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CHAPTER XX Continued.
In tho Inner room, wIiobo opening
door gave glimpses or Lanstron and
the division chiefs, a magic of secret
council which tho juniors could not
quite understand had wrought tho won
der Lanstron had not forgotten tho
"dead. Ho could seo them; ho could
boo everything that happonod. Had
not Partow said to him: "Don't Just
road reports. Vlsuallzo men and
oventa. Bo tho artillery, bo tho in
fantry, bo tho wounded live and think
In tholr places. In this way only can
you really know your work!"
His olatlon when ho saw his plans
going right was that of tho Instrument
ot Partow'a training and Mnrta's serv
ice. Ho prosscd tho hands of tho men
around him; his volco caught In his
Bratitudo and his breaths wcro vory
short at time, liko those of a spent,
happy runnor at tho goal. Feeding on
victory and growing greody of moro,
his division chiefs wero discussing how
to press tho war till tho Grays sued for
peaco; and ho was silont In tho midst
of their- talk, which was interrupted
by tho ringing of tho tunnol tolophono.
When ho come out of his bodroom,
Lanstron's distress was so evident that
thoso who were seated arose and tho
others drow near In Inquiry and sym
pathy. It ecemod to them that the
chief of staff, tho head of tho machine,
who had left tho room had rcturnod an
individual.
"Tho connection was broken whllo
wo wero speaking!" ho said blankly.
"That moans It must havo been cut
by tho enemy that tho enemy knows
of its existence 1"
"Perhaps not. Porhaps an accident
a chanco shot," said tho vlco-chlof.
"No, I'm suro not," Lanstron ropllod.
T am suro that it was cut dollboratoly
and not by her."
"Tho 53d Regiment is going forward
In that direction tho same rogiment
that defended tho house and .it can't
go any faster that it is going," tho
vice-chief continued, rather incoherent
ly. Ho and tho others no less folt tho
news as a personal blow. Though ab
sent in person, Marta had becomo in
spirit on Intimate of their hopes and
councils.
"Sho is helploss In their power!"
Lanstron said. "There is no telling
what they might do to her In tho rage
of their discovery. I must go to her!
1 am going to tho front I"
A young officer of tho Grays who
Was with tho signal-corps section, try
ing to keep a brigade headquarters in
touch with tho staff during tho retreat,
two or throo mllcB from the Galland
house, had seen what lookod llko an In
sulated tolophono wlro at tho bottom
of a crater in tho earth mado by tho
explosion of a heavy shell. Tho in
structions to all subordinates from tho
cnior or intclllgonco to look for tho
oourco of tho leak In information to
tho Drowns mado him quick to seo a
clow in anything unueuaL Ho Jumped
down into tho crater and not only
found his pains rowardod, but that
the wire was intact and ran under
ground in either diroction. Who had
laid it? Not tho Grays. ,Why was It
thero? Ho callod for ono of his men
to bring a buzzor, and It was tho work
ot llttlo moro than a mlnuto to cut tho
wlro and mako un attachment. Thon
lie heard a woman'B voice talking to
"Lanny." Who was Lnnny? Ho wait
d till ho had heard enough to know
that It was nono other than Lanstron,
tho chief of staff of tho Drowns, and
tho woman must bo a any. An nninriv
dispatched to tho chief of lntolllgenco
with tho news returned with tho or
der: "Drop everything and report to me
In porson at once.'"
1 "For tills I havo mndo my sucrlflco!"
Marta thought. "Tho killing goes on
by Launy's orders, not by Westorllng's.
this tlmo."
Leaving her mother to enlov tho
prospect, a Blow-moving llguro, trance
liko, she went along thp first terrace
path to n point near tho vorandn
-whoro tho wholo swoop of landscnpo
with Its panorama of retreat mag
netised bor senses. Like tho gray of
lava, tho Gray soldiery was erupting
from tho rango; in columns, still undor
thd control .or dfllcors, kooplng to tho
denies; In awarma and batchos, uudor
tho control of nothing but their own
emotions. Mostly thoy were hugging
cover, from instinct if not from direc
tion, but some rolled on straight linos
ot flight and spocd ot foot for cscano.
Coursing aoroplanea wore playing a
new part. Tholr wireless, was inform
ing tho Brown gunnors whore tho
masses wore thickest. This way and
that tho Drown artillery flro drovo re
treating bodlos, prodding them In tho
back with tho fearful shephordry ot
Uieir shells. Officers' swords Hashed
in the faced of tho bolters or In hold
ing roar-guardB to tholr work. Ofllccrs
and orderlies wero, galloping hither
and thither with messages, iu want of
wlros. Commanders had beon told to
hold, but how and "whoro to hold? Thoy
saw neighboring reglinontfl and bri
gades going and thoy had to go. The
machine, tho complicated modorn war
machine, was broken, tho machine,
wjtli lis norvoff of intelligence cut, bo
camo a thing; of disconnected parts,
ach part working out its own salva
tion. Authority ceased to bo that of
tho buroau and" army lists, it was that
of units racked by hardship, acting on
tho hour's demand.
