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corner of the room, balf moaning in

corner of the room, half moaning in helpless terror
 And yet now, at the last instant, it was Count Frederick himself to whom it was given to devise plan, desperate in itself, yet, as it chanced, effective.
 His eyes fell upon a great wheel, rusty and long disused, which thrust out of one corner of the room. AS he saw it his gaze kindled with the sudden thought which it suggested He knew what it was and what it meant-what hope it offered now.
 Keep them talking" he whispered to Kitty. in a quick aside. Engage them for just moment-keep them busy-wait.'
 Count Frederick knew that this wheel and the levers beyond con trolled the drainage outlet of the great moat which surrounded the rear portion of the castle. Those low
 CT gates once opened, there was noth- ing to prevent flooding of the subter- ranean passages. The moat waters
 had been used for that very purpose in the past-so ran tradition-anG great had been the slaughter wrought
 upon ancient enemies of Gretzhoffen through that very means. Here they
 were living in the past-here they de-
 manded of the past its socrets-here they were surrounded by all the grim memorials of the past. Why. then, thought Count Frederick, why not use that past and the means that once had been sufficient to it? He laid his hand upon the wheel. It had not yielded to an arm less pow
 erful than his, and even his strength
 was necessary to it's limit before he
 could force it to yield, long disused as
 it had been here. But at length it did turn little, and then more and yet more.
 The result was beyond all calcula- tion. There came the sound of rip bling, and then of rushing waters. It came in the passages back of the in- vaders. It filled the stone floors along the corridors. It Tapped their feet. It bathed their ankles. It rose swiftly to their knees. And then consterna- tion seized upon all those who but now had stood triumphant, taunting. men, acing. Of truth, the trapped crea- lures had turned and wrought their own vengeance.
 Quick, get to safety" commanded
 Frederick now. And even as he and
 his companions found little higher level in another chamber whence they could see the work of the wa ters on their foes, those foes them selves began to cry out in terror at the mysterious enemy against which they could not battle.
 'Your Majesty exclaimed Count Sachio now to the tall figure at his side-"your majesty.'
 King Cortislaw it was who had been summoned to see the last struggles of
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Safe Servers of the Race.

Brilliant! There is safety in me diocrity. Brilliant men and women aro always carried away by their ambi- tions, for which they will sacrifice everything. A dray horse for long pull and race horse for a spurt. A plodder to solve problems and the ven- turesome to try their fortunes with fate. The statesmen whose names suf. vive and whose achievements mako splendid pages in recorded history were the careful. earnest. studious men of affairs-not the comets that shot across the sky. nor the skyrock- cts that leaped high into the air. lcav. ing a trail of sparks and stick that fell to the ground.-Leslie's.
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CHAPTER LVI.

King Cortislaw, safe at last from the danger he had encountered in the sub terranean passageways of the palace, was greeted with cheers by his men when at length he emerged Sur rounded by his soldiers and his off, cers, he passed out in retreat from the scene which but now had been a triumph for his arms.
 His officers attended him-all save one. Count Sachio. indomitable even in defeat, fingered for just q time behind the others in the escape from the submerged pas sages. Hurrying here and there. he sought as best he might. un9,iided
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We do not want you to cumber our corridors with your dead. Let it be peace then. and this time let your word be kept Begone then, and thank good fortune, and not your just de- serts, that you have life left for you. If any of you remains death shall be his fate at once. Decide quickly, my good Sachio. You have not long to live. The moat waters are not yet touched-they will flood these chan nels in the rock to their very roofs. Decide then"
 Enough, enough" cried Sachio, holding up his hands "We submit we surrender-we agree"
 Count Frederick reversed the wheel. Little by little, the gurgling and rush. ing of the waters ceased. They reached their own level again. Once more the old moat was locked, and once more a drawn battle had been fought over that secret which still re- mained hidden deep somewhere in those rock caverns.
 Little by little, slowly and in deep humiliation, the forces of Grahoffen found their way out as best they might-or at least most of them did, including Sachio and Cortislaw, his king.
 Presently Frederick, Kitty and King Michael were alone once more, res cued as much by fate, by chance, as by their own wits-keen as those had been.
 'So, your majesty" said Count Frederick to King Michael, where there is will there is way-it seems the proverb is proved true once more. We were not far alike from death and burial here ourselves. Had our friends the enemies remained much longer, we would have taken toll of them to the last man. Twas lucky, my recol- lection of the old tradition about the wheel and the water gates.
 But come now, perhaps your maj esty will rest" said he in conclusion. 'I think we shall now have better op- portunity to do so. Unless 1 am now far mistaken, our friends of Grahof- fen will leave us. Not only with fire and sword, but with the waters under the earth, we have smitten them
 AS for you, mademoiselle, said he when at length they had escorted the monarch to a place of greater safety, T congratulate you also on the escape. You aided handsomely as ever. But for your courage we could not have succeeded"
 Tt was nothing" said Kitty. "The trapped animal fights desperately"
 It is of no importance" said Count Frederick calmly. A peril passed is passed and need give us no more concern. But stay, there was some unfinished business between you and me. mademoiselle. Tell me. why should we be enemies still, since we have learned to fight shoulder to shoulder against the enemies of our
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Not Concerned With Him.

