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THE ISLAND.
SynopsisJane Hardlnc, ronpect
able and conservative old maid
but never too old to think of mar
riage with more money than
brains, Is inveigled by a strong
minded Hplnstnr, Miss Higglosby
Browne, Into financing an expedi
tion to hunt (or burled treasure on
Leeward Island. Her nleco, Vir
ginia Harding, undertaking to atop
her, gets on the vessel and Is un
willingly carried along. Dy no
means concealing her distaste for
the expedition and her contempt
(or Ita members, Virginia makes
the acquaintance of the Honorable
Cuthbcrt Vane. Talking with
Dugald Phaw, leader of tho expedi
tion, Virginia very frankly ex
presses her views, practically ac-,
cuslng Shaw and the other mom
bora of the party, Including a
somewhat uncertain personage
Cnptaln Magnuo. and a shady
"flnancler," Hamilton II. Tubbs, of
being In a conspiracy to defraud
Juno Harding. Ijimllng on the
Island 'h a matter of some difficul
ty, Virginia being carried ashore
In the arms of Cuthbert Vane.
(CHAPTER IV Continued.)
"I wcb," I announced, moved to de
fiance by tho neighborhood of Mr.
Shaw. "Before wo started I was so
afraid that If you had listened you
might have heard my teeth chattering.
But I had at least tho comforting
thought that If I did go to my end It
would not be simply In pursuit of Bor
dld gain I"
"And Indeed that was almost a
waste of noble sentiment under tho
circumstances1," answered tho dour
Scot, with tho fleeting shadow of an
enraging smile.
I promised myself, as I wont with
Mr. Vano toward tho Are, that some
day I would And the weapon that
would penotrate tho Scotchman's arm
orand would uso It mercilessly.
Oooklo received us with unctuous
warmth.
"Well, now, 'clar to goodness . If It
alnt the U'le lady I How como you
git ashore all dry lak you Is? Yes,
eau, Cooklo'Il git you-all somo'n hot
Immojusly." lie wafted mo with state
ly gestures to a seat ou an overturned
iron kettle, and served my coffee with
an air appropriate to mahogany and
plate. It was something to see. htm
wait on Cuthbcrt Vano. As Cookie
told me later, In the courso of our
rapidly developing friendship, "dt
young geinmun am suro ono ob do
quality." To Indicate tho certainty of
Cooklo's Instinct, Miss Illgglcsby
Browno was never more to him than
''dot pusson."
On tho beach Mr. Shaw, Captain
Magnus and the sailors were tolling,
unloading and piling up storos. Rath
er lagglngly, Apollo joined them. I
was glad, for a heavy fatigue was
stealing over me. Cookie, taking noto
of my sagging head, brought me some-
"All Dry Lak You l?"
body's dunnage bag for a pillow. I
felt him drawing a tarpaulin over me
ns I sank Into bottomless depths of
leep.
I opened my eyes to the dying stars.
Tho moon hud set. I heard men
shouting, "Hero she comes!" "Stand
by to lend a hand I" In hasto I
crambled up and toro for the beach.
X must witness tho landing of Aunt
Jans.
Through the dawn-twillght that lay
upon tho covo the boat drew neur that
boro Mr. Tubbs and his fair charges.
X saw the threo cork helmets grouped
together In tho storn. Then the foum-
tag fringe of wavelets caught the
boat, .hurled It forward, seemed alt but
to engulf It. Out leaped the sail
ors. Out leaped Mr. Tubbs, and dls
appeared at once beneuth the waves.
Shrill and prolonged rose the shrieks
of my aunt and Miss Hlgglesby
Browne. Valiantly Mr, Shaw and
Cuthbert Vane had rushed Into the
deep. Each now appeared staggering
up the steep, foam-swept strand un
der a struggling burden. Even nftor
thoy wero safely deposited on tho
riiiml, MI&9 Browne and my uunt con
tinued tft Bhrtck.
"Save, save Mr. Tubbs 1" Implored
Aunt Juno. -
But Mr. Tubbs. overlooked by all
but this thoughtful friend, had cnnnl
ly saved himself. lie advanced upon
us dripping.