Gorged was tho pass roau, over
flowinK with the struesltng tumult
mpa and fcblclce. Sqlf-proservatj
Breaking tne Donas ot arecipnno was
In tho ascendant, and it sought tho
highway, even as wator keeps to the
river bed. Llko specks on the labor
ing tldo was tho whlto of bandagos. An
ambulance trying to cut out to ono
sldo was overturned. The frantic
chauffeur and hospltal-coips ordorly
wero working to oxtrlcato tho wound
ed from tholr painful position. A gun
was overturned against tho ambulanco.
A molee of horses and men was form
ing at the foot of the garden gato in
front of the narrowing bounds of the
road Into tho town, ns a stream banks
up boforo a Jam ot driftwood. Tho
struggle for right of way becamo In
creasingly wild; tho dam of men,
horses, and wagons grow. A Brown
dirigible was descending toward the
great target; but on closer view Its
commander forbore, tho humnno Im
pulse outweighing tho desire for retri
bution for colleagues In camp nnd
mess who had gono down In n holo
caust In the aerial battles of tho night.
Under tho awful spell of tho panorama,-sho
did not seo Westerllng, who
had stopped only a few feet distant
with his nldo nnd his valet, nor did ho
notice her ns tho tumult glazed his
eyes. Ho was as an artist who looks
on tho ribbons of tho canvas of his
painting, or tho sculptor on tho frag
ments of his statuo. Worso still, with
no faith to qlvo him fortltudo except
tho materialistic, ho saw tho altar of
his god of military efficiency In ruins.
Ho who had not nllowod thd word ro
treat to enter IiIb lexicon now saw a
rout. Ho had laughed at reserve
armies In last night's fovcrish defiance,
nt Turcas's advocacy of a slower and
suror mothod of attack. In thoso hours
of .smiting nt a wall with his fists and
forchoad, in denlul of all tho truth so
clear to averago military logic, If ho
had only oven a fow conventional di
rections all this disorder would havo
boon avoided. His army could havo
fallon back in orderly fashion to their
own rango. Tho machlno out of order,
ho had attempted no repnir; ho had al
lowed It to thrash itself to pieces.
Tho artillery's maceration of the
human Jam suddenly ceased; perhaps
bocauso tho gunners had seen tho Ited
Cross flag which a doctor had the
presenco of mind to wave. Westerllng
turned from a sight worso to him than
tho killing that of tho flowing retreat
along tho road pressing frantically
over tho dead and wounded In growing
disorder for tho cover qf the town.
Near by wero Dolllni, tho chief of In
telligence, and a subaltern who had
arrived only a mlnuto before The sub
altern was dust-covered.' Ho seomod
to havo como In from a hard rldo. Doth
woro watching Marta, as if waiting for
her to speak. Sho mot Westorllng'fl
look steadily, her eyes dark and etlll
and In his tho reflection ot tho vaguo
realization of moro than ho had
guessed In her relations with him.
"Well," aho breathed to Westerllng,
"tho war goes on!"
"That's It! That's tho volco!" ex
claimed tho subaltern in an explosion
of recognition.
A short, sharp laugh of Irony broko
from Dolllni; tho laugh of one whoso
suspicions aro conflrmod in the mix
turo of tho subllmo and tho ridiculous.
Marta looked around at tho Interrup
tion, nlort, on guard.
"You seem amused," sho remarked
cuilously.
"No, but you miiHt havo boon," re
plied DcllinI hoarsely. "Early this
morning, not far from tho caatlo, this
young officer found In tho crator mado
by a ton-Inch shell a wire that ran in
n. vsfsT- -:-
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An Insulated Telephone Wire at the
Bottom of a Crater.
a conduit underground. Tho wlro waB
Intact. Ho tapped it. Ho hoard a volco
thanking some ono ior her part in tho
victory, and;lt seems that thu woman's
volco that answered Is yours, Miss Gal
land. So, General Westerllng, the leak
in information waB avor this wlro fiom
our ataft Into tho Browns' headquar
ters, as Bouchard bellovod and us I
camo to believe."
So long had Marta expectod this mo
ment of exposuro that It brought no
shock. Hor spirit Jiad undorgona many
subtle rehearsals for tho occnslon.