Bill Nye used to tell this story of the late Myron ". Reed of Denver: Reed was bright and original preach CT. and many curious people came tO hear him. Once a man from the Gun nison country arrived at his church rather late Sunday morning while Reed was making a low but earnest prayer. Louder" yelled the lats conner. Mir. Reed ceased his prayer for moment. looked at the gentle man from over the range. and said: My friend. l wasn't speaking to you: l was addressing Cod"
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Kitty Gray, newspaper woman, finds in ,a curio shop hal If a broken coin. the lmutilated inscripJon on which arouses her curiosity anS leads her, at the order of her managing editor. to go to the prin- cipality of Grefzhoffen to piece out the story suggested by the inscription. She is followed. and on arrival in Gretzhoffen her adventuTes while chasing the secret of the hro',kn coin begin.
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SCH, once more nave sCmetulnS which you covet."
 She had occasion to find once more that the possession of something Count Sachio coveted carried with it cer- tain danger to the possessor.
 Looking this way and that for some place of safety, Kitty saw thickly- branching tree which to her notion might offer shelter. Without hesi tation she climbed up hand over hand, the paper with her, and sought such concealment as she could in the branches. From this place of vantage she could look down and cover the country to some distance. She could see therefore a little guard of Grahof ing evidently for their leader, Count Sachio. A moment later and they had met.
 Tt was here," said Sachio-"but here l dropped it. It must have been taken-someone has followed me someone Is concealed not far from here. Come, men, we must search. Twas bit of paper-of no value to any but me. but must have it, do you hear?"
 Like some hounds questing for the scent they scattered here and there among the trees. It was left for Count Sachio himself to discover Kitty's hid ing place. He stood laughing as he looked up.
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to. come rischio come sforzo, sop
portare una s.tuazione assai piu' diff
fcile.
Previsioni? Non e. semplice, e non
e. utile farne. Ma 81 puo' fin dora,
ritenere che, qualunque sia la porta-
ia dello sforzo austro- -tedesco- -bulga-
70 contro Vallona, la resistenza dele
nostre forze di terra e la cooperaziO-
ne della marina, infiggeranno agli e.
ventuali assalitori lie piu' teribii pro-
We. Tanto piu' che, completare col
lie sue qualita' essential di 'padro-
ma" della situazione popera del no
stri Comandi dele nostre truppe,
rientrera' fra breve a Vallona Fssad
Pascia, la piu' energica la piu' for
te fgura - la sola fgura notevole =
DELI Albania degli ultimi ami. Il ma
gnifco difensore di Scutari, il pinci-
tore degli insorti di Durazzo, Huomo
piu' odiato piu' temuto dagi au-
striaci, che agognavano la sua cattu-
ra riprendera' Vallona la direzione
dell'esiguo ma intrepido fedele ma
nipolo albanese che 81 strinse attornC
a lui, che egli ha messo con lealta
indomita disposizione dell ll'Italia. 1
! mol non augurlamo nessuno del co
mandanti austriaci di trovarselo ;
frOnte....
Comunque volgono gil avvenimen
ii sui lontani teatri della vasta guer
ra, pattenzione degli italiani non de
We distrarsi da Vallona. II contin
geDte di forze che cola e. dislocat,
non combatte ancora, forse nol
combattera' mai laspra guerra che S
svolge sui Carso O sull Isonzo, ma c
representative non solo di una for
"a militare, ma di tutto un orienta
mento pol1tico, di tutto un diritto d
prelazione dell'Italia sull' Altra riv
adriatica.
II valore di Vallona italiana pote
va essere, nei glornl della pace, no
abbastauza compreso. Oggi la realts
tragica che pesa sull'Europa, 10 COZ
sacra 10 sancisce per la nostra fol
tuna.
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limo barbara

