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CHAPTER `XV.—(Coxit'd) act unjustly. I have bee;, told that
Men, wanxen a cl c,ildren loain� he lives in this house --that: e is
' 1 ' lil'iIxg with her at this moment, Iii
ed about the doorways ways and kept upcan make sure f
fact, If 1o it I
a constant cackle of eon ersaat;a>,t
in amysteriousatois which Miss w_31h;lzt go away an'a ,teres 4 --et eyes nnp atg r'i.x armless lay chance, an
Talbot, though an excellent French then you .- 1- be sure I will takea
�41a-:il �r' e alt:d m ke nathisig or. i. l n
The Presence of these people natur- nut.ce: cif lxinx, I ar niot ore of
Presence
m diose silky gin^ls Selo break their
ally shielded herLfrom the direct hearts over a faithless sweetheart."
observation of La Belle Clxasse,ese, reas Marie w s
bait nevertheless threatened a slight a shred,
:danger should it be necessary for , ."I should think not,"" she said,
her to stand still, for she well u�1- ` wroth a sympathetic and defiant
derstood that in each a locality. each sniff. "'On the second floor, I am
person was known to, the other, ; gran/ you will find your man. They
and the. loitering of a stranger ° are a funny couple that live there.
could. ,net fail to arouse turiusity.
Soon after passing beneath the
/amp mademoiselle vanished into al
doorway. Edith perceived to her
sok'
that at ibis point there was no
gstattpa of loungers, Indeed, for as
felt'' yards the street Wt18 empty,
Keeping her oyes sedulously fixed
upon the exact spot where the
l"renehwornatt chi:appeared, she
reael,ed the door, and, after a mos
Me hesitation, stepped lightly
into tete iliterior darkness,
The narrow entraniee w418 at once
lessened to half its width by a. stair -
ease. She listened intently, rend
could hear the,, either woman ascend
hog the second flight of stairs;
At the next landing mademoiselle
Perused anti knocked three blares.
Presumably in reply to a qu„st ar,a
within, she murmured ,oinetbint,
wllieh :Edith could not catch, end
v60; at once admitted. The sh:7ot-
oi aw rusty bolt supplied ear
that the door was lacked be-
task was to identify
()use. She stepped o'
reet again and crossed to Ill+
cappralsite pave'nexlt. She hooked up
he second story, but, owing` to '
tlne short distaaoee—barely fourteen
feet—that separated her from thee;
botase'–she could discern nothing,
save> that the windows on that floor
were closely shuttered.
She rapidly noted that the dot)]
was the third removed from the
lamp.
Whilst wondering what to do
next, a couple of girls: approached
her. They were young and of
course inquisitive. Without any
dissimulation, they stood in front
of her and scrutinized her face,
wondering no doubt, who this tall
graceful newcomer could be.
"What is your name 1" said one.
"Where do you live! Have you
just come here'.? Are you staying
with old Mother Peter!"
With difficulty Edith eaught the
drift of their questions. But she
answered smilingly—
"No, I do not live Here, and I
do not know Mother Peter. But I
want you to tell me who lives in
the house opposite ]"
Her Parisian French greatly sur-
prised the two girls who giggled at
each other., and one of them cried
—"'Oh, here's a lark!"
But they scented an intrigue, and
were quite ready to give all the in-
formation in their power.
"A lot of people there," said the
elder one, trying, with the ready
tact of her nation,
to accommodate
her words to the understanding of
the stranger. "It all depends who
youn want to know about. Oa the
ground floor is Josef the barber
and his wife, and three little ones.
It cannot be them, I aro sure, and
it cannot be Monsieur Ducrot, Who
is their lodger, for he is seventy
years old and a sacristan in the
Church of the Sacred Heart. Then
on the first floor there are three
men, not a woman amongst them.
One is a bill -sticker. another a fish-
erman, and the third a waiter in the
Cafe du Midi. I do not know their
proper names. We call the bill -
sticker "Paste -pot,' and the fisher-
man `Crab.' The waiter is called
'Thomas' in the cafe, but when a
letter comes for him it is in another.
name. Then, on the second floor
—by the way, Marie, who is it that
lives on, the second floor ?"
