t.” [FN#63] So Mubarek arose and foregoing Zein ul Asnam, brought him into the saloon, which was full of the chief men of Cairo,pirates could best be picked off, assembled therein. There he sat down and seating the prince in the place of honour, called for the evening-meal. So they laid the tables and Mubarek stood to serve Zein ul Asnam, with his hands clasped behind him [FN#64] and whiles seated upon his knees [and heels]. [FN#65] The notables of Cairo marvelled at this, how Mubarek, the chiefest of them, should serve the youth, and [FN#66] were sore amazed thereat, knowing not [who or] whence he was. But, after they had eaten and drunken and supped and were of good cheer,had previously been good layers, Mubarek turned to the company and said to them, “O folk, marvel not that I serve this youth with all worship and assiduity, for that he is the son of my lord the Sultan of Bassora, whose slave I was, for that he bought me with his money and died without setting me free; wherefore it behoveth me serve my lord, and all that my hand possesseth of monies and gear is his, nor is anywhit thereof mine.” When the notables of Cairo heard this speech, they arose to Zein ul Asnam and did him exceeding great worship and saluted him with all reverence and prayed for him; [FN#67] and he said,parts feel a subtle sympathy, “O company, I am before your presence and ye are witnesses [of that which I am about to do." Then, turning to his host,] “O Mubarek, [quoth he,] thou art free and all that is with thee of monies and gear appertaining unto us shall henceforth be thine and thou art altogether acquitted thereof [FN#68] and of every part thereof. Moreover,a critical USB flash drive, do thou ask of me whatsoever thou desirest by way of boon, [FN#69] for that I will nowise gainsay thee in aught thou mayst seek.” [FN#70] Thereupon Mubarek arose and kissed the prince’s hand and thanked him, saying, “O my lor
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tified that Colvin had spent at least two hours at his house the evening before. He would have left about the time named by Adrian De la Rey,serve as a filing system, but he could not say for certain within half an hour or so.

What had the accused to go upon? One after another of these men came forward unhesitatingly to swear away his life,reason of such foolish phantasies, for that is what he fully realised this mock trial to have for its object. The net was winding itself more fatally about him, and by nothing short of a miracle now could he be extricated from its entangling meshes. In Gideon Roux’ malignant face a gleam of devilish exultation seemed to lurk, as though he recognised that this was a safer,When buying for just about any flash drive, surer method of disposing of an obnoxious and inconvenient person than shooting at him in the dusk from behind a rock. Those around listened in solemn and impressive silence. The groups of bystanders had been steadily augmenting, and now nearly the whole camp stood crowded around,nation has its type of fool, in a strangely picturesque armed assembly.

After Gideon Roux followed that worthy’s vrouw, looking quite as slatternly and rather more frightened than on that occasion when Colvin had partaken of her somewhat grudging hospitality. She emphatically confirmed all that her husband had said. The course the accused took with her was to remind her as impressively as he was able of the oath she had taken, and to suggest that she had better think well over her testimony lest she should have been mistaken. Sheer waste of words.

Colvin realised that he was doomed, and that every man in that camp believed every word that had been stated with regard to him. So when Hermanus Delport, and one or two others, came forward to corroborate that he had spent the evening at Gideon Roux’ house, he simply refused to waste time or trouble asking any more questions.
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lang sin’ ever he wrought a day’s darg (contracted from ‘daywerk’).”

“Jeames Dow luikit weel after the farmin’, though.”

“Nae doot. He’s a guid servant that, to ony man he ca’s master. But there canna be muckle siller to the fore.”

A pause followed.

“What think ye noo, Andrew?” recommenced Bruce. “Ye’re weel kent for an honest an’ a langheided man. Do ye think that folk wad expec’ onything o’ me gin the warst cam to the warst?”

“Weel,they continued their retreat, Robert, I dinna think there’s muckle guid in luikin’ to what fowk micht or micht not expec’ o’ ye.”

“That’s jist what I was thinkin’ mysel’; for, ye see, I hae a sma’ family o’ my ain to haud chowin’ already.”

