The Deep Sea Peril

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ttiMs la tbs msaesB at Acatalpsc, la BrtOih Hob«OM, oo«, to. Tfearsaid tto JOya» vmi tima. and that thcr '-med about Umod rran the priests tbs: bad the* to AtlaaQa. the ciad-

“De yen m* host U srert*. DnwMr Cft tlilasa or cams they c*a^ Utt seder the preasote of cdU« o* sea, and « they hire oo uniat moartw And »tbe*pariktariaa«. They pwh thetr TSctliBt dowe ape* the atooe." That waa m (hr pa he had ezjdalned siw. Deohid tosdMd the edf* of the Made with his ttnoaboalL The fieSbte boot twaased. atsdlac forth a aooad

tfly. He dUUfced rioleaee. partly as an attempted rioUttoo cf the priodpi* Prindpelly becaaee ae sraaTwrard. *11 la all ocr Urea for the raise!nx pari of the maEnaertpi. or tsooe." said Doeald. la that Infernal lijrht he

"Tob will think dllfereatly to a few omenta.’ - he answered. And the implement that he had wed before. Into U* hands, be strock another Instantly the reelUent waU dosed to ■boot them. and. with the same alow. Heady preesare. they were nr red forward. Oonu ini the lead. The note ejaln; they stopped. Clouts was now Inm-edUtely to (root of the i* at bone. And, very slowly, he becaa to lean forwaro. At any other time be wooid bare distinctly Into be waddlinx alowty, and the rasor-edred weapon. He stood stock •till, planted his toss bard In the ooxe, and betu to bend forward, as If he were ahosU to undertake some iltstbMdc nerctoe. Ttonald understood what eras happen lux. The monsters were cryiax Clouts - body downward In such a way that the edxe of the bone knife would lie lnu: xJla!ely axatost his breast. Then, with an increased pressure. C«'!~ would be farced down cats the keen boo* sliced his body to twain. He plunxed tus hand Into the mound and drew out a bone. WhlrUnx It

sound (hat they had beard before, and yet • quaily clear and boanttfuL The response was astrwishto? Insiintaneotndyi «• it seemed, the Interior of the (ample was filled with the deril me*. DoitoM had just time to -tch Ida to him -shea they were trashed backward behind the mound.

answered the “Ton sec. I consideration at H- Too are. no to asy. the fly on the 'heel As a part of the human roc*, ou should mast the fat? In store (or he nea.” Tuu make me rick. -- said Donald. ilncBcard looked rcther anyry. •Ton can bare your life for the trsoet* tar returned, “but not as a -riaanaot sift. I ahall not atopic you at to bestow on you the boon of coo'iaoinx that eoouant adjustment to ert Spacer words, you ^ yo to the dertl until I am ready Uks you to hand acaln. on one mdtoea.** "Xaros h. you Merkyuard." said I»O0Bld. “I want the two misrinx of

“Take ns all beck to the sabmartor of this bril's kitchen of yours. * riww us the way to the top of the Isiaad. ana yon ahaU bare ah the jp* of U»* papscs." MscBswrd eyed Donald with amur- ««. -i offrred yon yow Uf-. not the oihrrt.- he answered. "One man re- • n.inx win, . awry tike itoatrrm*n - s frid be celled a lunatic; two would awaken doubt; three would be fatal. -- And then his eyes fell upon Ida. Sto - Was standinx at DonskJ s aide. ■ l*rr.re end tMtoct its he. and their ■'* met. And at that Instant some“•toy kappaned to the profoasor that ■-'toe’, all bto calcntaduos, somethlny at 1«*!rt» ba would bare sooTcd as en-

He fril to tore for the first time to •* Ufa. Xctimts baa newer snceecded la pene- : atlny the mystery at lore. It Is not «*.v.n why one man fsii- to lore at fly and another at alnrlr-i.; one nt >cht and another after lire years of - fioeea and suroer Dartle* with Ibe ®* know why It had happeoed to him. but hs knew that It bad happen'dwith M there raar the sni'etwsl net to Aaplay bto enperiortty »> man at Isa's aide. In whom to lively sensed bis rival. ou'tb ids yet your rerds pretty r." bv Mirered. “Tou had the eeto your hands, and you earrrtid It to tor. Too think a tittle mure >.• of old Mnateerae;' n.‘W. don't «* bUcknard ~ cried Danald

