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Lovely Woman

o womanl whose form and Whoas
Are the spell and the light OF eAa E
We pursue;
Whether summed In the tropics ei
at the pole;
II woman be there, there IS "a
too. Thomas =
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CHAPTER xXXI-ContInued.

CHAPTER XXXI-Continued
T WAS only a boy at the time" he
i began. ut was my first year at OK
ford. My sister, who was little more
than a child, came up for 'Commem.'
and introduced her to Bob Rockford.
who was then in his second year. She
took great cancy TO him and chaffed
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|eclincd
" Iyith
Ghanls,

Wee. modest pomelet, rhythmic tiower,
Inspired OF luckless hour.
Now but comeback. crushed and dour-
/ must confess:
To place thee seemeth past my power.
Rejected MS.
That sterile stun the Monthlies Haunt
Mechanical, poetic vaunt,
Did not my lyric spirit daunt
When / wrote thee
And read thee 70 my maiden, aunt,
Who shook With gieel
Eiate thou sped, my artless verse,
Cute couplet. that. when lean my purse,
mused might me some reimburse
For thought and time;
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CHAPTER xXxII.

lowing TO ill-health, Lady wimberley
has been advised by her doctor to spend
the rest of the winter in the south OF
France. She left yesterday for Nice and
was accompanied by her daughter. Lady
Joan Meriet."
Mr' Murray read the paragraph through
twice. and then cut II out OF the news
paper with a pair OF scissors and placed
II in his pocketbook.
An hour later he was In the train on
his way down to Harptree. and he arrived
at Russell's little house about 10 O'clock
In the evening. The inspector himself
opened the door to him.
Hello, Murray, you here again?"
Eyes. I'm here all right. and Jolly cold.
too. The heating apparatus of the car
rtage was out OF order"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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Limited.
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(Beseems the censor deemed you worse
Than my last rhyne).
With courteous note though he annuI.
'Tis plain you'll ne'er dent critics skull.
Since you too sOmbre are. and dull
To raise a grin
Why need he iatteringly mulll
Why rub It in?
Sad Is thy fate, ana mine. the bard
Who seldom lights; aye. by the card,
This yersifyins stunt Is hard
Il makes me sore;
There's nothing IN Z; l ne'er get starred
III write no more.
ALFRED Henry Lsecs.
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trosSern iie iuls oireft ms @eift &c.
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lGterIidb, bag en- Waenf9 iiberbalpt
perint,te, iein fpinsL9es StimmteU
81 er6eben, fpdbrenb Der aunonen.
bonner inn rms oie gnr5e ESelt au
perid,Iingeu Ifaen. gYir fonnter DON
unierer Stelung aus beobaften, ruie
elm Griessifgff nIIter iuIs IN Der
guft imabIdiiig SuIpeu aus ieingr
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sogen iiber bas Tleer, uno biswcileE
bate man oeH Gin6riid, aIs OBJ Don
6cm edo bes flnf,tbaren Geihiib.
oonners bic GeIieu mn iuis tpodelten.
Gonn besann bie fein6Iide artillerie
ju artrporten; iie iiberfdiittete lrns
JerabesI init SdrupHellen unb iiber.
oil, por mo binter inns, t6ute oas
Smnlmen unS pfeifen Der Rligeln.
Nus oem grbaIfrpirf DOT uns id,ob
iih pI6eIi6 bic aeeiiingHaie elmer
SaubibeHgranate berbor. Sb grill
IunpillfiirIi1 mad ibr iiub perbranH.
te mir nIor6sHdbis bic Singer -.
@egcn sIbeHb t6rte bas goutbaroe.
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lit gar nid,t pi 6enfert urlo mir bat
ten iiberoies ollie s5dube pol 5u tbun
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mar, iab in elmer merfipiiroig Ieben.
oiaen gteIIiing: Sns @eiid,t seseH Die
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immcr in Der eritarrten Snno. a.s
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bag Boot nod, innner auf uno nieoer;
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bon guFao Salts (Samburg).

