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TheireatRomance * JO5CphYmoe oftPreparedness. ZATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE PLAY OF THE SAM1E pROOUCED FOR THE WITERtATIOt4AL FILM SERVICE. INC.. MC DIRECTION OF WHARTONNC. CoPvft Kr, STAR CoflAIY he THE CAST. . antl VERNON CASTLE as himn p-- a Channing. that TON SILLS as Donald Parr. ER OLAND as Baron THY GREEN as Fanny strt Aeve SYNOPSIL jtltaing the long-threatened Japa - l§on of the Southwestern states. cru Channing, an American girl of tree w alth, assisted by her tfance, Cap Parr (late U. S. A.). converts est ranch properties along the bor- ogr -O what amounts to an armed camp. BHroki and Gen. Nogi, command- tell allied Japanese-Mexican forces 1M escamped in the Mexican moun 'ggpect Patria's purpose and des- Coll * reconnoitering party which raids homestead on Patria's proper brings back as prisorer Bess Mor- hai gt"sr of Bud Morgan, foreman of the sig ranch hands. THIRTEENTH EPISODE mi tri Wings of Death. fa( -ail ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS. ecI i was midafternoon of a Sunday prn- rel gaif ly warm, even for that season, tin 00 Bud Morgan. on his saddle and hit Medess horse, found his way-leas hil saeusly than guided by the instinct d ae homing pigeon-to the hacienda a d Patrla Channing's rancho. nr Bae witnessed his arrival. Because a it was a day of rest. no house servants ha w in evidence, busied with their ae- be agamed week-day tasks. Mrs. Pills- i ywas in her room, napping awnay s ith hour of the siesta. Her son. Rod- re t sa, general superintendent of the re Chmaiang ranch properties, had ridden a soon after breakfast on some idle th eerand. Patria and Donald Parr were le Ialse In the library, conning a great tt pagrtaphicle map of the neighboring t, mCatry. ai Nat a Pound disturbed the peaceful w asho et the hacienda other than their c: law-ptched accents, before they heard the ramble of approaching hoofts; and m ts was a noise so ordinary and com- w msuplace that they were not even h, aware o It. I It reqalred the shuffle of uncertain hi ftetateps on the graveled walks of the tl gardened patio to distract them from n ther engrssing occupation. p Patria looked up first from the map, gheasng inquisitivly out of the win- a dw. It was her cry of pity that drew p Dlmald's attention. Following the dl- a rection of her gale, he saw the wound ed and semidemented man at pause in p the middle of the patio, glaring wit- a lessly round him, a bloodied and ghastly figure, a vision as incongrn ous to that time and place as an ap- . parition from the grave in a kinder garten. Jumping up, Donald ran out, wound his arms round Morgan, and helped him into the library. Thus It was that, for upwards of an ,beur, the tale Bud had to tell, of terror and tragedy, of a homestead burned. a mother and a child mur dared. a sisater kidnaped by raiders flem across the border, was known , When be had finished speaking and hewed his wounded head on arms fold ed upon the library table, there was amthing more said by anyone for many mnlstes. The two stared at each oth - roes the shoulders of the man In speeahless consternation and bewilder "What are you going to do?" PatrMa bmaded presently. SDeald said: "First of all, get Bud bet"d. "eat-Be3m?' the girl protested. We will, of course, start an expedi to rescue her as soon as we dare." .D'hrel" t weald be worse than useless to Wr beys erass the border by day oeu Ikow well enough how in y-almost-the Mexicans rued news by their under telegraph. Unless we wait till sad muaggie our men acroes 1 we might as well telegraph N HNroki, or whoever is re hr this atrocity, to prepare "Aad i the mesantime-what hap pem to Jim? Oh, I cannot under stand be pa dare srggaest waiting bere i hLkr "Becea I s- determined to res "ue ermd because I feel sure no hara w toa hoer." "How ye pe my that?" "I m ie tat this is a move dic tated hb ~ you know how per alstentl b qtesg have haunted this mtig hEalt ml bow consistently - th ae IA to fad out anything - air We·Itarattioans-all ex ttpt thms hin who died suddenly of " i g Ed Sl mach!" Parr smiled *rb L, mee more was grave. S omt ael ma anything or lived to te h tie at what he