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CHAPTER XIV.
The Unheeded Warning.

On the evening of the same day
london was stirred by a sensation
which eclipsed even the interest in the
progress of the war. The evening
sRewspapers contained, in full, Donald's
narration of the approaching ruin of
the world.
The second sea lord, receiving DON
AIDS name. came to the conclusion that
xmatters of the most pressing moment
1must have brought the unknown young
American naval officer. He rose from
his desk and shook hands with him
csBrdially. "Sit down, Mr.. Paget," he
said warmly. Then he noticed that
Donald was dressed in nondescript
diving suit and that his looks were de-
Gidedly Wild. +xf
Donald sat down, and plunged in
stantly into the story of the world
danger. It did not lose it's dramatic
Interest in the manner of its telling.
-sYou must stop the war at once, !"
Donald ended. unite all nations of
the earth, for that is the only way to
save the human race. It is matter
of hours, perhaps. Even now these
monsters may be speeding southwark"
The second sea lord had been unable
TO interposc word by reason of the
torrent of impassioned speech that
poured from Donald's lips. At first he
listened in amazement at what he con-
sidered an impudent hoax; then in
anger; then, after brief glance at
Bonald's face, with absolute passivity.
Fl thank you, Mr.. Paget," he said,
rising, when Donald had ended. "You
have done notable work, and England
will not forget It. And now, sir, you
must be conducted to the prime min
zster at once, that you may apprise
aim of these startling events"
He touched his bell, and his secre-
RAry, a dapper, alert little man, at once
appeared. aExcuse me one moment,
please" said the second sea lord to
Donald.
He whispered with the secretary,
whom Donald perceived to glance
coward him in rather apprehensive
mnnner. The secretary came forward
making a preposterously low bow.
II win conduct you to the prime min
lister at once. Mr.. Paget," he said. 'NC
time must be lost: l am going to have
q taxicab called"
Donald addressed the second sea
a0rd again.
sI understand" he said, controlling
himself with an effort of will. "Very
well. nay lord, shall say no more al
this time. On you win rest the respon
slbilIty. And you win repent this bit
terly within day or two"
And he walked quietly out Of ths
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Battle Of the Dogger.


Within the next three days series
of phenomena occurred which left no
doubt as to the dangers which were
menacing the human race.
Before noon messages began to pour
in from all parts of the country and
from the feet. The admiral in COM
mand OF the home squadron wired that
a torpedo-boat destroyer had ap-
preached him under a flag Of truce,
with the singular statement that the
ocean had receded all along the Baltic
littoral, leaving vast swamp of mud
dy sand, in which ships were embed
ded. The Zuyder Zee no longer exist
ed. A spur of land extended from the
dogger bank nearly to ostend. He pro-
posed a temporary armistice.
BY evening reports were Stelegraphed
that an army of the monsters had
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landed upon the shores Of Lincolnshire
and Norfolk, had crossed the Wash
which became 1rst swamp, then an
inundation, and was moving along the
river beds toward Cambridge, strip
ping the land of vegetation.
BY nightfali all communication be-
tween London and the eastern counties
had ceased. The telegraph poles were
washed out Of the sodden ground. The
approach of the herd was measured
by the haze.
Already poultry and domestic ami.
mails were being deyoured. There were
reports that children had been seized
from riverside houses. The docks, the
shores of Essex and the Thames estu.
ary were abandoned. The flats were
level stretch of water, above which
the steeples of the churches stood out
as isolated landmarks.
Everywhere the war had been halted
by q short armistice. The governments
of the civilized world devoted their
whole attention to the consideration
and solution of this new and stunning
problem.
In the meantime there had been a
good deal of activity on Fair Island.
The tidal surge created by the depar-
ture of the herd soon subsidized, break
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CHAPTER xIll-continued.


