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I IICAJ. (~7 RIE X BEI Authorof" The Spoilers, " 7 "The Silver Horde," C.y I ..p.' V..i. FOLLOWING DISCOVERY BY LONGORIO THAT DAVE LA\ RETURNiNG FROM MEXIC( CLASHING FORCES G PALOMA AND AL likes her hushanti, who is a brutal, she feels a strong syipathy for It discovers accidentally tiit ho loves hetveen M.exlea and tlAt'riceatns that Austin is leagued with Ant 'rieat aiong themii 'zTai Lewvis, who is uti thief. When Law's fri''nl, Ricarlo to collect toney due him, he is mu he can give Incrirtinating test Imon Jones go to the Mexican side to i Austin and Paloma Jones, ilaze's da aid on their return to tile Amieri':an odious admirer of Mrs. Austin, colm learn of the Jones-Law expeil it Ion. and ILItongorio's meet at the river to CHAPTER XIII-Continued. --13 Alaire t lrove :i swiftly :i sh' l:1r.i. i'lIlowing the biturre'l s!tr ;k of cr:iyi Cthat w:s the o l, anit. takin.: th I bumps with utter res itessnss. .th"';iI Imted the <hirk miull' of the river Shilckets. a denis.' rniritia it if m - .'inl I It eveil- heftore they were sh.'Iteredi frnt the it uoot lilht I':tio mii ':law th.' ights of anlother 1ilititlii e aitlnr acth. iiig ailong the ilntini-Ira 'ei.' I lhwaiy 'behtindl themn-th.- lights, evidently, oft 'ad Lewis' n hiniiie. A t1ot.r-n' iit.'r ..Abiire's car drove lilt,) the black shati ,nvs. It hal hiien a sit rt, swift. exeit i'ng tile. "Youtg ld's'' runnhouit couldli .ot he 1unty ttinutes ahead of them. The women got out, then breasted ithe high grass and brambles between their hiding place and the puatphouse rond. A hundred yards away they mould now see the ghostly Rio (rande, bts saffron surface faintly silvered by the low toon ; lights gleamed fromt the windownw of Morales' house. In the -distance the vague outlines of the Mex lean shore were resolving themselves, and far beyond twinkled the evidence that some belated citizens of Romeri) were still awake. Paloma had1( brought with her the long-harreled rifle, anri this she' clutched nervously its she iandl Ah- i re YvtrableJ for tan apptlroalch to' t he itump-i hiouse itself, They had1( nearly reaeid their goat whten out intos the cle-arlin. clang, bustt anoitheri auttomilie, tind *nltuntti whiisperedi exeitedlly. "T1hee's the Lewis ittlit itt last."' "In the Lewis car were sevieral flmen. SiTey diescended hurriedly, andtm whteni etil of theill riti arountd the frontt of' the cari to turn otf its lights, bothi wont en saw thatt he caitd ali ri tim. IEvi dent 3'rttly T(Lwis haid ciomi' preparedl for desperate mieaisures. A I4malli door giave enttrance-i to thi' pumphouiitse, andt inlto the lockel of tii Mrs. Auist in fit tetd a key; thet nextI tu msent Shte and P'alomta wtre siafly int side. Duisty, cobwvebbhed wviows let In a faint ghost-glow of mtoinlight, butl rA~i~eetd cleaur observationi of ianiy utdiing outlside; Alauire's furmblintg flit 'gers fouind theI littch andu began to' ltt a wtndow, when somneone spoke, .just ouitsde thte butildinlg. "~What (did you discover?" intquiredi a voice whitieh neit her womani i recog nized. Paltomai eltchied btlindly for he'r *4Omlpaion;ui the twvo eavesdiroppers .stoodl rooted in their tritcks. The -pountdlig of thelir hearts soun~ded lond lIy. Sintce the buildinig was little iire -thant ia wooden shell, thety coutldl phitinly thentr -the answer: "The house is full of greasers. I .ean'mt tell who they are." A third 11nan1 spo'ke, this time' int Spanish. "Thait wats Tail Lewis whto just camte, Sentor." There followed soitme whlispi'-ed wvords inisitintguishalte to tile liste ers, then a rustlie of bodiies moving through the tall gratss tand weeds.i Paloima placed hter lip~s clo'sei to) .Alaire's ear. "Whio are those peopisili'?" .ahe breathed. "I don't know. They must he the ones whio came in that strange auto anobile." Paloma chattered viciously: "lavery body in Texas is here. I wish w& (d thought to -scatter tacks beinid us." Cautiously they swung tile door hack and looked out. The open space along the river bank. was leveled by the mnoonlight; from Morales' house, to their right, came the sound of voices. The women waited. A few moments, then a number of muen appeared. Palomia judged there -were at least a