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edd'A *etude, or any maty ewer tt
.
peed old way homestead a qu.•artha
seetoni of evadable D003+in g Iwo iq!
anitoba, Saskatchewan* or 41b.rakar.
the SP,Piioa..ut -tenet appear in Perti(i1
bdhe PomLands ands Agee/els cit
ogee.n. a 19the diastziot,"Retry,
Pay Mee' be bad 'at- they agesa , T...
rtaio eolkdieioris, ,ley, tither;, teethe
deughter, brother, ' er sister ei
tending hottleateader,
R.uti,esi ,Stier mullahs it"eatileltt nykaw
oal,ttt'd:tier of the land in gang
'tee ,ye ere, A :heiufesterder thee
re..within (lane: aaiies' of hie, Romer
lid on, a'afe,r'm of kt least 00 aerie,•
owned:And 000upled by him et
ether, Mather,; eon, daugybtey;C
er or itdtet;, ...
nide dirst:rtete a homestetudar„
g+ od standing , may 'pre'-ezz pt
ter Se tib aio;ngsiae `Yils`hwase
Orioe $3. per'tare,' Safeties-
t _resi'de `i;i.z''Men�the 'inendh of sea
from date 'of hada eateed entry
ding the *time reteetted"'ta'ere.
tttead ,patent,' ; gad, . saltines
tiered extra,_'
homesteader who' has 'exhauster
homestead right" sand' eaonot .b_
ere -audition tnay take a par
homestead in certain distriai,
t.$3, per. acre. ,Duties.-•Mue.
six menthe ;•in e'aoh or three
ru.ttrvt'te' fitty aures and euro•'
se work�h $300.0 .
W. w. ooBY,
Deputy of the ; iuiater of the Mellor
ilnantborized publication obi
wttlneb be paid fee
B.'.CAiUJNd3, Life, Accident, Fire and Plate
dila u
ae r e nee
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4 9. 0 ie ti gfS68 Ata'
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end Auctioneering.
.W. BROWNING, N id
P. Er, Graduate Victoria M.
t'
..:of office
andtesla n
p eco. :Umli
story. Exeter
tie Q n nc
Associate Coironer' of Huron.
R.. bright, M. ,D,,. M, C. ,P. and
S., Sopor Graduate Toronto Un-
ty. Two Yearn resident�physiciax.
Alexandra e era. H
os ' al
tt etc
P , Office
ids @
nc I7r
A os
, ;<n old
Street Ere 3 stand
..Q
CAR
LIIi:,ar,
and the. dark, satprnine face of atrust-
,
ed.servant appeared be.
hind it. 1 This
secret espionage had been going on f
drays in the c ate u. 4t.
h #r Scarcely u wove.
was- made or A. word spolteu by the•
white-.people tbat.esea e
tion of the swarthyP d the curious" spy. And, curious.
ly, enough, these spies were;no banger
reporting their discoveries to Hollings-
worth Chase: lings-
The , ;days; passed. e . Hollingsworth
Chase now . realized that, he . n
had authority over the natives. 'o longer
Han-
le, made the heis. nders
reports for the islanders.
and took charge • of the statements
from the bank.
Every morning Chase rode
into the town t a bolt/1Y
r nsacted what busi-
ness ; '
Ile.
could, d
talked kd
with
-the e
thole
oughly disturbed bankers and then de -
anti
s made his. way ta the chateau.
, was :in 'etre, with ;,the princess -.-
e
s et.
at
P e!
in y la •
ve
He
understood
.1)erfect] -- ste
fa
rid y,d t. he was a man of the.
an egsmopolitan that nothing
d come of it. She nem a princess,
aaa4 she was not in a ,storybook;
d not marry book; she
try him.
t3o Paras e
Gn
err .
a was co �
ee
n elle
d
on
at.
ti.
,P t c
0
uld
me
an no, more than
iiversion, a. condescension to co. uet-
,27 a 3
9
, .sm
le-•.
fife
P tatiOn, 3t meant the
ssirag of a few days, the . killingof.
