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_ • - By VICTOR ROUSSEAU (Capyrlffat by W. G. Chsp—a) CHAPTER XVlll—Continued. —lB— your mooter! Ho you know It iiowT" he demanded. She did not answer hltn. He looked at the red mflrks left by his fingers on her cheek, nnd the sight aroused In film a fresh, demoniac passion.* He raved. He shouted all the secrets of his-life to her. He. the thief, the outlaw, had conquered the world! Why should he fulfill - tils compact to keep the monsteri within the bounds of Skjold fjord? He had at tlrst Intended to. He had abandoned, under th«» sway of liis pas sion for the girl, his .'.renins of world «OQQUest. With Ida's lon he bad even Indulgi'd ill the idea of d-eonilng an ordinary man. He hnd nio#nt to take lier to America and lose hi™ Identity there In some peaceful existem*. He had recognized that It I* tli * «ame Impulse which fills the world with oxen for men, patient beasts who might, with single-hearttnl purpose, fiime lords of their fate. But he had weighed his new hopes with the past and found them heavier. Then the girl's coldness, her Indif ference, had convinced him that win ning love was quite different from In venting scientific apparatus and dis covering new inws. 1 Miring the long, client voyage to Norway he had real- Izml that be could never win her. He 4-ould embrace only h cold form whose tienrt was another's. And, with tin? awakening from his dream, the worst In the man—lf one quality was worse than another —had «'ome to the top. lie meant to keep Ida and still achieve bis purpose. Donald's maneuver in bringing the herd to Norway l>y the submarine method had completely deceived Mac ftenrd. lie had thought all along that the monsters had followed his motor t>oat In obedience to his tuning fork. He had not heard the call of the queen, because It* swift vibrations were audible as Hound only for a very limited distance, In spite of their effect upon the men of the F55. Now he resolved to lead the herd back to the European shores and com plete his work of destruction. He had acattered the obsolete navy that was went out against him. He would go on ward with no Idea of mercy. He would Annihilate humanity. He would make himself sole master of tuanklud. And Ida should be his mate, hut not his equal, as he had planned. He would vent his rage on her. He would teach her his powers. When he was the only other human being existent, then perhaps she would begin to un derstand. He shouted all this to her. He overwhelmed her with sarcasm and rhetoric. Ida, however, missed the keenness of the points lie made. She saw only ti madman, foaming at the mouth, and «he took pride in her sacrifice. She looked back toward Donald. She saw film between the two other figures upon the shore, very little, and very far away. Macßeard saw the look and under stood. He raised his hiii)d HKIIIII to ntrlke her, hut he refrained. Instead, I lie reached Into the cabin of the mo torboat and took his tuning forks from under the sent. And by that act of treachery he wrote the last page of his history. He shine them about his neck, and, taking the rod, he sounded the G note to call the swarm together. The note rung true across the wa ters. Exhausted by their efforts, the monsters were Incapable any longer of condensing the h'.tlrogen, but the Im pulse to reply remained. From every l>art of the Inland sea they swarmed toward hi in. The sea rose Into a choppy surge. The motorboat, riding the waves like n cork, heaved and pitched. Ida saw Macßeard, his eyes alight with tri umph, his face blazing with hatred, now tbove her, and now below, as he «at In the pitching stern. But the death of the queen had been the death-call of the swarm; Instinc tively they were aware of It, and the ♦tingle purpose that had animated the herd was gone. Anarchy had replaced order. The swarm had become mere blind mechanism, and devoid of pur pose. Anarchy possessed them, and It was furious, as everywhere. So It la In the ntate, when It obtains power. So In the human body, when the cells rebel and organized life flares out. The ■warm came on, a mere discordant multitude. Macßeard, seated In the stern, felt five sharp pricks upon the hand that dangled toward the water. He drew It back hurriedly. He Imagined that some Insect had stung him. Then a flipper lashed htm across the face. Two more seized him about the body. An Instant lafeiv and he was out of the boat, which, released from his