saw. There _ M hsm done this thing-I p l fe on It-in order gIt hda me mebedr presumed to She m Imeae the snrormatlon LOT IS HARD ONE _a ta w at ...... Atbemim Wek the ress a Them. M ht th5e Smi prulers eit the r h amre mea, taor an mn 4 9rS scrvt ferm the LI rrt a the Iapr Ie salm or he desires. ... Make your mind swio easy. Bess will come to nI harm- the until Hurokl finds that she will tell the him nothing; ndnl he won't tind out A that before we effect her rescue." plar "And you will send aftetr her-?"' ozy "As soon as it's dark enough for our I ,rº men to move without being seen-the wer strongest force we can spare. and the the best loltunite'l. 'For the prtesent, how- She ever, we must keep this quiet; if the farn boys get so meisch as a hint of what's pa:g happened, there'll he no holding them. the Not a soul must know-" plan The gravel of the patio walk (In( crunched beneath a firm and alert the tread. Parr looked up. I "Except Rodman," he amended, re- ly I ognizing the newcomer. "Hilm we must min tell, of course; and if anything does lan leak out before we're ready, he can ,m] control the boys if anybody can." in Throughout this conversation Bld the had neither moved nor made a sign to to signify that he understood the subject the of discussion. And when, some ten I minutes later,. Donald and Rodman adi tried to rouse him. he stirred to the '"u tou,:h of their hands only to lift up a me face from which every trace of intelli- I'ma gihle expression had been erased ; its we eyes were blank: its firm lines were me relaxed: its mouth gaped like a cre tin's. The kindly words they spoke to ful him had no effect upon a mind un- got hinged by the anguish it had suffered. ihai, Gently. then. the two men lifted him sn: and, one on either side, holding his wh arms over their shoulders,. led him Fr away to a bedchamber. undressed him. cot bandaged his wounds, and put him to ful bed. in Leaving Patria to watch by his bed- ow side for a time: Donald and Wllsbury returned to the library to plan the tol rescue. m a An hour Inter Patria in panic found them there with the news that she had he left Bud's side for a few moments, thinking him sound asleep. only to find tri s the room empty on her return. In an vif amazingly short time the man had pr ii wakened, dressed and made his es- I cape. w" d Their search for him ended half a d mile from the house, at the corral sel - where a number of the cow-punchers m; had been amusing themselves by try- "t ing to tame a half a score of unbroken unn in ronchus. Bud had found his way ya re thither and was babbling out frag- ye m ments of his story to a circle of sym- li pathetic but bewildered friends. p. If it was too late to stop him. Rod- tr a- man's Influence with his employees w proved to be all that Donald had as- c i- serted it was. d- In earliest dark of night, then, a w in picked force of forty-eight cow-punch- if It- ers. led by Rodman himself, rode gt ad quietly by twos and threes, rendes '" voused at an agreed place, crossed the a. *P border in its most isolated secretion, hi 'r- and vanished silently into the black mystery of Mexico. pA ad AIR LANE. a There was little sleep for Patrla that night. Visions of the fate of of women kidnaped across the border, 0 memories of tales she had heard since her arrival at the ranch, haunted her. In the cgol blue twilight of dawn c she was up and dressing herself in her aviating clothes. She went down to the patio to find d- Donald there, watching for the day, awniting the word it must bring them, with a face drawn and haggard with h sleeplessness. Together they breakfasted poorly, choking down a few mouthfuls of food and some coffee, then motored out through the still bush of the newborn t day to the aviation field. Early though they were, they did not forestall the men of Patria's flying corps. Already two machines were In 8 the air. aglow with the young pun light, rising like petals of gold wind swept through the blue. Six more were preparing to rise. The remain to Ing eight blplanes of the air squadron were still nested in their hangers. i Her impatience would not let Pa trsa walt for the reports of those who - were already climbing the sklies, In Sspecting the