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RUE BARRETTE
CHAPTER L
fleetest(' Brett, barrister -at -law
end arnateur detective, bad seldom
been more at peam with the world
and Iiie own conscience than when
he entered the diniug-room of his
easy flat this bright October morn -
Since the famous affair of Lady
pelia Lys elleappearance and
death, he had not been 'busy, sold
the joy of healthy idleness is ooly
barrister, ae he turned, towards
1?co's bUSt and laid the slip ley the
side of its predeceasor. This
time he had orutilated critique
of an Ibsenite drama.
The rest of the newspaper's con-
tents had no special intereet for
him, and he 50011 threw aside the
journal in order to the, light
cigarette, and. muster- sucient en-
rgy to write a telegram accepting
Lord Northallerton's invitation for
the
Ile t•seoa
° lilv nx ga ptdhhaey;oprorai tw lowf e asc mh hg
entered With A card. It bore the
name and address -
"The Earl of Fairhohne, Stanhope
"Curious," GlIt.:1;o"ught Brett,
"Where is his lordship?" he said
aloud -"at 1t door, or irt the
s°(ffeeitelf1"at' was on, the second floor),
"Tu a keb,
kuown to the hard worker. Again,
perhaps a remarkable erireie-has
taken place in an Albert Gate man-
.
sion.
'Owing to ,the reticence of the
authoes, it is at present impose
eible to arrive at a definite conelne
ion as to the nature or extent of
the incident, hat it is quite certain
that publie interest will be much
exeited when details are forthcom-
ing. All SOrt s a rumors attain
ered.ence in the locality, the mur-
der a several prominent persons
sire"
)hin? ch.e5sla, be,, had received a being not the least persiatent of 'A4Bri4.tilli? 101'4441: up,"
-without, however* giving -- raP-- g-anoe at, -Debrett'' re-
l'otter inviting him to a quiet shoot
Veaed ° Earl
at (telightto pitt,ee ip the cllar ooarreney to idlo speculatien sever -I l;91atr le' QI Fai'rhQiin
,All these thus . blended wilt; the
u
al aUtilez454 8t3temeut raa'3" b°1 twet5UthUltrals ulinalle7;u7te(dilth'pofsosers--
happy inconsequence to reenter
Bret.t, coatented in mind and affable!
in ina:iner.
It a 4 fn SMith,"
f
;raid ch fly 4$ he Settle4
M the tahle where his "man" wa$
already pouring out the coffee,
"Bee,utifitl, sir," said Smith.
-"Smith I"
“Yeeeir."
'4N,ot, even the best
min weather can eta
ealled 'beeetitiftil.' Don't do, it
-You win open the flood-
beavem."'
Sniith laughed decorously.
41 not the slightest idea wbat his
tor ine-ant, hat if it pie
r Brett to be jocose, it was
of a servant who kw
to be responalve.
The barrister fully uuderstood
Smith's delicate appreciation -and
its limits, ile instantly noticed
bat the morning paper, instead of
reposing next to his folded nap-
kin, was placed out of reach on a
idoboard, and that the egga and
won made their appearatice half
minate too soon.
As an expert swordsman delights
to execute a pass en tieree with aa
umbrella, .so did the cleverest ano-
lytical detective of the ago resolve
to amaze ide servitor.
"Smith,'" he said suddenly, com-
posing his features to their most
aavero cross-examination aspect,
think the arrangement is an cel -
1n t one."
"What arrangement, sir.
'molt Mrs, Smith and yoursel
should have a few days' holiday,
while Ifrs. Smith's brother takes
your place duriug my forthcoming
-visit to Lord Northallerton's-why,
man, what i the matter "l Is it too
hot,I"-for the over Smith had
lifted oft the baeon and eggs clat-
tered violently on the table.
"Qt, sir, 'Ot isn't the word.
You're a, fair linker, that's what
you are. •
Smith invariably dropped his ifs
when he became excited.
