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37) NOT REA'JrIhd-Lo.
liPR Or 1-19'1 WHO ETLETC,.
Yet it might
bo pretense or bis part
and not mita fully ter: minutes pitfall
without an opening of hie eyes did I
suspect he was really 1100044eloas.
With the utmost care 1 shifted
of cat fever of tile former, Plot glenolug
pre so as to gain a• elimps
Ah, there l tut the Bare Ov Waltees, I waved tuy
bearded face against the door,
:was D0 Slumber there. ,His t
gray eyes were es wide open as
wateeieg rue like u eat, ao w
o war and keen* how to keep
awake whoa the necessity existed.
But sleep is too insidious an enemy
tQ he fought off when the body yearns
for the rest which it brings. The sight
of the younger man unconscious gave
me hoethat ay and by the older would
suectumb, and then would come the des-
perate effort on illy part, for I was re-
solved to do something if the slightest
, opportunity presented itself.
I deigned eleep, but with my eyes
, partly olosecl end niy breathing heavy
and regular I did not allow anything to
• escape me. The lamp burned brighter
thaa weal laive beeu expected, aud
• needed no better ilJuni,
,Lee aim peortug In at X.4% Ins 00111113a
being 44 noiseless ae that of a elnalow
itself.
He might be a friend until he •
be an enemy, but tile probabilities were
wilatti01; I Itaud in salutation to the stranger 011t
over and sule, and 1e mado a gesture by way
at 111)14; but ill the gloom 1 coul I
Uot
CRAFTER TIL
Maio ellen cleeeri be the weird fancies
teat torn:mut R. person in my situation?
The positron of Oy Welters was such
that bis shadow, huge, grotesque ad
shape, stretched from the side of
his chair to the opposite wall, where his
bead, still bearing the alone bat,
I loot -ilea up like the crest of some motet -
I thin peak, tvhilo b is znaestve figure, with
J the legs grossed, .did not stir. Whenever
I 1 stole a glance et him I caught the
, gleam of the keen oyes fated upon me
as if they would pierce mo through.
i Rad I not rovea my acize I should
' have become fascinated like a bird ba-
• ler° a rattleseake.
• The young :man by the window still
kept els eyes Waseca Els fe.oe showed
• just above his knees and was as calm as
i a obild's. It was easy for aim to feign
I sleep, but I did not believe be NV`18 do -
3n� so, since no znotive could be
•inecl or mob preteese.
t 1 resoittely /mid' MY gaze away
: the terrible bearded face for fel
k: eaiuutes, during which my owe
ens° of unconsolousnot.s °anti
; Teen 1 stole a gleuce at hire and
feelings that cannot be imagined
- , . •
ceived luau ills eyes, too, were elos
•I Thoth was e strong probability
the fellow was as wide awake as
I for it was easy to understand the
' wished to induce an attempt on
1 Itaet to oseape so as to gain the pre
, for wipding ten the business by sh
l. I • I it gme. And yet in the tense couch
e ; of my nerves I preferred he shoal
•I so then for zne to waif for the hor
• of the morrow.
•: For ten minutes r did not remove
, scrutiny from Oy Walters' countena
• I• and during that time- be was as a tl
raan, but 'whether really asleep or
'could be learned only by eubjecting
f kelf to the test of life or death. 1
: ready for it.
I It will bo perceived that for rue
,
escape from ray jailors I must or*
i , 4
1 toor to the wintlott: beside the •yeti.
•t Apan, raise the eash and olintle or 1
; -
Out into tho darkness. If that were
complishod, I could run aor it, but
. 1 ehauces a dein all this without ow;
•I ing either of the met, especially t
; elder, was one in a millioe. Revert
less I was resolved np•on it.
; With a preliminary glance around
•; Moiselessly removed. any bet froze t
! chair on which they had been restin
I But for the heavy breathing which fill
I the room the dimwit was like that
j the tomb. 'Pausing only a moment,
1 " gathered nay ettuseles for the dociel
elfert. My ietention was that if dote°
; ed and challeegell by either of the trio
1 .i would make a (lase across the roo
4 Land pileup through the male earryie
•, glees and frame/mat with Inc. Who
the cntiehmes of both of roy jailers 1
iconsidtwel, the madness of my whom
will sarpriso every one, ea,
Bad there boon but a sieeTh znatt I
Would have snatched hie weapon and
. got the drop ou bim. While cool rea-
1
; swing told me I was inviting my own
death 1 dal not hesitete, and / was in
tthe act ef rising to xny tea when I was
struck almost dumb by all astoettclieg
i discovery.
