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Show 1 9i?.e DEEP ing seaman and an a high order. I am extrt My dear lieut.-nautglad to hare met y.ui. N"tli have been more foreman termun, recovering his with a sudden' Can friend. come into my dial with me? they call it !!. , C. m POT ROUSSEAU ir wc beeall-- e ieVC, characters VICTOR ey m I member foi CNAPwrt vi prof---a.- y, Inc,, vm a psoido vietdifle character Mint concerns This is n vend oory tli, -- fui fries of mi mv hi ric American natal idlieer, tin fnilh of n In iilfinmt, !n lie Mitiiidiicss of lux filler's mind, evidence of the existence of :i Sji'anze r.n e of undersea beings, amazing adventure dur-I- t is .ne of the end n strong love Interest, jug a submarine weirdest teles j.iit o.i? sim e the dots of Jules Verne, our renders will fun! it u most gripping story. THE EDITOR. - I ho maga.itic, f. v into touch v i csted in our company, l.ov man like him." "A little try mg. I can ino sad iag-- t dip! tern.an, Trying, sir? It's a bore to listen to tlnm! For ut theres p.rui i, who lias j:i-- l been re a pate t for ills eighth perpetual- motion nun bine. Ami ilalmld, our from three e lmd to president that other clubs he'';tU-- e be iShakcspoun was really James I. Yes, its i queer world, lieutenant; and the o.He-- t thing of all is that when one 1ms something of the utmost importance to the human race to make public, not a single man will take the least Interest in it. I caut induce a in flume, the nut hod oi udmming for a - french troops demonstrating, for li.e bcncht oi American soldiers single member to listen to me. Howammunition idle as an observation post. old German an -- Canadians on tlie west front using ever, we live and let live; and, as I gas and flame alaek. til- - renewed ltse of sailing vessels. can revived In Put tlie Fnited States by 3 Sail making industry said, the organization helps. you dine with me? Ive nothing particular to do this SCENES Oil THE BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE evening for the first time in years. Then do come in and have dinner s At the left is a group of French with me," said the old man eagerly. "I on the to lire retreating ready wont pretend that I'm not going to Germans with u machine gun captry and enlist your aid to save the The pho-rap- h tured from tlie Bodies. human race in spite of those benightof summit on the taken was t blastoed, besotted, a of scene Man the ad many hill, derms In the admiralty office, because Moody conflict before the French I am. Put I believe that Providence it from the possession of has sent you to me, und if I cant enemy. Below tire German prison-o- f make you believe me, at least I dont war sera dug from their clothing want it said that Jonathan Roderick mud of the trenches and shell Musterman went down into his grave holes. Tlie one at the right is wear-i- t without warning the human race of suit of the latest body armor dewhat was coming. It ed by tlie German war office. of a knew tithe if the Sir, public to wearer bullets from tects tic would make peace what I know, they .to extent, but slows him up greatly with France Germany? Thunk you) most arm the themselves and against relentless enemy that ever threatened mankind. Sir, you will yet live to see old Jonathan Roderick Mastersons statue in gold, standing in front of the capitol. Paget, now quite convinced that his old friend was raving mad, followed him Into a queer little building, apparently a combination of club and hotel. The smoking room, which was situated on the ground floor Immediately behind the clerks desk, was crowded with members, all talking at once at the top of tiieir voices. As the captain paused to enter his guests name In the book, Paget looked in through the fu-as- CHAPTER floor, and by championing the cause sea serpent. That was the end of Captain activities so far as the government was concerned. In a final interview the secretary of the navy hud said to him: personally I believe in you, Put it isnt the discoveries that count, its getting the scientific world to believe In them. I believe In (tie sea serpent, myself, because Ive seen three of them; hut I wouldnt dare to admit it, even in my club smoking rioin, and we cant get you another subsidy. The secretarys confession duly appeared in a newspaper 'article, and the cartoonist Illustrated It with a drawing showing him as a sea serpent with Miree heads. In the course of Ids explanation, Masternmn consigned the entire staff of the navy department to Mint place where brimstone is unmodified with molasses. That ended tlie secretarys career, and it would have ended Mustcnmins if his had not been ended already. After that the old man became known as n bore who buttonholed public men and tried to Induce them to subscribe to the fitting out of u new deep-seexploration expedition. Eor years he haunted the lobbies of the capitol and the clubs, growing more dogged and obstinate and vituperative us he met with disappointment after disappointment. Then, when his case seemed hopeless, he had succeeded lu Interesting an American millionaire, with whose eld he lmd fitted out uti expedition to the Sshetlunds and Faroes, from which he hud apparently Just