countryside south of the Sborder. ph Ordering oaut her own blplane-the -machine, that is, In which ashe had Sgained all her practice and experience as an aviatrice-she took the pilot's P seat and, refusing to permit Donald or r- anyone else to accompany her, l grasped the controls and shot home the switch which operated the self Sstarter. SWinging up in a long slant, the bi plane gained the thousand-foot level, then began to move southward in wide c curved sweeps. r- There was little air astlr-fast a his gentle and steady breease from the tly west. Aerial navigation offered no la problems to distract Patria's attention X- from the landscape beneath it Her of keen, youthful eyes, sharpened by su led Icitude, Inspected it closely, missing no salient feature. Her gaze traced red every highroad and tortuous by e- way, probed every covert, pene I trated every galley and fold in cr the foreshortened hills, recognised the to familiar movement of provincial MIe •n lean life that formed the landlsape- on but nowhere found any token ef that E rop pene I get us a brd ad -cracked u an ancent b~douin's heeL o They could prevent tMs by wearinlg gloves, but that wamp be a sign of effeminacy, sad M ridicule upon them. he The exposure ia the water gives run many of the urd weak hearts ad the tuberculosis, i' ay of them be ls come det he weight of the ea water breakt ear drums. Sbarks Sdoo not cratW seare tLht Ne - -- ehUt dly a 1 Attste e -. Tw rt absent as i t as mer ev waleh she so longed to see, the cloudI "1 of dust which should mark the prog- whi ress of a large body of horsemen. mor The little expeditionary force had ear moved rapidly and with craft, effacing itself completely fromn the face of the -. country side, long before sunrise. T For uplwards of an hour Patria pur sued her fruitless reconnais-h.aict I ern: At length, discouraged and dis- strt heartened, she turned back to her start ing point and dropped down to the private aviation field. thu As she descended. In spite of the to, pireoccupation of every faculty in- stit iposed by that most difficult task known to aviators, that of neg,otiat- sta rig a successful htlandiing, she was en I scious that strangers watched her fromru are tithe Ildy of a hitge gray lIotorc(r lon the l the edge ,of the field. -I t Alighting heside her stationary hi- shli plane, she saw a group of some' h:tlf a dozen moving toward her froti a cr. a l ionald was one of th,,.e" the others g:li were all men in the ti.ltd uniforriims of :.i the regular army of the United Stat,'M. \ h - She identified one orr ftwo faces macle to, familiar to her by prullction in the ias s pages of newspape'r§ and mnigazines i. the faces of lmen who had risen to high places in Pte service of their country. kit t ine wore on the collar of his tunic t the insignia of a brigadier general. no Her heart w:arn.i dt t their soldier- pri - ly hearing-then sank as she %:La re- by t minded that all they steelI for. of gal- it. s lantry. loyalty. bravery. intelligence ,,n n anld efficiency, must count for nothing ::n !rin event of war. because the country itt d they served refused them men enough o to lead successfully against any but th, t the most pitifully impotent enemy. ,,, a Introduced by Captain Parr. the brig- ~ n adier general greeted her nith grave W, e iourte.y. presented formally each ti, a menmber of his staff, and complimented '- Patria on her own skill in ati:ation, a'- . :; well as the skill of her corps of sir- t, *e men. IE "I have seen a great deal of wonder- th :o fiul flying." he said. "but n hat I see o- going on here surlasses anything that . has coime under my observatiln, for ri m I snap and prel~'Iion-coml' es near to tr is what I have heard of the work of the m French and English flying corps. I in could wish." he added, a trace wist- ly to fully, yet with a perceptible twinkle W in his eyes as they held P'atria's, "my er d- own command were as well off!" ry "My men and my machines." Patria s ie told hinm. "are always at the service of my country." dI td "In event of need. then. I shall not tt id hesitate to call upon you." In ts, "You need not. I am-doing"'-Pa- m ad tria hesitated briefly; yet this official an visit proved that the secret of her pl ad preparations had leaked out-"what s. I am doing solely as a patriot and a it soldier's daughter." a "It is because you have proved your 'al self to be that--a worthy daughter of eI rs my own comrade," the general said, P 7- "that I have ventured to make this v en uninvited call. I would be glad if ny you could give me a few moments of h ig- your time to discuss a question of pub- - m- lic policy." 