g rl " wlC . ^ mr^ctloo. clcnUaJM; that In thU r ^T"~ *** cwgd bOTWt * pw»ne>0Krmxa ■ , w « "« tuxJ mars to hti •tarttac point. Bnt

i hmm* nottle*. and he «JJ<1 aot know r ^ ** ta><5 rnitroeej to the pu«

•hi* be bait art oet

Ha Martxl wlHCj backward. t-'Jre-I«C (hat the cobmarlD* l*y behlad Mm A» ha w»*kad. tfraoloc hl< weight Bke « eoBaterb chain aad ball aoddastr 04 uuUiacs at u>a KM cppaarad ba-

' ira Mm

Ha raalUad that *« waa Ijlar with «r tow Mctor thw. tor atan. At ** to Kitopcd the MtoaOoa. Bto bad aank with tor bow toward lead, aad Croat this end. ttorofow. to most «*rt on the ascent of Fto UUwT*

Ib (to wronc dtrectJon. dowawvtd toward the tout of the crater.

aaa*aa ald^ ejm

oot hla hand toward U.

the aid of aad *wM«U

•IthJn srtn's reset. SdWealy to Stopped. Ha stared at the ocay fleer. ~ Ueht tod ' ‘ ‘

It was no tened man. s dwartlah flxure. ridiroloosty

i enreed mirror, ft approached slowly and oncertainl). For Donald teJt hU heart ktill with fear. It wa

The?* war a*ao a alntie sieera at- f^^htd from its am. They draw totaetod by wires to a lltt’e storage to! 1 '■"•cr. ... . tcry worn os the seek. In which, wto:. Ttoy Mood iooklnx at each otter.

i tod been property sdU sleetnc Uyht ooald to a by the preecsre of a

unacted th* wetyfets about the feet Finally. . Donald t his electric h area Incioaed to a specially

•tornbar of the airlock. edmUtln* Ida sod hUnsMf. and dosed It ayaln. Ha Lurw that Closts nod Dados could Uks cam of ttetasetres. Th# alrt-ek. hoQt to to ssad 'nr

They wan breath'c* the stored oxyf cylinders. Ttoy

The transit

'“•Ability of toiac too heartly wrlpht•d and staktoc Into ths oose; that of brine too Ught and loslag balance.

Tbl «* tod to to met.

Throngh th* gtaas mask Donald sa< I<la's face. 8to was eoapoa^l. and. 1 ‘.•It* cf tto distorting medium, to *

lore u tor «r*s.

He sUrtod the anupremwtolr appa'Una to haap tto aaa water oot of the Uy ' k - sad opened the outer door. Ttoy looked lam tto oothtogneaa of the °»»a bottom. The wall of laky water *as hardly illamtoed by th* fatot light 'tot shorn, from their rieeye-lamp* fWld pressed Jda'a hand. He Mi

tor fingers flutter to his.

"■•<*4 what Sb# was to do. - - , l>er toad and shoulder* althto the

And. choking down his fean. he l‘ la a*ad to after her. CHAPTSR IX. On th# flea Floor. hr struggled for balance as the sea 'i t>toe anteltgiad him. He groped »>e water as to a fog. The swlri of ,ubw lhfl air fma the oxygen appara- ;»* In tto lot* carried him eom* dl*'‘ne- from tec eHbifcartar. and then to fait himself *1 tiklnx. Mak vary alowly, and as h# annk J* r^opod for Ida. Ha could not find to' "'to saonartne

'•'‘upietoto.

He

Hr

peering through ttotr thick ;

ered the face, distorted and twisted by tto refraction. Hr sarmlasd that it was not Doric*. Darte* could have made himself knoan by any of a cumber of symbol i of tto seaman's freemsoury. Bnt then. It could not be

loom rittor.

He caught at the figure's hand sod raised It to his aierra-Ught. It was * woman's hand-tt was Ida’s. Ttoy knew each other. Donald took her nogrrs to his. and together they started oc tto ascent. To his horror. Donald perertred that tto water was becoming opoqae. It presaged th* appoarunc* of th* ■e* monsters. They were to this lair, end this substance wa* no food, no plankton that those deril* pushed forth before them like a veil, but a material dralgned to shield them from tb> fillartug sunlight. Donald grasped Ide> hand and fought bD way through tto dinging n»— Am to swung his free arm. upraised, it struck against a rocky burner orertoad. The oose underfoot had yielded to solid rock. He thrust out his anas oo either »de. and still found nick. He realised that they we-e c«. longer tscendtog tto mountain, but bad struck i cars. Donald stood sflil. reflecting. Did Ida understandT Thera was no way to which to tell her. He was atom to retrace Is steps when to perertred. a long distance In frout of him. k ttoy glimmer «.f light. A' 4rst be hoped that It was deyllghi. Hat that ws» uapo»*ible. Ida raised her band and pointed. She. too, had seen it. and had placed be same lnt<-ri>r. ;u!icu upon it. At every slep the light grew dearer. U wa-; net suitionBry. but swung to and fro slowly from side to side, rtoing and falilug >*t sonnlng to mreat slowly as they advanced. D-maM Strained hi* syea through the mask, expecting every motneot to are tto form of one of hi* causrade*. slit nnod still ImhMdtoUrly to lb upo-. o torti wHh Doi*-

