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Lord Byron’s Prophecy By the Rev. Thomas B. Gregory ' Coprright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New Fork Brening World.) T would be both instructive and amusing, especially amusing, if we could get together and read all the “prophecies” concerning the present ‘world war. At every turn one runs up against people who want to know ff you fhave read such and such book or pamphlet or speech in which the war twas predicted Most of these so-called prophecies are, of course, mere “twaddle,” having no other references to the present war than such as they have been fwisted into making by their ignorant or fanatical readers. ‘There is a prediction, however, and that not by a statesman or wafrtor, Wut by @ post, which is truly remarkable, and which is. well worthy of @ur attention. In his daily journal, under the date of Jan. 13, 1821, Lord Byzon fwrote: “Dined—news come—the powers mean to war with the people. The Intelligence seems positive—let it be so—they will be beaten in the end. Whe KING-TIMES are fast finishing. There will be blood shed like water, nd tears like mist; but the people will conquer in the end. I shall not five to see it—but I foresee it.” Pi Byron—in many ways the greatest poet that the race has ever pro- Muced—lived in what may be called the reactionary period of Huropean politics. The Congress of Vienna, made up entirely of sovereigns, which met in {1815 in the Austrian capital, was one of the most audaciously autocratic Raesemblies that had been seen since the days of Charles the Fifth and Philip the Second. The Congress disposed of territories and peoples with no regard to ‘nything save their own wills, If there was such a thing as popular wight in the world the Congress did not to have heard of. it: The Mighty lesson of the French Revolution was clean forgotten and under ‘Mie inspiration of Metternich, the Machiavelli of diplomatists, the people ‘were treated as though they were sheep, fit for nothing but to"bo fleeced. Fhe liberty of speech and press was denied, and to cap the climax of their ‘reactionary work they entered into what they strangely énough called ‘“The Holy Alliance,” the sole object of which unholy league was to main- tain absolute power in the hands of the rulers by suppressing every form ot liberty among the péople. Byron, with that sharp, straight-seeing eye of his, watched all this, fand hated it; for though he happened to be a “lord” he was also a man, ‘and he quietly wrote down in his journal—“The King-times are fast finishing. ‘The people will conquer in the end.” Because he was @ poet, a man who in his deepest soul felt the power |, of right and justice, he knew that sooner or later autocracy, with tts ipudent indifference to human rights, would be met and beaten effectu- and forever by the spirit of democracy. _ Were he here to-day, the noble lord would rejoice mightily, for he loved Human liberty, and died in its cause not long after making his wonderful prediction. Dieting to Avoid Influenza By Bernarr Macfadden Author Macfadden’s Encyclopedia of Physical Culture—Sixth in a Series of Ten Articles, Coprright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Wrening World) HE extraordinary influence of f phadihe sibs hd boys two meeig in a i 8 only one meal, I diet upon one’s body, mind and | tav—"sometimes only one m al, "From character is little understood. |inte- that we eat too paid oaarary ‘your body 18 created from the food]ot food at one meal, It would be fi yuu cat. The quality of your blood ett oe carci shia, spares Edt ‘ e article: depends upon it, and the quality ot Batty np oF three as len Of food, your blood determines the strenst |some food. 'that_ is" pleasant too ‘and character of the tissues sprowate taste, and in many instances you will ‘out every part of your organism.|be better nourished than. if you ate AVhether your mind Is dull or clear 1s @ conventional meal of many courses. largely a matte of digestion and as-) ‘pimitlation, which can be controlled | largely by a properly directed diet. In dieting yourself to avoid Spanish {influenza the first thought to! keep in is the necessity for at least normal activity of the alimentary canal. Bread, if eaten, should con- tuin the outer hull of the grain, al- though as a rule it is safer to avoid Dread. Almost every known vegeta- tie, gréen salads of all kinds, and ‘gruits of all Kinds, especially acid fruits, can be recommended. Turnips, cabbage, beets, beans, lentils and practicedy every product ©! the vegetable world can be recow- tended, provided it is palatable. Let- tuce is especially valuable as a nerve mind "8 Katherine Friends Admit Failure in Proving His Innocence, But Hopes On. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, (Copyright Doubleday, Page & Co.) 4 aged rechuse living on an old’ faunily ostate near Ni ied the Cedars, jood. ‘Tomatoes, onions, radishes, Lus*young relstivo, “by his erideat. fest. stteone akcete anknous fo best epinach, &c., are all useful, his will to’ disinherit Bobby Ilackburn, uophew, whose mods ecessity for a man leaves his own chamber’ to sleep in’ an oom, and KKeep in mind the necessity aan loared_ ia 0 in 9 i keen appetite. Whatever you eat By Coin Cas enjoyed. If appetite is lack- y af mm. The (2 ust be enjoy i . and he prom) Gi Jeaves the ing, give the stomach a rest. Avoid rd feels a strange drowsiness” He "awakes midatvernoon of the next aay {0 cne or two meals, or fast for a day eserted” farm Segue ‘meng the Cedar "ide ten ne i for oo 4 dietary rest will be ‘ork and change, his dishevelled dress before visiting the Cedars or two, Such a dietary » | Bow Ne aot detection, | ‘There he encounters Howells, who <istinetly to your advantage. Your Cedai Graham iy there before hin. | On ‘arrival loyhood or girlhood appetite will tpi and that he is suspected come back to you, and when food is this sort, every eaten with gest of morsel keenly enjoyed, you are As CHAPTER V. aa or digestion. . ee he Bead ed of food which indi- (Continued,) cates to you that the organs of diges- PRTAINLY the case looked tion are ready to receive \t, ite feel- bad for Bobby. Howells, jug of hunger is a detinie teen. that unpleasant and énde- that the body ne | It is especially important that each day be begun properly in # dietetic | apparently clinched it when he pro- way. If you eat your first meal with- 4 \duced a handkerchief from under- lite your second and third esa eees table to be eaten In obedi- {neath Silas Blkckburn’s head bearing thee to the dictates of habit and/the initials “R, B."—Bobby’s own. without hunge r _ TReStOre. ayold | How it came there Bobby would not e oss really 4 : stad following a night's rest, when|€ven try to explain, He dully re- pre functions of the body ary sluggish, jcalled that his handkerchief had been ty a good time to antisepticize the|missing after that strange awaken- stomach with lemon and hot water, i, a: the deserted farm, He would an orange, apple, or some other acid wit. tricansing of the stomach with acid | fruit will give you a good start for the day, For some people, butter- milk, thoroughly stirred and aerated, takes the place of acid fruit to a cer- tain extent. One or two glasses could be teken for the morning meal, Your main meal might consist of soup, meat, vegetables, salad and des sert, and if the amount of meat you are'in the habit of eating was les- fatigable agent of the law, of so foul a deed as the murder of Silas Blackburn, But there was the mute evidence of the handkerchief. ‘Things were at this point when an- other surprising development came avout. The body of old man Black- burn was found to have been turned on one side, exposing a small wound in the back ‘of the head, with @ quan- tity of blood on the pillow, Neither the wound nor the, blood had been cned considerably, it would be to|present before, Dr,’Groom declared. your advantage. If you possess whet| Now he turned with Graham and tWaeht be termed normal weight, or if|Bobby at the sound of an automobile coming through the woods, “Probably the coroner at last,” he said, The automobile, @ small ranabout, |drew up at the entrance to the court. A little wizened man, with yellowish |skin stretched across high cheek you are above weight, you would) probably gain by eliminating meat | entirely, using fish, eggs, beans or Cereals, as substitutes. Be sure to masticate your food sufficiently to thoroughly enjoy your meal, You ‘annot enjoy food when you bolt it. en you eat leisurely, you are pre- | bones, stepped out and walked up the paring your digestive system for the | path. task before it. “Well!” ‘he said shrilly, “What Jf you are willing to follow a strict diet it would be of advantage, at Jeast for a time, although in dietetic experiments, when one possesses but little knowledge of foods, there 1s some danger of undernourishment, A remarkable example of longevity Was that of a woman whom I knew quite well, and who lived into the | cighties, remadaing