weight and from the sea devils, righted itself again. Then he began the strug' gle for life which he had always feared. The njghtinare that had brood . ed over his dreams had at last com true. The infuriated monsters had turned upon the author of the call! He cinng to the gunwale, calllnf wildly for aid. He heard Ida's screams Be knew Chat her impulse wss to aay f»i«w Perhapc that was as bitter a >••••••••••••••••••«•••••••' "the physical torment; perhaps aome inkling of a higher law did reach his mind before the end. But If It did, It was only a momen tary flash of Insight. He felt the cold embrace of the leath-. cry bodies. He heard the snapping Jaws. He was torn from his hold, shrieking, and tossed Into the air, from beast to beast. His cries were so fren zied that they even reached th* ears of those who watched on the shore. He shrieked and fought, but he had as much chance for life as primitive' mnn caught by a herd of dinosaurs. For a few moments his bobbing body was visible, grotesqdely sprawled upon the reddening waves. Then It was rent limb from limb. It disappeared, and, fighting' over their prey, the sea devils played the last act of their own drama. They fell upon each other. It was the tragedy of the hive —tiie annual massacre of the drones; only they were all drones. Nature had no more use for them, now that their queen was gone. Never had such a spectacle been seen l»y man before. The entire face of the Inland sea was a tumult of fighting monsters. The dead grew Into visibility as they became thicker. The floating patches of white almost ob scured the waves. And still the fight became more frenzied. They tore each other and them selves, they lashed the waves Into foam; animal debris floated from end to end of the fjord. As the dend drift ed toward the shore the struggle be came more furious in the heart of the sea. Gradually it subsided. The last of the herd was gone. The battle that was to decide the fate of the world bad been a civil one, and fought out without man's agency. The lash of the waves drove the light motorhoat toward the cIIITs. It stranded not five hundred feet from where Donald and his friends, awe struck, bad watched the progress of the titanic conflict. They ran toward It and pulled Ida from the thwarts. It had seemed Incredible that she could have survived. For a long time she lay motionless. Drenched with the brackish water, her '■ ~ i. ■' "I'm Your Master! Do You Know It Noywr hnlr unbound, she seemed to sleep In Donald's arms, while he and Da vies j worked frantically to revive her. Davles raised his head at last and looked at Donald fixedly. Donald re fused to meet his gaze. They set to work agalu. For two hours longer they went through the movements of the resuscitation of the | drowned. They stopped at last, ex hausted. Davles laid his hand on Don ald's shoulder; this time It was he ' who could not meet his friend's look. 1 Suddenly they heard Clouts shout ing, mad with Joy. "Look, sir! Mr. Davles, look I" he screamed. They swung around. The girl's eyes had opened, and there recognition In them. She drew the first faint breath; her weak arms stole round Donald's neck. And In the universal Joy nobody I minded Clouts' mouth organ, as he | ! blew "Home. Sweet Home." "Hooray 1" he yelled, tossing up his j cap at the finale. "Mr. Davles, sir, It's j Just as I told you, Isn't ItT We've j brought her back to life, and now we're J going to wake up ourselves." do you mean, Clouts?" asked Davles. "Why, sir, don't you see? We've just been picked up and landed from the Beotla. And we've all sorts of deliriums about sea mon sters, and suchlike. If I might be al ! lowed, sir, Til put It to Captain Paget, j Ain't we Just been rescued after tor pedoing the cruiser, sir?" he aaked. , "Ain't the whole thing a dream?" Donald looked up. "I don't know, , Clouts," he Bald. "I think you may be I right. But. it's a happy one." Davles looked at him In dismay. \ 5 "Do you really mean that, Donaldf' he Miked. "Do you honestly think that gr we'itoave dreamed' all this?" I "It's ss plausible as any other as- THE ENTZBfUBE, WILLIAMSTOH, NORTH CAROT.IN* plunutlon," Donald replied. "I can't hpp why we shouldn't have. It's too preposterous—all that about jibe sea devila and that harml«M crank Mac- Beard, who used to have newspaper rowa with poor old Mastennan. As likely a« not we'll aee him haunting the Inventors' club wheA we get back, quite Ignorant of the part he ha* played