"Yos, that Is true," sho heard herself
Baying, a llttlo distantly, but cry
qulotly and naturally.
Westerllng foil back as from a blow
In the faco. - His breath camo hard nt
first, llko ono bolng strangled. Then
It sank deop in his chest nnd his uyot
woro bloodshot, as a bull's In his final
effort against the matador. Ho raised
a quivering, clenched fist and took a
stop nearer hor.
Dut far from flinching, Marta seomod
to bo grouting tho blow, as it sho ad
mittod his right to strike. Sho was
without any sign of triumph nnd with
ovej-y sign ot relief. Lying was nt an
end. Sho could bo truthful. '
'Do you recall what l Bald In tho r-ceptlon-roam
at thu hotul?" she naked.
JTho unction aunt ft flash iuto a hid-
dm cJwinhjw of 1. e mind. Now tho
of only tUinj; he ouhl rmniber of that
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nxtnerto xio nac never lncludoc: ;n his i
recollection ot It.
"You said I could not win." Ho drow
out tho words painfully
"When you said that you brought on
this war to gratify your ambition, I
choso to bo ono of tho woapons of
war; I fought for civilization, for my
homo, with tho only moans I had
against tho wickedness of a victory of
conquest tho precedent of It In this
age a victory which should glorify
such trickery as you practised on your
people."
"1 should llko to ehoot you dead!"
cried Bellini.
"And you let mo make lovo to you!"
Westerllng said In a dazed, groping
monotone to Marta.
Such a wreck wnn he of his formor
self that sho found it amazing that sho
could not pity him. Yot she might
have pitied him hud ho plunged Into
the fight; had he tried to rally ono of
tho broken regiments; had ho beon
nble to forget himself.
"Itathor, you made lovo to yourself
through me," sho nnowered, not harsh
ly, not evon emphatically, but moroly
as a statement ot passionless fact. "If
you dared to endure what you ordered
others to enduro for tho sake of your
ambition; if"
Sho was Interrupted by a sharp zip
in tho air. Westerllng dodged and
looked about wildly.
"What is that?" ho nsked. "What?"
Fivo or six zips followed llko a
charge of wasps flying at a speed that
made them Invisible. Marta felt a
brush of air past her cheek and Wes
terllng went chalky white. It was tho
first timo he had been under Are. Dut
these bullets wero only strays. No
moro came.
"Come, general, lot us bo going!"
urged tho aldo, touching his chief on
tho arm.
"Yes, yes!" suld Westerllng hur
riedly Francois, who had picked up the coat
that had fallen from Wcstcrllng's
shoulders with hie start at tho buzzing,
held It whllo his master thrust his
hands through tho sleeves.
"And this Is wiser," said the aide,
unfastening tho detachable Insignia of
rank from tho shoulders of tho great
coat. "It's wiser, too, that wo walk,"
ho added.
"Walk? Dut my car!" exclaimed
Westerllng petulantly.
"I'm afraid that tho car could not
get through tho press In the town,"
was tho reply. "Walking is safer."
Tho absence In him of that quality
which Is the soldier's real glory, tho
picture of this deserted leader, this
god of a machlno who had been
crushed by his machlno, his very lack
of stoicism or courage all this sud
denly appoaled to Marta'e quick sym
pathies. They had once drunk tea to
gether. "Oh, It was not personal! I did not
think of mysolf as a porson or of you
as one only of principles nnd of thou
sands of others to end tho killing to
save our country to Its people! Oh,
I'm sorry nnd, personally, I'm.horrlblo
horrible!" sho called aftor him In a
broken, quavering gust of words which
ho heard confusedly In tragic mockery.
He made no answer; he did not oven
look nround. Kcnd bowed and hardly
seeing tho rath, he permitod the nldo
to choose the way, which lay across
tho boundary of tho Galland estate.
CHAPTER XXI.
The Retreat.
Marta remained whore Wostcrllng
had left hor, rooted to tho ground by
the monstrous spell of the developing
panorama of seemingly limitless move
ment. With each passing minute thero
must bo a hundred acts of heroism
which, If isolated in tho glare of a
day's news, would mako the public
thrill. At tho outset of the war sho
had seen the Drowns, as part of a pre
conceived plan,' In cohesive rear-guard
reslstanco, with every detail of per
sonal bravery a utilized factor ot or
ganized purpose Now sho saw de
fense, inchoato and fragmentary, each
part acting for Itself, all doedB of per
sonal bravery lost In a swirl ot disor
ganization. That was tho pity of It,
tho helplessness ot engineers and ot
lovers when tho machine was broken;
tho warning of It to thoso who under
take war lightly.