physically active, with her mind as keen and alert as 4 young girl's, up to practically thé tume of her death, She ate Dut one article of food at a meal and would you doing, Dr, Groom?” “Waiting to witness another reason why coroners should be abolished,” the doctor rumbled. “This is the |dead man's grandson, Coroner; and | Mr, Graham, a friend of the family.” Bobby accepted the coroner's hand with distaste, “Howells,” the coroner said in his squeaky voice, “seems to think it's queer case, Inconvenient, I call it. Wish people wouldn't die queerly whenever I go on a liliie holiday. [ ha. got five ducks, gentlemen, when not—could not believe himself guilty bod they came to me with that telegram. Bad business mine, ‘cause people will die when you least expect them to. Let's go see what Howells has got on bis mind, Bright sleuth, Howells! Ought to be in New York.” He started up the path, site with Dr, Groom, “Are‘you coming?” Graham asked Bobby. Bobby shook his head. “I don't want to, I'd rather stay outside, You'd better be there, Hartley. Graham followed the others while Bobby wandered from the court and started down a path that entered the woods from the rear of the house. When he returned Dr, Groom and the coroner had finished inspection of the side by iy. “What ails you, doctor? the cofo- ner was squeaking. “I agree it's an unpleasant room. Lots of old rooms are. I follow you when you say no post-mortem contraction Would have caused such an alteration in the position of the body. There's no question about the rest of it. The man was clearly murdered with a@ sharp tool of some sort, and the mur- derer was in the room again this afternopn, and disturbed the corpse. Howells says he knows who. It's up to him to find out how, He says he has plenty of evidence and that the guilty person's in this house, #o I'm not fretting myself. I'm cross with you, Howells, for breaking up my holiday, One of my assistants would have done as well.” Howells apparently paid no atten- tion to the coroner. His narrow eyes followed the doctor with a growing curiosity. The doctor grunted: “Instead of abolishing coroners we ought to double their salaries,” The coroner made a-long squeak as an indication of mirth, “You think unfriendly spooks did it. I've always believed you were an old fogy. Hanged if that doesn't sound modern,” The doctor ran his fingers through his thick, untidy hair, “T me ask for the implement that caused death, I only ask to know how it was inserted through the bed while Blackburn lay on his back. And if you've time you might 4 LN OTT eT RE PY eee ete October ay, Si, 1918 tell me how the murderer entered the room last night and to-day.” The coroner repeated his squeak. Fd glanced at the little group by the re. . “Out in the kitchen, upstairs, or rirht here under our noses is almost certainly the person who could tell us. Interesting case, Howells!” Howells, who still watched. the doc- tor, answered dryly: “Unusually interesting.” The coroner struggled into his coat. “Permits e available, he squeaked, your undertakers out when you like. Graham answered him brusquely, 8 arranged. I've only small card table by the fire in the hall. He found cards, and, with a package of cigarettes and a box of matches convenient to his band, com- menced to play solitaire. The de- tective lounged nearby, watching the Panamanian's slender fingers as they handied the cards deftly. Bobby, Graham and Katherine were glad to withdraw beyond the range of those narrow, searching eyes. Toey entered the library and closed the door. Graham, expectant of a report from his man in New York as to the movements of Maria and the identity of the stranger, was restless. “If we could only get one fact,” he said, “one reasonable clue that didn't involve Bobby. Howells alone is sat- isfied. We must believe in the hand of another man. Dr. Groom talks about indefinable hands.” “Uncle Silas was so afraid last night!” Katherine whispered, “That,” Bobby cried, the fact we “must have.” He paused, “What's tha! he asked sharply. They sat for some time, listening to the sound of wheels on the gravel, to The coroner nodded at Dr, Groom. His voice pointed its humor with a thinner tone, “If I were you, Howells, I'd take this hairy old theorist up as a sus- picious character.” The doctor made a movement in his direction while Howells continued to stare, The doctor checked himself. Ho went to the closet and got his hat and coat. the banging of the front door, ond, Ww: me to drop you, old saw- later, to the pacing of men in the penea?’ the eoroner naked” room of death overhead, At last the Savagely the doctor shook his head. 8t¢Ps became measured and dragging, like the footsteps of men who carried some heavy burden, They looked at each other then, Katherine hid her eyes. “It’s like a tomb here,” Bobby said. He arranged kinding in the fire place and touched a match to it. at hadn't occurred to him to ring for Jenkins. None of them wished to be disturbed. Eventually it was the de- tective who intruded. He strolied in, glanced at them curiously for a mo- ment, then walked to the door of the inclosed staircase, He grasped theknob “To-night,” he announced, “1 am trying a small experiment on the chance of clearing up the last details of the mystery, Since it depends on “My buggy's in, tbe stable.” The coroner's squeak was thinner, more irritating than ever. “Then don't let the spooks get you, driving through the woods. Olid folks say there are a-plenty there. Bobby arose. He couldn't face the Prospect of the man's squeaking again ee find nothing to laugh at in this situation,” he said. “You' heel ey You're quite aan ronene eyes blazed, “T'm through, if that's the w feel. Good night.” He added with a sharp malictousness: “I leave my sympathy for whoever Howells has bis eagle eye on.” Howells, when the doc the courage of whoever murdered Mr. coroner Had gone exoured “Meni Blackburn I've small hope of its euc- with a humility that mocked the °°S*:” He indicated the ceiling. “You've heard, I daresay, what's been going other: “With your permission I shall write in the Hbrary until dinner.” on up there. Mr, Blackburn's body He bowed and left, and the others has been removed to his own room. also took themselves off, one by one, The room where he was killed is leaving Bobby alone. empty. I mean to go up and enter and lock the doors he did last night. 1 sball leave the window up as it was last night. I ghall blow out the candle ag he did.” He lowered his voice. we directly at Bobby. His wor finite challenge. shall lie on the bed and await the murderer under the precise con- ditions Mr. Blackburn did.” “What do you expect to gain by that?” Graham asked, “Probably nothing,” Howells’ an- awered, “because, as T have said, Just before dinner Katherine joinca him. She wore a sombre gown that made her face seem too white, that heightened the groping curiosity of her ey; Without speaking she sat down be- side him and stared at the smoulder- ing fire. From her presence, from her tactful silence he drew comfort— to an extent, rest, “You make me ashamed,” he whispered once, “I've been a beast, leaving you here alone these weeks. You don't understand quite, why that looked carried was.’ cess depends upon the courage of a She wouldn't let’ him go on. Shq man who kills in the dark while his shook her head. They remained victim sleeps. I simply giv» him the silently by the fire until Graham and Paredes joined them, When dinner was announced the detective came from the lfbrary, and, uninvited, sat at the table with them. Afterward Paredes chance to attack m® as he did Mr. Blackburn, Of course he realizes it would be a good dea! to his advan- tage to have me out of the way. I ask him to come, therefore, as steal- arranged a thily as he did iast night. I beg him an You Beat It banteethe. By Maurice to match bis skill with mine, 1 want him to play his miracle with the win- dow or one of the locks, But I'll wager he hasn't the nerve, although 1 don’t see why he should hesitate, He's a doomed man, I'll be going up now.” He bowed, “Good-night to you all, and pleasant dream’ He opened the door and slipped Into the darkness of the private staircase, They heard him, after he had closed the door, climbing upward, Kather- ine shivered, Then she took Bobby's hand. “Good night, Bobby, and don't give up hope. We'll do something, Some- how we'll pull you through.” CHAPTER VI. OBBY waited, hoping that Gra- ham would offer to share his room with him, Yet such an offer, he realized, must im- press Graham as indelicate, as an in- dication that he really doubted Bob- by's innocence, ux a sort of spying. He wasn't surprised, therefore, when Grahai only said “LM be in the next room, Bobby. If you're restless or need me you've only to knock on the wall.” Hobby didn’t leave the library with them, The warmth with which Katherine had just filled him faded ag he watched ber go out side by side with Graham. Her hand was on Graham's arm, There was, he fan- cied, in her eyes an emotion