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CHAPTER XXIII Continued.
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Mrs. Romllly finished her wholesalo
order and wheczod out llko n grnnd
old automobile of an early model.
When they were alono the partners
gazed at Daphne's list and then at
each other.
"What on earth made you take It?"
Mrs. Chlvvls exclaimed. "You know
we can't fill It."
"We're going to fill It."
"But how?"
"Darned if I know, but Well, we'll
have to get a lot of sewing-women In
and sit up nights."
"But the material. We can't buy
those things on credit."
"Then I'll borrow cash and pay for
It."
"Borrow where? You snld you
wouldn't trouble .your brother."
"I'm not responsible for what I hnvc
nld or may say. Besides, I don't mind
going to Bayard, now thnt I can go
with success. I'll call on him In n
business way and offer him Interest
And all that. I guess Mrs. Romllly's
name Is good enough collntcrnl."
All unconscious of Daphne's affairs,
Tlnyard was approaching his office
Mrs. Romllly Finished Her Wholesale
Order and Came Wheezing Out Like
a Grand Old Automobile of an Early
Model.
with the brisk manner of a triumphnnt
capitalist. But that was bluff for out
wnrd effect. He was actually dizzy
with loss of bearings and control.
Bnyard had carried heavier burdens
than Clay, and under tho sting of
Leila's whip had taken greater risks
for higher prizes. The crash in tho
street had found him so extended that
he could not recover without addition
al help. . That very morning one of
his brokers had called on him for a re
newal of margins. He had to have
Ave thousand dollars or he would lose
fifty.
Rebuffed from every door, Bayard
had gone to WethercU's office a mys
terious sort of place surrounded by
guards and secret service men to
Avnrd off tho menace of spies, real and
Imaginary.
Bayard had unusual difficulty In
passing the lines. Tho reason he soon
heard. A new man was In chnrgo In
"WethercU's place, a retired British of
ficer whose natural and affected gruff
ness was aggravated by the unpleas
ant nature of his tasks. IIo had only
one eye.
Ho mado Bayard describe who and
what ho was and whnt ho wanted.
Only Bayard's desperation-gave him
strength to ask this old Cyclops for,
an advance on new contracts.
Bayard went awny In a stupor. lie
had Intelligence enough to feel thnt he
ould less safely attack Wctherell
now than before. lie would seem to
be Implicated In the fellow's malfeas
ance. He would only advertise to his
creditors that his vaunted contracts
were worthless. Business men will en
dure much to escape such publication
of their wrongs.
Bayard kept his head high till ho
reached his own office. Then he fell
Into his chair and propped his elbows
on his desk und gripped his hot brows
In his hands as If ho were holding his
kull together. It Is the business mini's
attitude of prayer.
II was thus that Daphne found him
when she opened tho door nurrowly
and clned it behind her as softly as
La Tosca. She was beaming with af
fection and Importance, and when at
her mischievous "Ahem I" Bayard
looked up she was so pretty that ho
forgot himself long enougii to smllo
end rush forward to embrace her.
Kite was wondering how to state her
errand when me telephone rang. It
startled Bayard strangely. IIo caught
It to hi lips a.-t a toper lifts a glass.
Ffe pri'HH'd the 'rot'lvcr to his ear and
evidently recognized tho volco that
unlit ,'! Mlii" from somewhere.
Hi' annwered In monosyllables of
tie leiMt. Importance, but Dnpliue
heunl i:'o'nit lu tuem.
atwiiiiiiiiMMtinmniiaiMUmiionnuf
Bayard hung up the receiver, pushed
the telephono nway ns a bitter cup,
and laughed sheepishly.
"Great convenience, tho telephone!
Just learned that I'vo dropped more
money than I ever hoped to have. 'For
wnnt of a nail the shoo was lost.' Oh
well, It saves me from spending It
foolishly. But If I'd had five thousand
dollars My Godt if I'd had five
thousand dollars."
Daphne could think of nothing more
helpful to say than a casual, "How's
Leila?"
"Don't ask me I" Bayard smiled.
"Tell me. What can I do for you,
honey, before I go to take some nasty
medicine from the president."
"Nothing dear. I hnd to come down
town on nn errand, so I thought I'd
run In and say '110110.'"
"Well, hollo !"
