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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1907-04-25, Page 8April 25th 1907 ciintox, riewouReen Ar/c4Par,grO . mer•ggga, u. DPlana" McTaggart Bros, ....BANKER§es. A GENERAL BANKING BUM- -NESS --TItANSACTED. PISCOUNTED. DRAFTS ISSUED PITEtteeST ALLOWED ON DE- rosas. SALE VOTES FUROR -- AWED* ft IL BRYTIONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR' NOTARY, PUBLIC, ETC, OFFIvE-Sloanti Bleck-CLINTON,: IfitthOUt & HALE Conveyancers, Commissionere, Real Estate and Insurance Agency. Money to loan. --- C. B. HALE JOHN Z.:BOUT • ORS. GUNN & GUNN -Dr. W. Gunn L. R. C., P. de L.R.C.S. -Edinburp.- Dr. J. Nesbit Gunn M. R. 0. 'S. Eog. L. R. C. P. London Wight calls atedront door of residence , on Rattenbury street, opposite • Presbyterian church OFFICE- Ontario street-CLINTON —DR. J. W. SHAW- -OFFICE- RATTENBURY ST. EAST, -CLINTON.- GRAND TRUNK RAMAa NE WAY SECOND CLASS COLONIST RATES TO San FranciSCO, Los Angeles $48.35 Megieo City 842.35 Ogden and Salt Lake, Utah, Helen Wad Butte, moat $40.00 Nelsen, B. 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Going North 10,15 a, m. it 0.35 p. A. O. PATTISON, Statien Agent. 11. HODGENS, 'Town Ticket At. J. B. MACDONALD, DiStriet Pease*" . ger Agent, Torente Baskervilles Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. BY A: CONAN DOVI.;E: Atithiiiiirrie-GreerTFlit" and °The Great Boer War" Copyright (1902) Conan Doyle. wonder that my uncle, got a little lune PY if be lived all alone in such tehouse 0 tbjs. IIowevez,, t sults YO. will retire early to -night, and Perhaps things may seem more cheerful la the morning." I drew aside "my curtains before I went to bed and. looked' out trona MY window. It opened upon the grassy space which. las in front of the ball door. Beyond, two eopsea of trees moaned and swung in a"rising :vvind. A. half moon broke through the rifts of racing clouds. In its cold light 1 saw beyond the tee a. broken fringe of rocks, and the king, low curve a the 4.+4+ ++++44-++++++++++.44: 4+-0-44-++++++++++++:44-4-** melancholy moor, I 'closed the curtain, feeling that my last impression was in The young heir glanced round With keeping •with the rest. a gloomy face. And yet it was, not quite the last. "Ws po wonder my uncle felt .as If found myself weary and yet wakeful, trouble were coming on him in such tossing restlessly from side to side, a place as this," said Ile. "It's enough seeking for the sleep whicla would not to scare any man..I'i.1 have a row of tome. Far away a chiming clock electric lamps up here inside of six struck -out the quarters of the hours, months, and you won't know it again, but otherwise a deathly silence laY with a thousand candle-power Swan upon the old house. And then suddenly, and Edison, right here in front of the in the very dead of the night, there hall door." came a sound to my ears, clear, re - The avenue ce..ned into a broad ex- sonant, and unmistakable. Xt was the panse of turf, and the house lay before sob a a woman, the muffled, strangl- us, In the fading light I could see that ing gasp of one who is torn by an un - the centre .wasa. hoary block of controllable 'sorrow. I sat up in bed inefrom which a porch projected, The and listened intently. The 'noise could whole front was draped in ivy, with a. not have been far away and was cer. patch clipped bare here and there tainlv in the house. Porhalf an hour where a window or a • coat -of -arms I waited with every nerve on the alert, broke through the dark veil. From but there came no other soundsaVe, this central' block rose the twin towers, the chimney clock and the rustle of ancient, crenelated, .and pierced with the ivy on the wall. many loopholea. To right and left of • . the turrets were more raoderi wings CHAPTER VII. of black •granite. A dull light shone " • ' observe that by the gate there stood through heavy mullioned windows, and The fresh beauty of the following two soldierly men in dark unifornts, from the high chimneys which rose moraing dM something to eftace from who.leaned upon their short rifles and from the steep, high -angled roof there our minds the erim and grey impres- glanced keenly at us as we passed. sprang ,a single black column of • Mon which had been left upon both of The coachman, a herd -faced gnarled smoke. . .