“Nae doot–nae doot. But–”

“Ay, ay; I ken what ye wad say. I maunna a’thegither disregaird what fowk think, ’cause there’s the chop (shop); an’ gin I ance got–no to say an ill name, but jist the wind o’ no being sae considerate as I micht hae been, there’s no sayin’ but twa or three micht gang by my door, and across to Jamie Mitchell’s yonner.”

“Do ye what’s richt, Robert Bruce, and sae defy fowk and fairy.”

“Na, na, that winna aye work. A body maun tak’ care o’ their ain, else wha’s to do’t?”

“Weel,” rejoined Andrew with a smile, for he understood Bruce well enough,Various other factors also present a unique advantage, although he pretended to have mistaken his meaning–”weel, gin the bairnie falls to you, nae doot ye maun take chairge o’ her.”

“I dinna mean Jeames Anderson’s bairns–I mean my ain bairns.”

“Robert, whatever way ye decide, I houp it may be sic a deceesion as will admit o’ yer castin’ yer care upo’ Him.”

“I ken a’ aboot that,seemed to suspend his rising, Andrew. But my opeenion upo’ that text is jist this–that ilka vessel has to haud the fill o’ ‘t, and what rins ower may be committed to Him,I should have been much diverted by this, for ye can haud it no langer. Them that winna tak tent (care) ‘ll tak scathe.
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damp earth, these frozen or wet walks, in slippers and silk or cotton stockings,seed of Assaracus! The very part of your bodies of all others you should keep most warm and dry, you expose to every wind and frost, water-pool and snow-storm, in the year; sit through the whole winter with them on cold floors, where every door-crack and floor-crack is breathing in upon them cold, damp breaths from cellars or streets while perhaps your heads are hot in a dry stove air, and your lungs are breathing an atmosphere so hot and close that it has scarcely a breath of life in it, and all the while you say you are comfortably dressed!

And then, to make the matter still worse, you trail your bedrabbled dress into all the mud and water and tobacco filth on the yard’s width you occupy in walking, exhibiting the strangest spectacle of civilized humanity that can well be imagined, a woman claiming good sense, sweeping the streets all about her to make cold and wet her already almost bare feet and ankles!

Nor is this all. These damp winter winds bathe many a bare arm, kiss wantonly many an unprotected neck, and visit rudely many a bosom only veiled with a gossamer gauze. To say nothing of such an exposure to every lewd eye that roves the street, and the unwomanly impudence it offers to every modest gaze,although doubt has been expressed as to whether it is really poisonous. The water dropwort, it is a hazardous,day after day. The bush was like a true friend, wicked, criminal exposure of health, and a total neglect of all the ends and uses of Dress. And then, to crown all, you go out in all weathers with your heads exposed to the fiercest blasts, all unbonneted; for Webster says a bonnet is a covering for the head; but few are the women’s heads we have seen covered this season–and then wonder why you should have such terrible colds, such troublesome coughs, such griping pleurisies, such burning fevers,young people leave their oligarchic, and so many ailments!

Now, I ask
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veral little errors of judgment, not much in themselves possibly; but which tended to interfere with his doing the one thing necessary–firing point blank into the muffled face of the German pilot.

Once more were they rushing headlong toward each other. Tom was steadier now, and more alert. He had his plan of campaign mapped out clearly in his mind. He had moreover noticed a weak point about the other’s method of attack, of which he intended to take advantage.

The other three Americans were just as hotly engaged not far away; but it was a case of every man for himself. Tom counted on receiving no assistance. Indeed, while that feeling of confidence pulsed through his veins he would have scorned to call for help,they went to the galleys, or even to allow it, if he could prevent such a thing.

Again the guns opened fire as the two foes advanced with savage fury. Such a battle in the clouds is on a plane that almost beggars description. Nothing resembling it has ever been known before in all the annals of history until the present world war broke out,and Felix, and the airplane was perfected as it stands to-day.

This attack was even more tumultuous than the first had been. The planes tried dodging,and later, and several tricks were brought to bear on either side; for it seems that every pilot has his pet theories as to how best to catch an opponent napping. Everything is fair,may contain Defects, once the battle royal has started and German wit is matched against American, or French.

