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most imperceptibly. The slim wrist
lifted. a white hand moved to the
| hair, pushing it away. She sat up, q
pale girl, gazing at the lid Of the chest
beside her, then slowly her eyes moved
about the room until they rested on
Umberto. She sprang from the chest,
staring at him from storm dark eyes.
Umberto's relief was such that he
felt faint. He stared at the girl, who
to his recovering senses, seemed an
apparition. She was perhaps not more
than 20. Her evening dress jeweled
| slip with a rose half torn from the
shoulder-was stained and crumpled.
Her black hair fell about her. In their
gold slippers her feet were the smallest
he had ever seen.
! Whether because she was dark
enough to have been his country
woman, or because in excitement he
lapsed into his mother tongue, Umberto
could not know, but he spoke to her
in Italian-a voluble flow that rose to
the heights of repressed wrath.
Her pallor grew deeper and she
spread out a hand against the wall,
closing her eyes. There was no water
at hand. but there was wine-priceless
wine that had been mourned by its
owners. Umberto opened the old ar
I
gulps. steadied herself by the table, re-
sumed her stormy gaze at him.
| Apparently she had not understood
the Italian. Umberto translated it into
the only other tongue he knew.
How you getta that way?" pointing
to the chest. Il bringa you here and
thinka you dead. got 'nough troubles.
What for you do thees?"
Her eyes moved to the door behind
him.
mo, you don CO." stated Umberto
Spanish was probably her language
and there were those in New Orleans
who would understand her when she
related the story Of her removal from
the Dolores He might even be accused
of kidnapping as well as theft. Wait. =
he ordered. II cpne back"
The room had one window that, like
its one door, opened upon the balcony.
Except at the front, there are no win
dows in the outer walls of the old
French quarter of New orleans. UNI
berto made certain that the window
was fast-he had nailed 1t against
Gabreaus prying some time before
then he went out, locking the door.
The balcony framed lowered court,
centered by a fountain and reached
by a slender stair Not far from the
gambling rooms of Jason Divitt housed
their activities till o'clock in the
morning. It was now 4. Divitt would
have counted his earnings and gone
to his wife'S room, the room directly
beneath Umberto's, with its great bed
and Spanish lace curtains which Molly
Divitt had picked up in the shops on
Royal street. Molly had been ailing for
a month Umberto knocked softly,
feeling it we'll not to disturb her.
Silence, and presently, without a
sound, the opening of door.
Jason Divitt looked like a little black
ant. Umberto would have made three
Of him, but he ruled Umberto as effec-
tually as Umberto ruled Gabreau. He
had come to New Orleans from what
was vaguely known as "the West"
What lay back Of him no one-not even
Molly, perhaps-knew. But he had the
manners of a dancing master and the
diction Of a pedagogue, except when
he desired-which frequently happened
to lay them both aside. Silently his
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CHAPTER I.
STRANGE TREASURE.

w IHEN the two chests had
A been brought up the stairs
wv and deposited in his room,
Umberto gave Gabreau
four-bit piece. Cabreau
snsrled, turning his face away He
dared do little more. Umberto was
broad and handsome, Gabreau was a
dwarf. a scsnt four feet high, with
large feet and hands and deep-set eyes,
not content with a tossed coin for his
labors Umbsrto keeping the spoils. He
took the same risks rs Umberto. To-
night. if the customs officers had
caught them, he as well as Umberto
would have paid. More than that. it
was slavery. Slavery for one of the
blood of Napoleon. Often Gabreau.
OF Umberto, said to himself, Il am
the blood of Napoleon"
He had told his mother that he
would demand more TO be course"
she had answered. You are two times
as strong"
Half" he mumbled now. Il want
half"
You got half" Umberto growled.
Half dollar"
He pushed Gabreau out-Gabreau
who was stronger than he-Shut and
locked the door. He listened till he
heard the fiat tread recede down the
balcony, then he closed the inside shut
tiers of the window and lit the lamp.
A square room with a bare floor,
table, cot, chair, an old armoire
of carved rosewood, a kerosene stove
Smoke from the stove had Streaked
the walls and dimmed the rich oil
portraits, the long gilt-framed mirror
Umberto set the lamp before the
mirror that he might have stronger
light He drew up the smaller chest.
1t was nailed, but it came open quickly.
Opals-crystalliZed rainbows, sleek and
cool.
