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sales' were net Iona; Ines' Were
smothered in the struggle, which. was
still continued -now at the foot of the
stairs, now'on the stairs themselvee
anti at last on the landing outside the
barricaded door. Meanwhile the bird
had flown,
• No sooner had Tote realized What was
takifig place below than he threw up
tbe bedroom window. It oVerlooked, a
small and filthy back yard, Into which
Torn quietly *dropped while the pair
were still struggling on the stairs. To
find his way threugh the houee, through
the kitchen itself and ,out into the nar-
row street was the work of very few
moments. The last Tom heard NVtle
the belaboring of the locked, blocked
door by honest Jim. Nor did his pres-
ence of mind desert him. yet, Re walk-
ed out of the narrow. side street, only
running' when he citme to the main
theroughfa.re and titter a perilous hesi-
tation as to whether he should strike
Into the city or Over l3lackfriars bridge.
He chose the city and, having chosen,
lost his head and ran for his life..
Ile darted across the street and
plunged Into the busy" alleys filling.
ggSgUt.(8t'itit.
•
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•
The °coachman then rose' and Mall
leaned at:roes:411e " -
the delta between •the bridge and St.
. .
Paul's. Here he slackened a little,
for the stony,' many windowed ravines •
Were so narrow and so. croWded 'that
It was impossible to continue running. •
But he thret Up his beets the inirtant '
he emerged on Ludgate hill, tearing
helter skelter in the middle of the'road.
He was nearly run over' by a van
corning out of Paternoster row and. ,
cuthed to the skies by the driver.
Faees stopped and 'Agreed upon, the •
pavemente., •He •knew the folly of it,
and t • •
"Ba-nk, ba-nk! 'Et* you are, sl.r,
'ete. you Orel" '• ' . • •
•Tring"WaS almost 16 the. omnibus":
befere:lierealized that this was Meant
Or Inetinctirely, he Waved' and
nodded,. and :'his.. mad pace was •
planted.' . :The ...omnibus stopped; • *he
•junaped in, -gasping. . . • ; .•
"Thought you was sifter me," said
• the cad, With a grin. • ,.. •
;
.. Tom had no breath to reply A re.
hieund .0(1 gentleznan ' Made a ' Well.
meant 'remark apish •the..eagerriese of
'youth and Was favored 'with A giabSY
stare • The newcomer' sat paritieg .in
a -corner! • the perspiration Ariekling
from his. nose. •
But his heed *as. eooler. • He sate
the needlessness : as well as the indis-
etetion. of. conspicuous flight. 'He had •
sliptiedgthrough .the Only heeds.' that •
were as yet against .hint. He •had • :
eluded tbe only eyes he tieed Ovoid that
night; for the hackney coachman might
take !Askew 'tale 'etraight to Scotland •
Yard,' .but 'it could hardly lie given to
the world. beforeinotning ., • •
Tom's heart leaned as he discetered:
the temporary strength of his, position.
Next moment it sank, for the end wag
colleting the fates, and his single •as -
Set was the watch. His bankrripi state
,had occurred to Tont as he Mt fer the
Otrutibus, but' not again,., It was' sto
small a.thing Compered with the eta egg
now lying at his door. Yet he had just
thought ef it -lits little fraud was to
tar deliberate -but he had neither the
face not the foolhardiness to sit there
Ond. tenfess his fault, * And, situated:
like the Wanted felon he hotto felt hifi:e:
Self to be, it was wonderful and hor-
rible hoW•11 MOWS rettottrces etude un-
bidden to his lingers' ends, He began.
feeling in poeket after, Pocket, with a
fate that lengthened tinder the frown
Of the cad, the raised eyebrows of the
rubicund gentleman anti the tiZed at-
tention of all,
m Afraid I -I don't seem to have
a toils in My potketl" .
"Oh, you 'avert% 'weren't You?"
"No, t • have net! Verg storrY-g
'You may bet Never mind no tiles.
