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VrtP " J -i"- THE BEAVER HERALD. BEAVER, OKLAHOMA "Wit ; Hf ( iJ r SI Author of it (ma . -. ILrt ,-, - -v--,--i "GrauiUrk." "The tUraeini ir amey ass e Gfau.tatk.M "The B GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON HS'e "I AM A PRISONER HERE." Synopsis-Thomns K. Barnes, a wealthy young New Yorker, on a walking trip In New Kng lond ncur the Canadian border. Is given a lift In an nutomoblle by a mysterious nnd attractive girl bound for a house called Green Kuocy. At Hart's tavern Barnes finds a stranded troupo of "barn-storming" actors, of which Lyndon llushcroft Is the stnr aud ''Miss Thackeray" the leading lady. Mo learns Green Fancy Is a house of mystery. That night Andrew Iloon and his servnnt, guests at the tavern, nro shot nenr Green Fancy. Barnes comes under susplrlon nnd stays to help clear up tho double murder. He .gets Into the Green Fancy grounds ; n.cots the mysterious girl, who gives him the cut direct, and Is polite ly ejected by O'Dowd, an Inter esting adventurer. Knter at tho tavern unollier man of mystery, Sprouse, "book ngent" Barnes visits Green Fancy with tho sheriff and stays to dinner. En ter stIU another mysterious per sonage, "Locb," secretary to Curtis, owner of Green Fancy, who docs nol appear because of illness. Barnes again meets "Miss Cameron," tho mysterious girl, who Is a ravishing beauty in evening dress. CHAPTER X. (The Prisoner of Green Fancy, and the Lament of Peter the Chauffeur. lie envied Mr. llushcroft. The barn stormer would have risen to the occa sion without so much ns the blinking ot nn eye. Ho did his best, however, and, despite his eagerness, managed to come oft fairly well. Anyone out of earshot would have thought that ho was uttering somo trilling Inanity In stead of these words: "You may trust me. I have suspect ed that something was wrong here." "It Is Impossible to explain now," aho said. "These people are not my friends. I have no one to turn to In xny predicament." "Yes, you have," ho broke In, nnd laughed rather boisterously for him. Ho felt thnt they were being watched In turn by every person In tho room. "Tonight not an hour ago I began to feel that I could call upon you for help. I began to relax. Something whispered to mo that I was no longer utterly alone. Oh, you will never fcnow what It Is to have your heart lighten as mine but I must control myself. We nro not to waste words." "You have only to command me, Hiss Cnmerom No more than a dozen words are necessary. Tell mo how I can be of service toou." "I shall try to communlcnto with you In some way tomorrow. I beg cf you, I Implore- you, do not desert me. If I can only be sure that you will" - "You may depend on me, no matter what happens," said he, and, looking Into her eyes, was bound forever. "I have been thinking," sho said. "Yesterday I made the discovery that I that I am actually a prisoner here, Mr. Barnes, I Smile I Say something Illy 1" Together they laughed over the meaningless rcmnrk lie made In re sponse to her command. "I nm conirtnntly wntched. If I venture outside the house I am almost Immediately Joined by one of these men. You aaw what happened yes terday. I am distracted." "I will ask the authorities to step la and" "Not You are to do' nothing of the kind. The authorities Would never find me If they came here to search." (It was hard for him to smllo at that I) "It must be some other way. If I could steal out cf the house but that Is Impossible," sho broke off with a catch In her voice. "Suppose that I were to steal Into the house," ho said, a reckless light In his eyes. "Oh, you could never succeed I" "Well, I could try, couldn't II" There was nothing funny In the re mark, but they both leuned back and laughed heartily. "Leave It to me. Tell me where " "The placo Is guarded day and night. The stcalthlest burglar In tho world could not como within a stone's throw of the house." "If It's as bad as all that, we cannot Afford to roako any slips. You think 7011 are7 )n no Immediate peril?" "I am in no peril at all unless I briny It upon myself," she said stgnlQ icrnlly. "Then a delay of a day or so will not matter," he said, frowning. '"Leave It to me. I will find a way." ' "Be careful r Do Soto came loung Rag up behind them. "Forgive me for interrupting, but I pun under coeawand from royal head (.Barters. Peter, tile king of chart fsais, sends lm war that the car to la Copright by Dodd, Mead nd Company, Inc. 11 n nmlablo mood and chnmplng to be off. So seldom Is It In good humor that ho" "I'll' be oft at once," exclaimed