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iNE VLY8T[RY GLERRED UP ;
OR, THE 111:RITA(iI OF MADAME
Y A LTA.
( 11.11''1'1.1: VI. (('t,nt'J)
These words. taken from the
renal code, hail n prodigious effect.
Thu two ►seal hviht.u41 un the top of
tot berlin were about to assist each
rther in climbing tite window,
where their companion was heed-
ing out his arms to them, when the
menace, hurled by an invisible wit-
ness. Made then, hesitate. At the
Shiny moment was heard the open-
ing •f the casemenee to all windows
of ti.,' hurls:( guarded by the por-
ter 11:dartl.
"A11 any people are astir," he
maid. rubbing his hands; "the fe-
male tenant of the second floor, the
d,cg.ist of the first, and now we
shall have at play for nothing. The
druggist raves like anything, and
the female tenant dreams of mur-
der every night..'
"Ah! a thousand thunders:"
Vi c•iferated a. masculine) voice,
'what 'S all that 1 Robbers pillaging
the house over there ! Concierge,
look for the police ---the guard!"
'Murder! fire:'' shrieked a fe-
male voice.
"Ah! rascals, wait awhile," re-
sumed the man ; 'sly revolver!
where is my revolver 1"
Maxim,. determined not to show
himself, but to act according to the
course Bori•off should take. Ao
never lost sight of the boyard, who
showed unmistakable feigns of per-
plexity, even of fright. Ewitently
attempt had failed, and nothing
remained for him but to brat a re-
treat. He appeared, however, still
to hesitate before decamping with
hos tramps, and moved about un-
easily, :;tucking his fist at the peo-
ple who threatened hien, reas-
sembling his subalterns, and gesti-
culating violently.
By his order, doubtless, one of
the then on the box dismounted
hastily, and the "they took the whip
and reins. The Ulan who had en-
tered the house .with Robert de
Caramel jumped from .the balcony
to the berlin and thence to the
sidewalk.
The defeat turned into a rout. At
this moment a pistol was fired by
the terrible tenant of the first floor.
'I'I•e effect was not deadly—no ene
felt --but the explosion gave the Sig-
na' for the rout. Horisoff hustled
his sten into the carriage, where
they (trat fined themselves with
some difficulty, and jumped in af-
ter them. The driver struck out
hos horses in the direction of the
Avenue de Villiers.
"I hey fly, the cnWard4:•• exchrim-
Aci Bidard. willingly showing him-
self n..% ti, It all danger was past.
"Tones don't {el oft like that. ('nuc,
One is the tnonte n1 to cry 'Stop
ttbief The, e's a station down
there 4,11 the nreline. The soldiers
will rose the carriage."
A!' he said this he precipitated have ae tempted to force an en -
himself into the street. Maxinte trance."
wed -no effort to abate his ruder, "Not worth the trouble. The
are; tt illingly followed. he x is empty. The Prussian has
He bad little hope of capturing gene home."
tie 1.. rho. Indeed, it was u small "His friends have come back,
mattse to him whether or not they .li'sicu Fallot," maid the porter.
cap.tnlcd Bori,••ff, but he was "For a quarter of an hour a we -
gra ati; concerned to know whatf t i :
hurl become of Hobert do ('arnoe1,
Madame Sergent, and the countess'fencing-mnster. They must be in
the house, and he counted on the
tenantll to assist hint in bossing
there nut of their aest.
.1uet. ae he put his feet outside
Vac! door the victoria arrived at full
speed.
Auguste, the faithful coachman,
attrau•te•d by the piste,( -shot, was
hastening t.• the assistance of his
80 11.11.111.
St " op'e1 ed Maximo, and .Au -
above you, with toy friend Oalo-
pardin, and your hall passed right
under our nvso'."
"Monsieur Falot, 1 have told you
before that it doesn't suit the 1.0
juke!
witlt you."
"Upon my word it is true. Ask
Galopardin."
"I swear it," replied the clerk
who answered to this absurd name.
"-1 swear it by the concierge and
bj this house ; and here is Mlle.