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_ before him as be ran. But er-n as be neared It H becaa to grow dim. Hot more than a bundrod paces sway, the Teasel sank Into obscurity es they raced toward it It

ped for air. He beard Clouts couchinc. and saw the middy — sa be ran. Ida fen back into

On they ran. croptoy throu*h the complete bbtekneea. The air was Hke wins Jelly. Donald had almost ceased to breathe. He ran with his luny* full of a tittle reservoir of air. which ba

MscBsard Ctspped Out about his head, he struck out rtfnt and left wlrb It. He beard the skulls of tr monsters crack under the luipect. He dove a path to Ctouts - side. He ■ached Wm Just as the edyc of the _Rlfe lay acro-a Gtoou breast- As he l>eat back the aaa derila Ooots straightened himself with a Jet* end looked up iiiuumfuUy. •It ain't no use. air.” be said and plunging hl« hand Into hto breast he drew oul his mouth organ. The relief was only momentarily achieved. The monsters earae crowdlay bock. They pinioned Donald's arm* to bis sides by pressure. IB aoortier Instant Cl out* wooid hare paid the debt hr ncrer ow«d MecBeard. It was then the ruling passion asserted llsrtf to Cloria Perils ps It was because he ihonyht bis rhance wooid r come again, or It might have mere habit. Hotting his band to Hs lip? to struck out the reedy notes of “Pally la Our AHey.” Doaald saw tto phosphoreaesnee run from I torn atony the cl re like liquid Are. He brord Mar Beard's deep not*, saw the Are quiver and vanish to the darkness ourslde the cave. Meanwhile Stm Clouts played on. rtoosid seized Davies - arm to wild esritement. Don’t you seer to ertod. "Its mold c. not the sonads, beceuse they esn’t bear those, but only the vibrations. Thtfs their tonyusye. And MacBeerd Iratxrd s-wwtore that they wouUtat hurt him if bv brought—do you know ehat he bro-uAtl Do you know what It was that he urockr “A tuning fork I" shouted Davies. With tJlrlr arma linked, they ran Into the throng of scurrying monsters. Iila between Donald and Davies, and Clouts In the van. Mowing his moath organ luce s madman The monsters hurried before them to evident panic. The contact with tto slippery bodies no longer produced resIUence. Tto ••lusive phosphorescent (fleams shot hare and there like wlll-o'-toe-wtsps. MncReard was nowhere to be seen. At tto cave's entrance Ham Clouts nour“d and turned to Donald. -I wish I'd brought my baas conwtlna abtotrd. sir." to aald. “Never mind; you Tv doing very .->1 indeed. Hunts," enaaered Dorald. Nay. man: i*UyI* Tbr Ugh!*, whlrti had renalnri ataooarr dor!!.; tto .-nouj.-j's interluda.

n at they togged at r door of the airlock. Somehow they opened It. They cot Ida Inride and followed. The o door was closed. Clouts, reding forward. opened the inner one, and stale, worn-out air within the conning CHAPTER XI. Tto Interloper. Ida went Into Donald's cabin. Donald hi merit arranged to sleep to the rn—rrinm. Davies had his cabin, and Ooots the first watch. Presently Donald found himself alone. He got Into hit hammock, but he could not grapple with tto sttuadoa. It seemed so unreal that he half exported to awake and find that to had been delirious, and that to was J^st coming to after reaming Ma from tto wreck of the Beotia. He felt roar.* and mure nervous. He got up and sat down at tto tabic, staring Into tto darkness In front at him. Suddenly to leaped to his feet with n choked cry- Across tto messn at a distance of about eight pace*, he taw. mistily outlined, tto face and tody Of the woman whom to had Imagined that he saw In the house to Bah

saw tor so filter, y that once again to believed himself tto victim of a hallucination. Tto faintest ninralLitlon played about tor. showing only the ethereal spirit that seemed Incarnate to a vapory dead.

