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OR, THE HOUSE 1N THE
RUE 8ARB1TT.E
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CHAPTER, V.
Oce clear of the Albert Gate
mansion, the barrister was bound
to confess to a sense cf iude#inite-
Hess, a feeling of uncett aiuty which
seldom characterized • either his
thoughts or hxa aetieee. He ad-
mitted as much to his companion,
for Brett was a man who would not
consent to pose under any cireum-
star-ceL,
"It is quite true," he explained,
"that our first duty must be to And
Mr. Talbot, and it is still more
eertain that we will be able to ac-
complish that partof our tisk; but
there are elements iu this inquiry
which: baffle me at present."
"And what are they, sir?" said
the detective.
"I fail to see why lir, Talbot: was
dragged into the matter at all, On
the straightforward assumption
that Turks were engaged in the
pleasant-occupation.of tan.
no
ether
rk'sassuxtin
to
which, by the way, 1 .attachno
great amount of credence --,why 'did
they not allow Mr, Talbot to go
quietly to his own home? It Was
not that theyfeared more speedy
discovery of their crime. The hour
was then late; it was tolerably cer-
tain that he would make no move
which might prove injurious to them
until next morning, and then the
whole aaffir was bound to be i1 ' is -
covered by the police in the ordin-
ary course of events,"
"I don't quite follow you, sir,
, Brett told the driver to stop on-
side the Carlton Hotel. The man
whipped up his horse and drove 'n
the direction of Constitution Hill,
evidently.' intending to avoid the
congested, traffic of i'ie.adilly and
take the longer, but more pleasant,
route through, the Careen Park and
the Mall,
"By, the way," Said Brett, "did
the driver of the hansom which
conveyed Mr, Talbot and his com-
panion from Albert Gate on Mon-
day night, tell you which road he
ri
followed ' fi
"Yes,'" said the detective, "h4 1 f�
went this way, 4 p'
Brett rubbed his hands, with a
queer expression of thoughtful Ointirtellt
pleasure on his keen face.
Ali," lie said, "I like that, It
Is well to be on the scent,
He did not e;Zlaain to his pro- No other emollients do so much
fessional confrere ibat it was a
positive stimulant to his aboundiing.
energy
andhighly1
1� strung
nerves to
find that he was actually following
the path taken by the criminal
whole he was pursutn;, The next
fact lent reality to the, chase, For
at mile, at any rate, there could bei -l�ithvugh CUGmquxa, SF,ap and alna7rzeni A{o
G2 mistake, though he might expect a veld Uv druggibts,;to deaieta gverYwa Gre, a thenar
bt g� g aami !ant eceh, fi i¢ti 3 -ra bit lea �J, tiro si in
a eheek at the Carlton, Arrived', «aY�A byi ; haai be seat. noat,tree, un appaacstaar� tq
there, Brett alighted, rcu'kw3. Dela, se; no:Ln. za, s.n,
"Are you going to make any in
quiries in the hotel, sir'" said Mr.
-Winter.
"Why should I`?" said Brett.
"You have already ascertained
from the management that no per-
son even remotely- resembling any
said Minter, with a puzzled tone in of the paities eoncerned is stu iug
Lis voice, They had, for the sake , at the hotel,?'
.d quietude,'turned into the Park, . "Yes, eonfountl it, 1. know' did,"
r„ • � the ether, "but I never told
sand were now rr•alkrtt toward Hyde. cried ,
g
Corner, "What hat clo you Hasan; you so,”
by saying that Mi
Mr, Talbot would "That s allright," laughed
make no more in the matter until Brett, "Come and ace me at my
next morning 2" oltatabors this evening when the in -
"Oh, I forgot," said Brett. quest is finished. Perhaps by that
i ` f , g r '' knowwhyr , may be able to determine
O course, you don't time r i, n ,
the diamonds were stolen'?" our plan of action,"
"For the same reason that all Once left to himself, Brett did
other diamonds axe stolen, I sup- not enter the hotel. He made it an
pose," invariable rule in eondueting in -
.1.0h, dear no," laughed the bar- quiries of this nature to adopt the
rister. 'This is a political rime." Freneh method of "reconstituting"
"Political I" said the aniazed po- tine incidents of a. crime, so far as
licemarn, such a coarse was possible in the
"Wen, we won't quarrel about absence of the persons concerned.
