Globe, The (Newspaper) - January 7, 1909, Cedar Falls, Iowa SYNOPSIS Fleets a story what have opens In with the United Stales and Japan in the verge ot war Guy oC the British embassy and Miss Korma Koberts aide of Inventor Roberts are introduced as lovers At the post inopportune moment Japan declares Japan takes the Philippines The intire country is in a state of turmoil lause of the government's Suy starts for with ret and is compelled to leave Jorma Roberts who military also leaves Washington on expedition for an isolated point on he Florida coast Hawaii is captured by he Japs Ail ports arc closed lap fleet fast approaching western coast oC Siego Japanese spy discovers secret tor war He follows auto tarrying presidential cabinet He un- of great mystery and Tlic gods save to Pacific coast Siego is just as journey to get awful news lo Japan seems successful Japan an- intention to attack seaports learns ot missing Japanese fleet Mid whole becomes convinced that United States has some powerful war decides to send a fleet 10 American waters as a Canadian lection against what the British suppose e a terrible submarine flotilla Hillier is sent to Canada to attempt to force way through American lines a message to tlie president in order that protection for the fleet may be assured CHAPTER The people of England were much divided in opinion as to the of the government's move when It became public A strong tive element feared the danger of Great Britain being involved in the war through this action while tha eral partisans and jingoes asserted that it was the only method of ing the country's dignity ing to America that England would do her best and at the same time Canada that the mother try intended to support her In case of attack along her border line That Britannia still ruled the was doubted for if the cans had in their possession means Of BO easily overcoming a fleet as im- portant as that which Japan had lost there was almost a certainty that she could con truer any adversary sent against her on the water It was no longer a question of warfare on laud tor all tho transports in the world be powerless against such sub- marines aa the nations now con- ceded the United States must sess Before tha fleet commanders had been called into a council and given Instructions that they not to permit themselves to be drawn into action in any event before reaching Canada Ort their arrival they were at once co-operate with the dominion government In whatever way seemed advisable at time and follow such orders as might be given from London Tho clearance however unlike the sailing of loot from Japan was not accompanied by any gala tion It was rather with dire givings thai tho public witnessed this departure which wore to a certain extent shared in by those aboard Die vessels and it was fully that the flower of England's navy never return from its voyage into an unknown danger The conservative press lent a al attitude to the occasion In Hs ment of the situation one journal de- claring that Is sending to magnificent martyrdom men who had better have beca retained at home for their country's good Another paper it as a useless fice This became the general lic opinion within a few days as re- ports from Canada continued gloomy and showed no prospect of a rift in the clouds Tho music halls always an Index to the popular view found their est hits In songs which woro generally of the tenor that the great grand glorious and tar had away to do or with the accent on tho die A eral nir of melancholy prevailed over all England anil as the days went on and the flont Itself got beyond roach of the wireless telegraph stations far out on a deserted ocean the was one of acute expectancy The admiralty was advised of tho without incident of Milller and tho facl that ho had de- to make his attempt lo cross into forbidden land unaided There was a souse of tion In the knowledge a good and efficient man on tho ground with at least a chance for success in his endeavors Thin beatific of mind was dis- ono bright afternoon and land thrown Into a furore that ly could have been greater had one tho mysterious submarines off its shores nnd begun bom- barding the nearest city It win like tin Intimation of disaster delivered In advance of moro news The black hull of a South American tramp steamer hovo Into sight t and a rapid inter- LOOKING INTO THE SUNSET HURT IN A WRECK Kidneys Badly Injured and Health Impaired White R R man 201 Street Three Rivers Mich In a railroad collision my kidneys must have been hurt as I passed bloody urine with pain for a long time after was weak and thin and so I could not work Two years after I went to the pital and remained most six months but my case seemed hopeless The urine passed Two months ago I began and the groceryman and tolerating I jng Kidney Pills and the im- the baker in a- peremptory sort of provement has been wonderful Yes thus lived Miss Spencer the time of which I write all alone with Richard of the Lion Heart and if you ask me for further particulars of ard I will say that he was a canary whose pleasure and duty it was to mind his mistress