Barnes, arising.' "By Jove, It Is hnlf past ten. I had no Idea good night, Miss Cameron." He pressed her hand reassuringly nnd left her. She had nrlsen and wns standing, straight and slim by the corner of the fireplace, 0 confident smile on her lips. "If you are to bo long In the neigh borhood, Mr. Barnes," said his hostess, "you must let us have you ngaln." "My stay Is short, I fear. You have only to reveal the faintest sign that I may come, however, and I'll hop Into my seven-league boots before you can utter Jack Itoblnson's Christian name. Good night, Mrs. Van Dyke. I have you all to thunk for a most delightful evening." The car wns watting nt the back of the house. O'Dowd walked out with Barnes, their arms linked as on a for mer occasion, Barnes recalled. "I'll ride out to th,e gate with you," said the Irishman. "It's a winding, devious route tho road takes through the trees." They came In time, nftcr many "hair pins" and right angles, to tho gate opening upon the hlghwny. Peter got down from tho seat to release the pad locked chain and throw open tho gate. O'Dowd leaned closer to Barnes and lowered his voice. "See here, Barnes, I'm no fool, nnd for thnt reason I've got sense enough to know that you're not either. I don't know what's In your mind, nor what you're trying to get Into It If It Isn't ulrcady there. But III say this to you, man to man: Don't let your Imagination get the better of your common sense. That's all. Take the tip from me." "I nm not Imagining anything, O'Dowd," said Barnes quietly. "What do you mean?" "I mean 'Just whnt I say. Tm giving you the tip for selfish reasons. If you make n bally fool of yourself, Til have to see you through tho worst of It and It's n 'job I don't1 relish. Ponder thnt, will ye, on tho way home?" Barnes did ponder It on the way homo. There wns but one construc tion to put upon tho remark: It was O'Dowd's way of letting hlra know that ho could bo depended upon for support If the worst came to pass. O'Dowd evidently had not been de ceived by the acting that masked the conversation on the couch, no knew thnt Miss Cameron had appealed to Barnes, nnd that the latter had prom ised to do everything In his power to help her. Suspecting that this was the situ ation, nnd' doubtless sacrificing his own private Interests, he hnd uttered the vague but timely warning to Barnes. Tho significance of this warning grew under reflection. Barnes was not slow to nppreclote tho position In which O'Dowd voluntarily placed himself. A word or a sign from him would bo suf ficient to bring disaster upon the Irish man who had risked his own safety In a few irretrievable words: The more he thought of It, the more fully con vinced wns he that there was nothing to fear from O'Dowd. Peter drove slowly, carefully over tho road down the mountain. Respond Ing to a sudden Impulse, Bnrncs low ered one of the stdo scats In the ton ncnu and moved closer to the driver. "How long have you been driving for Mr. Curtis?" "Ever since he como up here, moro'n two years ago. Guess I'm going to get the O. B. 'fore long, though. Seems thnt he's gcttln n now car an' wants an expcit machinist to take hold of.lt from the start. I was good enough to'Jlddlc around with this sccond-hnnd pile o' Junk an' the one he had Inst year, but I ain't qualified to hnndlo tills here machine he's expectln', 40 he snys. I guess they's been somo influ ence used against me, if the truth was known. This new secretary he's got caln't stummtck me." "Why don't you see Mr. Curtis nnd demand " "See him?" snorted Peter. "Might ns well try to see Napoleon Bonyparte. Didn't you know he was a sick man?" "Certainly. But lie Isn't so III that ho can't attend to business, Is ho?" "He sure Is. Pnryllscd, they sny." "What has Mr. Loeb against you, If I may ask?" "Well, it's like this. I nln't In the habit o' beln' ordered nroun' as If I was Jest nobody at nil, so when ho starts In to cuss mo about somethln' n week or so ago, I ups and tells hlra I'll smash his head if ho don't take It back, ne takes It back all right, but the first tiling I know I get a call down from Mrs. Collier. Courso I couldn't tell her what I told the sheeny, seeln' as she's n female, so I took It like a lamb. Then they gits a feller up here to wasl the car. My gosh, mister, the durned olo rattle-trap ain't wuth a bucket o' water all told. So I sends word Id to Mr. Curtis that If sho has to be washed, HI wash her. Tlien's when I hears about the new car. Next day Mrs. Collier sends fer me an' I go In. She says she guesses she'll try the mw irssher on the mn machine when