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quently arc happy in captivity. There
are some Of the apes that become
greatly distressed. gorillas always
and this is the reason we have never
been able to keep them in the United
States. Then there is the quite famous
American mountain sheep He is not
accustomed to the more humid air OF
the Atlantic seaboard and we have a
hard time with him whom he is first
confined here for he is liable to die
Of 'homesickness.' II he is young, we
try to comfort him by giving him q
stepmother, 80 to speak, perhaps q
domestic goat OF a sheep.
when the park was first established
It was thought that one Of the prin-
cipal functions should be the preserva-
ton of races of animals in danger of
becoming extinct, SO that one Of our
earliest cares was the gathering to-
geti1er of a group Of American bison.
By the way, the buffalo. nearly always
used as the name for the bison Of our
western plains belongs to a quite diff
ferent group from the American bison.
such as we have q nice family Of here
in the park. The buffalo proper. which
once roamed over the very heart of
larly Poland. Austria and Germany, is
now to be found only In Russia, and
there in two carefully watched pre-
serves. The bison engraved on the
United States Treasury note for SIC
comes from a drawing made by the
Illustrator Of one Of the big animals
belonging to the Zoo.
I'm the course Of time we shall prob-
ably have a regular veterinary at
taehed to the staff Of the park and
will make a daily inspection of all
the animals. The keepers will act as
nurses. In carrying out instructions
and doing what is necessary for the
patients they will play a very impor-
tant part. We have one of the very
best keepers in the world, as chief
Mr.. Blackburn: He has wide expert
ence with cats particularly, and he
IL very careful and thorough man."
The. plans for the hospital were made
by the municipal architect, and the ex-
terror will be a kind of mottled stone,
with a slate roof. The laboratory will
be on the first floor. with the surround
ing cages arranged especially for lions
and leopards on the one side and small
animals on the other. Deer will have
quite large space beyond the small
cages. There will be two stories and
the base. according to the blue print
of the architect, IS sc feet by 90 feet.
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Motor Cycle Dispatch Riders and Sharp
shooters the Only Men in the British Army
Who Must Daily Face the Foe Single
handed d-Anecdotes of the "Bikers" and
"Snipers' ''-Individual Courage and Re-
source Related by Former Washington
Newspaper Man Who Served With Eng
lish Forces.
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I'm the superintendent's office, In the
II old house just Off Adams Mill road,
q where Gen. Jackson used to sum-
mer, and which is now headquarters OF
the 1877 acres Of park formerly known
as the National Geological Gardens,
but ordinarily spoken of as the Zoo.
DR.. Frank Baker was talking about
the intents and purposes of the new
hospital for animals, the plans of which
are made and accepted, and which Is to
be built at once in a rather secluded
spot on a hill near the west entrance.
TOO many animals die and we don't
know what Is the matter with them.
began Supt. Baker. This. of course. is
among the more rare specimens we
have. but ever since we came here we
have had trouble with sick animals.
We had one old tiger with ingrOwinH
toe nails He sickened and aged daily.
People would say. What Is the mat
ter with that tiger? Why don't you do
Ill Immediately excites the attention of
the public, and we don't like to have
the visitors see them. This tiger we
gave a big dose Of chloroform, cut out
his nails, and he lived happy ever aft
erward. In the course of time we want
to have the space and proper arrange
ments to isolate all animals when first
arriving, SO as to be sure they have
no disease, especially tuberculosis.
when they enter the cages.
=
The park heretofore has not had
any means for properly isolating and
caring for the animals that may be
injured or ailing. Animals that become
ill are usually exposed to the public
gaze. a condition harmful to them and
not good for the reputation of the
gardens. Quiet and repose are essen
tials in the treatment of animals
as well as people.
aside from this feature. which is re.
quired simply from reasons Of kind
ness and comprehension, consideration
should be given to certain scientific
phases of the matter. The diseases of
animals are but imperfectly under
stood. and Investigations of them are
important, not only for the beasts
themselves, but on account of possible
transmission to human beings.