and keep her safe from harm Oh but he was a champion bird was Afraid of nothing tering fierce warnings to the butcher the baker in a- peremptory sor o provement bas been wonderful way only because he was the man who I done me more good than brought the bread and when anybody all tte of seven yeara I sought to ingratiate themselves with The Man on tha Lookout Had Sighted an Object change of signals The men on shore as these advanced looked at each other with blank dismay and then fearing that there had been a and failing to grasp denly a significance so terrible in its import requested that the signals be repeated There could be no doubt of their correct interpretation In one all England knew beyond cavil her fleet met the same Cate as that which had overtaken Japan's Tho message in brief was that tad picked up in mid floating on a lilo raft torn from its moorings a Bailor wearing the uni- form of the Dreadnought The man almost dead from exposure and had not yet recovered to give a coherent account of what had taken place No ship ever sailed into ton that attracted the attention alven to the Trainload after of excursionists fanners within a day's drive and from near by swarmed to ton forming an excited and all cst un- controllable gathering Tugboats hastened out to the Incoming steamer which carried the only living between reality nnd the terrible unknown and long lines of constables strove to hold back the excited crowd the noise of whose filled the air with an ominous drone Between these ranks of men there four surgeons Ing on a stretcher a wreck of who laughed Insanely and rolled his from side to side Tho crowd fell Into an awed hush as the litter passed to the special rain which was to convey this most Important witness to a hospital Next in public were the and men of the who themselves in the limelight be came each the center of great crowds to whom they recounted as best they could the story of how the man was found The exact details of this as given by the captain of the to tin ministers of the cabinet who were summoned threw meager light tho case The had gone out of her usual following the Gill stream to tho northward until warnei by nu American cruiser to lake a more easterly lack hurt done so bringing her Into a less path of travel At ton o'clock In tho morning live days previous to hor reporting at ho on the lookout sighted an drew his at tentlon which at first ho believed U bo a mere piece of wreck ago tossing on tho swell IIo had fled tho who filtered tho course nnd bore down upon It to learn that It was a raft on which was ft man A bout and It was found that the mate form that of a British sailor on cap which had tirus beneath a cleat of the raft were tbe H M S Dreadnought Tho n evidently had lashed himself before his strength had failed how small wore his chances or rescue and how certain his com- ng When picked up by the he was thought to he dead but being taken aboard he showed ome of after hours of vork recovered sufficiently to give some slight hope of survival So terrible had been his sufferings rom privation that Ills mind seemed and they had been unable a gather any Information from him that of some overwhelming dis- He was now In the throes of fever and talked only the speech of tho delirious His fragmentary wore beyond all under- standing his mind seemed to be a jumble of hallucinations In which he cried for water and made comments on what was passing n Jls dreams There wore strangely interwoven babblings of submarine boats sea serpents and unheard of mobsters harried tho ship and her to hor doom Pitiful mations of helplessness fear In- of overwhelming dread and brief snatches of prayer came from his lips throughout all the Jays in which they had attended him Tho strangest part In all the Incident of picking up the castaway was that the captain of the ing other survivors had cruised foi hours In the vicinity but hail found no other sign of wreckage or of Im inanity He coursed to the north ward thinking it possible that tho trend of the wind bad driven till lone mariner away from tho scone o catastrophe the ocean Itself a blank Tho crest of no wave even a piece of flotsam nor was anywhere a clew to the mystery The rocking of the foundations o the world could have created no moro suspense or terror than did the ol unknown agent of which threatened tho downfall of gov and the eradication of boim dary lines England Buffered tho of tho In tho certainty tha thousands of moil who were fathers brothers husbands or friends hiu annihilated by thla terrible re public across the sea From oven throat china a despairing cry for re but England rich might and powerful felt herself means of It It was wcl enough to tails of revenge when th means were at but the In the fiee of this enemy wa helpless nnd so it was that the bit ui defeat gavo way to th hopelessness of terror when a moro judicial prevailed 1 beginning fo bo comprehended t full that not only Great Britain 1 nit her but tho combine forces of the world would Bland n of conducting even a war the United become a ravaging and de- populating the seas In- the meantime while