Edith with difficulty restrained
her excitement. She felt that if
only these youngsters rattled on a
little longer she might, gain some
valuable information.
Marie, thus appealed to, was evi-
dently of a more; cautious tempera-
ment than her companion.
"If the young lady will tell us
why she wants to know, we may be
able to help her?"' she stipulated.
"`Certairl ," cried Edith instant-
ly ,
ly resolvingto pursue the tactics -of
the penny novelette. "I' have been
deserted. My layer has been taken
away from me by another woman—
at least, that is what I am inform-
ed. '. I do not wish to ;make • any
trouble about it: There are .lent
plenty
as good Hien as he left in the world;
but, on the other hand, I must not
They only eazne oz2 Monday, ;'<'hen.
did your young; hart leave you?"'
""I saw
him pan SatRltrday."
"Where s"
This was a ,poser, but Miss Tal-
bot answered desperately
"At Lyons!'
"What is he like
Another haphazard shot.
"Re is tall and dark, and, oh
so good-looking, with a beautifully
white skin and: a, pink .complexion,"
"That is he! ' eriecdboth girls
together.
„The scoundrel: Bat tell.'lne,"
went on Edith, whose exeitecnIent
waas readily eonstrued 44 tele pangs
of jealousy, "who is the creature
t hives with him?'
'
We think she is aL nausie-ball
iste," replied: Marie. "At least,
is what the people say, liar
ard yet what hall slie apapeal
bey say she is x
going, to throw
1.," said Edith, hiller a1: �i1t
urlt aI?o they live there alone
cite alone. They rent the
e ffrsaan fore Dilor. Hey own
os
� t of Ilio houses inthli
e*s s street,
you, know, incl is as regular skill-
lliint. ale won't let any one get be-
hind with 'their rent for an ,hour.
Ho is ralel, so old that you would
Mot think that he could live anncather
week, yet he is that keen after his
#rases you would imagine hie Was ,a,
g,e
young man anxious to t money
for a gay life. You ought to have-
heard
nrave
heard the row here last Saturday
avhen he turned the people out from
their rooms where your lover now
lives with, his mistress. It was 'ter-
rible. There was al poor woman.
with two sick children."
How much further the revelation
:as, to Pere Didon's incinity inigh.b
have gone, zlliss Talbot could not
say, but at that moment there came
ran iuteryuption.
From the opposite doorway ap-
peared the figure of Mile, Beau-
caire, carrying :a small bag• She
was followed by a man, tall, slight,
and closely muffled up, who shoul-
dered a larger portrnanteau, Edith
grabbed both the girls, and pulled
them close to her against the opposed
door behind them.
"It is he!" she whispered tragi-
cally. ""Silence; Let us watch
them!"
The man darted a suspicious
glance up and. down the street.
There was no one whom even the
clever Henri Dubois could construe
as an enemy—no one save some
ehattering Marseilles loitering
around their doorsteps, and three
girls huddled together in close con-
cave directly opposite.
Thus reassured, he strode after
La Belle Chasseuse. who cried out
impatiently:
"Come quick, Henri, what de
you waiting for 1"
"Is his name Henri?" whispered
the awe-stricken Marie.
"Yes. Isn't he a villain? I• 'won-
der where they are going now l"
"Let's follow them and see," sug-,
'gested Marie, •
"Yes, let us follow them and
see," chimed in the other one, who
delighted in this nocturnal romance.
It was a veritable page out of one
of Paul. de Kock's novels.
The programme suited Miss Tal-
bot exceedingly well.
They strolled off down the street,
nestled together, Edith in the cen-
tre, and keeping the shrouded cou-
ple in front well in sight. This
time, when Mademoiselle Beaucaire
and her companion reached the
point where the street .emerged on
to the harbor, they did not cross
over towards the broad and brilli-
ant -lighted Cannebiere, but hur-
ried on through darkness in the
direction of a cluster of fishing
smacks that lay alongside tho Quai
de Rive Neuve.