0 There was no way to escape. Pa- f Md- tria bowed gracefully to the inevitable.. y es "If you will be good enough to ac- I; as- company me to my home," she said, c "we can find there a quiet place in a which to talk. And I shall be honored t eh- if you and your staff will be my I ode guests for luncheon." ea- The Invitation was eagerly accepted, the and the party motored back to the i on, hacienda. Lek There, while luncheon was being prepared, Patria abandoned all effort t at concealment and. conducting the general to the library, laid before him a complete exposition of all her plans and prepaations to repel an invasion, omitting no material detail. 'r"Not my bliplanes alone." she con e cluded. "but the rest of the gear I her have gathered together here-and the men trained to manipulate it-are at And my country's call." lay The general straightened up from em the topographical map over which he rith had been bending. There was admira tion and something more in his regard. ly, "You are a very remarkable young cod woman. if you will permit me to say out so, Miss Channing. I am only sorry orn that there are not more women-and men-like yeou in this land. If there' wer ring The wistful look possessed his eyes Sin again, but he shook that humor off. at 1 be P1 cI cl on ti at le P Ih ii O 'p d e ti II t I t t I: I * :.. - I * You Will Fly a I Direct and Land Whr I say." ,____--------------- have had a and bitten of. One young Arab was brought to the American dis pensary at Kuweit with his whole sid* taid opes by a shark that had gotten ;a wide mouth bold upon him. The boy survived. We asked him if he I would give up diving now. I "No," he said, "1 will P back aext dear. I have to." I The danger of drewnio g Is great, for I stlmanets a s res current carries the diver tar aw Ifro ars best. and r f tt ros pufleer ens agI I h be e t b eU . ThO Alnat have "No matter. I must not criticize- iant( what I must not criticize. Further more. It is my duty to whisper in your sigl ear a word of advice." ;sul "!f you please'." said Patrla simply :tw -surting what wnza ct',lmin,. hat Ti t the generail h-.i::1td. the "YTou understatld." he aid,. a trace rid .'tnh:,rr:t'ssd, "I am acting under in- We struction.'" rem "I quite understand." for "Then I minait tell von-frankly that you aret' (onting pe-ril u1-1V" near . 'r to a-tlrpinl a ipowter w hi;h tl" ('on- n lm "The rihr t., ra:-e ai:i l unsII mnain a the standin, army." l'atria :aIh. ne "Proci*-ly. If that is not what you are doing--.n a "tall s-:I.". huit ntoni in the les. In an ladm:ir:tly ."tlicient way tiht -- have nii'Unierstood all you have Ii. shown anrd tabl me hire today." "Perhalls." lPatria erced,. smilincln. "And yet yoI \rill . lit:,, upon investi- hit ition. t*it every tan in liy entloy. aside frnot the r;nah hni lia and others ' w ho hi hve de(initily ii.ace.tle labors t to perform. is :,rried on my pay rolls on II': as :a wit chman" I." "An army of wath'':en ": " io Again the eyes of the general twin kled. h "'rai.ily. Th Cn-'ltitltin dies " not prercrihe the c'itizen's right' to hv protect his own property. I believe. "P lby etipllllyig men ind :armns to guard, 't it. That is all that I :nm doing here th 'in my Iland. I have my property th llnd nly p1'Iplo to s.afeguard. and I hii miean to do it." No furth'r reiference was made to tr Ithe ohject of the visitrtion. lhut the un der-tandling was implicit that a report sImu'it hle Intlde to Washington antll that Washington would then take such ac- il Lion us it might see fit. no Noon-and still no word from Res tp Morgan or the party which had ridden forth to re'.'Ue her. Pult P:ttri'i bhtriyyedl no inklinc of the anxiety which gnawed at her mind. I'1. canfe'i'i that she was waiting the outcomte of an armed invasion of a nalunainally