all this con- prevailed and the heads nations fearful and trembling lated as to the outcome the sailor from the Dreadnought was being watched and cared for by the most distinguished savants and specialists of the old world There hovered over his bedside through every minute of the day inen dispatched by every European power who were doing all that science might suggest to bring this lone and stricken mariner back to sanity and let him give tongue to what he this scourge of the waters Hourly bulletins of his con- dition wove posted on street corners and round these stood men and worn en in suspense His least word was recorded as of monumental tance in the hope that from some cranny of his wrecked mind might come some elucidating phrase ever slight The most important thing that apparently could be relied upon was that whatever the form of had been it was observed be- fore the blow was struck This was j shown by his repeatedly It's it's us sure ana can't light And so the nations watched by tha of a common sailor From Japan came long messages of con- dolence to her ally which were re- in a spirit of fellow suffering Tbe peculiarities of the situation were In nowise lessened by reports from Canada where the troops still massed along the border maintained a spirit committed no acts oi showed no Ion of war and seemed as Ignorant f their own government's plans oi it had done as were the Cana themselves Indeed their mys ideation over the disappearance ol he Japanese and British fleets was as as that of the most humble armor on the Canadian frontier officers shocked by the terrific news to give statements to the effect that their instructions were tc avoid giving as the United had no intention of engaging Ir war with Great Britain with he loss of the fleet these interviews coined singularly inconsistent it bo ng Impossible to reconcile ion on the sea and a cry for peace OB and It was generally admitted in and that Canada was now iu a help ess position and completely at of a well-drilled nnd wdii army along her borders which was undoubtedly within con reach of supplies and men is The futility of any either to relieve or to aid her bj sending more men the Atlantic low absolutely under the control ol the Americans was obvious It appear to British government the United States was deliberate ly pluming to take the dominion ol Canida whenever she doomed tho time opportune That she could now do sc it own convenience was An condition wan attitude of the Canadians themselves who as far as appearances went wore In a state of the utmost placidity In the farmers along the border wore prosperous and thriving through tho Increased demand for their aup plies the American quarter maulers purchased liberally and foi which thoy Invariably paid American gold It actually seemed as If an era of good feeling was being across the boundary Tho of thr Hoot threatened a for a time but tho province now con of the hopelessness of taking an active sido either way showed an to stand aloof and remain absolutely neutral It was agreed bo tho officials of the dominion and those of Britain that could do nothing but endeavor as sho might to remain passive pending further developments This lack of partisanship proved anything but an assistance to in his attempt to break through the cordon and It was this as much ai anything else that him in his mission TO nR CONTINUED Enough Said Toa nnd snid tho doctor are both had for you Your life will he shortened many years If you con to such stuff Oh but replied 1 couldn't think of getting along with out n cup of coffee In tho morning and a cup of ten nt luncheon Very well I've told you as an I what ho effect will ho And tea nud coffee bml lor your complexion I never drink another drop d this spirited bird by inserting a finger between the bars of his cage he almost fell off his at the impudence ot them and straightway fell to ing his beak on his bit of cuttle his chirping turned to the horrid croaking of a feathered pet who is presently going to bite a finger Well then it began with slight hoarseness in Richard's highest notes and the moment she heard it Miss Spencer folded her was knitting a pair of shoes for some fortunate little mixed a little with Richard's birdseed and shut a door and a window to keep the draught off him but all in vain His hoarseness increased to an extent that would have discouraged any other bird but Richard justly named the Lion Heart persevered in his song until it sounded almost as shrill as a very rusty saw going through a very hard knot In vain hs hopped from one perch to another in vain he sidled along his perch as he sang his poor little beak opened so wide that he had to shut his eyes cold grew worse and worse and lie began to neglect his food Lettuce tempted hint not except foi hopeful moments he turned up his at celery tips aud green peas and as for birdseed he simply wouldn't look at it And that was how Miss Spencer gained so much that my friends der at Sold by all dealers a box Co Buffalo N Y A PUZZLE FOR RA sea die what did the dead WANDS RAW AND SCALY Itched and Burned Not Move Thumbs Without Impossible