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Synopsis. In December, 191S, four
men gather In a hotel In Berne and
hear one of the quartet outline a
plan to paralyze Great Britain an'J
at the same time seize world power.
The other three, Hocking, Ameri
can, and Stclneman and Von Oratz,
Germans, all millionaires, agree to
the scheme, providing another man,
Hiram Potts, on American, is taken
in. The instigator of the plot gives
his name as Comto do Guy, but
when he leaves far England with
his daughter ho decides to use the
name Carl Peterson. CapL Hugh
(Bull-Dog) Drummond, a retired
officer, advertises, for work that
will give him excitement, signing
"X10." As a result he meets Phyl
lis Benton, a young woman who
answered his ad. She tells him of
strance murders and robberies of
which she suspects a band headed
by Peterson and Henry Laklngton.
Drummond decides to go to The
Larches, Miss Benton's homo. Po
terson and Laklngton stop his car
and look him over.
CHAPTER II Continued.
"He's so motionless," nnswered
Hugh. "The bnlly fellow hasn't
moved a nmsele since I've been here.
I believe he'd sit on a hornet's nest,
and leave the Inmates guessing. Great
gift, Mr. Laklngton. Shows a strength
of will but rarely mot with a mind
which rises above mere vulgar cu
riosity." "It Is undoubtedly a great gift to
have such a mind, Captain Drum
mond," said Laklngton. "And If It
Isn't born In a man, he should most
certainly try to cultivate It. Shall
wo be seeing you this evening?"
' Drummond shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm the vaguest man that ever lived,"
he said lightly. "I might be listen
ing to nightingales In the country;
or I might be consuming steak and
onions preparatory to going to a night
club. So long. . . . Hope you don't
break down again so suddenly."
He watched the Rolls-Royce start,
but seemed In no hurry to follow suit.
And his many friends, who were wont
to regard Hugh Drummond as n mass
of brawn not, too plentifully supplied
with bralas, would have been puz
zled hnd they seen the look of keen
concentration on his face, as he stared
along the wjdte dusty road. He could
not say why, but suddenly and very
certainly the conviction hnd come to
lilm that tills was no hoax and no
leg-pull but grim ano sober reality.
In his imagination he heard the sud
den sharp order to stop the Instant
they were over the hill, so that Peter
son might have a chance of Inspect
ing him; In n flash of Intuition he
knew thnt these two men were no
ordinary people, and that he was sus
pect. Two thoughts were dominant
In his mind. The first was that there
was some mystery about the motion
less, unnntural man who had sat be
side the driver; the second was a dis
tinct fooling of relief that his auto
matic was fully loaded.
THREE.
At half-past five he stopped In front
of Godalmlng postoillee. To his sur
prise the girl handed UJm a wire, and
Hugh tore the yellow envelope open
quickly. U was from Denny, and It
ws brief and to the point:
"Phone message received. AAA.
Must see you Carlton tea duy after
tomorrow. Goliifi- Godalmlng now.
AAA. Message ends."
With a slight smile he noticed the
military phraseology Denny at one
time In his career had been a signaler
and then he frowned. "Must see
you." She should ut once.
He turned to the girl and Inquired
the way to The Larches. It was
about two miles ho gathered, on the
Guildford road, and Impossible to
miss. A biggish house standing well
back In Its own grounds.
"Is It anywhere near a house called
The Kims?" he asked.
"Next door, sir," said the girl. "The
gardens adjoin."
Ho thanked her, and having torn
up the telegram Into small pieces, he
got Into his car. There was nothing
. for It, he hod decided, but to drive
boldly up to the house, and say that
he had come to call on Miss Ronton.
He had never been a man who heat
about the bush, and simple methods
appealed to him a trait In his char
acter which many a boxer, addicted
to tortuous cunning In the ring, had
good cause to remember. What more
natural, he reflected, than to drive
over and see such nn old friend?
ne had no difficulty In finding the
house, and a few minutes Inter he
was ringing the front-door hell It
was answered by a maidservant.
"Is Miss Ronton In?" nugh asked
with a smile which at onco won the
glri's heart.
"She has only Just come back from
London, sir," she answered doubtfully.
"I don't know whether . . ."
"Would you tell her that Cnptaln
Dniimuonit called?" mild HuP'U n the
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mnld hesitated. "That I happened to
find myself near here, and came on
chance of seeing her?"
