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"Your father?" I asked. "What of
Aim?"
"lie is gone."
"Gone!"
,:Yes, he is gone; and FO is Corporal
Itutue Smith. We beau weer est a ee
upon them again.'"
'But where have they gone?"', I cried.
-.This iu unworthy of you, Ialordaunt
What right have we. to Sit here, alle«'ing
our private feelings to overcome tie, while
there is a ameeibility of succoring your
father? VP, : maxi! Let us follow him.
'hell ma only what direction . he took.,,
St's
no use,' young Ileatheretone an-
swered, burying his rata) in his hands,
"Don't reproach me, We,+t, for y<.0 don't
knew all the circumstances. Whitt can
we do to reserve the tremendous and
unknown laws which are noting agaiust
us? The blow has long been hanging
over us, and now it has fallen. God help
us!"
"In heaven's name tell me what has
happened!' said I excitedly, "We must
not yield to despair,"
"We can do nothing until daybreak,"
lie answered. "We shall then endeavor
to obtain some trace of them. It is hope -
lees at .present,"
"And how about Gabriel and Mrs.
Iieathcrstone?" I asked. "Can we not
bring them down from the Ball at once?
Your poor sister must be distracted with
terror."
"She knows nothing of it," Mordant
answered. "She sleeps at the other side
of the house, and hag not seen or heard
anything. As to my poor mother, she
has expected some such event for so long
a time that it has not come upon her as
a surprise, She is, of course, overwhelmed
with grief, but would, I think, prefer to
be left to herself for the prevent. Fier
firmness and composure should be a les-
son to me; but I am oonstitutionally ex-
citable, and this eatastropbe enuring after
onr long period of suspense deprived me
of my very reason for a time."
"If we can do nothing until morning,"
I said, "you have time to tell us all that
has occurred."
"I shall do so," he answered, rising and
holding hie shaking hands to the fire.
"You know already that we have had
reason for some time—for many years, in
fact—to fear that .w terrible retribution
was banging ever my father's head for a
certain action of his early life. In this
action he was associated with the man
known as Corporal Rufus Smith; so that
the fact of the latter finding his way to
my father was a warning to as that the
time had come, and that this 5th of
October --the anniversary of the misdeed
—would be the day of its atonement. I
told you of our fears in my letter; and
if I am not mistaken, my father also
had some oonvereatiou with you, West,
upon the subject. When I saw yesterday
morning that he had hunted out the old
uniform which he has always retained
&ince he wore it in the Afghan war, I
wise sure that the end wee at hand, and
that our forebodings would be realized.
"He appeared to be more composed in
the afternoon than I have seen him for
years, and spoke freely of hie life in In-
dia and of the incidents of his youth.
About nine o'clock he requested us to go
to our own rooms, and locked us in there
—a precaution which he frequently took
when the dark fit was upon him. It was
always his endeavor, poor soul, to keep
us clear of the curse which had fallen
upon hie own unfortunate head, Before
parting from ua he tenderly embraced my
mother and Gabriel, and he afterward
followed me to my room, where he claeeed
my hand affectionately and gave into my
charge a small packet addressed to your -
.self."
"To me?" 1 iuterrnpted.
"To you. I shall fulfill my commi,-a:en
(whenever I have told you my story. I
conjured him to allow me to sit up with
him and to share any danger which might
arise; but he implored me with irresist-
ible earnestness not to add to his troubles
by thwarting his arrangements. Seeing
that I was really distressing. him by my
pertinacity, 1 at, last allowed him to close
the door and to turn the key upon the
outside. I shall always reproach myself
for my want of firmness. Bus what can
you do when your own father refuses yeur
assistance or co-operation? You cannot
force yourself upon him."
"I am sure that you did all you could
do." my sister said.
"I meant to, dear Esther, but, God help
me, it was hard to tell what was right.