words, and as there are perhaps He reasoned that a very plausible
, no politics in Turkey, we will call explanation of the unexpected ap-
it dynastic or any other 'loud -voiced pcarance of the three strangers in 1 a nista' e roughlyspeaking, of
Moe-
„ a 1? g,
n 'flet
ia ..
d' which Albert ,ate mansion
a ective rr h ch servesfake ' , u C
i to ke it o t the.:Carl-
of
7xi^,
two hundred yards from the
the category of simple felony>. day night had been given to. Ia�c.•, ton Hotel. The Post Office l?irec-
"What beats me, Mr. Brett,” Talbot. This young gentleman it! tory and your own observation will
said the detective, viciously* prod- might be taken for granted, had narrow down the inquiry eonsider-
ding the gravel path with his stick, not beenselected by the horei n ably, It is the unrecorded balance
"is `how you ferret out these ,queer Office to carry* to a successful issue of inhabitants with whore I am par-
facts—fancies :some people would such an important and delicate mat- ticularly anxious to become defi-
call them, as I used to do until 1 ter as that entrusted to hire, with- nitely acquainted." The man sa-
knew you better» out some good grounds for the faith luted and 'withdrew,
"In this case it is simple enough. in his dualities exhibited by his sit- Brett imagined that he would now
By mere chance I happened to periors. Brett thought be could be left in undisputed enjdymcnt for
read this morning that there had understand the brother's charac- a few hours' rest before the Earl
been some little domestic .squabble ter and attributes from his favor- of Fairholme kept the appointment
in royal circles at Constantinople. able analysis of the sister, and :t fixed for seven o'clock. But in this
I don't know whether you are ac was quite reasonable, therefore, to he was ,mistaken.
quainte•d with Turkish history, Mr. believe that Talbot was a man not Smith brought in some tea, which
Winter, but it is a well-recognized likely to be easily duped. The was refreshing after his walk, for
principle that any Sultan is Liable principals in this crime were e
theengrossing nature of the morn -
to die of diseases which are' weird dently well aware of the trustre- ing's
s occupation caused him to for -
and painfully sudden; for instance, posed in the Assistant Under -Sec -
get lunch. A. cigar and evening
the last one is popularly supposed,retary, and they, again, would notpaper next claimed his attention,
to have plunged a Iong sharp scis- underrate bis intelligence. Hence but he had barely settled down to
ors into his jugular vein; others there was a good cause for Talbot the perusal of a garbled account
drank coffee that disagreed with to accept tlfe explanations, whatev- of events at Albert Gate when his
them, or smoked cigarettes too er they were, given him during the man again entered, announcing in
highly perfumed. In any ease, the conclave in the dining -room; the
mysterious tones the presence of
invariable result of these eccentri- effect of which, in Inspector Mr. Winter. Smith's attitude to
cities has been that a fresh Sultan Sharpe's words, had been to "puz rcarcls the myrmidons of Scotland
occupied the throne. Now, don't zIe" the young Englishman. Fur -
Yard
forget that I am simply theorizing,ther, there must have been .a very and who occassiness,y visited the
for I know no more of this businespotent inducement held out before barrister on business, was pocula
than you do at this moment. but 1 albot would consent to drive off ar. Heregarded them with suspic-
than
think that you will find some with a stranger at such a late hour, ion, tempered by wholesome awe,
and he now made known the arrival
connection between my theory and and when the cab was dismissed at of the detective in such a manner
that which has actually occurred. the Carlton, the excuse given would as caused hisnaaster to'laugh at
At any rate, I have said sufficient certainly be quite feasible. him Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
to prove to you the importance .of "Ili rnmst surely be this," coin -
"Show him in, ;Smith," he said Read the little book, "The Road
not being too ready -to make ar muned Brett. "The man explained cheerily: `chs has not come to ar- to Wellville,"';in pkgs. ``There's
rests." that hey was a stranger in London. „
rest, me this time. a`leason:
I quite see that,"was the that he lived quite close to the �- and Ever read the wave letter? Anew one
-"But
Winter entered, a glance at, appears from time to 'time.. �They are
thoughtful rejoinder. ' yo ii Carlton Rotel, and that he found his face brought Brett quickly: to genuine, true, and full of human Interest.
