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CHAPTER, XiI,--CCont'd�
Beane afire came astep nearer.
Clearly he did not recall the bar -
"x star's face, He Is new well that
his daughter's attainments were
not such as to command the eager,
search oi` London theatrical mana
gee s, yet he was assured that the
2!s deal who nowaddressed him:
s t
s.'��s otnsa<1 ord"n,�ai • mask -hall
gcnY, huntingup fees
`I regret,"' he sad, "that. made-
rrzcsiselle is notg rofessionallly en-
gaged at this manses—at. Indeed, she
'has net appeared fico o uablie for some
months,
M. I asl, how lito:asiesar'
ca ane to ise..0 c: her na;feY'€
-It is the easiest; matter an they
world,- saki Brett with his ready,
14rtt�Ik preuueing his note -hook and .
apiddyr. tureieg over the leaves. "I
lase here the naaeit' and address-
es of a; large number of artists
whom I was recomtntenclecl to visit.
Iidenioiseile'e uasnne -wee given to
1Zlt a:lxnQng, others at the 'irgne
4'Iliver, where 1 heard most en
cauraging aecounte of her skill.
You see, rrorpsteezr, he went on,
"that in England the public are not
acquainted with any other langu-
age than their 8wn and when Con..
tfinental artistes are engaged we
ftrefer those whose nerrfor'ndaalee
colasists chiefly, of acrobatic or other
ferns aai arbich dialogue is unrteces-
�s,ry
Thai barrister's ready
t'iara'a ws sexplana
uNeverthelessthele;s
earaca,ire na'a purt«led, But even
tlae mats valgar oar IOrait al F re.ieh-
"�„ ;eladeyNv:a. a:ea•tain
ulilenunt e .politeness, ,axed in
this
axxstatacc� Oxus Jean felt that hi
aild tae tee a d tda fare nti
1
most sorry,"' lie cried, tib
be una rte to assist monsieur any
further, If, however, you leave
arae
your address I will cemmuni
gate with you after I have heard
frcaxat my daughter. I have no
doubt that she with readily come
til terms.tD
I think you said that mademoi-
selle was in the South of 'France?"
observed Brett casually.
Instantly Beaucaire he*c:airie.
tieious again,
No, he replied shortly; :< Ido
not think I said so.'°
"Of course not," laughed Brett.
"How foolish of me! It was I who
mentioned the South of Frazee,
was it not? You see that French
is a foreign language to me, and I
do not express nay self very easily."
13eaucaire grinned politely again
"Permit ate to congratulate mon
sieur upon both his pronunciation
and facility. Not many English-
men speak French as he does-."
The- fiarrister was determined
not to allow the conversation to
end, too rapidly. He wished to
note more carefully the details of.
this interesting household_ Pullin_
out his cigar -case, he offered it t;'
- Gros jean with the remark. `Your
small French tables seem eurioiv
to my eyes after long accnnai:xtaace
with English billiards. Are any of
these gentlemen here skilled play-
ers in your fashion?"
. t,;Oh, yes," said the innkeeper.
""Aricire there, for instance, eau
make big breaks. I' have seen him
make forty consecutive coups. Will
you not take a seat for a little while
and observe the play?"
"With pleasure." ` And Brett.
confirmed the favorable opinion
formed of him by ordering refresh-
ments for Beaucaire and himself.
He apparently took a keen interest
in the game. and applauded the
manner in which the Frenchman
scored series of difficult cannons.
Meanwhile he noted that between
he private passage from the bar
d the public one that led from
'fe was a room into which the
day could not possibly penes
e was' certain that no door
rented; with it from the pub -
n ss`sage, :and ' he. °could not re
member having passed one that
first' afternoon when.. La Belle
snlaseeuse brought him and Fair-'
hoime "sato the billiard -room to dis
elarehea _roassuess as a marks-wo-
Probably the Cafe :Noir had no.
cellars. The place might serve as
store room.; „ This natural hy_
potlxesis was upset by the appenr-:
once of; the ' waiter, who i-,assed.
through: -the ,'asilliard- <oom and open-'%
en another door at the farther end.
through`:, which he soon emerge
ea,rrymg a fresh supply of bott'es.
t is obvious," said Brest to
„ T easel t ;"`that if there is .no door
inaunica✓tin with; the pt-Nai.
sWage, than the .only way in which
oa
after lzim to direct him' as to ate
right way he• rapidly ' 'i;a'cyed the 1
passage, The plaster walls were
s -Tooth and unbroken on their in-
ner: side, affording no doorway
exit.