Tho Browns' riilo flashes kept on
steadily weaving their way down tho
Blopes, their reserves pressing close on
tho heels of tho sklrmlshurs In greedy
swarms. A heavy column of Drown In
fantry was swinging in toward the
myriad-logged, writhing gray caterpil
lar on tho pass road and many Held
batteries wcro trotting along a parallel
road. Their plan dovolopod suddenly
when a swath ot gun-flro was laid
across tho pass road at the mouth of
tho dofllo, as much as to say: "Horo
wo mako a gato of death!" At the
samo time tho head ot tho Drown in
fantry column flashed Us bayonets over
tho crest ot a hill toward tho point
whore tho shells wero bursting. These
men minded not the desperate, scat
tered rlflo-flro Into tholr ranks. Defore
tholr oyos was tho prlzo of a panic
that grow with their approach. Kinks
woro out of legs stiffened by long
watches. Tho 'hot breath ot pursuit
was In tholr nostrils, tho favor ot vic
tory In tholr blo'od. '
In tho defile, the Impulse of ono Gray
straggler, who shook a handkerchief
nluft in fatalistic submission to tho In-
ovltablo, became tho impulso of nil.
Soon a thousund whlto Blgnata ot sur
render were blossoming. As tho llrlng
abruptly ceased, Mnrta hoard the faint
roar of tho mighty huzzas of the hunt-
ora over tho size of their bag
Snnin ilxrlnrn of rillTi-ont rnolmonKi
thrown together-In thd havoc of rem- i,olic forc lnto hIe confidence. At
mints of iruny organizations, with tho . K. liea policemen nto lonely and
help of nospltalcorps men. woro trj-. willing to 'alK t0 anyone for com
ilia to nxtriwitft tiiH tvniiniimi f.nm iwiiy's sake, tho Pennsylvnnlnn poured
among tho doad. Thoy heard a oin -
an's volco and oaw a woman's fncn.
They did not wonder at hor prosouco,
for there wna nntlitr.c lnft In tho world
for thorn to wonder at. Had on Imp
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from, hell or an angel from heaven ap
peared, or a shower ot diamonds fallon
from the Eky, thoy would not have
been surprised. Tholr duty was clear;
there was work ot tholr kind to do,
oudless work. Units ot tho brokon ma
chlno, In tho Instinct of their calling
the struggled with tho duty nearest
at hand. They bogged hor to go hack
to tho houso; this waa no place for
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l.ar.
But Marta did not want safety. Dnu
;f-r was sweot; It wub expiation Sho
v .a helping, actually helping, tout '
was enough, sue envied the acoful
dead thoy had no nightmares as sho
aided tho doctors in separating tho
bodies that woro still breathing from
those that wcro not; and sho steolcd
herself against every ghastly sight
savo one, that of a man lying with his
legs pinned under n wagon body, Ills
Jaw had been shot awny. Slowly ho
was bleeding to death, but ho did not
realize it. He realized nothing In his
delirium except tho nature of his
wound. Ho was dipping Ills linger in
tho cavity nnd, dab by dab, writing
"Kill mo!" on tho wagon body. It sent
reeling waves of red before her eyes.
Then a shell burst near her and a doc
tor cried out:
"She's hit!"
Dut Marta did not hear him. She
heard only tho dreadful crack of tho
splitting shrapnel Jacket. Sho had a
sense of falling, and that was all.
Tho noxt that sho knew she was In
a long chair on tho veranda and tho
vague shadows bending over her grad
ually Identified themselves as her
mother and Minna.
"I remember when you wcro telling
of tho last war that you didn't swoon
at the sight of tho wounded, mother,"
Marta whispered.
"Dut I was not wounded," replied
Mrs. Galland.
Marta coased to bo only n conscious
ness swimming in a haze. With the
He Was Dipping His Fingers In the
Cavity and Writing, "Kill Mel"
return of her faculties, sho noticed
that both her mother and Minna wero
looking significantly at, her forearm;
so iiho looked at it, too. It was
bandaged.
"A cut from a shrapnel fragment,"
eald a doctor. "Not deep," ho added.
"Do I got an Iron cross?" sho asked,
smiling faintly. It was rather pleasant
to bo alive.
"All the crosses Iron and bronzo
and silver and gold!" he replied.
All firing excopt occasional scattered
shots had now ceased In tho Immedi
ate vicinity, though in tho distance
could be heard the snarl of the firmer
reslstanco that the Grays wero mak
ing at somo other point. The Galland
house, for tho tlmo being, was Isolated
In possession of neither sldo.
