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They saw him calmly lock ttie door again and retain the great key, as 'though of the opinion that it might aonte in handy on other occasions. Which plympton agreed was "rat- tling good politics.' on Kai Wang's part, and provecl.hlrn to be the possessor cf what he styled a "level head." Surely, It Mould be most difficult to rattle such a cool customer.. Larry believed it the part of wisdom to acquaint their leader with the Little incident that had occurred while he was absent. The foot that some one had looked upon them, some one who had deemed dtscretlon the better part of valor, and fled incontinently, was a matter which Kai Wang should know, as the know- ledge might have a beefing upon his pians. Ho seemed quite unmoved—Indeed, it looked as though . nothing could cause him to lose that calm and confident demeanor. Larry remembered that on the occa- sion when they were so desperately as- saulted by the Thugs of China, those dare -devil Black Flags, this strange man had gone through the fight with a cool- ness that was simply amazing, and had dragged him away at the proper time, without an atom of excitement. At least Larry felt easier when, as a • result of his warning, the old Chinese compatriot of • General Charles Gordon vouchsafed the simple words : "We catch him if we want him." They: were all this while on the move, on the keen lookout for more world's to conquer, other doors that plight yield a better harvest. Whether or not the richly -clad pri- soner of the ,first dungeon- were the Emperor, temporarily there until .he could be taken to some distant place of exile - a Chinese Island of St. Helena, maWed very Iittle to them; they were only grieved to think he had not been the ntysterious foreign prisoner who was known to be kept under the imperial palace, and to whose rescue they had committed their fortunes. Kai Wang might keep his profound secret closely locked in his own bosom until doomsday, if he could only con- jure the god of good luck, causing him to guide them to where the object , I their bold search might be found, and so avenge matters that this lone prisoner' of the Chinese Bastile might turn out to be Dr. Tack. "Heaven speed then( in their design," said Larry, as he followed deeper Into the . recesses of the labyrinth. where other strange adventures that would pozslbly ..exceed their wildest dreams awaited them. CHAPTER XXXV. For one, Larry was glad to know the crisis must be close at hand—whether for good or ill, they could not long be prevented from knowing what the result of their mission was to be. Ibis hopes still ran high, but his fears managed to keep on a level with them, so That much of the time he was en- gaged with an unruly team, first one. and then the other plunging ahead. He could not get quite out of his minds the man whom Avis . had discovered in the act of spying upon them. The pact that Xai Wang considered the matter so trifling went far toward quieting any fears he might have felt on this score. Having passed through one exper- ience, however, Larry felt as though some similar calamity was impending: The conditions seemed favorable, just as on that other occasion. Then it had been Dr. Jack who had suffered; now the rest of them mightbe In tine to receive the flings of out - pigeons fortune. • As the little pian was something of a philnsopher in his way, he could accept even the roughest decrees of fate with a degree of patience; • besides, bravey and coolness entered into the deal to a consideruble extent. Avis had hold of his arni, and he be- tieved he felt her hand tremble, which would :not have been at all singular under lite peculiar conditions governing ilte, case. So Larry for, the third time whispered lee word "courage" in her ear; and, tlr t strengthened. she Ilgain faced the ul crtain future. CON' doors greeted their vision. Some were, ajar and received no con- sideration. / Ilion. lr,t;nite they would come to one that had the appearance of being fest. Kai Wang evidently did not mean to allow tiny good thing to slip his notice; he wv;;s a man who believed in getting the worth of iris money once he herd lade an Investment, and this venture Mulct' surely .be looked upon In such e rj. )rte does not always have to risk mainly In 'such a case---Iliere aro other chrmres to be, taken; and when life it- eolf is the slake, surely the investment !wellies worthy ihy of the name. Al any vele.., Larry realized why their guile had taken the heavy key, ft xulight • serve to open other doors besides that in which the supposed Emperor was confined. Thus