Saint Gres who will bear witness to
having heard the hissing of this
projectile."3111e. Saint Gres was a person of
ripe years. of a spare figure, and a
n,
p.pled face; the femals tenant, of
the second floor.
Maxima, was not sorry to sec all
the tenants collected together.
-Gentlemen," he said, ''I have
not the honor to be known to you,
and since chance has led me to be
present at a singular spectacle—"
"I beg pardon, monsieur, who are
you'!" asked the old druggist,
gravely.,Uaxime was wishing to send to
tie ;devil this ridiculous individual
taut assumed the airs of a magis-
trate interrogating at prisoner. But
lits situation was one in which he
had need of everybody, and he did
n t disdain to conciliate the good-
will of Signor Pencornet.
"I entered," he said, "to make
scene inquiries of the concierge,
when I saw arrive, in carriage and
00 font, the baudltt•s who have at-
tempted to climb into that house.
Naturals', I remained to give as-
sistance to honest people. I an
the nephew of M. Claude I)orgcros,
bugler.'
"Good house, monsieur," said
the bass voice of the old druggist.
"House favorably known on
ehang ."
"Wait," said one of the young
tenants of the third, "I know your
uncle's cashier."
"Really';" asked Maxinne, a lit-
tl1 surprised.(pike"I was (pike intimate with him
before he was such agrandee. We
Isis: in the same restaurant; soup,
tae dishes, half a bottle and des -
GIVEN UP BY HIS PHYSICIAN tlders joined at the top. To
"FRUIT-A•TIVE3'•, THE FAMOUSFNVIT MiOIC,NE, SAVED HIS LIFE.
JAMES DINGWALL. EMI. 3,
Williams/own, Ont., July 27th, Igo
"I suffered all my life front ChronicConstipation and no doctor, or remedy,
1 ever tried helped toe. "Fruit -a -fives"
promptly cured rue. Also, last spring
I hail a had attack of BLADDER and
KIDNEY TROUBLE and the doctor
gave me up but "Fruit-a•tives" aed
my life. 1 am now over eighty years
of age awl I strongly recommend
"Fruit -a -tires" for Constipation and
Kidney Trouble".
(Signed' JAMES DiNGWALL.
5oc a box, 6 for $2.50—or trial box, 2,;e
—at dealers or front Fruit-a-tives
Lituited, Ottawa.
himself of the strength of his wrists
and leaped the balcony after them.
"We can't see a jut here," said
Falot. "Wait, I have borne snatches
in my pocket."
He struck a light which was suf-
ficient to enable them to discern on
a table a candelabra filled wish wax
candles, and in another minute the
darkness gave place to an illumin-
ation.It was, as Bidard had said. the
dining -room. The cloth was laid on
a table, in the middle of which was
a chalice of old Saxony filled with
rare flowers. But it did not. appear
that any guests had been sealted at
the table, and in the great empty
hall the silence was profound.
"One might suppose it was the
castle of the Sleeping Beauty of the
woods," /murmured Falot.''Let us st'areh," said Maxim!.
"hir'k let 11s sou what way this
door leads—hold—it is lucked on
she outside."
"Let ns begin by calling," ex-
claimed Falot, striking with his feet
against the door.
"Hallo!"
No one answered to this appeal,
blit a murmur of voices in the
street, attracted the attention of
the explorers. They hastened to
tc the window and saw the ten: nts
and porter in conference with two
pt.liceulen, who had been attracted
b!' the repeat. of the pistol.
Maxirne saw that the moment had
sect. thirty-six sous. Itis name is conte for his in leneutiun. To -
Jules Vignory. Galupardin knowsgaiterwith the two clerks, he had
in a few seconds wined the group,
and was in a position to add his
west to the somewhat confused
conversation between the occupants
rt.) iere of the t'pper Saone, because of the house opposite and the
he was born at Vesoul and because guardians of the peace. He re -
he is virtuous, twenty-six years counted briefly what haul taken
o!•I. round chin, oval face- " place, and so told his story as to
"1 know the rest," said Maxinle, lead the policemen to believe that as
lcughing. ''Vignory is my intimate crime. had in all probability been
Limed, and I am pleased to sleet committed, and that it was innpera-
two of his comrades. But suffer me tive to search the house immesh -
to remind you that we all have a /toy.duty to fulfil, that of warning the All the floors were locked. The
occupants of that house that rogues cl,Itlmissary of police alone had the
right to have them opened, and
one of the policemen went in search
of hien.