"A closo call t" he sang out cheer
fully. "Thought ono time old Nop had
got a strangle-hold all right. Thinks
I, I guess there'll be something doing
when Wall Street gets tills news that
old II. II. Is food for the finny deni
zens of the doepl"
"It would" havo been most most
shocking I" quuvered poor Aunt Jane
with feeling. She was plteously striv
ing to extricate herself from the folds
of the green veil.
I came to her assistance. The poor
plump little woman was trembling
from head to foot.
"It was a most unusual experi
ence," she told me as I unwound her.
"Probably extremely unifying to tho
soul-forces and all that, as Miss
Browno says, but for the moment
unsettling. Is my helmet on straight,
dear7 I think It Is a llttlo severe for
my typo of face, don't you? There
was a sweet little hut In a Fifth ave
nue shop simple ond yet so chic. I
thought It Just the thing, but Miss
Browno said no, helmets were always
worn Coffee? Oh, my dear child,
how thankful I shall be 1"
And Aunt Jano clung to mo as of
yore as I led her up the beach.
CHAPTER V.
Tho Captain's Legacy.
When In my tender years I was
taken to the matinee, usually tho most
thrilling feature of the spectaclo to
mo was tho scene depleted on the
drop-curtain. Directly I was seated
In tho body and had had my hat
taken off, and been told not to wrig
gle, I vaulted airily over the, uncon
scious, audience, over an orchestra en
gaged In tuning up, and was lost In
tho marvelous landscape of the drop
curtain. Tho adventures which I had
there put to shame any which tho
raising of tho curtain permitted to
bo seen upon the stage.
I had novor hoped to recover In this
prosaic world my long-lost paradise
of tho drop-curtain, but morning re
vealed It to mo here on Leeward
Island. Here was the feathery foli
age, tho gushing springs, the gor
geous flowers of that enchanted land.
And hero wero tho soft and Intoxicat
ing perfumes that I had Imagined In
my curtain landscape.
Leeward Island measures roughly
four miles across from east to west
by threo from north to south. The
core of tho Island Is tho penk, rising
to n height of nearly threo thousand
feet. At Its baso on three sides lies
a plateuu, Its edges gnawed away b'y
tho sea to tho underlying rocky skele
ton. "On tho southeastern quarter the
IKJttk drops by a series of great preci
pices straight Into the sea.
All tho plateau and much of the
peak aro clothed with woods, a beau
tiful bright green against tho sap
phire of sea and sky. High above all
other growth wave tho feathery tops
of the cocoa-palms, which flourish here
luxuriantly.
The palms wero nowhere more
abundant than In the hollow by tho
covo where our camp was made, and
their size nnd the regularity of tliolr
order Bpoko of cultivation. Guavas,
oranges and lemons grow hero, too,
and many beautiful banana-palms.
At tho sldo of tho clearing toward
tho stream stood a hut, built of cocoa-
palm logs. Its roof of palm-thatch
had been scattered by storms. Near
er tho stream on a bench, wero nn old
decaying washtub and a board. A
broken frying-pan nnd a rusty ax
head lay In tho grass.
In the hut ltsolf wore a rude bed
stead, a small table and a cupboard
mado of boxes, I was excited at first,
and fancied we had come upon the
dwelling of a marooned pirate. With
out taking thetrouble to combat this
opinion, Mr. Sltaw explained to Cuth
bcrt Vane that a copra gatherer had
once lived hero, and that the place
must havo yielded such a profit that
he was only surprised to And It de-
serteu now. ucuinu una coui, em
phatic speech I sensed an Ironic zest
In the destruction of my pirate.
After their thrilling experience of
being ferried from tho Rufus Smith
to the island, my nunt and Miss
Browne had been easily persuaded to
dlsposo themselves for naps.
Tho boats of tho Rufus Smith had
departed from tho Island, and our re
lations with humanity were severed.