He turned to the larger chest.
Gabreau had grumbled at the load
when they carried it stealthily from
the Dolores to Umbertos boat. Not
often he called on Gabreau to help
him carry things. Gabreau was need
ed as lookout. Tonight, however
1t was heavy chest and too beautiful
smaller chests to take it.
Umberto examined the chest. Ebony,
eXquisitely carved in an open-Work de-
sign, so that one saw through it some
thing that cleaned. The lid fitted
tightly, but as he jerked the handle it
opened and Umberto looked on the
thing that CLEANED.
Silk, yellow, translucent, shot with
little black gems. A rope of pearls,
bracelet Get with emeralds-Umberto
drew back, reached for the lamp, held
1t close.
The bracelet glowed on a wrist slen-
der, Wory-colored. Under the folds of
silk a womans form lay in the chest
Her dark, unbound hair covered her
face, and there was no sign Of breath.
The lamp shook so Umberto set it
down He backed away from the chest.
In all his adventures as burglar, pick
pocket, highwayman. he had never
known the abject terror of this mo-
ment. To what crime had he fallen
heir? I. Gabreau would be witness
that-Ah! Gabreau had wanted half.
He would give the chest to Gabreau,
let him have all.
But in the act of lowering the lid
he halted. The silks were stirring, al
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The Norwegian Alps.

A short Summer cruise among the
fjords of Norway will sometimes bring
the tourist to the Hjorund Fjord, IS
miles long and miles wide in parts.
Here he will see some Of the most inn
pressive scenery in Europe, for the long
unscaled Sondmore Alps raise their
peaks about the ock-rimmed waters.
Norwegians and Englishmen climbed
year after year, gradually conquering
the heights, but the grandeur Is not
diminished, and at twilight the .effect Is
awesome. When Norway was visited by
the Black Death in the middle ages, the
entire population Of the ford persisted,
and the present inhabitants are chiefly
came to I'LL the houses left vacant.
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THE FLY AND MosoUITo.KILlINc
SPRAY THAT LEAVES NO oDoRI
IT DON'T want to appear partic.
l. ular but there's really no ex-
cuse for that unpleasant odor.
"Flyosan would kill every fly and
mosquito in Mary's house and
ten minutes after she used it every
trace would have disappeared.
Really, don't see any excuse for
women who continue to use these
old fashioned, kerosene smelling
sprays"
Why not try Flyosan yourself ..
today! You will be amazed at the
way it kills those flies and mos.
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WHY doesn't she use F|yosan

quitos. 1t attacks their breathing
apparatus smothers them. And
down they come dead!
Moreover, Flyosan will leave no
odor. Please remember that. 1t uviH
leo.e 70 0dor!
FIyosan is sold by your druggist and
recommended to you by the thou
sands of enthusiastic women who
use it. Just be sure you get the new
deodorised Fyosan j.. just perfected.
There is no other insecticide re-
motley like it. And yet the price is
no higher. Tomorrow, then.
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SINCE the announcement of the new
low price of the regular size, and the
introduction of the new large size,
people everywhere are drinking more
and more of The Champagne OF
Ginger Ales.
The word appreciates valae. And
at its new low price the value OF
Canada Dry is outstanding. Canada
Dry plants have been running day
and night to supply the greatly
increased demand.
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lind the aVord APPRECIATES eonve.
nience. Canada Dry now comes in two
sizes-the familiar twelve.ounce size
for individual use, and the large size
containing five full glasses for parties
or family gatherings.
But most of all, the sCorld abbre.
ciates quality. And no other ginger ale
has ever captured the sunny sparkle
and inimitable flavor of The Cham.
payne of Ginger Ales.
Order an ample supply today.
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months has been intended merely to
create popular interest in an event that
would take place anyhow, publicity or
no publicity, there can be no criticism
OF the Air Corps maneuvers that could
not as consistently be applied to the
everyday maintenance and training OF
the Army, the Navy or the Marine
Corps.
But If the publicity is the main
thing and the maneuvers are necessary
to back up the publicity, the Air Corps
is undertaking risky gamble. Spec
tacular in all its phases, the display
will center public interest on aviation
and on the grand armada Of battle
planes. II there are resulting tragedies,
more will be lost than gained.
Those responsible for arranging the
maneuvers have, naturally, taken these
things into consideration and are
obviously willing to put Their good judg-
ment to the test that lies in what will
happen.