..
e, the pleasure of gentle comp -lest,
d .then --forgetfulness: All ,tl,,.,,
ewe,
4
Wa
cool
cool
hr
as
Pa
tint
an
lzn
tem.flnl1olbora N'otarles, Couto peaces
miesioners, S.oltolbore for the Couto/pacers
Saloon ab lowest robes of Interest.:
CE iMAIN STREET, Eelltriert,
r1Ped B. R. . L. 13. teems
EY TO LOAN;
ver large emannis of private flume
£.6,rm,ane village P>;o5ertien aartoe rate
aaLml)Ai4N do BTANBURY
istete Solioitors. Alain st.ilixote,at
Usborno acct tbbert
At first . she. revolted against the ' at
court he so plainly .paid to ber in these b
4
ast•few. days. It was bold, conscience- o
less, impertinent. Sbe avoided trim; e
site treated him tee a •short, season of.form
disdain; :she did all in; her Power to re-"
.puke his effrontery --and then in ' the
end she decided to � ve ' hi • bars
g m as ;good
as he sent in,this brief battleroi! folly, ' Go
it, mattered,: little who, ;came ;off t with
the fewest hears,. • for Ina` fortnight or mO
.,tiva they: would;go..their e' parate w tr
--
.no. better, . no. ,worse, fore the conflict. d
And after all i :. spo
-if you. thltlk I am worrying over
your wife's harmless affair with
husband .you .are heap
very much . mistak-
en:"
Deppingham wits ' •,
na . l,< rrt for a long
"I don't elee at
P all these ideated'
he said at Last' miserably. She could
not feel sorryycould
for him; She eoula only
feel for herself and her sleepless
alights. , "Drusilla, do—do
they want to t o—do you think
get rid of u's?
the. obstacles you.know. We ca
help it, but we are. Somebody
that pill in my ; tea today. It m
have been a servant. It couldn't h
been-er"-.
"My hi sband, sir?"
"No;'
ray wife. You know, Mush
she's not .that sort.
She has
a /10
of death and"—.He stopped a
wiped his brow pathetically,
If
th
ants. are tryin
tort, udr la'i'r. tent iriaicre amt .e
futile.
elide and tett" ap„w!pie nips ire
f”-IXou ro ii , shouted lira vee,
els 'tot tlao ii. to go down with
the first tush. We ',must go to biro.
We can set there In ten utinutes.
Britt. Where are tbe guns? Are you
I with us, D:ePPingbam?"
He did not wait for nn.,anstrct,� but
dashed out of the garden and dower
t!iesteps, calling to his wife to below.,
Step' sheeted Dep ingharn,
dare not leave dais place! If they lige
'dirtied against Obese, they dte diet'
deed y for us, I'u nota dew: r
Browne. 'Were needed here, that's ,til,
Ws too late to help Chase, They've
got hie, poor devil! Everybpdy inside!
"ret to the gnus if possible' and:.cot toff
ale servants' 'quarters. We' ,must not
let then surprise us. I"'aliow me!"
Where was; Nvisdr ui izi Vehatt•he stix'fdr
elle, ',Browne was not aglow to see It
clearly, With a single penetrating
glance at Genevra's despairing face,
he shook bis head loourit
g Y .and toped d
tofollowDepplegham, who was bur-
ry g ofiP through the corridor w
140713/11 1).
with her
"come,"
Come, he called, and the princess
reeling Drusiiia's hand tae ,
rn, gave one hel fes g Ping last
A s leek at the fire
and. hastened to obey,
In the gelled heli}way they.. carne
Upon Britt and Saunders, white faced
and excited, The white servants were
clattering down the stairways, titled
with alarm, but there was not one
of
We're the native attendants is
was o � nd nts in sight. This
ntm ous enough in
itself,
The h
e
put sound of a violent struggle in the lower
ust corridor came to their "
ears, l:.oud
ave i roiees, blows, a single shot, the rush -
i ing,of feet, the panting of men infieree
combat—and nd t
he
n, even as the
tat white
trot.
nd
to
reed
to '
retreat eat
up the stairway,
crowd3'+ a
of men surged; up the ,stairs
from below, headed by Baillo, the ma-
jor J dem '
o.
e sere g to pats
any of us, Lord Daepp gbum, it is
sortable to ,suspect that your wife a
eny husband are theories'
dispose of. not : they want
M,rua'and"me. Igo
heifers it'.�was poison you :retied ou
nd
your t
Y r tea,
but
if
it
was'
t
t w
a
sig
to
ed
for one'of the heirs;"
"Well, there's some 'consolation '
> n in
that," said peppy, 'smiling for the firs
tinge.'