IIo kissed her and patted her hack
with doleful tenderness and she went
out of his office Into tho elevntor. Its
Iron-barred door and Its clanking
chnlns gave It n congenlnl prison feel
ing, and the bottomless pit It dropped
Into seemed even more appropriate.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Daphne wanted to run away from
her thoughts and sho walked for a
mllo or two up tho deep ravine of
Broadway. Sho dared not go back to
Mrs. Chlvvls Just yet with her bad
news. She thought of asking Clay for
a loan. Sho swept tho appalling Idea
from her brain with a puff of derision.
Besides, he wns out of town, Bayard
had said. Sho thought of asking Tom
Dunne for It. She tried to blow that
Idea from her mind, but It kept drift
ing bnck like n bit of stubborn thistle
down. She could not outwalk It.
At length sho grew so desperate
that sho stopped nt a telephone booth
and brnzeniy called up Duaue's num
ber. He chanced to be at home. When
he heard her voice he cried :
"Oh Lord, It's good to hear you.
Sing again, sing again, nightingale I"
"I'm no nightingale. I'm a business
woman, offering you an Investment."
Sho told him tho whole story. Tho
name of Mrs. Romllly mado him whis
tle. "Old Gorgon Zola," ho called her,
and added, "You're a made woman."
"But the clothes aren't made, and I
can't make 'em till I get some money.
Would you could you advance mo a
little on tho most excellent security?"
"ITow much do you want? Where
shall I bring it?"
"Mnll two cr five hundred dollars
to tho shop, will you? And I can never
thank you enough."
"Hush. It's me thnt thanks you.
Don't you want more?"
"No, thnnks."
"It will bo thero In tho early mnll
and I may call round later to put a
mortgngo or something on tho plnce."
"Good-by," she chuckled, nnd hung
up tho receiver. Sho wns crying soft
ly as she stole from tho blessed booth,
nnd she looked less like a successful
business woman than ever.
Something mado her think of Wcth
erell. She stopped off nt Bayard's
floor and rang tho bell. Leila's new
butler admitted her with pomp. Daph
ne walked past hi in Into the drawing
room. Leila and Wctherell were
standing thero In heavy coats. They
seemed to be a little shocked at seeing
Dnphne. She wns horribly hurt at
seeing them, but she chirruped:
"Just come In?"
"Just going out," Leila answered,
kissing Daplino nervously.
"Where?" Daplino asked, with in
trepidity, as sho shook hands with
Wetherell a prize-fighter's prelimi
nary handshake it was.
"Oil er Just motoring about a
bit."
"Thanks I'd love It," Daplino dared
to say, almost as much nmnzed as
they were at hearing her accept tho
Invitation that had not been given.
She wns qulfe shameless from their
point of view, but she felt that It
would be unpardonable to let her
brother's wlfo go unrebuked or at
least unaided and unchnperoncd on n
cruise so perilous to reputntlon If not
to chnracter.
Whiio she was at the miserable
business sho decided to ninke u good
Job of it. When they went down to
the car she squeezed In between Leila
and Wetherell. Leila blanched with
Jealousy and cold rage.
They dined at Long Beacli and
watched tho dancers, In sullen mood.
Wctherell ordered much champagne
nnd would not listen to Leila's pleas
that he let it alone. He frightened her
a llttlo by his reckless mood, and
Dnphne began to dread the Journey
home In the dark with chninpagnrd
hands on the steering wheel.
After Daphne and he had executed a
funeral dance Leiln was emboldened
to step out with him. They talked
very enrnestly and ho seemed to hor
rify her by what ho said to her.
Daplino could not lmagiao whnt It
was. Bayard had not told her of Weth
ereil's downfall from power,
Wetherell confessed his disgrace to
Leila In tho dance, and Leila was sick
ened with the sordld outcome of Iter
romnnce. She hud played with lire
and got soot on her bands. She quit
the dunce and asked to bo taken home.
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Ooprrlihl bf Ilanr A llrothon
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Wctherell felt thnt she had turned
against him nnd he reached for the
last of the wine to illug it down his
throat. Leila grimly took It from his
fingers nnd emptied It in the Ico
bucket.
"Chauffeurs nnd chnmpngne nre n
bad combination," she laughed, but
there was a sneer on her lips.
"Oh, very well I" Wetherell sneered
In turn. He paid for the dinner nnd
tipped tho waiter with the lnvlshness
of n bankrupt. IIo tipped lavishly the
innn who guarded his car, and swung
out Into the road with nn Instant
speed that would have been prettier
If thero had been less danger.