must not forget, sir, that we hi it convenient not -only for the par- his feet.,k
Scotland Yard are bound by rules'pose of giving directions that would "h atter ?'' he criedCRITICS. �i hat is t e m TWO` CRITICS.
of procedure. Perhaps ,you will not be understood, but also for paying; when the door had closed behind
mind mySuggesting than a word direct 'the drivers of lured s 4 s leaker oft ' reclaimed aloud
fares, s the' servant-. You have received ; 1 p
7hat.he coulc
from you to the Foreign Office vehicles to go there and not to his im ortant news" ?alwayshold a crowd;
might induce the authorities to com own'' exact address, which he had " 7 „ He felt that he could prove it I should think _ have," replied
municate officially with the Home found by experience many of them the detective, dropping -into a seat. 'But of` a paper's work, said he,
Department, and then instructions did not reeognize, whilst his know- " I was just writing a report in the "The paper is no use tos me; '
could be issued to the police which ledge of the language was not am- yard when I was sent for by the For 1 am far above it."
'would leave the matter* a, Iittle more pie enough to enable him to de- Chief, and' you could have knocked
open than we are able to regard it scribe the locality more precisely. me down 'with a featrier when I An editor desired to find
under the existing conditions." It :follows, then, in unerring se heard the reason." I suppose I' am In that great. speaker's cultured
"1 will see to that," said the bar- quenee, allot Talbot ryas conveyed min'c?
acting rightly in corning at once 'to
rister. When does the inquest to some place within a very short tell you, although in my flurry at Some gems for future leader •:
take place ? distance of the spot where I .eery ;, tie forget to sic the But in the speaker's sounding brass
"Thisthe time I _q,. t g
evening at six."star?,"He only found what is like gas,
"It will be adjourned ofChief's permission but as rota are
He looked along` Pali Mali up mixed on in the case at th, request Despised by -thoughtful readers,
course?" the Haymarket, and through Cook- of -the lt7oo eiggn Office, 1 the ig;htyou.
"Oh; yes; not evidence will be spur street, and he noted with some ouxht to leain what had ltai lien Tile paper had no voice to lileacl
given beyond that necessary for degree 0f curiosity that there were � The .speaker had no power to •read
.purposes of identification and this very few residential buildings in I ie "j�"ell. w.'at is it 2'.' cried i_ed Brett. 1l''i-c , profit from another .
tan be supplied by 'the police them- the neighborhood. 'Clubs, theatres, in:, ,tient at. the other`s careful
a thea liecatise they failed to see.
selves and an official"from. the Tar-` big commercial '.establishments and n1 n� That each the other's ft•iendshoulcl'
list 1?xnbaety.a' insurance offices 000tLpied The bulic pi" ,, �`e bQ
°Very .well, you
will mention. , i' 1,• tills, said t.dfrhii Lo -
of the: ,available space. It was '�a � <<�7 T,�,,,,� `.zall�ot bolted from Lon -1
They criticized' each `other.
to no one thethe-ory T have just art of his theory that none o£ she
. ]� don `on ,,,,„grin«y in company with a 1 T. WATSON.
explazteif to you? other great hotels in this district They crossed over from.
