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"Are you g ng me this straight?" in-
quired Mery iter a ah ort and pregnant
silence. v'
"Straight j d cold; and a good bit dilu-
ted, tool"
There was another silence long and
meditative, "Boor little thing!" at last
muttered the artist. "It's my fault. To
marry her would make it worse. We don't
understand these eastern women—their
warm blood or their cold blood, either.
But now she has found out what freedom
is, it would be cruel to take her back to be
/sant up again. Still, what else . ."
"We'll take her back and see if some-
thing nice can't be done for her," said
Chase; "meanwhile I'll see she gets into
no mischief here; and do you keep quiet
and get that shoulder healed."
A week later they set out and proceed-
ed by easy stages, carrying Meryon on a
palanquin. Torah and Iiatipha were of
the party, much against the will of both.
But whereas Hatipha's only objection was
that he would be flayed and impaled at
the end of the trip, the poor little princess
had to tear out of her heart some thirty or
forty vigorous young flirtations. It may
be stated here that during the first night's
encampment this young Italy disappeared,
and with her a handsome young camel -
driver and a camel; and there is reason to
think that she has been living happily
,ever since.
Upon arriving at the prince's palace they
found changes,
It appeared, in the first place, that the
princess, the mother of Terah, having been
taken very ill of a dropsy and at the point
,of death, snmmoned the prince to a priv-
ate interview at which she informed mini
that Terah was not his daughter, but that
.as compensation Ebel, who had been
HE STAGGERED OvER IT.
abouts of the !tally ruby as or inns pul-
let," Meryon observed; and, having said
this, he shut hie eyes as if inteuding a
nap.
In fact, he remained motionless and
seemingly asleep for about twenty niin-
utos, daring which the prince and the
surgeon couversed in low tones and smok-
ed their uargilehs.
Then Meryon opened his eyes and fixed
them upou Chase, with a strange expres-
sion.
"Horace," said he, in a husky voice.
"something queer has happened. I've
been back in that cell in the big rock, and
saw myself there as I was when those fol-
lows threw me in. I saw all I did while
I was in there—and I know what became
of the ruby!"
"Ohl that's it, is its" returned Chase,
slipping his fingers on his friend's pulse,
and winking to the prince to humor the
sick man's fancy. "We were just wonder-
ing what- ad become of you."
"You tllihk I'm cracked, but the story
will prove I'm not," continued the other,
speaking with emphasis, but not wildly.
"I lay stunned for awhile; when I came to
I was delirious—:tad that's- the reason It
brought up as a slave, was in truth his
lawful sen and heir.. Their remarkable
likeness to each other was clue to their
both favoring their mother, The lady
further explained that her infidelity and
deception had been carried out in retalia-
tion for a disappointment the prince had
given her, some fifteen years before, in the
matter of a box of sweetmeats. She died,
with a smile of satisfaction, jastas the ex-
ecutioner whorl the prince had lost not
an instant in sending for, arrived with his
bowstring; too Intel
But his highness was indignant, and
homebody must be impaled. IIe sent for
Terah. It was then discoverer} for the first
time that she had eloped. with Meryon,
and left the slave boy Ebal—now the true
prince—in her place. The ; latter was
brought to his father, expecting instant
,dsatlr; but as his highness needed an heir
.and had no other, he was forced to spare
him. Re sent however, for the father of
Teralr, whoever he might be.
The messenger learned that he used to
be a garduer in the mervice of the harem,
and that he had died a natural and easy
death only a week before.
Here truly was rt maddening state of
things; four impalements missed one after
.another, and I-lat'ipha and Meryou also out
of reach. Some one must be slaughtered,
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"IIORACi., YOU DON'T MEAN TO?"
before they cotter, gat mm out. As for
Senuah—ah, yes! there is something to tell
about her.
Selo made herself very useful and agree-
able during Meryon's convnlescance—a
period of a mouth or more. Bat for her
skillful and tender nursing he might have
been bedridden twice as lona. Ile and
Chase had agreed to go home to New York
together as soon as he ;got well. But one
morning the surgeon came into bis room,
and, after examitiiug slim hues pronouncing
him fit to travel, added: "By the way,
you'll have to excuse me."
"What for?"
"About going home, I mean; I shall
have to stay here for the present. Tho
fact is, I have nn,QQU, er patient—at least--
you'il have to coaagra1ulate nee, old man."
"`'hat ohs you, Ilorace?"
"Senuah is a capital nurse, and a most
charming and lovely girl. Away in front
of Terah' in all respects."
"FIorace, you don't mean to—"
"We're to be married to -morrow. And
whoever doesn't pay her proper respect
as rhy:Wife will regret it, do you under-
stand!"
"If you don't regret it, my dear boy, you
may be sure I shan't," replied Meryon
with a bread smile; and u to Inc
"BUT I'M NOT MAREY1NO JUST a o'R."
wasn't able till now to remember what
happened. But the raby was on nay mind
and the first thing I did was to hunt in
'ny pocket for it, and there it was all safe.