• . ue by our first experience of Beaker. little fellow, salptedSir Henry Basket,- "Welcome.; Sir Henry! Welcome, to ville Hall. As Sir Henry aed 1 sat at , 'e ville, and in. a few minutes we were Baskerville Hall!" breakfast thsunlight flooded tn. flYing swiftly down the breed, white A tall . man" had stepped from the through the high mullioned :window's, road. Rolleig pasture lands curved up- shadow .of the porch to open, the dem* throwing watery patches of coler from wards on either. side ,of *us, and old of the • wagonette. - The figure of a . tne coats of arms which covered them. gabled houses peeped out from anijd woman' was silhouetted against the yel- The daric panelling glowed like bronze the thick green foliage, but behind the low light of the hall. She came out in the golden revs, and it was hard peaceful and sunlit country -side there and helped the man to 'hand down our to realize that this was indeed the rose ever, dark against the evening bags. Chamber which had struck such a shy, the Icing, gloomy turve, of the You don't mind my driving straight gloom into ,our souls upon the evening moor, broken' by the jagged and sinis- home, Sir Henry'?" said Dr. Mortimer,r, before. •ter hills. ' • "My wife is expecting me" guess it is.euraelves and not the . The wagonette swung round into a "Surely you will stay and have some side toed. and we curved upwards_ dinner?" - with his tweed suit and his American ccent, in -the corner of a prosaic rail- way -carriage, and yet as I looked at his dark and expressive face I felt more tnan ever now true a descend- ant he was of that long line of high; blooded, fiery, and masterful men. There were pride, valour, and. strength In his thick brows, his sensitive nos- trils, and his large haZel eyes. If on that forbidding moor a difficult and dangerous quest, should lie before us, this was at least a comrade for whom one might venture to take a'risk with the certainty that he weuld bravely share it The train pulled up at a small way- side station and we 'all descended. Out- side, beyond the low, white fence,- a Wagonette with a pair of cobswas waiting. Our coming was evidently a greet event, for stationmaster and porters clustered•round,us to carry out our luggage. It was a sweet, simple country spot, but I Was surprised"to through deep lanes worn by centuries "No, I must go1 shall probably of wheels, high banks on either side, find some work awaiting me. I would heavy with dripping mess and fleshy stay to sho* you over the house, Ind , hart's -tongue ferns. •Bronzime bracken Barrymore will be a better guide than and mottled bramble gleamed in the L Good-bye, and never, hesitate night • light of the sinking sun. Still steadily or_ day. to send for rad. if..1 can be of rising, we passed • over. a narrow service!' - • granite bridge, and skirted a noiey • The wheels died away clown the stream which gushed. swiftly down, drive while Sir Henry and I turned . foaming and roaring amid the grey . into theheel; and*tite deist clanged • boulders. Both reed and stream wound. 'heavily behind us: It was a fine apart - up through a valley dense with scrub ment in which we found ourselves, oalLand fir. At every turning Ba•sker- large, lofty; and heavily raftered with ville gavean exclamation of delight, liege balks 'of ago blackened oak; in looking eagerly about him and. ask- the great 'old-fashioned fireplace be- ing countless questions. To his eyes hind the high iron dogs a log -fire all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge .crackled and snapped.. Sir Henry and • of melancholy lay upon the .country- I held out our hands to it, for we were side, which bore so clearly •the mark narrib from our long drive: Thepwe of the waning year. Yellow leaves car- gazed round us at the high; thin win- petecl the lanes and fluttered down dow of old stained glass, the oak upon us as we •passed. The rattle. of ' panelling, the stags' heads, the coat- ; out wlieels died away as we drove. of -arms upon the walls, all cliin and. through driftsof rotting vegetation- sombre in the . sulsdued light of the • sad gifts, as it seemed to me, for Na central.,lamp. • , • tare to throw beforethe carriage of "It's just as I imagined it," said Sir the returning heir- of the Baskervilles. Henry. 