• You, Can keep there for the • beak melt
'ate a word to Say to you toMerrer
martin'!" And the cad Winked at the
other paseengets, stopped the Omhn
butt and called a' policeman from the
Torn tould have burnt itito tears. To
be 'Wrongly 'wanted for a drifts? se ter.
rble atid justly taken tor 'a thirig tie
eMaill 110 looked forioraly, at his fel<
low passengers, with a wild idett that
-One Might °Mile to his res. The
sole reeponee Wee a withering frown
from the ruddy ,.old gentleman; who •
Mended the end and loudly
also cote
trusted an example would be made Of
the tee& The deeperate Tom, began
ratisiteking his poeketO tarnest or
some 4E4'010010d Obi, but he had done
thie SO Often Of late that be felt the
turutty now. apv Partill;TatiG12 frOse
uptai his Dice, yet even With the pollee.
man's tall hat poked inside the omni-
bus his twitching fingers continued
their spasmodie, hopeless search,
"The flash YoUng spark!" whispered
the Gad. ,"Just you frighten. Sie
Robert." •
"Now, then, gentle Wong'!" mild the of.
"Good God!" cried Tont.
"You'll get all the mere for se/veer-
ing Now, out you come afore you're
init4" •
"Not just yet."' returned the culprit
and handed the concluictor one of two
half crowns found that very moment
In a scrap of crumpled palter, "I'm -
Sorry I couldn't flnd It before. Kindly,
give me change."
"Where to?" growled the cad as the
constable stepped down.
Tern did not hear.
"Can't you ansvver? Where to?"
"Oh, as far as you go!". ,
Tom's eyes were on the crumpled
scrap and filled to overilbwing by half
a dozen written words:
Wiishin good nut. iyetirs reSpeckfull.,
' • J. BUTTERFIELD.
. Clare would think him guilty. •Alt
what had passed between them s
could not do 'otherwise.. Then •gull
• let hitn be in every earthly eye, ait
the sooner it was all over' the bett
for him and tor her. He ,bad no wis
to ate if the • one sweet judge tali°
. judgment he respected hold- ninl.wortu
death. And She Would-••-•slie cord
not help herself.. Then, What ranstab
think of het love For, her?. And th
thought .of her thoughtswas wors
than that of shameful .death before
howling mob. „.
Tont tore up Claire's letter that h
••had 'meant to trensure .011 his death, s
that when he 'Was taken nosier:shout
rest upon his. beloved, an4. he distri
uted the minute fragments at long, In
tervelei that •night .befOre looking foe
place '0 lay his .bead. :. • In 'the. end h
hit Upon . an empty hotnite oVerlookfla
the then green iiielosure of Westbriurn
. perk.' • An unfastened window catigh
his eye He waited 'fill there:id-we
clear • and then entered likean expet
fastening tbe windesighehind
-:. Here he destroyed ,and hid atvai'.h1
hat a battered -beaver bought 14 th
days of poor* MattesIn its stead h
had obtained from a pawnshop and fo
18 pen:6. an old fashioned peak. an
'Mattel •cap. But. he had not dared .t
.offer the watch in pledge, although h
bad entered that shop for -the purpose.
It ticked' sogidud in the empty hons
that in the dead of night he leaped u
In e :frenry and smashed In the'
work
with his heel
• . . .
Before he ceutil Ile down again there
came O deafening •diniblekeeck at the
Street doer. '
CHAPTER:, VI. -
run no. risk 'of • Observatton
through thedirty, hare win
doWs,• as- well .a,s to., entire
. equidistance from possibl
pointe Of approach or escape. the hunt
ed youth had itith him down in the hail
with •the bettong stair for hl e pillow
He was 'rewarded fvvith the full shack
of' this earsplitting tattea Tom 'gran
ed his.traien tiptoe to the garden door
and steelthIly withdrew the belts.'" •The
door was one colored' glans,' show
Ing O pink moon In o purple 'sky and
a:neglected garden which. by. daylight
Would have been. sky blue With a ruby
Margin, now. it merely gave an-
.
other coat to night tied Tom was out.
side and halfway down the flight, of
stoite steps. before. he •saw, that Which
made ,the 'tree. balustrade .grow colder
and 'curled hitntielf up heitelah thVtar-
paulin.