For, like fury, the queen rushed
at him, and Clouts, at first solicitous
about striking a woman, soon found
himself nard put to it to maintain the
upper hand, with all his strength and
with the use of all the wrestling tricks
ne knew. He painted as he grappled
with her.
s4t's all right, marm'!" he pleaded.
~.I'lI ask him if he'll see you, if you'll
only not lose your head. / didn't mean
to put you outside, but orders was
orders. I'm only obeying orders,
xnarm. There amt no need for them
Mysteries. Now-now, marm!"
He was still fighting madly when
suddenly her strength seemed to leave
her. Caouts became aware of spec
aator of the combat. He glanced side
wise hastily, to see Ida standing be-
side him.
~What is she, Clouts?" whispered
Ida.
Glouts scratched his thick head. IT
don't rightly know" he answered. "But
deS all right, marin. was just stroll
Eng along, casual like, when met her.
She amt no friend of mine, marin.
Nor of the captains" he added, with
sly emphasis.
!, HE turned to the queen.
*'R you'll take my arm, marin, I'll
take you ways and ask the captain if
he'll see you. can't do no more" he
murtered in an audible aside. "I've
done the best / knew how for the cap
Gain, and now he'll have to make his
own excuses. And can't leave lady
Rm this here place alone, with all them
gOings on and jugglings with the water
kelike Pharaoh"
Hive minutes later the little MILDLY,
seated on deck, saw Clouts and Ida,
upparently rearisen from the dead, ap-
Fr0ach the F55. Between them he
fancied he saw gossamer form that
Scintillated in the sunlight.
There was space of only hundred
Naces between them and the boat when
sszRdAenly the ocean appeared con-
vWasea A wall of water bore down
swpon the tanks of Fair island. It
arslled toward the submarine, fifty feet
high, It's mighty crest upreared.
/ ~Run!' shouted Davies.
1T was a frantic race between the
0ncomers and the sea. They gained
cine submarine with hardly ten seconds
Ia spare. Davies drew them aboard
and clasped the matches down. Next
fnsfant the boat was lifted bodily from
the beach and spun round like top.
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He Saw the Fss start in Their Wake.

He Saw the F55 Start in Their Wake.
ing into a choppy, turbulent sea-. The
F55, tossed and battered as she was
by the waves, nevertheless held tight,
The locked rudder prevented her from
submerging.
Within the messroom the queen OF
the swarm was housed securely.
She was almost invisible, and not
at all visible by daylight. A silent.
phantom figure, she created fear and
awe in each of them. They did not
know what her connection with the
swarm might be. They knew she had
not human intelligence.
= =
From his position upon the highest
point of Fair island, MacBeard saw
the swarm vanish at sea. He saw
the F55 start in their wake, and threw
up his hands and raved. Coward as he
was, he could not let his last hope slip
from him like that.
He was the loneliest man in the
world, as he had always been. But he
had not known it or cared. He had
rebelled against the human race. He
was the modern Cain; he had plotted
the ruin of the world, over which he
was to rule, godlike. But that was be-
fore he had set eyes upon Ida Ken
nedy.
The thought of her renewed his cour-
age. He found his motorboat upon
the shore, uninjured by the inundation,
since the point of rock had acted as a
breakwater and protected it. Within
few minutes he had filed his great
gasoline reservoir with supply sufii-
cient for several days, and set out in
pursuit of the herd. He knew that he
could easily outdistance the subma-
rine.
Presently he came upon the mon
sters. Their first wild dash had taken
them in all directions, so that little
vapor had formed, but now they were
beginning to congregate, and wall OF
black cloud, rising in the distance, in
dicated their direction.
The monsters made no effort to mo-
lest him, but they would not, at first,
heed his tuning fork. Later, however,
he managed to assemble a small
bodyguard about him.
MacBeard pursued them down the
east coast of England. His boat, hid
den in the cloud. remained undetected
by the patrol vessels.
1t was not until the second morning
that he guessed where the herd would
make its main rendezvous.
1t was a simple deductive process.
though nobody else had thought of it.
1t was the Dogger bank, swarminS
with fish, which would provide thu
monsters with food.
He believed that, once the first dash
OF the monsters was over, they woEld
obey his call again. And his first sum-
mons proved successful beyond his ex-
pectations. Exhausted by their dash
southwark, numbers of the herd con-
gregated about the motorboat to the
G sound, which was perceptible to
them for much greater distance than
the tone carried to the human ear.
From within a radius of twenty miles
a cloud rolled in upon the motorboat,
until MacBeard, invisible in the heart
of its blackness. like some arch-devil,
controlled his devil crew,
This cloud was quickly seen by the
rear-admiral's patrol vessels, while it
had this disadvantage-it prevented
MacBeard from discovering the F55 as
she slipped past on her way SOUTH
ward.
CToSBE CoNTINUED)
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Wise Old Man.