The sbarp rattle of firearms in th
distance brought' a sudden. stop to hi
on. ""Stop, excelleneiesll' he shouted
tea- again and again: BobbyBr
an
Deppingizaxla wer Browne and
to -prepared a coverlxtg the retreat,
to fight to the end for their
n1 women althea retia ; e
nAmerican
'•-•',^^-�..�...—gni cl ..:fit:a'.aA the
Am
erre
an
who
firs
t
realized 1z
ed t .
ha
tB t`
ed
alit..
was net keatttng an attack upon , thein,
Balite and a score of his men bad re-
fused d to: join the stablemen. and gar=
deners in the yple to assassin
.white peopi
t3Pfraiors co 'last resort the can-
s 1 to steal into the
chateau, a eau, hop, fall upon their vac
ties before B acould interpose. The
Major, demo, q vever, with the wily
y
of
his 'race, race,. anticipated the
move. .The two forces met in the
south hall. after the plotters had ef-
fected an entrance from the garden.
The atretggle was g en
Pfa'ators brief,: -far the.coni
triad" , were outnumbered and sur
P . They were even now lyingbe-
low, bound and helpless, awaitinthe
disposition of their intended victims.
,. "It is not because we love yon, ex-
eelieneles. " -explained Bailio, with ,a
sudden fierce look in W. eyes, ""but be-
cause Allah bas willed that We should
serve you faithfully. We are our
dogs: Therefore we fight for'you. It
is a vile'dog which bite'' its master."
Browne, with- the readiness of the
average American, again assumed
command of tits situation. Se gave.
instructions that the prisoners, seven
In number, be confined in the clungeoit,
temporarily at least
"There will be no other attack on us
tonight," said Browne; rejoining the
women after his •interview with Bailin.
"It bas missed fire for the present, but
they. will try to get at us sooner of lat-
er from the outside. Britt, will you
and Mfr. Saunders put those prisoners
through the sweat box? You may be
able to bluff something out of the if
on threaten them with den h They" --
"It won't do, Browne,, -i ,1 Dep.
Ingham, shaking his head,
atalists; they are stoles. 1 know a„c
reed, better than you. Question
wretiehed t>?` this: fie woe tliIAr
of hien wall 'pity mud horror in he
heart, not love.
A ;question was tat;;lnoing ti, for
itxolf Vaguely in bey trioui)led finale
Were AU of thele to die ala tt"hates .hx
died?,
Suddenly there !';frail" to,hi'r• riirs the
sound of sa,roei,iaing tiwsiKlaing tiarotrgh
the air. Ari iitstont later a child oh-
jeet fell lemo$f el ler feet She start-
ed books with o fry of warm A broad
shaft of light e'teissed the garden,
thrown by the 1;urat3S !n the nli;aw£• flail
of the t*ha.teita• ile�r .o.n fell logon a
wriegiing, snakelike thine that lay to
this putii of light
Fuseipilted, almost ;paralyzed, she
watched it for ri full minute"' before
realizingthat it was tee .clad of a
,thick rope which lost heel/' in. the
heave sbadoww-s at the riff' end of the
.gerdep. :.,etre= -Sena stizritflu diriisrtly'
,in, the shaft of light. To tie surprise,
.,the wriggling ceased. The next mica
Meet a faint, subdued. shout vats borne
to her 'ears. • Her flight was ebec;ked
,by that shout, for her startled:
leered , tttrtld d. bewil-
ears caught the •sound or her
own name.
At last;'far above, she
saw theg!im-
titer of da light. it was too lar,
, ,e to.'be
it?�It,..w;.
r her feet dead, atftor ail ttal:t he
Matte lived tb'ougb during
ui night.
At 1n t she iroal�9 his Heavy par„
d •';melting almost .tree creeking•. and
sir^ttlltirry of .the ►'ops the scraiilrag f#;f
tts iraiia.ds ondi hotly: She opeue1 ;bee.
