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Just Try an Experiment n Buy a packet of SALAM HUT end see if it is not tKe most delicious Tea you ever tasted. Most Tea-Drinkers TKink It Is." QREENMANTLE ^- BY JOHN BUCHAN. (Copyrighted Thomas Nelson and Sons. Ltd.) CHAPTER IX. (Cont'd.) I engineered a big explosion. Happily In one way it turned out well That ' l ha<1 tne c lnm n sense to remember afternoon we passed the frontier and mv J ob and mv <lut y to - stlck to lt - I never km w it till I saw a man in a ; Peter was in the middle of the con- strange uniform come aboard, who'voy and I found him pretty unhappy, copied some figures on a schedule, and principally through not being allowed brought us a mail. With my dirty to smoke. His companion was an ox- face and general air of absorption in eyed lad, whom I ordered to the look- duty, I must have been an unsuspi- out while Peter and I went over the cioun figure. He took down the names lists. of the 3K'ii in the barges, und Peter's ; "Cornelia, my old friend," he said, name was given as it appeared on the ."there are some pretty toys here. With C.U...V. ..,,11 . . .. f1 . - ship's roll Anton Ilium. a spanner and a couple of clear hours 'You must feel it strange, Herr:I could make these maxims about as Brandt." said the captain, "to be! deadly as bicycles. What do you say scrutinized by a policeman, you who to a try?" give orders, 1 doubt not, to many po- "I've considered that," I said, "but licemen." it won't do. We're on a bigger busi- I shrugged my shoulders. "It is my "ess than wrecking munition convoys, profi-; MOII. It is my business to go I want to know how you got here." unrecognized often by my own serv-; He smiled with that extraordinary ants." I eould seo that I was becom- Sunday-school docility of his. ing rather a figure in the captain's "It was very simple, Cornelis. I was eyes. He liked the way I kept the foolish in the cafe but they have told men up to their work, for I hadn't you of that. You see I was angry, been a nigger-driver for nothing. | a d did not reflect. They had separat- I-atc on that Sunday night we pass- cd us, and I could see would treut me ed through a great city which the cap- as dirt. Therefore my bad temper tuin told me was Vienna. It necmed came out, for, as I have told you, I to last for miles and miles, and to bo do not like Germans." an brightly lit as a circus. After that, I Peter gazed lovingly at the little we were in big plains and the air grew bleak farms which dotted the Hun- perishing cold. Pctrr had come aboard garian plain. once for his rations, but usually he' "All night I lay in tronk with no left it to his partner, for he was lying food. In the morning they fed me, very low. But one morning I think a "d took me hundreds of miles in a it was the Jltli pf January ;"*>.? ,,we train to a place which I think is called .- had ?* A i+OTJiS and were moving Neuburg. It was a great prison, full through great sodden flats just of English officers ... I asked my- sprinklcd with snow -the captain took self many times on the journey what It into his head to get me to over- was the reason of this treatment, for haul th' 1 barge loads. Armed with a I could see no sense in it. If they mighty tvpowritu-a list, I made a wanted to punish me for insulting tour of (he barges, beginning with the them they had the chance to send me hindmost. There was a fine old stock ' off to the trenches. No one could have of deadly weapons mostly machine- objected. If they thought me useless puni and Konie field-pieces, and they could have turned be back to euough shells to blow up the Gallipoli , Holland. I could not have stopped peninsula. All kinds of shell were them. But they treated me as if I -'th'-ie, from the liig 1-1-inch crumps to were a dangerous man, whereas all ffe grenade* and trench mortars. It their conduct hitherto had shown that ''made me fairly sick to see all these they thought me a fool. I could not pood things preparing for our own understand it. fellows, and I wondered whether I "Hut I had not been one night in /would not bf doing my best service if that Neuburg place before I thought T^^^^J of the reason. They wanted to keep me under observation as u check upon you, Cornelis. I figured it out this way. They had given you some very A important work which required them universal custom ^ let you into Bomt) biK at , m>t So AUCr that benefits every- i '. ff>od- They evidently thought much of you, even yon Stunun man, fgMMB body. though he was as rude as a buffalo. JCVUl jT ... But they did not know you fully, and ~ * flint dift<ttinn they wanted a check on yau. That check they found in Peter Pienaa' 1 . Peter was a fool, and if there was anything to blab, sooner or later Peter would blab it Then they would stretch out a long arm and nip you short, wherever you were. Therefore they must keep old Peter under their eye." "That sounds likely enough," I said. "It was God's truth," said Peter. "And when it was all clear to me I settled that 1 must escape. Partly ' because I am a free man and do not like to be in prison, hut mostly be- , | cause I was not sure of myself. Sony? i day my temper would go again, and I (might say foolish thingw for which Cornelia would suffer. So it was very i certain that I must escape. "Now, Cornelis, I noticed pretty soon that there were two kinds among the prisoners. There wero the real piison<r.s, mostly English and French, and there were humbugs. The hum- my past and all I had done, and I told them I was going to escape. They backed me up and promised to help. ' Next