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i IE NYSiERY CLERED UP;
OR, THE HERITAGE OF MADAME
YALTA.
EXPLANATORY PREFACE.
M. Claude Justus Dorgeres
was a rich banker, living in the Rue
de Suresne' , Paris. He was a
widower, and had a charming
daughter, Ace, his only child. In
his employ were two young men,
1 Jules Vignola', the cashier, and
f Robert de Carnoel, his secretary.
Maxime Dorgeres, the banker's
nephew, was an intimate friend of
both, and spent most of bis time at
his uncle's house. The banker held
a soiree on every Wednesday, which
r his most intimate friends were in-
vited to attend. One evening Max-
imo and Jules Vignory, when enter-
ing tho gate about 10 o'clock, saw
two men waiting within, who rush-
ed past them into the street, as
soon as the gate was thrown open.
They descried, as they ascended the
steps, a Light in the sale -roots, and
on entering, found that the safe
had been tampered with. A small
lamp bad been left lighted in the
room, and a pool of blood was on
the floor. The safe was furnished
with an ingenious piece of mechan-
ism, which would seize by the wrist
any one who tampered with the
lock without knowing the combina-
tion. In this rise was a woman's
hand, and it had been cut off by the
thief herself or her accomplice,
rather than be held and caught.
On the floor was a turquoise brace-
let that had fallen from the severed
hand, and was forgotten in the ex-
citement. The cashier's intention
was to call the banker at once,'but
Maxime objected, saying that with
the bracelet as a clue he would dis-
cover the thief. He threw the hand
into the Seine, and it was found a
few days after in a fisherman's net,
and sent to the morgue. The next
morning it was stolen, and the mys-
tery became more involved than
- evens,- elf. Dorgeres wishes! his
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with his grandmother, Madame
1'iriac. One evening at the Rink,
Maxine Dorgeres, who tsar still in
quest of the bracelet, met u club
friend, M. Villages, a Hungarian
doctor, who did not practise his
profession, and oho was a particu-
lar friend of the Coun.oss Yalta.
M. Villages directed his friend's at-
tention to a beautiful lady, evident-
ly a foreigner, who was akating
with exquisite grace around the
arena. Maxine watched his op-
portunity, and escorted her home,
a long distance through lonesome
streets. She gave her name as
Madame Sergent, and invited her
escort to calEon her at the expira-
tion of a fortnight. On taking
leave of her, Maxine was surpris-
ed to find little Georget at his heels
to inform hint that he was pursued
by three men with the evident in-
tention of robbing him. He called
a cab and eiscaped. On the way
home Madame Sergent felt the
bracelet on Maxire's wrist, which
he always carried, lest it should
pass out of his possession before he
had found the owner. She inquir-
ed minutely concerning it, but re-
ceived no satisfactory information.
The next morning Maxime called at
the house of Madame Sergent,. The
door was opened by a huge -whisk-
ered man with the manners of a
boor and temper of a bear. IIo said
no such person lived there, and
slammed the do.r in Maxima's
face. Meantime Mlle. Dorgeres
received surreptitiously a letter
from her lover, Robert de Carnoel,
appointing a meeting with her in
the Bois de Boulogne pre ious to
bis leaving France..'$ut as he was
now imprisonefl, 'it was impossible
for hint tyt '.'eep his promise, and
Alice .could not divine the cause of
his 'absence. While endeavouring
to find some means of escape the
first night of his imprisonment,
, , aaughtef to matey Jules Vignory, l Robert do Carnoel discerned,
his cashier, whkm he intended mak- through a window, a figure making
ing his partner. '-.The girl loved Ro- signs to attract his attention. 1lav-
bert de Carnoel, tho secretary, and ing replied by waving a small lamp,
told her father so. The young man the figure disappeared. It was the
was a marquis, of a family that had boy Georget. Onc evening Max -
lost their fortune, and M. Dorgeres
did not think he possessed the com-
mercial instinct. Hence his ubjec-
) tion.