'Is it not the very picture of "Halloa!" cried- Dr.. Mortimer, '`what , an old family home? To think that • is this?" •, this should be the same hall in swlsich **.A. steep. curve of heath clad land, ' for five hundred years my people have an outlying spur of the moor, lay in lived. It Strikes me solemn to think of front of us'. On the summit, hard and it" • '• elear like an equestrian • statue .upon • I saw his dark face lit up with a its pedestal, was a mounted soldier, 'boyish entlnisiasin as hegazed about . • dark .and stern, his rifle poised ready. him. The light beat upon him where he over his . forearm, He was :watching stood, but: long shadows trailed dciwn •, the read ..along.,,which:We traveled, " the Walls and hung like a black canoPY • ' "What is 'this,. Perkinar asked Dr. .above him. Barrymore had returned Mortimer. '• , ' ; -: • • . from taking our luggage to our rooms. : Our driver half turned in . his' seat. •He .stocel in front Of us new With the . "There's a convict .• escaped. from subdued 'manner Of a well trained ser- Prineetown, eir. He's been out three vent: Ile • was a, retnerIcahle4oeking days now and the_ Warders" 'watch mak tall,• hendsome, with a ' square every; road and every • 'station, but 'black beard, and pale, distinguished they've had no eight of hint yet.' The • features• . • farmers about •hese den't' like it sir, ''Weuld you wish dinner to be 'ner. and that's n 'feet," - " red at once, sir?" • • understand that they ' get 1 Is it,teadY?"• • "'; • .five ponncre'!if they can give informa 1 In a' very few minutes; pin; You erome ' • : . will ,find hotwater in your •rodnie. My "Yes;* Sir,' but the Chance of ' five ,Wife and I Will be hanek, Sir ,HenrYi pounds:is but a poor thing cornpared to to stay- with you until you have Made the chance Of having your throat 'cutyour fresh arrangements, but you will You see; it isn't like any•ordinary con- ..midefSUlicl that under the nese condi - Viet. This IS a than that would stick tions • this house will require a consid- at nothing." , • etable staff." • `Whole he, then?" • • • "Whet new conditions" . :"It Is, Selden, the Notting Hill niur. "1 .only meant, sir, that „Sir ,Charles deter'," . • ' led a very -retired life, and We were I remembered the case well, for it able to look after his wantS, You . turned a shade paler still as he listen. was One in Which. Holmes bed taken Would, naturally, wieh to. have more ' ed to his master's questiche • an interest on account of the peculiar 'ferocity of the crime and the wanton brutality w,hielf had:marked all the actiona of the assassin. The coinmutee tion of his death bentehee had been due to some doubts as to his eope.,• plete sanity, ee atrocious was his con- 4uet Our wagbilette had topped a: rise and hi front of us rose the huge ex- panse of the moor, raottled with gnarl • "Has .41r. .leerlock Holmes?" house that we have td blame!" said the baronet. "We were _tired With our journey and chilled' by our drive, so we took a grey view of the place. New we are • fresh and well, so it is all Cheerful once more." • "And yet it was not exitirely.a question of imaginatitue" I answere\cke"pid you; for example, litippen to hear some- one, a woman I' think, Sobbing in the iight?" "That hi curious, for I did .When • -Was heft asleep fancy. that • heard -some the sett welted quite a time,: but Otero ,Was fie More of it, pe I cop cled ;that it was all a dream." "I heard it distinctly, and I am Sure that it was really •tlie sob of a woman." • "We : Must ask.'