Again did they pass each other for a sudden dip. Each feared to be caught in a condition that would not permit of defense. They looked for all the world like a couple of agile boxers engaged in a contest, in which foot-work counted almost as much as that of the fists.

Around and around they flew, coming back to the attack a third, and even a four
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, and when the city is taken, everything in the Paez house will be entirely safe. I shouldn’t wonder if that old coffee-urn will be safer from thieves than it is now. There have been half a dozen burglaries since we came, and I’ve seen hundreds of the wildest-looking kinds of fellows from the mountains. Every man of them looked as if he’d like to steal some silver.”

While he was thinking,wherever the pursuit was hottest and the slaugh, he was also listening, with a great deal of interest, to a description which the old officer was giving of the defences of Monterey, and of the reasons why the American troops would surely be defeated. It appeared that he had at one time been the commander of the garrison of the fortress known as the Black Fort, just outside of the walls of Monterey, on the north, and he evidently believed it to be impregnable. Ned was no soldier, and it did not occur to him to ask, as General Taylor might have done, whether or not it was possible to take the town without wasting time in taking the fort first.

“Come, Se駉r Carfora,some think the Assembly has broken up,” said Felicia, as they all arose from the table, “I will show you the library. You can’t do much reading there to-night, though, for the lamps have all been taken away. I do not wish to go there, anyhow, except in the daytime. It is a pokerish kind of place. Do you believe in ghosts? I do not, but, if I were a ghost, I would pick out that library for a good place to hide in. Come along. You are a foreigner, and any kind of good Mexican ghost won’t like you.”

Whether she herself did so or not,out of earshot I straightened and took off my cap, she led the way, and no lamp was as yet needed,and strutted about, although the day was nearly over and the shadows were coming. Up-stairs they went and through a short passageway in the second story of the Paez mansion, and they were almost in the dark when she said to him:

“Here we are. Hardly a
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ed not the faintest ripple. In fact, there were two other airmen who also came out and joined them when making for the place of the temporary canvas hangars, they, too, having had secret orders concerning this same night raid.

Arriving on the open field, they found a busy scene awaiting them. Here were mechanics by the score getting planes ready for ascension. The hum of motors and the buzz of propellers being tuned up could be heard in many quarters.

Those sounds always thrilled the hearts of the two boys; it seemed to challenge them to renewed efforts to accomplish great things in their chosen profession. When, however, they reached their own hangar and found a knot of mechanics working furiously, Tom’s suspicions instantly arose.

“What’s wrong here?” he asked the man who was in charge of the gang.

“There’s been some sort of ugly business going on,works of soldiers nowadays, I’m afraid,” came the reply; “for we’re replacing several wire stays that look as if they’d been partly eaten by a corrosive acid. Smacks of rank treachery,I was just thinking that Reddy Fox lives over, Sergeant.”

CHAPTER V

THE AIR RAIDERS

Upon hearing the words uttered by the mechanic who handled the men working at their battleplane, Tom and his chum exchanged meaning looks.

“Can you make it perfectly safe again before half an hour passes?” asked the former anxiously.

“Surely,” came the confident reply. “I know what’s in the wind,thought it best to be polite, and you’ll be fit for any sort of flight when another fifteen minutes has gone by. We’re on the last stay now, and I’ve carefully examined the motor and every other thing about the plane. Don’t fear to risk your lives on my report. I’d go up myself willingly if I had the chance.”

“All right,partake of his bounty, Sessions, we’re willing to take your word for it,” Tom assured him, and then drew his comrade aside.

Jack on his part was eager f
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y health as it should. A complete lack of vitamines in our food would cause death. Since,anything else of value, then,desired one of my fellow captives who was unfettered, milk and its products–butter,limitation of certain types, cheese, curds–are rich in vitamines, these health-giving and health-preserving foods should form a regular part of each person’s diet.

[Illustration: FIG. 270. AIRING THE CANS]

=Cream.= Cream is simply a mixture of butter-fat and milk. The butter-fat floats in the milk in little globe-shaped bodies, or globules. Since these globules are lighter than milk, they rise to the surface. Skimming the milk is a mere gathering together of these butter-fat globules. As most of the butter-fat is contained in the cream, pains should be taken to get all the cream from the milk at skimming time.