At Kew the carter 'stopped for hie
breakthet, and Thennui Erichsen Made
finekii pia escape.
Tom had his breakfast in the beauti•
ful early sunshine besitle the river%
brim.
Overnight he had avoided the tavern,
but not the pastry eools'es ahop. So he
hail made his supper in the empty
house and Watt atilt provisioned. Mere -
over, hie pocket was still weigbted by
poor Blades' broken watch, or could
het:mike up his mind to pitch into the
river Iris only asset. and one to which
he wets so justly entitled. He Wati
clear of London now; ne early 'sun'
gave him cenftdence and pluck. • Fle
would pawn the watch In one of these
Thatnee valley towuu and then get
back to London and the docks by riv-
er runt • hi hew habilinients. It was
Saturday morning; Lie would wait un
til that best of times, Saturday night,
but first be must find a place- to hide
his head En during the day. '
He found one in the boathouse of 4
email, *new, white brick villa, ''svith a
narrow garden leading down to the
titer's edge, The boathouse' had ,an,
open window. Hardened by his ex-
tremity into"ineredible alacrity ie seen
enterprises. Tom was through it iu a
twinkling and well pleased 'with his
eiscovery. The boat was still hiber-
natiug keel upward on. trestles. It
would be a very strange thing if that
day. of all others, were chosen for
launching her for the summer. Deter-
mined, at any rate, to risk it. the run-
away climbed into a little lett Which
might have been made for him and
settled dowu for the deli. He rated,
_himself up in severel. folds of straw-
berry netting and made another quaint
pillow of the lox of a mowing ma
r -
chine, whereon he% slept soundly for
e
he several hours,. .
I.„ When Tont deemed it dark enough
"'ci for a judicious exit the- wet earth Was
er as fragrant as a flower, ,Be sniffed it
h' 10YhuslY through the open window by
se which he 1 mite The intrden
patin Was
dY dered by twin els. There W1LS, pore
ed ry yellow and bor.
•
a
0'
b-
He sprang • clean' on top of:the 'police
e. light theoffice
n he .hadli
lerriglit when In the
-• loft. Still, not a soul wasin view, and
it had been, ligliMr• yet when. he arriv-
, .
• , ed. It was neeessary, however, to get
out of the window legs first and back
ward, when. Totn had done So and ,
. turned around he beheld steeding on
• • the yellow path between the two ca
,
• nabs and quizzically regarding him tbe
• ' quaintest and the tiniest Old gentle -
Man he had ever encountered. '
.• He was certainly not more than five
feet • high,' bethe carried lahnself sn- •
pettily and 'fitted the intruder •with ;a
steady, 'facular, •light blue eye which •
inspired respect before tear. :He seem-
• ed, indeed, the essence of contempla-
.
• tive geniality, but it wos hie powdered •
., hair, black knee breeeties. and White
silk stoekings that gave him the '
• tete book epPearanceat which even
Tom feund time. togmatvel.. But *he •
• marveled more when the Old. gentle-,
., Man made him a courtly hew and said •
In high,•chirping tones:, . . .
g "I am delighted to see you, sir!
, fear ray boathousewill have affordedg
, • you but indifferent elieltor en so vile a •
Such ab it has been, however,: •
you are welcome to ft indeed." .
"Welcome!" exclaimed Tom..
. "And why not?" .chirruped the 'other. .
:"Surely We who' have must give to you,
, 'who hive net, be ,it roof or 'boot?
am sorry t:' however, to see: you bare-
footed, tor you Wilt permit nig' to ob-
serve. that such stoekings as You have
on are worse than none. If you will
have the goodness to come with. me •
you shall be shod afresh and join me.
In eglass of,negus before you go." :r•
' "gut, sir"- •'.
