TTIE SUNDAY OREGONIAJf, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 25, 1917. TO toll "9 acCP U t3EWyi7& ?p.O Z By Anna Katharine Green. f Copyright Reserved. Paramount Pic tures Corporation.) BALLS OF HAZARD. TTTHEN Tommy Hale plunged over- JI board from the J-6 Just before I T her. She could Bee him now, his face Inflamed and bestial. She had only one thing that might be used as a weapon; the leg ehe had broken from the chair that was part of the scanty furniture of the room. That she held, - the torpedo fired by the mis- I poised and ready. creants who had stolen his father's I She did not scream; ehe was not the Submarine, the Sea Crawler, shattered I sort of girl to waste breath and the Navv vessel, ho tried to stav bv sirengtn m so mine an enon as iui Aimee Villon, his father's ward. He But she waited with a cold horror grip- ninff her- Atrminpd t n Aaint. tn use hand, should It be every trick and artifice at her command, since her strength, wiry though ehe was, could not serve her In this crisis. The doom, gave way completely. But the barricade, with Almee reinforcing it with all the strength of her elender body, served her a little better; checked Green's advance for a few moments. But he was through at last, advancing toward her. She retreated; dodged, sud- meant to lend her necessary, while they were all swim ming about, waiting to be picked up. But the suction of the sinking craft dragged him down; for the second time that day he was drawn far beneath the surface. And when he struggled up again, he scanned the tossing waters in Vain for some trace of Aimee. T4 had yi r f cn r f cr Yi r ' Vi at wa m si. most sure that she had been far enough jdenly and tried to reach the door. But from the'sinking submarine to escape 1 he caught her; his arms close about the whirlDool caused bv her founderintr. I her. in which he had himself been caught I Desperately ehe swung the chair leg She was, he knew, a strong and fear- I he started back, with a cry of pain, at less swimmer. And so many shiDs were I a blow on the head. But sne nao not In plain sight of the disaster that there the brute strength to stun him with so could be no doubt of rescue for all who I light a weapon; he renewed his attack. would keen afloat for half an hour, stung to a new fury by her resistance That was a task presenting no great "You would, would you, you little difficulty to anyone who could swim at wildcat?" he cried, furiously. "I didn't all. The sea was comnaratlvelv calm: 1 mean to hurt you out tnere s no teii- there was no wind to make it chODov. ing what'll happen to you now!1 And the water was warm, for ocean I He closed upon her again, and now water: the numbing cold which oara- Aimee had a new blow from fortune. lyzes the best of swimmers and is re- I She slipped; as ehe tried to recover her- eponsibl as a rule for the. appalling self, her one weapon, frail as it was, toll of lives in most marine disasters slipped from her grasp. Most girls was not to be feared. I would have given up the fight. But The true danger did not. until it was I not Aimee. She freed herself by a des too late, occur to him. He heard a perate effort; as he lunged toward her, shout, after he had been swimming in she flung herself straight at his knees. circles for a few minutes. It came from soeking to tackle him, as ehe had seen Lieutenant Ferguson, the commander I football players do. He was surprised of the lost submarine. I by her attack, by her sudden enatchlng "Over this way. Hale!" The cheery I of the offensive. For Just a moment he call came to him. - clear and distinct. 1 checked his hull like rush, and ner lm "Your father's over here we'd better pact, slight as it was, brought him try to keeD together. I shouted to Miss I down. And now fate, which had been Villon, but she didn't hear me." I fighting against Almee, turned to her Tommy changed his direction and aid. As Green went down his head found himself soon in the company of struck heavily against the corner of nil who had leaped from the submarine I the bureau that had formed part of sxceDt Aimee. It was Ferguson who 1 tne barricade, ana ne crumpled up ana epied her first and saw, too, the Sea lay still, only his stertorous breathing Crawler bearing down upon her. I proving that he was still auve. "They're going to take her aboard!" I Aimee rose and shrank away from lie said. By Jove-1-! don't like that " Tommy was desperate with rage and Tear. "Is there nothing we can. do?" he cried. But there was no need of an answer. The men on the submarine drew Aimee the man she had felled. She was in credulous; she though he might be shamming, seeking to play a trick upon her. But he lay still; he made no move when, timidly, more frightened, now. than she had been while in the heat of her struggle with him. she slipped aboard; a minute later the Sea Crawler I past the wrecked barricade and over the shattered fragments of the smashed door. Her one thought was to get away from