In our Uvea. You know dreams do do that —they put Inconsequential people Into absurdly Important posi tions." "But —hang It, Donald, how does Miss Kennedy happen to be here?" , "Why, wasn't she on board the Be otlttt" Donald replied. "At any rate, If It'a all true, what have we got to KIIOW for It?" lie had placed his nrin across his breast, ami at that moment be felt the Tinkle of dampened paper hi his Inner IMx'ket. He pulled out —the two pages of Mastermun's letter. Donald unfolded It. It waa quite legible, In spite of the a tains of sea wuter; but now for tbe first time he realized that he held not on« page, but two. They had become a tuck together In some manner, and Donald bad not perused the second page. It was in the form of a postscript, and was the last sheet of the original manuscript, which Maaterrnan, in his characteristic way, had inserted after tbe first. He had written: * Hut thank God, Donald, my boy, man ' will triumph after all. I thought the mon- | ■tars were invulnerable, that nothing could oppose them. But the Lord knew what ha waa dotnK when ha made them There will ba only thraa weeks of auf ferine 'or man. IK)nals—three week*. For the creatures live for their queen; they can hardly be wild to have Indepen- i dent life. They are sterile, Uke the brea, and the queen haa a life span of tliren week a alone. When ahe dies the old , swarm cieatroya Itself. If the Queen can i be captured, all will be well. The queen ] haa three weeka In which to grow to nm- . turtty fulfil the purpose of her existence, I and die , , i What a tragedy! Of course time may neern longer to her, but wa deem our eev- : enty yeara all too short. We are aaved, Donald .... The letter rnmhled on, but Donald, without finishing It, handed It to Da [ vies, who rend It and gave It back. ! "If Macßeard had known that—" he began. "I think that 'lf la the ro«k on which he foundered," answered Don- ' aid. "He worked out everything mathematically, but he Ignored the j larger purpose of the Creator." "Aye, aye, air!" Interpolated Ban j Clouta, feeling In his pocket. "If you'll I excuse me, sir, thut motorhoat aeems wreck-proof, and I'd like to see wheth- ! : cr it's still In good enough order to | take us home." Which prov>d to he the case. (TIIK END.) IMPORTANT TO BE ON TIME i Even tha Biggest Man of Affalra Ar» ranga Their Businaaa on Punctu ality aa Safe Guide. A young Kentuckian lost a big fof tune by being 20 minutes late In keep Ing a business engagement, according to the Chrtstan Herald. The cheerless old fellow with the scythe always gets all that Is coming to him. And there la many a bad scar | on our fortunes where he has had to prod us up to the mark. Time la cheap and we are apt to'j think we can filch It as we will. But j it la always ourselves we rob, not time. Maybe you can waste your own time j by being late In keeping engagements , and feel that the losa. If any, Is your I own afTalr. But It alao Is the affair of | 1 the man you keep waiting. You waste \ his time, too. If your time Is worth- j less, maybe his Is not. He may coo- ! | elude ttiiit his time la worth nipre to , i him than you are. | In many cases It may not matter j i much. But one never knows until af- | ; terward whether It matters or not. And through falae politeness we are usually assured that It does not mat ter even when it doe*. Only the Idle and careless, whose time Is of the lenst value, can afford to waste It by looseness In keeping en gagements. It may be hard to acquire the fixed | habit of always being on time, hut It can be done, and It la worth whlla to do It. Great business men have this habit. Men of great affalra, whose time la | most completely taken up, are usually i on time. It is they who know best the I value of time and the Importance of ; saving It by being prompt. Photograph Frame*. For framing a single photograph for the wall, a novel Idea Is to place It 1n the upper part of a moderately large mat. When the pWture is In septa, the mat should be In tan or brown, the frame brown or gold. When the photo graph la gray the mat should be alao, with a gray or gold frame. A wide gray frame sometime* takes the place of a mat. The back hoard may be covered with ' a harmonious plain material; a wire easel may be bought for a trifle and at tached to the back through a silt ma tie ' Just to fit Its clamp. Tfie back Is in t eluded In the gimp binding at the atdea and bottom; the top la left open for tbe -1 Insertion of tha picture. CONVERSION OF BOU6HA6E INTO MEAT • jj -'w ft - yv - " '»**^ SPLENDID TYPE FOR HEAD OF SWINE HERD. (Prepared by the United Htataa Depart ment of Agriculture.) It Is of the greatest Importance In producing pigs for the market that they gain In weight as rapidly us pos sible. Tbe modern hog is a highly spe cialized and efficient machine for the conversion of grain and rouglmge Into edible meat; but to obtain tbe great est efficiency, to make the most pork from a given amount of fe»«d, to make the best pork, and to make that pork moat economically the machine must lie kept running to capacity from birth to the time of marketing. Nothing is more Important than this factor. The question of breeding, the kind of feeds fed, and the proportion of the pro tein to tbe fattening elements In the ration are all Important and are all ineana to the aame end, but If the greatest profit Is to be returned to the feeder his pigs must make maximum galna at all times. Supplement to Sow's Milk. The first opportunity to force the pigs comes when they are a few weeks old. Up to this time they have-been living solely on their dam'a milk ; In fact there Is no successful substitute, ns has been demonstrated by repeated failure to raise newly born pig* on row's milk. The milk of the sow Is much richer In protein, fat, and ash than Is cow's milk, and the latter makes such a poor substitute that pigs under two weeks of age usually die of digestive troubles following Its exclu sive use. After growing for three weeks the young pigs begin to have an appetite for some feed to supplement the sow's milk, and they should be fed, for unless they are the strain on the sow will he a very serious one. The pigs will eat fror.i the sow's trough, especially If she Is being fed on thin, sloppy feeds. A pen should he arranged adjoining that of the dam and sepa rated from It by a partition with suf ficient room at the bottom to allow the plga to run under. In the Inclos ure to he used by the little pigs place a low shallow trough to contain their skim milk or mash. The best feeds for pigs of this age are dairy by-products, such as skim milk. These, mixed with mill feeds, as middlings, ahorts. and even a cheap grade of fiotir, or with a meal of ground oatN from which the hulls have been removed, give excellent satisfac tion. Home feeders use the self-feeder at this time, placing It Inside a creep that will admit the pigs to their urnln at all times. This Is best adapted for plga after alx weeka old, where there la a lack of skim milk and they muat he prepared for the period following weaning without this feed. Castration. I'lgs should be castrated while they j are young; the beat time Is between six and eight weeks of age, before J weaning At thla age there la less shock tb the pig and possibly less check In growth. Ifvlt Is still suckling Its dam. the chance* are that It will he ! more thrifty and In heller condition I than when the operation Is performed | Immediately after weaning. A pig alx, i seven or eight weeks old Is small I enough to be handled conveniently, j and the testicles are large enough to j render the operation quite simple. For detailed Information on this subject j consult Farmers' Bulletin TSt), "Cas tration of Young Pigs." Weaning. I Breeders differ widely as to the age j for weaning. The majority wean at | six to ten weeks, with a considerable I number at twelve weeks; some wean later than twelve weeks and a few ear lier than alx weeka. There should be no hurry about It; eight weeks Is young enough If skim milk Is avail able. Of course, the *l«e *nd develop ment of the pig* have a great deal to do with the weaning age. If skim milk Is not obtainable. It la better to let them nurse the now until ten weeka old. The weaning should be brought about directly, .and In all cases be | complete and decisive. The pigs ahould he placed apart from the sows In quar ters secur? enough "t6 prevent com munication. If the sow Is still milk ing considerably. It Is best to milk her dry by hand rather than to return the plga to her. The pigs will be no bet ter off and the sow Infinitely worse than if weaning la brought about de ► clalvely. Weaning Ration. i Skim milk and corn or skim milk , and shorts, fed In the proportion ol three to one, make an excellent ration for weanlngs. If skim milk 1* not available, a mixture of five parts corn . meal, four parts middlings and on ; part tankage fed aa