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THE VEIL LADY By Edna Toonstock (Copyright, 1916, by W. fc, Chapman.) John Bryan was "moving his office" that is, what there was of it to movo. It was a forlorn, disheartening job. For flvo years ho had maintained fair space and respectable furniture und fixtures. Now bad luck and poor business had been his lot. He had lost hfs grip and was conipolled to stop down the lino to a very poor position indeed. Ho owed five months' rent and had honorably turned over to the building his entire office possessions all ex cept tho clumsy tied-up bundle he carried in his arms. This contained his account books, legal papers and a few desk utensils. John was depressed and abstracted. He did not notice that a veiled lady and a small child had alighted from a handsome limousine at tho curb. He ran right into the little one, felt tho contact, drew back, with the child un harmed, but his precious bundle fell from his arms and its contents scat tered wide on the sidewalk. "I am so stupid!" he faltered in apol ogetic tones to the lady, but she pro ceeded to assist him in gathering up tho load he had dropped. She came to a card photograph in a metal case. There was a quiver to her voice as she handed it to him. "Tho glass is broken," she said. "Ah, but tho picturo is intact!" ex claimed John, in a tono of deep thank fulness. "I prize it very highly, madam, and I shall not forget your kindness to a stranger." Then, with a courtly bow that was "I Havt Come to See You on Business." natural to him, for he wns a gentle man, every inch of him, ho passed on. The lady hastened to the curb. She motioned the chauffeur to bend to wards her. "That man," she said rapidly "who dropped the papers." "Yes, ma'am, I see him," was the ready response. "Follow him, see where he goes, learn something about his circum stances, if you can." She went into the store she had started for, bought her juvenile com panion some comfits and returned to await the return of her messenger. "Madam," reported the latter, "the gentleman you directed me about is a JVIr. John Bryan. He took his traps to a little desk in a big barn of an office let out to poor brokers and tho like. It seems he did a good business once, but lost his grip and ho has little left. I learned, though, that he is respect able, of good habits and all that, and honest as the day is long." "Poor soul," murmured tho veiled lady and there was a faint suggestion of a sob in her tone. "And I had al most forgotten! How strange that we should meet again in this odd way! He is the same patient, tender, trueliearted. If I had never left him, how much misery might have been spared me." Alice Worth fell into a soulful rev erie as the machine sped on. Her mind went back to five years previous, when she had become a stenographer in tho office of John Bryan. She recalled tho gracious, helpful ways of her employer, his encouragement, his patience until she had be come more of a partner than an assist ant She delighted in showing her gratitude for the business training he had given her. Her attention to de tails, her magnetic ways, her advice, carried tho business up on a wave of actual success. She had almost learned to love the quiet earnest man who em ployed her, when a flashing, brilliant lover came along. She left the Bryan office and married him. Within a year, after spending all her savings, he deserted her, she secured a divorce and resumed her maiden name. Later her husband died and she began life all over again as a governess in a very wealthy family. She sought the mother of the little one she cared for when she reached tho splendid mansion, where she was treated more as a relative than a hired companion. "Mrs. Delville," she said, "I am going to say something that will make

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you think mo vory ungrateful, hut my duty calls mo. I cannot go with tho family to California, aa you have arranged." Thon she told this real friond what