Re deft me, and I heard his footsteps die
away down the long corridor. It was then
about ten o'cioek, or a little after. For a
time I paced up and down the room, and
'then carrying the lamp to the head of
my bed, I lay upon it without undress-
ing, reading 'St. 'Thomas a Kemple,' and
praying from my heart that the night
might pars safely over us. I had at Iast
fallen into a troubled sleep when I was
suddenly aroused by a loud, eonorous
sound ringing in my ears. I sat up be
wrildered, but all was silent again. The
Iamp was burning low, and my watch
showed me that it was going en to mid-
night. I blundered to my feet, and was
striking a match with the intention of
Iighting the candles, when the sharp,
vehement cry broke out again so loud
and so clear that it might have been in
the very room with me. My chamber is
in the front of the house, while theme of
my mother and sister are at the back, so
that I am the only one who commands a
view of the avenue. Rushing to
the window I drew the blind aside and
looked out. You know that the gravel
-drive opens up so as to form a broad
stretch immediately iu front of the house.
.Just in the center of this clear space
there stood three men looking up at the
house. The moon shone full upon them,
glistening en their upturned eyeballs,
and by its light I oould see that they
were swarthy -faced arid black -haired, of
a type that I was familiar with among
the Sikha and Afreedees. Two of them
were thin, with eager, aesthetic coun-
tenances, while the third was king -like
and majestic,with a noble figure and
flowing beard."
'Ram Singh!" I ejaculated.
"What, you know them." exclaimed
Mordaunt in great surprise. "You have
stet them?"
"I know of them. They are Buddhist
priests," 1 answered; "but go on."
"They stood in line," he continued,
"sweeping their arms upward and down-
ward, while their Sips moved as if re-
peating some prayer or incantation. Sud-
denly they ceased to gesticulate, and
broke out for the third time into the
wild, weird, piercing cry which had retitl-
ed me from my slumber. Never shall I
forget that shrill, dreadful summons,
swelling and reverberating through the
silent night with an intensity of sound
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which is etill ringing in my ears. As it
died slowly away there was a raspizig
and ereaking as of keys and bolts, foi-
luwed by the clang of en opening door
and the platter or hurrying feet. From
'my window I saw my father and eler-
poral Itnfus Smith rush frautieully out
of the house, hatless and unkempt, like
men who are obeying a sudden and over-
powering impulse. The three str'angere
laid no hands upon then, but the whole
five swept swiftly awry down the avenue,
and vanithed among the trees. I ani
positive that no fereo was used, or con.
•straint of any visible kind, and yet I
;tm as euro that me poor father and his
companion were helpless prisoners as if ,
I had seen them cragged away in Mali-,
aeles. All this took little time in the
acting. From the first summona which
disturbed my sleep to the last shadowy
glimpse which I had of theist between the
tree trunks could hardly have *coupled
more than five minutes of actuai time.
So sudden was it, and so strange, that
when the drama was over and they were
gone I wild have believed that it was
all some terrible nightmare, some delta
sion, had I not felt that the impress ion
was too real, too vivid, to be imputed to
fancy. I threw my whole weight against
my bedroom door iu the hope of forcing
the lock. It stood firm for a while, but
I flung myself upon it again and again,
until something snapped and I found my-
self in the passage. My first thought was
.for my mother. I rushed to her room
and turned the key in her door. The mo-
ment that I did so she stepped out into
the corridor in her dressing -gown, and
help up a warning finger.
"'No noise,' she said. 'Gabriel is
asleep. They bare been called away?'
'They have,' I answered.
"'God's will be clone!' ebo cried. 'Year
poor father will be happier in the neat
world thanhe has ever been in this.
Thank heaven that Gabriel is asleep.
gave her chloral in her cocoa.'
"'What am I to do?' I said distracted-
ly, 'Where have they gone? . How pan I
help him'? We cannot let him go from
us like this, or leave these men to do
whatthey will with him., Shall I ride
into Wigtown and arouse the police?'
"'Anything rather than that,' my
mother said earnestly, 'He has begged
the again and again to avoid it. My son,
we shall never set eyes upon your father
again. You may marvel at my dry eyes;
but if you knew as I know the pear°
which death would bring him, ycu could
not find it in your heart to mourn for
him. All pursuit is, I feel, rain; and yet
some pursuit there must be. Let it be as
private as possible We cannot serve him
better than by consulting hie wishes.'
"'But every minute is preeioue,' I cried.
'Even now he may be calling upon us to
rescue him from the clutches of these
dark-skinned fiends.' The thought so mad-
dened me that I rushed out of the house •
and down to the highroad, but once there
I had no indication in which direct:on
to turn. The whole wide moor lay before
me, without a sign of movement upon its
broad expanse. I listened, but not a sound
broke the perfect stillness of the night.