friendly Innd which she. Pa tria Channing. had authorized' Even ihe favor laihr plutritic spirit hadl found In the esteem of her guests could hard ly mitigate the disaster to, her plans P which must follow any such discov ery. - And it was nearly two o'clock before she was finally rid of them. With heartfelt gratitude she sae the dust of their wheels drift away down t the road-then turned and jumped into her own motor car and had it moving hac'k toward the aviation field E im almost before Donald could take his t r place beside her. t One of her fliers was making a land liong as Patria alighted at the field. He had nothing to report. r- Again clambering into the pilot's If seat of her own particular biplane. 1. Putria committed her fate to the ad is venture of the air lanes. If For a little she climbed steadily. it but not for long: content to leave the y greater range of observation to those on the higher levels, with their power - ful glasses, she quartered the land be e.. yond the border at an elevation bare c- ly sufficient to escape the eddies and d, , currents that made navigation inter In iesting if not devoid of danger above d the summits of the lowland hills. y l Here, comparatively close to the rmound. she might be able to pick up d indications invisible to the airmen so e; far above her. And so, in the end. It proved. J She had been flying a little more nt than an hour-was returning from a he wide circuit through the south toward .m her starting point. Of a sudden she ,s was conscious that the monotonous n,. drone of the motor behind her was be ing punctuated--one cylinder was be in- ginning to miss fire. I Patria began to foresee that she he might be obliged to make a landing t south of the border. She searched the landscape that swam beneath her m anxious eyes. he Then she saw a motor-car abruptly ra- sweep out of a narrow gulley at some rd. distance off to the right, raking a ing furious pace northward. The men iy who occupied it wore khalri; for ar ry instant she thought them aoldliers in nd American uniforms. Then ahe saw -re that they were men of an average stature smaller than that of Amer yes can troops. They were standing up i n the tonneat and firing pistols bact no pulmotors. anod they are not efficient in giving "first aid." If a man re !fains too long under the water, it was "written on his forehead," and that is all there is to it.-LJ. Calverley in the Scientific Amerneaa Supplement. Here are a few funny mistakes: Home-made pls (sig n bakery). Small steak, 3 cents; extra small stea 25 ee" ud in restaurnat). Its Brisht ie' s persaest ad wil remain . (mst - Into the mouth of the aflley to the rear. I strani Only a moment after she had caught heart sight of the car. Patria saw the pur- Anc suit issue from the gulley--between great twenty or thirty horselllen whom she army had no dificulty in identifying with anu I the ('hanning r w-plunchers who had rrooni ridden out the night before. They rIOws were firing from the saddlie, using drill revolvers-weapons which they pre- Hle ferred to the autionalti pisitols. des,'e As they came into sight, two of the hulnt *.,,\-pwunchers Inroke from the wi ood. nlalic :tIl the road as well, striking off arIu across country toward the bridtlg at ly. the' I 'rdr. spurring their mounts to It i[ l"*"t sipeeid. dent lPatrin knew what that maneuver I:;: n inli:iatled. The road cut a wide curve \was th r. iu h the country: l y this hrt cult ,\; n the. two rider: woiuld reach the Irihlge Prize 'inn-<i,lrabtly in advance of the ilutor- ito a ntr-pr-ivihlitg nthin hal lppilnedl to A hirnier tht.. On the other 'ide of th,. I,r%, brill'' thhre ,as a: hiddeln switch- luri, hb.:ard,. its wires .,tiionulit 'ting with .in.. .,'retly pil:ntedl in the roadl- t, I h Ione of the first pre.paratiions Illade by ,I,) \ Pl'atri a, orilr i" :'aai ;"t :itn attack in ',, v force :lv:itltcing aliong the road. The. li \, iv:-ni-,.t from view. while '*hi pursuit lipounded, on after the car- cony !,:atd of finiutit'. Three i,w-pulnchers. lher better mountedlllll than their fellows or J'pl better riders. contrived to race their i ierl-Is ahloiid, the- car, anll threw aith themlselves from the saddle bodily into it the tonnl,'nul. hlceedless of the rain of bullets that greeted them. lt Their fate remained sealed to Pa tria's knowledge; for at that moment Irik her biplane lur,'hed and dipped peril iiuly. Sbile caught another glimpse of the ch:tase a few minutes later. hut dlaredi not give it any heed. She knew only Sthat it was drawing near the brilde. .