dozen, but wehe was Vtne excited to count them. As they iame straggling toward the pumphouse une of them alled bke.: f I 1" re Iron Trail," Etc. ED AUSTIN AND GENERAL V AND BLAZE JONES ARE WITH GUZMAN'S BODY, 0 TO THE RIVER AIRE LOOK ON t; the' 1t:tluidsometn youn g in istre.s .a lVerla ranch in Mexico. She dis proillgate, lecherous drunkard, but :tvbi Law, state raniger, when she her hopelessly. There Is trouble along the border. Law discovers t horse thieves and Mexican rebels, der suspieion. Law kills a horse Guzmaan. goes to the Mexican side rdered by the Lewis gang because y against them. Law and Blaze e't Guzman's body secretly. Mrs. ughter, are preparing to give them sil wten t;en. Luis Longorlo, an t s to call. Ed Austin and Longorlo TPall Lewis Is Wtitted and his gang kill the friends of Guztan. "M~rales'. Put out your lights." I8ot h wior,'n recougnized Tad L wis as the speoaker. : tir' huI stulhornly refused to eha r, le-r htushiarith jilt any active shir In this evil bulinetss, but her I::it in 1d sudie'nly vtnished whet 4h' ht'uear'ul hit sty: "1l ish : You'r' nutking to~o inluch : i;,. Yeou'dl hetier senttter out, too, tt'r ttte're's no telling wlhere they'll :Ind'." Aba ire leanted e wenklly against iteour. "I'm going to leave, an1ld let 1",u-a.ll attte'nd to the rest." het was mi tin. 8Iut Pad Lewis halted him as he' I turtned trotm the group. "\here are you going, Ed? You left your car back yonder by the road. i altnost ran Into it." "Eli? What are you talking about1 My car is over by Morales' house." "Senor Austin is in a great hurry,' ne'ieed soeneE in Sptanish. "Oince trtore' he leaves all of the fighting t< his friends." "That's Adolfo Urbina," panted Pa otrnt. "I know hit." Stung by thi open ctiarge of ('owardlce, Austin be gun a voluble defense, but. in the midsl of It General Longorio addressed hin sharply. "You will stay here, senor. Nobody leavesi this place." "I told yout I-wouldni't--h-e a party tc th bu itsi ness,'' Ed dec'ltarted hot ly. "You fotrced rane to cotite in the first place-' "Yes ! And ntow I force y'ou to stay." Longorlo's sitnd appiearted to please Lewis, wvhni chlinied in wvithi the words: "Tihtat's rightt, IEd. Yoit've got to stiek, for once0 in your life.". "Whatt dlo you tnean, yoit nearly ran tinte) my (car baci(k yonlder?" AustIIn atsk(ed aifter't ai minient. "'AIn't t hat y'ourt maichine yondler by3 I t1hthie ''?"' iquirte'd L ewis. "'If it ini't, wh'oese is it?'' As no one ttan sw''rede, hie startted In thle direc't'ion he hidl itt'll'iit'd ; hut at tht mtomtent ta 11n:1n ('tnte ruitmink from thte river banik, e'ryinftg sofitly:' A mani Iipassed' swiftly3 by the crack f'eet bey3onud. le wtas fol lowedl 1by three(' o)1thers. Theii first of the neQwomliers, ttnteting ats spotk~sttan for' htis paty, ste'pped' 13' "1liello, men ! Whatiut's goin' on heire?"' It w-as an Aumerienn voice ; it hadi a broadt, slowv TIexas dratiwi. 'lThe grouptj of plotte'rs titrne'd; there wuas a star't led maurmiur, then Tad Lnwls tinswere-d: "Ihello ! Who a re you ! What do y'oUuint?" "I reckon wve must huavue got off the road," anniounited the strainger. Then lie peered outt aicross the river. "Sy Ait't that a skiff y'ondler?" he Iiquired. "Well, it dlon't look likce a steam boat.'' Lewis laughed disagreeably. "W'~e'rei htavin' ai little ptirty of our own. Sreckon you fellows had better beat 'Te outotisI Itat hatd been sent to cover tht bnik in bothI dIiriec'tltis wuere no0w 'ominrg it. ITthrough thle stillness of the night there .sottndetd thle thumnap of oa rlocks. S'eeitg thatot the sttranzger idb not seemi to ttake htis hint, Lewiis raised his v'oice ment'itnligly . "'lThat's your troadl back yonder. It's a1 rightt good road, and I'd advise you to travel f'ast." IBut this suggestion wvas also ignioredi; ini fact, it appetared to amuse the man addressed, for he, too, laughed, lie turnedi, and the womlen nlotieed that he carried a short saddle gun. They saw, also, that at least one of the men at his back was similarly armed. "Now, what's the hurry?" The stranger was chuckling. Suddenly he 1raised his voice and called loudly; "Hello, Dave i Is that you-all)" IThe answer ,fited promptly back: "Hello, Cant iune w.' u..." "Have you got hita?" It