I atlot onto during All those trying min-
t
lite s did the single stair Tar away hi the
horizon fell to beam upon tie. The sa
twas cloudless, but 'without a moon. It
• /leas iustlect rather than reason that led
, me ::: elonock forh80t,ho ttvinkling orb at the
ea oseotiennottho:rs lienintrga(if:domin thteh eeb:itide 01;
had sucalmily become invisible eta was
'Vision and siint out tte light '1110. oe-
terateTps Inittletiseithltlietil:rtitulcid71 (1s1,.'civ htilh(*(1)
rentitnes and teet rode/Won of a pair of
eye& A person was oeouohleg at the
clearly make it ant
While puzzling over the metter
the window sash slowly rose for as
inola or two! The stranger must be a
frieud or he would not do that. Tim
etilleeszt was profound, end the individ-
ual was working with consummate eau -
tent end eeill, for with zny sense of
J.icaring keyed to the highest point cud
able to hear the rustliug a a /eta it
was impossible to detect the slightest
uolse,
•
Aguas the ease begets rising, tee moo
-Lion cointeuing teal it was at a beight
of eix iete eizeu it rested. My impa.
tieoce hem intolerable. Why did une
my Wend lift the sash high enough for
mo to make fity plunge before either of
my enemies awei•e? I was ready. to
0:1'0 across the floor, bet tvas restrained
by the belief teat I would •rat:aye the
signal when it was safe to give it
Again the window frame began
climbing like the movement of a sloth,
but to my exasperation it halted before
reaching the necessary height for me to
pass beneath. Then an arm was thrust
through the opening tem; made and a
hand extended toward the, elooping
Archie Hunter. The band was reaching
for the revolver in the loose grasp of
the sleeper, and it belonged, not to p
Man, but to a woman.
The hancl and bare arm partly re-
vealed were such as were ohiseled by
lehidies or lintned by Angelo. White,
symmetrical and delicate, nay admire -
tion was enchained even in that terri.
ble Moment, and, following u tb •
sloe, I sew the face and'the head with-
intag. out any covering except the wealth of
btu,* loll. that olusteredeeboatethe /leek
from and shoulders.
ly 15 I The countenance of a hecate woeld
pre- have appeared sweet under the circum.
nue& stances, but that which was dimly res
with •, vealed to ine in the partial reflection of
per- the lamplight fairly held breathless.
ed, Bat shoeld have beet a fool to give
that way to any emotion of sentiment at such
eve; a time, and I intently watched the no-
t he 1 tion of her whose appearance to 2110 was
zny as the mining of an angel.
text • The knees of Axchie Hunter were so
oat- bigh with the feet restino on the rounds
tion of the uatilted their thbat the band of
d do the young woman was laddeit for the
rows minute or two diming which it was
busy, Then 'it was withdrawn 'with the
my tame noiseless stealth, and as it passed
nee, through the air toward the window
out perceived that the pistol of the sleeping
not Archie was grasped by the fingers.
my-• The factelacct all •this mots permitted
was was proof that Cy Walters was Bleeping
heavily. The moment for my decisive
to attempt bad Caine;
the The free hand pushed upward against
ng the sash, which did not 'stop until it
eap could go no farther. At the moment of
ac- stoppage the frame gave ell t 11.
the creak. My heart stood still, and
ik-
he
he -
be
4.
ed
of
ve
t -
u
111
s-
e
•
g anced attalters. 1e did not rat teee
or open his caw:. Tee white Maud s I xe
lentiy beeltouecl, and I started across t “FI
floor toward the window. whose
My eyes were fixed upon the direiy taken.
• revealed fieure, white &Owl), reached
out her white hand and drew it toward
her face as a gestate for 2110 to advance.