far, however, no door had been found that could not be' readily opened upon the exercise of a little muscular power. And, as each was passed in turn, poor Larry's hopes, which at the start had been so high, began to sink lower, as he realized how much smaller their chances became. What if, after all the risks they had. assumed, the rumor turned out to be without foundation. This he could not believe, since Kai Wang had it on the best of authority, and he was not the one to make a mis- take on this score. Of course, there vas always a possi bility that the prisoner of the palace might turn out to -be some other than tare friend,they yearned to find—a stran- ger, perhaps, who had fallen into the lands of the Chinese authorities, and for certain political reasons was treated with this severity. It now began to look very serious, for they must be near the end of the passage, and unless something turned up speedily, disappointment would over- whelm them. Kai Wang showed no sign of weaken - in[He strode over to another grim look- ing door that was closed, and tried, it to find whether any resistance would indi- cate the need of that wonderful key. When Larry saw him push in vain he felt a sudden thrill. Had the critical .moment come? Unconsciously he put out his hand. and caught the arm of hts cousin. Not a word did he say, but there was something in his manner and his eager look that must have warned her, for she drew a long breath, and the glow of resolution appeared in her clear eyes. Meanwhile the good Kai Wang swung his big key forward and thrust it into. the lock. It must have been a piaster key, for it speared to f1t any door equally as well. No, doubt, in the average Chinese mind, a key was a key, and they saw no reason why it should nut do double duty. As Kai Wang pushed the door open there was a general advance all along the line, each of them, having a desire to enter the chamber first. On the part of Larry and -Avis the reason would not be hard to find, since the deeper emotions of the heart entered into it. \With . Lord Hackett It was simply a d,•slre to meet any danger that might by cite Hee lie beyond. Titus the whole four pushed in. And Kai Wang forgot to remove that •nclianted key from the lock. Perhaps he had good and sufficient reasons -perhaps he had grown weary of the manual labor involved in carry- ing it around; or it might be the blessed thing slipped entirely from his mind. This last was more than • likely the case; for Kai Wang was almost as eager with regard to the identity of the pri- soner under the imperial palace as Larry himself, and now that the lime 'seemed at hand when this enigma was about lo be solved, I. was perhaps ex- cusable in him to forget such a small thing. Upon such minor matters great events often turn, , however. When the light of the lantern dis- pelled the darkness that had hung like a pall upon the cell, eager eyes ranged around, searching every indfn of space, looking for some sign. A great wave of disappointment rolled over the brave heart of Larry when his vision failed to connect with any moving figure. There was a rude pallet at one end of the grim dungeon, and an earthenware bowl or two near by, but no human be- ing. Had the authorities, in some secret manner, learned of this contemplated raid on the palace, and removed the mysterious prisoner either temporarily or permanently? The bare thought gave him a chill. On his pert Lord Beckett experienced a feeling of keen chagrin and disap- pointnnent, but he would not give up so easily. These Englishmen can be stubborn when they choose, and dislike exceed- ingly to yield to unpleasant conditions. As for Kai Wang, he diel what was the proper thing under the circum- stances --walked directly forward to the cot to make an examination. The others clustered about him, eager• to learn what the sagacious Chinaman might have to say concerning matters. Kai Wang made a hasty„ examinee tion. It did not take those keen, slanting eyes- of his long to discover certain facts. When one has educated himself in this line, small things become patent that might easily escape the vision of the ordinary beholders. "The man we seek was here con- fined,", declared Kai Wang, holding something aloft. Larry looked at It, arid his heart seem- ed to nhnost cease beating; the article thus displayed to their gaze was a belt with a singular buckle in the front, a buckle probably two and a half by three and a half inches in diameter, composed of bronze representing in 'a rude manner some last Indian wens such as might be common, enough in 1•Iindnnlan. Larry knew that buckle as well