him; to escape from the room. Even if his companions caught her she would be safe from him,' at least. But in the hall she saw a cnance to escape. A scuttle led to the roof there was a ladder. It was all she could do, it took all her waning strength, to get the ladder into place. But the hope of freedom gave her a new energy; Just as footsteps sounded on the stairs below she succeeded. She reached the roof as a burst of shouts below warned her that she had been detected and that her flight was known. But she was on ' the roof the clean, free air was all about her! She raced toward the edge of the roof; hesitated no more than a second over a 10-foot drop to the roof of the next building. The hue and cry rose behind her; she risked a backward look, and saw two men scrambling over the parapet of the roof of the building she had Just left. On she ran, then, sometimes drop ping from one roof to the next, some times scramDiing madly up to one higher. She did not gain ground, but neither did her pursuers. Then, at last, she came to what looked like an impasse. A gap too wide to step across dived and was lost to their sight. They were utterly helpless Tommy had to reconcile himself to seeing the girl carried down, the prisoner of The Twisted Thread, that mysterious and maleficient organization which for years had hounded his father with vague and obscure threats and had now be(iun to put them into execution. Uraham Hale, Tommy's father, groaned as Tommy turned toward him. "They were striking at me through her!" he said. "They have marked you, and Aimee. and everyone, I suppose, who is connected with me. If they would only kill me and have done with their devilish work!" "They'll be caught!" said Tommy, bracing himself when he saw how deeply his father was affected, and overcoming his own fear for the safety of the girl. "They can't get away with anything like this. The whole power of the government will be after them lor what they've done today! But he was, in his heart, desperately afraid. His own peril had left him al most unmoved; the danger of the girl was a vastly different matter. For he was beginning to understand his feel Ing toward her, beginning to realize that he was in love with her. He had had little to do with girls; Almee was the first one who had touched him. f : . . ' : '.-- v l ""- 1. H " v ' 1 I " vJfA vVu- ?, ' ';'' ' 5 . y ; , v .. I : f . . 'i-- K""'-; t , - . 11 -t I T S I ' I - . J----- -1 L - , v- S t I t. ,.i- ' " A ' J . V - rrrr , JZZ?J& r " f' ;;KY"' ' Sfll y - :crrJi - L ' 4 .. , :r v ! i . ' ' rrt i - . a S iC'r , 1 """TTTj i i 4 k - " - J V - Y"" l ' s " t A ' Z V s - " . ' ' 1 . I ' -" i :' A. s - Hr- ' vMl '.-. V"w -' ... . Lj sf&S "' r x K r - 1 V' Sci W in v. . : . jrp r -s - " ' : ' -Jy And now, to see hw carried off before yawned between her and the next bis eyes, while he was powerless to belp her, even to plan her rescu Help was near for the men who were left in the water after the Sea Crawl r's dive. A coasting steamer was com ing up fast; they had been seen, and her boats were already being swung out to come to the rescue. Within half e.n hour of the torpedoing of the J-5 her company was aboard the rescue chip, and its commander, obeying the house. Despair gripped her for a mo ment; behind her an exultant shout told her that her pursuers had seen her plight and counted now upon re capturing her. That shout nerved her to a mighty effort. Better to be hurt, better, al most, to be killed, than to fall again into their hands. She leaped: desper ately she caught at the iron railing of rire escape and drew herself to insistent orders of Lieutenant Fergu- af?ty Behind her ner two Pursuers I broke Into amazed imprecations. But JHale's promise to pay liberally for what I ey did not follow they dared not. lie wanted, was heading back for port. WBS Bale was iree. instead of keeping on his course for xieeaiess 01 ner torn ciotnes, ner wiia bis destination, a port far to the north, ana unkempt appearance, she made her Once ashore every possible wheel waB I wa' 10 tno eireei. one nauea tne first Bet in motion to aid in bringing the automobile that passed begged its pirates of The Twisted Thread to jus- driver to take her to Graham Hale's lice. The police, the agents of the I home in the suburbs. Amazed, he con United States Secret Service, private 1 sented. detectives In the employment of the one ran up tne steps when the car agencies used by Graham Hale, were stopped before Graham Hale's home, a all Instructed to concentrate upon the wild, ragged little figure. She brushed search for Almee "Villon. Graham Hale past the amazed and delighted servant considered the punishment of the men who opened the1 door, flinging him who had robbed him to be secondary only a word by. way of greeting. In to the search for his ward; her return the library, through the open doors, nafe and unhurt was the one thing that she could see Graham Hale, sitting at counted in his eyes. tne taoie. bne