returned. Lleu- - I. of t lit The Mad Lieutenant Donald Puget, emerging from the navy ollice in Washington in u state of high exuberance nt having received command of a submarine, collided violently with a tall, elderly nmn of singular aspect. The stranger was dressed in a costume of his own devising, resembling nothing known to any navy beard Ilis iron-grain the world. him his to (low'll waist, giving swept the aspect of a twentieth-centurNoah ; and just then he was very angry at the Indeed, for, standing stock-stilentrance of the building, lie shook his enormous fist at one of the porters, whose black and highly shocked expression Indicated his unhappy frame of mind at this breach of decorum. Confound you, sir! exclaimed the lieutenant angrily as he recoiled from his Impact upon the sturdy figure on which the collision hud made no more impression than if he had fallen against the. Washington monument. Why dont you look Then, catching sight of the long Mastcrinun ! beard Why, Captain he exclaimed. Donald Paget! cried the elderly e man, grasping him by the hand. e my being upset, but these will be the death of the republic one of these dnys. I have Just been trying to see tho secretary on a matter affecting not only America in which case his indifference would not surprise me but the entire human race. Whut do you suppose they told me? I am Inclined to think that you got no further than the porter, cuptuiu," replied the lieutenant. Right, sir! exclaimed Mnstennnn, And beginning to grow angry again. If I were not a man of superhuman patience, combined with Inexhaustible tact, singular clarity of mind, and of purpose in fact, an obstinate old mule I should let the humau race go hang!" Lieutenant Paget took the Irate old man by the arm. "I wouldn't do that, Como and captain," ho said, smiling. tell me all about it, and let us see whether we cannot devise some means of saving the race. You see, now that the navy department Is so busy on account of tlie war, perhaps n little leniency with Its shortcomings might be In order, eh?" The war? What wur? demanded Musterman, Why, our few words with the Germans, Masterman." Whats that? War with the Germans? You dont menu to tell me we are at war with Germany? Do you menu to say you dont know that America ami Germany are Whats That? War With the Ger. at war?" demanded Paget Incredumans? lously. And. w lints more, It tenant Fagot gathered from his ram"No, sir! doesnt Interest me. I low the deueu bling words that he had lost his ship, should I know nil the gossip and frivol- and had returned, the sole survivor, ities of the day when I only returned in one of the ship's bouts, which he to the capital yesterday?" had rowed for several hundred miles Hut, my dear captain gossip mid across the stormy waters of tlie North frivolities !" exclaimed the lieutenant. Atluutlc. Surely you have smut newspapers, or Put I brought tny specimen home heard people talking about It? with me, lad!" he exclaimed, clutching I tell you I haven't set'll or heard at his companion's arm. Think of Ive got more important that, lad! islie didnt want to eat. nnythlng! things to think about Anyhow, it will j They dont cut after theyre mature, have to be stopped at once, said Donald. That simplified matters conhalf turning. Til have to go siderable. And so I brought her, and back and see the secretary Immedi- I got her safe to my home. Donald The old mails voiee failed him. He ately. However, he suffered his companion began muttering to himself absently to lead him out of the building and again. No doubt his terrible experialong the street, while the lieutenant, ence had unhinged his brain. Lieufirmly convinced that his old friend tenant Paget had always known Mas-wa- s mad, held him by the arm tightly termini to lie a natural eccentric, but and listened to the captain's disjointed ,.Ver before had he talked like this muttertngs in the hope of discovering ul)(mt thc snf,.ty t,f humanity, and the nature of his delusion. some awful and imminent danger Donald Paget had known Captain which only he could avert. The Musterman when he was at tenant could see that the old mans Annapolis, where the old man, who cheeks were sunken; his eyes were had once been a quartermaster in the wild, and under his long coat the navy, held a subsidiary position on tlie faded blue uniform was shrunken aud Instructors' staff. Tito acquaintance stained with sea water. had continued intermittently. Muster-mnLieutenant Paget felt well disposed had risen in life until he obtained toward the whole world just then. He the command of a ship fitted out, part- lmd been summoned homo from servly So private subscription, partly with ice with Hie Atlantic fleet to receive the aid of a government subsidy, for his commission as commander of the F.Y And Miss Ida Kennedy, the the purpose of deep-seexploration. In this und subsequent expeditions daughter of the American consul gen he had made a name for himself by j oral in London, whom he had met the remarkable nature of his discov- there the year before, had written him eries. He hud discovered the prolon- that site was sailing In company with gation of the submarine spur of the her aunt by the Beotia for New York, continental