Once again the smtlo was called
Into play, and the girl hesitated no
longer. "Will you come Inside, sir?"
she said. "I will go and tell Miss
Phyllis."
She ushered him Into tho drawing-room
and closed tho door. It
was a charming room, Just such as he
would have expected with Phyllis. Rig
windows, opening down to tho ground,
led out on to a lawn, which was al
ready a blaze of color. A few great
oak trees threw a pleasant shado at
the end of the garden, and partially
showing through them, ho could" see
nnother house which ho rightly as
sumed was The Elms. In fact, even
ns he heard tho door open and shut
behind him, he saw Peterson come out
of n small summer-house and com
mence strolling up and down, smok
ing a cigar. Then he turned round
and faced the girl.
Charming as she had looked In Lon
don, she wns doubly so now, In a sim
ple linen frock which showed off her
figure to perfection. But If he thought
he was going to have any leisure to
enjoy the picture undisturbed, he was
soon disillusioned.
"Why have you come here, Cap
tain Dfummond?" she said, a little
breathlessly. "I said the Carltou
tho duV after tomorrow."
"Unfortunately," said Hugh, "I'd
left London before thnt message came.
My servant wired It on to the post
oillee here. Not that It would have
made any difference. I should have
come, nnyway."
An Involuntary smile hovered round
her lips for a moment; then she grew
serious again. "It's very dangerous for
you to come Jiere," she remarked
quietly. "If once those men suspect
anything, God knows what will hap
pen." It was on tho tip of his tongue to
tell her that it wns too late to worry
about that; then he changed his mind.
"And what Is there suspicious," he
asked, "In an old friend who happens
to be In tho neighborhood dropping In
to call? Wherefore your telephone
message? What's the worry?"
She bit her lip and drummed with
her lingers on the arm of the chair.
"If I tell you," she said at length,
"will you promise me, on your word
of honor, that you won't go blunder
ing into The Elms, or do anything
foolish like that?"
"At the present' moment I'm very
coinfortnble where I am, thanks," re
marked Hugh.
"I know," she said; "hut I'm so
dreadfully nfrqld that you're the type
of person who . . . who . . ."
She paused, at a loss for a word.
"Who bellows like a bull, and
charges head down," Interrupted
Hugh with a grin. She laughed with
him, and Just for a moment their eyes
"It's Very Dangerous for You to Come
Here," She Remarked Quietly.
met. and she rend In his something
quite foreign to tho point nt Issue.
In fact, It Is to bo feared that the
question of Laklngton and his com
panions wns not engrossing prum
mond's mind, as It doubtless should
have been, to the exclusion of all
else.
"They're so utterly unscrupulous,"
she continued hurriedly, "so fiendishly
clever, ttint even you would be u child
In their hands."
Hugh endenvored to dissemble hU
pleasure at that little word "even"
and only iKToeded In frowning horribly.
"I will be discretion Itself," ho as
sured her firmly.
"I supposo I shall have to trust
you," sho said. "Havo you seen tho
evening papers today?"
"I looked nt the ones that como out
In tho morning labeled six p, m. ; be
fore I had lunch," he answered. "Is
there anything of Interest?"
Sho handed him a copy of the
Planet. "Read thnt Httlo paragraph
In tho second column." Sho pointed
to it, as ho took tho paper, and Hugh
read It nloud.
"Mr. Hlratn O. Potts the celebrat
ed American millionaire Is progress
ing favorably. Ho has gone Into the
country for n few days, but Is suf
ficiently recovered to conduct business
ns usual." He laid down tho paper
nnd looked at tho girl sitting opposite.
"One Is pleased," ho remarked In n
puzzled tone, "for tho sake of Mr.
Potts. To bo 111 nnd have n nnmo
like that Is moro than most men
could stand. . . . But I dou't quite
see . . ."
"That man wns stopping nt tho
Carlton, where ho met Laklngton,"
said tho girl. "Ho Is n multl-mll-llonalre,
over hero In connection with
some big steel trust; nnd when multi
millionaires got friendly with Laklng
ton, their hculth frequently docs suf
fer." "Rut tills paper says he's getting
better," objected Drummond. "'Suf
ficiently recovered to conduct business
ns usual.'"
"If ho Is sufficiently recovered to
conduct business its usual, why did ho
send his confidential secretary away
yesterday morning on nn urgent mis
sion to Belfast?"
"Search mo," said nugh. "Inci
dentally, how do you know he did?"