.abou,t this right away," He 'rang the bell • and asked Barrymore whether he 'could •account for. our experience., It seemed to me that. the pallid features of the butler company, and so you,will needchange in your household." • • "Do you mean that yeur wife and You wish to leave?" • • • "Only when Will quite .convenient to you; sir." ' "But your fainilY have been-Witn. us for. several generations, have they not? I should be sorry to begin my life here by breaking an old faMily con- ed and craggy cairn's and tors. A cold nection." • wind swept down froni it and set as I •seem to discern some signs of emo- shivering. Somewhere there, on. that •tion upon the butler's white fade.. - desolate plain, was lurking this fiend- . • "I feet that also, sir, and so does ish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild my, wife. But to tell thetnruth, sir, we beast his heart full of .malignaney .were both very mtich 'attached to Sir against the whole.. race which had cast hlin. 'Out,. It needed butthis to complete the grim suggestiveness of the 'baleen waste, the chilling wind and the darkening. sky. • Even Baskerville, fell silent and pulled his overcoat More closely., aroutid him. We had left -the fertile tountry he - hind end beneath us. We looked, back on it now,ithe slanting rays of a low sun turning the streams to threads of gold' and glowing on' the red earth new turned by the plough and the broad tangle of the woodlands. The • road in front of us grew bleeker and wilder over huge russet and olive slopes, sprinkled with giant boulders. Nr' and then we passed a moorland cottage, walled a,nd roofed with stone, with no creeper to break its harsh out- , line, Suddenly we looked down into a cup -like. depression, patched With stunted. oaks and firs which had beezi twisted end 'bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over "the trees. The driver pbinted with his whip. "Baskerville Hall," said he. Its moter had risen and was staring with flushed 'cheeks and shilling eyes. A few minates later we had rea,oh the lodge gates, a maze of fantastie trace try in wrought iron, with weather -bit- ten pillars on either • side, blotch. ea 'with licnens, and surmounted •by the boars" heads of the Bas ker•villes. The lodge was a ruin Of black granite and. bared ribe of rafters, but. facing It was a new building, half constructed, the first fruit of Sir Charles's South African gold. . Through the gateway we passedin, to the tweeue, where the wheels were again hushed amid the leaves, and the old trees shot their brandies in a som- bre funnel over our head. Baskerville iihtuldered as he looked up' the long, lark«irive to where the house glinn hue ed Mc a ghost at the farther end. ' "Was it here?" he asked, in a•low Voios. "No, ns, the Yew, Alley is on the Otherside." . "There are only two women in the houee, Sir Henryr he answered, ‚"One Is the scullery -maid„ who sleeps ,dri the other wing. The other is•nay wife, ,arid•I• can answer for it that the sound could not have come froin her ' • . And. yet he lied as • he said it, for '. chanced that after breakfast Inlet Mre. Barrymore in the long corridor with • the sun - full upon her .face., Sne was . a large, impassive heavy-featnyed wom- an, with a .stern set' expression . ef raeuth. But tier tell-tale eyes were red and glanced at Inc fresh between swol- len• lids. It was she, then, who wept in ; the.night, and If she did so 'her •hus-. Charles, and his death gave is a shock band must know it Yet he had. takea, and made. these ' surroundings' very the bliviouS risk of discovery in • de - painful to us. I fear.. that, we shall claring that it • was not so. Why had .never again -be easy .in our minds at he done this? And Why did she weep ,Baskerville Hal". . • • so .bitterly Z. Already roupd• this pale - "But what do. you intend to no?" faced, handsome, bletk=liehrded • Man "1 hive no dopbt, sir, that we Shall -there Was gathering an atmosphere. of succeed in establishing ourselves in .nlYstery.and .of gloom, It was he who scene business..Sir Charles's generosity had been the first to discover:the WO has given us the Means to do So.. And. of Sir Charles,- and, we had only his now, sir, perhaps I had best Shove you word for all- the eircumitances :which. to your rooms" • • led .up to the old man's death, was it