"My ' faith, Eugenie !" cried
Marie, "they must be going on
board one of the vessels."
"What a lark`!" was the answer.•
"I suppose they fear you," she ad-
ded, turning her sharp eyes on
Edith. "What is your name ?"
"Lucille," came the answer on
the spur: of the moment.
"Lucille ,what ,a,
t1
Sickhead „hes—neuralgic headaches --splitting,
blmnd;igg headaches—all vanish when you take
en4i:ache WW sfer
They 'do not: captain phenacetin,
mor>phih ,opium or any other dangerous drug,
5c.'a box at your Druggist s. 123
Tt13
`” are lee Be• aubarnais,"
"My gracious 1" :cried Eugenie,
"what .a swell name!"
"Oh, let us hurry," interrupted
Miss ° Talbot ; desperately. "You.
girls 1•:now everybody. You must
know all the vessels. If they are
going on a boat an dyou And out
the, name and number for ane I will
give each of you a whole 1011i3, `I
will give them to you now --I mean,
that is, if you will walk with me af-
terwards to my, lodgings,"
Even amidst the exeiting cireum.-
stances surrounding her, .Edith re-
cognized the absolute necessity
there was to maintain the credibil-
ity of her previous narrative,
Unquestionably Dubois and the
lady intended to embark on one of
the fishing boats. They hastened
to the further end of the harbor,
through, whose tiny entrance Edith
could noNv see the dark waters o'
the bay beyond, for the night was
beautifully clear and fine, and the
bright stars of the south lent sone
radia ;266 to the scene, when the
girls quitted the deep shadow of
the houses,
A solitary boat, a decked fishing
smack of some forty tons, was ly-
ing by the s;de of the quay, apart
irotrn the others. Edith, who knew
olnething eheut yacht:ing, reeo,g�-
tamzeed that her geaaaratn, was no,t
lastezred in the train manner su
esf,ive et as craft laid by for deer
night t the same ,instant, apo
caught sight of a third forw-
uf rt lean whoa had been seate4
old a, fixed capstan, and nvho no
strode fett'ward to peer at the near
ecarnte •1 �a.
e;
girls
the sailor assisted lhrbois and
lelnoiselle Beaucaire to step
the quay on board the
acy,,, Bre followed them, a;11
hree other men, who appeared out
the elutes a sails- and ropes, eooe-
ecti to labor with a large pole
in order to shove the sturdy vessel
out into the harbor.
"Quick:" rourmul'ed Edith in an
agony lest the opportunity" should
ship "Tell me what vessel it is."
'"1 tli1(lk,'" Snli4 ;hare, "it is the
Belles Seem. .Anyhow, we can
easily nuke certain. all we Juixe
to do is to €;o hack around the tail
of the harbor, walk down the Quai
Port, and. watch: her as she
sses under the lighthouse of the
. Jean They Hili hoist her
sail then and we shall see her num-
ber."
"Oh, come," cried Edith, "let us
rue; e
'"1ti'e can ruts if you It
peeled Marie eooll ~, :"but there is nfa
need. They have to get out by* us-
ing the sweeps, and we will be un-
derneath the lighthouse at least a
minute: or two before they pass,
even if we walk slowly."
Whilst they were talking the three
giris put their words into practice,
gnd Edith found herself battling
with: a logical dilemma. Dubois
was evidently escaping from France
leaking out from Marseilles at
this late hour on a vessel capable
of sailing to almost any point of :the
Mediterranean.
'What could she do 1 Was it pos-
sible to invoke the aid of a police -
Haan and get .some authority to hail:
the craft and order her to return,
or was there time to take a eab
the Cannebiere and drive furiously
to the hotel, where Brett, Pairholme
and her brother must be anxiously
awaiting her return
,Rapidly as these alternatives sug-
gested themselves, .sh`e dismissed
them. It was best to fall in with
Marie's suggestion and ascertain
beyond doubt the identity of the
fishing smack. Then, at any rate,
Brett would have ;a, tangible. and
definite clue.