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bem gIib; er mar febr bIaB unb itarrie
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Stirn aegeu bic Sdeiben bes fleinen
Teniters. fiIbr absr Bel jsbem Wetier.
i4stn nerD5s 5uriid. Sein SerS
flopfte; aber er tp polite ausbdrren.
CT saEts an ben 9ryer, Der tstt
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ipabniinnie ourtD oas Sprnfrobr
uno oa inn ielben gnsenblid ihon
ipieber cine @rannte areeialit fam:
veSn Oef,ng arriiden @ranateH
iino misunderstanding" llno bann
beganu cine miibielige ararelei iiber
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meiner slbtbeiIung fortfnm inb Ell.
mem aldtraIiiden @eeimertt oils gnt.
fernuussbeobohter 5lgetbeilt ipirroe,
ipaS meine Spe3inIitGt 1T. Sd iaD
ourd ons Nerllrobr genau alle ge.
ipeeungen Der 3iirfeH imo pernod)te
einen gajonettanDriff III iciner gan.
gen GntrpideIlng 5il perfolger. LIN.
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efibloien s}iigcn berein. Sie pnren lin
erobeu @an5en bei qiItem Sumor,
dber tie gebrau9ten slusbriide, Die
ni4s auS Der Surutnpsi@liIs itanr
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heIpubiIos mar. rihtete iidl mil nHer
Strait elm Iebtes WoI niii. fHiete bin,
Idol iein @efpebr iiber oen @raben.
rano biHaus, sieltc NIT 5ltternoen
Sdnocu irgenoipobin ms @Iaue BIN.
ein, orildte nb Milb brad i'm nam.
IideH gIiIgenbIid toot 5iiinnuneu.
Bon ner inter ilHs Iieecnben @nd,t
ber rrobnten iii,iuiiden iinaufh6rIib
bic 9nnouen funb gnnSe Sdr1rme
pon Grninten iipbcn briillenb iiber
imiere sfopip cabin. aainn mar Der
einc Sdnpnrm poriiber, 10 fam and
it)on EN- ur0ercr onber. glls Die f5.
3oI-3effdise iidb id)liebIid, nod elm.
niid1eit bIieb ilns iri6ts Deiter
iibris. ola Grns in bic Sbren al
itOpien. Gs mar abioIut iinmoglid,,
irsGSeiH Rsunlnunp "a psgitebeu,
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men. giun aber fam aiidy infer eiss.
ner SdliBeneraben all Die gieibc. Gin
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irgcToipie berniisgeiinoen bnben. no
Der entiernungsiddber itnnb. benn
.iira nadjeinmtoer idlIiigen mebrrre
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hattie, iant plosIih I'M uno mal5te
lid auf mid. .Maiii6l" fagte or
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fiigte or ipd binSm; .,Tns Gelb i'm
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adj perflubie G6weinei@ limb
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ftes ftartss Bobp. ."--Nrs.
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Res,table COMPOUND III si'
ne punberbare RebHir fur
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entsestniebsu." Rrs. u.
N. neEs. @orScnsIle.
Rs.
I 80 iann 9pbia Y. giuf'
ham's Beaetable 9piitppuno
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benz atnbbett. O. bat piel
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bam's Segtt q b Ie Cont
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mir f.br gut sctbau, ebs
mein tleinss NtGodsn as'
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@. 8a.
80 nsbm ssbr Some
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is4s nal ssbolt fporbsnl-
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In slnsfibf aiite ilr aniiennueen tret
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gu srf6tiner.
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Ion abetGs uile Straistf etrutt. clifton
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SteII,msriud,e-geibIid,.


Dafhfrnn NIT QmpifbIuneen fii6t Gitge
n. g. 81 CT Wieg-h6en arenus.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
Englands Ring Of Steel That Costs $O 900 900 a Day to Maint