as he did his own name, and when last fie had seteeyes upon it the belt was upon 1' the person of the bravest of the brave--. none other than Dr. Jack himself. And, even in that dreadful moment, When doubt gave way to certainty, and lids in turn was. succeeded by new, alarming fears, Larry remembered who was at his side, and he turned to ascer- tain how Avis look it. The shock had been a severe one, hut, even under such a strain, that brave heart never thought of giving way.,. Larry saw a face that, despite theel- low pigment used to givo it the true Chinese tint, was transformed with rare delight; a sudden radiant joy flashed from dazzling eyes, and she reached out her hand. to Kai Wang. "Give it to me, please—it belonged to my Jack," and as the belt fell into her hands she pressed it to her lips with holiest emotions. Thereupon Kai Wang and Larry ex- changed glances, and nodded their wise heads after the manner o! men who knew it all Although. it afforded great pleasure to discover in this fashion that the man they sought had at least survived the affair of that dreadful night in the •For- bidden City, still there were -other prob- lems yet to solve that needed their im- mediate attention. Where was he now? What now and terrible disaster had befallen him Had the change of rulers, supposing such to have taken place in the Man- chu dynasty, made any difference with regard to the fate of this mysterious prisoner ? It was always possible. • So long as Li I -lung Chang remained in power there existed a friendly feeling toward foreigners, but now that he was virtually exiled from Peking, and his influence at a low ebb, it was reason- able to suppose this bitter animosity on the part of the Dowager Empress toward the fanquey, or "foreign devils." would make itself felt in every way possible. The prisoner of the palace was one of whom the party in power stood in more or less awe—his boldness in seeking an audience with the Empress dazed them, and so long as the signed papers had never been discovered they had evident- ly feared to assassinate him. Now that the resolute woman behind the throne had shown her true colors, and her o.0 -time grasp upon political affairs had been resumed, it might be expected that some move would be made toward cutting the Gordian knot, either by releasing the famous prisoner, with a severe admonition to never again en- ter the sacred streets of the Forbidden City, or else disposing of him after some usual cruel Chinese fashion, probably the latter. Lord Beckett was not satisfied, Things looked too natural to suit him. He did not believe Dr. Jack would suffer them to drag him from his call to execution without a most desperate .re- sistance. There was a bit, of wood lying by the pallet that might have served in lieu of a cudgel, and in -the hands of one entire- ly great, would have proven mightier than a sword. Yes, Lord Hackett was inclined to be- lieve that had such a tragedy occurred on this night, there would be much evidence of it in the .immediate vicinity. A few dead Chinamen and gore ga- lore would be the natural indication that Dr. Tacit had been overwhelmed.. Nothing of the kind • greeted their scrutiny. And, more than this. the doer had been locked. Had they dragged the inmate of the dungeon off to decapitation, in order to thus celebrate the new regime inaugur- ated this night, it did not seem likely that any one would have taken the trouble to lock the door upon an empty cell. Lord Hackett was by nature of an in- vestigating disposition. Many of his countrymen are, and this peculiar na- ture has led them to all corners of the earth worth possessing. After they investigate they conclude to settle down, send for their cousins, and grow up with the country. It runs in the blood. Investigation is the avant courier of civilization. Plympton had walked over to the far- ther wall, where something had' at- tracted his attention, and the others speedily hurried to his side when they heard him utter an exclamation that announced a discovery. Here they found evidences of labor. In the wall was a series of holes one above the other, and leading upward, like the successive rounds of a ladder. Only a. persistent nature could have dug these out, hour by hour, during the weeks that had elapsed since the prison- er was thrown into the dungeon. Piynupton snatched the lantern from. Larry and held it aloft, but its light was feeble and. failed to disclose what he sought. Still he did not lose hope, and fancied he saw an indistinct .object clinging up beyond. "Dr. Jack, are you there? We are friends, conte to rescue you 1" he