•
"Tutt 1„know 'what You Would say- •
You have trespassed already and bate
ne wish to trespass further. Veit,
sir; so be i*. You shall have your
way and pay the. penalty, 1eoadeniii
yott to a glass of.tegus and a new pair
of shoes."
.• And With the utmost benhottunie the
tiny gentleman drove Tom 'before him
to the house and through open French
windows to a basement room where a
lamp and fire were burnihg Mid a 10A-
M/ting1ng en the hob.
"Hungry?" he ehirped,' giving Torn a
playfel push in the ribs. •
"I had previsions in my, pocket,"
StaniMered the youth, in deep embitr-
rassnient, "I shall do very well. Ih-
tseetk your kindness" -
"Tut, sir, kit! You will please Me
befit by saying 0.0 More about that.
You tiro hmagry,'and / shall otter yen
egenething upstairs. But here's the
sherry and there's the boiling Water.
You ean brew your own negus while
am gone, and this IS Way's Adver-
tiser. Make yourself at home, X bee
Arid, With twinkling eyes and brisk
gestures, the little, old gentleman de-
parted, of all TOM'S good Samaritans
afteuredig the prince and king.
No sooner was ho mono than TOiri
caught up the A.ditertIser and found
half a Ohtani about the Murder, and,
yes, there Vette his name. The Adeoeloi
held Volunteered it, together with it full
description, whose itceuraty tempted
TeP'l bet.to Whit fn r lils.annuer. but ,to
to his band. The chimney pot bat
'white :trousers and drawn staff of one
of the new police awaited him* at the
bottom.
' "Come eking," "said this officer, "tt's
no use turning back." Hear tkatr.
As he spoke' the nois'e. of breaking
glass came through -the open door, and
Tom's mind was made up. Suddenly
crouchleg, With knees and elbows at
acute angles -he sprang clean on top of
the police officer, who collapsed be-
neath 'him like a house of cerds. The
fall was bad enough for Tom. His noSe
was bleeding when he pieked himself
un, but the other lay motionless on lils
back, and Tom bent over him in horror.
Ills eyes opened that instant, and he
made a grab at Tom, who turned and
, darted down the garden just as there
was a clatter of fresh feet mien the
stone staire behind. •
The garden wall was inetcifelly
Tom vaulted it and all but landed in
criettmber frame upon the *other side,
He found himself in a nursery' garden;
with averiues of crystal roofs shining
to the moon. In long low paralleitt.
Z -own one elicit censeway sped Tont at
• top speed, getting irith another b turn'
ing left and right at the first gap. /wit
then lie beard a welcome crash at the
encumber frante fifty yards back. Dut
now the frontage wall loomed ahead;
cutting the stars at an uncomfortable,
height, and on dashing tip to It Tom
saw the mistake he had Made by
e anging avenues. He had to tarn back
to the right to make the gate, and the
Meer% whO had rim straight ahead
And This gained a score of yards, were
• upon him in full try.
The gate was a high wooden oneg
luckily without spikeS. the runawal;•
straddled thetop jubt as the persttere
reathed the bottom and left a shoe in
their hands ere he threW hieitteif dOwtt
Upon the Other Side and kicked Ite
fellOW to the winds.
T'eM ran erwiftly oh and prettentlY
• overhauled a tert luhthering westward
iticatg the Middle of the road, ntY
Was passing it at ti less suspicious node,
When he 'Made a discovery. The &Ode
Watt bent double and fast asleep.
TOM drooped.behind Again and peep.
ed Ittover tho back, It was a bay
tart, and the load hod been /left itt
toWn. .8.11 that remained was the tar-
patlin lying in a ertimpled heap. He
looked back along the road, but saw
nobody. Then he hoarded the cart-
Allenthr eronthbgji rarteed
mish Month' tbe open window 4611
Swint the river in hie elothee. Yet there
was more that must be read. Theme
against hInt was etrottger than eeer,
The threatening raters bad been found
among the dead man's; effecte. The
hackney coachman bad told libi etoryo
and here it WAS. But one name wile
gratefully absent -that ot Harding did
not occur in the closely priuted hail
eolumn, which so strangely fascinated
Tom that his quaint Samaritan wad
back before he bad put the Paper down:
"Whatl Feeding the mind before the
body? well, to he sliter .