The thought of our Isolation awed and
fascinated mo as I sat meditatively
upon a keg of nails watching the mir
acle of the tropic dawn. Tho men
were hard at work with bales and
boxes, except Mr. Tubbs, who gave
advice. It must have been valuablo
advice, for he assured everybody that
a word from his Hps had Invariably
been chough to muke Wall Street Bit
up and take notice. But It Is a far
cry from Wall Street to Leowurd
Island. Mr. Tubbs, ignored, sought
rcfugo with mo at last, and pointed
out tho beauties of Aroarer ns she
rose from tho embrace of Neptune.
"Aroarer Borealls, to be accurate,"
he explained, "but they didn't uso
parties' surnnmcs much In classic
times."
The glad cry of breakfast put an
end to Mr. Tubbs' exposition of my
thology.. So does dull reality clog the feet of
dreams that It proved Impossible to
begin the day by digging up the treas
ure. Camp had to be arranged, for
folk must eat and sleep even with
the wealth of tho Indies to be had
for the turning of a sod. The cabin
was rcroofed and set apart as the bow
er of Aunt Jane and Miss Browne. I
declined to make a third In this sanc
tuary. You could tell by looking at
her that Violet was the sort of per
son who would Inevitably sleep out
loud.
"Hang me up In a tree or any
where," I Insisted, nnd It ended by my
having u tarpaulin shelter rigged up
In n group of cocoa-palms.
Among our earliest discoveries on
tho Island was ono regrettable from
tho point of view of romance, though
rich in practical advantages; tho
woods were the abode of numeroux
wild pigs. You should have seen how
"No, We Do Our Best to Keep Out
of Them."
clean, how seemly, how self-respecting
wero our Leeward Island pigs to real
ize how profoundly tho pig of Chris
tian lands Is a debased nnd slandered
animal. These quadrupeds would
have strengthened Jean Jacques' be
lief In' the primitive vlrtuo of man be
fore civilization debauched him.
Aunt Jano had been dreadfully
alarmed by tho pigs, and wanted to
keep mo Immured In the cabin o'
nights so that I should not bo eaten.
But nothing less than a Bengal tiger
would have driven me to such extrem
ity. "Though If a pig should eat me,"
I suggested, "you mlfcht mark him
to avoid becoming a cannibal at sec
ond hind. I should hate to think of
you, Aunt Jane, ns tho family tombl"
"Virginia, you aro most unfeeling,"
said Aunt Jane, getting pink about
tho eyelids.
ftAh, .1 didn't know you Americans
went In. much for family tombs," re
marked the beautiful youth Interested
ly. "No, we do our best to keep out of
them," I assured him, nnd he walked
off meditatively revolving this.
If tho beautiful youth hud been
beautiful on shipboard, in tho Inform
al costume he affected on the Island
ho wus mora splendid still. His
whlto cotton shirt nnd trousers
showed him lithe and lean and muscu
lar. Ills bared arms and chest were
llko cream solidified Into flesh. With
his striped Bilk sash of red and bluo
nbout his waist, and his crown of am
brosial chestnut curls a development
due to the nbsence of a burbor tho
Honorablo Cuthbcrt would certainly
have been hailed by tho natives, If
there had beon any, as the island's
god.
Camp was made In the early hours
of the day. Then came luncheon,
prcpured with skill by Cookie, and
eaten from a table of packing cases
laid in Uie shade. Afterward every
one, hot nnd weury, retired for a si
esta. Always around the Island blew
tho faint cooling breath of tho sea.
No marsh or stagnant water bred In
sect pests or fever. Every day while
we wero there the men worked hard,
and grew lean and sun-browned, and
thrived on It. Every afternoon with
unfailing regularity a llgtit shower
foil, but In twenty minutes It was
over and the sun shone again, greed
ily lapping up the moisture that glit
tered on the leaves.
"In tho first place, I don't
believe In your treasure,"
(TO BB CONTINUED.)
Dried Apple Pomace Does Not Cause
Decrease In Milk Flow Nor Yield
of Butterfat.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Dried or "evuporated" apple pomace
as a succulent food for the dairy cow
Is the subject of a preliminary report
from the bureau of chemistry und an
imal Industry of the United States De
partment of Agriculture bused on an
experiment to determine the feeding
vulue of dried-apple pomace, especial
ly Its suitability as food for cows In
lactation. Preliminary results are re
ported because of a largo number of
Inquiries on the subject.