ekes 041 saw the bullet'.. swayer
shadow pot twenty toot .abere the
g rdeu. Slowly it cl1w'•nearer the
brass : covered,• tbet, fort; ••b'y foot,
straiinfng, struggling, gasping le 'till'
deal supreme effort and then With a e nzinutrrs a
sudden rush the Week uaass collapsed, the bt ragday, Was !i
the taut rope sprang loose, the:endbaight as day. and. i had no
surf traubie
tchJpg and leaping Violently, recogtaizing itaspia 'iia the crowd. S
Genevra rushed trantieplly. across lam led the way, ,and I foil
the garden, •half .fearful, half joyous, Neenah. Han owed tri
As she came up the mass seemed tq _halm edam. .t s it alt Browne, X dlidai
divide Itself Into t•tvo Parts. One sae r e. ,.°. out that ease of alai
limply to the ground; the other stood boxes." out nearly,
' set far as SOMA" Ate,! ^ tbaeti ditedded ;: �'YetloO ZE""tat' bac
ide',the rd ' t e to -occupied
, upie 4 w
p +tea e, gasping iBgure, it you 'hadn't been' so,' ad cupierj fall `
Chase had come down the rope with ing the fair '
another human being clingingto his r *hvokah,"'safe. tree lady
body! is ship, with a provoking smite.'.
"Alas I thought
Genevra Fell to h r ;vl:of that'
e knees beside, therable, bttt; rpt
man who: bad. aecaba ] d tate. Stili, virtue tvaa'its;own re
P..isbed this mfr- /eleg aae ray deiigyt whenw'artlw
acle.. , She grasped • hie hands, warm we etopp
and sticky with blood.. ' little
rest to have w'1 ib aliVid laer
She tried to tittle store of 'Turkish' ei' ret
lift his. bead from the ground, Moan- me,ga ett
ng tvitla 3_ allWe had a belly o
•P �' the time; •.Uttering In the innoke u
words of, encouragement' in his ,epr." ", Y
Many mi Selim,. too? asked B
y nates passe. 'At Last Chase "Oh,towns
Qave over gaspingand " nal, y Selina was explorin`
reathe re .far` ' • befall to . Chase easily,
fie le; but heartier": The "Neenah 1s u
teeth lead been tremors cry beautiful, V.
does,: Only a -t
uperhumats strength and will bad
arried. bim through the ordeal. He
aped : with pain as the two beside
m lifted him' to a sitting e
"Tell Sefim to come a eada'' he
sped, his bloody hand
at
his throat
t:
We'rer"
r all 'right!"
.
g
t
Then,
for
the first
ime
Genevra
err
a
red in the darknessat the figure
side her -ea slight, graceful woman
oriental tat a
rb.
g The woman 'turned
d lifted her face to the heights from.
tele she had descended. In a shrill,
ger voice she called out something
a language strange to the. princess.
faint shout came from on high,
e more the rope .habit and
began Pto
writhe.
e.
h
he
princess ss pas. ad her hand ' civet'
eyes, bewildered. The face of the'
om n ` '
a
thefn•
I
#gbt,• half shadt�d, half
ed, was gloriously beautiful—
ng, dark. brilliant!
Oh!" she exclaimed, startingto her
t,• a look of understanding omm
g
her eyes. This was one of the
rsians! Be bad saved her! A feel -
of revulsion swept over her, com-
-g tbe first natural. womanly pride
hedeed of a brave man.
ase struggled `weakly to his feet.
saw the tense,"` strained figure be -
him and, putting out his' hand
he is ' "
Se!ims wife, l am stronger
'he, so I brought her down," Then,
ng Upward anxiously, he shouted;
e careful, Sell n! It'' ''v tf you
your time to it." St
a star. and it mowed Unek and forth.
Sbarp!y it dawned upon her that
was at the top of bat it
P the cilli” stiffen -over.
'hung the garden and stretelzf�d away
oto the sea. Some one woe .' tip there.
waving a lantern. Sbe wee thinking
hard and fast, a iigbt brew 1, ing in upon
her
understanding/ P
n
stars
din �°
Something
o shot like
/could it be if not Chase? 13e alone
twould call out , her name.. 130 was
�alivei
, She called out his name shrilly, Ger
lace raised eagerly to. the bobbing
' h
�• t Not until boors afterward was
iGenevra to resent the use of herChris-
"tlan name by tbe man in the Clouds
!tushing over, she grasped the knot-
ted end' of the rope. A glance and • a
tingle tug were sufficient to convince
her that the otber end was attached
to a support at the top of the cliff.
It hung limp and heavy,i f
eba
I cress.
tugfrom
Q
m above
caused u d
it
a
to "
t
e
rail' '
te""
vie •'-�'
to
nt1
irz'`
h
droppedy et." f>aind's She
:
it
as
if
It
were a' serpent.
,Again she t heard the shout, ' and this
ate the, time site called out a question.