Onc morning Col. Borisoff, a
Russian, entered and told M. Dor-
geres that he wished to withdraw
1.400,000 francs and a casket that
hs had deposited in his safe the
into went to the variety theatre,
where he saw the beautiful Ma-
dame Sergent in a box. She was
accompanied by the burly boor who
had treated Maxine so uncere-
moniously when he called at her
residence. After a while the man
left the box and started for home.
next morning. The banker replied
Maxime improved this opportunity
that. there would delay, to proceed to the box, where the
thawere three memo placedy,s lade remained. He was specially
the safe that morning. This was anxious t j renew her told acquaintance, end
said in the presence of Carnoel, as he had Use been b ' A friend
On the departure of Col. Burisoff that she saw the mysterious brace -
M. Dorgores offered a commission let worn by thisladeo. Mndnmi supper
M. Sar-
in time before.
in Egypt to M. de Carnoel, in order
t� separate him from his dan'htlr, gent told him the mon wham lir had
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but the young man promptly refits- seen was nut hher husband, and that
alio detested him. He had a patt-
ed.
and resigned his position. That
night a second attempt was made sion for gambling, and be had gone
to l a party.
on the safe, and when Col. Borisoff the lady lA
to supper. He soonxime tlno
returned next morning his casket ticed that it was not her hand that
was gone. Fifty thousand francs had been left in M. Dorgeres' safe.
were also abstracted, but as the 'Fheuestion of the hrn clot was
rest of the millions were untouch again discussed in much detail,
cd, it was plain that the thief only both parties seeking to extract all
wanted the casket and a sufficient
sum of money to take him across
the French frontier. Robert de
Carnoel was seen to leave the
house on the night of the robbery
at 11.30 p.m., half an hour before
the watchman cane to the ante-
room. He and the cashier, Yig-
nory, and M. Dorgeres were the
only persons who knew the comnbin-
ation. Tho conclusion was that he
wns the thief or was in collusion
with the thieves. He had declared
that he was going to America or the
antipodes, never to return. Col.
II3orisoff inserted an advertisement
in a Paris journal, under an assum-
eJ name, offering great induce-
ments to invossors in some mines in
(•el,rrado. He was visited by Ro-
bert de Carnoel, who told him he
had fifty thousand francs to invest,
which he received a few days before
from an anonymous debtor of hie
father. Col. Borisoff charged hlin
with the thicft. and held him im-
prisoned in his house. under a
strong guard. He threatened to
deport him to Siberia, which he
could do, as he held a commission
from his government which enabled
him to send by enclosed van mes-
sages to Russia under guard.
This van would nett be c-pened nt
the frontier, and nobody world
ever know what became of Carnoel.
l;ut the young roan stoutly protest their mission.
ed his innocent•e.
In the employ of M. Dorgeres was The day folloc,ing, Jfaxinic went
a buy rrf thirteen named Georget, in person to the house of the ogre,
the protege of the Countess Yalta, but his success was no greater.
n wealthy and eccentric Russinn The obliging porter opposite re-
princces. Cleorget's father was cognised him. and eame out for the
token a prisoner by the Russians express purpose of informing hien
irr the. Crimean war; and had eased that the bear had decamped; that
tlic life of the eonnters' father in he had not been seen for thirty-six
n hear hunt while in the interior of hours: thatthe neighbors, who de-
Ras=is. Hence her interest in the tested hien had signified to the com-
lad, ides'-, she placed in M. Dor- nlissery of police that some crime
(seri l' establishment. He lived
house ; and that the commissary
had searched it from garret to cel -
1 lar. They had not discovered the
trust skeleton nor anything uhich
indicated that it had been a scene
of violence. It did not appear that
it bad been used even, or that any
one had slept in its sumptuous
beds. The conclusion of the in-
quest was that the unknown had
gone as he came. no one knew why ;
but as the furniture he had left suf-
ficed to pay the rent, there was no
cause for his occupying any further
attention.
Maxime not acknowledging him-
self beaten wentto see the owner,
who told h:m that having sinned a
lease of nino years and paid three
in advance, he had no reason to
concerned at the departure of his
tenant. The naive of this tenant
was composed of so many conson-
ants and so few voxels, it was im-
possible for u French tongue to
pronounce it, and M. Maximo Dor-
geres no•'• found himself at his wits'
ond. Tho best informed viveurs,
those who had all Paris on their
lingers' end, had been unable to
give him any information concern-
ing this shooting star, who had
blazed one or two evenings and
disappeared without leaving a
track.