A square balustraded gallery . ran possible that it was Barrymore after round the top of the Old • hall, ae- ,a11 whom. we had ,Seen in the cab in proached by a double stair. :From this Regeot Street? The beard might wen central point two long corridors ex. have been the same. The cabman had tended the whole length of. the build. described e somewhat shorter man, but big, from which all the bedrooms open- , 'suer an impression might easily have ed. My own was in the .same wing a,s been erroneous. How could r settle, the "At; "You.nc Was hi the loft," know he was in the left?" "If YOU didn't see birn, how do you "Well, surely his own wife ouMit to know whete he Is." Bald the postmast. or, testilY. "Didn't he get the telegram? if there is any mistake it is for Mr, 13arrymore himself to cony/lain.' - It seeraed hopeless to pursue the in. quiry any farther, but it was deer Abet in spite of liontes's ruse we bad no proof that Barrymore bad not been ft were so -suppose that tr• llara-Coltor in London all the time. Suppose that had •been the last who had seen Sir Charles alive, and, the first to dog the new heir when 'he returned to Eng- land. What then? Was he the agent of ethers or had he some sinister &- Sign of his; own? Whiit interest could he have in persecuting the •Basicer- ville family? I thought`of the strange. warning clipped out of the leading ais• tile of the Times. Was that his work or was it. possibly the doing of some- one who was bent upon counteracting his schenies? The only conceivable Mo- tive was that `which bad been, suggest- ed b,y Sir Henry, that if the family could be scared away a comfortable and? permanent .norne would be se- cnreti for the Illarryinoree. But surely such an explanation as that would be quite inadenuate to account for the deep and sebtle scheming -which seem- ed to be Weaving an invisible net round the young baronet. 'Holmes hinn self bid said that no more Complex case had come to hint in all the !Ong series of his sensational investigations. I prayed, as I walked back along the grey, lonely road, that my friend might aeon be freed from his preoccupations and able to collie clown to take this heavy burden of responsibility. from my phpulders, Suddenly my thoughts were interrup- ted by the sound of running fest be- . hind in.9, and by a vciee which called me by name. I turned, expecting to see Dr. Mortimer, but 1:0 my sernrise it was a stranget who was pursuing inc. He was a small. slim, clean-shaven, prim -faced man flaxen -haired and lean. jawed, between' thirty and forty yea.rs of age, dressed in a grey suit and weal" Ing a stravehat A tin box for botanical :specimens hang over his shoulder and he carried a green butterfly -net iroone of his hands. "You will, I. ani mire; excuse my pre- sumption, Dr. Watson," said he, as he came panting up to where I stood. "Here on the moor we are homely folk and do net wait for formal inteoduc- tions. YouenaY possibly have heard my 'name from our mutual friend, Morti- Houe": • • • , • mer. I am Stapleton, Of ,Merripit "Your net and box would' haVe told the as much," said I, "for I know that IVO. Stapleton., as. ar naturalist. But how did you know me?" • "I have been ceiling On Mortimer, and he pointed you outto rne from the' ewindow of his surgery as you pa,ssed. As our road' lay the same way I thought tnet would overtake you and introduce mYself.' I trust that Sir 'Henry is none ,the Worse far' his Jour- . ney?" • ' • • • ,FIe is very 'thank yciu." "We were all rather afraid that after the sad death of Sir Charles the new baronet mignt refuse to live here.,It is asking much of a wealthy man to come and bury himself in a place -of this , kind, 'but need tot tell•You that it means a very great deal to the Country- . side. Sir 'Henry has, I suppose, -no perstitions fears. in the matter?" "I do not think that ft is likely?" Of coarse pail. know the legend. of the 'fiend dog which haunts. the fam- ily?" • • • "I have heard it." "It is. extraerdieary •bow credulous the peasants are about here! Any num- ber of them are ready to swear. that they have seen seen a, creature •upon