This magistrate resided in the
neighborhood, and in twenty min-
utes he arrived, followed by a. lock-
smith ;trilled NS ith all the imiple-
rne nos of his profession. Ile listen -
without
and two nu'n tare acva there, eat attentively to �laxime's recital,
uithuut counting the servants. If the discourse of 11. l'incorne't,
him too."
"Yes," afliirmed clerk number
tat., "would you like a description
of Mini Vignory (Jules), called the
}. a hadn't stayed so long at Cafe
('nrditit, you'd have seen 'em go
in as we did- monsieur and me."
"Anal 111)'. too,' cried the coach -
:yen. "1 wasn't so near, but I've
a pair of guild e'yen. ,And the bus.
and, above all, the report of 11.
B:dard, who, in his quality of con-
cierge of the 114,1180 opposite, was
in a position to certify t., what had
taken place for six months past;
tied finally concluded it was expe-
beard offered nit' it hundred Sobs to droit to have a legal search of this
take him te his house.. 1'd 1ay y singular abode, whose occupants
l:le en it. lh•'s just mu rd.'rcd mhis sh•rwl•d themselves at. intervals and
wife." disappeared like phantoms.lty
"A risurtler,' Ahtmon du!u !" his order one. of the policemen rang
grnnned the femme tenant. several times. and no one answer -
I.
"The trage•(l105 of jealonmy," int;, Ito commanded the locksmith
gusto St.•l,pe 1 short.. sneered (:alopardnt• to operate. '
..1i....11' . said Itidtird. ''we will "It would be well to est, r and It was the work of A moment,
1Int, into the milord and follow search the house," said Maxnne• and the} fmrnd 1hemfelyes nt rho
abet the brigands." ''f a crime has been cutnnlitl(!d the foc•t of a stairway, prlunged in cnm-
"If the brigands are i,• the her- victim has need of assistance per- piste darkness. But the knowing
lin which filed away doer ender, Laps.' Biclnrd had foreseen this case, and
it's no use to start 111y mare after "Enter' How) The doors are ai.rited with a lantern, which he
them; the e11tdn'I catch tip w ith locked." hRstent d (n phre,, in the hnnd4 of
ten -thousand franc horses. I heard "IIy the window, then," said 1'a• the erred tau), for he was not hent
a pistol -hot. Was it monsieur hat "tiidard must have a ladder ; upon being the first t.• penetrate
that filed it wile hasn't 1" 1 th:= dangerous castle.
..No, a td tie one u 35 hurt. 1 he- '•1\'hat's a iadder for!" asked '11,4' stairway led the ►introit toIt. I4 it. ants find in the sire' Auguste. '•1'm going 10 put my a billiard -hall, an apartment'which
"Why is it undertakes to say i ca►riage under the caeelnelit."
had three doors, including the one
fired in the air ''• toneda rough "Like the berlina chile ago' It's '.which opened from the stairway.
%•l-iee. A good idea," said Maxine!.Ont. of thein was locked, hut the
Turnifl . 31a sine. found himself "Ciutxle' cried (kalopardtn. kr • was in the lock, and it was
Save to 114.4' t' it 11 a 1tr•,te:utue per- '.There is, perhaps. a corpse or two cnh' necessary 1.' turn it to pass In•
Nonage: :g coat se. hi'ttle old man en- in there, and a•, ;Ire eall,41 upon to the dining -room, where the ►t'A5
velotrl•el 1.1 :t 11res•simg-gown, and to make a search. Falot and 1 will ,.,tndlcs, lit by (;:+14,pardin, were
armed W11 a cavalry tew•dt'et. 4111111) in with you. Ridar41 and
rill burning. The thiol rummuni-
"1 beg pardon, mensicur," •aid Pineernet will guard the 41.''r. and e1tted with a cabinet containing a
Maximo. ••1 thought y"n wished 1111.' Saint (ares will pray for us. , hog, :inount of plat, and ;{odes.