went in quiatly, smiling Tommy, mprs and more frightened at the thought of how surprised he every moment, could not keep still, would be. He was looking at some- And there was nothing for him to do thing a letter, she thought. She was nothing that he could do to help in the'lable to steal up behind him without far-flung search for Aimee. He could I attracting his attention. And as she only stay at home, starting every time I looked over his shoulder, she saw that the telephone rang, staring down the I it was a photograph, not a letter, that road for some sign of a telegraph mes- I he was regarding so earnestly. eenger. His imagination had a free I The photograph was that of & beau- rein: he thought of every evil thing I tlful woman, dressed In a fuhinn of that might befall Almee. She was in many years out of date. Across it w the hands of men he knew to De utterly I writeen, in a bold hand, the inscription .unscrupulous; biio iiiubl, ii &ucw, 1 w nn jove, uamuie. wholly at their mercy. The thought Aimee started in surprise as she saw was like the refinement of torture; it the photograph. For a moment she .would not let him rest. I gave ground, stepped back as if she had And, while Tommy waited, despair- had a shock. Graham Hal slu-hed l.iH lngly, for the word that did not come, the picture down. And then, with a Aimee turned from the window of the rush, Aimee fluns her arms about his garret in wuicn sne was imprisuneu ai 1 neck. tne souna 01 me lureaiening voice 01 "Aimee!" he cried. Joyfully. "You're tne man nis ienows caiiea naipnureen. safe you got away from them? Thank She had eluded his attempt upon her I God!" an hour before by a trick; while she Yes rm all rie-ht!" !,. tt,. passing us, empty, and Mr. jumped Into it and went on. He told me to come back after I'd changed the tires; said he couldnt wait for me to do it." "Oh, I eee," said Hale. "But there was something queer about them tires, sir, said Thompson. "They wasnt punctured nor blown out, sir. They was cut. See! I brought them up to show you how it was done." He laid the deflated tire before them. And the cut was plainly visible. It was the triple T of The Twisted Thread. Almee and Hale stared at one another. And thj girl stood, a moment, wringing her hands. "It was a trick. They knew he d be going; perhaps the taxlcab was eent by them, because they knew he'd take it," she said. " "I shall start at once and go to the house where you were,"" eald Graham Hale. "I'm coming, too," said Almee. "I'd go mad if I waited here. Will you wait for me for Just a minute. Just while. I change my clothes?" Tommy Hale, half mad wltn rear ana anxiety, acted at once upon the mes sage that came to him from police Tommy headquarters after the polloeman Almee had seen had, at last, found her note. "We're sending two detectives around at once," the official who telephoned to him said. "And more will follow. If you want to go to the address given in the note you will find out whatever our men discover. Report to Captain Price." .... Tommy's car was ready and waiting and be started Immediately. But, as Thompson had told Almee and Graham Hale, the flat tires caused him to aban don his own machine and hall the taxi cab which was so opportunely at hand. He stepped Into it, unsuspiciously and found himself at once engaged In a des perate struggle with a man who had been crouching down, so that Tommy did not see him until ha was in the car. Too late Tommy saw how he had been tricked. The driver of the cab, only too obviously, was one of the gang; Tommy's glimpse of his satiric grin as he turned to watch the strug gle going on behind him was ample proof of that. Tommy fought well, but he was no match for the man who had been lying In wait for him within the cab who was, moreover, aided by the surprise. Struggle as he might. Tommy was forced to yield at last; fierce hands, choking him, subdued him. He was bound, hand and foot, long before the car reached the thickly settled district where a fight in a passing car might have attracted the attention of police or citizens. And so, trussed like a low with a handkerchief stuffed in his mouth to keep him quiet. Tommy was borne to the house from which Aimee had so recently escaped. He had not even the knowledge that she was safe to comfort him; for all he knew, she was still a prisoner. He could offer no resistance when he was taken from the cab and hurried into the old warehouse. The street was for the moment deserted: no one saw what was, going on. And Tommy heard, with a sinking heart, the shout of de light that came from the gangsters as he was brought in. "You got him?" cried the leader. "Good work! Kalph messed things up with the girl she got away." Tommy's heart leaped then. If she were safe it didn't matter what became of him! "She got away?" said the man who SPOKANE PUBLISHER FAVORS UNIVERSAL MILITARY SERVICE W. H. Cowles Gives Four Arguments, Emphasizing Individual Benefit to Be Obtained as Well as Duty