It comes, nn' If I kcer to stny on ns wnsher In his place sho'U be glad to have me. I says I'd like to lmvo n word with Mr. Curtis, If she don't mind, nn' sho snys Mr. Curtis ain't nbto to sec no one. So I guess I'm goln to be let out." An Idea wns taking root In Barnes' brnln, but It was too soon to consider It fixed. "You say Mr. Locb is new at his Job?" "Well, he's new up here. Mr. Cur tis wns down to New York nil Inst winter beln' treated, you see. Ho didn't como up here till nliout live weeks ngo. Loeb wns workln' fer him most of tho winter, gittln' up n book er somethln', I henr. Mr. Curtis' mlud Is all right, I guess, even If his body ain't." "I see. Mr. Locb came up with h'lm from New York." "Kerect. Hliu nnd Mr. O'Dowd nnd Mr. Dc Soto brought him up 'bout the Inst o' March. They was up here vls ltln' last spring nn' the fall before. Mr. Cuftls Is very fond of both of 'em." "It seems to me thnt I have heard thnt his son mnrrlejl O'Dowd's sister." "Thnt's right She's n widder now. Her husband was killed In the war between Turkey nn' thera other coun tries four cr flvo years ago." "Really?" "Yep. Him nnd Mr. O'Dowd his own brother-in-law, y" know was flghtln' on the side of the Boolgarlans nnd young Ashley Curtis wns killed." "Was this son Mr. Curtis' only child?" "So ferns I know. He left three lit tle kids. They was all here with their mother Jest after tho house was fin ished." "They will probably come into this property when Mr. Curtis dies," said "She's a Widder Now. Her Husband Was Killed In the War." Barnes, keeping the excitement out of his voice. "More'n likely." "Was ho very feeble when you saw him last?" "I ain't seen him In more'n six months. He wns fnllln' then. That's why ho went to the city." "Oh, I sec. You did not see him when ho arrived the last of March 7" "I was visltln' my sister up In Horn vlllo when ho como back unexpected like. This IJIot Loeb says ho wroto me to meet 'em at Spanish Falls but I never got tho letter. Like as not the durn fool got the address wrong. I didn't know Mr. Curtis was home till I como back from my sister's three days later. I wouldn't 'a' hnd Jt happen fer fifty dollars." Peter's tone was con vincingly doleful. "And ho has been confined to his room ever since? Poor old fellow t It's hnrd, Isn't It?" "It sure Is. Seems llko ho'll never be nble to walk agln. I was talkln to his nurse only the other day. Ho says It's n hopeless case." "Fortunately his sister can be here with him." "By gosh, she nln't nothln' like hlra," confided Peter. "She's nil fuss on' feathers an' he Is Jest as simple as you cr me. Nothln' fluffy nbout him, I c'n tell ye." Ho sighed deeply. "I'm Jest ns well pleased to go as not," he went on. "Mrs. Collier's got a lot o' money of her own, nn' she's got high falutln' New York ideas that don't seem to Jibe with mine." Long beforo they came to Uie turn pike, Barnes had reduced his hundred and one suppositions to tho following concrcto conclusion: Green Fancy was no longer In tho hands of Its orig inal owner for the good and sufficient reason that Mr. Curtis was dead. Tho real master of the house was the roan known as Loeb. Through O'Dowd he had leased tho property from tho wid owed daughter-in-law, and bad estab lished himself there, surrounded by trustworthy hsachmas, tor the purpose LLhsssbbssssse!bBHbb& of carrying nt cr law Aao. rtaleul project. 'T supposo Mrs. Collier has spent a irrrnt deal of time up hero with her brother." "First time she wns ever here, o far as I know," said Peter, and Barnes promptly took up his wcnvlng once more. With one exception, he decided, the entire company nt Green Fancy was Involved In the conplrncy. The ex ception was Miss Cameron, It was quite clear to him thnt she hnd been misled or betrayed Into her present position; that a trap hnd been set for her nnd she hnd wnlked Into It blind ly, trustingly. This would seem to es tablish, beyond question, thnt her cap ture and detention wns vital to tho In terests of the plotters; otherwise she would not hnvo been lured to Green Fancy under the Impression thnt she was to find herself nmong friends and supporters. Supporters! Thnt word started a new train of thought. He could hardly wait for the story that was to fall from her lips. "By the way, Peter, It hns Just oc curred to me that I may bo able to give you a Job lu case you are let out by Mr. Curtis. I can't say definitely until I hnve cominunlcnted with my sister, who lip.s n summer home lu tho Berkshire'" "I'll bo tnnrh ibllged, sir. Courso I won't say n word. Will I find you at the tavern If I get my