Soon Cured His Eczema An itching humor both my hands and got up over my wrists even up to the elbows The itching and burning were terrible My hands got all scaly and when I scratched the surface would be covered with ters and then get raw Tho eczema got so bad that I could not move my thumbs without deep cracks appearing missed going to church for the first time in 20 years since the year of the great blizzard to be exact which brings us to the doctor whom you will he able to picture clearly when I whisper to you that he was an elder ly blue-eyed gentleman beloved everyone who lived in considerable awe of his housekeeper and was mous for the great age of his horse I didn't see Miss Spencer at church this said the doctor as he sat himself at the dinner j uito to table Burns Out of town snapped the housekeeper said the doctor she never goes out of town The housekeeper rattled a plate It is the first time that sho has to my doctor but his medicine Bould only stop the itching At night I suffered so fearfully that I could not Bleep I could not bear to touch my hands with water This went on for three months and I was fairly worn out At last I got the dies and in a month I was cured ter H Cox 1C Somerset St Boston Mass Sept 25 1008 Cham Corp Solo Props Boston You may be just as aa yon seo anybody Is Dio ol 11 Vf Used tho Wo over lo Curo a Cold in Ooo Day The difference between a burglar md a promoter of high finance la that missed said tho doctor since 4 burglar would hesitate to rob the I can remember Tho housekeeper rattled another plate and the doctor relapsed Into si lence but soon after dinner ho nag and half an hour later Richard tho Lion Heart bia little beak opened and a doctor of medicine was trying to look at his A fortnight passed and the doctor called every day tempting Richard's with rubbed with olive his cage with flannels coaxing him hack to activity and song so that at the end of tlir the doctor announced that his patient was entirely well nnd ro- added that his ills very pleasant visits for which ho would lake no other fee than one of III chord's lion-hearted songs wouW have to cease and determine Ue away a week and than he called one evening just o as he told himself how his patient was getting along Little Miss Spencer was sitting at the window knitting a pair for another of those unfortunate phans and Richard's cage was on tho sill where he was playing with a bit of yarn trying to unravel it and ing to the homing sparrows What Miss thoughts had been I do not know but as she knitted away and looked at tho it sometimes happened T think that she knitted a loar Into HUlo woolen socks but yet when tho doctor entered her eyes were rory cried tho doctor In his mild nnd manner and how's the Ho thinks he's making a smiled Miss Spencer llnl what Is he chattering tho doctor I snld Miss Spencer her eyes on her work I think he la his mate And still Iho busy pins clicked in out of that fortunate a little bit damp in a place oi wo but none tho for that and Richard the Lion unraveled hla bit of yarn and softly called to the homing birds He's said tho doctor In n so low you could hardly hour him and am he breathed so am if you would pare lo bo u poor old doctor's And after Richard had Quito re- covered from hiH and hail sung his evening song and hud bin head under his wing and had fully drawn up ono of his foot hidden it among hifi nils and tho doctor tUlll eat hund In hand Into the little Mian with her oil her eyes shining nnd thut tender look of which tolly of 1 widow and orphan Diogenes was a wise man ror little worldly customs but a fool for showing It Be wiser than other people If you can but do not tell them Chesterfield The Ruling Passion The Late Comer far have got with tho program? Maj an ardent cn up and two to Good Work Ills brains earn him his living I've read his stuff In all the and there's no sense In any of It 1 know it but think how smart he Is lo get it in all tho Never Gives J just had to nun ho told mo ho never gave up anything I loved I Well It's good to have a husband who loves one but I havo learned that loves money also A Miss Louisiana Plena of Lowell Mass when once sho falls asleep re mains In an unconscious state foi periods varying from ono lo three weeks She suffers no 111 effects from her lengthy somnolence and when she awakes she Is under the Impression that sho has slept for only a slugle night THEN AND NOW Complete Recovery from Coffee Ills About nine years ago my daughter from coffee drinking on the verge nervous writes a lady Sho confined for tha most part to hor home When sho attempted ft trip down town she of ten brought homo In a cab nnd would bo for days after ward a On tho of her physician she gavo up coffee and tea drank Postum and ato for breakfast Sho liked from tho vory beginning and wo soon saw ment eho is in perfect health tho mother of fivo children all of whom arc fond of Postum Sho has recovered IB a member ot charily organizations and holding an In each Wo Postum and tuo credit for her recovery a Reason Namo by Co Battle Crook Mich Read Tho Rood to In rtna A one from to time They true mill