deeper than gratitude or frien@ship, He sighed as the door closed behind them, He was himself largely to blame for that situation, His very revalt against its imminence had hastened ‘ts shaping. He walked anxiously to the table. Dr, Groom had prepared for him that afternoon @ potion to make him sleep. Reinforced by hiy complete weariness, it ought to send him into a sleep pro- found enough to drown any possible abnormal impulses of unconscious- ness, ‘The glass was there, He drained it and stood for a time looking at the pinkish sediment in the bottom, That was all right for to-night, but aftor- ward—he couldn't shrink ‘perpetually from sleep. He found Paredes still in the hall The Panamanian, with languid ges- tures, continued to play his solitaire. “1 thought you were tired, Carlos.” Paredes glanced up, His eyes were neither weary nor alert, As usual his expression disclosed nothing of his thoughts, yet he must have read in Bobby's tone @ reproach at this in- difference, “The game intrigues me,” he mur- mured, “and you know,” he added dreamily, “I sometimes ‘think better while I amuse myself.” Bobby nodded good-night and went on up to his room, Even while he un- dressed, the effects of the doctor's narcotic were perceptible. His eyes had grown heavy, his brain a trifle numb, Almost apathetically he assured himself that he couldn't accomplish these mad actions in bis sleep, An Irish Fairy Tale HERE once lived a certain house- wife who had a sharp eye to her own interests and who gave alms of that for which she had no use, for the good of her soul. One day a Hillman, ono of that band of good little fairy people Who love and are loved by Irish home folk, knocked at her door. mother?” said he “There's a wed- ding in the bill and ail the pots are in use. ‘ls he te have one?” asked the ser- lass. ‘Aye, to be sure,” answered the housewife. “One must be nelgh- borly.”" But when the mala was taking « saucopan from the shelf, she pinched her arm and whispered sharply: “Not that, Get the old one out of the cup- board. It leaks, and the Hillmen are sure to mend it before they send it home. So one obliges the Good People and saves sixpence in tinkering.” hed the old saucepan and ’gave. ft to. the dwarf, who thanked her and went s sere ea | OK ig “ab the housewife had foreseen, it was neatly mended and by vif or tian the maid filled the Dear Cousins: ' ERP is an opportunity to ae- language at the same tims little French girls, one eleven old, the other thirteen, who are jearn- “Yet last night"——- he murmured. “That finishes me in the eyes of the law. e doctor will testify to aphasia, According to him I am two men—two men!” Thought ceased. He drifted into a trance-like sleep, “Robby! Bobby!” He flung out his hands, He sat up- right, opening his eyes. “Bobby! You're there’—— It was Katherine, “What's the matter?” “You're there, [ dida’t know. Gét up, Hartley's putting some clothes on. Hurry! The house is so dark—so strange.” 3 “Tell me what's happened, She didn't answer at first. He struck a match, lighted his cundie, threw on a dressing gown and stepped to the door, Katherine shrank against the wall, hiding her syes from the light of his candle. thought it odd she should wear the _ The Evening World's — Kiddie Klub Korner Conducted by Eleanor Schorer Copyright, 1918, by The Prees Publishing Co, (The New York Brewing Workl) The Hillman and the Housewife “Can you lend Us @ saucepan, good | eh pan —— yp BAS Ay with milk and set it on? for the childre! supper. few minutes the milk was so burned and smoked that no one could touch it, and even the pigs refused it. “Ah, — good-for-nothing eried the housewife a4 she ‘the pan herself, “you would ruln the richest with . “And w '‘@ twopence,” : voice which seemed to dome imney. ‘The housewife had not Int te saucepan for two minutes milk boiled over, and it was all Burnt and smoked as before. Sa muttered “The pan must be dirty,” woman quartet the good in great “and there are two full milk as good as thrown to U voice in the chimney, nt ice in the chimney. After a thorough cleaning the saucepan was onee more filled and set on the ayy heer with no better success, The housewife shed oa seb 0 thin tetell mee Three warts me. a of new milk, burnt for one meal! “And that's sixpence,” orted voles from the chimney. “You save the tinkering after all, mother! aig Me tw ing down . fd went off laughing through the ing English, and would like to have some American correspondents to whom we could write in English and who would