walktu' papers soon?" "Yes. Stop In to see me tomorrow If you happen to be passing." Barnes snld good night to Uie man nnd entered tho tavern n few minutes Inter. Putnam Jones wns behind tho desk nnd fnclng him was the little book agent. "Hello, stronger." greeted the land lord. "Been sashaying In society, hey? Meet my friend Mr. Sprouse, Mr. Barnes. Slc-em. Sprouse I Give him the Dickens 1" Mr. Jones laughed loud ly at his own Jest Sprouso shook hands with his vic tim. "I wns Just saying to our friend Jones here, Mr. Bnrncs, that you look like a more than ordinarily Intelligent man and that If I hnd n chance to bnxi with you for n quarter of nn hour I could present a proposition " "Sorry, Mr. Sprouse, but It Is hnlf past eleven o'clock, and I nm-dog-tired You will have to excuse me." ' 'Tomorrow morning will suit me, snld Sprouso cheerfully, "If It suits you." CHAPTER XI. Mr. Sprouse Abandons Literature at an Early Hour In the Morning. After thrashing nbout In his bed for seven sleepless hours, Bnrnes arose and gloomily breakfasted alone. He wns not discouraged over his failure to arrive at anything tangible In the shape of a plan ot action. It wns In conceivable that ho should not be able In very short order to bring nbout the relcnso of tho fair guest of Green Fancy. Thro was not the slightest doubt In his mind that International affairs of considerable Importance were Involved nnd thnt the agents op erating nt Green Fancy were under definite orders. Mr. Sprouse enme Into the dining room as ho was tailing his last swaV low of coffee. "Ah, good morning," wns the bland llttlo man's greeting. "Up with the Inrk, I sec. Mind If I sit down hen nnd hnvo my eggs?" He pulled out a chnlr opposite 'Burnea and coolly sat down at the table. "You can't sell me a ret of Dlckeni at this hour of the day," snld Darnel sourly. "Besides, I've finished roj breakfast Keep your seat." He start cd to rise. "Sit down," snld Sprouse quietly Something In the man's voice nnd man ner struck Barnes as oddly compelling. He hesltntcd a second and then re sumed his sent. "I've been Investi gating you, Mr. Barnes," said the little mnn, unsralllngly. "Don't get sore, There are a lot of things thnt you don't know, and one of them Is that I don't sell books for n living. It's something of a side, lino with me." no leaned forward. "I shall be quite frank with you, sir. I am a secret service man Yesterday I went through your effects upstairs, and Inst night I took the lib erty of spying upon you, so to speak, while you were a guest at Oreea Fancy." Sprouse plans things quite different from selling books, and takes Barnes into his confidence. (TO BE CONTINUED.) ' Answer Letters Promptly. Punctuality Is as Important In social nnd business correspondence ns It Is li personal conduct. Men nnd women If business learn tho Importance of reply Ing to letters as soon as received. For mal social noted such as Invitations, wedding announcements or death notices should be acknowledged as soon as received and even friendly tet ters demand a reply within n week Aft er their receipt, If true courtesy Is ob served. Biddy Bye. Mexican Sacrificial Stone. The sacrificial stone, was the stone 01 which human victims were sacrificed before tho war god Hultztlopochtll, U the principal Aztec temple In Mexlcei It was dug up near the site of the tens pie In 1701, and Is now In the Mexlcsg national museum. The stone Is dug shaped, 8 0-5 feet In diameter and Vt feet thick. vThe sides u eerered vtf elaborate sculptures, Uncle Jake's Best Joke By JANE OSDORN (CopMliht. lll, br tha McClura Nawi ppr Syndicate.) Maud pouted not the piquant, nrcb pout of her courtship ilnys hut the spollcd-chlld pout thnt she dared to Indulge I'll now that sho was really truly married to the embodiment. In her eyes, of alt masculine charms nnd virtues Hodney Blaine. "I think you aro a mean old thing, (die announced with some heat. "To hnvo tu have him along with us. He'll Just spoil' everything. It Isn't that 1 don't like him, but ho Is such a dread ful Joker I" The Joker referred fo was none oth er t lut 11 Rodney's uncle, Jacob Itlatnc, n slightly built but erect old gentle man, who at three ttcoro and live had given up business mid determined to lead the rest of his days lu the open. If ho had none of the crotchets which arc sometimes nscrlhed to those of ad niiclng y.