10
read, sick of the endless pacings and
purposeless invention of needless
tasks. She wanted movement, the
cobwebby mist about her knees, the
wet rain in her face. She ran upstairs
and came down clad in a close scarlet
jersey, with leather CATERS and soft
! hat.
Emmaline saw her thus accoutered
with disapproval. 'Lawdy-mercy,
chile!" she urged; you amt goin'
out? It's rainin' cats en- dawgs!"
I'm neither sugar nor salt, Emma
line" responded Shirley listlessly,
dragging on her rain-coat, and the
walk will do me good"
I On the sopping lawn she glanced
up at her mothers window. Since the
night ofNthe ball her own panging self
consciousness had overlaid the fine
and sensitive association between
them She had been full of horrible
| feeling that her face must betray her
and the cause of her loss of spirits
be guessed
Her mother, had, in fact, been
troubled by this, but was far from
guessing the truth. A somewhat long
indisposition had followed her first
sight OF Valiant, and she had not
witnessed the tournament. She had
hung upon Shirley's description of It.
however. with an excited interest that
the other was later to translate in
the light of her own discovery. II the
thought had fitted to her that fate
might hold something deeper than
friendship in Shirleys acquaintance
with Valiant, It had been Of the
vaguest. His choice of her as Queen
of Beauty had seemed a natural hon.
age to that swift and unfiinching act
of hers which had saved his life.
There was In her mind more OBJ
vious explanation of Shirley's altered
demeanor. Perhaps it's Chilly Lusk,
she had said to herself. Have they
had foolish quarrel, wonder? All,
well, In her own time she will tell
me-"
There was some relief to Shirley's
overcharged feelings In the very dis
comfort of the drenched weather: the
sucking pull of the wet clay Cd her
boots and the f1irt of the drops on her
cheeks and hair She thrust her dog
skin gloves into her pocket and held
her arms outstretched to let the wind
blow through her fingers. rhe mois-
ture chung in damp wreaths to her
hair and rolled in great drops down
her coat as she went
The widest, most secluded walks
had always drawn her most and she
instinctively chose one OF these today.
1t was the road wherein squatted Mad
Anthonys whitewashed cabin. "Dah's
] er man gwine look In dem eyes, honey.
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DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE
Something That Should Be Acquired
by Every Woman Who Has Place
in the Business World.

II ID a fact that many women have
no definite desire to get anywhere in
the work they are doing They con
slider their job as the least important
thing in their lives, and rarely have
a plan tending toward ultimate ex-
mansion and q time when thye can feel
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Poor But Prnuri

A lady who is a district visitor be-
came much interested in very poor
but apparently respectable Irish fam
floor Of great building in g slum dis
trict OF her parish.
Every time she visited the Currans
she was annoyed by the staring and
the whispering of the other women
living in the building One day she
said to Mrs. Curran:
Your neighbors seem very curious
TO know who and what ara and the
nature OF my business with you"
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TWO SIDES TO MANS NATURE
Such Was NoGtaire's Explanation Of
fragrant Contradiction So Ere
qaentiy Noticed.

voItaire, a precursor Of the French
Revolution, aEked why the same man
who has seen with a dry eye the most
atrocioussevents, and even committed
crimes with sangfroid, viii weep at
the theater at the representation Of
similar events and crimes? II Is, tina.
he sees ther not VIII the Same eyes
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Trying Out Inventions.
WASTE LAND MADE FERTILE
Remarkable Results Have Followed
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken I'm Egypt.

AS an indication of The ultimate out
come In the great delta Of Egypt
where 100000 acres of wash salt
and awaits development, toward the
end of 1912 about 500 acres of absolute
" waste land at Biala were taken in
hand. The land was so heavily i'm
pregnated with salt that for ages moth
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to be gifted with millions of rejecting
rays
We are each of US responsible to
society and the world in general for
our ideals.
Worthy ideals. earnestly sought and
sincerely carried out. credit j man on
into posterity. but unworthy ideals
diseredit and unharness a man here
and now. Formulate your ideals with
others in mind. Measure not success
in the immediate. Make your ideals
so high that they viii net only lead
yJa on and up, but ali about you.
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A Pity indeed.

Elihu Rot, In his superb Fifth ave-
nue. apartment overlooking Central
Park. was talking about a famous ar
list whose wife had divorced bin. Tt
seems he didn't treat her well, said
Mr. Root Then he added. All gen
fuses are CYCLISTS. It's pity the rule
doesn't work both Hay2"
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legal proceeding that might have
resulted in capital punishment.
81. Anatole France. Socialist, has
said that danger In loving your Eel.
lovmen is that il Is likely to inspire
disposition to kin your fellowmen.
That may explain Robespierre. But
the explanation remains unexplained
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-08

Celestin Demblon, whose books en-
deavor to prove that the plays attrib-
uted to Shakespeare were written by
Lord Rutland, will come to this coun-
try to lecture on his theory. He is a
deputy and professor of literature at
Brussels university.
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A|RSH|PS AND
SUBMARINES
WASPS OF WAR
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
fIict in Europe.
MAY FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
Each invention Now is Prepared to
Pull the Others Sting, but Their
Actual Value Is Yet to
Be Demonstrated.

Every modern war has been fought
century there have been countless in
ventions for the carrying on Of war
fare in g. particularly destructive man
ner, with the philanthropic intent that
war was fast becoming SO horrible and
terrible that it must soon pass away
from the face of the earth, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
But it happened that as soon as a
particularly horrible contrivance was
invented and introduced into armies
busted themselves by offsetting and
discounting it's probable effect Con-
sequently war not only has not passed
away, but we still have it with US.
Thus it is that each big war. after be-
ing heralded as the worlds last con-
flagration, is found upon examination
to be false, and the end of war is not
yet arrived.
Trying Out Inventions.
In the present war in Europe there
are being tried under the conditions of
actual hostilities many improvements
and inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con-
ditions. Their real worth will only be
discovered at the close of the conflict.
No army or navy engaged in the
present conflict in Europe but what is
possessed of nearly ali of the modern
improvements made since 1870. The
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which under the ordinary system pre-
vailing In the country would have
taken three or four years to accom-.
plish. Cotton is now, therefore, being
satisfactorily grown on a fair proper.
ton OF this area. and II is expected
that 1t will bring from SIS to 800 an
acre.
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Malne,s IlstorIcaI career

Maine was not an independent state
until long after the adoption Of the
constitution During the revolution
AIRY war 1t was district of Massachu-
sets. and as such furnished its quota
OF soldiers, but they were credited as
Massachusetts, troops The first three
censuses OF the United States, taker