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,-- "It was found in he room last evon-
.ring, and this letter may have been the
A><gtalosare. It was found in another
lace." jerk. That I found lying close to the
iv. It ran as follows: body, and that also 1 took leave to bring
You ,.lust be by the cottage by Ash Tree away with me. Those are m reasons,
ay
endof the park t 0 o'clock l
yonig t, thonorth < o P k1
tonight. 1�, T. tiir Jaffrey, for saying this is the work
it There was a dead silence in the room of a woman, and I venture to think
as the man read out the wcfds of the that any 12 men in the country would
letter, and each of the hearers seemed Lind them convincing."
to hear the otatea,s heart beats. Sir Jaffray took up the little trinket
"There is more behind, You must and held it close, as if to scrutinize it.
Tease to prepare yourself for a shock, But there was no need for any close
. it Jaffray, and yen, miss, too. That examination•
atter was pinked up within 20 yards of Both he and Beryl knew it well
the cottage mentioned in it, and close enough.
oto the wall of tho cottage was found— It was the pendant of a gold filigree
fhe body of this Frenchman, '1'urrian, bracelet, one of a pair which had been
;with a dagger plunged right through bought in lelexieo when he and Lola
his heart." were on their, honeymoon. The cora-
'
Sir Jaffray and Beryl interchanged a paniou to it had been given, with say -
lightning glance, and Beryl's pulse eral other things, to Beryl.
;seemed to stop for a beat and then go l3efoee either of them said a word
abounding on with double force as the Mr. (Siffo*d continued in just the same
MOWS was told. businesslike way a'ad tone:
"There is one other thing I should
CHIAPTER XX. like to have done, more unprofessional
• PIERRE TI:RRIAN'S MURDER. still, but I dared not go so far. 1 want -
Sir Jaffray was for the moment so ed to bring away the dagger. This mur-
shooked by Mr. Gifford's terrible news der's been done with a dagger that bus
:that he could not trust himself to enough character in it to hang a regi -
.speak. meat of soldiers. 1 don't suppose that
"Wait, please!" he exclaimed impa- there's another like it in all the blessed
tiently, with a wave of the hand, wheu country. But I couldn't touch it, you
the detective was about to. continue. see, because the doctor would see in a
Tho recollection of his adventure on trice that some one had been tampering
. ithe previous evening, when he had seen with the body after death, for the res.
Lola close to the scene of the murder, son that any boy student could toll
flooded upon him, together with the when a dagger had been taken out of
fear he hacl mentioned to Beryl that the wound hours after death. Then
Lola was mad, and, though he fought there'd have been no end of awkward
.harel not to draw the inference which questions for me to answer as to What
the facts suggested, he could not resist
the conclusion which was forcing itself
upon him—that Lola was mad and per-
haps in EOme frenzy had been driven to
do this desperate thing.
"Tell me, plesee," he said after a
long pause, "when was the body of
'this man found?"
"I found it myself, Sir Jaffray, less
'than an hour ago."
"How long do you think 'the man had
been dead—today?"
"I can't say euaotly. That's a matter
for tho doctors. But I should think 18
'to 24 hours about o: something of that
wort. My view is that the time of the
murder might very well be about 10 or
111 o'clock last night, might be before
.or might bo after, but I expect that's
what the doctor will say."
"It is terrible!" exclaimed the baron -
sat and relapsed again into silence.
Mr. Gifford began to get fidgety, and
he glanced now and again at Sir Jaffray
send tapped with bis fingers ou the table
'and on the cover of the notebook ho
held in bis hand.
• "There's a great deal to do, Sir
Jaffrey," ho eaid at length, "and time
"is short if I'm to be hot on the trail.
And I've more to tell you, if you please,
which I think you ought to hear."
"Go on," replied the baronet prompt-
ly.
' "There are three points I marked,
:and with regard to two of them I've
done a very unprefcssional thing very
unprofessional—but I—well, I was act-
ing for you, and-1ve11, I did it."
"Well? '
".I was the first to find the body, Sir
Jaffray, and I thought I ought to make
the moat of the time. There doesn't seem
,to have been much of a struggle at the
place, and I gather that whoever did
this was standing talking to this man
quietly, wle n, without a word probably,
,she ups with the dagger."
"She?" interposed Sir Jaffray.