Fortheately 1 was able to want on tip.
r
r7ft"
WINGRAM TIM
etaater putty settee aim wonueree
tau due the refresitlug touch of the air
would tot recall Lis wancleritet
lily :mita fear was that Oy Welters
woula epee Ile eye e and, intently de- ;
tectine, what wits acing tea eboat ne
with liteatainglike quid:Doss before
coati 1ariug out lute the aaxitness,
ed at the
looked
tie seek
My sure
turned I
mat my 1
lZIy leaping
ue.•
Titeilisa thio amad, I etopp
very cage of thawiedow and
etartitieglyat
So fur ae I could, judo, he w
in ea protomel n :deep ar$ ever,
vey ties hut a Walee, 'wit= 1
aeak and reeehea ftrwara to
heed ou the till preparatory to
011t, 4:3 .1 ilia t...o1 r.117 11,00
knOWL1 f:12=4 1-4!.!1iVa*
•• 011APTBR
.0 young. Weil:alh left a man
one
however, of ecr visit an tbo win
in tau fotee cf the revolver et
JUNE 80, 189
BURR
„ • NOP
AND -
NERVE: PILLS
FOR WEAK PEOPLE*
AND THOSE Tacealleaale WJTII
Palpitation, Throbblna aittirrleguiar
dew sill Beating ot the Heart:. :Mem:mesa
Ataat Beating
of Breath, Distress after
eized it Hi;caszt '4;1 gPi4e,PrzltAtnertng Feeling.
Runthr, A eingle rev, gad I $
0 1 wila and 1Heart IVIoPtildr8iiiinitroenBorfeitil
with the feeling that in doing $
gteeplug Ilia itself,
lettered by its pezeeselon, fe
ward Cy Waltere, ready to shoot;
he malle trovemeut of body o
The yolmger nein was beneath
The macelvo eoetinel still fleet.
Posting my free lame aged:1st t
of the window frame, thrust o
through the opeeiug and with 4
noes and elan that surprised
leaped cleer, landing on the sof
outside, only a few foot below th
clew fto far as I knew I in
sound Whatever other than th
thump of my dote as they etre
green:meta, Lett a Sound from the
behind 1110 showed that it had
heard, and eem:r.ed oft tu the g
not pausing until had run severe
and blew I was beyond sight of an
be.Thilniodrui.eael; of the buildiug opened
4
at the late teason there wes littl ;
ing to obstruct ategrese though my
f^et mulct some noise in sweeping away
tae vines that were tangled about my
aukles. It was at the opposite side of
thi I
Mina, Parilat Paralysis, Weariless -
nese, Nervotsertees, Anernlat_Oene,*
aced th. re 1 De bit tty, After- affeote of etrl GPO)
him if Loan 9f Appetite, et.
e tense Remember lieliburt's Heart attar
aatta Nerve Pine aure the worst cafes
after other remedies fail,
b„ ,,ido •,-,,,,-.......-..,--.„...„_„--...„.—„.„.....,
409 Lot Laxa-Liver Pine cure constipation.
coolt eteteetterseetattent teett-_--etteate-._taeeteettettat
myself
t earth 43g-Taatlng TOns•
clr tho !as vrell. The common practiee is to
e win -
ado a0 Egg eating is an annoying habit
e dull among. hens and an unprofitable one
rodm ; cut the head off the ben that coqtracts
been , such a habit. AnetaMerittan poultry
loom, ! keeper, fictive\ er, claime to have
upon . I some time 1,.. i thout any t ther fuod. I
1 rt:Idts 1 diecoveree a cure for this bebit by
Y Que !feeding egg e.helle to his bens for I
14, but Ille saves up all the egg sh ll'
eethat
on be Obtained until spring, end ho
may, perhaps, get a few at the hotel
and restaurant to aid him in his ,
cure. The Bawls arc penned up, d I
a the a few egg shrills arc given them. ;
turu- The first time they eat them eagerly,
and the next time they seem to have I
past. lost a little of their love for them'. 1
11°w ' will not eat them at all and fresh
ng in The feeding is kept up and they 1
just grad lla113r thee their taste for eggs,
the , and as it continues they get so they
eggs may be roiled among them, and
they seem to have a *disgust for
sight of an egg or an egg St1011, 1vhiell t
is all the same to them.