It was then, my dear friends, as I stood,
not knowing in which direction to turn,
that the horror and responsibility broke
full upon me. I felt that I was combat-
ing against forces of which I knew noth-
ing. All was strange and dark and ter-
rible. The thought of you, and of the
help which. I might look for from your
advice and assistance, was a beacon of
hope to ate. At Branksome,. at least, I
should receive sympathy, and, above all,
directions as to what I should do; for
my mindis in such a whirl that I cannot
trust my own judgment. ity mother was
content to be alone, my sister asleep, and
no prospect of being able to do anything
until daybreak. Under these circumstan-
ece what mare natural than that I should
fly to you as fast as my feet would carry
me? 'You have a clear head, Jack; speak
out, man, and tell me what I ehouid do.
Esther, what should I do?" He turned
from one to the other of us with out-
stretched hands and eager, questioning
eyes.
"You can do nothing while the dark-
ness Iasts," I answered. "We must re-
port the matter to the Wigtown pollee;
but we need not send our meseage to
them until we are actually starting upon
the search, so as to comply with the law
and yet have a private investigation, as
your mother wishes. John Fullerton, over
the hill, has a lurcher dog which is as
good as a bloodhound. If we set him on
the general's' trail he will run him down
if he had to follow him to John o'
Groats'
"It is terrible to wait calmly here while
he may need our assistance."
"I fear our assistance could under any
circumstances do him little good There
are forces at work here which are be-
yond human intervention. Besides, there
is no alternative. We have, apparently,
no possible clue as to the direction which
they hare taken, and for us to wander
aimlessly over the moor in the darkness
would be to waste the strength which
may more profitably used in the morn-
ing. It will be daylight by five o'clock.
In an hour or so we can walk over the
hill. together ,and. get Fullerton's dog:"
"Another hour!" Mtiordaunt groaned,
"every minute seems as age."
"Lie down on the sofa again and rest
yourself," said I: "You cannot serve your
father better than by laying up all the
strength you can, for we may have a
weary trudge before us. But you men-
tioned a packet which the general had
intended for me.
"It is here," lee answered, drawing a
small, flat parcel from his pocket and
handing it over to me; 'you will find, no
doubt, that it will explain all which has
been so mysterious."
The packet waa sealed at either and
with black wax, bearing the impress of
the flying griffin, which I knew to be the
general's crest, It was further secured
by a band of broad tape which I cut with
my pocket knife. Across the outside was
written, in bold handwriting: "J. Pother-
gill West, Esq.," and underneath, "To be
handed to that gentleman in the event of
the disappearance or decease of Major-
General J. B. Heatheretone, V,O.,
late of the Indian. Army." So at last I
was to know the dark secret which had
east a Shadow over our iivee. Here in
my hands I held the solution of it. With
eager fingers I broke the seals and un-
did the wrapper. A note and .a small
bundle of discolored paper lay within. 1
drew the lamp over to me and opened
the former. It was dated from the pre-
ceding afternoon, and ran in this way:
Iffy dear West --I should have satisfied
Yo ur very natural euricsity onthe sub -
Sect which we have had occasion to talk
of more than once, but I refrained for
your own sake. I knew by sad experf.
enee how resettling and unnerving it is
to be forever waiting for a catastrophe
which you are convinced must befall, and
which you ran neither avert nor acce'er•
ate. Though it affects me specially, as
being the person most conocrned, I am
OMB conscious that the 'natural eytnpathy
which I have observed in you, and your
regard for Gabriel's father. would. both
combine to render you unhappy if yon,
Itncw the hoIesaness and yet the vague-
ness ef the fate which threatens ane. I
feared to disturb your mind, and I wag
therefore silent, though at eome cost
myself, for ray isolation has been not the
least of the troubles which. have weighed
me down, Many signs, however; and chief
among them the presence of the Buddhists
upon the coast ea described by vont this
morning, have cenvfncecl xna that the
weary waiting le at last over and that
the hotly of retribution is at hand, Why
I should have been allowedto live nearly
forty year after try offence, IS mor'e time
4n .a Packet of Tea means
Freshness
Purity
Exquisite' ,Aroma.