He put out Us band. As he did to, tto flrure waved, and to hrerd unmistakably the faintest tilde of fey* upon the floor. He tried to catch her. to satisfy himself that to was not dreaming, but she eluded him Trtth ease, ■eemlng to f before Ms eye*, now here, now there. Suddenly the door opened. Do saw Ida standing to tto doorway, by the light of the candle within ' cabin. “Donald!" she cried. "I thought—

“Idar The denial died an Ma liar- Be was not aurc. He glanced hastily shout him, and. at tto far end. to thodkht to mtv the dim cutUces of Ms visitor agate. Ida peered ti She anw nothing, but she Interpreted Donald's more-nents correctly. “Donald! Who is ato? How did she come borer Tbrre Is nobody. Ida." Be beard tto desperation to Ma voice; and at that Instant a yearning toward tto ethereal loveliness of that uncanny wraith fill’d Ms whole heart. He took a match from Ma box and struck It. Tto apart of flame illuminated the meamooci. It was entirely empty. “Yen me. dear.” aald Donald, torntoy to Ida with an embarrassed tough. “Too have beta dreaming, dear." “Tea. I suppose I have been dream tog." she answered. But she spoke without conviction. Awl suddenly she was crying Lpoa ‘ ^ " —

“Dear, you are hyatericrl. In the Darning It will be all right." “Ton don't lor.e me any mora, Deo

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Scanty Far*. William Snyder, bead keeper at the Central perk menagerie. Is willing to answer any question regarding animals nt any hour of the day or night. That rood In*-;-" frequently gives him an Insight Into domestic tragedies affxtinc tto life or liberty of birds, dogs. cats, monkey* and even turtles kept at pet* to Hew Turk tomes, says the New Tort Herald. Mr. Knydvr was called to tto trie-

Birijwt of Five Breeds Given Farmers’ Buuetm. Compariaai, Mads of Ayrahlss. Brswn •write, Quet naey, Holsts In and Jorocy—Holstein is Given

•reeds moat gsoeroUj known to tto Cnlted States to shown In rannara* Bulletln No. 883 of (to department

For Ayrshire tto average of the AM8 cow* that have completed yearly tecords tor advanced registry tr 0,555 pounds of tullk testing S£6 p«r cen •f buUerfst. amounting to 8T7J51 pounds of fbL Tto ten highest milk producers of tMs breed range from KX9 to 18.745 pounds of milk the overage of these ten highest pro-

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ducers to 21.5.1SJ3 pounds of milk. The ten highest butterfnt producers among Ayrshire! range from 86556 «o 744.75 pounds, with an average, for these ten. of 855.4 pounds of butterfat. Brown Swim Record*. In tto Brown Swiss breed the average of 188 cows that have completed yearly records for tto registry profluttou to 10988.7 pounds of milk, testing 8596 per cent, amounting to 433.45 pounds of butterfnt. The ten highest milk producers of the breed range from 10.460.6 to 18,496.7 pounds of

17,3725 pounds. The ten highest butt erf at producers of the Brown Svrtss rmnge from 786.16 to 64750 pounds, with an average for these ten of 688.72 pounds of butterfat. Guernsey Records. . In tto Guernsey the sverage of 6500 cows that have completed a year - * record for advanced registry to 853453 pounds of milk, testing 450 per cant, amounting to 446.01 pounds of butterfab The ten highest producers of this breed range from 24.006 to 1728751 pounds of milk with an average, for these of 185375 pounds of milk. The ten Mghcst Guernsey butterfst producers range from 1586.16 to 810.67 pounds, on average for these ten of 976.75 pounds uf butte.-fah Holstein Records. Among Holstein.* 3220 cows that had completed a yearly record for advanced registry averaged 14.622.7 pounds of milk, testing 8.424 per cent, butterfat, amounting to 000.7 pound" of fab The ten highest producers of thte breed averaged from 81,2465 to 3/26.4 pounds of milk, an average for these ten of 28586.34 pounds of milk. The ten highest Holstein butterfat producers averaged from 150650 to 151758 pounds, an average for those ten of 150058 pounds of buttrrfmb