Daphne nnd Leiln were good sports,
but they were not merry. Wctherell
furnished nil tho merriment, nnd his
wns from wine nnd despair. It was
the wine that brought out tho truth.
Ho had to tell Daplino whnt he hnd
told Leila, of his misfortune with his
bally old government.
IIo asked Daphne to explain to Bny
ard how sorry he was that ho was In
volved In the crnsli.
"Your broth' Bnynrd's nw'fly nice
fel Miss Skip. He's got nicest HT
wife In worl'. Pcrf'ly good 111 girl.
Straight as n string straight as they
mnko 'cm. No nonsenso about HT
Lell'. I Just love her perf'ly lion
or'ble love. I'd do anything In worl'
for Lell' or UT Miss Daffy or ol'
broth' Bay'd. Tell him 'at, will you,
like a goo' HT girl? Tell Bay' 'nt,
wlll-11?"
Daphne grew furious. Sho felt now
that she lmd Justified her presence
here. She held Leila fast lu her em
brace nnd commanded Wetherell.
"Slow down nt once I Do you henr?
Slow down this .carl"
Wetherell laughed : "Bless HT heart.
I'm goln' take you home. You're quite
shnfo with me quite. Mnn that's
born to be bunged never drown or get
nutomoklllcd that's good word au
tomoklllcil eh, whnt?"
They whipped round n somber Jut In
the rond, and his searchlight painted
Instantly In white outlines against tho
black world a wagonload of sleepy
children returning from some vlllngo
church affair. They were singing,
drowsily, "Merrlleo wo ro-la-long-ro-la-long."
Daphne nnd Leila seemed to dlo nt
once.
AVetherell groaned, "Oh, my God,
tho 11T chil'reu 1"
Thero was nothing for Wctherell to
do but whnt ho did. Ho spun his wheel
and drovo his thunderbolt Into nn
open concroto culvert. Thero wns a
furious racket. Tho car turned a
somersault and crumpled in a shud
dering mass.
AVetherell, pinioned under tho wheel,
was knocked this wny and thnt nnd
his beautiful head cracked on tho con
crete like a china doll's.
Leila was snntched from tho car as
If invlslblo hands had caught her ex
quisite body for u lash to flog a tele-
Wetherell Furnished All the Merri
ment and His Was From Wine and
Despair.
phone pole with, then threw her Into
a ditch. Daplino was Hung and bat
tered ami thrust under tho car when
It turned over. And then tho gnsollno
spilled from the shnttercd tank und
caught fire.
CHAPTER XXV.
Underneath tho machine lay tho
relics of Wetherell, who would suffer
no more here. Closo by wns Dnphne
Kip, whom n brief unconsciousness
gave n short furlough from torture.
Sho wns not allvo enough to lie nfrald
of the long, lean flumes about the
gasoline tank, though they kept
springing nt her like wolfhounds held
In n weakening leash. They hud not
yet quite readied her, but they missed
Iter less und less.
A small distance off, Leiln lay still,
In almost her first ungraceful attitude,
bllvlous for a fw moments of the
Cv. -.
outrages the blind forces of momen
tum had wreaked on her with the fury
of a Hill Slkes trying to bent woman
to death.
The chauffeurs and passengers of
cars that drew up In lengthening
queues ran to the scene of WethercU's
d'snstor.
At first they could not seo Wcth
erell, but they saw Daphne and her
peril, and they set frantically to work
to drag her free. Hut sho was so
caught that they could not release her
until they should remove the car. They
pulled and henved, but It wns Jammed
Into the culvert and tho ditch so tight
that' they could not budge It, though
they took risk enough nnd suffered
blistered hands and charred clothes.
At Inst one chauffeur fastened n
chain to the rear axle of WethercU's
car und to tho front nxlo of his, and,
by nltcrnnle backing nnd swerving,
dragged and hoisted Wcthorcll's enr
upward and rearward while other men
snatched Dnphne from beneath and
away from tho llnmcs Just ns they
were nibbling nt her skirts.
At tho same time they disclosed tho
body of Wetherell nnd with huge dif
ficulty fetched it forth. Still others
found Leila In a heap, a toy with
broken joints.
The last thing Daplino had known
wns tho .sensation of being shaken to
dentil, a helpless mouse lu n terrier's
mouth. Tho next sho knew wns that
she was seated on tho edge of u ditch
und leaning against the shoulder of a
kneeling woman In evening dress.