"Smith, I insist that you shall
got call me names. Pass tho
paper.''
"But, sir—"
"Pass the paper.
word and I refuse
Srnith's brother
tenens."
Smith was silenced by the last
terrible epithet. Yet he was so
manifst1 inervous that Brett re-,
solved to enlighten him before
plunging into the day's news.
"For the last time, Smith," he
It is hopeless for you to think. of
ccaling tratleements commissions
from me.".
The shot went. home, but the en-
emy was acquainted with this me-
thod of attack, and did not wince.
"You knew that Lord 1Torthal-
lerton had recently invited me to
his . October pheasant -shooting.
Dui:nag the last few days a yontli,
who grotesquely reproduces Mrs.
Sinith's most prominent features,
has mysteriously tenanted the kit-
cheii, ill -cleaned my boots, and
bungled over the studs in my shirts..
This morning a letter came with
the -crest and the Northallerton
postmark. Really, Smith, consid-
ering that you have now breathed
the earae air as myself for eight
long years. I did not expect to be
nailed on for an exeelanation. Be-
sides, you have destroyed a mato
-
"Sir-" began Smith.
"'Oh. I uriderstand; there is no-
thing broken but, your reputation.
`Don't you 'see that the Mere niac-
ing of the. newspaper at a distance,
so that •you might, he a chance
to 1.peak before I opened it, was
a subtle stroke,' worthY ,of, Leeoca•
Yet you demand feeble words.
titter another
o accept Mrs.
yonr locum
gr.:raped Into a eounected form.
"Four weeks ago a party of Tur-
kish gentlemen of high rank iu
Oonstaatinople, arrived in London
ad took up 'their abode in the
house in question, atter some atrue-
I alterations, pointing atgreat
security within arid wittiont, d
been planned and teL
"Atteuding these Turkish gen-
ie/men,. or ofacials, Was a flume
us sotto- of -geslern gnards
erVallt$ Whilat iraMediatelv f
owinK their arrival, came from
rasterdam ifOnlo dozen noted ex-
perts, in the diamond-cutting.
daatry, These were lodged in a,
neighboring private hotel, where
they were extromely 1.10Coramuni-
cativo, as to their business in Lori -
on. They were employed during
kg day at the Albert Gate house.
The presence in the. 104114101l4 both
day end night, a a, strong force
of•Alctraprlitau police„ torided to
• al eurioSity to an bitenee
but no clear caueiMtiOU
buFines$ of the oceupanta
was allowed to reach the
"Whatever it Was that too
place, the full partieUlarS wer
ly well larva% to the anthori
preseuve E the police
St Gover
matters
nnt yestt
it beea
A
Mal sanction ---
eded on norm
• morning.
earthat a r
marliable developn rust have
occurred during the r eediag
ight,
as the whole of the Dutch
workmen and the Turkish attend-
ts were taken off in cabs by the
lice, not to Morton Street Police
Station, but to Scotland Yard; this
ui it -elf being a inost uuusual
course to ailopt. They are unques-
tlionahly detained in custody, but
they have not yet been charged
before a magistrate.
"The police, later in the day,
arried off some of these men's per=
sonal belongings, from both hotel
and mansion.
"A sioister aspect was given to
the feregoing mysterious proceed-
ings by the presence .,at Albert
Gate, early in the day, of two pollee
surgeens, who were itillowed, about
twelve o'clock, by Dr. Tennyson
e.Oke. the greatest living author-
ity on toxieology.
"Dr. Coke and the other meek-
tal gentlemen subeequentlY refus'
ect to impart the slightest informa-
tion as to the reasons that led the
police to seek their services, and
the Scotland Yard authorities are
adamant in the matter. •
"The representative of a news
agency was threatened with arrest
said, "I will explain to you 'why for treL,pass when he endeavored
to gain a-dmission to the Albert
Gate house, and it is quite evident
that the police are determined to
prevent the facts from leaking out
at present -if they can by any
means accomplish their wishes."