Rendered to-Body Politic bad waited for his return and his in evitable assault upon the feeble barrl cade she had built up before her bolted door, she had seen her one hope of res cue fade out and die. She had managed to write, upon a piece of linen torn from the sleeve of the shirt she wore with her riding habit, a wild appeal to Graham Hale. This message she had tossed from her win dow, hoping that eome passer-by would pick it up, read it, and eee that it reached its destination. She knew where The Twisted Thread had taken her; although she had been blindfolded, ehe had managed to get a glimpse of did you and Tommy escape? And where m ner "He's gone to rescue vou at Variclr street!" said Hale. "The police found a note you must have dropped from the window!" He stODDed. Fear shnweri in his eyes. "It was from you? It wasn't another trap set by The Twisted Thread?" . "No, it was from me." eaid Alms "But Id give up hope that anyone would ever find it who would know what to do with it." Swiftly she told him what ehe hud seen from her windows her despair ho ctroct RiE-tm nnd tVin numher of the when the child had picked ud her note bouse to which she had been taken from .i,"861 11 to clothe her dolL the yacht to which the gang had been The policeman you saw must have transferred from the Sea Crawler by found it later." said Hale. "And he which trtck the cordon Lieutenant Fer- recognized your name; a general alarm eruson had caused to be flung about the " oeen out for you. and every Dollce coast had been eluded. I man in the city has tried to find you. But fate had played a scurvy trick I Tommy has gone now to loin the de- upon her. A ecore of passers-by. in I tectives and police in a raid on that plain sight of her, had walked past and I nous over her precious message, as it lay I "Oh!" said Almee, uncertainly. "They on the pavement. xneir leet naa they're in great etreng" They had spurned It. At last a child had picked the men from the Sea Crawler Imnri.. it up but had seen in it nothing but oned there, too down in the cellar, I a petticoat for her ragged doll! think. I'm fearfully afraid oh, I hope And now, with that hope gone, Aimee Tommy will be all right! He's so im- jiau lu lurn 1 vi lvx iu aituuA ul 2&1l'u j pulSi Ve ! r 1 ee 11 , wiiii xiib utLuieicss yuivvsc, uyvu her door. "Open!" he snarled. "Let me tn or you'll be eorry "He ought to he all right." aald his rather, nervously. "The police tele pnonea to nim 1 was out at the time. She was silent. .She crouched by her WeQVTn Li-Un,d. DOt .rricade. every nerve tense, waiting. J,al?inw? n!:?e his own chauffeur." "Look, there's his car coming up the drive, but he isn't In it! said Aimee. They ran out together. Thompson. barricad "All right!" he enarled again. "Til get in. Just the eame and I'll make you pay for the extra trouble you've given me: A crashing blow shook the door. It was old and flimsv: it would not lonirlthe chauffeur, explained his return. resist his assault, she knew. Indeed, "We'd gone about a mile, sir." he a panel splintered at once. Others fol- aid to Graham Hale, "when both rear lowed it, The bolts would not save tires went flat. There waa a taxi just BY WILLIAM H. COWLES. Publisher of Spokane Bpokesman-Revlew. THE suggestion by General S. B. M. Young, president of the National Association for Universal Military Training, that the present conscription law be amended so as to provide for the military training of all young men when they reach the age of 19. should receive the support of every thought ful, patriotic citizen. This is the time for a great effort to establish universal compulsory military training similar to the Swiss system, because the Ameri can people, owing to the tremendous events in the war are now giving their attention to the question of National safety and can be induced to listen to arguments In favor of an enduring and effective military policy. Soon after the close of this war, our people will lose their interest in military affairs, and will again be devoting their atten tion to making a living and enjoying themselves, thoughtless of the danger of being unprepared to defend them selves against possible invasion. There are four reasons why the United States should adopt universal compulsory military training as a per manent policy: First, it would In a few years make us a Nation trainea to aeiena our selves, and therefore make it hopeless for any other country to attack us. This would be the best guarantee of peace. Professional Soldiery Opposed. Seaond. we could accomplish this se curity by means of universal military training without building up a large standing Army of professional soldiers, and would, therefore, avoid the danger of militarism such as exists in, Ger many, to which the present ingnuui world war is due. Third, the physical training secured by our young men through a system or universal military training similar to the Swiss system, and the discipline civen them would make them