Delightful Flavour
Try a Packet awl snake
the test. 071
$n Sealed Lead Packets only.
BLACK, GREEN & MIXED.
I eau understand, but it is porsibio that
those who had :'command over my fate
know that such a life is the greatest of
all penalties to me. Never for an holm,
night or day, have they suffered me to
forget that they have marked me down
es their victim. • !'heir accursed astral
bell has been ringing my knell for two
score years, reminding me ever that there
is no spot upon earth where I eau hope to
be in safety. Oh, the peace, the blessed
pees of, dissolution! Come what may on
the other side of the tomb,. I shall at
least be quit of that thrice terrible sound.
There is no need for me to enter into
the wretched business again, or to detail
at any length the events of the 5th of
October, 1841, and tiro various circum
stances which led ftp to the death ef
Ghoolab Shah, the arch. adept. I have
torn a sheaf of leaves from my old jour•
nal, in which you will find a bald account
of the matter, and an independent nar-
rative was furnished by Sir Edward
Elliott, of the Artillery, to: the Star of
India some years ago—in which, however,
the namea were suppreeeeed. I have rea-
son to believe that many people, even
among those who knew India well, thought
that Sir Edward was romancing, and.
that he had evolved . his incidents from
his imagination. The few faded leaves
which I send you will show you that this
is not the case, and that, our men of
science must recognize powere and laws
which can and have been used by man,
but which are unknown to Europeau eav-
ilization.
I do not wish to whine or to whimper,
but I cannot help -feeling that I have had
hard measure dealt me in this world. I
would not, God knows, take the life of
any man, far leas an aged one, in cold
blood. My temper and nature, however,
were always fiery ano, headstrong, and in
action when eny blood is up I have no
knowledge of what I am;, about. Neither
the - corporal nor I would have laid a
finger upon Ghoolab Shah had we not
seen that the tribesmen were rallying be-
hind him. Well, well; it is an old story.
now, and there 10 110 profit in dieeu sing
it. May, -no other poor fellow ever have
the' same evil fortune!
I have written a short supplement to
the statements eontained in my journal
for your information. and that of, any
one else who may chance, to be interested
in the matter. And now, adieu! Be.a
good husband to Gabriel;, and if your
sister be brave enough to marry into
such a devil -ridden family as oars by all
means let her do so. I have left enough
to keep my poor wife . in comfort. When
she rejoins me I should Irish it to bo
equally divided' between the children. If
'you hear that I am gone, do not pity,
but congratulate
Your unfortunate friend+
John Berthier Featherstone.
I threw aside the letter and plotted up
the roll of blue foolscap which contained 1
the •solution of the , mystery. It was all
ragged and frayed at the inner edge,
with traces of gum and thread still ad-
hering to it, to show that it had been
torn out of a strongly bound volume.
The ink with which it had been written
had faded somewhat; but across the head
of the first page was inscribed in bold,
clear characters, evidently of later date
than the rest, -"Journal of Lieutenant J.
B. Featherstone in the Thull valley dur-
ing the autumn of 1841," and then under-
neath, "This extract contains some ac-
count of the events of the first week of
October of that year, including the skirm-
ish of the Terada ravine and the death
of the man Ghoolab Shah." I have the
narrative lying, before me now, and I
copy it verbatim. If it contains some
matter which has no direct bearing upon
the question at issue, I can only say that
I thought it better to publish what is
irrelevant than by cutting and clipping
to lay the whole statement open to the
charge of having been tampered with.
(To be continued.)
Shoes Tied to Knees.
Ae ooverings for the human foot
shoes have 'been worn from the
earliest times. The shoes of the
Jews were made d,e of wood rush
linen or leather. The Romans were
the first to set the example of cost-
ly shoes, and introduced various
decorative adornments of ivory
and precious stones. In the Middle
Ages fashion played some fantastic
tricks with shoes, and in England,
about the middle of the fifteenth
century, shoes with such long.
points were, worn that they had to
be tied to the knees for convenience
in walking, the dandies using silver
chains for the purpose. 1t was
about 1633 when shoes of the pre-
sent• form were introduced, and in
1668 the buckle came into use as
an ornament.