Brett read this 'interesting
statement twice slowly. It fascin-
ated him. Its very vagueness, its
admissions of inability to tell what
had really happened, its adroit use
of such phrases as "Turkish gentle-
raen of high rank," "Noted ex-
perts in the diamond-cuttiog in-
dustry," "The greatest living au-
thority on toxicology," betrayed
the hand of the disappointed jour-
nalistic artist.
``Excellent ?'' he murmured
alood, "It, is the breath of battle
to tiny nostrils. I ought to tip
Smith for my breakfast. Had I
read this earlier, I would not have
eaten a morsel."
He csaefully exarnined .the page
at the back. It contaiaed metter
of no consequenc,es-a Eondon
County Council debate -so lie took
e pair of scissors from his pocket
aed cut out the , complete item,
nlaei ig the slip as a vetive offeriog
in 'fogit df finely,.execitted bust
of Edgar Allen Poe, that stood on
a, bookcase *behind him.
Wilhin three minutes the scissors
were again. employed. The new
cutting ran- .
,``There is trouble at Yildiz Kiosk.
What, apity I Know, Smith, that
true genius is dumb. Speech may
te, silvern, but silence is surely
golden .
The barrister .solemnly,nnfolded
the paper, and Smith faded from
the r,-)onf. On, a page, usually ,de,-
'ni,ntedt important, arin0,11ncenients,.
•forth the. boldness of., leaded
'
o
the fellewing, paragraphs stood
1.7ne
OCCITTIREN'CIE
TN THE WEST TINT.",
o a Inn niagnit ide
,
Qt of country seats at Fan -Imbue,
Warwickshire, and Wen Spey, In,-
rerneas-
The earl entered, AU athletic,
well-groomed man, One whose linos
were usaally cast in pleasant plae es,
but who -was now in an 140WOnted
State a ibAuy..alla annoyanCe.
Each Man WAS favorably impress -
4 by. the other. Ills lordship pro -
aced an introductory eard, and
ret t was astonished to And that
t bore Vie name of the Under -See-
ry State for Foreign AffMrs
have cOirle-----" eolUalellee
rdship hesitatingly.
ut the b,a.rrister broke in,
v had a bad night, Lord Pei
You wish for a long
ble chat, Now, won't y
whisky anti soda, lig
Awl draw AU eas,y chai
3"
loner, lir. Brett, y
You give me on
se are the ilrst oheer
heard during twen
A Itcuter's telegram from 'Coen.
.etantinopte states that a tear re-
lative of the Sultan. has .ffetl .to
Franee:' The Porte ltayeeasked the;
French Government nte, apprLeh end
him, but the Frerielif,'AnibaSsad.or
haseinforined!Rier Pesha that this
'Ciefireet s' lineetteptic atiles Itentlieeab -
sone- tyo.dritptia,-
r e two are' One; 'sal,
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r
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[Mr, McEvoy will write for
this paper a s.'3ries of letters
from the west. They will
appear from time to time un
de the above heading, and
will give a picture of the
great Canadian west from
the standpoint of a young
Ontario man. going out there
to make hisway. These let-
tera should bEr full or int& ost
for every Ontario father.]
Herz Bay, Ont. Asg, 0th
Nry Dear Father, -
Perhaps it wool_ be well to ex-
plain, the Shaliiness of my baud -
writing before going ally farther in
this letter, Although everybody i
our ear IS exeellent spirits, vf
are all sober. The fact is, latoWeVery
at in spite of the little inovable
table :high the porter has fitted
for me, the motion of the car
casionaUy makes ray writing ra.-
tber
airy. They are groat little
tableS that At into the aide of the
near the windows and they aro
ported at the other end on one
They aquae in aseful for all
a things. We Ilse them as
dini g tables'and just now an old
an and his three sons just across
aisle are playing a, game of
on their little table. They
„going out to take up some of
the trrigated lands ef Alberta 0141
have
.alb Oa
tt
"I It mean
ASIly nianoeu
ight. Then be la
he I
paper
"That is ve
earl, Inomentaril
he was too p
thoughts to pay inue
incident. Re merely
the cutting and went on
"Yes, that is it. Well, Edith --
Alias Talbot, I mean -vows that
she won't marry rue until this
beastly basiness is eleared up. Of
eourse, we all know that ,Iack
didn't slope with the diamonds.