morning I had a plan. In the afternoon, just after dinner, 1 had to ; go to the commandant's room. They; treated me a little differently from! the others, for I was not a prisoner of war, and I went there to be asked questions and to be cursed as a stupid. Dutchman. There was no strict guard , kept there, for the place was on the! second floor, and distant by many yards from any staircase. In the corridor outttide the commandant's room there was a window which had no bars, and four feet from the win- dow the limb of a great tree. A man might reach that limb, and if he were active as a monkey might descend to the ground. Beyond that I knew no-! thing, but I am a good climber, Cor-' nelis. "1 told the others of my plan. They said it as good, but no one offered to come with me. They were very noble; they declared that the scheme was mine and I should have the fruit of It, for if more than one tried detec- tion was certain. I agreed and thanked them thanked them with tears in my eyes. Then one of them very secretly produced a map. We planned out my road, for I was going straight to Holland. It was a long road, and I had no money, for they had taken all my sovereigns when I was arrested, but they promised to get a subscription up among them- selves to start me. Again I wept tears of gratitude. This was on Sun- day, the day after Christmas. I set- tled to make the attempt on the Wed- nesday afternoon. "Now, Cornelius, when the lieuten- ant took us to see the British prison- ers, you remember, he told us many: things about the ways of prisons. He told us how they loved to catch a man in the act of escape, so that they could use him harshly with a clear con- < science. I thought of that, and cal- : culated that now my friends would have told everything to the command- , ant, and that they would be waiting to bottle me on the Wednesday. Till then I reckoned I would be slackly guarded, for they would look on me as safe in the net. . DO YOU WANT A BOY? Homes required for Babies to be adopted. Infants' Home, 68 St. Nicholas St, Toronto. "So I went ou^ of the window next day. It wag the Monday after- noon ..... " "That was a bold stroke," 1 said admiringly. "The plan was bold, but it was not skilful," said Peter modestly. "I had no money beyond seven marks, and 1 i had but one stick of chocolate. I had no overcoat, and it was snowing hard. | Further, I could not get down the tree, which had a trunk as smooth and branchless as a blue gum. For a little I thought I should be compelled to give in, and I was not happy. "But I had leisure, for I did not think 1 would be missed before night- 1 fall, and given time a man .can do most things. By and by I found a branch which led beyond the outer j wall of the yard and hung above the! river. This I followed, and then drop- ! ped from it into the stream. It was' a drop of some yards, and the water was very swift, so that I nearly drowned. I would rather swim the Limpopo, Cornelis, among all the crocodiles than that icy river. Yet I managed to reach the shore and get my breath lying in the bushes. "After that it was plain going, though I was very cold. I knew that I would be sought on the northern roads, as I had told my friends, for no one would dream of an ignorant Dutchman going south away from his kinsfolk. But I had learned enough from the map to know that our road lay south-east, and I had marked this big river." "Did you hope to pick m up?" I asked. "No, Cornelis. I thought you would be travelling in first-class carriages while I should be plodding on foot. But I was set on getting to the place you spoke of (how do you call It? Constant Nople), where our big busi- ness lay. I thought 1 might be in time for that" (To be continued.) Mlnard's Liniment for Corns and Wart* Woman's Sphere A universal custom that benefits every- body. Aids digestion, cleanses the teeth, Mea S soothes the throat. WRtGlEYS a good thing to remember Sealed in its Purity Package FLAVOR LASTS eyou shinedyour shoes todag? EDDYS MATCHES OntheCPRandCNR -where ^w?//^ counts- Eddy matches are served to patrons ALWAYS. KV1.H VWKF UK IN CANADA AM roil BDDVB UATCHH I bugs were treated apparently like tho j others, but not really, as I soon per- |ceived. There was one man who | passed as an English officer, another as a French Canadian, and the other.i called themselves Russians. None of the honest men suspected them, but they were there as spies to hatch plots for escape and get the poor devils caught in the act, and to worm out confidences which might bo of value. That is the German notion of good business. I am not a British soldier to think all men are gentlemen. I know that amongst men there are des- perate Kki'lliiniH. so 1 .soon picked up this gunic. It made me very angry, but it was a good thing for my plan. I made my resolution to escape th" day I arrived at Neuburg, and on Christinas Day I had a plan made." "Peter, you're an old murvel. Do you mean to say you were quite cer- tain of getting away whenever you wanted?" "Quite certain, Cornelis. You see, I , have been wicked In m^ time and know f something about the inside of prisons. You may build them like great castles, or they may be like a hackveld tronk, I only mud and corrugated Iron, but j there Is always a key and a man who | keeps it, and that man can lie bested I 1 knew I could get away, but I did j not think it would he HO easy. That was due to tho bogus prisoners, my friends the spies. "I made great pnls with them. On i Christmas night we were very jolly 1 together. I think I spotted ovcry on'o of them the first