bawled. Then those below heard a voice ex- claim "Thank God l" There was a distinct movement of the uncertain object above them; a human form descended the rude ladder in the wall and landed with a- bound just In front of them. (To be continued). Some people seom to think that no- thing succeeds like a successful failure. Disease takes no summer vacation. IF you need flesh and strength use Scott's Emulsion summer as in winter. Send for free sample. sco'r3' & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto, Ontaffa Sac, and Scan; all druggists. +++++++++++++++++++++ Aboul the Farm ++++++++++++++++++++++. STARTING A FLOCK OF SHEEP. • To . give my actual experience, I be- gan. one fall with 12 yearling ewes and hired a Cotswold ram for $5, writes Mr. C. Shinnerer. In due time my ewes all brought twin lambs except one and raised them all. About the end of Sep- tember I butchered the best one and sold 22 a few days later to a neighbor for $100, I then got a full bleed Ox- ford ram and the next crop of lambs was fully, as good, if not better. To start a flook, my way would be to get the desired number of lambs in the fall, preferably full' bloods, but good grades will do and to breed from them, then keep them all and in the spring they should shear from 12 to 15 pounds of wool. In the fall I would get a well- bred Oxford ram for breeding. 1 rather favor early lambs, but you must have a warns stable and more feed will be needed. The ewes may have less wool than if the lambs come late. If you are likely to become over. stocked you can get rid of lambs at good prices. The ewes will be fat in the fall, to sell or In prime flx to breed again.- To have good lambs ready for Easter you must push. them all you can, besides feeding the -mothers strong feeds, I always have an extra pen •for the lambs to go into, where I give them sugar to get them started eating. • Then 1 give oats and corn meal bran, mill wheat, sugar beets and In fact anything they will eat, along with plenty of good clover hay. If I want to keep them I' dock all of (hem within two weeks from birth. Those I intend to sell I omit. For the ewes a good, roomy stable should be provided during the winter and also for summer use, to keep them away from sun and flies. • The ewes must have plenty of 'exercise, even in winter time. Their main feed should be clover hay or alfalfa, if you have It, with some good corn fodder. I also give them cut sheaf oafs and oats and shelled corn mixed. 011 meal, bran and roots of some kind- with salt and sulphur adds to their flesh. You must be careful not to over -feed, and should manage your flock so as to sell the ewes after the first or second lambing, to keep up the vitality of the general flock. Do not overstock. A small flock does better than a large one. FAR? 1 NOTES. This is our general receipt for gelling rid of weeds: Keep the land so full of good things that there is no space left for bad ones. M`lk becomes contaminated in so many ways in the process of milking that it is extremely difficult to secure it free from germs, but this has been clone, it ,an experimental way a sufficient number of times to prove that milk as formed in the milk glands of a healthy cow is germ free. "Farming is a profession requiring more shrewdness than law, more tech- nical training than medicine, more up- rightness than theology, more brains and resourcefulness than peda- gogy. It is ils own reward. God made farmers. The other professions are parasites" The world is becoming more and more cognizant of the import- ance of farmers and their profession. After the wheat is out of the way mow the stubble over as soon as weeds begin to show up a few inches high.. Better not do this when it is very dry and hot, -or, if you must, then set cut- ter -bar high. ICeep watch and mow again if necessary, before any weeds get far enough along possibly to ripen any seeds. Remember what you are af- ter, to keep all weeds clipped off so they cannot seed, then do it. Don't wait un- til the mischief is done and then mow. Mow on time. It is not unusual to see someone mow a wheat stubble after some weed has got far enough along so the ground will be completely sown with the seeds, later to make trouble in after years. One slip of this kind and years of care may go for naught. One of the Incest .important things to be considered by the younger farmer especially, and by older ones, as well, Is for us to decide where we prefer to live. The only producers who make money at the prevailing prices of milk are the few wiser ones or more progressive ones who have worked out the 1,000, 1,500 and