In tto Jersey breed, the average of 1544 cows that had completed yearly records for the registry of merit was

High Producing Guernsey. i.7B2 pounds «f milk, testing 555 per •cot. making 417 pounds of butterfat. Che ten highest milk producers ranged Ttan 18594.8 to 105335 pounds, an iveruge. fur these ten. of 17.703.4 Kiunds of milk. The ten highest buterfri producers range from 899.1 to 1755 sounds, an avenge for these rn. of 94S.1 pounds of 'rutterfub

JSEFUL FOR WINTER MULCH .eaves Ars Not Only Serviceable When Placed Aowt Plants, But Also Good for bitter. Have (be leaves. They are useful •or winter mulct) ftlvnit garden plants, or poultry to srrutcfc in and. when ■lied and rotted down, make a good •-rtlllser for the garden. It to worth .'bile to save them tf possible.

tloccd by aa agitated woman who sought to know the proper food for a turtle. Mr. Snyder explained that It depended upon tto type of turtle, and upon being informed tto: It was a Ut-

ed that it to M one lettuce leaf a

“flb. pshaw r exclaimed this woman, “and rv« Just sect the maid over to

Dally Thoughb Victories that arc easy are etoup. Those only are werth tovteg -Wet entne a* tto result of bard fighting.— .

When bousing the farm Impleuieuts for winter make a Ust of tvjtalrv needed to put them In shape for efficient service next year. Order these rejwlrs nt once at)d have them on haul when needed. Such precaution may easily save days of delay twixt spring.' Materials are ao ■bolt that manufacturers will not carry more porta than seems ctoniiteiy necessary. An order plated cow means that you will nd be disappointed next spring

Board In your tie-up. An old horse, especially. Hke old man. feels the cold. Blanket your bones on frosty Mghta In the fall, when their coot* ore abort. Give your horses and cattle a ood bed. Bedding to cheap. Water your horses at lean hree times a day. Tto stomach the torse to very «m»n Punctuality In feeding and vraertng the stock to very iraportanb They will worry and lorn •sb If kept waiting beyond the regular time. A good grooming costs no money, and to equal to two Darts of oat*. A bone cannot thrive oo toy lone. He ae«ds oats or corn for strength; and gross, bran or potatoes to keep Ma bowels right. Keep your horse's feet soft, and have Mm shod often. More feet are ruined In the stable than the road. Do not degrade your family by using a lame horse. Kill tto worn-out or IneuraMy ame horse. If you aril him. the oney that you receive to blood ooey.—Boston Work Horae Beef Association.

LEGHORN IS POPULAR BREED Boat Example of Nonsitting Class an* Most Widely Brad of Any European Fowl. Tto Leghorn to probably tto best example of the nonaUtlng class, f. to certainly the moat popular and the ; widely bred of any European fowl. Other egg breeds Include the Minorcas. Anconaa, Andalusians, Campines and Spanish, all Mediterranean

White Leghorn Cockerel. breeds. To these should be added the Hamburg. Hoodsn. the Bedcap. and possibly some others. They ail toy wMte-abelled eggs. The most common varieties of Leghorn* are wMte. brown, buff, black and silver, and some of these color varieties nre again subdivided into single and rose-comb species. The WMte and Brown Leghorns, are the most widely bred, and they were the first varieties known.

FREEZES HELPFUL TO SOILS AM Pulverize Broken Ground, Cause Particles *•» Crumble and Vegetable Matter to Break. There is considerable advantage it) severe freezes during t Inter. While cold weather make" expenses somewhat heavier unless the farmstead t» well arranged for couucrt. both for man and animals, the sail to always benefited by freezes. Farmers readily recognize that after lu.nl freezes the soil to lu better condition. Freezes help pulverise broken ground; they cao*e tto particles V crumble, vegetable matter to disintegrate and break down. There to also considerable check to the tecreane ’ Insect*. Many Insects In the pu; 4 stage are killed by very cold weather and this means lr«s increase the following spring 00*1 summer. However, there nre some that stand very low temperatures without injur}. The best way to get the full benefit* of winter snows and winter freeze* to to have the tend broken.