So Maximo, discouraged, ended
by believing that Madame Sergent
had never made part of the demi-
monde; that in conjunction with
the Carpathian bear she had played
a comedy of which he had been the
victim, and that she had supped
with her too confident admirer for
the sole purpose of getting posses-
sion of the bracelet. She had suc-
ceeded and ho should never hear of
her more. The trail was lost—the
birds wero flown. They had gone
to rejoin the thief who could now
sleep tranquilly. She had regain-
ed possession of her band stolon
from the morgue, and of the jewel
which had adorned that guilty
hand.
Though not indifferent to his de-
feat, Maxine consoled himself with
no great difficulty. His business
of police agent was brought to an
end, but he hf not had time to ac skull mashed; that tic was delirious greatly aid in arresting diarrhoea
quire a tastee for this pursuit of and his life in danger. The shock oe other bowel disorders. In ex -
criminals, upon which he had enter -
he • had received d had been so
ed so passionately. And then his great f pennants made to determine the
mind was elsewhere. Since he had that hc)r had lost his memory, and benefits of charcoal feeding, if any,
wiry not in a condition to recount four turkeys wore confined in a pen
what had happened to him. and fed on meal, boiled potatoes
Such was tho condition of affairs and opts, and four others of the
when Maxime Dorgeres went out sante brood, were at the same time
one morning, according to his confined in another pen end fed
Sic Maria Laurier 'teem.
Nectar. Engagements with a laxicat
TA XICA ES AS AN INVESTMENT
A system, whick can boast o beim; the only mea --s of rapid transit in a quick
growing community, is an idea. investment, because it is a big money earner.
Tor'onto'oTaaicabs Gave demontrates their value as the rapid transit service of ;h s city.
Toronto's Taxicabs rave pietism the r big earning putrers, and can, uncle- pre<ent
conciLcns, pay a d vicend of 10''_ per annum, or 2!z`i. quarterly, b;g biting January, 191i
We advise the purchasetrt 0-1 per s':are, par va'ca $3.00, and
of Taxicab Stock at v the time to buy is now.
Subscriptions will be accep'ed up to 100 shares in the order received at this office.
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E. A. EAGLET! `g GLISrj Vi to. is Stree s 7 O QIV T O
Send for our Ulurtreted nuolclet. to
Piriac saying that her grandson
was dying.
M. Dorgeres, who had a kind
heart, repaired immediately to Rue
C'ardinet, where he learned that
the child had been picked up the
night before on the Boulevard
Cuurcelles, his arm broken and
have not hail a v;atief , parched
grain partly burnt affords an agree-
able change and serves nearly the
same purpose as charcoal. Oats,
corn. wheat or even bran. will be
readily eaten by hens when they
have been regularly fed on a same-
ness of diet and such food will
known this strange countess he had
thought only of her, had thought of
her all the more because he had
not seen her again. He had gone
every day to the Avenue de Fried-
land mansion to receive a bulletin
of the health of the countess.
The Hungarian seemed now to be
encouraged. Madame Yalta had
plied; I92 bushels when 700 pounds
of commercial fertilizer vas tined,
and 174 bushels when pet'iing was
fed to the land. In tile, case of
sandy soil it shows that clove r is`,L
very valuable crop. It not only
furnishes nitrogen to the soil, but
its roots and stems are the gleans
of supp!s ing much humus.
AN EXCITING RIDE.
Experience of a Traveller on the
Andes.
daily habit, to inq•rire for Madame daily on the same articles, but with In going over one cif the moun-
I'"ilia. one pint of finely pulverized char- tain roads, on the way to the crest
(To be continued.) coal mixed with their food. These of the Andes, the travellol has need
had also a plentiful supply of bro- of stead:• nerves. A passage in
ken charcoal in their pen. The "The Andean Land, by Mr. C. S.
entered upon convalescence, and it +++++++++++++++++++4++ eight were killed, and there was a Osborn, describes the journey.
was no ins.gnicicant hatters to the j difference of one and one-half Tho road is narrow and rocky and
young man's vanity to learn that • pounds each in fa. �r of those sup rutty and steep, with no walls to t.