i; ,-------. 0
,-;mlaran Cry *For
plot of enued-used for a garde
08 tilat i: placed one hand o
paling fenao, leaped over and then
ed about and looked baele
It twist lav ° beeu considerably
reit:Might. The only tight burnt
the in wee within the room I had
left, There was the wiudow, with
tower half open and. the flood of xce
lampligbt behind it, and with•
glow teemed the gigantic figare of
man it a eIduch hat, whose enormout
shoulders elemst filled the space as 112
leaned outward and peered armed it
the gloom, rifle in hand, searehieg foi
his human target, •
"Volare jest too late, Cy," I mutter
ed, "Yee ought to bare awakened,
s
minete sooner if ken ',visited to see
lively times."
But if 0y Walters bad discovered tht
fiigat of his prisoner while his '12tilert
slept he diet not ;Maden the effort tc
recapture bine „I saw the huge forti
crouch together 011(1 clazitber heavily
but quickly through the -Window. Then
e lig still between me and the lig
the head and shoulders were seen sw
ing grotesquely about as he str
through the garden, and, as if impel
by perverse fate, crane 111 101 direct
line for the opob where.' stood as if
am were shining, It was •a good time
for rne to make a change of bate, but 1
stood any groeuct,
Doubtless the twisty experience of
Walters helped hint in outwitting 1
foes at aright, but it was an extreme
nary act, which must have been pure
accidental, that held /aim to a mathema
Melly tree until he came direct
opposite me with only the paling fen
separating us.
I bad.the adVan Cage, inasmuch as the
ditu light beyond gave tee a partial
glimpse of his gigantio figure, but his
eyes were keel:, and lie saw me before
attempting" to leap the olittruction be -
us. Thatiteenvision, too, showed
velvet ieveIed at his head,
iteds up ° I commanded. in a voice
earnestne.ss could not be 21118.
Walters was mtt:estimable' a
man, and it is suds who know
to fight and when to surrouder,
nt both huge bands, one grasping
inchester, so that it was intet•
lite :a rude erase agaiest the faint
aentl. ' •
tip that gun I" •
n it event with a themp to his
AlCways relieved promptlyi by
I°
ram s- and IC
Dr. Fowler's Ext.
Strawberry.
When )'ou are seized with an attack of
Cramps or doubled up with .Celle, you
Want at remedy you are sure will give you
relief and give it quickly, too.
•You Ilona went an untried something
thattleebelp you. You want Da Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry, which every
one acmes will pesitively cure Cramps and
Colic quickly. Just
a dose or two and yon
have cast..
But now a. word of
proof to back up these
assertions, and we
have it limn John
Hawke, Coldwater,
Ont, e who 'writes:
"Dr, Fowler's Extract
of Wild Strawberry is
a, Wonderful cure for
Diarrl:isa, Cramps
sufferer until gas'e it a trial, but now
heve perfeet comfort."
RETURNED ON TIME.
Carefully washed pro e „
correctly itnished and fairly priced
that's the history of your linen when
brought here. Not a thing inwasbour
mg preparations to Injure the.
ilbre of the goods and not a thing'
unhealthy about our work rooms.
and pains in the stomach. was groat11 D LONG
Leave Orden; at Cerra: Feed Store,
..._. ...
,. .
._.:.. t
A man can boss a woman just as
much as be likes if he pretends he
doesn't know he is doing it.
Time and tide wait liar no ma
It, but a Married man frequently has to
ay wait a long them for his 'tied"
ode
lee
a
tht
Cy
iis
li-
ly
t•
ly
oe
ate eyestrorhs
eitze,•a juipuistnnt.ditatzPrdvoar.