He's tied up or dead, for sure. But
-no matter what may have become
of him -why. the dickens that should
stop Edith from marrying Me is
More than I CAD fathOM. ketIC
at some of the women in Society.
They don't leave it to their rela-
tives to be mixed up in a scandal,
I can tell you, Still, there you
are. Edith is jolly clever and aw-
fully determined, so you've got to
find him, Mr, Brett. Dead or alive,
he must be found, and cleared."
"He shall," said Brett, gazing
into the. fire. -
.
The quiet, self-reliant vome
steadied the young peer. He check-
ed an imminent flow of words,
picked up the newspaper slip again,
and this time read it. Then he
blushed. *
"You must think me very stupid,
Mr. Brett, to burst out in such a
manner when you probably have
never beard of the people I am
talking about."
"You will tell me, Lord Fair-
holme, if you got quietly to work,
and try to speak, so far as you find
possible, in chronological se-
quence."
(To be continued.)
0
A fellow never suffera from
ennui till he gets tired doing no-
thing.
"THE BE$T HOM-E PRESERVES"
The e
EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR
The host results ar'e then asserefL
Ask you grocer for Redpath lixtra Granulated 5
knows t that you want the best,
The Canada Sugar Relining Co.
Established in. ifl,a4 by Jolla +Ali.
ar,. He
go to 'Winnipeg
aw Arst real
ny,There are Its
ough, this coiintry,
cvor out of sight
• 1.)art of Ontario,
%i! BB1flSIJ , T.
ar inereaaed Debt hi
dred Million Dollars=
1B tbe debt of Great Br',
we passed one lake I caught at the lowest Point sinei
sight of an Indian tepee ou au is- tue NaPoleonic wars, and for fout
laud.* with 4 4onam bending 0"r 0, years Government, bonds bearing
fire, There was a laireh-bark winoe two and three-quarter per eent in,
--the geouiee oot of terest had sold at a premium aver-
lU the water aad lying upside down aging aboUt toll Per eent- Then
gle$0 to the tepee. You go to erah:hirheeil3zohetrh1Ladr;e4ine:leilaisiofnagdtoll
rnilea and nalleS ill tile traia with -
ant seeing anybody, and then you lars and making the total nearls
watered by tho C „P. it, trrt- way ome on a, ittolearlug it1t our bUliona. bis" the editor
ion canal. 1 got acquainted ihtlo bit of a wooden house, on.et the Eeonomist recently observ.
a OUP Tn7 vatiso when 5" box with windows than a house, SO that the national savings
Was the highest point sheet
than 1.1trnngh runthnr 11°1 put- painted and lookirr• more like 4
X of peaee wer4
ed the grm
ub for e to eat Att aIrty-Si
/n
at there ay be a eag.poie 41,01.15,,
arid traded two bananas To; up on holidays, The ellildren who4 lug three years of war" 2nd
o
by national borrowing;
d.
trip. borrowed a euP sidet where the Union Jack is run
0f coffee and soran dne"run out of these eablas and wave AprL 1903, intereat on coneolt
,
aP
the train, as it goes by, as reduced to two and a ball
()nil() „glad to Sec someone, even if Peizreerenat,- good while eopsois hav.4
it's only to about "howdy," as the
ain rushes by. been selling at a discountof about
,
Wepa5sed a grave to -day, where, twenty per eont,, and in the middle
suppose, allposea1
, .sooninein
e zarnad
settler bii4iraireed. of July they dropped to sveuty-
It
a
eight and a quarter -the lowes(
space among the trees and bushes. Price in eighty years. Tho drop
It loo
n'len :Gernsscionbeuttothteirleinkralcuisnt4)lytavoef 1101:17trurtahneyllozscoasigtitilea4tti?oun-wastho
tahieernie,aisioNrVila0 ilsvotoaakeihng phiieskelatstigg what would become of eonsols
it
there were a real war scare.