thin slop Is very i nood. Good, succulent pasture la al | ways in order. It will aid wonderfullj j !n putting growth on the young pig* I and the grain expense will be lea* ' tried. After the plga have been weanac and are eating well the most difficult j part of their cure is over. The feeding ] and mnnngi-ment from then on will | depend much upon whether they are j to be kept for breeding or fattened I (or the market. H«»on arter weaning It i Is bout to separute those animals ! which are kept for breeding purposes from the fattening stock. The Fattening Stock. The stock selected for fattening is j fed In two perlixls—first, the growing period, from weaning until approxi mately six weeks to two months of the marketing date; and, secoud, the fin ishing period, from that time up to marketing. During the first or grow ing period the ration Is much the same lis that given to th* breeding stock— tbnt Is. sll of the nutritious pasture tliey n«*ed but with a heavier grain ra- I Hon of slightly wider nutritive ratio, j The object Is to grow a pig with plenty j of size and scale* and one that will | fatten quickly and economically. Some feeders use the self-feeder nt this JH>- j rlod nnd obtnln excellent results, glv- ! Ihg the pigs free access to such feeds j lis corn, mill feeds, and tankage [ while on pasture. The prnctlcetends to shorten the feeding period and pro duces pork with slightly less grain per ; unit of gain. Under these conditions pigs do not neglect their fornge but really make more Economical use of It than when the grain Is limited. In feeding n limited grain ration on pas ture more success lias been attained j by giving an amount equal to three per cent of the body weight than wben fed In lesser amounts. The most rapid but also the most ex- j pensive gains In the pig's life comes j during the finishing period. During these Inst few weeks before slaughter | the animal Is given all the feed he will i consume with relish. Much more com and leas protein concentrates are fed during this period, a representative ra tion being composed of ten ponnds of corn to one potiftd of tankage. The change In rations mnst be gradnal and , the Increase In feed not too rapid: otherwise the animal Is apt to "go off feed," or lose his appetite. Pasture* ( are very valuable at this time, espe dally those composed of feeds high In protein, for they furnish a che«r source of nitrogen aftd keep the pt| toned up and his appetite keen. A hog will consume a three and one-half to four per cent grain ration at this time, depending, of course, on th« character of the feed and the weight i of the hog, a larger hog eating less j In proportion to hla weight than a smaller one. The self-feeder was pri marily devised to finish the hog at this time and serves Its purpose In excel- j lent fashion. Slightly more rapid snd economical gains are made by its use , than can be obtained by the best of j hand feeding. WASTE IN HOLDING HOGS IN LOCAL PENS Practice of Purchasing Animals in Small Lots and Keeping in Yards Is Wasteful. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) A loss of live weight of hogs and | waste of feed result from the practice of purchasing local hogsr in small lots and holding them in local stockyards until a carload shipment is collected, j according to specialist of the United : States bureau of markets. They point' 1 out that st this snd other see sons when runs are light. It often takes local buyers four or five days to ' ble enough small lots for a carload. j 1 As facilities for feed and watering am ' Inferior in small yards, tbe hog* make 1 no further gains on their feed and oft ' en suffer actual loss of live weight. ® Local buyers, therefore, would do well ' to specify a certain day for the dellv ' ery of lots from the various farms and " load and ship without holding. Farm " ers also could dub together to malre r up cooperative carload shipments on ® regular* week days, thus saving the ' margin lost In Individual small-lot sell * Inf. PROTECT OUTLET OF DRAINS t *—■ - f Coares Wire Screen Will Keep Small a*' Animals From Entering and Es t tabllshlng Homes. _ n I e The outlets of tile drains should be y protected to prevent small animals I- from entering them. Boch pieces are y often selected for bones, and rubbish i, is carried in for nests. A coarse wire K screen will keep peats out without hia> d derlng the free ps—s of water. HOW THIS HEINOUS WOMAN GOT WELL Told by Herself. Her