stronger and better able to carry on wnaiever work they chose to do. Fourth, our citizenship would be im proved by impressing on every man early in life that he owes a service to his country and fellow citizens in re turn for the protection and education given him while he was growing up. It is apparent that before the war those who had had no military train ing paid little attention to the news reports of the discussions of Army and Navy matters in Congress. Under uni versal training we should have ap proximately 600,000 young men start ing their military training each year. In a few years we should have several million trained men who would take an active interest in all questions of Na tional defense, including the adequacy of the Navy, coast fortifications, mu nition supplies and transportation problems. Comprehensive System Fostered. It seems safe to state that Congress men with a truly patriotic desire to provide an adequate system of defense, could get. in such an immense audience of interested voters, sufficient support to enable them to put through Congress all necessary military and naval legis lation. In other words, universal mili tary training would be the broad, solid and permanent foundation on which a perfected preparedness structure would be set up and maintained. Under the Swiss system it is pointed out that military training is merely a part of the young man's general edu cation, that his regular occupation is still his first consideration. and that his work as a soldier is entirely sec ondary and merely intended to make a better man of him and to fit him to do his share with all the other young men of the country in case it is necessary to defend his country against an army of invasion. Personal Touch Approved. The average citizen is immensely in terested when it is pointed out to him that universal military training means a benefit to every young man in the land. whether he be rich or poor, that It is an ideally democratio plan, that it puts all young men shoulder to shoulder on an equality in the training camp, that it gives the son of the laborer and the son of the banker an opportunity to get acquainted with each other, to learn each other s point or view and to ae velop a common interest In the welfare of their country. Every citizen is at traded by the argument that universal military training means the develop ment of patriotism in our young men, that it teaches young men to think of their obligations to their fellow cm zens and to their country; that it build: them up physically, that it teaches them to take care of themselves physically and to obey orders promptly. But the force of these arguments is completely lost as soon as we omit the require ment that all young men, without ex ception, shall be trained. When the Spokesman-Review, after a number of months of discussion or universal military training took a pop ular vote, we not only printed the bal lot. but we also distributed these bal lots with the boxes in which they could be placed, among dozens of stores, banks, hotels and workshops through out Spokane where large numbers of voters could easily cast thejr votes. We received more than 10.000 votes, and we positively urged those who were opposed to universal training to vote and published all letters received in opposition. More than 85 per cent voted in favor of universal training. Our argument was based on three points: First That universal salutary train ing would keep the United States out of war, either aggressive or defensive. Second That it would Insure our National existence. Third That it would make our young men better and more efficient citizens. In the first point we endeavored to bring out clearly the fact that with several million trained men which we would have after the law had been in force five or six years, no foreign coun try would think It worth while to at tempt to invade the United States. Par ticularly would this be true considering the Interest that these trained men would take in seeing that the country maintained an adequate Navy and ef fective coast fortifications, with ample munition supply. With all our young men under train ing, or having had military training, each family would be interested in a son or relative liable to be called to serve immediately in case of war, and therefore every citizen would take a live personal interest immediately in any suggestion of a war of aggression had captured Tommy, wltV an impre cation. "How did that happen?" The leader shrugged his shoulders. 