too without bay abase giving tint any
noise. Ten steps were necessary to take
me from any chair to the window, 1 ie ra
I
breath of the night stealing. It Was Ju my id
throegh 'which/ cotlid feel the cool emetielee
1
'• blowing, gently npou the side of the mkt
Isleeper, and with that propensity to no- 1 laWery
tics trifling incidents at the most otit- ; het It IV
, feat momenta I saw in tbo dim light a I keen tee
i Aug look of ktir at taitteespIeof Archie Liv:cst to
Cy
bravo
when
tTp we
the,'W
posed 1
beeker
eta,
Dow
feet
18118, 00 you eco 1 have the drop
on you, . It would servo you right if
stretched you beside your rifle, but 1
have never eommitted murder lied don't
intend to begin now, You take me for
Hank /3eyer. If I were be, there woutd
be ha souse in denying it when it 'would
bring nie to danger, but X re eat that
am another Verson. Everything that 1
said at the hotel tonight was true 1
e meter in this part of the country
until yesterday. The real Reek Meyer
wits that young ham *allow 1 pointed
Out et:nutlet( by ire door of the :lining
recre. Re bad made hireeelf look direer-
ent ey ea:tying:tit bie inesteelm, and lut
also disguised his voice, What do ,yoti
think of any statement?"
"are all a de ---d nein •
alters was evidently a men el
ne. 1 hod not ehelten his belief
tttity With the detested levee 1
'Well, believe as you demote
<let be long before, you will 1
t you r»d your frieurls ere the it
els ie aliteassippi."
/FLEWS PUMPS
We build our pumps to last fort
years and have them in price from
$2.50 up.
Brass Cylinders and t o Nitta nized
Iron Piping. 'PHONE 4.
havi a fail stock of tat above
goods,
Call and get prices when in need
of anything in our lino
• 4011-11N LTO,
Opp Beattie's Livery.
11
When you want a fine line of Printing,
whether it, be
Largo Posters
• Horse Route Cards
Dodgers
Circulars
Letter Weacis
Eill Heads
Envelopes
Wedding Invitations and
Announcements
Visiting' Cards
13usiness Cards
Note Books.
ReceiDt Books
Or any other kind of Printing, you can
q.
cr t the best work at the most reasonable
price at
cijThis word is our olpyrighteoars for Purity
and Strenath whe» seen on oar geed% It Warlie
them the standards tor their severat purposes and
1ls presence proteets y on from imititions and in-
ferior goods. Look for it
Plant Spra,y.
iPersiatio Plant Spray contains no mineral nelson
-
assents or Paris Green. Sore death to 411 insect life
1f,440/14F41.10etesp,r4Ilv.armiess to 'vegetation. Canacia's on13*
Sheep Dip
Persiatic Sheep Gip is a 'In eparation tor the tare of
skin diseases anti he erartiration n.f vermin in sheep
mad rattle. It Is Welly medicinal aml (low 10
work with Co d matte (le terttnting cleats. hindersed
by 10414 sheep Week*.
Horse Wash
Perelman floras Wash ti spent prepared
aineta for the mire of Akio Mantises peculiar to
horses and fo 1 ,
uertniti„ li; has entpassintriay retrreetgfestetfaecne,
hi{ 'lite
8h14 p018 III41
°eerily healthy condition, Pries ;Men per Nes. ran.
n s tin) skin Iwo thor. I
Pig Wash
1'l Wityli is successfully mud in Ali cases
of skin diseases ot Swine, and eir 'M4).440114 has, 1
ilea and • • i
healthy condition nisi 0»tra Pa. Ars Pthct'ild" 14 a
in the dressed animal tor uriaiist."th 1"31"1"
lienffnuse Spray
Potsititia lien titheo Sorao 04.1,a1titry Powder
destroy email. peculiar to the fenN.imod teek—bu
row.tg ,r in theda Act in a disinfeemsolestroylini•
lar3PUI:;4pfeki-VititTifoittlrinilti=Ort;isegseest.1r-
direct for them. Wo invite correspondence.
Purchtoto thew, Romig tenor pntr defiler or tend to
The Plekhardt tioutrew Co.* Limited* 4
TIMES
1
ON GIVES RELIEF.
Don't S
en • a D liar
for
until you have tried
You can buy them, in the paper 5 -'cent cartons
Ten Tabules for Five Cents.
pet to eheroti to Pritur thd antittrat Or•oht dom.td tor * 1o,, -
If you don't find this sort of
Ripans MbuLs
At the Druggists
Stottirvillet Ont.
Send Five tents to late abeam CftENtioAl. Coutetter, Waite
Spaced St., New York, And: they bo sent tO sou by. main Olt
22 cartons will be mailed for 48 tehts. The &meet 01;161%*
me that Ripaes Tabula aro the very raedi inc yea Iliked.
t.)1 441'1
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