E tried to get it in my mouth, but for
some reason I couldn't understand—it was
the gag, of course—it wouldn't go in."
"Well?" said the surgeon, regarding him
with mingled perploxity•aud interest.
"Then I thought.I was standing in front
of a safe in a vault," Meryon went.on,
"and I was being hunted by thieves who
wanted to get the ruby from me. The
safe wouldn't open. I felt all over, it in
:he Clark to find an opening; at last I found
THEY PROSTRATED THEMSELVES AT THE
FEET OF EI3AL.
and at once; but whom? No one who had
offended the prince could lae got at, and
nobody who could be got at would offend
him. His highness' wrath, which had
been warmed up for Dight and forty hours,
now attained the temperature of super-
heated steam, and the boiler exploded. In
other words, this great and worthy poten-
tate expired of an apoplexy in the midst
of his trembling courtiers, who instantly,
with hosannas of joy, prostrated them-
•
selves at the feet of the astonished Ebal
,and proclaimed him their ruler.
one- -a small hole in the tipper })art --but
when 7 touched it, something sharp came
throu,as and gave me 0 jab so that I yelled
with -pain. But the thieves were close up
by that time. and my only chance was to
get the ruby through that hole, if I died
for it. So just as they appeared, I made a
desperate effort and crammed it in; anes
got a jab that, sent me off unconscious
again. The next thing I knew—however,
th„Ni no matter. The ruby is in that
hole."
••\\hat does the boy mean?" said Chase,
impressed by the force and vividness with
which the tale was told. -
"I understand !aim," interposed the
prince, gravely. "The stone is in his
shoulder. Allah is great!"
"I wish some of your brains would get
into Horace's skull," sighed Meryon, re-
laxing on his cushions. "If he'cl followed
my directions in the first place, the thing
would have been cleared up and I should
have been a .well mans by this time. I
knew there was something there, and
naturally supposed it was a bullet; but
there's no arguing with a man who can't
see farther than Lis nose. Get your in-
struments, now," he added, testily, "and
have the job over. If it hadn't been for
my vision I should have gone to my grave
with that confounded talisman in my body
and a cloud on my reputation. Let this
be a lesson to you!"
It is not necessary for us to assist in a
surgical operation. In ten minutes it was
over. The hollow ruby, cleansed from its
gory stains, was lying Upon 0 white satin
cnchion, upon which it shed its glorious
1 ght. Meryon was reclining on the divan
•it,th an expression of pardonable self-
satisfaction cm his pallid features. Chase
was lookiug subdued and thoughtful, and
the prince said:
"Meryon, my friend, the jewel is yours.
My only sorrow at its loss was that I was
thus prevented from giving it to you. No
less precious a keepsake Would be worthy
of our friendship. If It bring you no good
fortune, may it at least. remind you of the
youth who loved you, to whom in his
obscurity you were as a light of day and
the warmth of the sun at noon."
This was very handsome; too mucin so,
indeed; and Mel'yola world have declined
the gift on the spot but from unwilling-
ness to hurt the prince's feelings. Per-
haps, however, it was not quite s0 valu-
able as the ace supposed. Z saw it last
year in Meryon's studio, and I must say
that it seemed, to me . . but, after
al
CHAPTER, VI.
By the time Meryon, Chase and the.
others arrived, the young monarda was
well settled on his throne, and was show-
ing himself a wise, skillful and merciful
adrninistrntor. He welcomed the artist
with heartfelt joy, and they told all their
adventures to each other. Meryon Was
given a suite of rooms next to the prince's
own, and they were always together, with
Chase in the chair as moderator. The
prince expressed regret at the nliscsrriage
of the Terah affair, He lead no better sub-
stitute to offer than Senuah, who was his
half-sister by another mother and Terah's
father—a rather obscure and roundabout
relationship.
"She's a nice girl," said Meryon, "and
her birth would bo no obstacle; but I'm
hot marrying just now."
"We haven't got any airtight harems in
the states yet," commented Chase; "but
we may cotyle to it later."
"I still shall hope to visit you sometime
> ul see
in New York," said his highness, at
the white house and the ward politicians
and the other things. Meantime, the miss
teatime gain, fort compelsyou
tootlas� divan wth
my gain,
me."
"You trust thank Chase," replied .Mer-
yon, with a moody grin; "he won't treat
it as I advise."
"The man imagines that the bullet is
Still in the wool- 1," Chase explained.
"His real tronhl. . the block of wood is
his Tread, rvlib ii : ,-:.me away only with
:she head its• 2f."
'tt.tvish 1 L . t:.� va:re of the Where -
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Wash Day
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Rush is Wanted Now.
i;t)tx)ur•g, Unt.—A warrant for the
arrest of Fred Rueh has been !,•sued
the charge being murder. Rusts
who is About 20 years old, was with
Arthur Prentiss who shot Thos. Ling-
ard.