he she spoke of him and expressed a poled with charcoal. They were the speak of except tumble down ones
arml l ! filt•est, and the meat was superior that increase the danger by their
�l / in point of tenderness and flavor. false siiggestiorr of safety. grid in
one place the wagon would fall two
-- thousand feet if it shoald roll off
++++++++++++++++++++++e ice uograceful errccp SOIL FOR FOt1L'C.tY YARD. the edge of the Thad lutentain.
s
Many attempts to raise poultry
fail because the poultry -houses o round, east- curves as it takes
its way up the Titanic heights, but
Blood may escape with the milk and yards are located d in situations rather it zigzags like the teeth of a
p that are unsanitary from every
when the adder has been injured by point of view. It is impossible to yaw, ascending in short stretches
1
blows, also when it is congested or raise chickens on a site that is wet. arid doubling luck at sharply acute
inflamed. when the circulation In towns and cities it is not always angles, leav nq ten little room for
through it has been suddenly in- possible for the poltry raiser to a team and wagon to turn in when
creased by richer and more abund- get the kind of a 'ite he wants, but driven slowIv and carefully and
ant food, or when the cow is under this is not usually the case on two abreast.
the excitement of heat. The froth- farms, except very small farms Now imagine, if you can, the
that are se lfleeted that they have
the drainage from higher areas.
One small poultry farm w as suc-
cessively used by not less than
three poultry raisers, who made a
failure of it because there was too
touch water ern anti in the soil. It
was finally abandoned as a poultry
farm merely because its drainage
was not right._ -
desire to see him.
Changes have taken place—many
changes in the household of M.
Dorgeres. Vignory has been ale- I
voted to the dignity of partner,
and better still, his patron has
given him official authority to pay
his addresses to Mlle. Alice, who
does not repel his advances.
She also is much changed. After
a few days of seclusion following
her drive to the Bois, she told all
to her father. Joseph, the too
complaisant valet de chamhre had
nearly been turned away, but she
suce4ded in winning his pardon.
Cousin Maxime, on the contrary,
has risen considerably in his uncle's
esteem, who is tinder infinite obli-
gations for his well-advised inter-
vention.
To her confession Alice added a
declaration which delighted M.
the information possible from ono Dorgeres. She sr id. be:veforth
another. The lady asked to ex- Robert, do Carnoel did not exist
amine it, and admitted that it once for her. and that she was ready to
was hers. While thus engaged, follow in all respects the paternal
the ferocious boor who had accom- counsels. The banker profited by In milk wliicir becomes red after
panied her to the theatre burst in- the occasion to urge the claims of iS is drawn it may be duo to the
to the room where the pair were the cashier, and slie offered no ob- presence in it of the inicrococus
dining, and in the excitement that jection to this pretender. She prodigiousus. This also grows on
ensued. the lovely Madame Sergent asked only for time to know him, b,readand is the explanation of the
di'nppeared through the door, but exacted also of her father that supposed miracle of the 'bleeding
carrying the bracelet with her. no stops should be taken against host'.
And Maxime went home to reflect M de Carnoel, and that. his name Tho treatment will vary with
at his leisure upon the new situa- should not bo mentioned in her pre- the cause. in congested glands gine
one pound of Epsnrn salt,, and daily
thereafter ane -half ounce salt-
petre; with a dram of chlorate of
potash : bathe the bag with hot or
cold water, and rub with camphor-
ated lard. If the food is too rich
or abundant it must be reduced. If
from acid plants, these must be re
moved from pasture or fodder. In-
duration of the udder may be met
by rubbing with a combination of
iodine cintment one part, soft soap
two parts, or mercurial ointment
and soap may be used. Careful
milking is imperative.'
It is sometimes recommended to
milk the cow before the udder be
comes much distended. Milk sever-
al times a day if necessary. It is
also recommended to give internal-
ly a tablespoonful of a mixture of
powdered sulphate of iron, four
ounces; of granulated sugar, one
pound ; mix these well together and
BLOODY MILK.
ing up and assuming a pink tinge
is often the first sign of red -water,
and it may result from the eating
of acid or irritating plants. Deposits
of tubercle or tumoas in the udder
or induration (hardness) of the
gland, may be efficient causes. the
irritation caused by milking con-
tributing to draw the blond. Finnl-
ly there may be a reddish tinge or
sediment when madder or dogwood
has been eaten.
tion. Renee. These conditions were
CHAPTER 1.