A number of shadowy men nnd
women wavered against the scaring
glaro of tho gasoline.
They arrived at last at a hospital.
Daphne was lifted out nnd delivered
Into tho possession of two curt young
internes. She wns stretched on n lit
ter, cnrrled feet foremost Into nn ele
vator, down a corridor to a room, nnd
rolled out on n bed. Two nurses pro
ceeded to undress her nnd bnthe her.
Then nn older doctor enme in nnd cx
nmined her Injuries. Sho blazed with
shame, one complete blush; but to
him she was hnrdly more than n car
brought to a garage. He nodded cheer
fully nnd snld:
"Not a bono broken, young lndy,
nnd no Internnl derangements thnt I
can discover. A few burns, that's all,
and a big shock."
"Is Leila hurt much?" Dnphne
mumbled. i
"She Is hurt a trifle worse than you.
But she'll como round nil right."
"I don't believe you I" snld Daphne,
and sighed, "Poor Bayard I"
"Who Is Bayard?"
"My brother her husband."
"Ah, the young man who was Tho
other young man was not your hus
band, then?"
Dnphne shook her head. "IIo Is no
relation a friend."
"Perhaps we'd better notify Bnyard.
What's his last name? Hus ho n tele
phone?"
Daphne muttered his name nnd num
ber. Then her head was lifted, n enp-
stile placed In her mouth, und u glass
of wuter held to her lips. When sho
wns restored to her pillow n sedative
was within her to subdue the riot of
her thoughts.
She wondered what Dunne would
think of her now. She remembered
tho money sho hnd asked him to lend
her. It would bo In tho morning's
mnll. But she would not bo there to
open It. Mrs. Chlvvls might not dare
to.
All her acquaintance Dcgan to march
past Daphne's brain In revlow.
Thoughts nnd hnlf-thoughts nnd whim
sies danced through her mind In n car
nival of stupor and frenzy, whllo to
tho eyes of tho nurses she lay still and
slept.
In nnother room Leiln wns shriek
ing nnd fighting, whimpering nnd
moaning; a torn gazelle under the
claws nnd fangs of tigerish pain. Ab
ruptly there caiuo n lethal silence nlso
from her. They hud succeeded in
drugging her nt lust.
When Daplino hnd left Bnyard In
the afternoon sho hnd found thnt ho
was depressed, but not how deeply.
Sho supposed thnt his money loss wns
only u fnlluro of expected profits, or
tho mislinp of nn Investment. She
did not dream thut ho was crippled
financially.
Bayard was so forlorn, so profound
ly nshamed of Ills bad guesswork,
that ho could not hour to show his
faco nt any of his clubs that night.
He had boasted thero too often of
having bought heavily of the stock. IIo
had persuaded too many of his friends
to Invest In It;
So ho went where busy men go
when other places aro closed to them.
He went home. When ho reached his
apartment he found thut Leila had
given tho servants n night out.
Leila had left no word of her own
plans. After a forlorn delay Buyurd
culled for Daphne. She was gone, too,
with no word of her return.
At lust the telephone rang. A man's
voice spoke and explained that It
spoke from the hospital.
"Is Mr. Kip there? Is this Mr. Kip?
Mr. Bayard Kip? Your wife Is here,
nnd your sister, and your friend Weth
erell automobile accident out hero
on Long Island pretty bad smash.
Your wife's not very well better
como out ns soon us you can."
The world' reeled. Bnyard seized his
hat, played a tattoo on tho elevntor
hell, darted Into the street, yelled nt a
taxlcab with ferocity, got In, ordered
the driver to "go like hell." He kept
putting his head out to howl nt him.
At the hospital he questioned tho In
terne fiercely about Leila and Daphne,
und had evasive answers. IIo did not
usk uhout Wetherell, hut tho Interne
volunteered the news thut ho was
deud.
That made the ultimate difference.
Bayard utojocd chart lu awe, hlb for
head cold us If n clammy huud hud
been laid on It. Death was nt work.
Where would he stop?
In the chill whlto ulsle of the corri
dor his frenzy gnve place to u setiso
of hitler cold. A chill white nurso led
him past doors and doors to a room
where in n white bed lay a chill whllo
thing, it cylinder of cotton.