` Iona Station, Ont. 1911.
"Not if you wish it, sir." could harbor the criminals other•
3. do wash it atpresent. Which enno nom- ov. , i o Cel f alx by the tau ddav boat,
rri,sc there would have and-'aenZ direct to lar, Tat -
13, -1
„stop t Tf x r irL zneeZF a. man rvlto desziut
nal are you doing l ease to the hansom outside „ r rJ br?; , f,••3. J i,,. _ b001-CC1, r00mfl °for lel-re-<admire hpr .File im ,,,,, that .110t 13�:
"Straight to the. Ya_d. the call -tee, ,,f ,, •. •
P -.'that , h s•e:.,. ..:ail ,:�_:, girl, an the Caxansl ry
"Xn ';- ease ''I will.. -a om andid take lone' to ,make y g..:.. , '. st c°L.C�onflrmed wonia3,n iatele'i+
oe p Y I3; ebt not t,al,e ,on-, 7r , j,,;�r. a:n� Her �n to °zr;te ;�,lt,,
yc n a portion of the distance up his mind once l e licicl ,deo ln...i
now :. Park ,..•.... -�.„t�❑'.."L'.751)rc4,. :1i8 .1�;StCI' aa':ir.- ,-.. ! `.'
i'lley had reached . e: course. ,. - e.,af a.t•, , S.' • . Teri I15V0.• no ;1 ' ''''
yHyde , iRpen a defrnrt., ..I
, ("1.,-„,,t.'",:'3-'1.,,-1,-. ,- - '`-, ��'.,. 1. tl"1 C,,:,T,p ''"`, ideas , )
and, hailing .at hansom; the Foreign Office precancel `him. anwomen h ',-`'
3and both of them 0�xsappez e forth- , 4r'
!��� �!' t�.�Y:.,•, ,xnarx><e�a`,a�„ori
with, But we will soon lay hands
on the gentleman, no fear. I have
somehow suspccted,'Mr. Brett, that
your notion of a political crime was
all poppycock. It is a good big
brazen faced steal,”
"Is it'?” said Brett, his face'
glistening with excitement at the
intelligence so . suddenly conveyed
to hint, "Would you mind explain-
ing„ to me howthis precious infer-
rnation: reached yon 2"
(To be eonti:ntted,)
GUARDING JEWELS.
A Remarkably' Strong Room in the
Tower of London.
There has only been one attempt.
to steal the Crown jewels' from the
Tower of London, and that was
when the famous Irish adventurer,
"Colonel" Blood, attempted the
feat in 1871, The clumsy methods
of the notorious "Colonel" are lint:
to be compared with the subtle and
scientific ways of the moderu
eraeksnaan, batt evco the ]atter—did
the possess the ge xins of a tik sen
Raff'teses---could scarcely hc'pe to
steal the Crown jewels from the
new Jewel Room, which is now com-
pleted in the Wakefield Tower of
the Tower of .London,
The floor and walls wee shade of
for pimples, bia.ckheads, red, solid stone, while a new steel grid
rough and oily skin, itching, has been ltnilt to enclose the plant-
r
1 5 x• al
a s e nay ,} ow- e^ a •s
s eas T e h i
h
g g
scaly scalps, dry thin and falling of this grid sire made of alta fine at
hair, chapped hands and shapeless tempered steel, the ends being env -
nails.. They do even more for skin- bedded in the solid masonerry of the
tortured and disfigured infarcts, roof and flooring. Connected with
this grid is a hidden electric
alarm, which instantly warns the,
custodians of the Tower if a bars
be wrenohed ever so'slightly,
The doors of the Jewel Rem are
official authorization from the Unit- iron lined and fitted with the latest
ry �
ed -Secreta to in hire into the eir- in eorraplieated locks. The jewels
,.