"And ;lust drives it home between his
'ribs," continued 2.ir. Gifford without
.w► heeding the iuterruption. "She must
have been a rather tall woman, of great
strength, because the danger was driven
right home to the hilt—the hilt touches
the mau's clothes—and 1 judge she was
toll because the direction of the blow
Was a trifle down, whereas if she'd been
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erners are so clever in making. 'There's
a bit of a wrench here where the th ng
etenis to have been nulled off witi. a
Manua toget:n'r ieverishly in het lap und •
the other, the outline of the weaponfeeling so chilled that she trembled via-
leutly. . showing on the plush lining exaetly the
"She Taint be mad! It is the only epot where it had lain.
possible curse," burst from Sir Jaffray Sir Jaffray looked the door of the
like a moan of pain, cabinet and put the key in his pooket
with a sigh of relief.
Then a knock wig beard at the door, "I thought your wits would help me,
and Mr. Gifford came back into the Beryl," he acrid, feeling very grateful
room again, shut the door carefully be- to her. "Yon were always a clever
hind him and advanced right into the counselor."
middle of the room before be spoke. '''I have had another idea," she said.
"Excuse me, Sir Jaffray, but there's "That little gold filigree/, ball was taken
a point which you'll perhaps like to [TO en CONTI: UED.] .
have put very plain to you. I don't ask i .._--- .-
any questions about the ownership of AGONIZING PAINS
that dagger, but of course you'll see''
that a great deal must turn on it. 1 ENDURED Ili THOSE 'WHO SUFFER
don't know whether you think that tho FROdi SCIATICA ---A VICTIAt TELLS
grave complications which would cer- j HOW TO OBTAIN RELIEF,
thinly arise if it were proved to belong j
to any cue particular can be in any way i Probably no trouble that afflicts
avoided, but if that can be done it i mara• tind causes rnore intense agony
should be done, and that without
than sciatica. Frequently the vie-
minute's heedless delay, I thought I'd
q y
mention the point; that's all." And j tim is utterly helpless, the least
without saying any more he went away movement causing the most agoniz-
again. f • ing pains. Those who are suffering
Sir Jat;.ray hung his head in bitter i from this malady the following
humiliation. ;statement from Mr. John Mayes, of
But Beryl jumped up. ' Ila esville. Fork Co., N. B., will
"Are you going?" he asked as if dis- I y
appointed at her leaving hint. "I want
to talk all this over with you. It's got
to be broken to the mother, too," he
said.
"I shall come back again, but I must
go home. For one thing I want to see
how my father is," she answered with-
out meeting his eyes.
She went out to her carriage, and, get-
ting in, told the coachman to drive home
as quickly as possible. In an inconceiv-
ably short time she wale back again, and
she found Sir Jaffray still pacing the
room where she had left him, fighting
point the road to relief and cure.
Mr. Mayes says: -"For upward of
twenty years I have suffered from
weakness and pain in the back.
Some four years ago my trouble was
intensified by sciatica settling in my
right leg. What I suffered seems
almost beyond , description. I em-
ployed three doctors but all to r
purpose. I had to give up work
entirely, and almost despaired of life.
This continued for two years—years
filled with misery. At this time I
down the fears which would force them- was advieed to try Dr. Williams'
selves upon him as the result of blr.
Pink Pills' and after using six boxes
Gifford's discoveries.
"What have you been doing, Beryl?" both the sciatica and the weakness
he asked as she entered. in the back which had troubled me
"I have been home, Jaffray. Mr. so long, were gone. I was again a
Gifford started an idea in my thoughts, well man and feeling fifteen years
and I have been home to carry it out. younger than before I began using the
Let us he frank with one another in pills. Nearly two years had passed
this terrible business. Have you any since I discontinued the use of Dr.
idea of what it all means or of what we Williams' Pink Pills and in that
can do?" '
"There is only one possible explana- time no symptom of the trouble has
tion—if this man's thoughts havo any shown itself. Under God I thank
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for what
they' have done for me."
Mr Hayes voluntarily testifies to
the truth of the above statement
before Ed ward V hosead, Esq.. J.
P., and his statements are further
vouched for by Rev. J. N. Barnes,
of Stanley, N. B.