rattor. Uto tto rioatog of a trop 1 * Ikwa. Ttoy seemed to snap togsT hanHy a foot from Oonald a toad. And to saw suddenly, as If It ted at that mocMAt only temw risfMe, fits' shadowy form of

had attacked the boat, for Donald <ubM discarr a fiahUke boCy aad a

pair of hinged laws that gaped vide as If to search tor the pray that ted

from tto snout above than.

Donald pushed Ida before him and fled oot of tto care until he trod upon the ocean ooze again. And they cootinned to crawl at tto bottom of tto

two tolplaaa human creature*, un-

believably helpless, while around ttesa the fierce, predatory swarms sought

their diurnal food.

Donald had found tto dope of the

The younger school children are wring ttotnselrM Immensely aelpful * •-* work for the R*d Oroas. Ttoy are erlhuslnatlc aad surprisingly persistent. They soon learn how *o make all tto small' simple knitted articles of wool or cotton, loctodlQg squares of wool Turns for quilts or comforters, nod tto stmpiest of baby bonnets and muffler*. Prim knitting cotton they make wlpm or sponges for hospital use. nod at outing flannel or eiderdown the girts of twelve or more are Tasking bootees, and cape tor Infant wear. Their efforts have been directed toward doing things that will help keep tto shirering throngs of Korop# warm during the coming winter. They have turned out thousands upon thousands of ration beaten, and cannot get too

many of theae.

For the little square* of knitted yam that ore afurrard sawed together Into quilts odds and soda of wool are used, ns the color makes no difference. They should to atx inches square when finished, and for yarn of the overage size 96 stitches are cast on, coarae yarn requires a few lass, and finer n few more. In tto city schools the younger boys and girts knit the squares, and tto older girts Join them, and line tto quilt with flannel or some such malarial Tto plain garter stitch to used for all theae articles. For .baby bonnets of wool yam. 30 rtUcbsa are cast oo and a atrip IS inches long Is knitted. This is fold-

one of the sea

risible now and horribly nmgnlBsrt Tto eyta opened upon his own. They

forming tto cap. A facing Is knitted for th? front of the cap. usually la a contrast'ng color. For this 12 stitches arc cast on and the strip knitted 15 Bowerrr, the craatnre nude oo move Donald, almost pat.

. It- Hr

taw tea gorilla form, with tin short, budding Umba. the trunk of

triangular toed.

Ha fait as sain* primeval man might have done when to looted Into the

fM» of the mastodon.

The creature did not pursue him. but stood, swaying gstely* dreadfully human. Donald snatched at Ida and triad to run. He tripped and frit. He dragged himself to hi* feet realm He became a were of a terrier between the monster and himself, which had. pc. saved ibeui. lie had stntnbUrt • splay substance, a oorallo, 1 growth that proved to to the asripost of a submarine forest. U was a Held of ertiurida, tto yellow Ullea of tto aet.. Beautiful plants with brancbir, arms, ttoy bent and swayed before

Donald * eyas ss they drew In the ml j nute forms of life oo which they sub !

slsted. Tnay wara vecatabU. octopods

carnivorous scaveagara of tto deep j

tad oo tto small flah that cc

Pd«d In their waring ' * lore and every hostess knows that rad drew by th* cfb.tr> milling else adds so much to her table of the lining of their tec- | is light* and flower*. So every year

tadas toward tto central atomsch. i -jioae who make a huainew of maneDonald aaw oo* of tto wa - Ing anu* ! ‘acturing table decorations bring out sweep down toward him. Ha tor' at j vaw variation* In the nae of silk or It with his fingers. To his surprise paper for shades end something new

the brittle branch broke loose and j n re-eptacle* for flower*,

settled slowly In the cose, there to to Tto pretty tower basket shown com* th* embryo of a plant. From tbov* requires only deft finger" and every quarter the tentacles, as If ap ' -.aper rope to make It. The rut** 1* prised of their presence, came swoop «.net ower s wire foundation and the Ing slowly toward them. , m s!l basket carries an ordinary w nDonald aaw Ida grasped In their •.* glum. When tto basket Is woven dinging dutch. Madly to tor# at the .f gray or brown or ivory color cr graceful, shrinking forma, until he had rrorn rope, according «o tto prefer dorm a wide swath before him. and nee of lt« maker. It is varuiabed with the am*, balked end baffled of their iidtof. BHbf real or artificial flowprey. Withdraw wa. with fresh or praaerv.d fern*.