a n - t m :. rye w`
fa' � $ � int to r
,. h sc will lie a a rttat call . '
oatrn..tancc�s of Talbots dts.,ppear,y
axles and a, promise that, the .Remo elosing steel cases, absolutely burg- g
°Mee should he, cpmnnznicated la proof, While hile the room is be-
with, lag completed the jewels are kept in
a theGovernment He c,estred to review the whole � rnment strongroom, and
of the circumstances attending this when everything is ready they will
strange mystery of modern life, and i be taken to the Wakefield. Tower
aha result of his reflections quickly under guard and mounted for public
became apparent when iia reached' exhibition in their new eases be -
his residence, for in the. first in- i bind the grid.
stance he dispatched a telegram. At one 'time it was proposed that:
orad risen made several notes in his a, trap should be eanstrueted, so
private diary. that, if necessary, the jewels could
The telegram, in due course, pro be lowered through tho stone floor
duced an elderlyensioned pollee into the dungeon beneath the Wake-
field field Tower. This dungeon, how -
inspector, a quiet, reserved man, >.
whom the barrister had often em- ' ever, is below the level of the river,
ployed, Ile explained briefly alio and very damp ; consequently the
eireuxnstanees attending. Mr. Tail -1 scheme was aaoandoned. As a mat -
bees disappearance, and added- r ter of fact, nothing has been housed
"I want you to find out thein this dungeon since the Middle
names, a and if possible the business i'Ages, when prisoners languished in
—together with any other informs- the Tower.
tion you may happen to come across'
--of entry person who lives within FOOD AGAIN
Mighty Important Subject to
Everyone.
A Boston lady talks entertaining-
ly of food and the changes that can
be made in health by same know-
ledge on that line. She says:
"An injury to my spine in early
womanhood left me subject to se-
vere sick headaches which would
last three or four days- at a time,
and a violent course of drugging
brought on constipation with all
the ills that follow.
"My appetite was always light
and uncertain and many kinds of
food distressed me.
"I began to eat Grape -Nuts food
two or three years ago, because I
liked the taste of it, and. I kept on
because I soon found it was doing
me good.
"I eat it regularly at breakfast,
frequently at luncheon, and again
before going to bed -and have no
trouble in `sleeping on it.' It has
relieved My constipation, my head-
aches have practically ceased, and
I am in better physical condition
at the age of 0,3 than I was at 40..
"I give Grape -Nuts 'credit for re-
storing my health, if not saving my
life, and you can make no claim
for it too strong for me to en-
dorse." Name given by Postum
17
BONDS
For a trustee investment in Ontario a
most satisfactory Lselection could be
reale from these' high-grade offerings:
City of Toronto 4's, due 1944.
City of London 41/2's, due 1913.
•Township of York 5's, due. 1912-31.
County, of:Simcoe (guaranteeing Town
of Midland) 5's, due 1911-40.
City of Fort William 412's, due 1927.
,City of St. Thomas, Ont„ 41"s, due
1912-41.
Gity of Niagara Falls 5's, due 1911-
.30.
Town of Port .-Hope 4/'s, due 1913-
50.
Town of Petrolea 41's, due 1911-34.
'Town of Wal%erille 41's, due 1911-, •
30.
-Town of Welland 41/2's, due 1940.
The income yield ranges from 4 pet
cent. to 4,3 per cent,
widen rouge of debentures of this
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ommon Stawn
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1"QR.Oi^rro t-�t Ot1TY] I^ L , LOt'`fl ot'"i.:t''S .