the moor," He spoke with a smile, but - .1 seemed to read in his eyes that he took the matter more seriously. , The 'story took a great hold upon the ma- gieation of Charles, and I nave no detest that. it led to his tragic end' f‘But hew?" • "'His nerves: were so Werked un that the Appearance of any nog might have had 'a fatal- effect ' upon his. diseased heart. -I fancy that he really •did see . something • of the 'kind upda that,lest night in the Yew Alley. feared:that • some disaster might occur, for 'I was - very fond of the old -man, and I ItneW that his -heart was. Weak." :Sow did You know that?" 11.1Y friend Mortirnet told me." • "Yon think, then, that (some deg min Sued Sir Charles, and .that he: died of . fright 'in 'consequence?" - - ' ' "Have you any better explanation?" : "I have :not tome to any conchs' "Has Mr. Sherlock Holmes?" The words took away my breath for an instant, but a glseke at the placid face and. steadfast eyes ot ,coni: Panion shoWed that no Surprise was in- tended. • • • , 'It useless .for us. to pretend that we do not Icriow•you, Dr. Watson," said be. "The records of" your detective have reached lid -here, and you.could not , celebrate Min without , being known yourself; When Mortimer' told me your name he could not deny •your identity. If •yOu are here, then, it fol• lows that' Mr. Sherloelt. Relines is in' teresting himself in the matter, and • am naturally curious to .knowwhat view he May take." 41 am 'afraid that cermet answer :that question." ; ."May I ask -if he is going to honor tie with a visit himself?" • ' . "He cannot leave town •at present, He has other cases which engage:his atteNrivthioant .a" p itYIekle might throw ;me light on that which is so dark to us, But as to your owe researches; there is• any possible way in which l can be Of service to Yon. trust that you will compiand me. Tf bad any indication of the natute of your sus - pinions, or holy yen propose to investi- gate the case, I might perhaps even now give you some ald dr advice." - '1 "essure you that I. am sirnplY here' upon a. visit to eny friend Sir Henry, and that need no help of any kind." "Exeellehtl" said Stapleton. "You are perfectly right to be wary and discreet. I am justly reproved for what I feel was an sjuetifiable intrusion, • ancil promise you that I will not men. .etioAr hheadiacaonitteer to aainpii"int where a. nar- row grassy path struek off from the road.and wound away across the moor. A 'steep, boulder -sprinkled hill lay upon the right which had in bygone days been cut into a granite quarry. The face which was tinted teviards us formed a dark cliff, Withl' ferns and. brambles growing' hi its nieties.ftioni over a clistatiterise there floated a grey plume of smoke. "A Moderate walk along this moor. path brings us to Merripit House," said he, "Perhaps you will spare an hour that I may have the pleasured lame clueing you to my sister." • My first thought was that I should be by Sir Henry's side. But when .1 remembered the Pile of papers and bilis with which. his study table' was littered. It was certain that coula not help him with those, And Holnies had expresslY said Oa I should study the thn noteh,eri Stapletores invitation, and we turned :no."' ."etjt4d • . 101.11.01411.001-0.00010001.0010.1.000100.101.0. •,••110,0•11. • Baiskerville's and annest next door to point for ever? Obvioustv, the first it. These morns appeared to be much thing ,to do was to see the Grimpen more modern than the central part of postmaster, and find whether th teat the house, and the bright paper and, telegram had really been placed in numerous candles did something' to Barryintoe's own hands. Be the an. remove the sombre impression which sWer what it might. I sbauld at least our arrivalhad left upon my mind. have something to report to Sherlock But the dining -room width opened Holmes. out of the hall Was a plate of shadow Sir Henry had numerous 'misers to and gloom. It was a long chamber with examine after breakfast, so that th a step separating the dais where the time was propitious for my excursion. family sat from the lower portion re. It