Fra tutti gil inni nazionali, non We
ne ha uno, certo, che abba origini
plu' meschine della "Wacht am Rhe-
inn, al cui accenti tedeschi oggi
marciano verso la disfatta finale.
Mel 184O = ammo d! effervescenza
guerresca in Germania - in una bor-
gata del Wurttemberg, viveva un
modesto garzone di farmacia che RI
spondeva al nome di Max Sckne-
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Mentre intorno Vallona non an
cora 81 addensa Purto nemico, e non
ancora e. certo che il nemico stesso 81
spinga all'investimento del formida-
bile campo trincerato = mentre e.
invece certissimo che lie nostre
forze cola dislocate opporranno
una resistenza impossible vincere
non e. fuori Iuogo rammentare
Timportanza degli avvenimenti che
laggiu' 81 svolgono.
La lunga e pertinace campagna
combattura negli ultiml ami nella
stampa mel Parlamento per Ioccu-
pazione italiana di VallOna, troVo' gil
enthusiast, glindifferenti gil scett-
q, IJomini di alta competenza mill
tare negarono piu' d'una volta alfoc-
cupazione di Vallona, quel valore
che Fintuizione nazionale quasi con-
oordemerte vi attribuiya.
Or ecco che la guerra europea = e
IA .guerra ltaliana in particolare -
S--------------H----.---~s-N- -sa "---- :.
addita prospetUa cole precise lndl-
cazioni della realta il valore di quel
possesso.
r,Che' Ia nazione entrata mel coniitto
per rlstabillre la Esicurezza del suol
confiniEorientali lassoluto predoml
MO delrunico mare storicamenteS Led
1nteramente suo = deve al possesso
di Vallona, fortunatamente operate
in tempo per renderlo defnitivo, Sc
Sc essa non trova lie sue coste aorla-
tiche completamente esposte alrlnsl-
dia navale nemica, Sc essa non 81
trova brutaImente completamente
tagliata fuori da quella sponda bal
canica, dove tanta storia matura.
Sulla strada degli austro-tedeschl
cosi facilmente aperta nei BaIcan
piu' che dale loro qualita' attive,
dale molte lmprevidenze della Qua
druplice, Vallona e., in questo mo-
mento, 10 scoglio piu' duro ad in
frangere, Yostacolo piu' ditticlle &C
eliminare. Non da oggi PAustria sc
ne avvede: che tutta la politica au'
straca degli ultimi ami = quale
culmino nei giorni della parodia vie
diana - flu tenacemente intesa lie
gare, cole minaccie cole lusinghe
Pazione italiana, ed precluderle i
possesso dl Vallona.
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ckenberg. Costui aveva una passione
per lie Muse e, nellie ore di riposo, a
mava accozzare i versi che piu' 10 a
vevano impressionato. Flu cosi ch'egi
riusci, un giorno, a comporre quella
barbara rapsodia che moi conoscialno.
Questa, da principle, naturalmente
per la sciatteria dello stlle e per la
poverta' della concezione, non ebbe
la minima fortuna.
Ma il giovane era tedesco, cioe'
presuntuoso e caparbio. Egi non 81
considero punto battuto. Pensando
che la sua composiziOne fosse troppo
poetica, decise di farla musicare,
per renderla pIu' gradevole ala por-
tata di tutti.
Ma per cio' blsognava trovare un
compositore capace di comprendere
bene il suo genio. LIE sue ricerche du-
rarono parecchi ami.
Infne la sua pazienza fu ricom-
pensata. II dolce Schenckenberg tro-
vo' il suo compositore in un musico
famelico: un certo Karl Wilhelm, sa-
crestano della chiesuola in cui il gar
zone di farmacia 81 recava regolar-
mente pregare.
Limo fu esegulto per la prima
volta mel 1854, in occasione dele
nozze d'argento del Principe eredita-
rio di Prussia, il future Imperatore
Guglielmo I.
Tuttavia, gil auspici principeschi
non riuscirono ad assicurarle la me-
noma voga. Occorse Iesplosione del
la guerra del 1870. Essa fu adottata,
allora, come cauto dl guerra, contrO
la Francia, contro la Marsiglese!
Ma il dolce Schneckeberg, pur
troppo, non pote' mai conoscere la
propria gloria: roso dal dispetto pei
Tinsuccesso delTopera sla, gia' sin
dial 1849 aveva preso commiato da
questo monde ingrato.
Egli non aveva mai perdonato q
suoi compatrioti ''la loro profcnds
mancanza di gusto", per vendicars
il celebre incompreso aveva legato i
manoscritto del suo limo a un dro
ghiere di Berna, il quale, ALA SUI
volta, 10 regalo' poi al museo dell'
citta', dove ancora oggi e. esposto al
lie folle.
Certamente, il dolce Schnecken
berg, facendo il suo testamento, err
lungi dial supporre che la sua barba
ra rapsodia potesse, un giorno, dive
nire linno di guerra dele orde teu
toniche fnire... nellie vetrine dul
museo, n IN paese neutrale
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L Va1Ore di VallOna