Leila's face was almost invlslblo In
bandages; her whole body crisscrossed
nnd swnddled. She wns an ICgyptlnn
princess mummied. For a moment hor
soul came out of the drug nt his gasp
of pity. It ran about Inside Its cocoon
trying to find a nerve to pull or n
muscle to slgunl to him outside. Tho
mere lifting of her hnnd brought front
her a moan of such woo ns canceled
all Bayard's grievances ngnlnst her.
Once Bayard's resentments nnd
Jealousies were swept rrom his mind,
his old love came hack throbbing and
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WMtMF
He Wns So Grateful, So Eager to B
Deceived That He Forgot Her Stato
and Clutched Her Hand Hard and
Kissed It In Gratitude.
leaping. Ills very soul bled nnd he
dropped to his knees, his utni thrown
across that bundle of wreckage which
had been his choice among the world's
benuties.
He was soon dragged front his com
munion with his once-more uncon
scious bride by the young doctor, who
lifted lil tit up with tho unprnctlccd
diplomacy of Internes nnd led him
aside, grumbling: "Say, what you try
ing to do? Kill her? She's weak and
her heart's fiurterlng. Cheer her up
if you can. It you can't, you can't
stny. Better not stay, unywny."
Buyurd npologl.ed cruvenly and
promised bettor behavior, nnd wns
permitted to steal hack to Leila. IIo
took her one undamaged luind; It was
as beautiful us the severed hand of it
Greek, statue, nnd as marbllsh white
und cold.
Tho Interne led him nt length out
Into tho corridor. And now Bnyard
remembered that lie hud nlso n sister,
an only sister, In this sumo tavern of
pain. Ills heart went out to her. lie
remembered, too, that they had n fa
ther und n mother to tell or deceive.
The Interne assured hint thnt
Daphne's Injuries woro slight. Sho
looked sad enough when ho peered in
nt her, though she wns far from tho
dreary estate of Leila. Sho wns
nslcep, but she wnko nt tho sound of
his step, nnd, turning her bond with
effort, ripened her eyes nnd smiled at
him feebly und whispered his nnmo,
nnd beckoned to him with ono weak
finger.
Daphne's heart itched nut to him;
she hugged him us hurt! us her wenlc
nrnis would let her. Sho scorched her
mind for comfort. She could think of
nothing so comforting Just now ns n
heurty, reinsuring He. Sho whispered:
"It's all my fnult, honey. You see,
Mr. Wctherell wns tuklng mo out for n
ride. I met Leila. She told mo you
telephoned you weren't coining homo
for dinner. She looked so lonely thnt
I asked her to come along and chnp
eron us. I'm to hlnmo for It all. Can
you ever forgive mo?"
He was so grateful, so eagor to be
deceived, that he forgot her stato nnd
clenched her hand hard and kissed It
In grafltudo for u priceless boon. Tho
nurse, returning, saw the deed and
smiled, not knowing what Joy Bayard
was tuklng In absolving Leila of sus
picion and loading himself with blame.
At such a time wo love to bow our
own heads In hliiime und cast ashes
upon our hair. The taste of ashes In
the mouth Is good nt such a time.
Daphne's firht visitor after Buyurd
wns Mrs. Chlvvls.
"Oh, my dear I" she murmured. "I
rend lu tho papers about your misfor
tune. Such u night us I hud spent 1 I
wus so afraid for you I And to think
that you were lying here In such palnl
And I might have helped you."
Daplino smiled, and they clasped
hands llko tho two splendid llttlo busU
iiess women they were.
"How's the shop?" Daplino asked.
"I haven't been there."
"It Isn't open, then?"
"No, Indeed. With you here?"
(TO IIB CONTINURD.)
Scale Reveals 8almon's Age.
A single scale from a salmon wTU
tell Its owner's ago und whether tho
fish's pickings have been slim or tho
opposite. When viewed through n nil
ctoscopo tho scale will reveal tiny
lines, which hnvc developed nt the ruto
of 10 a your. Lines crowded close
prove thut the salmon has been llvlug
high. Dues widely ttpread Indicate a
liCAat diet. ,. .
APPEAL FOR SEEDS
Chinese Authorities Ask Help of
United States.
American Forestry Association Inter,
ested In Important Work Official
Tells of Urgent Need of Refor
estation In Europe.
Flood-stricken China wants seed
from tho United States, for an uctlro
policy of reforestation hns been start
ed. With this end In view, It Is nn
lotts to start a system of seed ox
change with the United States. Re
quest for co-operation has been re
ceived by the American Forestry asso
ciation from Forsytho Sherfcsee, ad
viser In forestry of the ministry of ng
rtcultttro nnd commorce, Peking. Tlila
work Is to bo Inaugurated along tha
lino of the Peklng-Hntikow railway.