Apologizing to Andre with a
laugh, he then sauntered towards
the front safe, where he purchased
another drink at the counter. 13e
° el"had
assured himself that he :not
I cera mistaken, The only private
ea onat of the bar.led iuto the.
sst ge, so that. the roam beyond
C=? reached by a, stair -
c or through a. rap-tl"oo..
sonnet Hing at
, a) l �a •
he murmured as he
into s„�..1 out � "f.? tlae Iloutl•cvaad,
a=;fi I r a:aagi.re that rise knowledge
fiat t shared b;- the Paris police.
so.: ell; would have aetcd
e, t
et _ : t(7�.
mere wisely had she Hat, yielded nay ax, � ! y dd
imeiliae, and reserved her shoot -
i' :,„
ing c.rsplaay ,4r a: more dramatic
tzccatTAMA
I3r4.'tt he t Itis z: laointment, with
P 3?
tlae cozmnissnry naxx nlaaaning. That
worthy official set himself to the
eengeisial task of exanihiing a Pri-
er with the air of r,> -e who said:
will � • manner
of
” w yousee ,hat m line
�os
livau I aam. Here I am on my n;r-
tavo heath.'"
He consatIteci bulky voluanes,
ad notes, fussily called up var
eaaas' subordinates, bath in person
arnd by ,peaking -tube, and general -
1~1 +xndaieted himself with a bust-
s
. •Hess hie iii• #loot, 1xauGh amused the
barrister, who, however, for his
caavn purposes took care to appear
gee aatiy impressed.
t last all was ready, and the
cagptive of the Ra* Barbette was
introduced.
precocious personage had re-
covered his self-possession and na-
tural impudence during the night.
By the. commissary's instructions,
he had been well supplied with
e'atablcs, and the restrietions ;as
to persons under detention were
relaxed, to permit him to enjoy a
supply of his much -loved cigar-
ettes. Consequently, the little
thief was restored to his usual state
of jaunty cheekiness.
The rant part of the interroga-
tion, which promptly ensued, was
not strange to hien.
""Your name ?" said the commis-
sary.
"Charles Petit."'
"",a load+; i"
"Changeable;. Of late I have
dwelt in the Cabaret Noir Bottle
yard de Montmartre."
"You are generally known as
'The *Worm (
"That• is so."
",You have served periods of im-
prisonment, and have paid over
400 francs in fines?"
"'I have not kept count, but I
suppose it is all written down
there."" And he jerked his thumb
towards the conviction book on the
commissary's deals.
`"You are a noted thief, and you
obtained your nickname by reason
of your dexterity in picking locks
and climbing through scullery win-
dows PP"
""If you say so, monsieur, your
words cannot be disputed.".
""Very well.'' The commissary
scratched a few lines on a memor-
andum tablet. Then he sudde:sly
raised his quick eyes and fastened
them' on the prisoner with the di-
rect question—
"How came you to be detained
in such an; extraordinary manner
in the house, No. 11 Rue `Barbette,
yesterday `l"
A: vacant and stolid expression
intended to convey; an idea of ut-
ter innocence came over '‘The
W01111' S" face.
"Believe me, monsieur," he said,
""I cannot give you the slightest„
explanation of that extraordinary
incident.”
"Indeed You surprise me. I
suppose you wish me to •understand
that;` you casually strolled- in out of
the street': and were set `upon: by
three Turks,' who' gagged' you and
bound you with leather' thongs,
leaving you to starve • quietly to
'death if you had not been rescued
by reason of a -chalice visit paid to
the place by, myself and others1"
""I 'assure you, mensreur that,
strangeai5 it may :seem, you have
almost relate: the facts. I, went to
the place in question with a very or-
dinnry-, message from a-Turl-kish'gen-
tleman - with whom"" I have a slighe
acquaintance., r1"he other; Turks
listened to life with, the a;ravity pe-
culiar to • their nation, and then,
before I , could offer a word of, ress
onstaa e rested life e aetl as
you s2'Qtr'"�a'
ll�
s
rz be reachca� "i by a.
-:l tlsere 7:
1
!lave;' lie
e.day* bef
Wet.'...!
a
en n<>,a=lv
ore jester
h"res
a
"Olx 1 come now,']' said the neo
missary, with a `knowing, smite;
"that will not do, Petit.. Yeti are
far too old a hand to convey such
a>r childish message, as haat. 'What
reason an you have for seeking iso
shield these men who treated you
in ?. barbarous way and left you to
die a eruel death?"