The animals coming to the gardens
| for the first time have always had to
! be kept in nsanitary quarters, and
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BOOK REVIEWS

WHAT Is BACK OF THE WAR: BY
Albert j. Beveridge. author of The
Meaning of the Times. etc. Illus
trated with photographs. lndianapo-
lis: The Bobbs- Merrill COMPANY.
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the hand of love. The author died
about a year ago. and her husband
Rev. Joseph W. Cochran of Philadel-
phia, published the manuscripts which
she had written at vagrant moments
and dedicated the little book Ito those
friends of Helen Scudder Cochran who,
though unaware of her efforts IN
poetry, appreciated her rare nature.
and will not be surprised when they
read it's expression in these pages"
Mrs. Cochran's gift entitled her to a
place among the poets, but she pre-
ferred the beautiful, hidden life of the
home. She wrote for the same reason
that bird sings on bough. or
mountain stream in the silent green of
the forest: 1t was her nature to. But
the commercial value of her poetry, as
represented by money-paying reader,
had no place in her soul. And her hus
hand echoes this spirit in his word of
preface: Like handful of wild flow
ers, this collection is not for the pub
lie. but 70. the chalice OF the intimate
heart" The reviewer has no place in
an environment which friendship alone
may tread, but "a mere glimpse of Mrs.
Cochran'a work reveals delicate
beauty of expression. strong in it's SIM
plicity. whether she be inspired by
some gentle whim or imagery. or as in
Requiem or other like subject of
noble measure and exalted theme A
frontispiece portrait shows the author
to have possessed woman's trinity of
blessings: Goodness, beauty and charm.
THE PANAMA CANAL: Comprising Its
History and COnstructiOn. and Its
Relation to the Navy. International
Law and Commerce. By Reuben f.
Bakenhus. S. B.. Corps af Civil En-
gineers, T. S. N: Harry S. Knapp,
captain. L. s. N; Emory R. johnson.
PHI. D., Sc. D. With maps and illus
trations New York: John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.
History is indebted to these writers
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Model Hospital for Zoo Animals

frequently they are infested with
germs, which, Of course, are transmit
ted to their kind when placed with
them. strict quarantine for suit
able time Is one Of the hopes OF the
hospital later on. Last year among
sickness were several animals dying
from pneumonia, a gazelle. q cougar.
an Arabian baboon and q lion. Several
others, including q Malay bear. died
from tuberculosis; a moose, a tiger,
an American bison and two. lions from
gastritis.
There will be a laboratory in the
hospital, and more adequate utiliza-
tion Of the animals for scientific pur-
poses will follow at onoe. In other
tific function of collections Of living
animals has been the advancement of
our knowledge as to the structure OF
animals and facts relating to their
habits and activities. Nearly all Of the
information gathered in regard to the
structure of animals has been procured
from geological collections Of precisely
the same character as we have in the
Zoo.
For example, in Paris at the Jardin
des Plantes, experiments and investi-
cations have been made since about
1850 by the most capable men, Of sci
ence. England. too, has had scientists
who gave much attention to the Zoo
society of London-Huxley among
them. The gardens at Berlin had Hart
mann, and in the park that, houriehed
at Amsterdam before the war tho
Dutch scientist, Furbinger. completed
his all-important work upon the struo-
ture of birds
animals have. number of diseases
which human beings do not have. For
instance. those from the African veldt
whom they come to tho Zoo are full Of
parasites. Africa still exhibits q re-
markable variety of wild game. An
telope in great numbers and Of wide
variety Of form and size, together with
), giraffes and zebras, still roam over the
plains. The park has a number Of such
specimens. and every one OF them
seems to be, we'll. what might be call
ed problem in parasites
'The popular notions Of animals in
captivity are wrong. Some kinds will
pine away. but that is not usual. AS
d matter of fact, animals very fire.