Sin cerity Should Con vince Others. Christopher, III—"For four yesrs I •offered from irrefularitiee, wednmL S nervousness, aad vu in i ran dowa condition. Two oi our beet doctor* failed to do me any good. I heerd eo much about what Lydia E. Pinkham '• Vegetable Com pound had done for V other*, I tried it F't Wr? M and wss cured. I * ' flam no longer net . '■ voue, am regular, > and in excellent - health. I believe the Compound will cure any female trouble. "—Mia. AXJCB HELLER, Christopher, lIL Nervousness is often a symptom of weakneee or some functional derange ment, which may be overcome by this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, as thousands of women have found by experience. If complications exist, write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.. Lynn, Mass., far suggestions in regard to your ailment. The result of its long experience is at your service Japanese Language Taught. Instruction in the Japaneselsngusgs In the university und high schools of New Smith Wales Is now on the winie basis ax Instruction In (German and French. Illfth whool pupils who de sire to take a course in Japanese, and later pursue the study at the univer sity with u view to taking a degree, must give four years in a high school and three years at the university to the subject. As many high-school pu pils as desire may take Japanese. There is also n large class of about TS drawn from Ixisiness circles and other walks In life, which Is now studying Japanese at the university, and the language Is being taught at the mili tary school. The Increased trade be tween Japun*n'l Australia lias caused the average business man to realise the lni|M>rtance of these courses. AN ATTACK OF GRIP USUALLY LEAVES KIDNEYS IN WEAKENED CONDITION Doctors in all parts of the country hare been kept busy with the epidemic of grip which ha* visited no many home*. The «yniptoms oT grip thi* year are often verj dint resiling and leave the system in a run down condition, particularly the kidneys which teem to suffer most, a* almost every victim complain* of lame hack and urin ary trouble* which should not be neglect ed, a* these danger cipiala often lead to dangerous kidney troubles. Druggists report a large sale on Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root which so many people ssy soon heala and strengthens the kidneys sfter sn sttack of grip. Swamp Root, being an herbal compound, ha* a gentle healing effect on the kidneys, which ia al , most immediately noticed in most cases |by those who try it. Dr. Kilmer ft Co., Dinghamton, N. Y-, offer to send a sam ' pie sice bottle of swamp-R»ot, on receipt of ten cents, to every sufferer who re quests it. A trial will convince -anyone who may be in need of it. Regular medi noi and large size bottles, for sale at sU druggiata. Be sure to mentioa this paper.—Adr. Not for Judson! A fond relative on departure gsre Jndson a nickel. Ills niotlier was try leg to convince hint that, especially daring these times, If he were wtse he would not wnnt to go to the candy store, hut would save his nickel. "Nope! I'm goln' dbwn for gum!" "Rut, Judson, don't' you think It j would be much nicer for you to put that nickel awny and save It?" Judson swelled up with Indignation. "Well, what do you think 1 am? 4 paper GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER J Has been used for all ailments that are caused by a disordered stomach ; and inactive liver, such as sick hesd ( ache, constipation, sour stomach, - | nervous Indigestion, fermentation of 1 food, palpitation of the heart caused by gases In the stomach. August Flower ia a gentle laxative, regulates digestion both in stomach and intestines, cleans ' snd sweetens the stomach and allmeo* tary canal, stimulates the liver to se ; crete the bile snd impurities from the blood. Sold in all civilized countries. 80 snd 90 cent bottles.—Adv. Occasionally n couple marry §tad live happily ever after—they are divorced. Or. Pr.rr's "D«ad Shot" Is not a ~ls senae" or "syrup." but a real old-fashions* i eeas of medicine which clesns out Worms er Tapeworm with a single do**. Adr. Bristol, England, factories In 1916 made 1,000,000 pairs of army boots. ' Dn Pierce's Pellets are best for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative, three for a cathartic. Ad. Administering the draft law cost the United States $8,060,480. SB IRRITATINQ COUGHS PISO'S
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