So she hastened with her com--
panions along the three sides of the.
now almost deserted quay, and, in
accordance with the prediction of
her -youthful guides, she reached the
promenade beyond the small light-
house
ight
house of the inner port before the
vessel had quitted the harbor. To
move a' forty -ton boat with oars is
a slow matter at the best.
As the craft came creeping stead-
il" through the narrow channel
Edith saw, to her great relief, that.
two of the men drew in their'sweeps4
and commenced to haul upon ropes
whilst the clanking and groaning
of pulleys heralded the slow rising
of the mainsail.
(To be continued.)
sc ,vt►rds passed between
was impossible for
yllable, Instantly
QUICKLY,; STOPS COUGHS, CURES COLDS.
MEALS THC THROAT AND LUNGS. 25 CENTS
SUFFICIENT UNTO HERSELF.
Small and independent Mamie
was exploring a toy -shop with her
mother 'and two olden brothers. To
see what she. would do in an emer
gency, .they. hid behind a ''counter',
and _watched ,her. After looking
around' and finding herself quite
a]one, she serenely resumed her
trudge; gazing complacently ab the
;array of dolls ' and toys. Presently
a floor -walker; who had taken in
the bit of fun, approached her and
said:
"Why, hello! Aren't you lost?"
"0, no,” she smiled. paUroniz- 1
ingly, '1 isn't; dein is."
Thugs are texl'ori.i,'] SVancouve
despite Aarning that thoS* ,y�,+•
are cattg get the lash::
s1}E';
OUT OF THE GINGER JAB,.
Is a blow from .a kicking cow
real milk punch?
Marriage vows are too often fol-
lowed by marriage rows.
Everybody has, to hustle, ever, the
egg is compelled to scramble, often
t Ones,
Tho, e who'rise early in the morn-
ing are the more likely to rise above
their troubles.
Ten are like hens, the harder
they have to scratch for a living
the more useful they become,
The physiologists tell aa that we
have five senses, and yet some folks
act as if they had none,
Que of our contemporaries advis-
es,scales for the farm, and that
San Jose critter is doing Its best
to supply them.
Some men never miss the '"Fate.
until long after the wells have.
failed.
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`"here is Always a Danger, of Ilu1141' Teas becoming
contaminated with foreign odors injurious
to their Haver, and ht a1tb ulnes
Ceylon Teas 4x e Never S0e i. knits Porn" but in
Sealedit T.ght 3ets Only--,Dlack, Mixed or Green.;`
FREE Samples Mailed rn Enquiry. Address; "SALADA ,
"-Toronto,, 030 .a
LAST °HA TC'E.
Mrs, N. Peek --Did yore ever no
ice that about half of the pictures
photographers' wi'ndo'w are of
bridal couples 1 I wonder why they
always rash off to a photographer
a+�n as the knot is ti�etd
k -The lnxtsbar d is
reM
sponsible for it, He realizes that
it is about His last chance to eyes
look pleasant.
; The difference between a. meteor
and a, meter is that the former al --r
les down and the latter al
s
goes
ing flown in -chosen
race xa3sdstng back to
i ac1S;#traiglet to dyr-
with sfl It me;aus to
:lsciy,
Pror.er hallts of eating,
With a Na-Pru<Cat Pys-
papria Tablet after each
l cal, reztore good diger-
hen, health and happiness,
A has ,of Na-Dri-Oo P Pys-
ala tS Sts
' G .hear G
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50o, at your Druggist's.
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ica..0O3 of.0 uuada.U,.linht .