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ment for the degree Of bachelor Of arts.
The demand for q change in the re-
quirements for college degree has
come in large measure from the stu
dents themselves. Many Of them have
chafed because Of the rigid requirements
Of the older curriculum, believing that
their time could be spent to more ad-
vantage than in coming Latin and
Greek, which few Of them could put to
practical use in their lives after they
left the university. Unfortunately 9TH
ers have fought the study of Latin and
Greek for no better reason than that
the dead languages have proved STUN
bling blocks, tasks not only distasteful
but too difficult.
The decision Of the Yale authorities
now Is that in the attainment of an
academic degree the student may sub
stitute for the old requirements Of
Latin and Greek an equivalent amount
of French, German, Italian or Spanish.
The faculty has not turned the back
entirely upon Latin and Greek. Cicero,
Ovid, Horace, AristophaneS and Homer
are not taboo. Those students who
wish to delve into the dead languages
will be permitted to do so. The queS-
ton arises, quite naturally, however,
as to the number Of students who will
persist in the study of the classic Ian
guages once the requirement has been
removed,
II there Is to be eventually little or
no study Of Latin and Greek in the
colleges and schools, the essential thing
Is that the courses substituted therefor
be Of equal value as mental training
and also Of equal cultural value. The
preparatory schools are bound to feel
the influence of the change in Yale
and other colleges. They in turn will
insist upon less and less study of the
old languages since their pupils will
have more and more leeway in the Sc
lection of subjects for entrance into
the institutions Of higher learning.
Many graduates of Yale College will
learn with regret Of the decision to
abandon the requirements of Latin and
Greek for an A. B. degree, even though
they may have sweated uncomfortably
over their own courses. Yale went to
the Frogs OF Aristophanes" for the
cheer which has urged its heroes Of the
foot ball field and the River Tharres
In years to come even the derivation Of
this howl of defiance may be forgotten.
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Tempora Mutsntur.

Another citadel of classical education
has fallen. Yale College has abandoned
its compulsory requirements for the
study Of Latin and Greek for the
bachelor Of arts degree. The change
which has come upon Yale is not a
matter Of overnight development. The
struggle between the strict classicists
who maintain that a mastery of Greek
and Latin is without equal in the train
ing OF students seeking a classical edu-
cation and those who contend that there
is no particular virtue in the study OF
these dead languages has been raging
fiercely in New Haven for more than
a decade, and really began long before
that. In 1924 the Yale faculty recon-
mended to the Yale Corporation, the
governing body Of the. university, that
the study of Latin and Greek be no
longer a prerequisite to academic hon.
ors The corporation, however, re-
NAMED adamant in its opposition to the
change. But now at last 1t has capitu-
AoSCh. Gb AOs
mutantur in ills"
The study of Latin and Greek as q
requirement in a classical or academic
educational course has dropped farther
and farther into the discard in the last
half century. The inclination has been
TO substitute the study of other Ian
guages - French, German, Italian and
Spanish particularly At the same time
the breadth Of the educational field
has spread wider and wider, keeping
pace with the growth of knowledge fol-
lowing q period Of great experimental.
ton. To the student entering college
today the field Of learning is vastly
different from that which confronted
the student of half a century ago anc
bears only remote resemblance to the
field which confronted the student o.
a century or a century and a half ago
Yale's action is in line with that taker
at Princeton within . year, when LatIr
was dropped as compulsory require.
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have caused the damage, as there was
no evidence pointing to any failure Of
the hull or machinery" Mai. Segrave
was not taking part in . race, but was
carrying on a speed test on Lake Winde-
mere in England.
p.s;. Is slave the same as a ''rf'-
A. A slave is the absolute property Of
his master and may be sold in any way.
A Serf is usually one bound to work on
certain estate. and is thus attached to
the soil. although in SOME countries
serfs are mere slaves.
Q. Are more patents taken out In
this country than in others?-G. r.
A. About one-third of the patents
OF the world are American.
Q. Is 1t cool on a desert at night.
A. The sands of the desert grow
quite cool at night The radiation at
night is very high, consequently the
temperature is much lower.
@. Why are ships permitted to pass
quarantine in the daytime only?-H. w.
A. This Is no longer true An
amendment to the quarantine law of
1893 has just gone into effect whereby
ships may be inspected at any hour.