A month has passed. The thaw
has come and the New Year too :
but Maxime has not seen again the
Countess Yalta. Neither has lie rings• ; and this denouement is the
seen again the inexplicable crew- more probable, as a month has
tura who carried off the accusing passed and Robert de Carnoel has
bracelet. The day after the ab- given no sign of life. Col. Boris-
ruptly-ended supper, he waited all off had had several conversations
the morning for Blue Beard's see- with the banker. orifi it WAS agreed
ends, but none appenred. In the between them that the affair of the
afternoon, forgetting the doctor's theft should be abandoned. The
wise counsel!, he recruited two cohnel had accepted the loss of his
brave youths and despatched them cnsket, and is interested in the fu -
to Rue Jouffroy. They fornid the ture 1►aPlrineee of Mlle. Dorgeres.
doors closed against thein ; reiter- The father is grateful for his good
Med appeals to the bell having conduct and h» friendly senti-
proved unavailing. they were con- menta. ' Ile would even have invit•
pilled to return without tnitillinq ed him to his 1Sec.:ncsday soirees
but for Alice's opposition. The
readily accepted. Vignory now
dines every evening aid' M. Dor-
geres. Mlle. Alice has even begun
to nppreciate his good qualities
and to accord him a welcome. No
one can doubt that this state of
affairs will speedily end in a mar -
('LOVER AS A FERTILIZER.
The Wisconsin Experiment Sta-
tion found that by plowing under
a green crop of clover en sandy
soil a yield of 241 bushels of pota-
t ,es was obtained, 197 bushels
«hen 10 tons of manure was ap-
horses driven madly in a gallop,
ne trot ; that would be slow : but
in quick, short, jerky jumps. such
as the mustang -like animals would
brake under the saddle when
pressed.
The short, high coach follows the
cavorting horses, jerking, careen-
ing and springing like a small boat
sailing into a wildly chopped sea.
You perceive that the wheels are
string. and the springy, toe, and
the whole rig evidently intended for
chariot- racing.
The driver groins. yells. whistles
shrilly. cracks his thick rawhide
whip, lashes his horses, and dr.es
everything lie knows that will in-
spire fear and induce speed.
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in all c- -'of
DISTEMPER. PtsiRcyr,f1NrEUENZA,
COLDS, ETC.
of all h„ru-a, b-ooiwar,•s. (M.o. «•.,Tion•. 14 -.to
cc;loncl recalls !ad memories, and 4ie SPO H N THEM"
she positively refused to ace biro. once a day. If the udder seems to esthete tongues n In the feed put Seeha', Liquid
There is yet another change in he much inflamed bathe it with Compound. c:1ve ttu rrmrdy to Nt ni thrm. It
the household of the hanker.Acta on stn baond and .e ger . It ro verde o aeaae
warm water for n few minutes at breepolic thedi,.a•ererme, It wardaof the
trGeorge's ,lace l►as been filled b a time every time you milk. enrm,Iv fee from
how they are :;wrd." At,.
g j j eniut.•Ir tiro hem anything iniurtmrs. A child
a little peasant boy whom M. Dor-
give one tablespoon of the mixture
can .afeir t' -,t. See end •u.on: 51 SO and "11.00
geres brought froth his native town ('HARCOAI. FOR PO1'LTRY. Stedoren. send by thug/pets and ea:ver denten.
I/latrahatnra,
to run errands in his offices. One I)ure charcoal, or the charred
.11 N'holr•nle I,rngnleta
Uecernher day. lleort;et dict not ap wovd from the stoves. when fresh ' ' S.
pear, nor the day following. is an excellent aid in sire -ting SPOHN MEDICAL. CO..
Ou the third day the banker re- bowel complaint and is both simple Cbeoalata and Bacteriologists
and harrnless. Where the hens GOSHEN, IND., U.S. A. '
mast have been committed in that etivcd a letter from th • Vidow
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