day. 1 bragged about No. 27 '29. Mlncrd'c Llnlmeiu for Cough* V DAUGHTER'S ACHIEVEMENTS SURPRISE MOTHER. "Oh, Mother, we just had the most fun, and I am so glad that I really am n Happy Hustler now," sang Mary as she returned at four o'clock in the afternoon from attending her second meeting of the Happy Hustlers' Club. She had been invited to attend the meeting of the previous week by her little friend, Doris, that she .might learn something of their summer pro- ject of canning. Her interest and en- thusiasm had developed to such a de- gree that she had accepted an invita- tion to become an active club member. It was from this initiation meeting that Mary was returning as she romp- ed into the kitchen where her mother was canning the first surplus straw- berries of the season. All ecstasy with her jown accomplishment, for she was carrying in her basket three pints of canned strawberries which she had canned herself, she began to tell Mother of the wonderful things she had learned that afternoon. Removing the jars from her basket to tho kitchen shelf, she placed them beside those her Mother was just finishing. Immediately thty both no- ticed the direct contrast between the jars of strawberries. Those that Mother had just finished canning by the open-kettle method were of a dark i red, tending toward a brownish color. ' Already most of the berries were floating at tha top oi the jar, while the rich syrup was all at the bottom. The ones Mary had just brought back from the canning club were of a much brighter red, retaining most of their original hue, with the berries evenly distributed through the syrup. It was with pain in her heart that Mother noted tho failure of her long, hot afternoon's work. But this pain was somewhat tempered by the pride In her daughter's accomplishment. "Mary, I had thought you girls were going to your club meeting to . play, and perhaps talk a little about , canning, but to have'you come homo with all this display of your after- ! noon's work surprises me. Do tell me how you did it? How did you make' these strawberries look BO red? I have' 1 canned strawberries for twenty years, I but they never looked like that. What' did you put in them?" asked Mary's \ mother. "We did hnve a jolly time together, and wo found it lots more fun to can 1 strawberries than to just play games i and talk. We never put a thing in tho ! berries to make them red, though. It is all In the way you do it. Herls picked the berries yesterday, and after washing nml hulling them, put them in a large pan with a cup of sugar to ! each quart of berries and let them stand over night. "Just as soon as we girls got there, we sterilized and tested the jars, rub- | hers and tops. They were all put into j i boiling water for ten minute-, and then taken out with the funniest SC!H-| Bor-shaped forks and left to drain. We didn't dry thorn as we alwrys do, for, Miss Drown, our leader, said they wouldn't be sterilized then. Some germs that might cause spoilage would be on the dish towel and wouKl cling to the cans. "Then we leafed all our jars and tops to se If they were perfect With the screw-top jars we placed the top on tho jar without the rubber and bi alcil it tight. Then if we could in A SIMPLE FROCK FOR SERVICE OR PORCH WEAR. 4364. Percale in a pretty pattern is here combined with white linene to make a pleasing version of a popular style. This IF a good model also for gingham, damnsk, or crepe. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 84-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 4fi-48 inches bust mea- sure. A Medium size requires 4% yards of 32-inch material. For fac'ngs and belt of contrasting material % yard 3G inches wide is required. The width at the foot is 2% yards. Pattern mailed to any address on rtceipt of 16c In silver or stamps by the Wilson Publishing Company, 73 West Adelaide St, Toronto. Sometimes we fixed this by rimming them around with the back of a steel case knife. With the glass-top jars, we placed the top on the jar without the rubber and tapped the outer edge of the top. If the top rocked, Miss Brown would not let us use it, for it was imperfect and would likely cause the berries to spoil. "Then we tested each rubber by folding it over half and then folding it back on itself at the same point If it did not crack, it was safe to use. A good rubber will also spring back into shape when you stretch it "After we had adjusted rubbers on each jar, we filled them with the ber- ries, adding the juice of the berries to fill the jars instead of water. We screwed the tops on only half way and placed these filled jars In the wash- boiler on the stove with only enough water to come within an inch of the top of th jars. After counting fif- teen minutes from the time the water started to boil, the jars were taken out and sealed tightly. Miss Brown called this processing. And that Is all, only I am to wrap them in paper before I put them down cellar so that the light won't bleach them." With the evidence of her daughter's achievement and the proof of the method used. Mother spoke to Mary, saying, "I am proud of you, daughter, and I hope you will stick to the Happy Hustlers." But to herself she said, "Lost Is the day in which we do not add to our fund of knowledge, but I have certainly learned a lesson from my daughter to-day. I think It is about time I woke myself up, jumped out of the rut and became aware of what other folks are doing around me." Lifebuoy If the purest, 0,0.1 wholesome MMP that on be made. 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