was laiie Jones' voice which an. swered this tine: "You bet !" Palomta Jones wled t rembling now, She clung to Alaire. crying, thankfully "It'S the Rangers, 'l'he Rangers " 'hen she broke away and ran out into I the moonlight, trailing her absurd fire arm after her. "Now, boys," the Rlanger captain was saying, "I know 'most every one of you, and we ain't going to have the least bit of trouble over this thing, are we? I reckon you-all are friends of Iicardo Gusman, and you jist couldn't wait to find out about him, eh?" Alaire, who had followed I'aloma, was close enough now to recognize the two Guzman boys as members of the Ranger Party. Lewis iad his men had drawn togeti' 'r at the lrst alartmi ; Lon gorio's Meg iS hadu( gathered about their leader. she entire situation hadl changed in a moment, and the Ranger captain was in control of it. Soons Dave Law and Blaze Jone; came up over the river batik they pausel, stricken with surprise at find Ing a score of people where they had expected no more than four. Blitze was the first to speak. "What's all this?" he cried. He peered near sightedly from one to the other; then his huge bulk shook with laughter: "Say, do my glasses magnify, or is this an open lodge rueetin'7" "Dad ! Oh, dad !" Paloma scurried to him and flung herself into his arms. "What you (loin' here, kid?" the father exclaimed. "Why, you'd ought to be home and abed, long ago. You'll catch your death of cold. Is that gun loaded ?" Dave Law was even more tiedi I than his companfon. Recovering from 1 his first surprise, he took a pos4lion beside his superior officer. Captain 1 Evans did not seem at all troubled by the disparity in numbers. One Ranger, or two at the most, had always been ) sufficient to quell a Texan disturbance; now that there were three of them. he felt equal to an invasion of Mexi can soil, if necessary. In consequence, he relaxed his watchful vigilance, and to Dave he drawled: "We've got most of the leading citi zens of the county, and I reckon sonme body in the outfit will be able to iden tify Guzman." "'There's no trouble about that, sir. We found him. Pedro and Ran'ul en make sure." The sons of ticardo (Guz ma01n stepped forvard promptly, anti Law waved them toward the boat land ing, where the two helpers were wait ing with Rticardo's remains. Despite the Ranger captain's easy , assunption of comtnand, the strain of the situation had not subsided, and Longorio drew swift attention to him self when he said: "It is fortunate that I chanced to learn of this matter. You have done me a great service, Senor Law, for I came to Romero purposely to examine into the death of this unfortunate man. But I could learn nothing ; nobody knew anything whatever about the matter, and so I became convinced that it amotutted to little. Now-behold I discover that I was deceived. Or perhaps there still may be a mistake." Blaze Jones thrust his daughter aside and advanced toward the speak er. "There's no mistake," he declared "Hello, Menal What's Going on Here?" belligerently. "I don't miake maisitakes wvhen I go grave-robbin'. Doni Rleatrdo was shot by your men. Hie had) five thiousandi~ dollars on him, or lie should have haud, and he was an American citi zen. Your Colonel Blanco covered the bodly, but he'll have a h--I of a job cotveriln' the facts. It's timei we,* camef to a show~down with your murderin' outfit, and I aim to see if you've got a government In your country." "lleaven guided my hand," dlevoutly breaithedl the general. "It is regret table t hat you used this means wihen a wvordi to me would have served the purpose, for--it is no trivial matter to diesecrte a Mexican graveyard. Mdy country, It has a government. An (oftieer of the state of Texas, under arms, has cr'ossedl the Rio Girandle. WVhat does that mean?" Captain Evans had a sense of hu mor ; Longorlo's ominotus words amused him. "Say, general, It ain't the first time," lie chortled. "And you're an ofhi cer, too, ain't you? You're in Texas at this minute, and I'll bet if I frisked you I'd find that you was under arms." The Mexican understood English sufti ciently wvell to grasp the significance of these words. After a moment's con sideration, therefore, he modified his thresgtening