English Ate With Fingers.
Forks were unknown in England
until about 300 years ago. A knife
was used to cut up food, but the
food was conveyed by the fingers
to the mouth: The first evidence of
a use of the fork in the 20th century
fashion 'was by a noble 'lady of 'By-
zantium, who, in the 11th century,
had married a doge of Venice and
ate in that city after her own cus-
tom, cutting her meat very finely
up and oonveYing it to her mouth
with a two-pronged fork. The act
was regarded in Venice as a sign of
expensive luxury and extreme
effeminacy.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman tells
the story of the woman who went
to market one morning to buy some
geese and found five hanging out-
side the shop, "I are a boarding-
house keeper," she remarked, with
a smile. "Will you pick out for
me three of those geese that are
toughest V' .The man laughed
knowingly and obeyed "Thank
you," said the woman briskly,
"Nov 1'11 take the other two."
A. Pions Aspiration.
Mr. Reginald McKenna has dis-
covered ere this that the Home S.ee-
retary's life is nota happy one ill
these hustling days when 'one sec -
time of women .are insisting on. their
vote.
As et married loan of several
years' ;Standing Mr. McKenna
should be in et position to give the
suffragists a little homely advice.
Apropos of his marriage. to Mies
Pamela Jekyll, in 1903, an amus-
ing incident occurred in the House
of Commons. Mr. MoKenna had
just returned from his honeymooi
and was, speaking in favor of the
Government's Old Age Pension
scheme.
"It is relatively cheaper for two
Rt. Zion. Reginald McKenna.
•
persons living together than one,'
he argued.
"You ought to know, aanyway,"
cried Mr. Will Crooks.
"Well, I hope it will bo cheap-
er," said Mr. McKenna, and the
house laughed at the pious aspira-
tion.
AN EXPENSIVE TOY.
The British Fleet in Miniature --
Worth.- $62,750.
The most expensive toy in the
world has been placed on exhibition
at Northampton, England,.
It is a real miniature . fleet of
super -Dreadnoughts, battle cruis-
ers and, destroyers, with a royal
yacht, all fitted with guns and
searchlights, the whole being a re-
plica, exact in every detail,, of ves-
sels in the British navy.
Every vessel is fully armed with
13.6m. and 12 inch guns—made to
is
Each scale that will -fire. E h
one
equipped, too, with the correct
number of secondary guns and car-
ries electric navigation lights and
searchlights, while the torpedo
boats are operated automatically.
Here are the names and descrip-
tions of these unique toys, which
will easily carry a boy to act as cap-
tain and a crew of one.
Sup er=Dreadnoughts.
Length (ft.) Tonnage.
King George V. .. 20 2,740
Thunderer ....... 19.5 2,600
Colossus 18.25 2,400
Neptune .. 18.25 2,400
Battle Cruisers.
Queen Mary 25 2,800
New Zealand 19.25 2,500
D estroycrs.
Swift 12 1,560
Phoenix 12 1,560
Royal 'Yacht.
Victoria and i rAlbert. 16.5 200
be
01100,100ellalle*Deeseeeeete
1 on the Farm
root Rot.
The sheep is a highland animal
by nature, Low, wet ground is in-
jurious to its feet.. The sheep's
toes are very flexible. Between the
'toes of each ,foot is an oil duet,
which pours oil between the toes
so as to reduce friction. In low,
soft ground the mud squeezes be-
tween the toes and clogs this duct.
The toes will spread quite far
apart and so easily that the plate
of mud aectunulales and lhard•ens
and irritation is set up which re-
sults in pus formation that finally
sloughs off the hoofs if not cured,
Of course, .this does nob happen
every time a sheep gets muddy feet.
But if compelled to live in mud,
there comes a time when the mud
lodges with injurious results,
We are not sure that foot rot is
a bacterial disease. It may be so.
Surely a bacterial infection could
readily enter after the inflammation
became chronic. Sheep have little
resisting power over their enemies,
so a little ailment dues great dam-
age.
When your sheep get to limping
or walking stiff, examine the feet.
It may be they only need their
hoofs trimmed. If dry mud is be-
tween the toes, clean it out and
rub a .little grease between the
toes. Then see that they have a
clean, dry place where no mud
exists. Give your sheep the hilly
pastures and not the low land.