"On toy honor--," began the
thief melodramatically, but Brett
here interrupted the eonversa
tions
"Will you allow me," he said to
the eomxnissary, "to put a few
questions to this man?" "Certain-
ly,*' was the answer.
"Now listen," said Brett, stern-
ly gazing at, the truculent little ras-
cal with those essarehing eves of his
which seemed to reach to the very
spine. "Itis useless for you to
attempt any further prevarication.
%r
_,
o know exactly who are your con-
'tcleasates. You " are acquainted
with a large number of the gang
that frequents the Cafe Noir. i)o
not forgetthat I was present when
yeti tried to palm off on'Hussei:t-
aa1-;Mink thaw false cliatr7o ids, which
your contedc). tea tropes' her would
t.
ace+:pt. I`'or you to attempt now to
escape from the law is hopeless.
The sole chance you have of remit-
ting a> puaaialim sit which may even
lead oabene beneath th .l
s1o ine
tconfess fully and freely all that st
ar linea, concerning time outrage
a°hieh has been Irrilit ed.
"No, don't interrupt me,' ine'
001 les with even greater ems
Oasis, when "Le Ver" tried: to
beak in."You will tell nae.. ,:hat.
yrsae merely acted as the agent of
di
ere, and that yell youyourself
are
e
not etseious
of the nature of any
crime that has been eonzrnitted. I
know that, to be so. You have been
made a mere tool, You are the oat,
simply employed by the monkey to
1 the eaestnn on of the ilia),
put , is t.a:
and you havee only succeeded in
gytt .g.
yourowni paws burnt
Your
Molar chance of safety now is to in-
forthe commissary and arae ex-
eetly how you came to be mied up
with this affair."
assure you, gentlemen," he
effect, "that• with respect to the
Turks I have no knowledge what-
ever of their pursuits or motives,
I was present when thio English
gentleman here was debating with
them, and I iniderstoocl that they
even went so far as to use threats
agithist him. My mission was to
give to tireleaders of the Turks a
package wl' h I did not' e'esn, know
ih
a7i�
d {{' lids ,thee • .xe
contained tb amo e en
or false. No one could be more
surprised than ,myself -when the
Turkish ' entlen1an procdi
them,".
"Who sena' you there with the
diamonds?" said Brett.
"Even that I cannot tell you,"
said Petit, "It was a mere chance
affair. I was seated in a cafe sip-
ping some absinthe when a man
asked me if I would execute a small
commission for hint. He explained
that it was to deliver a parcel at a
house not five minutes distant,
a;rd----"
"I see," interrupted Brett, with
the cynical smile which so often dis-
concerted glib liars like Petit. "It is
hopeless to expect you to tell the
truth. However, I think I know a
way to clear your wits. You must be
brought face to face with La Belle
Chasseuse, Perhaps then you are
confronted with that lady in the
room between' the cafe and billiard
saloon of the Carbaret
"The Worm" gasped out broken-
ly --
"Pardon, monsieur 1 I will tell
you :everything !l:'
The man's face had absolutely
become livid as;ahe listened to the
barrister's words.
The commissary was ,vastly sur-
prised at the turn taken} by the
conversation. He could not guess
what deep significance lay behind
the 'Englishman's threat, and, to
tell the truth, ; Brett himself was
considerably astonished at the ef-
fect of his vague insinuations, but
he lost not "a moment in following
up' the advantage thus ;gained:
"Well,'';: hey -said, "tell us now;
who it Was that sent you to the.
Turks with the diamonds ?"
"_'It was `Le Jongleur, Henri
Dubois."
"What?"' cried the commissary,'
staring .violex:t!y. "Henri Dubois!
the ;most expert thief in France:! A
scoundrel 'against, whom the police
have vainly -tried for years to ;se-
CUre r'i'id.e iGe."
(To.; be continued.)
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SLl? a PY TOWN.
fi former resilient ash: o1
hlo:, was 3sking abofoiitRlthre• ld
No,
i? r
"1 understand they '17 ve, a cite-
Jew ; la}c .aout there ziow;'»'shhe, ts aid ;•
erlVo,' '`his' irifoimara M1attsswer.ed,
z:r:" o lie •. he . a e
e . 'curl` v c,
tlz ,y 1 , ,:a� 5
ethandedled it,
'Vdha.t• teas the, matter
iy.:01, the bell rang at' 9 o'cloc'k
til [mosti evorybody, comp'la,rnea
theis aip.f't .F:i., ax.
rt
school, and r
ever she 'can:
fire
asosavasaateasetaaassawasaa
n the Farm
HOW TO USE A DRAG.
e successful operation' of a read,
drag r Ives two principles, welch,
whenx,otughly understood and
intelligentlyapplied, make road
working :wit this implement „very
simple, Th . first eorcerns -the
lexxgth and po. ttion of the mash,
while the second ."teals.. ,via the
position of the driver'. to the :drag.