"`Yes," was the •answer,
"Can You ,,, . `far above.
y u hear me , y . Greatly excited,
she called back that she could hear
and understand, "I'm coming down
;the rope, Pray.'for us—but don't don't
171 Please go'inside until we land in
the garden.' It's a long drop, P, you
• "Are you quite sure—is it safe?" ? she
ed, shuddering at the 'thought .of
the perilous descent of nearly 300 feet
Sheer through the darkness. '
"It's safer than stopping here. Please
go inside."
She dully comprehended
ing. 8e wanted his mean.
to save her from See.
Ing his fall 'in the event that the worst
should come to pass. Scarcely know-
ing what she did, she moved over into
the shadow near the walls and wait
breathlessly, all the time , wonderin
wbysome e
one did not come from the
chateau fo lend assistance.
At last that 'portion of the rope
which 'lay in the garden began to -jerk
and writhe vigorously. She knew then
that he was coming down hand over
hand through that long. dangerous
stretch of darkness. The diff reared
itself sheer to tbe' height of 850 feet
elrectly behind the chateau. At the'
summit` of this great wall a shelving
ledge projected over the banging gar-
den, A rope dangling' from this ledge
would fall into the garden hot far
from the edge nearest the cliff. The
summit • of the cliff could be gained
only by traversing to mountain slope
from the other. side. It was impossible
to scale it from the floor of the valley.
if t which it bounded.
The rope was undoubtedly attached,
no j to the trunk of a sturdy tree at the
brow of the diff'.
She could 1, _•:k no longer. It seemed
hours since he started from the top.
Every heart beat brought hire nearer
to safety. but would he hold out;? Any
lugubrious • reflections, 'rive, a ,dozen
scare of shots were heard. The
'pod turned cold 131 the veins. of everye
rte zn the t;netlen; faces blanched wad -
only, and all voices Were hushed: 'A
of paralysis seized and held then)
or a •tan minute,
Then the voice of Britt below broke
hly upon the tense, stili alr; "Good
d! Look!. rt is•'the bun a1 r>' `:
g ow. '
bright;: p]ow ':lighted the dark
uutain side; a vivid red painted: the
es;. the smell, of burning : wood , Caine'
own with the breezes., Two or three
radio shots were borns'to the errs
those who looked toward the blaz-
bungalow.
They've hilted Chaser, b
'stiff, llps of Bo burst front
... .„ Robby Browne. .
` t was very dull 3n 'hes
S ki}} nidi fire In6u ' last days,:and he was ,: of
very. attractive'
41166 6ompanu
and very brave and very gallant and ' Ing
telco, Farquhar,,•Qnt
SBELL • •
Ilk
res.. ROBT,. G ARDINER`
,DIRECTORS.' ; .
HOOK,
Stalk
iDu�blin.
Wineheisea.
Y. FARQ HAR
AGENTS,
Julianan. >t'Xeter, we; cw'.
aw,ad Riddlailatb,
13B BARIt1B. Muir°, *gem
e
hert,•Falrarton and Lagan.
' -JOIIN• OAMPBELIf
se+ny�:Treas.'F'arquhar
FAN. i•' a, s'TANDdIirB; 8olieltars
,
'>' ,fit fa ONT.
•
Our classes are now 13r ;•'
,than:,`ev�er. before • huts" we
ve enlarged. our gtiirbers• r
d we have room for a,:fewv s
,re students., You may en
• 'aft any !Hate. '•,.We `have
fi of nine experienced in- 0
uetors and our courses, are *.
bent. Our graduates sec- ♦-
d This week three re -•M
t graduates informed ws '`'
't they have`: poisit!on�s •
ng ,$65 $•7p ,and $125 Per. t
mt.We have three dee-1
1.inenttrs --Commercial. •
sthandand Telet r.r,phy, •
te,,f,.r.oitr free catalogue i
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nd`SIIrJRTFt rel) SUTB,It C 5,
last season `upwards' of 3w)
tpbaced ever; graduate.. Severe
3lifiioti irtagailai' trenches. ,•t'r,e
d fifty Lendq i Anne ctrl+ oe
rife. a'"ullelft fir: se,ss*on ttrun
Jtlne 4JD. Enttr any elate.
teleguc Free.
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Shorthtiel r't
tvtii',.ria. J. lea Wesel:Ret.,e
APpmmtant 1'riuri;„il.