(TO BS CO XT! KU ED.) imke up tto bouquets that adorn llv- ■ -■ ■ . l£ rooms and dining tables theae day*. Argentina's Wh*a» Crap. Kouqurts <»f artificial flowers are

Report* from tto Argntln* Mate 'sshhmable and serve to help brighten that weather roodltloC* are idral fo» to tome, with tto approval of fastto growth of whra'. Th* official pr- -D*** pwpl* Tt.ere is a great vogue

inches long. This U aawwd to tto front of tto and turned back to form tto facing. Narrow ribbon

cap at tto bottom, to draw <t In dot* about tto neck, and to tie unde' tto chin, or a coed made of tto yam. finished with little tassels of yarn, may

leches square and knitted loosely. When binding off every aHernats sdteh Is dropped: this makes tto squire soft and spongy. There are different way* of kru tting them to gat ♦ K *- asm* effect but they are leas atm- »"«- Tto work for the Bed Crews benefits tto children in many ways, so that they are topping themselves as well as other*. Ttoy are much more keenly interested In the war than they otherwise would to. and their patriotlam la stimulated by all that ttoy do

buttons may be kept in the compartment which was used for small change, thus proving a great convenience whan on* la la a burry.

Tto newest kind of Ing wear are of metallic brocade cut with a fairly long vamp aid a high toel Tto portlculariy novel feature la tto extension of the top of the sUpto fo.m a strap which la eontlnInto a bracelet suggestion Jusl above tto ankle.

Srown bread, bran bread, rye. and bar* > will give us a variety from which f. When preparing the oatmeal a larger quantity fill cook neatly as soon, ahd the left»rer amount may be put Into a w*Br***ed pan. and when cold cut ia Beat Wcea. This if Mod nicely In ssraet 5»t makes a most wholesome hot dish. Wtlch will take the plow of meat Wa til know the ralne of corameai mush.. *oth as a cereal and as a breakfast Osh sliced and fried. Nutt. Atdt of ' ‘ Mts of meat added to the hot mush tetolt more printable anti mflr« WtaIn most of the breads a little wheat lour Is essential to keep the materials

jrovlde the gluten to hold la tto gnsaa to that the brand will rise. Rice biixfltna—Sift together half a rupfui of corameai a cupful of pastry. % half teaspoonful of salt, four tan--poonfuls of tetdAf powder, two taMespoonfult of sugar. Beet one egg and one egg yolk, add a half cupful at Bilk, and when well mtxed with tto •ry Ingredients, odd throe tablespoon- . ful* of melted shortening with o capful of boiled rice. Bake lu well buttered muffin pons 25 minutes. The tlce should be boiled tender and to quite moist. When serving rice in various ways are should to taken to see that it Is ell done, as It Is unwholesome Unix done. Bran Bread.—Scold n cupful of milk, idd two tablespoorfuls of shortening, a half teaspoonful of nit and thraa toblespoonful* of molasses. When lukewarm odd o cake of yeast softrned in a quarter of a cupful of water, one cupful of entire wheat flour bran to make a soft dough. Do knead. Let stand well covered until light, cut down and turn Into a breadpan. When doubled In bulk, bate a* hour. Ice D a 'arev item in many houseolds: rare In quickly apenlng and oslng the chest will make a great Taring In Ice. Some housekeepers wrap the ice In newspapers and keep I few folded and laid over tto lee. which rare* wasting.

Inexpensive Table Decorations.

Wherever we drop In for afternoon j na'ural flowers la charm, but tv* we Just naturally gravitate toward Imitations of the rose are so good th* * table (hat glows with a candle under they rolgtu to displayed in a florist'i ! pretty shade. Small vasea or bos-1 window. The paper candle stmdea <rts of flowers have almost as strong when they are well made will vie will

those of silk or any other aort In ef fectiveoess. so no one need to witbou

them.

3

II rains ry estimau U for * crop of 3t'V OuOfWO bushels. Tto large crop of 1015-10 was 175,000,000 bustoU. and tto avenge for the flv* preradlnz years was 140,000 000 buntola. Dome* Be requirements are .bout TO.OOOOOu bushels. Tto large crop now growing will be available some time after Jsnu ary 1 if transportation Is furalshod. The Argentine oats crops Is eetlmntod st 88.000000 bushel*, or 12400.001 bushels more than th* crop of ol which 57D00j00n bushels were exported.

To Keep Pipes of Furnace Clear..

dropped through tto Hoar rrglatn grating of n hwt-tilr braring syatnu without the B resetty of rewring a section of tto pipe, m -sh gratlngv nmy to fitted into place. No. 0 gang* wire «h may to used in ptvcea Jaw Isrg. imgb to fit into tto metal bog he r tto frgtsie*.

r them In fsrt. especlaliy for tboec hot copy • losely old-fashioned garden Cower* like the aster and marigold. • be daisy end rhryaanthemaro—and. of

i-iiursB. aiasys the ro^.