Each influences the others a large
extent, and successful niani .„zla-
p
tion of the drag is dependerae. deepee
an understanding of both of nom,
writes Mr, 1). W. icing,
For ordinary rpurposes the e s -at r
link or elevis should be fastened
far enough toward the blade end
of the chain to force the unloaded
drag to follow the t-eaam at an augte
of "lo decrees. This will cause the
earth to move along the, tee "7f the
drag smoothly and will gave e..sxa
paratively light draft to the team,'
provided the driver rides an the line
of draft. Sometimes
, how
ever,
concIrt,onsare met which require
special treatment, and in a rolling
country such conditions are not
infrequent. Often a flat place-scv-
val rods in length or a seepy s: of
needs special attention.
The distance from the dragat
v:hiclx the team is hitched affects
the• depth of the,cuttiug. Shorten-
. the chain tends to lift the front
ab Iron el Dili the ground , a longer
t
,,itch causes the blade to cant more
deeply, The length of hitch may
he regulated by lengthening and
shortening the chain at the end
whin, runs through the hole in the
blade end of the drag:, If email
weedsbeo
a c are to cart thedouble tree
should be attached rather closer to
the cdi.eh end of the drag. The
drag will now move nearly ditch
end foremost, and the driver
should stand with one foot on the
extreme end of the front slab, This
will swing the drag back to the
proper angle and will cause the
blade to plow.
The drag does the best work
when the soil is moist, but not
sticky. The earth then moves free-
ly along the faces of the slabs. If
the roadway is very badly rutted
aid full' of holes, it may be well to
use the drag once when the ground
is slushy. This , treatment is par-
ticularly .applicable before cold.
spell in winter when it is possible
tat - have a roadway freeze smooth.
' A sinooth road surface is secured
by this :method. Clay, when mixed
with water and thoroughly worked,
becomes remarkably tough and im-
pervious to water. If compacted
in this condition it becomes ex-
tremely hard.
Another valuable result of drag-
ging is the reduction of dust, for
the particles of clay cohere so te-
naciously that there is but Tittle
wear when the surface is smooth.
Dust on an earth road is due to
the breaking up under traffic of the
frayed and upturned edges of ruts
and hoof prints. If the surface is
smoothed after each rain andthe
road dries hard and even, so edges
are exposed to crushing and the
only dust which forms' is that due
to actual wear of the road surface.
Certain sections of the roadway
will require more attention than
others because' of steep grades,
seepages, exposure to hillside wash;
etc. The best .guide in meeting
these conditions is the knowledge
and experience gained while drag-
ging the roadway.
There is one condition, however,
in which special treatment should
be, given to a road. Clay hills un-
der persistent dragging frequieatly
become too high in the center. To
correct this it is best to drag the
earth toward. the 'center of the
road twice and away from it once.
There is nothing like a "Tea Po
own table to prove
sterlingworth t
NOTES OF THE SHEEPFOLD.
All pure bred' sires are not goo.l.
We would rather have a 3arge,
well formed, vigorous, verilescrub
ram than a•puny, ill -formed,• pure
blood. ' In ;buying rams it is just
as necessary to study 'ncliviclualitys;j
as it isto have pure Moos'.
\Vo have seen same mighty u,or
specimens of men vrizo boasted of
their high lineage, and «e- ]ias-e
seen some extremely woos' speci-
mens of sheep •_fiat had rec',igr.ees.
as long as your arsi
A flock will go throreh a winter
in good shape in an open shed l e-
svided it has a dry roof, bet no :11 , i,
will ever thrive on wet £Doti ra.
Sheep- are nervous anima ut'd`
of rather'delicate constitutidats' aryl'
suffer more frem bael yentilatio7i
and sovercroseding thane any - thea s
animal on the farm; it is a mistake,
therefore; to con .n =sheep durttr7g'
t1lf3 winter in dose' quarters: . jf
kept dry their fleeces will keep; fr1
warm. Who eve' heard "'
s,,
�dezirig to deatlx ?'”- 1.