I Pseiicilpal, t:
ACTH TO' MOTHER AMC CHtl
otos ""oetu tso Swart tins beenaa
7i:T'it` Yii3/tS by rtidti,Llotts et
•itiil{at'V,ttCk•'Bxtk�td�j��'''IISIxrccz.ssj tit $.
C1tII zr, soi't'.i 's the GUMS;,
C14' dtifal"q *WINt COLt1, to.
ely.b,r DiAnalle,GA. rt is Qo-
m, rte auto ask for M"'brts,.,j
lug S1"rup, awl %toe no ethos
ice vents 0 boar
above Thvery sensible. • - the
Y e together inthe park every
morning,. keeping well out of range of ,'
marksmen in: the, hills, .. Their conflict i
'Ivas . with the eyes,, the tone of the •'
voice; ,the intervals ofsilence;. no .touch
of the hand—nothing except the strate.
:Slee of. Eros .. . ,
irapulses, ,a, few crippled ideals, a
'blasted hopes, were left strewn
the battlefield at the end of tbe
atight?„ What did .,,anything matte
long as Prince Karl ofellrabete
One 'night toward the end' of
'week of enchanting: teueOunters—
able sdot in the other's armor
berm stood :leaning. "On, the
which inclosed the, hengingagerd
She was gaziog abstractedly hito
,black night, out of which tar aw
blinked tlae light in the bungalove.
Was the ilret night in a week ,that
ad raissed coining, to the cbateag.
Shenalesed,him. ` She was lonely,
He had told her of the meeting t
as to. be held at tlae bengelow th
ight at whieh he 'was to be twice&
a that he had accumulated during h
he. had a feeling ef dread—a; num
Weed' feeling that ehe „mad, oot e
eta except that tinder all of 'it la
man Who ladd courage, a man avh
her ahstraction.
be turned. her 'gaze away from th
king alight in the hills, a queer
ty smile on her'lips.
cross the 'garden froth where. eh
a flaying herself bitterly Lady Dep
gbanas husband wae saying 'in low
New, 'see here, Drusilla, I'm not
lug that our—that ls, Leda Dep-
gham and Bobby—are accountable
what tas hapoenedebut that doesn't
ta lit any more plogapt It's of
o consequent.° who is trying 'to
on tm, don't you know, and ell
They woulditt do it, I'm aure,
taittlebOdy is! That's what mean,.
dn't '„do :each, .a , thing, Lord Dep -
ham," carte teem 'Idrueilla's stiff
almost as o moan. 'She was very:
oteated nervously. Then midden-
lila eye taught What he consitt:
CHA.PTBR XVII.
ratan coves, moat TIM morns.
OR many minutes the watchers
in the chateau stared at the
burning bungalow fas in '
petrified. Through the mind of
man ran the sudden, slaarp dread
dew each
that Chase had met death at the hands
tert.,. of his enemies.
me-, Then something eeemed to. clutch her
l'hy the throat and choke the, breath out
this
this !
er-
rail
the
ay
It
Ixe
11
tnt
in
Win
agl
say
Pla
foe
leek
littl
pole
hut
Ding
lips
wise
NI
he pr
ly, ao
ered
Indy Deppingham's, Angers: "Demme, I
I—I'd rather he wouldn't! tilt I beg
,Prusilitt fiercely.
them of— Orgy don't' be u
hat I
at I
I'‘ Can't som,ething be done?" she cried.
I of her body. Through her brain went
i Whirling, the recollection of his last
t Weeds to her tbat afternoon, "They'll
1 find me ready if they come for trou-
Ilafe." She wondered if he had been
ready for them or If 'they had surs
prised. hina! She had heard the shots,.
Chase could not haVe fired them all.
Was He now lying dead in that blaz-
Ing— She screamed alcri.y1 with the '
"Can't something be dotter' atie cried ete he:
was t
again and' agate, without taking her she
gaze from tbe detented bungalow. She „,..t.d
turned fiercely Upon Bobby Browne i;;..g
IS countryilien. Afterward she re- leadin
ealled that he stood Staring as she had and .tv
nd his eyes were Wide and glasey, but 'that et
stared, Lady Deppingbain clasping his ifaetit 1
arm with both of her hands., The, th;se
glance AlSo tot* in. the face of Delt- t some
plrighalM, He was looking at his wife, !oleos
atel". again cried the Prinet4A. 'There
ot With terror. "It they not be too t It.ring
la
you like, bUt threats will be of
avail. Keep 'em locked up; that's all.”