P. S. Rldsdale, secretary of tho
American Forestry association, who
has been notified by Mr. Sherfcsee oC
tho kinds of seed Chlnn has to ex;
chnngo for thoso which nre needed
there, will bo glnil to Inform anybody,
on this subject. All thoso who have
seed suitable to the northern condi
tions lu China, and who desire to help
In this great work, nro advised to
write to him.
Plans for the help which is to b
rendered to France, Belgium and Italy,
by tho American Forestry association.
In reforesting their dovastatcd areas,
nro now under wny. Secretary llttlo
dale has recently returned front Eu
rope. "No finer memorial can bo erected
by tho American people," he snld,
"than' largo tracts of forest In Kuropa
to take tho plnco of those which
helped to hold the Hun back from
Paris. Inquiries nnd offers of co-operation
nro coming In from nil over tha
country. About ono and one-half mil
lion ncres of forest in France have
been destroyed by shell fire or used
for military purposes, and practically
nil of Belgium's forests having any,
timber vnluo was cut down by the Ger
mans nnd used cither In Belgium or
sent bnck to Germany, while fully -150,-000
ncres of Great Britain's forests
one-hulf of her total forest area went
for wnr work."
Exploration Tower.
At Tnllaferro field, Texas, Inst sum
mer huninn credulity registered up to
the nth degree. A tall wooden skeleton
wns being erected near tho flying field
for eventual ttso as an observation
tower. Construction wns delayed for
several months, and In that time tho
nvlators spent many Idlo moments ex
plaining the tower.
"Ono of the victims, whose luibltat
was nearer tho cactus than tho cities,
startled the local newspaper office ono
morning with this story:
"Say, I'vo Just found out for suro
whnt that tower they'ro building out
nt tho field Is for, You know them
llyer fellows that went out In two ulr
plnncs nbout three weeks ago and
uover cnnio bnck? Well, they're up
there 10,000 feet up; tiey rati out of
gasoline nnd couldn't get back. They'ro
starving to death and the other boys
nro building thnt tower to climb up nnd
get 'cm down. I got this straight,
right from ono of tho aviators out at
the field, so I know It's true." Chris
tian Herald.
Chloroform Administered by Tube.
A now method of ndmlnlstorlng chlo
roform, brought out In Franco by Doc
tor Gulsez, Is described In Scientific
American. Tho doctor no longer ap
plies the drug by tho usual compress
or musk pluced over the mouth, but
Introduces tho chloroform vnpor direct
ly Into the lungs through n tube running
Into tho windpipe. Tho tuho method
has already been employed In several
hundred cases, and with great success.
Besides being very useful for opera
tions to he performed on the head und
neck, It Is of great Interest becauso It
never produces nausea. .
Tho effects of the now method will
servo to explain the reason why chlo
roform operations nlwuys produced
nutisea when operating by tho fonnor
method, for It nppeurs evident that tho
iiatiseu was caused by n part of tho
chloroform vapors being absorbed by,
tho esophagus and the stomach.
Flying In England.
Tho big Hngllsh dallies now publish
as part of their regular weather re
port a chart showing tho direction and
velocity of tho wind at 1,000, 2,000,
.'1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 feet In tho most
Important centers. Passenger air
planes are being built to curry it pilot
und two piissengers, Tho body of tho
machine is nil inclosed saloon-cnblu
with windows, built llko a llmouslno
motorcar. When tho windows aro
closed there Is no more noise thnn
there would be In an express train.
There are well-padded leather seats,
electric lighting and heating and a
tablo for the use of tho two passengers
as they sit facing each other. And
thero Is a special cabin for baggage.
Tho machines aro expected to mnko
1525 miles nn hour. Toronto Telegram.
Swords for War Notables.
A number' of famous British war
commnnders are soon to be presented
by tbu city of London with swords of
honor nnd tho freedom of the city.
Tho commanders to be thus honored
are Admiral Jelllcoe, Admlr.il Beatty,
Field MnrMial French. Field Marshal
Hnlg nnd General Allenby. Th
swords, designed nnd fashioned by th
Goldsmiths und Silversmiths compaay
of Loudon, nre In 13-karttt cold, richly
jeweled and ornmneatvd la eautl
and tvllrf work.
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