When the law was made, it was believed
dangerous 10 pass a ship at night, be-
cause the light was not suficient for
satisfactory inspection. With electric
lights on ships and wharveS, this con-
dition no longer exists.
T. M.
A. He was monk. but was expelled
from his order. He then became tha
leader OF a troop of Neapolitan high
waymen.
@. What is the land area OF the
Northern Hemisphere and of the South
ern?-L. @. K.
A. In the Northern Hemisphere
there are 80 500 900 square miles Of
land; in the Southern, l3,50o,o 900 square
miles.
@. What can be used TO paint faded
awnings?-D D.
A. A good oil color thinned with
turpentine to the consistency of water
is used in painting awnings.
Q. What is Marie Dressler's real
name? Where was she born?-M. Z. G.
A. Her name is Leila Koerber She
was born in Cobourg. Ontario, Canada.
@. Was Patrick Henry's father an
educated man?-C. A. s.
"A. His father. John Henry, Q well
educated Scotchman, was the presiding
judge Of the Hanover court.
@. Was Sandow the strongest man.
OF his day? Who has taken his placer
r.. F. E.
A Otto Hennig, who was known pro-
feSsionally as Saxon, made weight-lift-
ing records that exceeded Shadows
The Frenchman, Rigoulet, is the strong
est man Of the present day, 1t Is claimed
although he Is not as. good as, was
either Saxon or Sandow.
9. When did France first tax Salt2
"A. v, N.
A. The salt tax was first imposed In
1886 in the reign of Philip ".
Q. What kind Of animal Is the eyra9
r. T. S.
A. The ezra Is South American
wild cat.
@. How many different kinds Of fish
are there?-B. F. d.
A. OF the true fishes, or Pisces, there
are about 10000 living species.
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Air Corps Maneuvers.

The forthcoming Army Air Corps
Maneuvers, to bring together some six
hundred and seyenty-two airplsnes fly
ing together in close formation over
densely populated cites, such as New
York, Boston, Washington and Chicago,
have been criticized on the ground that
they constitute a militaristic gesture.
that they will cost about $4,000, 900 In
fuel alone, that they will endanger the
lives Of the pilots and of the populace
below and that they will interfere. in
various ways. with the plans and run
ming expenses Of the National Guard
units ordered to participate in the dis
play Somebody might have gone
further and computed the money to be
lost to employers by reason Of the fact
that ali the hired help will run to the
windows to find out what the noise is
about.
To such criticism the War Depart
ment Is able to make generally salts
factory reply. The air maneuvers con-
stitute q part Of the training program
for handling large forces in the air
They are no more intended as mill
taristic gesture than the annual re-
view and msneuvers Of the feet. The
money TO be burned up in fuel has been
appropriated for that purpose, and II
not burned up in these maneuvera
would be burned up anyhow. Safety
regulations for flying above cities will
be strictly obeyed, and as for the
dangers to the pilots, they are always
present.
The only important question regard
ing the maneuvers, however, is whether
they are necessary. II they are neces'
Sary to furnish knowledge now lacking
and to train pilots in certain type
Of aerial attack, and If all the at
tendant publicity on the maneuyeri
that has issued from the War Depart
,.:ang IN . steady stream for several
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No doubt it has been done, with the
| dissatisfaction which one always en-
counters on attempting to achieve the
impossible.
No. the song Of the thrush Is its own
music; we cannot take it from him.
The liquid quality of the bird song
is not to be captured by strings or keys
When we think we have it, then we
lose it.
A charming waltz, however, might
be made from the song OF the thrush
in our garden.
It would have four we'll defined
phrases, an Introductory stave, quiet,
calm, followed by step upward, as 1t
were, in q more intense style, followed
immediately by two notes, a gracile.
with a distinct. ending on a minor
The picture of this song Is that Of a
triangle, beginning at the left, going
up at slight angle, and then declining
at long angle to the right.
Every song has its picture, thus;
there is no melody under heaven which
may not be built into blocks, or
triangles, or some other shape, by the
adept.
The thrush is up early in our garden,
Ginning away at half past O'Clock; but
it is not until the twilight hour that his
measures take on the shade of melan-
choly which enshrouds them with thin
purple veil.
Then, if it were not for the brisk
third phase, with its two quick notes,
the song would be sad in content and
fact in purport and rendition.