impelled her to turn aside rrom ease and luxury, u for a lonoly, friendless man who had once boon her loyal mentor and guido. Mrs. Dolvillo listened with interest and sympathy. Tho little ono would griove for her, she and her husband would sorely miss her. hut sho guoasod tho true emotion that underlay Alice Worth's strange impulso and tried only to bo helpful. It was the next day that John Bryan sat at his desk, trying to believe that he was still a man of business and that tho flood of fortune would somo day turn his way. He was writing out cards to place In tho rack over his desk, describing tho various pieces of property he had for sale, when a lady entered the office and sank to the chair at the side of tho desk. Sho was veiled. John instantly recognized her as his kindly helper of tho day previous. "I have come to see you on business, Mr. Bryan," she began at once and a vague far-away expression came into his eyes. What chord of memory was touched? Why did a nameless thrill pervade his being? Before he could realize these strange emotions, tho lady held him in a trance of sheer stupefaction as she proceeded: "I wish to go into business. I am a competent stenographer and something of a business woman. I hear you spoken of as a man of sterling integrity. Would you consider me as a partner if I will invest some capital against your business capacity?" "A partner?" gasped the astonished John Bryan in a lost tone. "There is nothing to make a partnership of." "I think differently," spoke his vis itor promptly. "I have investigated and believe that, with your prestige and record and a little co-operation, you can regain the business you so well understand. A Mr. Delvillo, a wealthy gentleman, will place the care of a large property in our hands." John Bryan was trembling all over with mingled sensations of hope, ex citement and self-depreciation. 'I must be honest with you," ho spoke. "I was only successful while I had an assistant, a most estimable and capable young lady. That is her pic ture," and John pointed to the same photograph in a frame over his desk which the veiled lady picked up from among his scattered papers on the pavement on the day previous. "I keep it near me," he added in a low tone, "for she is closer to my heart than any other woman in tho world." There was a flutter of the veil. As the visitor again spoke, the accents of her voice betrayed intense emotion. Will you draw up a memorandum of the partnership agreement, Mr. Bry an?" sho said. He took up his pen and drew a blank sheet of paper towards him in a dazed. mechanical way. "The name, please?" he questioned. She lifted her veil Alice Worth! For a moment he stared unbelievingly at her. Then the truth overwhelmed him. The tears started, his face dropped into his arms across the desk before him and he sobbed as if his heart would break. Her gentle hand caressed the silvered head. "Blind! Blind!" she murmured "he does not even yet guess that my poor tired heart is famishing for the love of a true, loyal man!" But the scales fell from the eyes of John Bryan as the days went on and business cares were assuaged by that sweet companionship. And then, amid hope and success, love flamed forth gloriously, and so they were married. TESTS FOR HEART DISEASE German Physicians Havo Evolved Novel Method of Detecting Presence of Weakness. There is a new way of diaenosine: heart disease. It was discovered in Germany and is based upon the prin ciple that extremely slight motion in the air will form similar changes in a burning flame. Two small smoking gas flames are used, and around these is turned a wide paper tape. The flames cause bands of soot to appear upon the sur face of the tape. Over the heart of the patient an in strument somewhat similar to a tele phone transmitter is placed. This transmitter has a very sensitive diaphragm. Its vibrations are dupli cated by the diaphragm and transmit ted by a tube to a gas chamber through which passes the gas for one of the flames. The slight flamings of the gas in re sponse to the various vibrations result in characteristic rings of smoke on the paper tape. From these abnormalities in the heart-beat can be read. Time is recorded by the second flame, influ enced similarly by vibrations from a tuning fork. The smoke rings vary in shape and position according to the character of vibration causing them, and so help to simplify the diagnosis. "Seasoning" Iron Castings. In the manufacture of the higher types of machinery care is taken to lessen the cooling stress of iron cast ings by annealing or some other means, in order to make the iron homogeneous and less liable to break age or distortion. This process is known as "seasoning." It has been found in the case of ordinary test bars one inch square in section that there was a gain in strength of about 20 per cent, due to the shocks sustained during an hour in a tumbling barrel, as compared with companion bars from tho same ladle not bo treated.

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President's Attempt to Put World Into Two Camps WASHINGTON. When it camo time for the president to arrange for the customary dinners to tho diplomatic corps this winter, Mr. Wilson and his social, military and diplomatic assistants found themselves up against a hard proposition, due to the European

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timent of the neutral countries, Mr. Wilson took tho little blue-covered diplomatic book issued by the state department and placed in camp No. 1 the first neutral representative on the list. Tho next he put in the second camp, and alternating thus, he had the world divided into camps, with the United States standing between. It was an ingenious though simple plan, and seemed to give assurance of peace at the festive board. But on second thought the chief executive gave it up and adopted another. The belligerent leaders of each camp were left as they were, but along with each of these groups the representatives of all the neutral countries were invited. So peace reigned anyhow, and the lucky neutrals had two dinners instead of one.