•• "I hadn't seen today's paper," fetid
Tom feebly.
"Altai I knew what you were. read
lug too," The old gentleman Chneltied
as he poured eberey, into two tumblers
"I know -I know!"
"What?" asked TOM hoarsely.
"My eyes are good. My eyeS are ea.
celleut. You .were reading. the Humps
stead Murder." Tom held his breath,
IIN4gp.„
"lye the Hampstead murderer,"
"I never read such things myself," pur-
sued tbe other, "but I did. When 1 gvas
young. Oh, Lord, yes! Blood waei'my.
negus then." • • ,
• And with his .childlik'e laugh, • he
banded Tom one steaming tumbler..
mixed another for himself' inSisted
on clinking glasses . before .they drank.
Tom spilt sente.of inapertion uponthe
floor, but his kind host never noticed if
He was next invited to 'take Pinch
from silver mounted , horn snuffboic.
,Thts•he refused as politely .ft$ his state
61 Mind would permit, He fremliled to:
knew whether the old gentleman' had .
. .
really . eschewed. or: accounts- ot the
',murder. To make certain he lutiarded
'a. !'etatdstheegnicisu'eta"bilO queer affair, *sin
cDaos.ey.,7 th.ink th. ey'll ever catch him?'
,."My good fellow, I haven't read: the •
Toni drew a deep breath and..tosse.d.
Ott his ;loges .at a !gulp. .At. that rim- ,
xnent there carne st. knock at thedoor
and 'a anal! 'maidentered. . •
"Ready, Miry?" • .
.441thesens. irc.o"me this Way., , my dea
young gentlemon,". the old one said,
with his roost benevolent smile; "up-
stairs. Follow the maid. I will follow
you." • • . • .
• Tom h. esitated, but gave in without
a Word. He was. indeed, as hungry as
.he was grateful.' and he followed the
servant ties:tans, With the. jolly 0.14
fellow' chatting pleasantly at hie heels:
•"The• shoes you shall have imniedi-
ately.. What, would you shake tny
.nand? Ah, good fellevgj fear it's
but Meager entertainment. that r can
offer ydu. Well, well, if - you insist!
But .that's the 'door. gray walk ha:
he, he!" ' . •
'And :ere the chitruPing laugh had
ended, Tom's flight was over and he
was in the hands of *two policemen,
Whohtid securely pineedlairn by either
•arra, Resistance was useless.' But
from the officers' faces , a last hope.,
.efirileekde.ted. in. hie breast. st. •
"What do you want me for?" he
"What is the charge, sir?" asked one
.01 the constables sotto voce be the
master of the house.•
"Can't you see?" piped that trium-
phant humorist. !dt's the Harapetead •
Murderer! 1. knew the fellow with
halt an eye."
nd Oniethed, "what boo come of your
folly. YOU have entangled- yourself
with young fellow Whose fate, if Ise'
be eatigbt, one would rother not cow
tamplats. yog may even be called: att at
witness againat biro, if last night'tt LP-
tervleYr leaked out. And if your ter..4
nadjdurrzi$alaul ydouabliaxtbeatto,h1I maw% Itabrorrldrait
;would bang nim if nothing Wee clicl.w
easing Torn!"
Olaire, It Woke to me vellr
Illse 4 banging roatter. It would need
a very elever'and probably a very'
costly defense te give hiM the^ ghOnit
Of a chance of having it brought: hs
anything less.",
"Then be xmlat bare nr, cried ekor%
"Oh, be never could have done, I$-
wllbfuliyl neliSt have the very best
defense that can be got; but, oh, who.
will pay for It?"