\t the timue all her wits were wanted to cope with the task of landinlg ,n strng lO griulltd: the failing ilmotoir was elnfborc'ing a patllus for repairs. atria's skill proved lequal to the co :(s:lioll. h'owever; the hiplane settled down gently near the edge of a wide a ri;a of el-lar groulllms!--lnieit- too smooth for cotnllort. but still naked of trees. As soon as it hall elllne to a full pause the girl hopped down from the Seat and lbegn an examlination of the engine: but it took solmne time to lo , ante the seat of the trouble, and long er still to repair it. e At length, hiowever, she was ready to resume her flight. SAs she closed the tool box and start it ed round the plane toward the front d of the machine, a pistol shot sounded Sbehind her, and a bullet perforated the lower plane within a foot of her side. Before she could turn she was hailed in a voice strongly colored with; the accent of a Japanese-and badly broken by panting. "Halt-as you stand, please! Put up your hands! Right!" She heard hasty footsteps behind her. Then a Japanese gentleman of rather more than middle age came into view covering her with his pistol. Pausing he deftly whipped her auto- Hu matic from its holster attached to her d belt, and grinned unpleasantly. "r- Thank you very much," he gasped fot re politely in spite of his winded condi- it tion-for it was evident that he had lihe me run a considerable distance at a very let fast pace. "Now be good enough to take your seat. I will sit beside you. ho You will fly as I direct and land ch where I say-please understand--or I shall be reluctantly obliged to shoot th yoire " a FROM THE BLUE. rd he Without demur Patria turned and th ins climbed to the pilot's seat. With sur- fir e- prising agility, considering his appar- wi e ent age, the Japanese followed to the a place alloted to the observer. M the "You will start imtaediately," he fi n pursued with a significant gesture of s ed the pistol in his hand, "and aim for he er those mountains in the south. When tli we are high enough I will further di- hi tly rect the course." me Patria switched on the self-starter. a a The propeller began to revolve noisily. ft en The drone of the motor sounded clear n an and sweet and true. The biplane n in bumped forward over the uneven a aw ground, lifted, and began to climb. h age Behind it half a dozen exasperated " r cow-punchers broke from the woods, 'I up reined in to ire, then recognizing the tl ack pilot of the airplane, refrained-but c cursed fervently. h Of this Patria knew nothing. Her t attention was concentrated on the business of being a good pilot for a i passenger armed and desperately ready to shoot. B set watching her with a mall cious grM while she made her craft climb to tlMe bound-foot level. The noise of the motor prohibited conversa tion, but his gestures were under standable enough to perceptions quick ened by the fear of death. At the I thousand-foot level the Japanese bade Patria to stop climbing and fy directly I into the south. Watching him out of the corners of her eyes, she saw that he was a man of the highest intellectual caste, a1 person of authority and high rank. I The insignia on the collar of his tunic disclosed his rank as that of a gen eral. if she were not in error. Fur ther than that, she could guess noth Ing about him-though she was satis-: fed that he had been one of the pas- I sengers in the motor-car pursued by the cow-punchers. Whether that au tomobile had been wrecked by the ex plosion of a mine or another accident, this one had escaped and been, as he interpreted it, providentially guided to the spot where Patria waited with her temporarily stalled biplane. The way she flw in accordance with his commands carried the machine high above the rampart of the hills and on until at length a wide valley was opened up beneath them-al dent tisement). J.. IIHuekbody of