the 2,000 -quart cows and ht their stead have worked in the 2,500, the 3,000 and the 4,000 -quart cows. There is such a thing as being too economical in the use of grain feeds. Manure that has a good grain element combined with it will be much richer than that which is made of clear hay. Some of the goodness of the grain will coupe through undigested; and even if this were not so, there are parts in the grain which must necessarily not be used by the animal that eats it, and this will go out with the manure to make the farm better. LIVE STOCK NOTES. In using kerosene In kitting lice on stock, mix it with lard about half and half, or it may take all of the hair off, If it does not otherwise injure the stock. Oats are the material which the 'good roadster will turn into travel. A little careful observance will enable ane to determine how much grain the horse ought to have. Thero can always he found young, strongly built cows that have' not been starved or pampered, ibatcan be bought reasonably at private -sale, with a responsible seller's guarantee, that ure all ready to be. pushed for all they are worth and make the owner a fair profit. Concerning the color of eggs we would simply emphasize the suggestion. You can control this -in the breeds by selecting the desired colored eggs for hatching, Whatever be the ,object, you will be surprised at the rapidity with which you may acquire it through ` se- lection. lection. If you wish large, 'well termed eggs use only such for hatching. In three to live years, by selection alone, we can entirely change the type of a flock of hens. by setodting talose to the standard we have made. A flock of sheep may not bring. In a Lit: CEYLON NATURAL GREEN TEA once and you will never return to the adulterated teas of Japan. LEAD PACKETS ONLY. coc, 50c, 60c per Ib. At All Grocers. HIGHEST AWARD ST. LOUIS, e9071. very large sum, and yet be profitable because of the small amount of capital invested. For brood sow's, choose the young from your best, most prolific 'and math erly old sows, always with the desired form for feeding in mind, and in the fullness of time you will declare that you have the best breed of hogs on earth, regardless of which breed you started with. It is not economy to select for milk- ers cows that are light feeders, The light feeder may cost her owner $4 or $5 less per year for feed than the heavy feeder would cost him, but she will give him only 3,000 pounds of milk a year, while the large feeder will give him 5,000. or 7,000, or 9,000 pounds of milk. That Is to say, for $5 a year more of feed the heavy milker will give her owner 2,000 'to 6,000 pounds more of milk. Hatter pulling is very common among horses improperly handled. Fortunate- ly, the remedy is simple and effective, breaking up the habit In a very short time. Fasten .a long rope to the halter, slipping the lose end through the tie ring. Pass the unengaged end of the rope between the forelegs and then over the back, bringing it over on the other side and fastening it to the rope be- tween the forelegs in a slip knot. When the horse pulls in the halter the large noose tightens up on its body and it soon gives up the pulling. Another good way to fasten the rope is to tie it to one of the hind legs. If the horse pulls, it simply pulls itself off its feet. FASHIONS IN COLOR OF HORSES. Chestnut the Most Approved in England Just Now. With regard to horses used for plea- sure and sport in this country there has generally been a fashion, says . The Field. Probably at the present moment breeders of hackneys are the most par- ticular with regard to color, for at the last hackney show it was generally no- ticed how greatly chestnut horses were in the ascendant. It is possibly the case, too, that a majority of the best stepping horses one sees in the ' park are In these days chestnuts; many hand- some bays and browns there are, too, but the chestnuts are now almost strong- est tronbest numerically of those horses which appear to be of purely hackney blood. Of course, when one sees a smart pair go quickly past which one is unable to identify, it is impossible to say offhand whether they are true—i. e., stud book— hackneys or not; but the breed has made such enormous strides in ,recent years that it is now possible to guess with a fair amount of certainty which of the horses one sees in the park or in the West End streets ere stud book hack- neys. Not only have the numbers in- creased, but so also has the desire to be possessed of these horses, and thus the harness horse of obvious hackney cut is far more in evidence than he was a few years ago. As