Little Incident in a Street Car in Washington A FAT, wabbly woman, overburdened with what you might literally call a game bag filled with trophies of the day's bargain hunt, entered a crowded car. No man showed symptoms of chivalry, and as a fat, wabbly woman dangling at a strap makes a

somewhat distressing show of herself, a young woman arose and gave up her seat. This act of courtesy aroused no belated gallantry in the man passengers, each of whom read his paper or looked bluntly satisfied and uncaring, as, of course, he had a right to do if he wished. After a bit a man boarded the car, saw the girl, cordially shook her free

hand and said to her in the voice of one who owns tho world and all there is in it: "If you want to hear mo speak here's your chance. Come up to tho capitol with me now for luncheon. Mary will be there." "Thank you, not this time, senator. Wo have a tea on hand for the afternoon. Try to look in on us "

Our home men aro not toadies, but there are always exceptions. And they happened to be in the car. Every newspaper lost its lure for the reader masked behind its pages. Every stolid passenger who had ignored the mere everyday woman who had given them an object lesson in unselfishness became simultaneously solicitous to place his share of the car at the disposal of the booming-toned senator and his friend. Neither paid any attention, thanks be; and that was all there was to it except that It was anly another proof of a now generally accepted fact that young women who go out in the world to battle for right of way are acquiring a protective tenderness for all who are old and helplessa protective tenderness which men are throwing aside, and which selfish, home-pampered women and girls never did have, and never will.

Foreign Lotteries Worrying Postal Authorities INCREASE in the number of government lotteries abroad, as the war drags itself out, is forcing United States postal authorities to be especially watchful to prevent their advertisement in this country. The lotteries are given publicity in the United States

appearance. All the suspected letters are diverted and opened. With news stories the department does not find it so easy to deal. The solicitor's office of the department holds that any news story advertising a lottery must be barred from the mails. Under the

departments ruling this means any story giving publicity to a lottery. It does not have to be a paid advertisement. Many news stories of European lotteries have been printed recently, the department says, which approach closely a violation of the law. A story that mentions the name of a winner or winners of a lottery is held to be a distinct violation. A story, too, that might be expected to attract such attention to a lottery that readers would investigate is held to be a violation. Most of the lotteries being carried on in Europe now are for war benefits. Hospitals, the wounded, soldiers' dependents and other war victims are aided.

Uncle Sam Looks After the Health of the Oyster DESIROUS that more of the hundred million inhabitants of this country should realize their good fortune in living near the waters in which oysters grow better than anywhere else in the world, the federal government is doing all that it can to increase the

consumption of this cheapest of animal foods. For a generation the bureau of fisheries of the department of commerce has made a study of the oyster, and has revealed details of its life history that have made possible its propagation with increasing success, and to such an extent that its price has remained practically the same for 25 years. More recently the bureau of chemistry of the department of

agriculture and the public health service of the treasury department have been co-operating in a saniiary survey of the oyster beds of the Atlantic coast, which has resulted in the closing of those found to be in any way polluted. The work of its various agencies has been so thorough that the government announces that oysters are more sanitary and better than ever before. In the enforcement of sanitary regulations concerning oyster beds the federal government has, of course, been restricted to oysters entering interstate commerce, but by co-operation with various states the good effects of the federal work have been extended practically all over the country.