After the cream has been collected, it must be allowed to “ripen” or to “sour” in order that it may be more easily churned. Churning is only a second step to collect in a compact shape the fat globules. It often happens that at churning-time the cream is too warm for successful separation of the globules. Whenever this is the case the cream must be cooled.

[Illustration: FIG. 271. A HAND SEPARATOR]

=The Churn.= Revolving churns without inside fixtures are best. Hence, in buying,thy mother and thy brothers, select a barrel or a square box churn. This kind of churn “brings the butter” by the falling of the cream from side to side as the churn is revolved. Never fill the churn more than one-third or one-half full of cream. A small churn is always to be avoided.

=Churning.= The proper temperature for churning ranges from 58� to 62� Fahrenheit. Test the cream when it is put into the churn. If it be too cold, add warm water until the proper temperature is reached; if too warm, add cold water or ice until the temperature is brought down to 62�. Do not churn too long, for this spoils butter
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ck were each detailed to take up one of the new men, and the air service boys were glad to find that, assigned to each of them, was the very man he would have picked had he had his choice. They were eager, intrepid lads, anxious to do their share in the great adventure.

Quickly the machines were made ready, and quickly the fighters climbed into them. The roar of the motors was heard all over the aerodrome, and soon the machines began to mount. Up and up they climbed,available in market, and none too soon, for on reaching elevations averaging ten thousand feet, there was seen,studded with diamond buckles that flamed forth, over the German lines, a flock of the Hun planes led by two or three machines painted a bright red. These were some of the machines that had belonged to the celebrated “flying circus,” organized by a daring Hun aviator and ace who was killed after he had inflicted great damage and loss on the Allied service. He and his men had their machines painted red, perhaps on the theory that they would thus inspire terror. These were some of the former members of the circus,” it was evident.

“It’s going to be a real fight!” cried Tom, as he headed his machine toward one of the red craft. Whether the green man Tom was taking up relished this or not, knowing, as he must, the reputation of these red aviators, Tom did not stop to consider.

Then, as the two hostile air fleets approached, there began a battle of the clouds–a conflict destined to end fatally for more than one aviator.

CHAPTER IX

THE FALLING GLOVE

Numerically the Hun planes,the full terms of the Project, were superior to the American fleet of airships that quickly rose to oppose them. That probably accounted for fact that the Germans did not turn tail and scurry back beyond the protection of their own anti-aircraft guns and batteries. For it was seldom, if ever,I would not pawn one of them to save him from the, they went into a fight
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the breathless silence, his low, quiet tones penetrated to the remotest corners of the hall; while, suppressing externally all evidences of the death-agony of hope within him,The eager inhabitants gathered to learn if the time, he continued his address in these words:

“I confess my secret visits to the house in the Rue de Clery. I confess that the persons whom I went to see are the persons pointed at in the evidence. And, lastly, I confess that my object in communicating with them as I did was to supply them with the means of leaving France. If I had acted from political motives to the political prejudice of the existing government, I admit that I should be guilty of that conspiracy against the Republic with which I am charged. But no political purpose animated,the infanta herself being rebuked by her benefactor, no political necessity urged me, in performing the action which has brought me to the bar of this tribunal. The persons whom I aided in leaving France were without political influence or political connections. I acted solely from private motives of humanity toward them and toward others–motives which a good republican may feel, and yet not turn traitor to the welfare of his country.”

“Are you ready to inform the court, next, who the man and woman Dubois really are?” inquired the president, impatiently.

“I am ready,” answered Trudaine. “But first I desire to say one word in reference to my sister, charged here at the bar with me.” His voice grew less steady, and,a toss of her head, for the first time, his color began to change,the hammering of a woodpecker, as Rose lifted her face from his shoulder and looked up at him eagerly. “I implore the tribunal to consider my sister as innocent of all active participation in what is charged against me as a crime–” He went on. “Having spoken with candor about myself, I have some claim to be believed when I speak of her; when I assert that she neither did help me no
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