sage bl gs WISDOM" said Arthur j.
Balfour at a Washington luncheon.
"We have been in the war three
years longer than you.
perhaps you have heard the story
Of the septuagenarian who courted
the dancing girl.
"My dear child he said. I love you,
and will prove my love by deeds, not
Words
$50 saying, he handed her wallet
filed with off1cial-looking documents,
and they lived happily ever after. Age
brings wisdom"
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A Bad Precedent.

"Why do you want divorce from
your husband?" asked friend of the
family.
Because he isn't the man I thought
he was when I married him." sobbed
the young wife.
"My dear child, a general applica-
ton of that principle would break up
nearly every home in the country"
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The Difference.

"Henry!" she whispered, as though
fearful of the worst, "do you love me
less than you did fortnight ago. when
You brought me some flowers or sweets
every night?"
mo, Eveiina, no." he answered; /;
"but pay day is yet week off, and
generally get broke about the middle
of the month"
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Real strateuv.

"Cook got the children interested In
a war game this morning. She sug.
gested they should play they were in
battle, and shell the enemies"
"Who were the enemies?"
'sThe peas"
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HELD FOR BOARDING SUGAR.
New Yorker Is First Man To Be AR
rested On This Charge.

New York.-The first man to be ar
rested here on the charge of boarding
sugar was taken into custody. He is
Hyman Borrok and is alleged to have
held 126 barrels of the precious COM
modify in storage. If Borrok is found
guilty he will be subject to fine of
from $1OO to $1,000, or one years i'm
prisonment, or both.
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Qualified.

do you think this man you have
recommended will make good police
man?"
"Well, I've always found him good
at pinch"
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The ExpIainer.

"Your friend is always explaining
something"
YES" replied Senator Sorghum.
There's just one thing he never can
explain, and that is why he has to put
In so much time making explanations"
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"Why do the Justweds talk so
much about going to housekeeping?
If they want to go, why don't they
go?' ;.
s"It's a scheme to scare the land
lady. Notice how they now get the
best sections of the chicken!"
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Il don't believe there ever was per-
feet man."
"Adam would have been perfect, If
Eve had only been made first"
"What do you mean~
'Well, then she could have bossed
the job of making Adam"
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SWISS, TO GUARD NEUTRALITY.
win Repel Any Violation OF Frontiers,
Is Word To U. S.

Washington.-In thanking the Unit
ed States for the declaration to strict
ly observe the neutrality of Switzer-
land, the Swiss Confederation, in
communication made public by the
State Department, declares it will
maintain its neutrality by its own
forces and will repel violation OF its
frontiers.
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aYou Must Stop This War at once.a

since daylight. We've cabled Washing
ton, and they have placed you at eur
disposal. You are the only man who
can advise US, and--the prime miIls-
ter wants you Immediately. And that's
no joke this time!"
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Paved over.

Acid stomach Heartburn and Nausees
quickly disappear with the use OF Wright =
Indian Vegetable Pills Send for trial boz
to 372 Pearl ST.. New York. Adv
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Some men can trace all their fall
ures TO broken promises.
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A Waiting Game.

Success comes slow to young M. DIS
Who yearn for living good and fat
They gain their titles by degrees
And must have patients after that.
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tTossE CONTINUED,
MANY Can Answsr Her.

VIII you tell me what way can get
rid OF my character.-Lady Gregory.
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Tnonortana to rNotners !
rhat Does the Work.