Ise rams should Heti"±
tenxngfaod, but shoal.
TEA "Always and Easily the Best"
BLACK, GREEN,_or Seed Airtight Paid es.Ortifr
414
favors to nobody always alw s x ecords
facts from all the facts. The poor
co
wsstand
nocixancea
against it
,
If we allow buyers tQ eome
into
f our heads and ick out p atL -the best
saws how can we ever expect to
bud up a profitable dairy
f
tie .knew
a farmerh
w o �,lw,a
ys
carred In,s calves of scours by break-`
ing raw e ess izato Shen' Agra l
,w Amalie. .A
batter way, li .Sever;. is dried blood
e
d
fi n mcde1iLTi" a�; la Yt ."
,cl titics at the
start. , It
No matter at wield price you sell
the poor eows it is generally safe
say
,
to a get t a!1 '
Y t,�e '
are worth
g
y
x
and a little more, paerticularly if
9
.,}�
e iS't classed 1 Q
e cS5
<
aS dairy 'r ,1nr-
d
a
Never milk the cow avfth wet
hands. No pore filthy hab is in-
dulged in than that
of mx on
1, ntpg
the hand in order to strip thc:lsteat.
Milking shouldalways be done` with.
a full, dry hand,
.N } 'p
Row and By Whom uthe Banking
Business Was Carried on.
Recent wonders
of the gond
crs
of Babylonian civilizat on, reen-
forced by the fruits of earlier ex-
plorations, showthat "Business is
business" as a rule of life is as old
as history, says the Accountant.
As far back ass 2000 years before
Christ the Babylon alis had mach
such progress in commercial apti-
tude that special lava had to be
framed to deal with those gentle-
men who tried shortcuts to wealth.
The young man with, expectations
realized in those days with less re-
gard'to the sacredness of the per-
son and the right to live, barrow -
Fd, as his modern prototype not
infrequently does to -day, from the
professionalmoney lender.
The Babylonian merchant bank-
ed regularly 'and '
issued .his brick
"else Deis" and bills of exchange,
and the law ste e'; in cram as it
does to -day, to preserve inviolate
the rights of property, So keen
were the business instincts of the
people that, even the priests were
not above a deal in offerings and
in real estate. Indeed a great part
of the commerce of Babylonia was
concentrated in the temples.•
The vast quantities of metals,
cereals and other commodities
which either as gifts to the, temples
or offerings to the gods Poured in
daily were sold by the priests, who
did not neglect to ` get their full
margin of profit. Business ability
indeed seems to have been an im-
portant qualification for admission
to the priesthood.
Careful accounts of revenue and
cxpeziditure were kept; and these
showthat t ,at inv st
o meztts in loans and
the- purchase of land and other pro-
fitable dealings were a regalia,
part of the fiscal 'activities of the
priestly- establishments,
Perhaps the most interesting of
all the buried record which hsva
come to light are drag contract tab-
lets kept by a farm; of bankers and:
money, lenders known aa "Atlee sons
hof I ," estshd Babylon
e£orarBibithe " time ofeSennaeatherib,,
probably aseaalY
as 1000 P,(,
, and
aa• •
hack existed for several centuries..
These ' "brick books," as they hands,
been called, constitute the
source of our atrinowlcdge t2i life
in ancient. Babylon..
The firm of Egibi possessed enor-
mous.wealth and influence and have
been designated the "Rothschilds
of the ancient world." They car-
ried on every sort of financial
transaction. They made loans to
the State, as well as to private
persons, and the finances of the
spurt wes . ntrnsted to them for
sev:-'‘ratgeneraittouN„
Iected the land taxes; tithes alio
dues for the use of public roadsand
paid theminto nto t]
o royal treasury.,
They also undertook what we
should now describe as "agencies",
for private individuals, and in ad-
dition to their vast money lend-
ing 'transactionns must also have
engaged in what we now term
"banker's" business, for we know
that documents existed in those;
early days correseonding to mods"
ern cheeks and bills of exchange.,
The various transactions of the,
firm were noted down on clay'lt
lets, which were stored in gi
earthen ware gars for safety, a
earthenware jars for safety, an
there they remained until they
few years ago.
All bear the names of the 'con-
tracting parties and witnesses,
atzd ' most of them are dated. The
Egibi firm were, not the only great
trading. firm in "ancient Babylam
as during the excavations at -Nif-t
fer there were discovered the' re -1
cords of another firm, known as
Murasu, which rose to a position
of great wealth and importance
during the fifth century B.C.
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