G1ÖN i'ir fit war. From the first it was evident that two dinners must be given, and so the president undertook to divide tho diplomatic world of Washington into two camps, each of which would be harmonious. First, he put in camp No. 1 the entente powers, and in camp No. 2 tho central powers. So far, so good. Then, closing his ears to the whisperings of those who professed to know the sen in two ways, it is said at the post office department. Individual letters are written to American citizens in an effort to induce them to purchase tick-ets-and news stories are circulated of fabulous sums won. Letters soliciting clients, if they fall into the department's hands, never reach their destinations. Some get through the department if on the outside they do not present suspicious

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Why the Bite of a Mosquito Causes Malaria. Scientists Have Definitely Ascertained Cause of the Disease Only Preventive Is Complete Extermination of the Pest. What happens in your blood when a malaria mosquito bites you, and what happens in a mosquito's blood when it sucks that of a person who has malaria, is well illustrated in tho accompanying diagram, taken from "Insects and Man," by C. A. Ealand, M. A., formerly principal of th East Anglian College of Agriculture, just published in America by tho Century company. Let us suppose that a female mosquito has just imbibed a drop of blood from an infected man; along with the blood, and in the blood corpuscles, several exceedingly minute reaturcs known as gametocytes pass into the stomach of tho insect. (See cut A.) These blood parasites are not all of the same size, the smaller ones, known as microgametocytes, carry out male functions, while the larger microgametocytes may be regarded as females. These two forms of the same parasite pass through certain changes (B and C), and eventually unite (D). The single organism thus formed becomes a wormlike, moving creature called a vermiculus (E). The vermiculus nenetrates the walls of the mosquito''- -tomach and passes to the external muscular layers, where it f?rows rapidly and its nucleus becomes much iivided (F and G) until it is merely sac fillef with many rodlike bodies l;nown as iporozoites. The sac bursts and liberates these sporozoites into the mosquito's body cavity (H). About ten days after the meal of infected blood these sporozoites are in the mosquito's salivary glands, ready to infect the first human being the insect bites. When the mosquito punctures the skin countless numbers of these minute sporozoites are injected into the wound. They instantly attack the red corpuscles of the blood, each entering a corpuscle, where it quickly loses its elongate form and assumes that of a signet ring (J). This changes form until it has divided up into a multitude of tiny organisms known as merozoites (K and L). The corpuscle is now dead or dying, and it soon bursts, setting free the multitude of sporozoites into the blood stream. These again attack tho healthy red corpuscles, and the process of destruction is repeated. As the original sporozoites attack the red corpuscles at the same moment, and as their development takes a certain time, usually about fortyeight hours, they are all liberated simultaneously. This process is repeated over and over again in a rhythmic cycle, and every time the red corpuscles burst and liberate the merozoites the chill that is so characteristic of malaria comes on. This usually takes place every forty-eight hours, the intervals being filled with more or less severe fever. If no mosquito comes along to suck the blood of the infected patient the germs of the malaria are finally destroyed by the antitoxins of the blood or by quinine, which effectively kills them unless they prove too numerous and kill the patient. If a mosquito of the right species imbibes them the whole cycle is repeated and they are ready in about ten days to infect someone else. If, however, they be imbibed by a mosquito of the wrong species they quickly perisli. Why they can develop and unitb and again de velop in the blood of only certain mosquitoes has never been explained satisfactorily. The mosquitoes of the sub-family Anopheles are the only ones that can carry malaria. Those of the genus Stegomyia are the carriers of yellow fever, the process of which is similar. New York World. Modern Child's Idea. Little four-year-old Bettie had listened to mother's story of the Christ child. She had been deeply interested and when daddy came home she proceeded to relate the story to him in her own animated fashion. Mother called from another room: "Where did mother say the little Christ child was?'- Bettie, annoyed at the interruption, called back: "Oh, mother, he was out in the garage bein' borned." Maine Relic Recovered. One of the side plates of the battleship Maine, which had been imbedded in the mud at the bottom of Havana harbor since 1898, was recently brought up by the anchor of the American steamship Esperanta. -Popular Mechanics Magazine.