With little diplomacy any wom
can induce her husband to buy hP~
new hat. All she has to do is tq
his office arrayed in one of her !
make. AovA
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Keeping the Quality u

Keeping the Quality Up
LAXATIVE BRONiO QUININH, the WoridA
Cure for Colds and Grip, is now &c per boa
account of the advance In the price Of the six
Icais contained In LAXATIVE BkOMO QUlELNH
1t necessary 70 increase the price 70 tne Drlk
Rist. 1t has stood the test for Quarter OF Vehse
ury. tits used By every Civilized Nation
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Britain has 5,OOO,0Od working women.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-06
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PHOENIX. Feb. 5.-The proposed constitutional amendment to take from the corporation commission the power conferred upon it of absolute control of corporations and public utilities and place the commission under the direc- tion of the legislature and the people. by initiated legislation failed in the Senate today by a vote of 15 to 3.
 The Senate passed the anti-gambling bill which prohibits all known games and devices, for money or its equival- ent It defeated in the committee of the whole bill appropriating s200.000 for the completion of the capitol build ing and set itself against aid in bridge building except where that is incident ro the improvement of state highways.
 The more important new bills in troduced were:
 By Claridge, of Graham, combining the offices of city and county assessors and collectors of taxes, doing away with the offices of city collector and treasurer.
 By Winsor, of Yuma, an irrigation measure authorizing the state to take
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JOINS IN RUTHLESSDECREE::
 NEUTRALS RALLY
President and Daniels Plan Taking Ouer of Shpbuding Plants. Ford Pledges Great Factory Free. Many Big
 Industrial Leaders Offer Whole Resources to President
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WASHINGTON 5WhI the of public the waiting which will reproah from Germany herself Nothing fully justified be done which legal and
  made all his officials the United difficult be beyond
  in to orebear any thought which might lead his counryn to
 Won't TunB Back  submarine Warfare sronBe there would otumng back
 s. Await sInevhah only Amer
  a It
 Austria Follows is the o nows 
 
  l.
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Pershing's 12,O0O
 Amiue Al Columbus

of soldiers tonight. The troops of the expedition were enjoying their first shore leave" in an Am erican town in more than ten months and were entertaining the troops at the base with the stories and songs of their Mexican cam paign.
 Tomorrow these troops will re- sume their march to border sta tions and Columbus will gradually lapse back into the calm which was broken by Villas raid in the early morning of March g.
 The refugees from Mexico who preceded the punitive expedition remain a problem for the civil au- thorities to solve. The American Red Cross has been appealed to for assistance in order to feet the expatriated people.
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ANT|-GAMbL|NG BILL PASSES
 SENATE; COMMISSION BILL FAILS

advantage Of the federal law provid- ing for the inclusion of entered or non-entered public lands in state ir- riSation projects: to take advantage of the pending Smith Cumberland bill and providing for the establishment of irrigation districts within federal re- clamatlon projects.
 By Getchell, of Yavapai, for the licensing Of stock brokers on the pay ment of a fee of $200 annually and furnishing a bond in the sum of $5,000.
 "The greater part of the session of the house was spent in the committee of the whole in the consideration of bills of minor importance
 Among the new measures intro duced were the following:
 By Mallory. of Pima, to prevent trust companies and banks from act ing as administrators, executors or guardians of estates.
 By Goodwin. of Maricopa, an old age and mothers pension law. giving to supervisors of counties the power to appropriate funds to pay SIS a month to helpless persons who had lived in
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For Armyof5OO, 900 American Shot atSeo
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fbl INtNltN
 PHILADELPHIA. Feb. ,. - The Schuylkill Arsenal has been author ized by the war department to pnr- chase materials for an army of 5O6.OOO men, according to Colonel George II. Penrose, commanding officer at the arsenal. In the past. he said, the arsenal had been called upon to sup ply but 100000 men.
 Colonel Penrose said that more than fifty factory owners in the New Eng land states and as far west as oregon had volunteered to turn their plants to him for the use of the United States government h case of necessity. At the present time. he added. there is not enough stock on hand in srsensls to meet an emergency.
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 COLUMBUS, N. M., Feb. D. Around campfires and in the of ficers' clubs at the field base camp here tonight, officers and enlisted men of the punitive eX- petition and of the troops at the Columbus camp discussed the his tory of the punitive expedition which ended here at noon today. While the officers told stories of their experiences in the field in Mexico, the enlisted men sang the songs of the Mexican camps and told of the clash at Guerrero and other incidents of the campaign for the entertainment of their comrades who did not have an op- portuinty to participate in the campaign.
 Columbus was seething mass
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Although engrossed in the task of preparing the country for any eventuality, President Wilson has not lost sight of the participation neutrals must have in the terms of peace-the terms which he fondly hopes will insure the world against another confiagratlOn.
 There are intimations of hold ing a conference of neutrals to reach an agreement on what neu- trals may ask when the time comes. It is known that this sug- gestion is being pressed by at least one of the European neu- trals. who has been among the chief sufferers of the war.
 It is realized. however. that the idea is still in nebulous form.
 Congress Supports Wilson
 The first step, to place congress formally on record in support of the break with Germany was taken in the Senate today and is
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Ford Shows Loyalty