Tho text of the report follows :
It appears there Is a belief among
dairymen that the dried product has
a tendency to cut down the milk flow,
or even cause cows to go dry, although
apple pomace fresh from the cider
press Is generally recognized as being
a good succulent feed for milk cows.
To test the soundness of this belief a
feeding trial hus been carried out by
the department. Only one cow was
used In this test, and the total quan
tity of dried pomace fed was less than
400 pounds ; therefore It must be borne
In mind that the results obtained,
while Indicative, cannot be nccepted
as conclusive.
In this feeding trial the dried-apple
pomace was feu" wet and Its feeding
value compared with that of corn si
lage, since It Is Intended to be a suc
culent feed. The pomace was pre
pared by adding to the dry material
three times Its weight of water sev
eral hours before feeding, thus pro
ducing u feed similar lp water con
tent to that of corn sllne.
For a period of 30 days the cow re
ceived a bulance rntlon consisting of
grain, hay, and corn slluge. The si
lage was then repluced by the apple
pomace for a similar length of time,
following a ten-day transition peripd
for tho chnnge In diet, and after a like
transition period at the end of 80 dnys
the original ration containing silage
was resumed and continued -for a third
30-day period.
The quantity fed 30 pounds of wet
pomace per day was such that the
total dry matter In the pomuce
equulled the weight of dry matter In
tho silage replaced. The quantifies of
grain and hay fed remnlned prnctlcnl
ly constant throughout the , whole ex
periment. While the data obtained are not
sufficient to Warrant the 'drawing of
final nnd definite conclusions, the Indl-
Dried Apple Pomace Appears to Ua Pal
atable Feeding Material for Cows.
cations are thut no bad effects follow
the feeding of dried-apple pomace.
There was no decreuse In the milk
flow nor in the yield of butterfat.
When ,fed as described the dried
pomace appeared to bo equal, pound
for pound of dry mutter, to good corn
silage us a succulent food for this
dairy cow. Owing to tho property
which It possesses of absorbing largo
quantities of water and swelling, it
should never be fed dry, but should
be allowed to sonk In wnter for un
hour or so before feeding. Tho
pomnce appears to be a palatable feed
ing stuff.
Caution Is advised In feeding dried
apple pomace, as thero Is a possibility
that the feeding of large quantities, or
of quantities contulnlug excessive
amounts of apple seeds, might prove
Injurious. It appears to bo safe, how
evor, to feed us much souked pomaco
by weight (one part dried pomaco to
three parts water) as It would be to
feed tho same amount of pomace fresh
from the cider press.
TO PREVENT DREAD DISEASE
Foot-and-Mouth Ailment Need Not Bo
Feared If French Serum Proves
Reliable.
Tho dread foot-and-mouth disease
will no longer bo feared by cattlemen
If tho announcement of the discovery
of a serum for the prevention of this
disease by a group of French scien
tists, proves, reliable and if this serum
can bo manufactured In sufllclent
quantities. Several outbreaks of the
disease have occurred In the United
States, the last of them several years
ago, causing a great loss. The only
affective method of stamping out tho
disease heretofore has been to slaugh
ter all cattle affected and thoroughly
disinfect the premises.
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WARNING! Unless you see name "Bayer" on tablets,
you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by
physicians over 21 years and proved safe by millions for
Colds , Headache Rheumatism
Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis
Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain
Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proper directions.
Handy tin box of 12 tablet Bottles of 24, and 100 All drugglaU.
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Giving a Guesa.
"What were the Greenbackers,
paw?"
"People who lived up near the North
pole." Louisville Courier Journal.
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER
The Remedy With a Record of Fifty
Five Years of Surpassing Excellence.
All who suffer with nervous dyspep
sia, sour stomach, constipation, Indi
gestion, torpid liver, dizziness, head
aches, coming up of food, wind on
stomach, palpitation and other indica
tions of digestive disorder, will find
Green's August Flower an effective
and most efficient remedy. For flfty
flve years Chls medicine has been suc
cessfully used in millions of house
holds ull over the civilized world. Be
cause of Its remarkable merit and
widespread popularity Green's August
Flower can bo found today wherevei
medicines are sold. Advertisement.