Edward W. Hobbs, who designed
the fleet, gave some particulars of
the model navy.
"For nine weeks," he said,
"twenty men have been working at
the Northampton works to complete
the ,fleet. Each of the battleships
cost $3,000 except the Queen Mary,
which cost $3,300. The destroyers
could be bought for $1,000 each,
while the royal yacht cost $2,500.
The biggest boats carry two per-
sons and the destroyers hold one.
They are propelled by electrical
motors, and all the boats can travel
at speeds varying from 2% knots to
31,4 knots for two hours without
stopping.
If the fleet were bought as a
present for a boy," continued Mr,'
Hobbs, "the generous father would
require to build for his son a lake
200 yards by 100 yards .and three
feet deep. This would cost $20,000,
while scenery effects would 'test an-
other $20,000. Total for the fleet
and, the sea, $62,750.
"The cost of upkeep for the fleet
would be about $1.25 a -week."
During the review at Northamp-
ton gun and mines were fired,...
while the grey Bulls of the battle-
ships slid easily and quietly over
the water.
During a hill in the conversation
the young man 'who was calling
made the announcement that he
had failed to keep abreast of the
scientific advance of the age.. 'Por
instance," he said, "1 don't know
at all how the incandescent electric
light which is now used so much
'produced." "Oh,it is verysim-
ple,"
.. '' the - : e i , "
pie, said tit.: t1p t<)-clat _ girl. 31`011
just turn a little button and the
light appears."
Hints For the Hog Raiser.
Keep charcoal. before the hogs all
of the time. The cheapest and best
is that made from corncobs. Dig
a hole in the ground. cement it so
it won't cave in, fill it full of cobs,
cover with any old piece of metal,
shovel a little earth around the
edges and your cobs will char nice-
ly,
You need not expect big framed
hogs from starved pigs. They must
be pushed from the time they are
able to eat until the finish, and on
bone -pros icing feed if you 'want
strong animals.
The farmer who does not feed
every pint of wastemilk on the
farm, sweet or sour, is not working
for the greatest profit.
No animal on the farm is expect-
ed to turn in more money than the
hog, and yet he is generally given
the poorest quarters on the place.
Potato Diseases.
In regard to combating diseases
of the potato, I•think the first thing
for a planter to consider is theim-
munity nit different varieties of dis-
eases, says Samuel B. Green. We
find there is a great difference in
this respect. In addition, it is im-
portant to have potatoes planted on
rather dry soil. The seed should
be thoroughly treated with corro-
sive sublimate or formalin to kill
the scab germs or any other dis-
ease germs that may be `on them,
and then I would recommend spray-
ing at least three times after the
vines are well developed.
The Shepherd and Iiis Flock. •
Cull the ewe flock and get them
up to a high standard and just as
much can be accomplished on the
iiocic as in't,he selection of the ram,
except that the ewe has but one
or two lambs a year and the ram
a great number.
A few choice lambs make suitable
farm companions for the children..
Even
athat the law hikeP roducea
like, turns flipflops when cross
breeding is practiced.
Fix a lamb creep to exclude the
ewes, sprinkle a little bran in the
troughs and you will very soon
have the `lambs eating.
Poultry Suggestions.
A flock of chickens all of one
breed is an attractive sight. It is
an easy matter to have such an one.
A young `and fat chicken makes
an excellent Sunday dinner.
It is hardly fair to expect a hen
that has been laying all winter to.
keep up her vitality through the
breeding season unless she is well
nourished before -hand.
She should be fed highly at the
end of the laying season so she may
be in first-class condition to enter
the nest for month of inaction,
Clever Legless Cyclist
George Anstey, a twelve. -year-old
cripple, of Leicester, England, is
one of the most remarkable cyclists
tube found in that country. Both'
his legs are withered and useless,
but the Leicester Cripples' Guild
has provided him with a, two -
Wheeler pedal -less machine, with a
padded tube covering the axle -bar.
Aerosis this he lies face foremost,
and,, with wooden clogs strapped' to
his hands, he propels himself along
the streets and roads in a marvel-
lously rapid manner.
tea
NapDru-Co
Laxatives
accomplish their purpose
with maxihnunt emciency
Awl minimum discomfort.