On the Farm
Sooner or later in the process all.
soil formation, plants of the pulse,
family,. (leguminous plants), such.
as clover, vetches„ lupines, etc,, azo.
i.:strodueed, 0,
If you dig up saeie of those piarits
•*+.►, n►-e.sPwwh, you, will 4n4 little nodules or tu-
bercles on their roots. These,
THE FORMATION OF THE SOIL ed rtes are It
rt a a t e laomrs nsf
r
xanaer
Yegettyon begins nits'tle very uis bacteria, r1 'ch enable
aha" ..
simplest fortes of plants,, such as Plants to derive part of their foo
lichens and mossss, and is, of from the nitrogen of the atnnpa
course, very scanty at first, These Phan.
plants on dying become a. Part of This peculiar property
cif legurta-
the soil, allof the plant nutrients inous plants is of great iinpor-ta,nee,t
used by them being thus returned, for it is undoubtedly nature's inrin-'
writes Mr, Alfred Vivian.; eipal method of increasing the sup
Food that has once been used by ply of nitrogen in the ground..
plants is very readily made avail- Theo�,o t i r ry x
n t carnpitttnds ami-
able to succeeding Crops through mul<ated by these plants oventmd.,
the process of decay. The soilis ly become a .part, of the soil through
now able to produce a larger crop, their decay, thus ;dding to its ter-
as it contains the plant food in the tility.
growth in addition t that previous o tIt It will readily be understood that
added through the agencies detailed the various agencies concerned in
above the formation of the soil do not act
In this way the growth gradually separately nor necessarily in any.
e
becomes more abundant, The sueh order as that in which they
plants upon decaying, give rise to have been discussed, ,'e.
humus, and this increases the fer- As c, matter of fact :alj,.,lze n_
tility of the land both by being a teases described takt iCacc s m -
source of plant food and by increas- tancously. The lower plants do`
ing the water -retaining power. }In- not wait ,far the rooks to bo pal-
mus is a very :important factor in verizcd, for we see such organisms
fertility, During the decomposi- as the lichens growing on rocks from
tion of the plants, acid substance; which one would think it irnpos-
. are formed which act upon the Bible to obtain food, i
rocks in sub a way as to make If the lichen is removed,,groovea
more of the plant food available. or furrows will be found on the
One of the products of decay or surface of the stone, duo to the
fermentation is carbonic acid, and action of the plant.
this is dissolved in the soil water, Nor are all soils formed directly
and this gas-containing water is from the original rocks, for one of,
an important help in disintegrating the effects of weathering, ere., is
the rocks. to separate such rocks as the gra-
As the nutritive materials in- nits into simpler substances, with
crease from these various causes the result, for example, that huge,
the lower simpler forms of plant deposits of limestone are formed in
life are gradually replaced by those one place, and in another whole
which are more highly organized. hills of sandstone.
With the advent of plants, like The soil is almost constantly,
our common crops, which bear moving, for some of the same a ,gen-a
roots, other factors in the forma- cies which form soils are continua
tion of soils are introduced, The ally carrying them away. Running
roots secrete an acid substance that water grinds the rocks, but at the,
has a solvent effect on the mineral same time transports the fine par-,
matter of the soil. and the •roots, ticles to lower levels. It cis deep
themselves also assist mechanical- valleys in the surface of t earth
Ty in breaking down the rocks. and carries away the debris, de
All are familiar with the tre- positing it at various distances'
mendous force exerted by plants in from its source. . I
breaking apart rocks and stones if This study of the formation of
once their tender rootlets obtain ,a the soil then ,suggests two things
foothold in 'a crevice. that the farmer can do to prevent.`
The roots penetrate the soil the exhaustion of the fertility.
sometimes togreat depths. andl
1? as` The first is to treat the se il a,s'
they decay after the death of the to assist and hasten nature in the
plant, they leave little channels in process of converting the slant cod"
the soil which' serve to carry down into available fol -ms by �meatis of
water' laden with carbonic acid, as good tillage.
well as to introduce the oxygen of The second is to return to'`
the air, that, in its turn, is a factor soil by means of manure and ftrti-
in bringing about chemical changes lizers an amount of plant foo'
in the "soil, which assist in equivalent uival v
q ent to that rsmovel by the
plant food available.
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