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Eight Belts Had soundedi and the crew, placing their buckets f sugle tanda and water) in the | scuppers, 'wiped their hands on the legs of their trousers and satisfie 1 with this toilet, slouched forward | to their breakfast.
A wet swab, "well timed, slugged heavily against the bulstark, nar Prowly missing, young Berreek's head That was a signal, for a general enurement amongst the apprentices-starboard" walch vers
chief
sus port The
officer, from her vantage-point on the poop, watch-i ed the battle eovertly while basy-i ing himself with the gear round the mizzen-must. He knew that decipline required him to stop the fracas, but a "sreaking · desire to see at least one direct hit register. jed, before interfering, induced hic,
po ssume ignorance.
Frank, the youngest, had mount" ed to the after hatch, and from titat" elevation launched an effec Live salvo at the eldest apprentice. Little leisure was given him to doy the success of his shot, b
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Thim aquarely on the check, and Josing his balance, he dropped
eavily to the deck.
The boy's full was greeted with ja shout of laughter, with which the deeper note of the male bfended
Slowly Frukt prise to his fret, This fare white, his lips compressed. He was evidently taking the joke musportlingly and it annoyed his herch mates,
"Goin' to cry. Frankie dear?" snpered the eldesty, Fl send for muasie bos kiss the naughty teara away.
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Franz favoured his formeate werth a look of wrath. But without
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hard to his side, the other retain
. word set off to the alley bed va stendying grasp on the being at the breakfast, and £14) Shanudg; his face, white and the office of Moy Ann." as is drawn, thoroughly alarmed the the time-honoured duty ef the Mate. youngest apprentice.
DRUG PLANTS.
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Kow Gardens has a most extens alve collection In existone of plants used for the manufacture. of medicines, either growing or in the form of dried specimens. In the museums. In a walk through the museums a "Dully "Mall" reporter saw reputed cores For most dis-Į
Buses.
There are craba" eyes, known ink Britain ELK jequerite wendy. -which are used for earing opudities| of the ayes: fruits of Pedron. ↓ specie for snake bites
tomach complaints: coëvdlus in- Indieus, imported from India for : the preparation of 'niments and the adulteration of hebr: Bullock': heart, or custard apple, which cureS desentery and worms; and winter's Bark, which is medicine Tori sergy.
One of the most important - hibits in the museum is cinchong which orginally came from Peru, but owing largely to the work of Kew Gardens is now grown exten-| sively in India and Jamelca.
From this is manufactured the great specie for malaria, quinina | ko India everyone" may buy, a pocketf of it for a small price at any post) oflice.
Many of the medicinal plants are rown in the British Isles and more might be grown with prot
Among gae are acopite, used in palpitation of the heart, bren- chitis, and purumonia: dill fruit, n favourite carminative for child- ren datura tamonium.. inhaled!! for asthma;, digitalis, or foxglove, used as a heart-stimulans.
AT THE STAR.
"BRAWN OF THE NORTH" TO-DAY.
Prom * Brawn
will
50-day Lil Satomlar, 07 the North" be shown at matinees Get below, my son," he order-j at the Star Theatre. This The morning was well advanced put up, the doctor's flag. is a picture dealing with life in the when the vigilant eye of the mutand" this dogbes
reviving Alaskan snows, where cinematical- jespigh an "Irish Pennant" loose Heaven help you if you're play. might is, right.
There is an end of a rope hanging trom #ing the old soldier'"
appeal about these anow pictures * 14 15 1
Frank mumbled somping as be which those having a brick and turned, and descending entered the mortar leesle do not provide. half-deek,
"Brawn of the North" is one of
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Frank! Up aloft to the mizzen | @gallant yurd" and make bag that arket," he called to the "youth"
At the sight of the letter "D" the best of these and we are glad who was working in the waists.
Huttering from the monkey gutt aj to see that it is booked for a thræë This surprise the Bay obeyed fundhward-bound -motor-launel | dag pan, albeit for matinees only, with manifest reluctance. Prank altered her course and the doctor, owing to the incidence of other en- was usually the brightest and me with a sigh of resignation, onte tertainments.. wling of the boys.
»imore donned, this - giovas to nego. Climbing slowly to the rail tince the ship's oscillating Jacob's Frank started to mount the meta {bedder.
The cast of Russia would seem
Hines in manner exceedingly "Having too much i tippet" | hopeless indeed if wn-did--not stop aggravating to the officer.
Phe suggested, as tire mate informed for a moment to consider its Yatel-
him of the youth of his patient eptual history, Lawrence and the seat of the pain.."
"get a moNF on there, young Estert he hailed. That's the worst of heavy breakfasts-ham
und eggs don't agree with you?" the offeer raborted bitterly.
The mate was pleased to
Here's the doctor, Frank he facetious: the bags had breakfast,said, as they entered the half- ed on the customary "wet hash," derk.
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FACT v. FANCY,
despite the fact of the ship being The boy "we had been stretch-| in port
ed out on the chests, kuid hia pipe Frank's
was accelerated agid and without a word prepared Pace somewhat, though fas from lively, to da metod
Arriving at the Tuttock shrouds, He fell from the hatch this
Frank laused. -1.
"1., don't believe in patent meli vines," said the sceptis.
"Jusk, what do you mean by patent medicines asked his friend.
We all seeret medicinul pre- morning. resumed, the offer,parations, answered the sceptic, "all remedies of which the formulu is never anitha liriker has to accend perha that's got something to divulged. It is senseless to take medi in a manner suggesting a fly trade witeit." versing the inside of a steeply in-
*From" the hatch in the deck. If we if you don't know what it con- felined roof).
suppose." commented the doctor
. The officer watched him, im-putting his thermometr away| patiently The boy's-ssly be-Well, let's, have a "look."" epuse 1. laughed when he fell off He bent over Le patient: the hat be coneiuded; and when did he fall?" he asked at langer rose at the suggestion. ing.
*Move yourself.
sulky 700 young brat," he roared. A clout with a wet swah is nothing to what F give you if u aren't over that top in onene, two!"
"At breakf-time.” "But your flag wasn't up what went up harbour???
cine
Of course," suggested his friend, you always rend a physkinn's pres- cription and quite understand what is being given you
Woil, admitted the reptie. But then, You see, it is a physician
is prescribing, and who knows | what he is about.""
who
Dr. Willums Pink Pills for Pale People are themselves the prescrip tion of a "learned and experienced "No." the nate assented. " physician who, as the sceptic suggests, was working until eleven."
Know what he was about. Their super- The boy made un efort to mount Wpricing, was he delinger on the nutstanding merit of Blood and Nerve Tonic the shrouds, failed, and slowly the doctor. "Working until eleven | The
the mescription from which they are descended the rigging. casting with a couple of his ribs broke, madu ape
and is the re
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world- for their piteous glances at the storminge's got some ginger in-him!” officer.
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"I'S no good, wir." Frank I heard Frank won the D.s.c.weakness, and thone troubles from almost whimpered as he stepped while commanding a mine-sweeper
on to the, poop, “ can't get over during the war, and I'm quite sure
he earned it. the top; my aide hurts too much!" As he spoke. he pressed one
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