Waussn, D re- lost 30 chickens by freezing to death Swas (Milwaukee newspaper). The holder at is of this coupon when properly punched sy in Is eatltled to one of our beautiful tat photographs (on a coupon). The girls were instructed In plain cooking; they had. in fact, to go through the process skes: of cooking themselves (Englisah report ery). on educatieon). rat). Mumai Sem t sa The "acarel beams" t Nere Man dr ekera, a peesnar prebet damued strange. wild valley, secreted Ia the heart of the highest hills. And it proved to be the site of a great encampment. a place where an :,rlnly was established; for its length u11n41 eirrldth were d44rt441 with muiih rwoonl-like t.ents of khlaki in orderly rows Ircken 4,nly I3y roadways and drill rrolul -. Here her 'alptcir desire.d Patria to de.t l'end. Tilt.re %%iw a El1tttr of ill hur1111 l amrei ulls4lnt. ,f triulmphant nllice. in liip eye, :h h. tol, hoe her Sruiu and Inl tinted .t."\\i into the val h .It w\:i- I.irnl in 4l,,'in tI, girl'. un der'lta li ;. Iii th: n: -':Int, t i:t the i:an iadl I, , h,.r i.h.n' ty. She GET \\a' nlit nl ly i i;h ilý rlr 'i t, ' t I.:-t ; ,n11 4 1," al"e. I"t slt \\ b ,," \' ' Simal {'rize,. 1111 doubt, th:.t h11 11:1 1 - t frt i ful .\11- -1; had little dou;bt \har w. ,l',t ir,,\." h er fat,', rwi.e 1i', h:'li a :t * :t lu t..ý ini that vall .' "l'h,-- -wh'h . Ir t: th : 'e r1 'd .1 . t r *t hr,"' tit 1:tur,'<. \\':hat tllh, 1ll: .l4, li: ur, lr---i-, t ="" ar", 4,14, .1 a" of 1\:i1-. .An i ti l u. .)4,r of ht r .f,,. ont r}',. .his f .'lteai ~t .4 A l ., a y reclllh r"-tild in :l p.r'k.t. . ('i V'n!v tlt, t" h. hir hai-lli. S '1h. t w hath,,l !8 ll her 'hslum ,',. \\hilI .',l it lut :anld- 'as th. hair Jaialinese, startl-'"I y. ltar 1111,pe.l'ted lact4ion. itlurn l ,. 14tard4 her-t hretw it with all hl r llightl t thi< fIa'.. I . fle rele' ivlv the bl1,hw .iquarely bhe- t t tweenl the . -y' <. Pl'tria he:r hinr gran. pnk111 An ,e4'ly ,t" air. upltiinz frot the c:r Slrk.n mreth, I u; 4 ht the hitli,' an1d vil . . .. . I IIHrki WH Mueatine bateCw t- Ofts till In !h 144 lyeo atIn, IdO ofr D1. °- Huroki Was Questioned by the Cow er punchers. ed for a moment tossed and played with I di- it as though jt were a feather. It ad heeled dangerously, spinning upon its 7ry left planes as upon an axis. to Instinct alone-and a bit of luck to )n. hoot-helped Patria right the ma nd chine. fI But when she had n' -amplished )ot that, she rode alone; the observer's I seat was empty. ti1 Iesolutely forcing herself not to in nd think of that, poor hulk of a body to ur- dropping like a plummet to a death aIn ar.- which would render it unrecognizable, th the a shapeless, featureless pulp, the girl bh swung the biplane round anI headed he for home. Two hours later she de for Ihelped don by Itonald Parr. From -en this one she learned, succinctly, what di- had hIappened. Pillsbury's force, after a night and ter. a half day of fruitless scouting, had hly. fallen afoul of two mlotor-cars llelt ear with Japanese and Mtiie n ohd icers, tr ane northhound from the secret enanmp ven ment for a reconnoissance along thei border. Chief among the'se officers Ited were Baron Huroki and General Not.i uc- The car containing Nogi had broken the through the resistance offered by the -but cow-punchres and fled northward. hotly hunted as Patria had seen. The Her two cow-punchers who had taken the the short cut had arrived at the bridge ir a jest in time to exploda a mine be eeth the car as it careered downhill . tonward the brildge. Soehow Nogi ,aln- had eraped destruction in that hons I rat ness; tut he was alone in this respect. The SO it was Nogi who had been cer rsa- led back to his command by Patria. der- In the meantime Huroki had been dlk- captured and questioned by the cow-i the punchers; had protested utter Ignor .ade ance of the wereablouts of Bess Mor- y ctly gan; had changed his mind about that, iconfessing that in was a prisoner at a of headquarters, when Pillsbury caused man him to face a ftrin squad. aWhere e, a upon Pillsbury had tberated one of nk.I Huroki's companions, instructed by hunic the Japanese to bring bck Bess alone n and unharmed. Otherwise Japan was rto lose one of Its most loyi and