-urd ho had Rome ot the foibles that had been characteristic of his boyhood. Nothing pleased him bet ter than a practical Joke, though his Jokes wero always of 11 kindly nnture nnd. so far ns nny one knew, they had never caused any ono real discomfort. But Maud took herself, nnd nbovc all she took Itodncy, umnzlngly seri ously. Now thnt summer hnd come, the Itodncy Blalnes had made nrrnngi. moots to depart from the city for tho woods, where Itodncy owned a smnil mountnln cabin. He had Just announced his Inten tion of encouraging Uncle Jnko to oc cupy a smaller cabin not ninny rods from theirs which ha would make the headquarters for his fishing and out ing lps; nnd ho would shnro the company of his nephew nnd niece In many of his hours of Inactivity. "Well, my denr," Itodncy assured his wife, "It Isn't at nil ns It ho were critical or Intended to Interfere with you In any way. There Is no one else he likes so well as you and inc. He's tho best sport In the world nnd whnt If he docs pull off a practical Joke once In n while? I rather like his Joking." "Llko his Joking 1" echoed Mnud, and her eyes snapped fire as much ns eyes ns blue as hers ever could snap fire. "And besides," snld Rodney, ns ho went 011 Inspecting the fishing para phernalia thnt he had recently pur chased ns preliminary to the vaca tion In tho woods, "besides, uncle has willed everything ho has to us. That bhows that he Is devoted to us." Mnud nt this nccuscd her husband of being mercenary, though hnd nny one ele mado this accusation she would have raged Indeed. The result was that Uncle Jnke went with the Rodney Blalnes, and this was not because Rodney acted contrary to his wife's pleadings, hut becauso after having protested nnd pouted site assured her husband that lie was right as In nil other cases and that sho was sorry that sho had shown such prejudice and would try to feel 1 1 strong attachment for Uncle Jake us did liei- husband. Then she regretted her good nnture. First ho disguised as possible game warden and called nt the cabin ono day when 'Rodnoy wns not nt homo and Informed Mnud that her husband had been violating the game Inw and would hnvo to serve 11 life Imprison ment. Mnud, In splto of her ardent suffrago principles, was' quite Igno rant of the Inw and before she recog nized Uncle Jake In the heavily fnlsc-beardcd person, sho hnd offered him her entlro worldly wealth If ho would go awny and say nothing to the authorities concerning Rodney's guilt. Then on tho day thnt she went fish ing with him he contrived to have her book attach Itself to a little pack age that he had brought with him to tho brook and which proved, after Mnud bad excitedly angled for flvo minutes, to contain a. can ot sardlneH u delicacy for which she had a de cided aversion and of which Rodney nnd Undo Jake, not knowing this, had set In a Inrgo supply. Mild and even stupid Jokes both of these yet Maud allowed herself to be annoyed by them. "He's a denr In ranny ways," she told Rodney, tho evening after tho sor dino episode, "but so long ns he Jokes I cannot stand him." "I wasn't going to tell you," Rod ney replied, "but you see It Is Just be cnuse Uncle Jnke docs Joke that I'm so attached to him. If he hadn't been a Joker, you'd now be Mrs. Somebody else and I'd bo a disconsolate old bachelor." It was In midsummer nnd Maud tho clghtcen-yenr-old Maud who pout ed very archly then and still wore her curls merely tied at the back of her neck Instead of In tho present psyche was four or five hundred miles awny from Rodney, who wns working In the city In tho office of tho Uncle Juke who had not yet found occasion to retire. Rodney had danced with Maud and sent flowers to Maud on occasions. Just as a dozen others had done, and ns he had done to a dozen or so be sides. Of courso he thought sho was pretty, and when there were other men trying to put their names on her dance order Rodney was always as enger ns tho others. But It hnd novcr occurred to him that he might want to marry her. In fact, Rodney In spite of his twenty-flvo rears hud never thought very much 3 utiuut wanting tu marry Any MM), But Mnud at eighteen had definitely mado up her mlr.d, that lurkd some where beneath those soft browc urts, that she did want to mnrry, anil that she wnntcd to mnrry Rodney Blaine, though sho would hnvo died rather than to have let nny- one suspect this. She had convinced herself nnd at eighteen one convinces oneself of such mntters quite enslly thnt there ns no hop. She had smiled and pouted ns nrchly for Rodney ns she hnd for T0B1 nnd Bill and Walter, and Tom nnd BUI and Wnlter had all In their own way let Mnud know that they found her distracting and that they dreamed of no greater happiness than to bo her slaves for life. But Rodney hnd ninde no such pro tcstntlons and, though he always