The evidence at the trial of Pren-
tiss disclosed. the fact that Rush
urged the prisoner on to do the deed
and advised him to lay the gun on
'tile fence and shoot the whole family,
The criminal cede says that an
!accessory before a murder is as bad
.as the murder himself, and now Rush
;will have to stand his trial with the
, almost certainty of conviction staring
I'him in the face.
Prentiss, who is sentenced to be
hanged on December 17, has already
sent for his spiritual advisers.
Scrofula Cured.
DEAR Sm.—After I had doctored for
two years tor scrofula all over my body
and received no beuefit, I tried a bottle
of Burdock Blood Bitters, which gave
Barsap
take no substitute. Insist upon Hood's
and only Hood's. This is the medicine
which bas the largest sales in the world.
Hood's Sareaparillia is the One True
Blood Purilier.
noon's Pius
always reliable,
operate,
are prompt, efficient
easy to take, easy to
Pumpkins for Cows and Hogs:
The farmer who has been provident
enough to grow pumpkins among his
corn or in patches adja.eent to the
barn has a valuable adjunct to his
other fall feed, especially in Eastern
Ontario, where pastures dried up
very early. They can be profitably
fed to hogs as well as cows. When
one bas a feed -boiler and a little
rough wood, pumpkins can be boiled
along with peas or barley with very
little fuel. One good firing -up will
render the whole mass of finely -
divided pumpkins into a fit state to
be mashed up along with ground
barley or other grain. Such food is
extremely palatable, and when
mixed twelve hours before fed will
be in fine form to enter the animal
economy to excellent advantage.
For cows, one or two goud•sized
pumpkins fed once or twice daily
will increase the milk yield and
prevent a loss of flesh. Whether
one has pumpkins or not, it will
never do to allow the cows to drop
in there condition and milk flow. A
those thin s. little of the corn that had. been
1, I am not an expert in
Ilatipha, In another attempt to escape, intended far winter will give better
fell headforemost into a waterbutt and returns fed at such a time than if
was hedged in so,tightly that he drowned held till, the housing season,
Is It Scott's Body 9
A dispateh,from Winnipeg says:
Quite a little sensation was created
here, when a skeleton was unearth-
ed by men who are engaged in di;,;
ging trenches to put the city tile
phone wires underground. Immedi-
ately several old-timers declared that
the hones were none other than
those of Tont Scott, who was mur-
dered by Ifiel iu the first Red River
rebellion. The body of Scott was
supposed to be buried within the
walls of Fort Garry, but could neve:'
be located. The spot where the
skeleton was found is at the eerncr
of Portage avenue and Main street,
formerly the sight of the Red saloon;
the proprietor of which was rt hitter
enemy of Seott'r:, and is said to have
had more to do with the murder than
Itiel hinls..if. Sheriff Inkster and
other old-timers are positive the
bones -are those of Scott. The skull
has ,Tint yet been found, but will be
lo'.ked for. Considerable interest
vi11 attach itself to the finding of the
skull, particularly in view of the
statement that one of the party after
the shooting of Scott drew a revolver
and fired a Shot into the head of the
wounded man.
When Baby was side, we gave her Castoria.
When sho was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she b came iiMiss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
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1 became prostrated for want of breath.
I was attended by a physician for a
long time. When in considerable dis-
tress I visited the local drug store, and
my attention was drawn to Dr. Agnew's
Cure for the Heart. I obtained a bottle
and before I had taken halt of it T_ felt
ever so much bettor, and to -day I am a
sound man, owing to the use only of the
remedy."—Sold at Chisholra's Drug
Store.
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A very large meeting of the
farmers was held at the residence of
Mr. A. W. Sloan of Blyth on Friday
afternoon last. the township of
Colborne, Hullett, Morris, Fast and
West Wawanosh, were well
rel resented. The object of the meet -
was to consider the situation in the
exporting of apples. Mr. George
Quinn was appointed chairman and
Mr. A. W. Sloan secretary. After
the matter was thoroughly discussed,
it was unanimously decided to ship
800 or 400 barrels at once of what
might be termed earlywinter apples,
such as Kings, 20 ounce Pippins,
Blenheim Orange, Swear and IRib-
stons. Mr. Fothergill was appointed
to pack the apples and attend to the
shipment of the same at once. The
next meeting of the association will
be held at Mr. Sloan's on Thursday
evening, Oetober 1st, at seven o'clock.
All interested are requested to attend.
bsence his practice will be looked;
iter by Dr. Krausman, who attended l
D.. Agnew's practice at Londes-
ro during his long illness last fall. 1
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Iver Con,piaint, Constipation, Sick
eadaehe, etc.
On Monday afternoon Leo Elliott
as swinging from a branch of a'
ee in front ot the Bank of Mon-
eal, when the branch, a dead one,
oke off, the boy falling with great
rce to the ground, a distance of it
or 10 feet. Leo's head struck with •
great force against the sidewalk, re -
tilting in a nasty braise on the 5'-lre-
head and over the eye, a disjointed
finger and a sprained wrist. Al-
though badly stunned at the time
the youthful climber is mending
rapidly.—Goderich Signal.
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travellers, etc.
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