tone, "But my mission was friendly. I hand no criminal purpose," he said .mildly. "However--perhaps' one 'offense con done, the other. At any rate, we ..u.t have uo itternatinai contpflcfttdbn, There is a inre practical side to the matter: If liea ticardo G;usman tuet his death in Mexico, there will bd a rigid itivestigatlon, I assure you." EmVta agreed. "That's fAir I And I'll make a I'raizn with you you keep still a nd so'l WQ. We never aited for this affair to get out, any how. I reckon these mnen"-he indi cated Lewis anti his followers-"ain't liable to Itlk tuch." The tw'o Gumttan boys, greatly moved, ret urneti to tnnounce that they had identifled their father's body, and Longorlo could not well refuse to accept their evidence. "%ery well," said he. "I tam Indebted to you. Since there is nothing more to be s:ii, appaitrently, I will return to Ilotnero." With a how to Mrs. Aus tin, who lati silently watched the play of these i oposing motives. he turned away, andt Tad I.ewis followed him. But l )u vi' L atw had recognized Adol fo t'rhina in the crowd, anti. stepping for. rdl. disarniel himt. saying: "Ailelfto. there's a warrant for you, so I'll just take you in." For a ioittment Adolfo was inclined to resist. but. thinking better of it, he yieldellI with haid grace, bitterly re tretting t he curiosity which had pirompted himrt to renatini to the end of his Interesting affair. 'Tn1l L.'wis gave him some comfort. Never nmind. Adolfo," he said. "They 'at't prove anything on you, and I'll :o your bail. Ed Austin knows where u was the day that stock was stole." to and his two remaining men moved ''ward their automobile, and a moment ater the vehicle went clattering away tp the thicket road. So ended the attempt to foil the re urn of Ricardo Guzman's body to L'exas soil. When Alaire came to look for her Husband, he was gone. CHAPTER XIV. . Superstitions and Certainties. The sensation caused by tienrdo r;uzman's disappearance was as noth ig to that which followed the recovery rf his body. Whntever the facts of he rescue, it was generally recognized that the result had been to bring on a crisis in the affairs of the two na tions. Strong inlluences, however, were' at work to prevent that very out "unin for which the people of Texas itrayed. During the delay there arose a report that Itcardo Guzman had borne an evil reputation, and that he had been so actively associated with the rebel cause as to warrant punish ilent by the federal government. More over, a legal question as to his Ameri can citizenship was raised-a question whileh seemed to have important bear ing upon the case. Public interest is short-lived ; few living men can hold it more than a day or two, and it reckons no dead man vorthy of more than an obituary no tice. Thus In the course of tiIme the (uzman incident was in a fair way of belag officially forgotten and for given. But there were several persons who felt intense relief at the course events had taken, and among these was Alhire Austin. In the days following that iniifight expedition she had had ample I time in whileh to meditate upon her hbn'saect ons. It senmed Pirobable that lie had fledl to San Antonio, there to reni-n until Interest In the Guzman lmtter had atetd. 'AIlaire telephionedi .Dave Law, .argn ing to herself that she must learn miore- about her husband's connlection with tihe Lewis gang. D~ave arrived even sooner than she had expected. Site iiiide himt dIne with her, and, they sipent thle e'vening on the dim-lit gal lery. In the course of theIr conver-. shiotun Albilre dilsaoveredl that Datve,'too, has ' hidhden side of hIs nature ; that. 'sssed an Imagination, and 'with a lmit, wvhimlslealI, exploraitory turn of Itiltde whleh'l enabled him. to talk initr..'