"Isn't there something else I enn do
to help with tho wounded?" Mnrta
asked. She longed for action In order
to escape her thoughts.
"You've had a terrible shock when
you aro stronger," said the doctor.
"When you have had something to
cat and drink," observed tho practical
Minna authoritatively.
Marta would not havo tho food
brought to her. Sho Insisted that she
was strong enough to accompany
Minna to the tower. While Minna
urged mouthfuls down Marta's dry
throat ns sho sat outsido the door of
tho sitting-room with her mother a
numbor of weary dust-streaked facc3,
with feverish energy in their eyes,
peered over the hedge that bounded
the garden on tho side toward tho pass.
These scout skirmishers of Stransky's
men of tho 53d Regiment of tho
Drowns mado beckoning gestures as
to a crowd, beforo thoy sprang over
tho hedge and ran swiftly, watchfully
toward the linden stumps; closely fol-
HE PANHANDLED THE COPS
Pennsylvania Man Found Brooklyn Po
licemen Eaoy to Work, and
Worked Them.
Grant Flenmilng, who says he's
thlrty-flvo yeurs old nnd hnlls from
Hnrrlsburg, J 'a., of good appearance
and with an ingratiating manner, hit
on a tmw way of mnklng a living with
out work, and Introduced it to Brook-
1. .. T.. , 1. 1.. ,..11. nltl.,1 tllf.a
II II. Jiuni in ma uiuu oiiuii !..-
m9U. "lit GrUt FlenimlllB took the
' l !nl ot W0Q lutn tuo esir of B0,n0
. vmputhotlc "cop." Ho told how he
' a member of a prominent family,
i md was stranded lu a strnngo city. Ho
i . , . . . ,,,
v.anuu mm a coupio m uouurs, or
umyue tnveu uounrs, u iuko mm uome.
He would return It with Interest Just
us soon as he reached Hnrrlsburg.
Could tho policeman lot him havo It?
And It la said Flemming was success
ful; Just how successful tho records
don't show.
Occasionally the Btranger dropped In
it a police station nnd told tho dosk
, , - .
lieutenant his "Uaru iuck mon. usum-
iy ne asKea for "vit, hhu iv i
- ! .ld. that ha always got somotuinK
nut when PlamnilHK tackled Patrol-
in Macdonald of the Bedford aveuu
lowed by tueir tannines, aoon tho
wholo gnrden was overrun by tho lean,
businesslike fellows, their-glances all
forret-llko to tho front.
"Look, Minna 1" exclaimed Marta.
"The giant who carried tho old man in
pickaback tho first night ot tho war!"
Minna was Hushing, but tho flush
dissipated and sho drew up hor chin
when Strnnsky, looking nround, recog
nized hor with a merry, confident
wavo ot his hand.
"See, he's a captain nnd ho wearB
an Iron cross!" said Marta as Stransky
hastened toward them.
"He acts, like it!" assented Minna
grudgingly.
Eager, leviathan, his cap doffed with
a sweeping gesturo us ho made a low
bow, StrniiBky was tho vory spirit of
retrlbutivo victory returning to claim
tho ground that ho had lost.
"Well, this Is llko getting homo
ngalnl" ho cried.
"So I ceo!" said Minnn equivocally.
Stransky drew his oyes together,
sighting them on tho brldgo of his noea
thoughtfully at this dubious recaption.
"I came back for tho chanco to kiss
a good woman's hand," ho observed
with a profound awkwardness and
looking at Minna's hand. "Your
hand!" ho ndded, tho cast In his eyes
straightening as he looked directly at
her appeallngly.
She extended her finger-tips and ho
pressed his lips to them.
"I kept seeing tho way you looked
when you belted mo ono In the faco,"
he went on, "and knocked any an
archism out of mo that was left after
tho shell burst. I kept seeing your
faco In my last glimpse wiien tho
Grays made mo run for it from your
kitchen door beforo I had half a chance
for the oration crying for voice. You
wero In my dreams! You wero in bat
tle with mo!" '
"This sounds like a disordered
mind," observed Minna. "I've heard
men talk that way before."
"Oh, I havo talked that way to other
women myself!" said Stransky.
"Yes," said Minna bitterly. His can
dor was rather unexpected.
"I have talked to others in passing
on thb high road," ho continued. "Dut
never after a woman had struck mo in
tho face. That blow sank deop deep
deop as what Lanstron Bald when I
revolted on tho march. I say it to you
with this" he touched tho cross "on
my breast. And I'm not going to give
you up. It's a big world. There's
room in it for a place for you aftor tho
war Is over and I'm going to make the
place. Good-by till I'm back back to
stay! Good-by, little daughter!" he
added with a wavo of his hand to Clar
issa as he turned to go. "Maybe wo
shall have our own automobllo somo
day. It's no stranger than what's been
happening to me since tho war began."