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afa are-breeding
,
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tuevcr5he baeaifetw oyesads
y
the insamitaxy
their yard c�s p3oo fI as
Pry alF a i0a1 ose
z al true f otls at lithe cost,
9 A.ltstiitatelyodorte a11deudersed,assaadtaliy
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by, lending 1?laysdc,auuits, Rigbest quality
materials•asst workmanship. lasts a Ute -
To time. Avoid inferior nukes, They cost
as much, yet 1 are
flimsily built off poet sla. teria1s, , ears y a 51104 Iiia and
+' ",'", aro pagsltively iusa itaaryy hecausc built
�Ic1 warort ' Ii$le.
r I As% your dealer a ardor direlat,
f Bendier b let--mTI a Path toRe
0.1.altll.'t'
M 3. tilll>klgc ARKED"WilnEt,taata 1'7ifameauuer s.
e Traders
an < o Canada
Proceedings of the Twenty -Seventh Annual 0
The Twenty -Seventh Annual 3Tceting 1A'StS ltctltl ,ll Itti4ll tl
Mr, C. D. Warren. the 'President. having taken the ehalir, the
tC met as Secretary of the 3Iec>tdnt.. ta't notion. Messrs, 1.:..Lla:1➢e and J. fir:. Nl n w
of the las Annual Recting were Olsen 9,5 natl.
DIRECTORS' REPORT
The tAirootora hnve aniaeh pleasure In 3ubmittIng their Twenty-seventh Annual Report ttn balance, o
tfairs' of the 73itnk; nrs of t1 a Stith December, 181.1 togethc;r tivlth 1'roflc and d.oen Account tohpva"l the
r s o f
n eta carie. of
operations of the Bank tor tl,aa year vrhle+la onitcd that day, 'tl,ct -reit pt"011t$ cat the Bank, aft making full .Prey ls
for all bad and doubtful e10t0, amount to 3601.133.78, Wing 13.80 per Brent, on. the .paha-up casual et the Bank, wh
la as ,been, aapPlled as :toll*ws::
The net rots for the twelve months, atter Rataking provlslosa do'.
tOeruedt Interest, amount to .
Balance sat oredit of Profit and Loss last year
1
leetit.
nary, 1
f.
rearrested
The truutea
bad and d0tutlttui debts, and reserving
.......... ...... ... ...,
6111,•••••• '4011.'1g33.A73
35164449'70
PProprlated as follbws, view:
53avIdend No. GO, qud.rterl3 at the rate of 8 .,per cent. nor annum .„..,,«,. ................,,,... . $ 87.1190.110
Dividend No. 61, quarterly, at ,the rate; of 8 per cent. per annum, . ............. . ....... . • • • • •. 9690. 87 000.00
1Dl'v4den4 Nle, 6::, quarterly, at the rate of 8 per cent. nor annum ,,,.,.,.«..,.,.,.«,,.,,«,,..... ” 87,000.00
Dividend 7Vo. 63. quarterly, at the rate of 8 per cent. nor annum ........ ........ 37,090.00
Transferred toRtetAceount . ,,.,•, ••.,,,•.,« •.,.,••••• .•.... 200,000.00
Written oft Bank -Furniture••••••••••••••••••••• • , , . •••••••• • • , « ... < 1540044
Transferred to Officers' Guarantee `z, and .: .. ...... •... , . • ..,... , ' 0,000.06
¶raanferred to Officers" Pension Fund .,,,, ,., ., .. «,.., .,. , .,,. s.000.00
Balance at credit 0f` Profit and Loss, ,new account..,,, •,. ,•.,,.,•„"... ........ .... ... . 181,208.591
•ou will observe $200,000 has hem; added to Best 1.ceoun
cent, of the subscribed and paid-up capital of the lianit.
T.he .0:mai/less of the Bank continues to grow most satasfaacter.ily, as,the comparative statementsubmitted
shows. She d oats during the ear ,have increased :4,10 comparative 5
eA sv $ , 3,S9R,29, and the circulation has Increased $350,&9u.
The Mead Office and all the l3ranclres have been carefully lns:pected during the year. and a full report ,ofeach.
office brought in review before, your Directors, and, in a.d:lltton to these, daspeetions, o, Oemmlttee of the Directors,
other than .the officers, and composed of Mr. H. P. B. rohnston, NO,. Mfr. W. J. Sheppara3, Mr. C. S. Wilcox, and ;lir.