Speaking His Mind.
. "Is It true that America is the land
of opportunity?"
"There Is no douht of It," replied the
disgruntled citizen. "I don't know of
another country on the face of the
earth where a man hns greater op
portunity to make a fool of himself In
politics." Birmingham Age-Herald.
Robert Was Wise.
Grandfather had token little Robert,
ago six, to the movies where botli
"boys" laughed over the antics of the
comic creatures In one of tho "Aesop's
Film Fables" series. After talking
over the film fable, the grandparent
thought he would test Robert's ability
to draw a moral. Here's the conversa
tion that followed :
Grandfather What Ib the lesson for
good tvhlch Ave learn from the busy
bee, Robert?
Llttlo Robert Not to get stung I
The Buck's Revenge.
The telephone In the Division Q. M.
olllce rung nnd the brand new and
highly Important shavetail reached
for it.
"Hello I" snld the voice. "This Is
the operator at headquarters. May I
speak to Colonel Lummux?"
"He Isn't In," said the shavetail
diortly.
"Mujor Dingus, then?"
"Isn't in."
"How about Captain Doodab?"
"No Isn't in."
"Eh who Is this, please?"
"This, young mun, Is Lieutenant
Bumpshus."
"Oh, yes, thank you, lieutenant,"
mid tho voice sweetly. "And If an
jfllcer should come In would you
please ask him to call?" American
Legion Weekly.
The efflock Signals
Are Working
The greatest tuttle tale In the world
is u woman's age when It once begtaa
to tell on her.
Red Cross Ball Blue should be used
In every homo. It makes clothes white
as snow and never Injures the fabric.
All good grocers. Advertisement
Solomon couldn't have had 700
wives If his subjects hadn't thought
tli n t was all right.
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Tell your druggist whether the material
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it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods. Dia
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Always in Luck.
A fellow who has nothing to eat Is
In luck. The stomach reully needs a
rest now and Uien.
Again, If there Is something to eat
three miles away and he has no car
fare, again he Is In luck, for a three
mile walk will help any man's appe
tite. According to how you look at It,
there is no such thing ns "up against
It." Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch.
Important Omission.
VYour collection doesn't seem com
plete," said tho visitor to the natural
history rooms.
"What do you mean, clr?"
"I don't see here thnt most baleful
of all Insects, the one that brings dis
appointment, spoils pleasure, causes
divorce, deceives the credulous, frus
trates hope and leaves the fondest ex
pectations unfulfilled I refer to the
fly In the ointment."
Fatal Turn of Affairs.
"Mrs. Wlggs, ' said Mr. Hugglns, "I
asked your (laughter to marry mo and
she referred me to you."
Mrs. Wlggs I'm sure that's very
kind of Sadie, she always wus a duti
ful girl. Really. Mr. Hugglns. I had
no thought of marrying aguln at my
nge, but If you Insist, suppose we
make the wedding dny next Thursduy.
Tea Grown In Pennsylvania.
It Is not generally known that I'enn
sylvnnln lias a tea crop Indigenous to
tho Blue mountain region, ond which
largely surplunts the use of the Ori
ental tea in severnl counties of that
section. The crop Is now being gath
ered and tons of the tea are belug
picked nnd dried for winter use
In some respects, human experienoa
is like railroading.
Every moment of the business and
social day the block signals are giving
right of way to keenness and alertness
while the slow and the heavy must
wait on the sidetrack for their chance
to move forward.
The ability to "go through" and to
"get there" depends much on the poise of
body, brain and nerves that comes with
correct diet and proper nourishment.
That's why so many choose Grape
Nuts for breakfast and lunch. Served
with cream or milk it is completely
nourishing, partly p re-digested, and it
supplies the vital mineral salts so
necessary to full nutrition.
Grape-Nuts has a rich, delightful
flavor, is ready to serve on the instant
and is distinctly the food for mental
and physical alertness and speed. At
all grocers.
There's a Reason"
for Grape-Nuts
