Show mI m W D ti Q ID IDO O OME IE to thin thine if it the be uee use of mistletoe mistletoe I c i toe u as a Christmas decoration is curious Mistletoe is an evil parasite p. purely a robber plant It sucks the sap eap of its and kills it Mistletoe can bo be cultivated with th greater ease cue than most people imagine The fruit is ripe at atthe the tho end of February The berries should then be taken and rubbed upon strong g branches of apple thorn trees thorn trees even the lime or willow or poplar The viscid juice seems to glue lue the seed Eced to the parent bough and it germinates with fair ease At first the growth is very slow but within a year leaves appear and Ater that tho curious pale green en plant increases more rapidly There are several sorts of mistletoe One which has baa lovely ely red berries is common in Portugal where it grows on olive It is ia however too susceptible to frost to flourish in England Another kind is plentiful in North Korth America T 1 It grows grO almost entirely on the scrub oak oak and carto cartloads ds can cnn be cut in a s single acre Most of or our native mistletoe is 3 sown by thrushes birds thrushes birds which are oro extremely partial to tho the sickly white fruit of this paras to e plant alli fi ri The stokers of the Lusitania g get t no gro grog Gro Grog indeed h has s been practically bani banished h-d h from the allowance of the ocean greyhounds greyhound's stokers It u used mcd d to be bo thought that only grog kept the stoker alive but now nov an opposite belief maintains r Stokers work hour four-hour shifts in a 11 temperature running from 1 liJO 0 degrees to ICO degrees This heat beat burns them like liko tho the sun their faces facca are arc perfectly perfectly per per- tl red rid as tU though they had bad just returned from the and if iC they cat and sleep abundantly f f antly antY and if ii they also let grog g alone it is ia their work ia is that they claimed that healthy health may live to a ripe old age and that they will be bc immune im im- mune nuno to colds and consumption A stoker worked like a lion when under grogs grog's influence he did not feel the heat beat of the stokeS stoke toke S hole at all but this alcoholic exhilaration passed off in half an nn hour leaving the man very Weak Steak and dispirited t a ready prey to disease disease- e. e k i Stokers were peculiarly liable to drunkenness is under the grog rag system In their case cue as in iD the tho ease case of cooks intense heat seemed lemed to give them theman f r an unnatural n cra lug eras for alcohol But Dut drunkenness drunken drunken- ness nea since the grog grogs grog's a abolition has haa b become omo rarer a and d rarer among them On nearly all liners liner from the J Lusitania nia down m the stokers arc at atJe Je least t during durin the voyage o ac total ab abstainer t f oll ir f a oll IT LIZABETH had been humming bumming the E i t half bitter little song that never would suit her ber voice when she ehe heh h hoard heard ard a clatter of horses horse's hoofs She listened for a i minute while the pages fluttered down from the piano and the song died on her lips A slight color tinted her pale h handsome face as DS she walked to the window and leaning her arms anns on time the sill em looked down em smiling ling Lobby Bobby she ehe called Ho tried to smile riding past in a desperate tc burI hurry but she saw the fury in his bis face In another minute he had burst into the room as aa if shot from a catapult catapult his his way There Thero was no rin ringing ns of oC bells with Bobby obby He lIe and Miss liss Lancaster lead had known each cach other all their lives and be he came to her as he would to an elder sister ister in all his straits and rages roges What hut is the matter malter she ehe asked holding out her hands to be shaken shake n. n mother Another quai eel rel He lie rushed at It her and squeezed them tightly Its all aU over he cried At At last Tell me tM about it she said aid compassionately compassionate y but hardly ly startled It W was S not t the first time Elizabeth had to patch up a n quarrel between Bobby Dobby and the girl on whom he be had fixed hia hi fanc fancy After hall half an hours hour's comforting he would ride back to mako it up At least that was what always happened until to tonight tonight tonight night such a 4 baby ho he cried plunging int the h heart art of thing things I cant can't make her understand un un- I dc I I cant can't make her sec see No 0 Eliza Eliza- Elizabcth both its it's no good saying its it's half m my fault fault fault- All your our fault Bobby DoLby she ehe interrupted d mildly Thal kio kind kind heartedness your 3 but if II you saw 1111 her her if if you only onh- heard her Its It's enough to drive a fellow mad So I said I wouldn't stand it And so 60 she Bhe said aid as u we couldn't agree hadn't we better part put and and and ind He Ie w was beginning to stammer SUmmer My Iy poor boy said Elizabeth beth she sae didn't mean it Well Ven I told her ber it was waa the only wise wire thing she had wild said since inee we had bad been eD engaged ed And then she sho laughed And nd I said id What are arc you OU laughing hing at And she ehe said At you you ou He