"If you don't marry him, Minna, I'll
I'll" Mrs. Galland could not find
words for tho fearful thing that sho
would do.
"Marry him! I. havo only1 mot him
three times for about three minutes
each time!" protested Minna. She
was as rosy as a girl and in her confu
sion sho busied herself retying tho rib
bon on Clarissa Eileen's hair. "He
called you llttlo daughter!" sho eald
softly to tho child as she withdrew into
tho tower.
Marta remained in tho chair by the
doorwuy of tho tower, weak and list
less. Now her laslfes were closed;
again they opened slightly as her gaze
roved tho semicircle of the horizon. A
moilnted otllcer and his ordorly gallop
ing across tho fields to the pass road
caught her desultory attention and
hold it, for thoy formed the most Im
petuous object on the landscape. When
tho officer nllghted at tho foot of tho
garden and tossed his reins to tho or
derly, she detected something familiar
about him. Ho leaped tho garden wall
at a bound nnd, half running, came to
ward the tower. Not until ho lifted his
cap and waved it did Bho associate this
lltho, dapper artillerist with a stooped
old gardener In blue blouse and torn
straw hat who had once shuflled among
tho flowers at her service.
"Hello! Hello!" he shouted in
clarion greeting at sight of her. "Hello,
my successor!"
Only In tho whiteness of his hair
was ho like the old Feller. Hb tono,
the boyish sparkle of his black eyes,
thoso full, expressive lips playing
over tho brilliant teeth, his easy grace,
his quick and telling gestures they
wero of tho Feller of cadet days.
"Wonderful wounded! Wonderful!
Was thero over such a woman?" ho
cried. "Destiny has played with us.
It sent a spy to your garden. It put
you In my place. A strange service,
ours yes, destiny is in It!"
"Yes," b'ho breathed painfully, his
suggestion striking deep.
(TO BE CONTINURD.)
precinct ho mado a mistake, and the
nlco, pleasant-looking porson was ar
rested on tho chargo ot vagrancy. In
the Mnuunttan avenue court ho was
sent to tho workhouse for throe
months. Brooklyn Eagle,
Cow Secretly Adopts Fawn.
Following a Jersey cow which had
dovoloped a habit of disappearing
evory morning and coming homo in
tho evening without her usual supply
of milk, James Wilson discovered that
tho cow Is raising a motherless fnwn.
Wilson followed tho cow to tho
outer edge ot his farm. Ho was sur
prised to seo a pretty fawn como from
among tho underbrush and start to
nurse nt tho cows side. Tho cow
I seoms woll pleased with her chargo
i aj tho fnwn Bi,OWB affection for its
foster mother. Greensburg (Pa.) Dis
patch to New York American.
Mineral May Be of Much Value.
Virginia- produced all tho American
output of nitllo produced In 1913. A
largo part of tho rutllo produced In
1913 was used In tho mnnufacturo of
titanium carbldo eloctrodos for aro
lamps. A part of tho llmenlto found
In tho deposits and separated by
means of a magnetic separator has
beon sold for uso In making electrodes
for eloctrlo lights, and tho oxporf-
niButs with tho oloctrlc furnace polnV
j to the possible uo of llmenlto hi tUV
I Oirrct production or iooi meet.
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(Copyright. 1914. by A. 5. Gray)
THE. THYROID GLAND. "
Beforo tho nppearanco of nny cen
tral nervous system in tho low6st or
ganisms It Is by chemical mennB, by
so callod automatic excitation through
tho action of products of decomposi
tion by tho organs In different parts
of tho body, that nny co-ordination ot
function is determined, either among
tljo different organs of a colony or
among tho various cells making up
n multicellular organism such as a
sponge.
Tho mechanism which determines
tho movement of phagocytic cells a
phagocyto Is any cell possessing the
property of absorbing nnd digesting
tho chaso ot food, tho escapo from
noxious environment or tho approach
of soxual .cells, has beon given th
namo of chemotaxis. Tho name sig
nifies tho attraction or ropulslon ex
hibited by certain chemicals to living
cells. Slnco tho application of these
chcmlpal stimuli dopends on their dif
fusion through tho medium bathing
tho cells, tho process very obviously
muBt necessarily bo both slow and
lasting.