.ly~ of mutiny things and ninny Iice'. (On t his pa11rtlctular evening he was tanythintg butt the man Of iron she had kn own-unitil she venlturedl to speak of Ed. Then he closed up like a trap, lie was almost grutf in his re-fusal to say a word abotut her hus band. Because of Ed's appropriation of the ranch cash, AlaIre found it necessary a few days Iater to go to the bank, andl, feeling the need of exercise, she rode her horse Montrose. WVhen her errainds had been attended to, she sud dently decided to call oa Pahotma JTones. It was years since she had voluntarily done such a thing; the very impulse surprised her. Patlona, it happened, was undergoing that peculiar foirm of femlnie torture known as "fitting ;" hbut Insecurely hatstedl pinned andl tucked as site w'as, site came flying downa to the gate to meet her visitor. Alaire was introduced to Mr's. Strange, the dressmaker, a lar'ge, acid ulosa brunette, wIth a mouthfulh of pins ; aird then, whien Paloma~ had glv on her'selt o.nce more int) the Stami stress' hands, the two friends gossiped, "I dlon't knogw what dad wvill say when lie gets the bil11 for these dIresses," Pa loma confessed. "Your father is a midghty queer man," Mrs. Strange observed. "I haven't so much as laid eyes on him." Paloma nodded!. "Yes. And he's get ting more peculiar all the time; I can't make out what alls him." "Where Is hie now?" asked Alaire. Tad Lewis and hIs gang do termine that Dave Law is too dangerous to be alive--so the plotting takes a more sinister t'urn, Startling development. are described in the next install ment. FEASIBLE WIDTH OF ROADS First Deputy Highway Commissioner I of New York Tells of Troubles Encountered by. Him. Most n tie roads built in N'ew York by lli.- :te are 19 feet wide. \V hen In8I ry Was voted for the highway sys 1 'a it Was oni the basis 1of ai)roxi ''ly $1l:.00)10 pet- tile. This was in 1912, and $1.000 was a low tigure even for that date. Under present condition4 it IS obviously impossible to cotllliete the system as Planned then, and extra wit:Ih is a serious ex pense. II. Eltinge lreed, first deputy highway commissioner of New York, recenit,ly stated that only by the strict est economy, by substituting different classes of pavetment vithin certain lim its of cost, and by using federal aid, will it be practiCalhe to have all the Important roads brought together into a good highway system. It would be far better, he says, if there were suftl cient funds to build them 18 feet wide for two lines of traflic and 24 feet for three lines. The use of motor ve hicles is steadily increasing and they are being constructed wider. Ihence they require pavements where vehicles at least 90 inches wide can pass one another comfortably and fregt ently. Eighteen feet is probably the narrow est width that permits this, according to Mr. Breed. Especially is this true, ne says, in the case of concrete roads, because the transition from the hard concrete surface to the earth shoulder and back again Becomes really dlanger-, ous in some soils on account of the rut that trailte usually wears along the joining line. MILEAGE OF CONCRETE ROADS There Were 19,000,000 Square Yards of it in 1914 and Only 364,000 Yards in 1909. rTh. mile ge of concrete pavements in the United States has increasel rap idly, and it is likely to continue to in crease. There were 19,000,000 square yards of it in 1914 and only 30.1,000 s(luarIe yards in 11)09. The principal alvantages of conc'ete pavements are said to be durability under ordinary traflic conditions; a smooth, even sur face ; absence of dust; comparatively small cost of maintenance until re Concrete Road in New York. ne~walt are nl'eesary ; availability as a b ise for anuother- type of .surface if (desiral e; at tract(1ive appearance. Thie duability111 of concrete roads has nlot yeOt bleen full y Iproed because tha'e1 are no ,id ipavemtents in e'xistcel. The conditht a of t hose which have undl~er gone) several years' service inadictates thety wear well. The dilsadvantages of concrete as a road surface nre its noise undler hborse tratlic; tihe wearing of the necessar-y joints It the pavemtenlt, and the ten dency to prack, with its consequent rapidl detetrition ; tile difilculty of repairs when these become necessary. USE MOTOR VACUUM CLEANER Latest Mt~nicipal Development Makes Its Appearance in Los Angeles Method Is Practical. The lat. s-t mutniciptal (developmnent to make1C its a11pearance in tile western part of the country' Is tile motor vacuumiy street cleiniig alparatuts, which 1has been adopted) bi ly the city of Los An t)les. Catl.. says Power \Vagon. For .nloths this newest of street cleaning feattures had betn under discussion, bunt it wals not until a short time