shelf, extending from the j At such a time, when hts profesNorwegian coast toward the Faroes; sional and personal Interests were behe had Invented an improved net for ing served so well by fortune, Paget scooping up the larger denizens of tlie felt that fate had played a wretched ocean depths; and then he had nulli- trick upon Masterman, whose lifework fied all the personal appreciation and had utterly fulled of recognition owing fame which he had acquired during to his defects of temperament. Though his various voyages by asserting that he was sure that the old sen captain mammalian life existed on the sea was crazed, lie admired Idtu as a dar Mus-terina- Mus-terma- qunsl-nautle- l u Ex-cus- jacks-In-oflle- Mas-termu- i re-i-- u I ts sol-er- Mind-us-a-ba- flnal-wrest- - smoke clouds. A dozen men had the floor, and were drifting gesticulating furiously. Captain Masternmn, having entered his guests name, touched him upon the arm. "Theyre all mad, my lad, said the old man, surveying the assemblage No doubt you with a ok of pity. wonder how I can associate my name with theirs. If it wasnt for our magazine, lu which our articles appear, and our excellent organization, I couldnt bring myself to it. Who edits the magazine?" inquired Donald. That was a matter of some diffIt proved iculty, replied Musterman. Impossible to find a member sufficientto consider the others ly and allow them space, and nobody would accept my own offer to become the editor, simply out of professional antagonism. Each wanted to utilize the entire available space for his own crazy ideas. So we drew hits for It. Fortunately, I won the editorship lust monh. IP to is a copy," he nddod, picking up an attractive little publication that lay on the clerk's desk. Put I am not going to talk to you in the smoking room, continued for that atmosphere would prejudice you against believing what I am going to say. And I must convince you. my dear boy, because tlioso lunatics are utterly beyond the hounds of reason, und much is at stake. A cataclysm Is impending which will Inevitably destroy humanity unless we devote our common energies to the maintenance of our lives, our liberties and our civilization. broad-minde- HEAD OF AMERICAS WAR COMMISSION a DATES FOR SAMMY d ' S ' id v'X Mas-ternin- n, Captain Masterman explains to Lieutenant Paget his theory of tiie existence of a strange race, the existence of whose species, he asserts, menaces the human family. A larg number of California datt picked and packed bv Coachella vi hJ girls wlio volunteered, have boi sent to tlie American soldiers j n PICKING ranee as a Christmas gift from Ca forma. Here is one of the pretty da pickers at work. txo lit; cox'i inl'f.ia) Testing the Eye. Lecturing on the Effect on the Eye of ary ng Degrees of Brightness and Contrast before the Illuminating Engineering society recently, Dr. James Kerr of the public health department of the London county council, referred to some effects which may lie surnrts- ing. Having to examine long lists 0f figures In black type, he tried to facilitate his task by drawing vertical and horizontal lines In red Ink, but the different focusing of the Mack and red strained his eye and gave him a headache, which did not trouble him when all the figures and lines were cither Mack or red. Doctor Kerr quest tions whether a target is more distinct when a brilliantly illuminated disk appears on a jet Mack background than w hen the surroundings were diffusely Illuminated. tot. I,. M. House is chamim,. 01 the Amen, nn war ummis'd,,,, ,,at hiw een sen; over t,. attend lie coni erenee f the allies in Paris. He will act t he spokesman or Pres.de ,11 V, .Im, questions pertaining to the general 'idides oi the conduct o! the war. Phosphorus Light. To make a night light with phosphorus, place a piece of phosphorus about the size of a pea in n long glass bottle. Fill the bottle about full of olive oil, heated to the boiling point, and cork tightly. When light is needed. take out the cork and allow the air to enter then recork the bottle. The empty space in the bottle will become luminous. When tlie light becomes dim. uncork the bottle for a few seconds. one-thir- d Raises Alligators. There is money In raising One man near I.os Angeles alligators. is said to have grown rich from the enterprise. It is a lucrative and untrow ded field for the practically man who has suflmient business Initiative combined with physical courage to enter. Anv- is wel1 "orth ,00ki"R Into by the man who has decided that he would like to raise and something has concluded that chickens are the only possibility. Exchange. Women to Run Farm Farms for women, without in control, may soon ho orgi England. The food productio ment in a recent report state! prejudices against female fa laid been entirely overcome, for really skilled workers tin tious are in excess of the supp con raged by their success t workers or in gangs on farms, continues tjte report, rieultural women are asking lowed to try their hand in a capacity, and to have placed disposal a number of farms i counties, to be run entirely b under Hie supervision of tit Agricultural Executive eonm is possible that at nn early dt may hi' organized and fartm by woman labor. |