"X am thinking' Of doing so myseltr
replied aft Rowing quietly. "1 dolt*
ally I will, but I
"Toni"
And the girl was sobbing upon hbu
breast, with her arma ohotit his thlerc
red neck, • as' they had not been for
Many a year now. Re removed them,
but ahnoet gently. and told her not to.
111.rep at conelusions, as he had by ne
means made up hie mind. indeed; let,
them first catch their nian. But its the
lad's father had been his censtituent
as well as his enemy, an whom he.itact
perhaps been a little. hard, he thought
that on the whole it might prove' • the,
right arid proper thing to do. Claire,
was overwhelmed, not only with grat-
Unite for a first gleam of comfort, butt
also With shame. All thesis years' show
had misjudged that magnanimous maw..
her 'own father, and whet.coals of fire
was he lieftping On her undutiful beacir
She cried herself to sleep with. Shalun"
and hope, mid that was when To
Erlchsen was flying south- from West-
bourne Park, with the police in full,
cry at his heels.
• * 4 * * *
•:-bereas Erichiteri had been appreg
•hencled. at KO* on the Saturday even
In; and lodged for that night' in .tb ,
loyal loekup. Tbe bare fact was read .
• by -Mr. Harding in next day's Dispatclit
•
and by Claire ha her father'S .face be-
fore She hard it front hie lips attWeng
I/ Minutes to 11 in the morning Om:
the Monday morning she gave. hins
• breakfast early'and glone, aud beaters
' ,assured her that he was going to see
-
• what could be done. . • •
Mi. Harding did not consult his own:. •
lawyer, but he went on foot to the pur-
lieus of • itne Old • Bailey ofid there-
motitited to a. noisome den,' with tris4
shoulders :up and bia hat well over bus
eyes. He departed as furtively some
Minutes later and was follOwed &Wm, -
the breakneck stairs by an unclean'.
vulture of e hian witkeinufir.beak an&
gritty talons, Who skipped into a
oletyand. was driven at 'speed. to the ;• •
Mairylehigie office. . • • I
• There' was a denne trowd outside,
Nit:With the free nse of bis Own
beet and Mi • Harding's •money the
Old Bailey lawyer fought and., bought
his way in. Hewett tiine to witness-.
the :formal. remand ..Of Thomas Igiech-;
sen and :to draw his owB, eoncIuisiols'
trom the- bold •fiked eyes and tierate--• •
lously 'ecoreful lips .behind„tho truism
railing: of 'the deck. 'that look us!
less for the inagistritte than kov.--thei-
.
opera glasses ot the •noble lord whorn.. •
• the magistrate had allowed %ten the '
• bench, But the Old ballet' lawyer read. • •
. It his own *ay. 'Here wes'a glaring.ttt,
g guilty Mae petting a Dice 'of brass up- •
7.... en a hestrt of. putty, thevety typelwith; "
which be .was . best accustomed and -
most competent to deal. Se the :,
vul-
ture took a pinch of. snuff* that resion44-
ed through the Court, and, on the ,prie-•
otier•S •• remota, Squeezed cut. himeelf,
to make inquiriesg. It was luit. he et-- f.
peeted, • the prisoner- wcand be convey.:-.':
ed. immediately., to the new prison at:
• Clerkenwell.:' But the 'Otte:filet'. •11144":
aged.. to get • away Ant: thrOugh, the
swelling crowd no* on• tiptoe. for the
:prison tstin; and in a neighboring
• tiw-
ern he had his heartiest meal that year,.
also With, Mr. Hardieg's money. " •
Ileivreen •3 and .4 be presented
self , • well primed, at Clerlteeirelt'autil
sent in a,greasy card to the .prisoger.
Ile is much obliged, but he doesn't
witutiOt•see you" said the tuttikey oat ,.
his reeppeatanea **
•.•Tell him I an commiseloned by hiss:
Merida to get up his defense: ' ex- -
penSetehe spared. Tell him that"
The* tuinkey was gone • tonger;".hut
tante heel{ shaking his •liatd.• '
' "He seys it Is Impossible Ile. Ile, has nes
Mende, and you nientioli fie name.rt"
• •"That Is trim, but my clients nerds"
Is 'thegOne thing my , client wilt net ,
give." • •• .