aigo that it was really pttt into practice. That tis new cleaning method is en tirely -practical hats been p~rovedl by days of actual dlemotrtlltonl. Stilt-Walking Crane Needed. In miany laices the method of mnak. I inging "good roadls" is to plow thenm down the ceriter and decorate the roadbed withl sod. This provides at surface whlich cain be traveled only by the stilt-walking crane. Growth of Good, Roads. The improvement of public roads in the United States is now very rapid, and while an enormous amount of work remains to be done, the highway sysltemn Is no longer a reproach to the conntry. Girls! Use Lemons! Make a Bleaching, Beautifying Cream The juice of two fresh lemons strain (MI into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter hint of the most remark able lemon skin beautifier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a tine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and re move such blemoish.'s as freckles, sal lowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, smoothener and beautifier. " Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make up. a quarter pint of this sweetly fra grant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. It naturally should help to soften, freshen, bleach and bring out the roses and beatty of any skin. It . is simply marvelous to smoothen rough, red hands. Adv. Bathe in Moonlight. Th te aie iniiutiight Hitt bat lies each night the several hmuired' l 'rate build Iags at Fo' lIenjamtlii I arris at n whIch house the studeiat ollicet's anid the reg ular aruty ten, shines also over the tents of two Judia ua National (uarad conimuaales, the 1"lts Im1l atn fileld los hitail 111and ninhul:iat'e couipaty No. 1. Litte in the a fterntoona is balh time with the stud'lent oflicers, and witlh the regula s, anud th le bathhouses, one for each comipaiy, are about the busiest places at the fort, especially after a round of trench-digging, But the men of the field hospital don't: care for bathing in the 'afternoon. Night time is the time for them. Their bath hoitses are as ope'n -as the -air, the bathing facilities provided consisting only of showers -set up in' the open back of their camp. 5o;. late in the evening, guards-are set out, and forms, Pallid In i the moon.light, emerge from the tents, run to the showers, shiver In the c'old water, and heat a hasty retreat to the tents.--Indianapolis EL1~IN IABER WOrH ITs 1'Igli IN GOLD IN TIlE PIIP. o. .1 "I'ontrac'tedj malaria an 1896, andc af~er a year's freiltiess treatmea by a promntln wasingtone phi.ystii, yeor Elixir' Igabek enetirely cete mn. Oni arrinsg herne I catme .do we withI, tro'pkal mfatarfa--the worst'form -anid sent heome :or Blabek. . A galn. It proved Ita -value-It lae worth tSu we ght n gold here." Br'asle .O'Hagan, Troop. E, .th U. s. CavalIry, Bialayana, Phil ippinies'. Elixir Babek,50 eents, att druggist. or by Paee Pinst, 0eoatd; from Kloczewskl & Co., Disproving a Theory. .'The- .amn who laind a thieory'\.at.ex.. poundling it. ."E'ver'yboaiy is. mo1n0r or le'ss of a. poet," lie said. "Thaere's nlot ~a persoi on earthI, and there jevqar hi; heen a . person -who F~adn't a sieiark 'of divinie. a flhtaus. -It's only n'ii*autter' of de'gree of inaspi ratIon of. powear to extes., timt make((s thle dIifference." "I disagree with you~i," put .ini an audhItor, posItively. "There .wns one tman who couldn't haive beeni ai poet." '"Who wats that, masy I ask ?" "'Adam." "How (10 you miakae ouit that Adam cou ldna't have beCenS a oet ?" "Why, that's simnpie. Poets ar Ie born and not madl(e."-('lvelai 1Plamn Den/ei-, Little Bodiiy Energy in Potatoes. A pound of potattoes y'ields hardly one-fifth as miuach b~ody energy as- a pound of rice, cortnmeal, or wheat., This Is partly because they sire mnuch /nore waoter'y and partly becaus~e 'a latrge 'port ion Is dhis'carded with the ' skinis. iP'art of this loss is inevitable l)causeIS I le skiui Itself is not usuallyv 'osidelaredi good to -eat ; but the mnore carelessly pllatroes sure pared, the more of thle valuab Ie e'dibsle stybataneco ge.sn . with the skinu. Force of Habit... "I wa'snt thraee eggs ande boil t hem . three uminuttes. I ami hungi'y--ow soon cana I have them?" "In a mnuite, sir."