Firearms and ammunition were tak-
en from the gunroom to the quarters
occupied by the white people: !livery,
preparation was made for a defense he
the event of an attal-0-644 the out-
side or inside. The servants;
were' moved into rooms adjoinitig their
employers. Britt 'and Saunders trams?",
geonoapartraente. Miss Pelham went
into a Marie Antoinette snit close by,
that 'Of the princess. The native sera-
ae
ts retained their customary guar-
, Jew stairs.
Far" in the night Genevra, sleepless.
and depressed. stole into the hanging'
garden. Her mind was full of the bort
rid thing that had happened to Hen
lhagsworth Chase. He had been noth-
ing to her. He could not have been
anything to her had be escaped the,
guns of the assassins. And yet her
heart wag stunned by the stroke that
it bad Sustained. Wide eyed and sick;
she made her way to the railing and,'
clinging to. the vines, stared for she
knew 'not bow long at the dull red
glow on the n3otintain.
The night was still and ominously
dark, She had never known a night
010ce she (mine to Japat when the birds
and insects were so mute, A somber,
supernatural calm hung over the is-.
land like a pall. Tim smell of smoke
hung about her. She could not help'
wondering if his tine, strong body was
lying hp there burned to a crisp. If
gar en. eisty feet below ber
he ground; a beep, the black don*
tv en:
waS tiot to know 'till long after -
that ono of iter faithful 'Thor-
rnen stood guard In dm passage
g from the garden, armed
Wing te bee or the other
n front or her door through all
nights on the Island.
thing hot trickled down her,
froro the wide, pitying oea
tiow if be bad a mother. eial
Mit their heart* 'would •ho
SEVERE COLD
DEVELOPED INTO
PNEUMONIA
DOCTOR SAID IIE WOULD
NOT UVE.
Next to consumption there are more
deaths front pneumonia than from any
other lung trotsble.
There is only one way to prevent
pneumonia, and that is to cure the cold
just as soon as it appears, Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine Syrup will do this quickly
and effeetiveiy.
Writes :—" a Ty little hey took a very severe
cold, and it developed into pneumonia.
The doctor said he would not live. I got
some of your Dr, Wood's NorWay Pine
Syrup and he began to improve right
away. Ile is now a sttong, healthy child,.
and shows no signS at it tattling back."
Do tiot be talked ink) buying arty oth
Norway Pine Syrup, but insist on getting
the orightal "Dr. 'Mod's." It is put up
in a yellow wrappet; three pine trees the
trade Mark; price, tents,
lqiettutaeterecl only by The if, Milburn
Coke tOrontop ant.
iter. N. 'a s
ly 'frost, l,.rfiy gig:_
token 01 .^91..4tusien. sire,
" trtl'tai trovekr aI 134
trlti'sad ttiaa;rlly-,IzaM.tvrtmi+
we 1 urnecl tier m lak
end ttrnr•a. talar the to
down behind rile bash
those devilh from the
Melt, howling and M'cr
"bateau road, There must'
a hundred. of 'QM, V1t
are. ft Wes a
t,t
b
s
s
c
gro
Ili
ga
Pe
e
be
in
t
an
rah
ea
In
A:
one
her
wo
you
see
into
Per
In'
1h
Ch
He
fore
said
than
looki
eB
take
Lady Agnes.
"She . is ex uisite"
it ri , repliellr : �r
with the utmost sang field. "S
bought her last winter for • 4 tin
ruby and a pint of sapphires.{
That' explains her overgrhelmhe
love for Settle," said the Princess`
uie '
ly.
Chas
loo
q
e looked
into 1 her
eyes .13
for
moment and
smiled
inwardly.
w tell
We finally got to the edge of
cliff and.: unearthed the rope, c
prw'hihtR
already
d
a f
: ase P
ep d
to
thetrunk k
o
a tree. • I was -obliged to early. Nee
habl
for the last quarter of
tie girl. She wasf a 'awe, floor lii*<
tied to my baek,,leittr
Ing my throat and Chest 'free, and' deedr.
we came ; Simplest thing in the
WO;
Presto! t
Here..
a
zrr
1
family at my heels."
with my
"Well, we • can't sit here
e
e
01ldayt'" exclaimed .DPP
must be moving: abou
batteries,and<all that,..