"I asked, nt Uio Carlton this morn
ing," sho answered. "I said I'd como
nftcr n Job as typist for Mr. Potts.
They told mo at tho Inquiry ofllco that
he was 111 In bed nnd unnblo to seo
anybody. So I nsked for his secre
tary, nnd they told me what I've Just
told you thnt ho hnd loft for Belfast
that morning and would be away sev
eral days. It may be that there's
nothing In It; on the other hand, It
mny be that there's a lot. And It's
only by following up every possible
clue," she continued fiercely, "that I
can hope to bent those fiends nnd get
daddy out of their clutches."
Drummond nodded gravely, and did
not speak. For Into his mind had
flashed suddenly the remembrance of
that sinister, motionless figure seated
by the chauffeur. The wildest guess
work certainly no vestige of proof
nnd yet, hnvlng once come, the
thought stuck. And ns he turned It
over In his mind, almost prcpnred to
laugh at himself for his credulity
millionaires are not removed against
their will, In broad daylight, from one
of the biggest hotels In London, to sit
In Immovable silence In an open car
the door opened and nn elderly man
came In.
Hugh rose, and the girl Introduced
the two men. "An old friend, dnddy,"
sho said. "You must have heard me
speak of Captain Drummond."
"I don't recall tho name nt the mo
ment, my denr," he answered courte
ously a fact which was hardly sur
prising "but I fear I'm getting a llttlo
forgetful. You'll stop and hnve some
dinner, of course."
Hugh bowed. "I should like to, Mr.
Benton. Thnnk you very much. I'm
afraid the hour of my call was a Httlo
Informal, but being round in these
parts, I felt I must come nnd look
Miss Ronton up."
Ills host smiled nbscufmlndcdly,
nnd walking to the window, stared
through the gathering dusk nt the
house opposite, half hidden in tho
trees. And Hugh, who was watching
him from under lowered lids, saw him
suddenly clench both hands In n ges
ture of despair.
It cannot be said thnt dinner was
a meal of sparkling gaiety. Mr. Ren
ton wns palpably ill at ease, und be
yond n few desultory remarks spoke
hardly at all ; while the girl, who sat
opposite Hugh, though she made one
or two valiant attempts to break the
long silences, spent most of the meal
In covertly watching her father. If
anything more hnd been required to
convince Drummond of tho genuine
ness of his Interview with her at the
Carlton the preceding day, the atmos
phere at this strnlncd and silent party
supplied It.
As If unconscious of anything pecu
liar he rumbled on In his usual in
consistent method, heedless of wheth
er he was answered or not; but nil
the time his mind was busily working.
He had already decided that a Rolls
Royce was not the only enr on the
market which could break down mys
teriously, and with the town so far
nway, his host could hardly fall to
ask him to stop the night. And then
he had not yet quite settlod h
he proposed to have a closer look at
Tho Elms.
At length the meal was over, and
the mnld. placing- the decanter In
front of Mr. Ronton, withdrew from
the room.
"You'll have a glass of port, diptnln
Druminond?" remarked his host, re
moving the stopper, and pushing tho
ltottle toward him. "An old pro war
wine which I can vouch for."
Hugh smiled, and oven ns ho lifted
the heavy old cut glass, he stiffened
suddenly In IiIb chair. A cry half
shout, hnlf scream, and stilled at
once had come. echoing through thu
open windows. With n crash the
stopper fell from Mr. Renton's nerve
less fingers, breaking the finger-bowl
In front of him, while every vcstlgo
of color left his face.
"It's something these days to bo
able to sny that," remarked Hugh,
pouring out himself a glass. "Wine,
Miss Ronton?" He looked at the girl,
who wus xtnrlng fearfully out of the
window, nnd forced hot to meet his
eye "It will do you good."
His tone wns compelling, nnd nftcr
n moment's hosltutlon, she pushed
the glass over to him. "Will you pour
It out?" she said, and he saw thnt sho
was trembling nil over.
"Did you did you hear anything?"
With a vain endeavor to speak calmly,
his host looked at Hugh.
"Thnt night-bird?" ho nnsworcd
easily. "Eerie noises they maTjo, don't
they? Sometimes In France, when
everything was still, nnd only the
ghostly green flnrcs went hissing up,
one used to henr 'cm, Stnrtled nerv
ous sentries out of their. lives." Ho
talked on, nnd grndunlly the color
came bnck to the other man's face.