H. S. strothy. was appointed to examine and appraise all the securities held at the Read Office; tir3hiclr they did, and
reported to the Board that -they are as represented, to it
The increase 1n Bank premises is partly accounted for ,by discharging the encumbrances 'which existet .- th
time of the purchase of Vancouver and:Winnipeg properties, and partly by the purchase of the property Imizel�++fl c
east of your Head Office Building. which: was acquired at a reasonabie figure. a portion of which will be, used for the
purposes of the Bank. This purchase will be of great advantage in protecting the lighting of the east side of the
Dead Ofiiee Buiidinf,* Your Bank premises now comprise 34 separate ,buildings.
The Directors have touch pleasure baa teatifydnsa to the good work performed by the Staff .durin; the period
under review.
•
All of which is respeetfuliy submitted.
to Rest Account ;9a now $2,500,000, .or about ' 68 pas,
MIAS.-D,'1VA1R.IZ,113N, ,President.
The General Manager :read the General Statement of the Bank, as of 30th of December, 1911, as follows:
COMPARATIVE GENERAL STATEMENT
'30th December, 1911
Capital stock paid up .................
Rest Account
Dividend No. 63, payable 2nd January
Former D1t ldends .unpaid
LIABILITIES
1411.
$4,354,500.06+
2,500,000.00
87,090.00
984.52
Interest accrued on Deposit Receipts........
Balance of Profits carried forward ....
Notes of the Bank in Circulation
Deposits bearing interest, In-
cluding interest accrued
to date .. , ....• 531,560,224:11
Deposits notbearing interest 8,411,414.14
39,977,638.25
Deposits made by I3an.lcs, in the United States 612,943.46
Balance due to other Banks in Canada . 14,974.51
Balance due to London Agents ,............. 322,001.41
2,811.70
181,208.57
$ 7,126,594.79
$4,373,075.00
,Gold arid Silver Coin current. $ 541,680.67
',Dominion Government De-
InanNotes . , 6,439,670.00
Notes of and iOheques on other Banks
Balance due from 'oth•er Bank
Balance due from Foreign A,g•en ts
•Dorranion. and .Pr.ovimcial Government
32;ailway and other Bonds, De'bentureS
other 5eeurities
Call and Short Loans an Stocks, tionds and
other 'Securities .
Call and iShort Loans on ,Stocks, Bonds and
' other Securities •In United. ;States
Bills discounted current .......
Notes discounted overdue (estimated loss pro -
'Loans to other Banlc.s, secured ... .... .
Deposit witch . DomttOton ,Go ver nrnen.ti 'or se
curlty ,ot`;general 'Bank, Note Circulation
Real Estate, the property of the Bank (other'-
than the Bank psemises) 2,804.15
Mortgages ori Iteal :Estate sold ,by the Bank. 24050,09
Bank premises .... • ..... .... . ... 2,307„01,71
45,301,: 32.63
$52,427,827:42
ASSETS
$5,981,350.67
2,517,27 8.41
588,3*662..
1,385,380.74
552,316.37`.
1,815,894.44`
1,723,515.35
301,284.2.1
$34,592,917.81
199,121.74
133.05
197 ,395.35
814,5135,340.71
37 ,562,480.71
052,427,827.42
529,077,697.41
7,000,137.18
$ 487,750.57
3,843,353.00
in
1010.
$4,354,500.00
2,300,000.00
57,090.00
602.52
4,351.85
153,434.19
$3,790,080.00
$ 6,800,979.10'
36,077 534.59
318848.83
20,786.14
45,208.17
40,252,757.73
64,331,103.5'7
2;020,0313:82.
291,079.50
1,154,912.70
561,509.37:... ,.
1,726,172.45
1,445,505.24
200,000.00
$32,810,351:82
'74.4108.75
7,250.77
167,374,13
24,300 00 i
2,0934;32.2.” � x�
240,439.41,`.
-------- 35,421,:160 .1
$47,152,73 6.59
971,7:41 370:74`•
r STRA TIY,
General liana;o
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