'I suppose Ralph was the same sort of fool he always has been," he said. He thinks he s a lady-killer the mutt! She put one over on htm. anyway knocked htm out. somehow tripped htm. he said, so that his head struck something when he went down. Then she got to the roof Just ahead of Bill and Harry and got away from them finally by Jumping across to a fire es cape. They wouldn't follow her. Some nerve, that girl's got! You've got to hand It to her. But she's got to be put out of the way. I shall send word to Number One that she's more dangerous to the success of our plans than any of them." Tommy's captor nodded. "Right." he said. "Well Number One ought to be pleased with the work we v done! We got the gold we got the Sea Crawler, and now we've got young Hale back. How aro we going to get rid of him?" "Time enough for that," said the leader. Impatiently. "He won't get away again I'll guarantee that. Here you chaps take him down cellar with the other prisoners. - Even as he spoke there came a thun derous, ominous knocking at the door that opened Into the street. And harsh voices demanded entrance. Tommy's heart leaped. The police! He was sure of it. But the gangsters did not seem greatly concerned. "There are the cops, I guess," he said. "Number Three had the wire tapped when they told Graham Hale they'd found the girl's note. Well we're ready for them! Get the kid down with the others!" Tommy was carried down'a flight of steps Into a dark, damp cellar. He was carried through a room in which he saw the crew of the Sea Crawler, trussed and helpless like himself, and then, seemingly as an afterthought. back into another small room. "We'll keep him," said one of those who carried him. "They might fool us and find those other birds but they don't know young Hale's here. And here's the one we want, chiefly, any- ho So he was put away by himself. He lay still, staring up at the roof of the cavernous room in which he had been placed. Moisture dripped from it; damp, foul smell was in the air. And the fumes of blasting powder were in the air, too. making it hard to breathe. Ever and again a blast from the sub way work outside shook Tommy and the whole building; it seemed to htm once or twice that the whole place was about to come crashing down about him. Above there was a good deal of noise, Heavy voices were heard, and the tramp of men In heavy boots. The detectives, he guessed, were making a search. In the spot where he lay he could see the steps tnat lea down to tne ceiiar irum the street floor. And now two men came down them, silently, craftily. They stood at either side of the foot of the stairs, waiting; in their hands they carried slung shots. He guessed their purpose, but he could do nothing. Fasci nated, he listened and watched. He saw two feet appear on the topmost step: in a moment two strangers, plain ly the detectives, were in plain sight. Behind them came members of the gang. Swiftly and surely the two men who lay In ambush launched their attack. The detectives, taken utterly by sur prise, never had a chance. Swift blows stunned them: they were borne down by the overwhelming rush of the men behind. They had trustea too iar 10 the protection of their office; to that usually well Justified confidence of a member of the New York police force in the awe inspired by Its authority. A New York policeman will face any sort of a mob unafraid, proudly sure of the power of his uniform and shield. He points to them in the manner of an ancient Roman, drawing himself up and saying: "Civis Romanus sum!' But the men of The Twisted Thread were not afraid of the sure vengeance of the fellows of these men whom they had attacked and overpowered. They bound them, as they had Tommy and the men of the Sea Crawler's crew, and dragged them into the next room, to lay them down beside the other cap tives. Tommy, as he lay, could Just see into this next room but he knew that he himself could scarcely be seen by anyone in there. LauKhlng. the gangsters, flushed with their triumph, went back. One stopped to sneer at Tommy, and to touch nis ribs with his foot. "Swell chance youve got this time, my buck!" he said. "ve ve got you where we want you now: Meanwhile Graham Hale and Aimee were racing toward the house In Varick street as swiftly as Graham Hale's most powerful limousine could carry them. They were a prey to the keen est anxletv. but they were supported by the thought that at least The Twisted Thread was cornered now tnat tne po lice, with power and force enough to take care of any organization of crimi nals, no matter how powerful it might be. was at work. No outward sign of disorder greeted them when they reached the house. If police re-enforcements were coming, they had not yet arrived. A single nnllreman. the one Aimee had seen from her wnldow. was on post, fat, O'Brien stood, listening; a sound up stairs made him cry out. "Is there a way out by the roof, miss?" he asked. "Yes oh, yes!" she cried. "Then it's there they are, boys I hear them!" he said. "Come on!" He leaped up the etalrs. Already, outside, the clang of an arriving patrol wagon could be heard. There was a rush up the stairs. But Almee, guided by a sure Instinct, went down. As she descended the cellar stairs a man rushed past her. almost knocking her down. She recognized him as one of the gangsters, and. though he saw her he did not stop to molest her. Blind terror seemed to be driving him. And