the light built vic- toria has succeeded the heavy barouche, so has the lighter made stepping horse succeeded the bigger and stronger har- ness horse of the Cleveland bay or York- shire coach horse type; and whereas a generation ago bay was almost certainly the dominating color in the park, it now hardly marc than shares the honors with chestnut and brown. Bay and brown are, it need hardly be stated, the commonest colors among all half breed horses, and thus the ordinary pair of general utility carriage horses, possibly good enough and honest nags but with no great pretensions to breed- ing or action, are as a rule either bay or brown; but if one ignores the ordinary harness Horse and only takes cogniz- ance of the showy trapper, chestnut will be found to have made a great ad- vance. This, coupled with the fact that so many of the Islington winners are chestnut, certainly suggests that breed- ers of stud hook hackneys have delib- erately tried to produce horses of the color. The evidence as to fashion. In the col- or of teams is not very pronounced, though it Is almost certain that every, four in hand driver has some particular; fancy In this direction. In the hunting, .field fashion in color is not much ebe served, but it is pretty certain that there are nothing like so many good green horses as there used to be a few years ago. It is seldom that a skewbald or, piebald horse Is seen In the hunting' field, while a roan is rare, and when' he is to be found is more often a blue roan titan a strawberry roan. As for the decline of the gray, this is simply due tc the fact that there are very few gray sires in the country. NOT AS DEAD AS QE SEEMED. Russian Baron's Exciting Adventur., With a Bear. in Russia it is the practice to hue bears just as they are creeping out a ter their long sleep. As things are mar. aged, the most timid individual may got bear -hunting with perfect impunity.' Armed with a good rifle, accompanied by a friend and a guide similarly equip-; ped, the most unpractised (rand can; usually get his quarry before the half awake creature has proceeded far from his lair. And yet occasionally the un- forseen occurs, as it did in an adven- ture related by Mr. Whishaw in "Out - of -Doors in Tsarland." The baron and the colonel had pur- cihased rights over ahibernating bear, declared to be one of the largest ever; seen. When the animal was fairly dis- lodged from his place of concealment, the baron, who had secured the first shot, fired, and the enormous creature fell prostrate 'and motionless. The baron was jubilant. Handing his rifle to the keeper, he seated himself on, a fallen tree. "It's a magnificent, specimen," said the colonel. "Wouldn't it be awkward: 1! it should get up?" "Get ups" exclaimed the baron. "He's as dead as Caesar. Look!" and going up to the prostrate creature, he gave it e kick with his heavy shooting -boot. To his horror the bear roared, and rose to its full height. With blood pouring; out of its mouth, it fell bodily on the: baron, forcing him to his back, and; pitching on top of hien. The colonel; look one .step 'toward his rifle, but the movement caused the bear to place one huge paw on the baron's chest, and to fix its wicked eyes on the colonel. "For pity's salce, don't move!" said the baron. If you do, he'll murder me. Let him fix his attention on you. He sus- pects you, and won't move if you don't." The ml mints iseemed interminable. M last the keeper managed to.edge near enough to receive the baron's whispered instructions. "Creep up behind the colonel." gasped the poor man, "take his rifle, and shooe the bear behind its shoulder!" Luckily, the keeper was an excellent marksman, and shot the bear through the heart. The creature loosed its hold, shivered and rolled off the half -stifled baron. THE \VAY OF LIGHTNING. e A correspondent of Nature remarks that the now known facts seem to re quire a modification of the statement found in some text -books that "it is impossible to say whether a flash 1 1 lightning moves from a cloud to the. earth or in the opposite direction."' Many photogeaplee of lightning taken in the Transvaal show that, , in all cases,. the discharges were from cloud to cloud, or from the clouds to the earth. • Quite frequently, the correspondent; says, be has observed lightning flashes, leaving a cloud for the earth, but fad -1 ing away before reaching it. The op- posite phenomenon has not been .ob-- served. TIIE TRUTII ITIS COI'llTtOUS. The Mistress of the Clouse --I shout d like to know what you would havtir been it It hadn't been for my money. The Mere Man --A bachelor! n- Aoki ..IIITh..