I'd' been up to. So I had to leave it." foundation—only one. My poor wife
"What was it like?" asked Sir Jaffray, i has gone mad, and all these awful con-
who now bad come to expect that every sequences aro the outcome. I have been
answer the mau gave would only in- thinking aucl thinking and thinking
criminate Lola more and more. Ho about it all until I am almost mad my -
was right in this case. self." And he threw up his hands with
"It's a smallish affair, but very dead- a gesture of despair. "It is horrible,
ly, I should say. The haft is a singular horrible beyond belief, horrible! .And 1
reddish kind of porpoise or alligator feel as helpless as a child."
hide, with three rings of horn running "Well, I have thought of one thing
round it to give the holder a firm grip, that we eau do," said Beryl, "and I
and these rings are of different color's, have been home to prepare for it."
"What is it?" asked Sir Jaffray
eagerly.
"It is not necessary to believe all
that Mr. Gifford says and seems to
think, but WO may act as though what
he believes is correct and do what we
wearing, only, of course, very, very can to make any proof much harder.
small. I never saw arch a thing before, You heard what ho said about the clag-
and I should know it again out of 50,- ger, and we know to whom it really be -
000." longs, and we know what people will
Neither Sir Jaffray nor Beryl dared think if it is found out that such a
to look at one another during this de- weapon were ever taken from the manor
short the utmost alio could have done
would have been to drive it straight.
You'll sec my point, sir, if you'll just
take this paper knife and watch the
difference in its direction if you try to
strike first at your level and their at
some intuit above you."
As he spoke ho acted in illustration
of his words. "I see what you mean,"
said Sir Jaffray without attempting to
wake the experiment, "But why do
yoti think it was a woman?"
"For this reason: In the dead man's
clutch I found this piece of black lace,
torn, I have not the slightest doubt,
from the dress of the Vtotman who struck
Maim the deathblow, and the unprofes-
'aicnal thing I have de,.e is to take that
tout of the dead man's hand and bring
3t away with 'me, Another reason is
?this: hero is a little, curiously shaped
filigree gold keepsake that was Bever
Made fts. at:y puprosa on this enrth save
to phi., r t ' , eyes of a woman. Yt looks
while the steel which shows up the back
of it is studded with tiny bronze knobs,
and the extreme end of it is of bronze
and made for all the world like one of
those slouch hats which the cowboys in
the wild west are generally pictured as
scription, and at the close neither said
a word.
Both knew the dagger only too well.
Like the bracelet, it had been bought
when on the wedding tour in America,
and the fellow to it had been given by
Sir Jaffray to Beryl's father, and it was
at the present moment in the collection
of arms at Leycester Court.
Mr. Gifford himself seemed to feel
that there was some strong reason for
the silence, and he made haste to break
it.
"I must go. There's a lot to do. I
thought I'd better bring these two
things here," he said, painting to the
bit of lace and the little gold trinket,
"and I'd have had the other if it hadn't
been that it would have been seen at
once. I'll keep this bit of lace. 1 shall
want that, and you'd better say nothing
about it. I suppose you want me to go
on with the matter, Sir Jaffray:?" And
ho looked up as if waiting for instruc-
tions.
"Yes, you must go through with it.
Sift it to the bottom."
"There's not much to sift now. The
man who li. is his hand, on the owner of
that dagger and that little bauble there
and tide scrap of ,'.ace won't have any
dimeulty in finding the murderess of
the Frenchman."
His two hearers shuddered at the
words.
"Pin not at all sure that you're
right," said Sir ,!affray, "but you must
find out at any cost. Of course," he
added, with some hesitation, "you un-
derstand that you are acting privately
fgr iuo, and you have no need to tell
anything of what you find out to any
one else. Your fees will bo paid by me."
The man's eyes gleamed in an instant
with a sort of rentrained avarice.
"I havo done my best, Sir Jaffray. I
know the extreme pain and trouble
which may often be saved by a little
sikiwe. If you will excuse ree now, I
will go. You know all so far. I had.
better bo out and doing, because the po-
lice make such mistakes at times."
Ile tu..c. Lis hat and went away, and
Sir Jaffray and Beryl remained aghast
at the story to whish they had listened
And all that it threatened.
Sir Jaffray was standing by the win•
dow leaning against the side shutter
and pressing his head heavily against
3lke
''''12"`"411 thing or J'aPanese, and Iris iiancl,'while Beryl sat quite sti111n
It's one of thosa balls that allose sag,- hor, chair ty the table, pressing her
house."
"How can they help finding that
out?" burst in Sir Jaffray.
"I havo been thinking of that, and
that was why I went home. You re-
member you brought hone two of those
daggers from America and that one of
them was given to papa? Well, I have
been to fetch it, and I thought that if it
were placed where the other ought to
be, supposing, as we fear, it is not
there, it would help to turn aside sus-
pioion, for a time at any rate."