Tho most Important nnd definite
knowledge concerning tho actions of
these Internal chemical secretions has
porhaps resulted from work done on
the thyroid glands, those shleldllko
vesicular bodies filled with colloid ma
terial located on tho Bides of tho
trachea (windpipe) Just below our
"Adam's applo" (the thyroid carti
lage). Carried by tho blood to all
parts of tho body, tho metabolic pro
ducts of tho thyroid gland affect every
other gland and tissue and may act
either to heighten or to reduce the
activity of other organs, according to
their specific function.
In 185G Schiff showed that removal
of tho thyroid In dogs is followed usu
ally by tho death of the animals in
ono to four weeks.
Tho disturbances appearing after
removal of the thyroid affect the most
widely different organic systems of the
body. Tho skin, especially that of the
head and face, becomes greatly swol
len becauso of an accumulation of
mucin in thesubcutaneous connective
tissue. Subsequently the skin becomes
hard," rough and dry; Its secretion
ceases; the hairs change nnd fall out;
the visible mucous membranes be
como swollen and tho voice becomes
harsh and monotonous. The Internal
organs exhibit marked pathological
changes; tho kidneys and the liver
undergo fatty and colloid degeneration
and tho arterial walls take on a hya
line (crystallino) degeneration. Meta
bolism Is abnormally low; that Is to
say, not only Is tho appetite poor, but
the ability to convert tho food taken
into the body, to break down and re
lease tho energy therein contained, Is
decreased.
Disturbances of tho nervouB and
muscular system following removal of
tho thyroid aro profound; not infrc-.
quently functional disturbances such
as epilopsy ensue. All those parts of
the brain which are active In tho physi
cal functions become functionally much
reduced, and In myxedematous cases
wo mebt with weak memory, extreme
irritability, stupidity and tho like; all
of which in turn find expression in a
marked decline of muscular tono and
in vigor of the body movements gener
ally.
In man any material disturbance In
the function of the thyroid produces
derangement in the temperature and
heat regulating ability of the body;
the subnormal temperature Is ono of
the most constant symptoms and the
patient feels cold constantly.
In the growing organism -fter sup
pression of tho thyroid the vones fall
considerably behind In their develop
ment and the ossification of the carti
lages connecting bone processes is
materially delayed. The physical dis
turbances In tho young aro generally
moro pronounced than In grown per
sons. ,
Schiff and many others havo found
that all theso evil results of tho com
plete or partial destruction of tho thy
roid In dogs might bo obviated by
grafting pieces ot the thyroid Into tho'
body, and this knowiedgo was quickly
applied, with astonishing results to
Human beings in cases of myxedema
and cretinism. Then, Instead of graft
ing thyroid tissues, It was found that
Injection of extracts under tho skin,
or, better still, tho simple feeding of
thyroid material, gave similarly favor
ablo results tho individuals recov-
SUGAR'S GREAT FOOD VALUE
Constitutes One-Half the Nourishment
That Man Needs, and Has Many
Other Virtues.
Sugar and sugar-forming foods con
stitute moro than one-half of tho
nourishment needed by a healthy per
son. As a food it possesses well-known
properties, bolng a nutrient to ndlposo
tissue and a respiratory fuel, and It is
decidedly diuretic in its action upon
healthy kldnoys, It sugar Is withhold,
as ln. dlnbotos, a person actually
starves and undergoes progressive and
rapid emaciation. Tho excessive use
of sugar or sweets in the dietary Is
never advisable, but a Judicious mix
ture of sugar with tho general diet
is necessary to maintain health. Any
ono who omits sugar from his diet will
loso In wolght, becomo thin and havo
no muscular strength. Sugar gives one
muscular strength. Eating calidy Is
an ngreoable form ot sugar. It should
not bo oaten at all tlmos; If taken be
tween moals It Is apt to causo Indi
gestion It la always best tb cat candy
after moals, with dessert. Growing
ered their normal appearance and
mental powers.
Uut prevention is always better than
euro nnd wo aro slowly comlnr to
understand that anything that will
causo a depletion of tho thyroid gland
will causo thyroid troubles and tholr
train of Ills. Tho chief factor In pre
vention Is simply sane living. Tho de
pleting factors nre overeating of I in
proper food, tho excessive uso of
spices, alcoholic drinks, tobacco ot
drugs; aexunl excesses, too frequent
pregnancies, worry, nnxioty or excite
ment. Normnl functioning of tho
thyroid glnnd is maintained by a nat
ural diet containing what Funk has
designated tho vitamines, tho mother
substance from which tho eland col
loids aro prepared, and by equanimity.-
WONDERS OF DUCTLESS GLANDS.