Rut Hugh noticed that ho drained his
port nt n gulp, nnd Immediately re
filled his glass. . . .
Outsldo everything wns still; no
repetition of that short, strangled cry
ngaln disturbed the silence. With
tho training bred of ninny hours In
No Man's Land, Druminond was lis
tening, even while ho was speaking,
for tho fnlntest suspicious sound but
ho heard nothing. The soft whisper-
With a Crash the Stopper Fell From
Mr. Benton's Nerveless Fingers,
Breaking the Flnger-Bowl In Front
of Him, While Every Vestige of Color
Left His Face.
Ing night-noises camo gently through
tho window; but the man who had
screnmed once did not even whimper
'ngaln. He remembered hearing n
similar cry near the brlck-stuclfs at
Gulnchy, and two nights later ho had
found the giver of It, itt tho edge
of a mine-crater, with glazed eyes that
still held In them the horror of the
final second. And more persistently
than ever, his thoughts centered on
tho fifth occupant of the Rolls
Royce. It wns with nlmost n look of relief
that Mr. Ronton listened to his tale of
woe 'about his car.
"Of course you must stop hero for
the night," he cried. "Phyllis, my
dear, will you tell them to get a
room rendy?"
With an Inscrutable look at Hugh,
In which thankfulness nnd apprehen
sion seemed mingled, the girl left the
room. There wns nn unnutural glit
ter in her father's eyes a flush on his
checks hardly to bo accounted for by
the warmth of tho evening; and
It struck Drummond that during the
time he had been pretending to look
at his car, Mr. Ronton had been forti
fying himself. It was obvious, even
to the soldier's unprofessional eye,
that tho man's nerves had gone to
pieces, his daughter's worst forebod
ing, wore likely to bo fulfilled. He
talked disjointed)' and fast; his
hands were not steady, und he seemed
to bo always waiting for something
to hnpjvcn.
Hugh had not been In the room ten
minutes before his host produced tho
whisky, and during the time that he
took to drink a mild nightcap, Mr.
Ronton succeeded In lowering three
extremely strong ghfsses of spirit.
And what made it tho more sad was
that the man was obviously not n
heavy drinker by preference.
At eleven No'clock Hugh rose and
said good night.
"You'll ring If you want nnythlng,
won't you?" said his host. "We don't
have very many visitors here, but I
hope you'll find everything you re
quire. Breakfast nt nine"
Drummond closed tho door behind
him, and stood for a moment In
silence, looking round the hall. It
was deserted, hut he wanted to got
the geography of tho house llrmly Im
printed on his mind. Ho stopped
across toward the drawing-room, jn
side, as he hoped, he found tho girl.
Sho ro.se the" Instant he en mo In,
and stood by tho mantelpiece with her
hands locked.
"What was It?" sho half whispered
"that awful noise at dinner?"
He looked at her gravely for a
while, and then he shook his head.
".Shall we leave It as a night-bird for
the piesont?" he said quietly. Then
ho leanod toward her, and took her
hands In his own. "Go to bed, llttlo
girl," in- ordered; "this Is my show.
And, may I soy, I think you're Just
wonderful. Thank God you saw my
advertisement!"
Gently ho released her hands, nnd
walking to the door, held It open for
her, "if by uuy chance you should
henr things In the night turn over
nnd eo to sleep ngaln."
"Rut whnt nro you going to do?"
she cried. i
Hugh grinned. "I hnven't the re
motest Idea," ho nnswered. "Doubt
less the Lord will provide." t
The Instant tho girl had left tho
room Hugh switched off the lights, and
stepped ncross to tho curtains which
covered tho long windows. Ho pulled
them Inside, letting Ahem como to
gether behind him; then, cnutlously,
ho unbolted ono side of tho big cen
ter window. Silently ho dodged ncross
the lawn townrd tho big trees nt
the end, nnd leaning up against ono
of them, ho proceeded to mnko n more
detailed survey of his objective, The
Elms. It wns the same typo of houso
as the ono he had Just left, nnd the
grounds seemed about tho same size.
A wire fence separated the two places,
and In the darkness Hugh could Just
make out a small wicket-gate, clos
ing a .path which connected both
houses, lie tried It, and found to his
satisfaction thnt It opened silently.
Save for one room on tho ground
floor the houso was In darkness, und
Hugh determined to have ,u look nt
thnt room. There wns a chink In the
curtnlns, through which the light was
streaming out, which struck him na
having possibilities.