Vallona non e. che un punto del
litorale albanese. Ma e. in questo mo-
mento, la spada tagliente gettata sui
passi degli Abstract; la "bocca oil
Iupo" terrestre marittima, aperta
sulla strada dellinvasione nemica.
Dopo roccupazione della Serbia del
Montenegro, dopo pabbandono di Du-
razzo = evacuato completamente dai
contigenti bo-albanesi che la me-
ravigliosa azione della nostra marina
ha tratto in salvo - PAustrla aVeVa
forse potuto sperare che lie sue trup-
pc compissero indisturbate la loro
passeggiata mihtare dial litorale dal-
mato al confne greco, e che ogni pun
10 uelld COSGd d1UahOoO POCOooN NO00A
tuire il fulcro di un' azione sicura con-
tro le nostre coste, per lnsidiare il
nostro mare. Ora, anche questa illu-
stone e. spezzata per lei.
Senza entrare in dettagi per trop-
pc ragioni impossible e pericolose e
lecito rasslcurare gil italiani Vallona,
formidabilmenle armata, e. tai chic
stra dl arml di petit che Iurto ne
mico non puo' sfondare. Essa e il
primo pegno della vittoria da moi po-
sto sulle vie di quelporiente entro il
ouale 81 dibattono lie ragioni piu' pro-
fonde della guerra generate, dial glor-
no in cui la ,nostra bandiera ha sven
tolato sulla gobba sassosa del Saseno,
Ia morsa adriasica 81 e. chiasas'pe1
PAustria, ne ha fatto una priglo'
niera. Essa puo' molestarci, insidiar-
ci. costringerci - non ancora per po'
co = ad una dura vigilia dele nostre
coste ma la liberia del mare lie e /
nesorabilmente preclusa; ne ola Pols
me- da Cattaro la squadra delIammi
raglio Hauss osa muoversi piu'.
Sc moi non avessimo avuto il pos
sesso di ValIona, ed il tempo di af-
forzarlo, la situazionG nostra 81 pre-
senterebbe oggi - e. lecito dirlo =
Sc non gravissima, per 10 memo assa
piu' onerosa dellattuale. Che lie no
sire unita' navali, costrette sorve
glare proteggere Tenorme svi
luppo costiero che va fra lie due lon
tame basi di Nenezia di Brindisl
senza avere sulIaltra spohda un rifu
gio sicuro munito, avrebbero doVu
Milford chronicle., 1916-04-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Poultry Editor, The Chronicle:
Q.-I have several very fine hens
whose legs are all rough and swollen.
am told that they are suffering with
scaly leg. Please advise a cure.
A.-There is little doubt but that the
birds referred to have scaly leg, and
while in great many cases this disease
is not exceedingly dangerous, yet if left
unattended, it some times results in the
loss of some of the toes and possibly
the leg. When badly affected, the bird
will invariably become lame. Then, too,
a bird affected with scalV leg presents
an unsightly appearance in any poultry
yard and should never be eountenanced.
The affection is due to a sort of mite
or parasite which bOres its way under
the scales of the leg and causes infia-
nation. The scale will be raised, look
ugly, and the leg will swell. While it
is not thought to be of a very contage-
Gus nature, yet it will spread slowly.
The best way to clean up the legs thus
is to soak them in warm sOapy
water, after which, brush them with a
good stiff brush, such as a tooth brush.
Then apply carbolated vaseline to them.
This treatment should be done every
night, after the bird has gone to roost,
until the affection has disappeared.
Milford chronicle., 1916-04-21

Economy as an essential to success,
will be the subject of next weeks arti-
Gle.
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The Preservation Of Eggs.
Also, Buff Orpington Ducks
By }. Il MeFAUL, Jr.
IN RiRhks Rese1vea1

The Buff 0rpington Duck is probably
the easiest Of all varieties Of water
fowls to raise as it eats and lives on less
food, for q large duck, than does any
other. It lays q large white egg which
is desirable in any market.
Breeders Of the Buff 0rpingtOns agree
almost to q man that It Is the greatest
and most beautiful bird ever produced,
and in addition, lay the claim that it is
destined to become the greatest duck in
the world, and that, within compare
lively short time
To turn down a duck posses sing the
qualities Of this variety without at least
a thorough investigation only means
that you are throwing away a chance
to materially increase the size of your
bank roll, for it is conceded that ducks
will yield greater profits than even
poultry.
Ny advice to those anticipating the
addition of water fowls to their poultry
yards is that they investigate this beau
tiful specimen before making a selec-
ton. Get in on the ground floor and 90
with the crowd while the going is good.
Start right with good foundation stock,
purchased from a good breeder so that
the blood lines will be right, and thus
reap some Of the benefits to be had
frOm raising this great money producer.
Milford chronicle., 1916-04-21
BOY SCOUTS COLUMN.
MILFORD BOY scoUr NorEs.