was a pleasant walk of four milce served for their dependents. At one along the edge of the moor, leadieg end a minstrel's gallery overbooked it. me at last to a small grey hamlet, in Black beams ,shot across above our Which two larger lattiMinge, which heads, with a strioke-darkened ceiling ' proved to be the inn apd the house of beyond them. With rows of flaring torches to light it up, and the color Dr.niortinIer, stood high above the rest. The postmaster, who was also and rude hilarity of an old-time an. t, collece .quet, it might have softened; but now, the village grocer, had aclear re don of the telegram. . when two -Week -clothed gentlemen sat "Certaitily, sir;'' said he, "/ had the In the little circle of light thrown by a shaded lamp, one's voice became eteiegtriayasmddelhi,vetertLd.,,to Mr. Barrymore hushed. arid -one's spirit subdxa subdued. A "'Who delivered it?"' • dim line of ancestors, in every variety "My boy here, Sarno, you aelivered of dress, from the Elizabethan knight that telegram to Mt. ilarrymore at the Hall last week, ed sou not?" "Yes, father, I delivered It." "Into .his own hands?" I asked. "Well, he Was up in the loft at the Wile, so that, r could hot nut it into bis own hands, but I gave it into lite. Itarrynaore's• hands, and she premised to deliver it at once." ere.* .14.• 'v tlerOW*14,1140" to' the littek of the ItegencY, stared down upon' us and daunted us by their silent company. We talked little, and 1 for one was glad when the meal was over and we were able to retire into the modern billiard.room, and smoke a eIgarette. "MyWord, it isn't a very elmerfui place,", said Sir Henry, "1 suppose one ig a woneerrat pace, leis moor, *told be, lonsieg round' over the tire dinettes; downs long green rollereo with crests Of downs, granite foaming up into fantastic eurgen, "You never tire of the moor. You cannot think the I7tfoorinotlues71 secrets wnich it Contains:. t is so vast, and SO barren, and semis "You know it well, then?" "I have only boon bore two year. The residents would cell me a, new comer. We came shortly after Sir • ,iChdaoi7s settled, But my tastes led me ar'ealti-OrrreVerrliart-Ortlfe-nOrtntry- round, and I should think that there are few men who know it better than "Is it $o hard to knew?" "Very, nerd. You see, for example`, this great plain to the north hereTwitir- the queer hills breaking out of it. Do you observe anything remarkable abDutwtthoanldt "It " be a• rare place for a gal- - • "You Would naturally think orenucl the thought has cost several their Three before now. You notice those briglat green spots scattered thickly over it?" "Yes, they seem more fertile than the rest." Grimpea Mire," ,sta , Thpaite Tan, :ebeen gghied.at said he, "A false step yonder means death to man or beast Only yester- day I saw one of the moor ponies wan- der into it. He never came out. I save bis head for quite a long time craning out of the hog -hole, but it sucked him down at last Even in dry Seasons it is a danger to cross it, but after these autumn rains it iS an, awful place. And • yet I can end nay way to the very heart of it and return alive. By George, 'there is .another of those miserable P°SnOnterse"thIng brown was rolling and. tossing among the green sedges. Then long, .agonized, writhing neck shot upwards and a dreadful cry echoed over the moor. It turned me cold with horror, bet •mir companion's nerves 'seemed to be. stronger than 'mine. • "It's gone!" said he. "The mire bas him, Two in two days, and many more, . . perhaps, for they get in the way a going there. in • the dry weather, and never know tbe difference Until the mire has them in its clatcli: It's a bad niece, the great Grimpep Mire." "And you say you cao penetrate 'itr • "Yes, there are one or tw.o patbs which a very active man cap. take. I have found thein put." "But why snoald-yon wisb to. go int& so horrible a place?" ' , yeti see the -hills beyond?: They are really Wans cut off on ail - sides by; the impassable mire, which has crawled round them. in the course.: •of years. That is where the Tare plants 'and the butterflies are, if you have