asked for dances when ho wns about ho managed to dance with other pretty girls If she refused him. Mnud hnd thought It nil out In her elghleen-yenr-old mind. She wns quite sure that the cose was hopeless and thnt she herself had arrived nt tho plnco where she must decldo between 11 life of resigned splnsterdoui or tho alternative of marrying tho man she merely liked. This mnn wns Walter. Wnlter had como up to her mother's country plnco to press his suit with considerable per sistence. Mnud hod assured Walter thnt Rlio didn't renlly love him, but hnd fibbed In saying that sho loved no one else. Then she thought It over qulto defin itely nnd decided that, as sho was neither musical, nrtlstlc nor literary, and had no sisters or brothers to whoso children sho might devoto her self, she hnd better be married, If only for n home nnd to hnve somo ono mnn ago her affairs. If Walter asked her agnln beforo be went back to the city sho had determined to accept him. Then como tho special messenger from tho post office, ten miles awny, bringing that ten-pound box of the choicest enndy that the most expensive candy shop In the city had for sale. Maud opened It, nnd out dropped a enrd thnt simply bore the engraved nnme of Rodney lllnlne. Thnt changed everything. Wnlter went back to tho city unrewarded for Jds trip, Inciden tally nsklng nnothcr girl to bo his wife, nnd wns ncccpted. Tho same locomotive that bore him back to tho city and nwny from Maud, carried n letter from Mnud to Rodney, that showed between tho lines that Bhe hnd been thinking ns much ot him as the candy showed that ho had been thinking of her. Incidentally, tho next ronll cnrrlrd nn Invltntlon from Maud's motjier to Rodney to spend part of his vacation nt their cabin, and well, It wits then that Rodney discovered what he hnd been too stupid to guess before, that Maud renlly wns the most charm ing girl ot his acquaintance and the one he had been In love with from the first. "It was Uncle Jake that sent that enndy," Rodney told Mnud. "Ho was In one of his Joking moods and he took your nnme becniiso It wns the first ono ho enmo across In my address book, then he got hold of n card oC lftlno nnd off went the candy. You see I pad nlways loved you. Maud, but I duln't, know I had a ghost of a chance. Mhn'ight you were all In favoV of that Walter Bates. So If It hadn't been for 'Undo Jnko's tendency tp Joke, I novcr would 'hnvo' had the nerve to ask you. I never could have guessed how things Were" Maud was In a reminiscent mood, fthnt brought to. her lips a pout that ws arch nnd piquant "I'm sorry I snld wl'int I did about him. Really I think he's n dear and I really didn't mind a' bit about tho sardines." Light for Surgery. "The discovery that a puro red light Is, complementary to tho greenish yol low of the' fiuoroscope, 'so that each .makes tho eye more sensitive to the 'others' has made possible the uso of X-rays during n surgical operation, without dnngcr to the surgeons. In tho past it was necessary for the surgeon to work with his hands ex posed to the baneful Influence of tho rays, and also with a mere shadowy light of tho rays themselves to work by. Now It has been found, through tho oxjperlmentn of a French surgeon, that operating with a bright red light alternating with the X-raya makes tho operation Itself easier, and also the alternating lights make the eyes especially sensitive, so that the most dellcato and minor details of tho X-ray shadows seem clear. War's Havoc In Wales. "Only those on the spot," says a cor respondent of a London paper, can, fully realize tho devastation of th woodland portions of North Walen, which has been carried on for the past three years. This Is notably the case In Carnarvonshire, where wholo valley nnd mountnln sides have been robbei In order to satisfy the demand of tho government for pltprops nnd railway sleepers. Notwithstanding tho fact that the timber already felled aud re- moved runs Into many thousands of tons, the process, according to tho terms mndo with the contractors, will extend In some cases Into next year," ' Lines and Angles. Tho new mathematics teacher wns thin nnd angular, Indeed, also very sevcro ot countenanco nnd speech. At the very first session with her high school pupils she told them that she had had many years' experience ns a teacher of algebra. Tho statement Impressed them. "But I knew It before sho told me," Helen Informed her chum on the way home, "You see teaching mathematics ' so many years consecutively Is bound to affect one's figure and make It take on the hape of lines and angles."