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dix copy Of the proclamation of neu-
trality of the Canal Zone. by President
wilson
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Then one of them casually dropped
the remark that he had a bad blow
out that morning. Some one asked
where, and he mentioned a bit of high
way that I knew ran for many miles
just behind the British trenches and
fully exposed to German rife and shell
fire. His three companions did not
seem particularly Interested, but one Of
them asked II the blowout had oc-
Cured anywhere near a certain stretch
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~ - t. BEVERIDGE. for the pur-
IN poses of this exposition. lit
N orally went behind the
scenes of battle. In the
he. talked freely
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When questioned as to whether she
feared for her daughters safety, Nine.
Passedoit replied that even if it were
necessary her daughter encounter dan
ger she would send her willingly.
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CHAPTER XIV.-Continued.

Maurice, I've got to find that young
woman if have to chase her halfway
round the globe, and it's tough luck to
figure out that If you hadn't been in
such a blazing HI of a hurry to
get your supper that night, might be
able to catch up with her in the next
forty eight hours or so. But what's
done is done, and can't be helped.
Chase out and get your passenger
list for that trip. Well take the won,
On as they come, and when you've
helped me Gull out the names of the
ones you're sure it wasn't, I'll screw
my nut and quit buzzing you"
The clerk went below and returned
almost Immediately with the list. To
gether they went over it carefully, and
by dint Of much -wringing
Maurice was able to give the detec
tive leave to cancel ten of the II
names in the women's list, the remain
ing seven including all the might-have
beens who could possibly be fitted
into the clerks recollection of the
woman he had seen clinging to the
saloon deck stanchion after her inter
view with the deckhand.
1t was while he was waiting for thu
departure of the first north-bounC
train that he planned the search TO
the young woman, arranging thu
names of the seven might-have-been
in the order of accessibility as ind
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CHAPTER XVI.


Matthew Broffin had been two weeks
and half of a third an unobtrusive spy
upon the collective activities Of the
Wahaskan social group which includ-
ed the Farnhams before he decided
that nothing could be gained by fur
ther delay.
Having his own private superstition
about Friday, Brofin chose a Wednes-
day afternoon for his call at the house
on the lake front. 1t was resplen-
dent day Of the early summer, which,
in the Minnesota latitudes, springs,
Minervalike, full grown from the nod
ding head of the wintry Jove Of the
North. In the doctors front yard the
, grass was vividly green, gladioli and
jonquils bordered the path with q
bravery of color, and the buds Of the
clambering rose on the porch trellis
were swelling to burst their calyxes.
Broffin turned in from the sidewalk
and closed the gate noiselessly behind
him. While he had been three doors
away in the lake-fronting street, 6
small pocket binocular had assured
him that the young woman he was
going to call upon was sitting in {
porch rocker behind the clamberint
rose, reading a book.
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dergarten work, and was cheerfully
shown the records. When he turned
to the pages signed Charlotte Farm
ham" the last doubt vanished and
assurance was made sure. The anony-
nous letter writer was found.
1t was Just here that Matthew Brof-
fin fell under the limitations of his
trade. Though the detective in real life
is as little as may be like the Inspector
Buckets and the Javerts Of fiction, GER
tain characteristics persist. When he
found himself face to face with the
straightforward expedient, the craft
limitations bound him. He thought Of
dozen good reasons why he should
make haste slowly; and he recognized
in none Of them the craftsman's slant
toward indirection-the tradition of
the trade which discounts the straight
forward attack and puts a premium
upon the methods of the deer-stalker.
Sooner or later, of course, the at
tack must be made. But only an ap-
prentice, he told himself would be
foolish enough to make 1t without
mapping out all the hazards of the
ground over which 1t must be made,
In word, he must place" Miss Farm
ham precisely; make a careful study
of the young woman and her environ
ment, to the end that every thread OF
advantage should be in his hands when
he should finally force her to con
fession. For by now the assumption
that she knew the mysterious bank
robber was no longer hypothetical m
Brof1n's mind; it had grown to the di
mensions of conviction.