sin ply to gtVI' the alarm. ' This progrannle was laid off in Th, cornm;ssory ren,:+rkc,l that the
No, sir ; 1 1)1111ed f.0 the chief decided a (411)0 that IIs '111e el►- wiedew of this e'al,inet was open,
1,1 the rrehls'rs, anal sin sure 1 j. .t•sl, And .Anglt-te hastened to a ►t nrldua' wide') ()petted .111 8 Nlair-
t(tuche<I lion If I'd had cartridges' lead his h•'rse h} the bridle to the tat' eestttp'•44.4)'.1 six eteps, dc'a,•n•l
T 11i.tild have killed totem all, bat! sp. t indicated. ft wets less ndsnt ing int,, a garden ..r rather court.
unfortunately 1 hall onto one boat."led for the purpose than ilorisel'a • • i 4, e• a ladder thee,• placed
•'Fe.rtunnt( l'.. Papa Pineornr1," I healon, bat the intrepid Fal ,t f-,und ;tot:i ill the Rail e• exelainsed 11ax ,
said .i young man who had just that by ',tending ou tiptoe he 4'•n!'1, nye.
come out of the bops( ; "if you I►ad1 la; h•.ld of the window with Ms) 1 1,,.I,eelna1) mounted th • ladder
fired oftener yeti would have d.anet, hand,, and MR 'Linke. (allowing the • ar, 1 .as IIIA( 1here a t. •9110 also on
iaiseltief. 1 aas at my 1rindew, just ,xalc.iple of the tw.. clerks, 1114041 the other side. The two portable
do tint and descend by this route
wr s essy enough. This precaution
pie ved that the inruates of the
house anticipated the necessity of
taking flight. At the foist of the
ladder the moist 'ttth preserved
the prints of their feet. '!'hey were
many and of all sizes. Five or six
peis1405 had passed that way. The
fugitives wire arrived poll-niell had
puttered their feet several minutes
before seconding the ladder in file,
and Maxima! could recognize the
bests witlt sharpened heels, which
marked the passage of Madame
c rgent.
Maxima, aconipaniecl the commis-
sars to the end of his 5c:arch.
The house underwent a thorough
inspection from garret to cellar,
as well as the grounds adjoining.
They found nothing.
The eomntiss111y contented himself
with: taking down the moues of
those present, in case they should
be required as witnesses, a case
that appeare-d very improbable, for
he began to, believe in at hoax.
Maxine had to give his address,
and amounted immediately in the
vehicle of the faithful :Auguste, not
without, having generously reward -
eel Bidard and taken leave of the
two clerks, whom he even invited to
dine with hiss, an invitation which
the) aacceptcd in chorus.
(To be continued.)
"Excuse me, ma'am," said the
book canvasser to the lady who had
opened the door in answer to his
fing, "but if you have a kw mo-
ments to spare, I'd like to shod'
you the great work on the 'Habits
of Savage Animals.' " "No use
wasting your 'time, young man,"
rol:hied the lady. "I've been mar-
ried three times, and know all
about their habits.',
When a man has a cause in his
heart it will get to his muscles.
It's a queer conceit that rcga•ds
a dime dropped into the plate as
a dollar laid uta in glory.
The possibility of really culer-
ing into another's grief is a joy
that angels must envy 11s.
Stop
That
Limp
Change that lis.piig, useless hone
Into a s,n.J, healthy horse, wlfling
aa, eager to do a Good day's work.
Don't let a Spavin, Curb. Splint,
Nankin, Ringbone or any ether Lame-
ness keep your horse Ds the stable.
Cure It with
Kendall's
Spavin Cure
it cares without leaving a scar,
b1., telt or white halm—because it does
mot blister.
Fort K*l:s, Ii.C.,'rile 14th 11tH
"Dew beta using your Liniment for
years sad Audit all that yon rept esent.
Have not been without 11 for IU)eaas."
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El. • bottle -4 for $5. Excellent for
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