or The North Sea-, and that II was
not strung out~in a huge semicircle
in front OF Heligoland waiting to be
sent to the bottom by untersee boats
Except for her submarines, the Ger
man fleet is effectively bottled. II is
believed To be absolutely impossible
for an enemy vessel to run the CANT
let through the Strait of Dover owing
to the immense min, fields that choke
that eighteen mile wide channel and
the fifteen inch guns that dominate
the situation from Dover to Calais.
Not even "A submarine can pass down
the English Channel, thanks to the
maze Of submarine nets and traps
that have been set. To get out, sub
marines must make the CirCuitOus
journey by way of the neutral three
mile limit" on Norway. There are
one or W tortuous channels left open
among the deadly mines for friendly
and neutral merchantmen hal can
only be traversed with the aid OF an
authorized pilot. These passageways
are guarded by forty-knot TBS"
(torpedo boat destroyers) and sea-
planes, The British Government has
iioliii'h 'oSilllbNoh VI INV 'NtAl'll
Of several other mine fields in the
North Sea,
The northern way into the world
for the German fleet IL almost as
effectively guarded as that to the
south. All the channels between John
q Greats, the northernmost point Of
Scotland, and the Orkney and Shetland
Islands. have been set with mines and
submarine traps, or blocked with cap
tured German ships that have been
filled with rocks and stones and sunk
in the fairways, Between the Shet-
lands and the Norwegian three mile
limit" are other mine fields, Some
where in the neiehborhood Of Kirkwall,
or cruising between the Shetlands and
Scandinavia, is the main body of the
grand fleet OF battle cruisers and dread
noughts. anxiously waiting for THE
Day" With steam up, other squad
rons of warships are stationed at such
ports as Aberdeen, Dundee. Rosyth.
Hart,epool, Harwich, Sheerness. Chat
ham and Dover, ready to outfiank any
German fiotilla that might venture
forth.
These are some OF the other means
by which the enemy vas deprived OF
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over their bows in their hurry and
S"'l' 81 our ne" Tbs can MI II up
It" '"r'S Nh"'S'
Il don't, have To tell YOU, old man,
mat this is a tickllsh sort OF job,
Tor even # nothing crashes into YOU
lhcre * always "A chance % your
ohsig!ng some other boat in this way.
You may slow mp suddenly and smash
your stern On the bows Of your sister
ship behind, ~ YOU Eiay suddenly
iind YOURSELF tearing "A way through
the next ship ahead and then backing
away with N.ur bow twisted and your
fore compartment I'm -" water which
means that all Your best sunday toys
have been soaked.
and al these little dangers keep
you worried even when there is no
sea, hut if there is the slightcst lup
On the water matters are made "A
thousand times worse, | can assure
you. one second the old tub viii he
on tho crest of a wave. the next She
will he out II sight in the trough Of
the sea, while the men On deck cling
like billy-o to the torpedo tubes.
s%tanchluns. sums or ANYTHING they
can grab
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r%itorials on motor cycles patrol every
foot of the coast line. II was impos-
sible for a stranger to proceed more
than half "A mile without being Chal-
lenged At night not a light visible
from the sea is permitted to he kept
burning in the coast towns and fish
ing villages. The only illumination
comes from the far piercing ribbons Of
light Of the seemingly numbcrlcss
searchliGhts that penetrate far into
the sky IN the lookout for hostile air
craft, or sweep the sea for tclltalc
periscopes.
In the fleet that makes Rusyth its
headquarters ! saw every kind of craft
monster SupcrdreadnoughtS, with
their sides protected 10y twelve inches
of armor, and their great guns frown-
ing, long. battle cruisers. with
arrNOr almost as thick as their bigger
sisters, guns as deadly. and with n
speed that could leave the hattleships
behind in "A ace of an hours duration;
tigcrish looking torpedo boats and
d~eStroyers, ready to steal out after
nightfall AMI raid the encmy'S fleet,
and submarines with their gasolene
tanks filled to the brim, and %torpcdoeS
in their tubes. disappointed that there
should bo absolutely nothing atloat
dying the German flag to attack from
the depths below" All these are
pawns in the game of war. to I've
shifted about by the player-in this
case the First Sea Lord, who directs
the movement Of every ship by wire
less from London,
For weeks there was II great deal
of preparation going on AT Rosyth.
which is England's newest naval base.
designed expressly for this very war
against Germany. Every train that
steamed over The mine, gunboat and
searchlight protected Forth Bridge.
, that, were II to he blown up would
seal Rosyth Harbor, brought its quota
Of men for the manning of the first
line of defence.
A young naval officer AT itosyth as
sured me that "the suspense Of wait
ing for Won Tirpitz To show up is
frightfully boring"
"lmagine yourself" he said, going
out with the dcstroyers and subs on
n little scouting "trip at night. The
fiotilla has one far ont to sea AZ
top speed. dashing the water higl.
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the enemy as a reason. They simply
found II convenient to disregard the
accepted principles of international.
law. and did so.
This disregard was most pronounced
In Cs.ctlaan waters. both by the Brit
!sh and the German warships, but 1t
vas shown alsb further up the coast.
Japanese and British warships APP
peared of the Panama coast and did
as they pleased regardless Of the pro-
tests of the authorities. \ Japanese
warship steamed INFO the harhUr %
Guayaquil and contemptuously tx
rored the notice from the authorities
to depart after the limit fixed by in
ternational Jaw was up. The Galapa-
ros Islands were used as the base ~
naval operations by the German
cruisers with entire Indifference tn
the wishes Of the Ecuadorian Gov
eminent.
In the waters of the east coast
countries there were no fragrant VIOLA
tons Of neutral hospitality. but tic
ease OF Chile caused a query o. he
made as to what joint action miCli be
expected from Argentina and l;ralil
II the ~beliigerent Powers continue
their ignoring Of the principles {
neutrality in South Am, rCan waters
The intimation Il that the three
! Powers would act together, bu' even
then there was "A question whether
such action would b. effective - /.
were not backed by the United states,
These incidents were sufficient &
raise a doubt whether the \ - {
alliance by its automatic operation
could supersedc tie Monroe Doctrine.
Notwithstanding the part taken 10y
the \ Il c Powers in the Niagara
mediation. and in the more recent
Mexican developments. a feeling exists
that the alliance is hostile to the
United States. \ number Of people in