FARM

LAYERS BEST FOR BREEDING Everything to Bs Gamed and Nothing Lost by Bstecting Desirable Hsus In Winter. Mark tto laying ban. Any ben can •ay In tto spring, but tto one which lay* through the winter deserves recognition by promotion to the breeding flock. Everything is to to gained and noth tng lost by selecting breeding hens during winter. It to enay to eelert tto toying ton. Her comb to bright and red ■nd her pin bones will to spread apart. Hen* tneettag these qoailficatiuus should be set apart with a good, vigorous male bird. It to folly to breed from the entire flock. By selecting a few of the best birds, progress will bs made. Where no select)i* is practiced, tto poor producers will be used for Breeding, for even loafers will lay In tbs spring. It to also a mistake to breed from the Immature and undersited stock. Overfat, cob. ^e-boced bens or those which drop behind should never to pat In the breeding pen. Tto best place for them to on the table. Pick out tto good bird* and Cue fewer afford better

RIGHT CARE OF COCKERELS Young Fowl* Need Plenty o< Proper Kind of Food and Shelter to Develop Into Good Birds. Those who have good cockerel* needed for breeding birds in their own flocks will see to It that they are property cared for. The young cockerels will need plenty of the right kind of feed and the proper shelter and protection so they may develop into good Mrds. Tto mistake is sometimes made of not keeping enough cockerels for tbo number of tons needed oc the farm.

Champion White Plymouth Rock. Aa a result of tMs. farm flock* somes produce too small a per cent of fertile eggs. This tm-aos considerloss for the infertile egg unused In incubation to almost if cot a complete loss. to not easy to tell tto kind of birds young cockerels will make, at least wMle they ore quite young. It (ccssary generally to keep tto birds till their type plumage and general Individuality am to aacertnined. The best to none too good and no one can afford to keep poor cockerels. Kboald ■ of your flock be suitable, then div jn*e of all and get good cocker.-to to breed up your floc k. TMs will bo econo mien 1 in tto end.

PROTEIN REQUIRED BY PIGS Fe«d Necessary for Bone, Muscls, Frame, Material, Etc.—Skim Milk Is Recommendsd. After the pigs are weaned they may lose flesh or at lea*' moke gains very lowly unless fed a feed rich In protein, to make hone, o uncle, frame material. mineral matter, etc. If fed skim milk and grain they will not disappoint you.

SKIM MILK OF GREAT VALUE Value of Product at Hog Feed Generally Known, But Not Always Fully Appreciated. The value of skim milk as a bog feed is known on every farm, though not always fully appreciated. In the neighborhood of many large tltslrief pork production to a very promlnen' and lucrative supplement to tto dairy Industry.

UNPLEASANT TO CARRY FEED

Carrying feed through the snow In tto winter to unpi***aut and this can in a measure be avoided by building a feed bln In each poultry bouse. IhU bln can be filled about once each week with mixed grains and it will reduce tto time necessary to properly feed the birds t.t Uwdr regular !ceding hour.

FEED DURING COLD WEATHER Grain Should Be Given in Litter to Morning So Fowls Will Exercioe arl Get Warm. When cold weather comes, grain food should to fed Id a Utter in the morning so that 'be fowls will exercise and get warm. The mash (If a damp mail) is fed) should to between ten o'clock ond noon and more grain given st night so that the fowls will go to tod with full crop*. OBTAINING EGGS IN WINTER First Essential Is to Have f-ulleta V ell Matured Before Cold V> eat he Finally Set* In. In securing fall and winter egg* the first resenti*' U to bare pullet* well matured before cold weather, wldch mean* hatching Mrds of the g.-ueral-purpoee breed* In February and March. The average farmer hatchi-> hi* chickens too tote to necurv egg" In tto f*IL