"You aro a true friend, Beryl!" ex-
claimed Sir Jaffray, taking her hand
ite
7
Greenock representative in cotnplet. men and a just cause, Canada cold
ing contract and the elerk notify defeat any American force wblGls
Greenock clerk of this motion.— could be brought against her,
Carried, It is true that the resources of the
Jarvis—Reld—That as the culvert States are greater than ours as 12 to
opposite lot 20 eon 8 And 9, is out 1, but a jingo government, would
of repair that Graham Scott have have to reckon with public opinion,
the same put right. --Carried. and 1.,000,000 man could not berais--
Reid—Scott—That the clerk is ed for a purely .aggressive war ,ag--.-
hereby instructed to let the treasurer ainst Canada without arrow -lug op --
have the.use of statutes of 1897.118 position which would piralyze such.
and that:the clerk procure a copy a government before i•s army could
of statutes:for 1898. --Carried. be prepared for action. But on the
Scott—Johnston—That Mr. Reid ether band if Canada failed to ilii;.
have the cedar under growth on 30th forth her whole strength,a large:
sideroad, cut as it obstructs travel levy of American troops would no;
—Carried. be needed. American public opinion
.Tohnston—Reid—That all By-laws would remain quiescent and Canadare
regulating the building of line fences subjugation would be easy,We do not
be now repealed as the subject re- anticipate any such trouble with our
quires further consideration in the neighbors, but venture these remark%
interest of this municipality. --Car- academically, and merely to contro*
Tied, vert the impression prevailing
Finance Report : Jas. Smith, C. among many people that Canada.
P. R. roadwork on con. 1, 70e, would be overmatched in such a
Chas, F. Dain, cedar timber, 83.07 ; struggle.
Wm. Heath, gravel, 89.30 ; Cargill This dominion could only be eon -
per D. Campbell, statute labor, 81 ; quered through the weakness or cow-
John Elig, gravel, $2.61 ; Edward aadice of its own people, and history,
King, contract on 30th sideline, con.has not shown that Canadians are
1, $35 ; Wm. Roane, gravel, 87.56 ;'I either cowardly or weak.
Jas. Button, do., $1.80 Hugh, Mc.
Kinnon, by order from John Mc-
Kinnon, per contract on con. 2, lot
21., 820 ; Rod. McKenzie, gravel,
810.74 ; Municipal World Stationery,
$5.85 ; Peter McLaren, treasurer,
Turnberrt , Culross share for road
machine on boundary, $1.37 ; Wm.
McBurney, and D.111elntosh, tile and
drain across boundary, Kinloss and
Culross, 84- ; F. C. Haldenby, gravel
80.18 ; Michael Schiestel, gravel per
Lawrance Schiestel, 86 ; Donald Mc-
Kiggin, gravel, $3.78 ; John P.
Watcher, gravel, Culross share, 82.07
J. N, Piekell, by order of Wm. Cas-
lick, pathmaster, repairs in ditclf and
culvert, lot 26, con 2, 815.06 ; Geo.
Rosa, gravel, 83.90 ; Wm. Henderson
do., 88.40 ; Thos. Green, do., 83 ;
John Becking. repairing railing lot
20, con. 10, 82.50 ; Walter Richard-
son, gravel. 83 ; Geo. Penne!, do.,
$2.82 ; Copp Bros., 6 new scrapers,
542 ; Jas McGlynn, gravel, 83.33 ;
111. S. Iialdenby, freight, cartage,aud
commission on scrapers, 83 ; Weiler
& Son, lumber, for sidewalks in For -
masa, $22.68 ; Jas. Button, statute
labor paid by P. Arkell, 83 ; Law-
rance Schiestel, road to gravel pit,
81 ; Patrick Manby, Cargill Statute,
labor 84.
Scott—Johnston—That the Fin-
ance Report as read be adopted and
cheques issued for payment.
Scott—Jarvis—That this council
do now adjourn to meet on August
Sth, at 9 o'clock a. m.—Carried,
CHAS. BUTTON, Clerk.
CULROSS.
Council met in Teeswater, July
4th, 1598, as per motion of adjourn-
ment. Membees all present. The
minutes of last meeting were read
and adopted.
Johnston—Jarvis — That as the
ditch at lot 2, con. 7, is blocked up,
that Mr. Martin be permitted to clear
it out, costs not to exceed seven dol-
lars.—Carried.