• This did it, :The atrlhasSeder retorts-,
ed, beckoning, and conducted the Yid. -
tor to a narrow, dark cell,' tit the ender
which glowered, the prisoner "on' Eilso
bed, Two more turnkey's. joined, them
at the door, . . •
"Do you want to be alone with Uttar".
said t..ihrteyabsolutely. necessarY.".
• "Verittell. We whit .outside."'
„Ind the three Offielals .tettlidrescr
across. the eortidor rind chatted tit-
tle, but .kept an 'eye on the opentsbort
They saw the lawyer tietit himself ,
oft the their at aggestare from, 'the
prisoner, WIto• restritined with, rea-
other As he edged it nearer and tearer
the bed. They beard the lawyer's
per, low And rapid, and saw his dirti;
gestietilitting fingers, but not his' tam
only that of the prisoner, calm '
cold. Suddenly it flared *up, and next.
instant the visitor was hurled' through.,
the open door. and' Thome letichsetu
Rthail With tlits paintv ain't:ma
CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE,
•
• • . CHAPTER VII. • '
1111 morning after the discovery
ofthe murder Nicholas Hard-
ing went to London. MI day
there 'came no 'Word froth the
master of the house,' nor did the coach
return,' but between 0 and 10 it did,
and Mr. Harding Was out and up the
steps before it stopped,
In the ball he inquired for his daugh-
ter. She had gone upstairs, Ile rush-
ed tip instantly. Cleire was wafting
for him at her bedroom door. He
thundered in and shut it behind him.
. "They have got Min!" cried Claire,
with bath hande fel haft•i* •
-Got Wlitisni ' sato ner rather sharp -
Ig. "Got whom, ell?"
Her face fell beneath the angry gilt
-
ter in his Oyes.
"The man -they want -for this
frightful busihess," said she, lamely
and sank down upon a their.
"And pray' who, is he? Yoti seem to
knoW!"
No Omer, save twitching fingers,
reeked bodylowered lids.
"If you were to hear it Was that
young trithsen would it surprise yen
very Much? No; it would mit!" ft had
only stilled bet. "And now I intend
• to: know by not. • You have thrown
sand enough le my eyes, but yam"
Manner this morning told Me some
thing, and 'I am determined to know.
all there itt to knoW-before-I-lettve-
thia-room." •
And With rio less ethphotic delibertig
tion the father strode to the door, ,
locked ft and pocketed the key, but
was mot an his retutn with suet] wild
eyes and suppliant hands that eeen
his harsh heart melted abthe sight.
"Only tell me whether they have sap.
NMI hint," Site saltl, "Ord 1 faitlitUllg
Prolniee to ton you all."
'"Well. then, they have not, but they
'Melte% ' Soon Will NOV keep your
prattled."
It Was kept to tile letter,
"Note yOlt Ste Said be 'When CIO*
The Famous Pedestrian
Geri tlemen:-
"1 was a martyr to catarrh of ifc..
bead, throat and stomach, 1 was so wax
the doctors feareil. eonsuinption, t
tried, many physicians and
frumd suggested Psychine, 1triintt
it mid it was the only thing ester? .11,1*
me ang .good. 1 am now perfeetiltrerelf...
It is the greatest remedy the Matt
has over known. I do not need It foie
my health now but 1 use it, ns • it
etretigthener for nty walking mattelge.....lf
owe much of my phyeleal endurance tip
.Peytnine."
AMIN TiIlttN'OtlEtt,' •
Pori 'Dope, One..
Payebitte
is the greatrni, mire fo.,*
Merril of the head tht till or al 0444,4w0
in the world. It is a womierful tifir",..
and strengthener of run down ,
styling directly on all the vital (11';'.. 4
giving youthful vigor and strong,'
the sysfern. At all drugpiirdH :Arc, at: .3.,
or Itr. T.. A. Slootni, Loaitcrl, Torabrm
•