That quick couplet gives it smile,
a grin, one can almost swear the thrush
is laughing.
And there is another popularity
about the thrush's song which every
one who has ever heard it has noted:
1t is double-that is, certain notes come
TWO at once, harmony, almost bar
Der shop" This, too, tends to render
the brown thrush's song glad in char
acter, despite its fundamental sadness;
that Is why one may insist it is the
cheeriest melancholy bird song in ex-
iStence.
The shadows deepen over the garden.
Has come now the best light tor the
grass. Only in dreams can grass look
SO well otherwise. A peculiar tinge is
impaired to it; whether by the light
filtering in through the half-leafed
trees or by reason of the near lack
OF light 1t is hard to say.
The wiStaria blossoms, just opening
on the vine on the tall locust, hang
their lavender bells so that all may
see. There are accommodating flow
ers. No matter how leafy the tree or
the vine, the blossoms stand forth as
If etched
Surely there is something fearsome,
almost, in this light in the thick vine,
crawling around the tree, up and up, to
be lost in the branches.
There Is stretch up there where
the surface Of the stem, an inch or
more in diameter, takes on the appear
ance of scales.
In the half-dark one touches the
bark timidly. as il it might move. But
the touch is reassuring; the harm it
does will not be to US, but to the tree,
II there is harm in 1t. And If 1t
"strangles" the tree, as We have heard
said, 1t will In itself be a sufficient
glory. How well 1t would be II all
hurts could end so happily!
The song of the thrush is dying
down. Darkness is the only thing
which can stop him. AS long as there
is light, he sings. Now dusk In the
garden is at an end It Is night, and
the thrushs concert Is over. Let us
go in.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

There is much to commend the prac.
tice of staying in the garden after sup
per until the night falls.
Only the dewy dusk of Spring reveal.
a garden at its best.
Then one cannot see too much.
One should never look too closely al
anything. especially at the average home
grounds at this time of year.
Twilight Is charming light.
Dusk covers the bare spots, as II
were, and throws the good points II
high, solid relief.
x X X
Let the porch sitter sit on his porch
and the gazer from a back window
gaze through his glistening paneS.
They have their reward of solid com
fort, but they miss the touch of first.
hand things, the fresh air at this sea.
son. the smell Of the earth, the wine
in the face.
To enjoy the garden after the sur
goes down 1t is necessary for the lingerel
to be clothed in warm garments. pref
erably wooden sweater of some de-
scription, stout shoes and hat
If the sweater is old and ragged anc
has a few holes in 1t, 1t serves It's pur.
pose better, for there is something vast.
ly comforting in an old raggedy sweater
Many a famous man has worn ar
old gray sweater. Just why gray we dc
not know, unless there are more gray
sweaters worn by renowned men thar
green sweaters or crimson sweaters OF
brown sweaters.
Out-at- the elbow and down-at-t the
heels fit in well with a garden at this
time of year, for it, too, knows some
thing of these conditions.
rIoV. NN1o IN f6n ACry
borders which will have to be filled in
when Summer comes and will be filled
in, without doubt, If the water holds
out.
Yonder bare spots In the lawn jibe
we'll with the holes in the old sweater
and we swear no other garment in the
world would do half as we'll.
There are gra&N gardens, where men
saunter down pr94Dle steps, dressed the
while in peril evening clothes, but
our garden il such place; in it an
old sweater as.d an old pair of shoes
and an old hsl go very well.
Freedom II GiI things is the necessary
note of the tsYilight hour in the garden
There one should do as he pleases.
Doing as one pleases, Of course, never
means doing exactly that, II one is
for the rights of others.
. It does mean that II one desires
to work, he works; if he prefers to sit
down and contemplate anything from
infinity to yonder thrush, singing in
the tree, he does so.
This is what one does when he does
as he pleases in the garden at dusk
1t Is what the brown thrush does.
X
We are glad to welcome the thrushes
back
They returned only last week, after
We had given them up.
Where they have been, or why they
are late, we do not know.
All that counts now is that they are
home again in our garden, as we hope
they are in yours.
This kNi has the cheeriest melan-
choly song we know. There is no other
way to describe It, While its funda-
mental STRUCTURE is minor, filled with
sadness, its characteristic nuances are
replete with happiness.
X
We suppose there is no one who, hav-
ing heard a thrush sing at eve, has
not been filled with a longing to turn
the song into piece Of written music.