had been built round the grave, Money eaunet be had at two and
anti a weather-wora wooden cross a half Per cent. because there aro
stosoaltabiatcts,hIeaddo. wish "u could too 'many competitors for the
world's savings. The relative prica
have been with me this last half es of British two and a half per
hour. We have just come into cents and Freneh three per eents
view of Lake Superior. All -day suggests that investors do not like
twae,eehna'vfeairbleyerthigrh°11hiinlfs. along
gst be-
aaislc.aelt.rntl,olc-rate bond,
even at a
CS.1 shadows of evening were com- The more important point is that
ing
on we furued down the valley about a year of actual lighting with
a handful of Boers caused Britain' s
debt to increase three-fourths as
much as twelve years of fighting
with Napoleon at the height of his
power. That suggests the colossal
destructiveonetsTs _optomylorEdBern. warfare.
The Supply Comes From Food.
If we get power from food why
not strive to get all the power we
can. That is only possible by use
while at of skilfully selected food. that ex -
goes through tonnels, . .
other times it runs along a precipit-
ous wall, at the foot of which the
waves constantly dash.
For some reason, the , view of
those great hills, and the mighty
lake in the sunset light -matle me
think of us singing "Abide Witt.
Me" in the church at home,
especially that verse:
"Swift to its elose ebbs out life's
Ea,rt,lhit'tslejodyasyg;row dim, its glories
pass away;
Change ancl decay in all around I
, see;
0 Thou, Who changest not, abide
with me."
Perhaps it was the thought that
the waves of this lake were dash-
ing about that distant island, and
at the feet of those hills, for un-
told centuries without change, that
made me think of the hymn. It
was a sort of glimpse of eternity.
We are running on with coo -
stantly changing views of the lake,
which is clisappeatine in the gath-
ering night: •It is immense.
weuld sort of like to hear the hum
h
of the separator,at ome now, and
I can imagine that you are about
hitching up Nellie to, .go•• to the
post office. Well, I must say good-
bye now as the porter is beginning
to make op the beds. Tell mother
ph of
ild t
Th
by
to th
ed
In sobiety it is much'easier to do
the proper thing than the right
Wag.
Every Church has a nave, but,
unfortunately, it isn't always
spelled- that way: ;
Ifemisery loe-es comPany it's up
to' everybody to get'
IVI,any a man starves to -day while
feedieg on the hopee of to -morrow.
If the average man has any.vir-
tues he feels like apologizing for
them..
There's nothing like the knife
o'f candor for severing the bonds
of friendship.
Only a wise man knows how lit
tle he actually knows of that,whicli
may he known.
A woman
1 ilitye
man 8
foE.:o:c1 a
.° They Are a Anc jolly orowd
t car, and there is all sorts
fun all the time, especially at
times.
ant -mighty glad already that
decided shank' come ant
t this summer, even if I dott't
p here. Why, never realized
re whit a big place Ontario
s. Of (mime, that big map of the
ominion hanging on the school -
se wall, showed that the Prov -
was some size, but here I have
travelling along for pretty
near twenty-four hours and We
have to go over fourte'en hours
more before we get to Manitoba.
We cross the boundary at Bennie,
iust 1101 miles from the Union Sta-
tion, Toronto, where you saw me
off when I climbed up into this car
in the Canadian Pacifie train for
Vancouver.