With the patient curiosity of his
tribe he suffered no detail, however
trivial, to escape its jotting down. Tc
familiarize himself with the goings
and comings of one young woman, he
made the acquaintance of an entire
town. He knew Jasper Grierson's am
bition, and its fruitage in the practica
ownership of Wahaska. He knew thai
Edward Raymer had borrowed money
from Grierson's bank-and was likely
to be unable to pay it when his notes
fell due. He had heard it whispered
that there had once been love affail
between young Raymer and Miss Farm
ham, and that it had been broken of
by Raymer's infatuation for MargerI
Grierson. Also, last and least impor
tant of all the gossiping details, as i
seemed at the time, he learned tina
the betwitching Miss Grierson was ;
creature of fads; that within the pas
month or two she had returned from
Florida trip, bringing with her a sicl
man, total stranger, who had beel
picked up on the train, taken to tn
great house on the lake shore an
nursed back to life as Miss Grierson'
latest defiance of the conventions.
1t should have been a memorabl
day for Matthew BrCffin when he ha
this sick man pointed out to him a
Miss Grierson's companion in the hig
trap. But Broffln was sufficiently hi
man to see only a very beautiful youn
| woman sitting correctly erect on tn
y slanting driving-seat. To be sure, b
| saw a man, as one sees a vanishing fiji
| ure in a kaleidoscope. But there wa
| nothing in the clean-shaven face of tn
| gaunt, and as yet rather haggard, CO..
| valescent to evoke the faintest thri
| of interest-or of memory.
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in the wufrd that I know least ABOUT"
"Oh, but do mean 1t, honestly" she
ayerred. You are philosopher,
really and truly, and / can prove 1t.
Do you feel equal to another little
drive downtown"
Being a philosopher, l ought to be
equal to anythsSg," he postulated; and
he went upstairs to get a street coat
and his tat.
She had disappeared when he came
Sown again, and he went out to sit on
the sun-warmed veranda while he wait
ed. He had already forgotten what
she had said about the object OF the
driYe-the proving of the philosophic
charge against him-and was looking
forward with keenly pleasurable an
ticipations to another outing with her
the second for that day. 1t had come
to this, now; to admitting frankly the
charm which he was still calling sensu
Gus, and which, in the moments of in
sight recurring, as often as they car
be borne to the imaginative, anc
vouchsafed now and then even to the
wayfaring, he was still disposed tt
characterize as an appeal to tha
which was least worthy in him.
Passing easily to Miss Farnham th'
ideal from Miss Grierson the tlesh-and
blood reality, he was moved to won
der mildly why the fate which hat
brought him twice into critically init
mate relations with her was now deny
ing him even a chance meeting. For
week or more he had been going ou
daily; sometimes with Miss Griersol
in the trap, but oftener afoot ant
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SYNOPSIS.

Kenneth Griswold. an unsuccessful
writer, because of socialistic tendencies,
holds up Andrew Galbralth, president or
the Bayou State Securities, in the presi-
6snt's private of1ce and escapes with $lOO,-
900 in cash. BY original methods he es-
capes the hue and cry and goes aboard
the Belle Julie as a deckhand. Charlotte
Parnham OF Wahaska, Minn, who had
seen him cash Galbraith's check in the
bank, recognizes him, and decides to de-
nounce him. She sees the brutal mate
rescued from drowning by Griswold. She
talks to Griswold and by his advice sends
q letter of betrayal to Galbraith anony-
mously Griswold is arrested on the ar
rival Of the boat at St. Louis, but escapes
from his captors. He decides on Wa
hasla, Mimi, as hiding place, and after
outfitting himself properly, takes the
train. Margery Grierson, daughter OF
Jasper Grierson, the financial magnate OF
Wahaska, starts a campaign for social
recognition by the "old families" Of the
town. Griswold falls i'll on the sleeper
and is cared for and taken to her homo
in Wahaska by Margery, who finds the
stolen money in his suitcase. Broftin,
detective. takes the trail. Margery asks
her father to get Edward Raymer into
financial hot water and then help him
out of it. Griswold RECEIVERS to find the
stolen money gone. He meets Margery S
social circle and forms a friendship with
Raymer the iron manufacturer.
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CHAPTER XIV.