Keeping under cover, ho edged
toward It, nnd, nt length, he got Into
n position fronj which ho could see
Inside. And whnt ho enw mndo him
decide to chnnco It, nnd go oven closer.
Sented nt tho tnblo wns a mnn ho
did not recognlzo; while on either
sldo of him sat Lnklngton nnd Peter
son. Lying on n sofn smoking a
clgnretto nnd rending n novel was n
tall dark girl, who seemed completely
uninterested In the proceedings of
the other three. Hugh placed hot
at once ns the doubtful daughter Irmn.
und resumed his wntch on the group
at the table.
A paper was In front of tho mnni
nnd Peterson, who was smoking n
large cigar, was apparently suggest
ing that ho should mnkc use of thd
pen which Lnklngton wns obligingly
holding In rendlnoss. In nil respect
n harmless tableau, save for ono small
thing the expression on tho man's
face. Hugh had seen it before often
only then It hnd been called shell
shock. Tho mifn was dazed, semi
unconscious. Every now and then lit)
stared round tho room, as If be
wildered; then ho would shako hla
head and pass his hand wearily over
his forehead. For a quarter of ail
hour tho scone continued; then Lak
lngton produced an .Instrument from
his pocket. Hugh saw the mnn
shrink back In terror, nnd rench fot
the pen. Hut whnt Impressed him
most In thnt momentary ilnsh ol
action was Peterson. There win
something Inhuman In his complctt
passivity. Even ns he watched tin
man signing his name, no trace o
emotion showed on his face wherein
on Lnklngton's there sliono a fiendish
satisfaction.
Tho document wns still lying 01,
tho table, when Hugh produced his
revolver. Ho know there wns fou!
play about, und the madness of what
he had suddenly made up his mind
to do never struck him; being that
manner of fool, ho wns mndo thai
way. But ho breathed 'u pious pruyoi
thnt he would shoot straight nnd
then he held his breath. Tho cracli
of tho shot nnd tho bursting of1 tin
only electric light bulb In tlio room
wore almost simultaneous, and tin
next second, ith a roar of "Conn
on, boys," ho burst through tho win
dow. At nn immense ndvnntagt
over the others, who could seo noth
ing for the moment, ho blundered
round the room, He timed the blow
at Laklngton to n nicety; he hit him
straight on tho point of tho Jaw nnd
he felt the man go down like a log.
Then he grabbed nt the paper on the
tnblo, which tore In his hnnd, and
picking tho dazed signer up bodily,
he rushed through tho window onto
the lawn. There was not an lnstnnt
to be lost; only tho Impossibility ot
seeing when suddenly plunged Intc
darkness, had enabled him to pull the
thing off so far. And before that ad
vantage disappeared lie had to ho back
at The Lurches with his burden, no
light weight for even a man of hit
strength to carry.
Rut there seemed to he no pursuit;
no hue and cry. As ho reached the
'.'tile gate he paused and looked bnck
and ho fancied he saw outside the
window a gleam of white, such as a
shirt front. Ho lingered for an lnstnnt,
peering Into the darkness and recover
Ing his hrenth, when with n vicious
phut something burled itself In tho tree
hesldu him. Drummond lingered na
more; Ipng years of experience left
no doubt In his mind as to what thnt
.something was.
The reicued mnn turni out to
be Potti, tlio American.
ITO IIH CONTINUED.)
The "Week-End."
Wcokend means tho end of tho
week, but by extension, tho period
from Friday night M Mommy morn-1
Ing. In England thu '.erin Is also used i
attributively, as thn week-end holh I
days, and from this has sprung the I
verbal phrase "to week-end," meaning '
to employ tho week-end as a holiday
M-ahon. A well-known authority In al- f
hiding to the expression, week-end,
says: "This brief holiday has got Into
M-rlous history. No loss nn authority
than Dr. It. S. Gardiner notes In his
"Oliver Cromwell" that "Oliver If he
Invented nothing else may be regard
((1 as the Inventor of that mod I fled
form of enjoyment to which hard
worked citizens have In our dny gT
en the name of tho wei:k-eu(L"
HOME
TOWN
jxffiffinl
h"ELPSt
TREES GIVEN EXPERT CARE
Body of Public-Spirited Los Angole
(Men Recognizes the Impor
tance of the Work.