Tlie candle shades and rose* shown In the picture are made of fine crepe >per sod much like the candle shade* f lari year nr any other year, except Ihnt th' cnt»dl*> light filters through • wo thlrkncssvs of paper In two rhadrs if the some color, with the lighter •hade on the Inside. At tto left * Shille shade Is made of large rose im-ibIs In rose pink and e*rh petal I* im*d «1th taper in * lighter pink, rhere sre sms 11 ro*** and ram leaves .■•t at-out ilw- shade near its top. Soft tUsdee of purplr and Isv.-tulcr tugethwr nske iovri) shades at this kind. The •hade at the rlglil is «vrt> siujder. It i' nu.de of Ugl" and dark rase valor snd Is ■* pretty In deep sad pele yel- ■;» tu qn hid or tto lighter greet!». Of rawrsc t.ucblng ran ever equal

SulU to Bolt All Figures.

Tto suit style* shown this seosoq are so widely varied that no woman whatever tor figure, should have tin slightest difficulty In making s selrc lion. Little buxtlke coats, sometimes loosely belted, with wide sleeves and high severe collars, arv wi>.-n with nap row skirts, the siihoaet'e ar.lred at suggesting the Mandarin coat and wtdi trousers of the Chinese. Buss! at. Mouse suits are also popular, and oof of the style* f.-n lured for ycmn| girt* has been dubbed the “tube" suit inasmuch a* tto mat la straight auf narrow and at n little distance up

pears to to cut with tto skirt.

Belt Line Diversified. The best line of tto new frocks Is at diversified as one ran Imagine. Then are belts of all degre*-* of width. Then Is still the brltln- fmek that boa l girdle drawn loosely about the blpa and there are ncrariottal hlgh-walstaf belts. The tendency in the new frucki la to emphasise the normal walstlin* however, and till* probably Incan* thi persistent of the M-paratr toll al leather or embraidtred | silk. Blouse With High Coilar. The new tailored blouse n- drvelopef witli front and back yoke*. CroB which box jdalta are hud. or then- may a cluster of plaits In the rvotal irk and on Wliter side of the front. The high collar la not figuring larg* 1) ill the tnllorwff n-ddr. the flat rrA isr that mactim for down the front lining favors*!. Narrow fluting la ■ lure of these woiau

Hr who has conferred a klndnaas should be stleat. be who has received oo* ihoukl speak of lu

Celery to be used for the uble, Thonld be thoroughly chilled. By adding a slice of lemon or dorti of riaegar to ths water, the celery ia kept white and madt crisp. Apple and Cheese Salad.—Wipe and pare apples and scoop nut 24 tells, ualng n French vegetable cutter. Mar mate with French dressing and chill thoroughly. Mash a cream cheese, end «dd a tablesnoonfu! of cbof>|ied piiientoe*. and three-fourths of n teatpoonful of salt. Shape Into 12 tell* the same idse a* the npple balls nnd roll In finely chopped parsley. Arrange a bed of crisp heart leaves at lettuce, sprinkle over It the celery cut tn fine strips on Inch and a half In length. Arrange tto balls oc the lettuce and serve with French treating. Turnip Cone*—Wn*h end Jo re turnip* and cut In cone or cube shape, using a vegetable cutter; there should V three cupfuls. Put them Into a male role. add a half trsspoonful of tail one end a half traspoonfulc of sugar, one-fourth of a cupful of sweet •at. a dash of pepper, and a half cupful of tolling water. Cover and boll yntil the turnip* are tender, about an sour and a half. Brown Qlblet Gravy.—Four off nil tto 3quid in tto pan In which (he tortey ha* l*een mosted. From tto Squid akltn off six tnblespoonfuls of fat und return it to tto roasting pan. add six tnblrspoonfuls of flour and Mir until well blended, then cook until aril browned. Pour on gradually, ridie stirring constantly, three cupfuls at stock. If you hare none, use toy vegetable water that vegetable* save been cooked In. such a* mint* water, stir nnd cook until smooth, seatufl and strain To obtain stock covir the giblets, neck and wing tip* with Jvc cupful* of co d water and let aimmcr until reduced to three cupfuls. Flic glble * arr finely chopped and t,.filed to the grivy. Lemon FiiS>J.—One large or two •mull lemons, rind of Juice, one cupful of sugar, s half cupful of 'rater. >ue egg. n tnhlespoooful of bnti*-r and three thMcspooaftda of flour mixed with tin- »tiger. Cook all together until amooth and thirl;. The cake may to frosicd with chocolsie or simply aprinkli-d with powdered Migar. 'KtLUr ")yU^.trat£.