A week and a day after the opening
of new vistas at Miss Griersons "eve-
ming" acknowledgement interces-
sion with the Widow Holcomb having
paved the way-took favorable op-
portunity of announcing his intention
of leaving Mereside. 1t figured as a
grateful disappointment to him-one
of the many she was constantly giving
him-that Margery placed no obstacles
in the way of the intention. On the
contrary, she approved the plan.
"I know how you feel" she said,
nodding complete comprehension.
"You want to have a place that you
can call your own; place where you
can go and come as you please and
settle down to work. You are going
to work, aren't you?-on the book,
mean?"
Griswold replaced in its proper
niche the volume he had been reading.
1t was Adam Smiths Wealth Of Ma.
tions," and he had been wondering by
what ironical chance it had found a
place in the bankers library.
Eyes; that is what l mean to do
he returned. But it will have to be
done in such scraps and parings Of
time as I can save from some bread
and-butter occupation. One must eat
to live, you know"
She was sitting on the arm of one
of the big library lounging-chairs ant
looking up at him with smile tha
was suspiciously innocent and child
like.
"You mean that you will have e
work for your living?" she asked.
Exactly"
What were you thinking of doing?'
II don't know" he confessed
Again he surprised the lurking
smile in the velvety eyes, but this time
it was half-mischievous.
1--WE have college here in Wahas
ka, and you might get place on thu
faculty" she suggested; adding: "A'
an instructor in philosophy, for exam
pie"
: Philosophy? that is the one thint
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Gated by the addresses given in the
Belle jules register. In this arrange
ment Miss Charlotte Farnham's name
stood as No. /.
Landing in Wahaska the next eve
ming, Broffin's first request at the ho-
tel counter was for the directory. Run
ming an eager finger down the IFS"
he came to the name. 1t was the only
Farnham in the list, and after it he
read: "Dr. Herbert c., Office to 10,
2 to 4, 201 Main St., res. 16 Lake
boulevard"
Then he registered for a room and
prepared to draw the net which he
hoped would entangle the lost iden-
tity of the bank robber. After a good
nights sleep in a real bed, he awoke
refreshed and alert, breakfasted with
an open mind, and presently went
about the net drawing methodically
and with every contingency carefully
provided for.
The first step was to assure him
self beyond question that Miss Farm
ham was the writer of the unsigned
letter. This step he was able, by q
piece of great good fortune, to take
almost Immediately. A bit of morn
ing gossip with the obliging clerk o.
the Winnebago house developed the
fact that Doctor Farnham's daughter
had once taught in the free kinder
garten which was one of the chari
table outreachings of the Wabash;
public library. Two blocks east ant
one south; Broff1n walked then
promptly, made himself known to th'
librarian as a visitor interested in kin
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whose chief occupation was the meas
uring of his own wit against the subtle
cleverness of criminals. Therefore she
accepted the challenge.
81 did my whole duty at the time,
Mr.. Brofin," she demurred, with q
touch of coldness in her voice. at
you were careless enough to let him
escape you at st. Louis, you shouldn't
come to me. 1 might say very justly
that it was never any affair Of mine"
Matthew Brofin's gifts were subtle
only in his dealings with other men;
but he was shrewd enough to know
that his last and best chance with a
woman lay in an appeal to her fears.
al don't know what made you write
this letter, in the first place." he said'
taking the well-thumbed paper from
his coat pocket; "but / know well
enough now why you didn't sign 1t.
and why you didn't put the mans real
name in it. You-you and him-fxed
It I'D between you so that you could
say to yourself afterwards what you've
lust said to me-that you'd done your
duty. But you haven't finished doin
you duty yet. The law says"
81 know very well that the Law
says," was her bathing rejoinder; -
have taken the trouble to find ou1
since l came home. am not hidinl
your criminal"
Brofin was trying to gain a little
ease by fitting his chair. But the hous'
wall was too close behind him.
people will say that you are helpln
to hide him as long as you won't tel
his real name-whatR" he grated.
CTo BE CoNTNUEDJ