Do you know, Dati„ f 11 they
talk of the West, we have a good of a river, and suddenly came in
line of eoantry in Ontario. We full view of the wide expanse of
didn't sec much of Muskoka, as we Lake Superior. It was grand. The
passed through there at night, but lake was a bright blue, far out t
I Woke at Muskoka station and the horizon, where a blue mann-
raised the blind at my window and Urinous island loomed up. In
saw the trunks of the nearest trees shore, a hundred feet or so below
looking ghostly in the electric us, the waves were dashing in
lights of the station. Behind them snowy breakers on the rocks. Al)
was black mystery. Of course, 1 about the lake were high, rolling
couldn't see much, but it looked is hills, their wooded. sides bathed in
though the folks that go there for the mellow ruddy light of sues -et.
their holidays ought to get a The track here winds in and out
pretty good ehange from the cities.
At breakfast time, on the first
morning of our trip, we were in
the Sudbury district, and it's some-
thing to make us throw out our
chests, and feel proud to think that
the richest nickel and copper de-
posits in the whole world are right
here in Ontario, Moose Mountain
Range is close here, too -the great-
est known iron range in Canada.
This ought to be a great manufac-
turing district some day.
There is not much timber round
the line just near Sudbury. The
trees die when they get to be six
or nine inches through. Poplar
trees grow about twenty feet high
and then they die, and everywhere
you can see these young trees cov-
ered with dead, shrivelled leaves.
Low bushes give the only touch of
green to be seen, and everywhere
there are rocks of all kinds, sizes
and shapes. There are rocks that
you could play duck on the rock
with, and others that are bigger
than our barn at home, with all
sizes in betweem It 'must have
been a tremendous job putting the
railroad through here. It, seems
like 'railroad building --was' what
mother says woman's work is -it's
never finished. Every little while
we pass a gang of men who are
busy cloing.something to the track.
They build culverts • of concrete
sections and turn streams through
them, then they fill in solid all
ked awfully lonely in that W WS ttributed to apprehensiou
round -them, so that a number 9f
forty feet high. Thejine cros,ses write to her.
little brid-ges have been done away your loving son,
with. Long trestles have been
filled in the same way with solid
banks , in some places thirty or
deed valleys ofi these high banks,
around the hills, and sometimes
and if there is a stream in the bot-
tom of it, the railway may cut a
new channel for • it through the
solid rock.. -I would like to,ette how
ise,y Managed", to ,get over thi3
untry' tit
Eub
five do
told m
8.1rife
days- .,w1fen they tb u
•
UPSET
JIM
JIM.
(angrily)- What, Thirty -
liars for that new hat? You
o hats could be bought from
sa,this i bbe�
a.etly fits the requirements of the
body.
Poor fuel makes a poor fire and
a poor fire is not a good steam
prodne er. ,
"From not knowing how to select
the right food to fit my needs, I
suffered grievously for a long time
from •stomach troubles," writes a
lady from a little town in Missouri.
"It seemed as if I would 'ever
be able to find out the sort of food
that was best for me. Hardly any-
thing that I could eat would stay
•on my stomach. Every attempt
gave me heartburn and filled my
stomach with gas. I got thinner
and thinner until I literally became
a living skeleton and in time was
compelled to keep to my bed.
"A few months ago I was per-
suaded to try Graps-Nuts food,
and it had such good effect from
the very beginning • that 1 hare
kept up its use ever since. 1 wao
surprised at the ease with which I
digested it. It provedto be just
what I needed.
"All my unpleasant symptoms
the heartburn, 'the inflated feeling
v.mich gave me • so muci pain dis-
appeared. My weight -gradually
increased from De to .116 pounds,
my figure rounded out, my strength
came back, and I am 11ONV able to
do my housework- and enjoy it.
Grape -Nuts food. did it," Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mic
A ten days' trial will show any -
ore some facts about food.
Read the lilile book, "The Ron -ti
to Wellville," in pkgs. 'There'r
reason,"
Ever read ttis aeries letter? A new mnt
appears from time to time,. They are sew
„ulne, true, and full of human !ntereet
to -a ceepYa posititiy
:t •-
Ltd jtit