lie broke broko off almost choking with anger and there was waa a solemn pause A hush hu bad had hada to a fallen over all aU the garden and the J last t bird was sin singing painfully in the trees Elizabeth half E sadly half tenderly There was nothing in all the world worM as motherly as her face Dont Bobby Dobby dont don't she lObe said laying her herband hand band on his He lie started Dont what he asked hoarsely He had bad been staring at the floor but now he lifted his eyes to hers hot excited and vc very ry young He was way three yetis years older oMer than she but per per- haps hips she had learned harder larder things things and and he would be a bo boy to the very cry end as ns she k kD knew new Do D o you rou think I mind It was an nn awful mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take and Im I'm a n confoundedly lucky fellow to ha hate ha e got out of it in time Because Because- Because Ive I've found o out t that I was a n fool He caught her hands hang again impulsively and gazed right into her eyes Elizabeth Elisabeth youre youre you're the dearest soul in all the world world and and you cant can't bo be angry Youve You've forgiven me JOC so 80 much all aU my life youve you've had to scold me and forgive me things Y You'll forgive me that I know its it's confounded check but I will wilt say it It was just a ridiculous a fancy lancy I had for Kilt Kitty I know now it was you jou OU I loved all the time Elizabeth Eizabeth grew suddenly white while hite as d death The Th quaint old old maidenly motherly air forsook her and left her undefended Im sure of oC it he be tx went ent on ea eagerly But Dut just because its it's always been 00 so I di didn't nt un un- un That hat was why I couldn't agree with her There wa wag ws j something ng wanting something some some- thing wrong wrong always always s 's always And I w was WaB a 11 blind ass au and dia not lot guess Dont be he so rash sac line said with a 0 little sad ad smile of warning but hut alas It was hard bard to be prudent while her heart b beat at BO so fast His Hi voice oice unsteady pleading took on a n quick rin ring of triumph Why hy Elizabeth you its you its it's in your eyes He flung his hu rams around her passionately and she f felt lt the clasp tighten until his heart heartY beat wild wildly Y her ch cheek 1 Her lier eyes were shut hut under strange range hot Due and for a little while eh h dumb Bobby Dobby are ue you mad she murmured at last breathless breathlessly YI lying upon his breast Mad Iad he be cried I W was S mad darling my When hen I 1 think of how v dear and kind youve you've always been comforting help helping Dg me ill all ail my angel I I el-I can cant can't t life life liCe my dearest t m my guardian g an imagine how I could ever dream dream old oh you don dont don't t know what a heavenly hea rest reet it is to find out that Im I'm in lovo o with ith you youl I IMy My y boy my boy my bo boy she said wistfully looking looking looking look look- with ing up in in his face fare Her lier eyes were dim e And then thena te tears and fear and wonder her Tomorrow Tomorrow- a reckless spirit came carne over o have what did tomorrow m matter She would its happiness to i Her ber this one evening to lend and she sho would be life Me God had given gi her this rash and li live e it first The infinite It was wag Bobby who spoke with reproach re re- reproach stirred him bim happiness in her face leel- leel in the midst of his bis own turbulent round her ber with an ings His Isis arm tightened almost aching clasp and he be was nearly sobbing with excitement father Cather at once he said Eaid Ill go to your our Im I'm 1 m stammering Elizabeth do you OU hear bear I want all aU the world worM going to-to-to to tell him to know that Im I'm yours and md you fOU ate are mine I J want ant them all to see see see- sud suddenly enly from bw his Elizabeth lifted her head awakened or er shoulder That ca eager r speech ech With her eyes 0 on from her ber reckless heaven en to tender she he had bad and hit his wistful and dark for him ab her love or her knowledge of bring She to him-to fight for him against her Mart heart him well her ber playmate knew so Im going he said Wait ait for me Mi in the Is he be in beth Ill I'll Some come back to you ou as she laid room And he hc was turning gun hi his arm She bad had thought her hand hantl on it would mean mew L that If he be spoke tonight it the morning morning morn would all Ill be r read ad It would mean that that him and find her engaged engl to would ing hollow bollow b bally loy 10 loyalty honor would keep him fast in in a ie- ie e- e othern be-othern bc hc wild idea that alty ally to the counsel per pe- would bring might forget N Night Fight there should at least leas be DC i no haps repentance with the sun sun- bitterly fatal thing for him to face rise Dont tonight i ht P Perhaps haps No she said aid id go and d she tried asked impatiently he Why hy He believed be- be fac face Co o 0 smile emilo bravely up at his eager Ah keyed that he loved her then notI not not- she it Dared we note yes es he believed f she tonight night to I I want nant to keep it to myself know ou don dont don't t said Ah Ai m my dearest you to