It Is well known that very often a
medlclno or other romedy, ot Itself ab
solutely without effect, produces a'
very marked improvement or perhaps
oven totally corrects all sorts ol nerv
ous and functional disorders of tho hu
man body, If only tho patient Is con
vinced beforehand that tho remedy
will be effectlvo nnd that ho will bo
"cured" thereby.
History, both nnclont and modern,
running even down to this present
dny, bears witness to many hundreds
of authentic instances of such cases,
and also it records wave after wave ot
bellof in miraclo working remedies
and practices that have from time to
tlmo swept through tho habitable globe
"curing" tho multitudes of tholr tils.
The uncultured mind has no concep
tion of tho quantitative relations ot
causo and effect, but tho disciplined
mind knows that thero must be an
adequate causo behind evory phenom
enon and -It is ever striving for a
comprclienslvo grasp on laws and
principles; and civilization consists ot
tho cumulatlvo light of such knowl
edge. It is quite generally known that a
motion of the hand, or a glance of tho
eye, will throw a certain typo of weak
and credulous patient Into a lit; and
a pill mado of bread, If taken with suf
ficient faith, will operate a cure aa
woll, or even better, than all the druga
In the pharmacopeia. Such cases are
generally assumed to bo "hysterics."
But we are beginning to understand
that thoro must bo always an adequate
causo behind such manifestations; It .
cannot be tho result of Imaginations;
It cannot bo the result of tho "super"
nntural, nnd modern physiologists and
psychologists step by stop are unravel
ing tho tangled lines and solving tho
puzzles. They aro proving these hap
penings to be neither freaks of the im
agination nor tho work of either be
nign or malignant "supernatural" pow
ers, but rather due to an Interaction,
the perfectly natural results of ade
quate" stimuli normally actlvo within
evory human body, and amenable to
personal development, and to individ
ual control, proving thereby that In a
very large measure every man makes
his own disease.
In "Van der Myo's account of the
siege of Breda, in 1G25, it is stated
that the prince of Orange cured all
his soldiers who wore dying of tho
scurvy by a philanthropic piece 'ht
quackery which ho played upon thein
with the knowledge of the physicians,
when all other means had failed: "The
garrison being afflicted with tho scur
vy, tho prince of Orange sent the phy
sicians two or three small vials con
taining a decoction of chamomile,
wormwood and camphor, telling them
to pretend that It was a medicine of
the greatest value and cxtremest rar
ity, which had been procured with
very much danger and difficulty from
tho East, and so strong, that two or
three drops would Impart a healing
virtue to a gallon of water. Tho sol
diers had faith in their commander;
they took the medlclno with cheerful
faces and grew well rapidly."
Obviously these sturdy Netherland
er campaigners of that day, possessed
of the stamina necessary to enable
them to defy and withstand tho at
tacks of tho most powerful and brutal
of monarchs, could not Justly bo
classed as weaklings, neurasthenics or
hysterics.
Few minds possess talent for ab
stract thinking, but such ability is not
necessary because all minds aro capa
ble of acquiring knowiedgo If only
they remain open and aro willing to
bo shown. Everybody can soo an ob
ject when it Is placed beforo him and
all can observe objects In relation
If they will and our scientists aro
slowly and systematically working out
and placing beforo us tho solution to
our troubles for all such as have tho
wisdom to nccept nnd profit thereby.
Fundamentally these 111b ot ours aro
proving to bo functional, not organic,
in origin, and they are very largely
duo to bad habits ot mind, as careful
investigation and thought will clearly
show. They rest In tho relationship
between tho primitive coordinating
plan and power of our bodies as now
manifested through the action of our
ductless glands and that of our later
acquired brain power which wo have
not yet learned tb uso only becauso wo.
aro not properly trained how to uso It.
children need sweet foods nnd candy
to help build up their muscular
strength. Tho child's longing for cako
and candy is in reality a systematic
demand for food to give It strength.
Lot tho children have candy at meals,
never between meals. Eating too much
of tho sweet things, particularly be
tween meals, causes fermentation in
tho dlgestlvo tract, and sometimes a
serious illness may result. Sugar Is
an antiseptic. Burning sugar on a
shovel will destroy unpleasant odors
For hoarseness and weak voice thero
is nothing moro comforting than some
thing sweet slowly dissolved in the
mouth.
Habits of the Crocodile.
Although tho crocodile does not pos
sess lungs ot oxtraordlnary size, it -m
can remain beneath wator for any '
longth of time. It has tho powar of
hibernating as woll. In many parts
ot India those creatures are buried,
during tho hot season, bonontli the
drlod-up mud nt the bottom of tho
lakes. Tho mud hardons abovo thorn
and thoy stay thus burled In a torpid
'into for long periods.
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