Henry Ford. the manufacturer. offered his great plant to the gov ernment without cost in case of war and volunteered to operate it himself without profit His of- fer will be accepted if there be need. From Secretary Baker the President received a first hand report of what is being done within the army.
 By proclamation the President forbade further transfer to foreign governments of ships building in America. While this measure was conceived before the break came. it's purpose is to prevent American merchant fleets from being depleted. It has not been decided to convoy such American ships as now are sailing into the war zone and no new regulations as to armament have been made These two points are tO be decid- ed later.
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NBN heNltW LedStu w iTt.l
 The crisis between the United States and Germany possibly may be- come more acute through the report ed killing of an American citizen by the guns of a German submarine.
 An official statement issued in Lon don says an American named Richard Wallace. of Baltimore. and the mas ter and two seamen of the British steamer Eavestone, met death through the shell fire of the submar- inc while leaving the steamer in small boats as she was sinking from the gun fire poured into her by the un- derwater craft.
 Two other British steamers, the Isle of Arran and Hurstwood. have been submarined
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Spain Calls Germany
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MADRID. Feb. 5.--(via Paris. Feb. 6)-Count Romanones. the Spanish premier. announced that Spain's re- ply to the German note on submarine warfare would be handed to the Ger man ambassador tomorrow and com municated at the same time to the Vienna
 While the exact text of the note is not known. it is understood to be an energetic protest. proclaiming the Spanish right to free use of the seas and to commercial intercourse with foreign countries
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 HONOLULU, Feb. 5.-The ru- mored presence of a squadron of Japanese warships in Hawaiian waters was given a measure of corroboration today by reports from passengers on the Toyo kaisen kaisha steamer. They told of having seen a cruiser ear ly this morning. The war vessels reported in this vicinity are the Tokiwa, Iwata and Nishhin.
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Japanese Warships Seen Of
 Honolulu and Puget Sound

PORT ANGElUS, Wn., Feb. 5. -TeIeerams received here today report the presence of two Japan ese Cruisers off Cape Fiattery. Shipping men here expressed the opinion that the warships rrobab- ly were sent to this coast because of a recent rumor of a German raider on the west coast of the Pacific.
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BIC FIGHT RACES WEST
 OF CHIHUAHUA CITY
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FL PASO, Feb. 5.-Heavy fighting ranza and Villa at a point about thir- ty-five miles west of Chihuahua City between Santa Ysabel and San An dres, according to passengers from Chihuahua who arrived tonight at Juarez. They sad hundred and fifty Carranza wounded had been brought into Chihuahua. A Carranza general was also reported killed, who. one rumor said. was General Fran cisco Gonzales. late commander of the Juarez Garrison.
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coULoN BEATS SHARKY

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Johnny Cou- lon of Chicago, former bantam weight champion. outfought Jack Sharky of this city in a 10-round bout here to- night. The former title holder fought at a fast pace throughout. Coulon weighed III pounds and Sharky 116.
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European Neutrals Plan to Join With America

expected to be followed in the House. Chairman Stone of the foreign relations committee intro duced a resolution endorsing the Presidents action and it was placed in a parliamentary posi- ton to be adopted tomorrow. Re publicans have given assurances of their support. The work Of co-ordinating the nations resOurc- es went steadily forward through out the day and will be discussed tomorrow at the first cabinet meeting since the announcement of the break.
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the state for fifteen and in the county five years, and to such children as they may have under the age of six teen years, s6 a month.
 By Mallory, preventing the practice of law for fees by unlicensed attor- neys.
 The general appropriation bill will come up in the committee of the whole of the House tomorrow