inc me l Ida have e cant can't what it means guess S it to dream m tonight patience and let me have with all but myself shut abut out r He laughed unwillingly giving in to her whim and she ehe pushed back time the hair from his bis hot bot forehead He lie 1 was 39 hardly able to undertake a solemn palaver cr with Mr Ir Lancaster in the present whirl of his brain Well reu Ill I'll ride over tomorrow v morning with morning with said Elizabeth will the early bird he gaily you yon be awake Ill I'll be up with the lark to come and claim you ou They looked in into each others other's oyes oyes-ho ho with gallant laughter and she all aU wistful Good bye she ehe said night Good you mean Its It's never to bo be good Kiss me then Bobby by and say good good- night She went with him to the door and watched him bim ride under the darkened trees Her lIer were away dazed with happiness but bul the wild flush eyes 1 was already dying in her fading cheek check fading into into into in in- to its haughty pallor On the stair she met her ber mother and paused to let her pa pass s. s Mrs Lancaster ster looked at her curiously Elizabeth who has Las been Has anybody EJ Elizabeth anybody here 1 Elizabeth f saw aW the tho sharp glance at her transfigured trans trani figured d face Only Bobby obb And then she reached her ber own rc r om m and fellon fell fellon fellon on her knees hardly what praying praying what dared Ahe nek her her heart beart filled with the thc rash mh happiness that had baLl conic como to her It was all aU hers her for forone forone forone night at least and she would go to sleep one with his kiss burning on her cheek check S Bobby Dobby did not come c como mc in Sn the morning The day after nIter there came camo a letter impulsive like and like him Wm bO boyish lh and Dear r Dear Elizabeth You Elizabeth You were right you right you always right I 1 find it was all alJ m my fault are arc little girl was not to blame I and my poor think how I could have ha been such a a. cant can't But Dut she has forgiven me though i I Ido Ido Ido brute do not deserve it and it and ITS IT'S to be in September Septem because when were we're married we cant can't possibly possibly pos pos- ber it know And to so sibly sibY quarrel like that you OU be s. s safer er And she says cays will win you be a s will wiH h head d I last t bride bridesmaid And I was quite off m my at How Hon you must have c laughed me night r kindness But Ill I'll never nC forget your 83 my guardian guardian guar guar- guardian dian angel She says saya the bridesmaids are to be bedre dressed ed in pink pink to Ills His guardian angel said Elizabeth with a bitter smile I 1 wonder he does not ask me tobe to tobe tobe be his sister Y e ll 1 nl I N Na a dark night no DO warship would be beI beI I safe from torpedo attack but for the I searchlight The full moon lights up a fired at Jar torpedo-boat torpedo so that it can be when nearly a mile away aWBY To produce the same illumination with the most powerful artificial light an electric arc of candlepower candlepower candle candle- of milo mile high power vcr placed three quarters a 0 would be needed if tho the l aid d of or mirrors were not available But Dut with this light and an nn ingenious arrangement of mirrors it is is p possible sible to BUrp surpass the moon Searchlights are now made which throw light lighta a a. distance of three sixty miles mile but objects object can cm miles from the source of or the few be een n onI only a light The Time effect on the enemy is ia most demoralizing demoralizing- When the bri bright bt beam is suddenly thrown on cn the pupil of the eye contracts violently when iJ the the beam is removed the tho eye eje can see nothing If this thie be bo repeated a few times time it takes all aU the nerve out of a 1 man so ro that only the best traIn trained d dand and in most oat courageous can continue continua the attack 1 CID a Jr The other day a 1 well known doctor was eating eating eat eat- ing bag lunch in a restaurant and sat next to a business man when the latter remarked I I gore havo just seen a case in the tho tobacconists which would interest st you There is a man there who hams haa no feeling at all an in his bL right arm arm Case Casc of paralysis 9 no doubt said the doctor Oh Db no it isn't he has hag been examined by some of the leading phy physicians and they declare declare de do- clare dare its it's not paralysis How long has it been so Over twenty years he lie tells teUs m me He Lie says EoaS ho he will pay any doctor well to restore re the the Dat natural feeling Til TI MC ue him said id the M. M D. D and when hen dinner dinner dinner din din- ner was over they went to the tobacconist tobacconists and the doctor was introduced Did this happen happel all at once asked wed the doe doc tor tot torY Y Yes Yea t sir dr there waa was no warning whoever ver Does es the arm aria feel eel dud dead t Perfectly You can stick your knife knifa into fato it jt without my feeling it in tho the 1 least st st. odd Let me feel leel it The doctor put out his hand band made mada ono one grip p and then turned on his heel and left the place his hia face like the vetting setting sun It was was a wooden arm I II I J 7 1 I |