ef-. loth- ient servants. Pillsbury had prom atis-. ised Hnroki that. pas- I Upon the return of the ofkce with I by Besir Huroki had been released, in : a- accordance owith the terms Pillsbury ex- had mlade, and had started back for dent, the encuampment in the hills, wFhile the Is he cow-ptnchers had rniiden joyfully t to homeward with the rescued girl. her The arrival of this party at the haclenda had anticipated Patria's re with turn by less than half an hour. And 7hine with the restoration of his sister, Bud hills Msorgan's mind had been made whole alley again. m-a (TO BE CONTINUED.) ssaS tin a recent commerce report, are con death I sumed entirely by the Chinese farm older ers. The beans are of two kL a ached red and yellow variety that ik very utiful floury and a small green bean that is girls unusually glutinous-and for use the ( ;they two are mixed together, ground Lntoi roecess four, and made into a paste, which is report forced through small holes into long 'strings or noodles. These dry quickly and keep veil in any climate. They are cooked In water, like macareal or Kern. vermIcellI and this method ed ulbed gives the beans their tdpi ea lorticultal Points - GETTING APPLES TO MARKET Small or Family Packages Success fully Used by Eastern Grov.e-s- Many Packirg Plans. -'i' , .' , ... ,, .·· ri r ..hl i · r' I .. .' i. ,il e ,! l l0 : . \\ hi t ty t\ t'"lt ' l ,,en 1 . ''h, ", re-i !, in eachi in '-ree t \\t'lt' r ;'ll 'in \ lrtr ita hi* ansii '-f;ir. I. try. I, a",,rl l e týn, . j',.*l. :, n' . u alf ':trln, ,un ing" 1. ,r -, :"' ." i ,le l in in 11:1. !'il :, r, e'" 'r ti-.'"! :1 9 1 :, typ+ af h.el h1,"1:_ tith, :" or 1,41. fruit. h lit: - :'s ln t t ,;' fr.iu .I -: steri 1 W fnt tt el jit l .ti: oil Iti..,a l, , t hei cr.t ' r I ' tr Ay t'i er l"ul it' n" b 'u*.t ri:' 5 i tl a W rut.'t t rlil'.' 1 Ul l', i i lll atilt p e i n1t. I le i -tb I t -' t-i ll fail)' ai t i 'll.".'. i:ki:t . ,l,!,i-,ri''- 1:i,'h miclrn iii:1:1.1 takii;: ,,ra t.' r' tDi It.. i.:iki.'l naln lilld the next laiy. lin this iy there \:1 no shrinkag e or loss fir the re tailer to stand. PORTABLE LADDER IS HANDY Often of Great Advantage in Spraying Trees, Picking Fruit and in Pruning Work. In spraying trees picking fruit and In pruning the orchard it is often a great advantage teo havei some sort of portable ladder. lsere is the plan of one declared to be very satisfactory: It works on the priclple of a step lndlddr lthat vill always "stay set." and which may be taken from tree to oL Portable Stepladder. Stree with a minimum amount of labor. 1 The Illustration explains the construe tion of the ladder fully. Anyone ua to ing a barrel-pump sprayer without a ly tower attachment will find it particu h i larly valuable. It will enable him to e. Itthrow the spray upon the topmost rl branches. CUTTING THE SPRAYING COS as SWays of Reducing the Expense Is tE Buy Materials In Quantities and d Use Substitutes. ed IBuying in quantities and the se lof substitutes offer ways of reducing the cost of spraying materials, which has Increased markedly since last year. An imp)rtant saving usually can be effected in the eousoldidation of orders e : for insecticides from a neilghborhood or their purchase thirough fruit grow ers' assoclintions or other co-operative buying organizations. "rThe impErtance of this saving is lb realized when it is remeenbered that the difference in cost of certain in sectlcides, as arsenate of lead . in small packages at retail stores over the cost in larger quantities from man ar- ufacturers or jobbers often is 100 per a. cent. " INNER WORKINGS OF A TREE or- Heart Wood Is Uselese Except for @lvw at. ing 8tiffnes--Descending Sap at Builds New Wood. crc- The heart wood of a tree Is usei-e of except for giving stiffness to the stem by the sapwood carries the ascendIng sap one the eamblum ,er inner layer of bar" was carries the descending sap, and the eM- outer bark is useles,5 except fs pro 01- tectin. Only the descendlig sap buildi new wood. In ATTENTION TO SMALL FRUITS for Should Be Place@. . Soon a the Pe -Sut see t and ully K' 0hould not the I Strawb-. The best Afruits a gg 4 Bud their , bole if all* ~ £PHONE at, MANAGERudmr .kor M - K. . . 3.11l est- o