Recognizing thnt the average citi
zen, or nvemgo lnborlng mnn, know
llttlo or nothing about moving trees,
n group of Los Angeles men hnve or
ganized n compnny which hns for Its
purpose the transplanting of trees,
and tho rcmovnl of trees nnd stumps
nbout tho city.
The tree und stump compnny Is a
decidedly mobile organization. Its
men travel In automobiles, carrying
their tools nnd tree-moving machin
ery In trailers behind the enrs. Thus
equipped they nre prcpnred to go
quickly to nny location about tho city
wherever their services nre required.
Tho mechanical appltnnccs of tree
transplanting, and treo nnd stump re
movnl, nre few nnd simple. There Is
nn nbundnnco of block-nnd-tnckle
equipment for the hnndling of large,
honvy trees, nnd a compnet windlass
of spcclnl design Is used for pulling
trees out by the roots.
When n treo Is merely to be ro
moved, n stream of wnter played from
a hose Is used to dislodge tho earth
from the roots. If the tree has to
bo moved nny grent distance, henvy
wire netting Is wrapped nbout tho
roots to hold the earth Intact. This
Is then ro-enforced with rope, nnd tho
treo Is Jacked onto roller dollies for
transportation. At Its new location
tho wire netting Is removed, nnd
blocks nnd tackle nre used to hoist It
Into position. John Edwin Hogg In
Fopulnr Mechanics Magazine.
NEWCOMERS WANT TO KNOW
Questions Intending Residents Will
Ask Before They Decide on
Locating In Any Town.
Questions that people nsk nbout
your town beforo they decide to make
It their town:
Attractiveness: Shnll I like tho
town Its "atmosphere?" Does It have
the beauty of shaded streets nnd
other beautiful features? Is It n quiet,
roomy, nlry, well-lighted town? Does
It have attractive public building nnd
homes? Is It well pnvod? Is It clean
In every sense?
Healthfulness: Will my family nnd
I have n reasonable chance to keep
well In that town? How nbout Its
wnter supply? Its sanitary system?
Its methods of milk Inspection? Its
health department? Its hospitals?
Is It without nny congested district?
Education: Can I educate my
family and myself In thnt town? How
nbout Its publto schools present and
future? Its Institutions of higher edu
cation or of business training? Its
libraries? Its lecturo and concert
courses? Its nowspnpern? Its postal
facilities?
People: Shall I like the people of
the town? Are they "home folks"
without false exrluslvencss? Are they
neighborly nnd friendly? Is the town
free from factionalism?
, Recreation : Cnn I hnve n good time
In (hat town I and my family? Hovr
nbout the Ihenters, museums, gyra
nnslums, pnrks, etc.?, Are Inviting op
portunities for pleosure drives nffordefl
by well pnved streets? L. N. Flint,
Department of Journalism, University
of Knnsas.
Railroads to Plant Trees,
A treo plnntlng cnmpnlgn will he
started all nlnng the Rock Island lines,
the American Forestry association an
nounces. The plnns as worked out in
clude tree planting suggestions ohd
beautlflciitlon plans for the stations
nnd the homos of the employees Df
thnt railroad. The Rock Island Mntft
zlne, tho association says, will an
nounce tho outline of the work In tho
next Issue of that publication which
goes to all Its workers. "This Is on
of tho most constructive programs yet
presented," said Churles Lathrop Pack,
president of the American Forestry as
sociation. "The plans hook up with our
educational campaign for studying
treri now being Introduced In tho
schools through our national refer
endum for the choice of a tree most
typical of America. Tho association
will send free tree-planting Instruc
tions to nny who ask."
For Memorial Parks.
Members of Company C, 301th I'm
glneers, are planning a memorial lien
planting In Stacy Park, Trenton, New
Jersey. A tablet Is to ho erected In
the center of a cluster of six oak trees,
to ho planted to mark the memory of
the six Trenton members of tho or
ganbatlon who were killed In action,
says the American Forestry Maga
zine. Another planting of ISO oak
trees nlon9 tho Lincoln highway Is
also arranged for, to perpotuato tho
memory of the 180 Holdlera of Tren
ton and Mercer County, who tiled In
the war. The American Forestry As
sociation Is registering all memorial
trees In a natlonnl honor roll.
Had Done That.
"I'm not quite sure about your wash
ing machine. Will you demonstrate
It ngaln?"
"No, inndum. We only do one week'i
washing." Louisville Courlor-Juniul