The baronet stood in the great hall, Beryl
being two or three Steps abot'c him.
and pressing it. "Lot us go at once
and put it there. It was always kept in
that old oak cabinet in the blue draw-
ing room."
They wont at once to tho room and
found the dagger gone, as they had ex-
pected, and the cabinet loeked, but with
the key in the lock,
In a moment the dagger which Beryl
Toronto Firemen Testify.
M. McCartney, Lombard Street Fires
Hall, Toronto, dated march 4th, 1897„
states :—"Am subject to very painfuil
conditions of coettveoess and other.
.troubles resulting therefrom, but I arm
glad to say that I have found a perfect.
remedy in Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver
Pills. 1 trust this may be of benefit to
others."
OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
Johnston—Jarvis — That as the
in-
road in the swam opposite lots 29 ! In 30 years Canada's trade has p o pp ' creased from 8130,000,000 a year to
and 30 con 15, is in need of repair 18957,000,000 a year. In 20 years
the railroad earnings have risen from
820,000,000 annually to 850,000,000
The wheat crop last year was, 60.-
000,000 bushels. We have 141 rail-
road companies, with a capital of
nearly i. million dollars. The people
have 8193,000,000 deposited in char-
tered banks, and nearly $50,000,000
in savings banks, Their lives are
insured for 8460,000,000, We have
16,000 miles of railroad, and 30,000
miles of telegraph. The railroads
have cost Canada over 8200,000,000
and seventy-two miles of canals have
cost over 880,000,000. The 17,000
schools have 1,000,000 ; 11,000 stud-
entG are being educated in colleges,
and 70 per cent. of the entire people,
babies included, can read and write.
We have 45,000 soldiers and 7,207 gold ,,,t h' ,miltr+n's Drug Store.
vessels and American newspapers
are beginning to talk about this
Dominion as the happiest, most pros-
perous, freest and most democratic
country on the face of earth, Should always carry with.
that the sum of twenty dollars be
granted to put on gravel and that
Wm, Reid see that it is properly 'ex -
pen ded.—Carried.
11IcKay—Scott—That as applica-
tion has been made for a ditch oppo
site lots 12 and 13, con 8, that Joseph
Johnston have a ditch made as re-
quested and culycrt repaired if
necessary.—Carried.
Reid--Scott—That as the hill on
30th sideroad con 2 is in a poor
state for travel being of a sandy
nature and very difficult to get up,
that a grant of ten dollars be made
to improve the same arid that Mr.
Jarvis expend that amount on said
'hill as he thinks most beneficial.—
Carried.
Jarvis—Scott—That as a by-law
has been passed by Kinloss and Cul
ross councils for opening boundary
line opposite lot 35, con 4, Culross,
that the clerk send copies of the by-
law to all parties concerned by
opening said road and also notify
the Culross pathmaster to act in co-
operation with the Kinloss path -
master, in carrying the provisions of
the by-law into effect by having all
obstructions reproved.—Carried,
Scott—Johnston---Whereas there
is a misunderstanding; 'about the
Greenock and Culross boundary line
at lots 6 to 10 inclusive con 15 of
Culross, and in putting up fences the
travelled part of the road has been
so obstructed that it is dangerous
for travel. Mr. Marshall, Township
Engineer, is hereby authorized and
instructed to aet for this council in
co-operation with the appointee of
Greenock council to find the true
boundary line and report to this
council. --Carried.
Reid.—Jarvis-That as the grant
on boundary of Greenock and Culross
at lot 28. eon 15 will not be sullieient
to complete contract that Joseph
bnci brought was at into the Mace of Johnston be instrueted to act with
Orchard and Garden.
Swine will destroy the white grub
in the strawberry beds.
In pruning fruit trees cut out all
the weak, crowded, worthless
branches.
After the trees come into bearing
cropping the orchard, as a rule, does1
not pay.
Black knot should be removed.
from plum and .cherry trees as soont
as discovered.
Better let the hogs or poultry eat:
the fruit than let it lie on the ground,
under the trees and rot.
In marketing fruit do not wait
until fully ripe, or it will be in a,
damaged condition when put on the
market.
By taking care to kill the first
pests that appear in the garden the
work of keeping the plants rid of
them will be greatly lessened.
All kinds of fruit trees, especially
peach trees, should be headed lows
and all branches that grow out long,
slim or tall should be cut back to ac
proper length.—Exchange.
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