he was gone before Aimee could turn to fire at him. She went on. And suddenly she was thrown down by a shock that shook the house. Plaster was flying all about her; ehe guessed that a blast in the subway, more violent than usual, was the explanation. She picked herself up and went on. And before her she saw Tommy. He lay still; blood flowed from a cut on his forehead. She ran to him and knelt down. At once she saw what had happened. A piece of tne celling, loosened by the blast, had struck htm. She took his head In her lap, and stanched the blood with her handkerchief. Desperately she worked to loosen his bonds, and all the time she called his name. "Tommy! Tommy, dear It's Aimeel Speak to me!" she cried. He stirred, faintly. And then. Just as she thought he was) about to answer, there came a new shock, a new explosion infinitely great er and more terrifying than the first. The floor rose below them; the walls collapsed: plaster, bits of wood, heavy objects of aU sorts flew all about them. Aimee ecreamed, and tried to cover Tommy's helpless, inert body with her own. Something struck her shoulder; she felt a fearful pressure upon her feet. Then for a moment she fainted. When she recovered her senses ehe could not move. She was pinned down by some heavy object a beam, ehe thought that had fallen across her feet. The air was clearer now, tho dust and debris of the explosion were settling. Above the ceiling was gone; through the wreckage the light from outside came in. And then ehe ecreamed, in sudden horror. Above them a beam, a huge, massive beam, was tottering it was about to fall. It must crush them if It did. And she couid not move. Her scream seemed to rouse- Tommy. His eyes opened, and he looked up, to see the wavering beam, slipping, the eingle crosspiece that supported it being pushed out of place (Another episode next Sunday.) ORANGE COLOR DECIDED California Commissioner Rules Full Ripe Glow Isn't Needed. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Nov. 16. The new state fruit standardization law re quiring that an orange must be "sub stantially colored on the tree has been Interpreted by George H. Hecke. state horticultural commissioner, and his deputies, as meaning the fruit must be practically colored." This. Commis sioner Hecke said, will allow leeway in standardization so that If there are slight green spots at the stem or on the navel end of a few oranges In a bos the fruit will not be condemned. The new law. which became effective : July 27, requires oranges must either reach the elght-to-one sugar test or b substantially colored" on the tree. Representatives of the horticultural commissioner recently completed a series of conferences with orange growers in the San Joaquin Valley, at which the question of color require ments was discussed. bv the United States. Instead of the rather detached attitude taken by most of our people in the past, every voter placid KOOd natured. He stood over a grating, ana just as naie ana Aimee would scan most critically the reasons advanced by the Administration for a proposed aggressive movement by the United States, and unless such action was so necessary as to appeal to the great mass of the voters to such an ex tent as to make them willing to have their young men enter the fight, no ad ministration would dare undertake such a war of aggression. Protection Held First Law. As to the proposition that universal training would insure National exist ence, it is useful to point out that no other legislation is worth considering until this- point has been adequately taken care of. Of what value is It to build up the wealth of the country if we are not able to preserve that wealth against some unscrupulous and avari cious foreign nation? Of what use is it to pass legislation intended to Insure an equitable distribution of our Na tional wealth among our own people if we are to leave . the bars down and permit some other people to come in and take our property away from us? Of what value are laws for the lim itation of the working hours of men, or the prohibition of child labor, or the compensation of injured workmen, or the pensioning of widows and elderly people. If a cruel and selfish foreign Nation can at any time by invading us upset all of our beneficent work, de port our young people, maltreat our old people, and compel all of our people to live under a foreign rule in the setting up of which we have nothing to say? We found practically unanimous as sent to the proposition, that all young men if they had two or three months of military training for three years, after the fashion of the Swiss system, would be much more able to take care of themselves in after life and much more efficient in any occupation which they might choose to follow. Orderly life, power to concentrate at tention on. an order when once given. and to carry it out in full and correctly, is of Inestimable value to every man. This very ability to obey renders men better able to direct other men when placed in positions of responsibility in civil 11x0. PINEAPPLES GO TO FRONT 38,000 Cases From Hawaii's Fields Shipped In Pay. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18. There Is a thin, constantly moving line of pine apples, somewhat broken, of course, stretching from the heart of the Ha waiian Islands to the fighting front In France, shipping men here declare. The line will be maintained until Hawaii's bumper crop of pineapples has been disposed of. The line Is made up of a string of boats bringing the pineapples here, countless freight trains conveying them across the country, another string of boats taking them across the submarine-studded Atlantic and lines of trains and motor conveyances rushing them to the front. On a recent day here 38.000 cases oC canned pineapples were loaded on trains for shipment East. Piers here are loaded high and shipments are con stantly arriving and departing. puzzled, uncertain, got out of their car and went toward him, he startea, ana stared down at the grating. Then h bent down and tu creed at it. and, as h got it loose, the head and shoulders of a man who had evidently een in a fight appeared. The policeman helped him up, and cried out in surprise. Mike OBrien!" he cried. "Glory, Mike who's been after beattn' you up the way you're pertshln', entirely?" Those murderers in tnai nouso: said O'Brien. "Here's Driscoll behina me! They trapped us for ratr trussea us up like pigs ready for the butcher, and left us. Steve worked my hands loose with his teeth I loosed him and we loosed some other lads that'll be up in a minute to Join us spoilln' for a fight they are, too, by the looks of them!" Graham Hale got an explanation in a moment. O'Brien and Driscoll were the detectives who had been caught by The Twisted Thread. But. for once, the gang had been too sure. Already O'Brien was telephoning for more men; the crew of the Sea Crawler, freed by the officers, and guided through an en trance that had been opened into the new subway ditch, came up to help. "My son must be in there!" cried Gra ham Hale. "Can't you save him?" "We'll be tryin" in a Jiffy, sir," said O'Brien. "Driscoll and me have a score to settle with them lads in there our selves, too, for that matter!" There was no delay. O'Brien and Driscoll, their guns out, backed by the men from, the Sea Crawler, who. weak as they were from hunger and from long confinement in a cramped po sition, were eager to get back at their captors, began an immediate assault upon the door. And Aimee, despite Graham Hale's plea that she should go back to the limousine and wait, was ready, automatic pistol in hand, to fol low them and do her part. The door gave way before the assault that was made upon it with a beam requisitioned from the subway work. But, though the officers were careful this time, no stream of bullets poured from the darkness within, as they had half expected. Silence, emptiness, greeted them, when they went In. Sugar Increase) Is Dented. LONDON, Nov. 19. Replying to aa inquiry of a householder as to whether or not he was entitled to an extra al lowance of sugar when entertaining . visitors, the Ministry of Food advised that "temporary guests should bring their suirar with thein." HOW TO JUDGE A WOM AN BY HER HAIR There is real common sense In Just noticing whether the hair is well kept to Judge of a woman's neatness, or good taste. If you are one of the few who try to make the most of your hair, re member that it is not advisable to wash the hair with any cleanser made for all purposes, but always use some good' preparation made expressly for sham pooing. You can enjoy the very best by getting some canthrox from your druggist, dissolve a teaspoonful in a cup of hot water. This makes a full cup of shampoo liquid, enough so it is easy to apply it to all the hair instead of just the top of the head. Dandruff, excess oil, and dirt are dissolved and entirely- disappear. Your hair will be so fluffy that It will look much heavier than it is. Its lustre and softness will also delight you, while the stimulated scalp gains the health which insures hair growth. Adv. To Avoid Rough, Coarse Chapped, Blotchy Shin Most skins require constant grooming at this season to keep them from becoming unduly red. blotchy, coarse, rough or harsh, or. It such condition has developed, to over come it. In such cases it is particularly Inadvisable to keep plllns; on cosmetics which cloir the pores aud make the com plexion worse than ever. It's a lot mora sensible to use erdlnar mercollzed wax, which literally absorbs a spoiled complexion. Apply the. wax. Mice cold cream, before retiring". Next mornlnif. in washing- It off. you'll wash away fine, flour-like particles of the unslgrhtly cuticle. Repeat for a week or more and you'll have an entirely new skin soft, white, spotless and beautiful as a child's. One ounce of mercollzed wax. procurable at anr drug- . I gist's, is all you'll seed. Adv. k