correct our mistakes ant ~ return the letters to us with an aq- Deat Miss Schorer: We are two swor in French, which we would cor- years|rect, &c, That would teach un 4 great deal. We want to leara, but are not rich enough to pay for a pro- fessor. It is through . With best wishes, from IRENB refugee from the devastated country of the North of France. ° Here is my address: Mile. Ivene Guerbes, Rue Camille Godare Macau, Medoc, Gironde, Americans are all more interested in learning French at present than they ever have been before, especially the kiddies, : ., When big brother's letters come from overseas these days they are full of odd French words and phrases, are they not? And sometimes you need a French-English dictionary to help you decipher them, do you not? Then I should think you would grasp the opportunity that these little ach girls offer you to learn thelr beautiful language. How survrised big brother will be when he comes back and finds you know a# much #rench as he—mea more. U Did you notice that Irene and Marte say that it is through Maxine Gagnerot they have heard of you? * As you know, Maxine is one of our dear French ormhan Cousins, Here is @ letter written to us by Maxinet © He] My dear Comnin I received your charming letter of dress in which she bad appeared at| Aug. 1, and I am very proud that dinner, But it seemed “What is it?” Bobb: “You wouldn't wal demanded. You were #0 hard to wake.” The try, we shall never idea seemed to fill her mind. She re- peated it several times, “It's nothing,” Graham said, fanciful” She lowered her hands. H. * were full of terror, “No, We have to go to that room as I went tast night, as we went to-day.” Graham tried to quiet ber, “We'll go to satisfy you.” Her voice hardened, “I know. I was asleep, It woke me up, stealing in across the court again.” Hobby grasped her arm. “You came out and aroused us at once?* She shook her head. “I—I couldn't find my dressing gown, This dress was by the bed. I put it on, but [ couldn't seem to fasten it.” Bobby stepped back, remembertng his last thought before drifting intu the trance-like sleep, She seemed to know what was in his mind. But when I knocked, you were sleeping so soundly." ‘Too soundly, perhaps. “Come, We're growing tive,” Graham said. take care of Limself. imagina- “Howells would He'll probably give us the deuce for disturbing him, but to sativfy you, Katherine, we'll e him up. “If you can,” she whispered. They entered the main hall, Light came through the stair well from the lower floor. Graham walked to the rail and glanced down, Bobby fol- lowed him. On the table by the fire- place the cards were arranged in neat piles. A strong draft blew cigarette smoke up to them, “Paredes,” Graham said, amazed, “is still downstairs. The front door is open. He's probably in the court.” “It must be very late,” Bobby aid. Kather'ne shivered, "Half-past two. I looked at my same as last night.” h gesture of resolution she led the way into the corridor, (To Be Continued) indifferently | my pictu fastened and her hair was in disor-| paper. der, Graham stepped from his room, |for me, and your cl was published in your regard which you show letter, which proves the fraternity existing 2 Bobby.| between Frauce and your dear couv- forget. You can be sure that I am very much interested in my American “Go| cousins, since I am one of them, and back to your room, Katherine, She's| that I very proud of that mark of sympathy. The Kiddie Klub, whose principles are founded on « loyal patriotism and for an extre: generous purpose, shows us too your sincere friendship for the French orphans. I hope I shall soon receive some little letters from my dear cousins written in French, although those that you wrote me in Amer- fean (') are verg easy to understand and give me so much pleasure each time I receive them. Tam wearing my little Kiddie Klub Pin. I hope that my letter will reach you soon and that it will find you i) good health. ember me. to all of the Klub, and accept, dear Cousin, « my best wishes. Your cousin, MAXINE RENE GAG) A Near the station, Macau, Gironde, ‘ance, P. 8. Do you prefer that I write French? you in English or Our little French ‘never miss an opportunity to tell their friends about us. These }etters prove that. They are as truly fond of the Kiddie Kiub as we are ourselves, This must make you very hap, does me. 708 ee eet Cousin Eleanor, HOW TO JOIN THE OBTAIN YOUR oy up to A years beccene mpeenbere, wih a sliver grag and Di lacie ne Pinan coupon no. OST