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IN CANADA It Is over the Hill Splendid Bank Clearings, and the Crop Returns Reveal Vast Possibilities for the Future. "There aro opportunities for Investment In Canada now that may prov attractivo to American capital. Land prices in the west aro low and wages less than on this sido of tho line, and whatever the outcome of the war, the future of the Dominion is assured as ono of prosperity in the development of its vast resources." Chicago Tribune. A short time ago tho Canadian government asked for private subscriptions to a loan of fifty million dollars. Less than a month was given for completion of the subscription. On November 30th. the day upon which subscriptions were to cease, it was found that 110 million of dollars had been subscribed or GO million dollars more than the amount asked. If there wer any so pessimistic as to imagine that Canada was passing through a period of hard times the wonderful showing of this subscription should put aside all doubt?, of Canada's rapidly increasing prosperity. The bank clearings of Winnipeg for 1915 were a billion and a half of dollars. Think of it. Then, in addition, there were tho bank clearings of the other cities throughout Western Canada. Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw also show big increase in clearings. The Winnipeg statistics show that the city has done tho biggest financial, commercial and industrial business ir its history in 1915. A billion and a half are big clearings, representing business on a per capita basis of over $7,000 per head for every man, woman and child in the city, and has gone ahead of big manufacturing cities like Buffalo, and runs a close second to Detroit. It has shown bigger bank clearings than the middle west cities of Minneapolis and Duluth, and has exceeded Los Angeles, Seattle and other noted shipping centers. It is now side by side with tho Ten biggest cities In North America In amount of bank clearings. But because the war helped Canada recover quickly from a natural economic depression it does not follow that, at the end of the war, the country must suffer a relapse, and straightway return to a state of inactivity and hard times. A Winnipeg paper, with a wellknown reputation for conservatism in economic matters says: Canada's undeveloped fields should prove a mighty factor after the war in adjusting tho country's business from one period to another. The staggering figures of this year's crop, showing increases in productio9 of 50 per cent over last year, give a slight idea of tho future wealth stored in vast stretches of prairie plain yet untouched by the plow. The Northwest Grain-Dealers' Association on September 1 estimated that the wheat crop of the three Prairio Provinces would amount to 250.S00 000 bushels. On November 10 that estimate was increased to 307,230.000 bushels. The Dominion government on September 13 estimated the Western wheat crop at 275,772,200 bushels, but on October 15 thosb figures were changed to 304,200.000 bushels. Monetary Returns for the Western Crop. And the amount of money which the wrest is receiving for its grain has not yet been wholly appreciated. Up to the 10th of December the Canadian west had received some 170 million dollars for 182 million bushels of Its grain crop, of which 149 million bushels was wheat. Tho average price of No. 1 Northern wheat for September was 93 cents; for October 98 cents, and for the first three weeks of November $1.03. On the 10th of December there was fully 120 million bushels of wheat to be marketed. This would leave about 30 million bushels for local consumption in the Prairie Provinces. Bradstreet says: j "Confidence seems to have returned In Canada; grain crops are exceptionally large, prices pay the farmer, and the war-order lines provide work and aid in circulating much money. Credit Is more freely granted, and interior merchants are disposed to buy rather liberally." Advertisement. Ideal Citizen. "He's an ideal citizen." "What is an ideal citizen?" "One who doesn't stop shoveling the snow off his sidewalk two feet inside his line, for fear of going six inches over." RED, ROUGH, SORE HANDS May Be Soothed and Healed by Uaa of Cuticura. Trial Free. Nothing so soothing and healing for red, rough and irritated hands as Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Soak hands on retiring in hot Cuticura. soapsuds. Dry, and gently anoint hands with Cuticura Ointment. A one-night treatment works wonders. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv. If a man does nothing he makes a mistake, and If he attempts to do things his mistakes are many.

To keep clean and healthy take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate liver, bowels and stomach. Adv. Dallas, Tex., 191Ü postal receipt! aggregated $1,132.210.77.