Increasing doses are not
needed.
25e. a box at your
Druggist's. in
National Drug and Chemical
Co. o1 Canada, lianited.
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NAPIER TOURING CAR
For sale at a sacrifice,
A beautiful finished 6-eyliuder, 7 -passers,
ger car, felly eanipe& and in Ara -clan
condition. This will make a ••epiendict
pproposition for any real estate . firm, art
livery. Price $1,200.00.
RUSSELL MOTOR CAR 00., Limited,
100 Richmond 5t, West.
Toronto. Phone M. 2072-3.4e:
ARTS,
EDUCATION,
MEDICINE,
SCIENCE,
including
EI'(GINEERING
,2lrts Stnnrner
Session
July 2 to Aug. 16
HOME STUDY
The Arta course
may be taken by
correspondence,
but students desir-
ing to graduate
must attend one
session.
For calendars write
G. Y. CFHOWN
Kingston, Opt.
KINGSTON o QNB J0
VEILED "WIDOW" IN COURT.'
Extraordinary Suit Which Has Just,
Concluded in India.
There has just concluded in the
high court at Madras, India,.what
the judge who tried it describes as
the most extraordinary suit ever$
heard by an Indian court of law.
The claimant was a lady whol
claimed to be the widow of a ric
Turkish merchant who died in Ma-
dras about seven years ago, b
name Haji Mandi Baghdadi. Mandi
left a, will bestowing the whole of
his great fortune to charity, and the
I estate was taken over by the Turk-.
ish Consul, with the intention of
carrying out the wishes of the de-
ceased.
Before the prolonged legal pros
eeedings necessary for doing so
could be completed, however, the
consul's possession was disturbed
by the arrival of a man from Bag-,
dad who claimed .to be the brother,
and heir of Mandi, and in order to
avoid further litigation the Consul!
;
made a compromise by which the'
newcomer received two-thiaid' �' of,
the estate, the rest to go in chat3ity
as directed by the will.
All that took place throe years'
ago. Now, however, there comes on:
the scene this mysterious lady. e
story in court was that she had lett
her husband in order to go on a'
pilgrimage to Mecca, and, inciden-1
tally, to see her sick mother at
Jeddah.
She and her mother left Jeddah
together to go to Mecca, but when
they had gone only ten. miles the
mother died and the plaintiff herself
fell ill. Giving up the iclea of going
to Mecca, she returned to Bombay,:
where she lived for two years with'
her brother, without hearing from
her husband at all. Then, hearing
of her husband's death, she -came to
Madras and filed ,he present suit.
The lady was present in court,
but in accordance with the Moharce
medan custom she ryas borne in on
a closed
d n
elan cin a was not to
P q
be seen by any male eye.
The defendant urged that she
was a mere impostor, that Mandi
never had a wife, and that the
whole story was a conooction from
beginning to end. Moreover, 001133.-
sel for the defence averred that he
knew who was in the palanquie
and could produce witnesses
prove who she was.
Accordingly, two women residing+,
in the town -looked into the palan
quin as it stood in the courtroom,
and at once recognized the occu-
pant a,s a lady well known in the
town. The marriage certificate put
in by the plaintiff was closely ex-
amined by the judge (Mr. Justice
Wallis) and declared to be an utter
forgery, and the suit was dismissed.'
How such an elaborate scheme
came to be built up remains and
probably will 'remain, a mystery,
The palanquin as used in Infos is
an. imposing'affair—a, kind of wood-
en box about eight feet long, four.
feet wide and four feet high, with
wooden shutters. It, is borne on
the. shoulders of 'four men by means
of projecting poles.
RUSSELL MODEL. "R"
For Sale.
30 h.p. engine. 5 -passenger tearing oar
Price $800.00.
",i"hfs oar is in splendid running order, lull
equipped and worth much mora than tll
prion.
RUSSELL MOTOR 0i R CO., LU8i1ted,,
'too Rlohmottd st., West.
Toronto, Phonal 1I,, 207•
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prices paid promptly by trio weak or' month. . fele canvassing or selling -•-oar sirs
ellams eeil the geode and the field. is unlimited for our work. If you want clean,.
pleasant work the year round for whole or spare time, write us and we will send
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