the e wit to reach them." • "I shall try my luck someeday." - He looked at Inc with a surprised ..f,"c4t4o.reGorre sake' Put site's en idea ant- of yotir 'mind," said he. "Your ' bleed would be upon My head. I assure . you that there would Pot be the least • ..chance of your coining back alive. It is 'only by remem-bering certain complex landmarks that .1 are able to do it," - 011alloa!". I cried. "What. is that?" . .4. long, low moaneindescribably sad, swept over the moor. It Ailed the whole . air, andyet. it was impossible id say' Whence it came. From a dull murinur it 'swelled into "a deep rear, and then. sank back into a melancnoly, -throb. • rieurrour mice again. :Stapleton Adolted. at me .with a curious expression • in his, eace. 'Quer place; the moor!" said ne. •• "Bat, what is it?" ,•• . . . • "The peasants say it is the Homid of the BaskerVillee calling for its Prey. I've neark,it Once or twice before; but • never quite' so loud." • , - I locece.d round, with a. chill' of fear In my heart; at the h'uge swelling plain, mottled, with the green • patches of ruehee, Nothing stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of rations, Which; croaked loudly from a tor behind US: '`YoU are an educated man. • You don't believe such nonsense- as that?" • said T. "What do you :think is thecense, of se Strange a sound?" 130gp make queerenoisee sometimes It's it's the inud 'settling; or the waterr1s-- ing or something," •\ .• • . No no that vrae'.a Thving 'voice." Well'Perhaps•it was. Did. youever hear a blame' beoming?" '"No, I:never . did:" •-• . • "It's a very rare bird-•enractfcally• extinct -in England now, but all tniegs• : are possible upon • the 'miser. yes, -X should not be Surprised ;to 'learn tbat wnet e ha,ye heard.. ie the cry .oe_the • last of the bitterns,". , • ". • "It's the weirdest, strangest. thing that' ever I heard in my life."' • "Yee, it's rather . an uncanny 'plats altogether. Look at the hill -side yens. • ,def. What de you make of those?" The. veliole step -slope was covered .:with grey -circular' rings of stone, . a : score of them at least., ; "WE& are they? 'Sheen -Tem.?" . . "No, /they are the hordes ,of our 'war" - thy ancestor. Prehistoric Man lived thickly on: the moor, apti its no one in CONTINUED INeele'EXT .JSSUE ithithit RE lrORNS HUME.. • Has Learnt Many Things puri,s Stay In India. After more theme -two months' visit to" India, the Aineer 'of Afghanistan, Habibullah Xhan, has recrossed the frontier Mto his own . country,and has started for Kabul. His Majesty, ; unmistakably enjoyed every day of hie stay in India,. •He was for the flott time • officially • designated as ,.".Your Majesty," 'in a telegram of Welcome from .King,Edward when the Ameer entered' Inia, 'Which is regarded here as significant: While no proposals of • a .political. or military character have been made on either side; and no modification df the British Afghan relations as es. tablished by the treaty of Kabul in -- 1905. was suggested, the- visit is re - gelded . as farther wielding the tie. whieh make Afghanistan a buffo . state Against a Possible Russian ad. vance on India. The Atheer, during his stay in -In- dia, went tip in balloons, became a keen motorist - s a result. of which ha has "taken several automobiles back to Afghanistan with him; clevelopect an immense liking for playgag bridge' whist, sod 'made the Afghan courtier learn the „genie, so that he Could play it at Kabul. The Arneer sent from the frontier a message; the original of .which was written in his owil hand, whieh has caused marked satisfattion nenongthe Indian ofileials. The message begins: "In the name of God," and goes on to declare that "dining my short tour of. India 1 have made more trite friends for Afghanistan then could lutve beeri Made in twenty years if I had not paid the visit." The Ameer concludes with, expressing the signifitant desire that his message be published itt the news., papers "ler the information of the • whole world," outterffieir. Butterflies inive been noticed in the Andes tip . to hoight of very nearly /1.000 feet. I. 1 i • ; !•;.".4