A special meeting was held on Tues
day evening at Z o'clock, at headquar.
ters, in place of the regular THURSDAY
meeting. Several matters of interest
were discussed, including re- registration
of the troops.
Attention was also called to the ad-
visibility, especially on the part Of ten
derteet, of passing their Scout tests.
1t is not a particularly pleasant task
for the Scoutmaster to be continually
urging the boys to pass their tests and
yet it must be done if the troop is to
progress. These tests are all of an at
tractive nature, the information re-
quired is valuable and every Scout should
feel that he is accomplishing something
worth while in passing them. If the
Scouts would but realize It they would
see that they are being given the kind
OF instruction that money cannot buy
and that the opportunities that are Of
fered them are valuable, if for no other
reason than that self-interest is not
part Of the offer.
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THORNTON
A KENTUCKY JACK


will stand for spring season 1916, CON-
mencing March 20, at our farm in
/ BrOadkiln Hundred, X mile from
NAPLES MIL, on road leading to Draw
bridge
He is a black jack. IA hands high
and will weigh 300 pounds, and is one
Of the finest in the county.
Pedigree-"Thornton" was sired by
Tom Keene; he by Rube Ellington;
he by Clark's Mammoth; he by
Knights Mammoth; he by Maringo
Mammoth; he by Imported Mammoth.
"Thornton's" first dam was Kate; sec
Ond dam Belle Prince; third dam by
Gray Eagle; fourth dam by Liberty;
he by SCOTS. Scots was imported
from the Catalonian Provinces of
Spain.
Second dam on sires side, Tom
Keene's dam; was by Col. EPSON; he
by Epsom's Montgomery; he by Coles
Montgomery; he by Old Black Samp-
son.
Third dam was by Mogul; he by
Compromise; he by Tippecanoe; he
by Black Hawk; he by imported War
rior
Thornton" was bred at the ken
lucky Jack Farm" Junction City,
Kentucky, Joe E. Wright, Proprietor
TeTms-To insure, $12. Owner will /
he held responsible for the service /
should the mare be disposed of before /
he foal is born. Call on or address
Charles +. Jones, David w. Jones,
,-31-8t Milton, Delaware.
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LOVE POINT.

Mrs. G. E. Eckstorm spent a few
days in Baltimore this week.
Mrs. John A. Rhodes returned from a
visit to Baltimore on Saturday.
Mrs. j. L. Lowe and Mrs. Lena An
derson visited Baltimore this week.
Miss Helen Straley has returned from
a few days visit to Baltimore friends.
John Cook, agent for the NJ. D. &V.
K. X. Co. here, has a new automobile.
Miss Minnie Grolman, Of Baltimore.
is spending some time with friends here.
James F. White, who has purchased
a new automobile, took his family for
long trip on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Lea A. Cahall and Mr..
and Mrs. W. G. Stayton motored to
Delaware on Sunday.
Harry Mcpherson has gone to Pitts
burgh, Pa. to accept a position with
the Pittsburgh Gas & Electric Co.
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mend your Compound to other ladies. -
MIRA MARY RIDGwAY, Dursnd, Wis.
A Massachusetts, Woman Writes
Blackstone, Mass. my troubles
were from my age, and 1 felt awfuHy
sick for three years. / had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains. took Lydia E. Pfnkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am well"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 239,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread Of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation Of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
Iarities, constipation, variable appetite.
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
Milford chronicle., 1916-04-21
ELDERLY WOMEN
SAFEGUARDED
Tel Others How They Were
Carried Safely Through
Change of Life.

yDurand, Wis.-"I am the mother Of
fourteen children and / owe my life to
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VIM. n. TRUITT
Licensed Conveyancer

Deeds, Mortgages and Wills carefully
and accurately written.
2Os North St. Milford, Del.
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POULTRY POINTERS.

Remember, if you attempt to keep
fifty hens in house that is built to ac-
commodate but twenty-five, your re
turns will fall way below normal. Many
persons make this mistake and then lay
the blame to the birds. The fault is
yours, not theirs. Overcrowding is one
of the most common mistakes made by
the average small breeder.