We've got to stave these
two. or three weeks stile'
have to•look sharp.
the third ;: cup of coi"e yo ,
Cowie alongl This isn't Boston.'"
As e,,v,ele. t, do ;breakfast roo
Chase' stepped to (xenevrd's side
walked. with her. At the foot of
stairs, where they were,to
extended her band. •a' bright P mint, s, ilia! •
her eyes: smite
"You were ant are vei ' r
good," she said. Ile withheld
brave
and s hheId hie ha
she dropper' .hers, hurt
strangely vexed "Don't yon-e„
any approval, or do yon" -.-
"Yon forget, princess, that .,,,,• A
are still suffering from the br v\
you would loud." be said, holdingthe;
resolutely behind his back.,
"Oh, .I remember!" she cried hit qui
comprehension. -They were eta an
bruised by the rope. How thoughtleM
Of me! -What are you doing for the .. `
Come, Mr. Chase., may' i not , K
them for you? I am capable—,I ant ni�y
afraid of wounds. We have bad° m ., r
of them In our family, and fatal on
too." She was eager now and earn-
He shook bis. head with a Inni!e '
his lips. "`I thank you. They are be
ter, much better. and they have bee'
quite properly.bandaged already."
""Neenah?"
"Yes," he replied gently. She seem'
ed to search his rnlnd with a gala, izi=:
tense look . into bus eyes. Then a
smiled and said, ""I'll promise not
bruise the wounds if you'll only
goad as to shrikaer hnt•"Rs,' eatele Jena
CHAP --TER XVII/.
BLYM'S wife, Neenah, saved
ma life." it was the next
naornieg, and Chase was relat-
ing his experiences to an eager,
marveling con;any to the breakfast
laand was one of the /enders in the at-
tack. Neenah told Selim, and Selim
told toe. That's all Days aeo Selina
and cached the rope at the top of the
cliff, anticipating just anal an emer-
gency as this and intending to use it
if we could reach the chateau in no
other way- Bgtired that they would
cut otr all other means of getting into
your grounde,
wateenab cattle up from the village
ahead of the -attacking party, out of
brentb and terribly frigbtoed. We
didn't waste a second, let me tell you.
Grabbing up our guns, we got out
through the rear and made a dash
across. the stable yard. Et was near
raidnight The servants, all of whore
mere and ready to join in the fight
ditie
merry little touch ot real 'vvarfare just
back of the stablo. It was as dark as
pitch, and I den't believe we bit any-
body, But it was lively ecrambling
for a minute or two, let me tell you."
Deppinghands big blue eyes were
fairly snapping. His wife put het
heed on his shoulder with an impulse
strange to her, and Genevra saw a
light blaze in her eyes. "I hope yoll
potted a few of 'etn. Serve 'em jolly
well right if"—
"Selim says he stumbled over some.
thieg that groaned as we wereracing
It IOU cifspose of us Whateitat4
"Was fading Away"
A. Young Woman—Scarcely
Thirty—Seeraed to Be
Dying on Iter Feet.
-Dr. Hamilton's Pills Cured
"I think it shmild be the duty of the
Schools to teach children hOW tO keep
well," writes Natalie Naydon,
a well-known and highly- esteemed
resident of Bristol. "Ignorance or t p
laws of health and the use of improper
remedies destroyed my vigor, and led
me to the verge of invalidism. I was aft
a girl ruddy and strong. Nothirtg
seemed to affect q•ne until I was about
thirty. Then gas began to form in the
stomach. I suffered vvith-bloating and
general failure to strength set in. It
I went upstairs aty breath hurt.
system was very trregular, and until I
grew pretty bad I didn't pay much heed
to my condition, ghen I got blue, wor-
ried all the time, wakened in. the night'
and couldn't get te sleep again. Norte
oe the medicine 1 took helped me. One
day I was reading of a very' interestitig
ease like mine cured by Dr. Hamilton's
Pills. I took the same t,reatrnent.
was just right—didn't physic me to
death, but took •held of the weak, sick
parts of 'my eystem, and "slat thiteg-s
right. It seems as if Dr. Ilarniltorek
Pills have made me Young again, and
all my color, spirits, vigor, and health
of termer days ha.ve retlirned to stay,"
tivery girl and woman should use
13r. alanditon'a Pilleeregularly. They
at the dealer who asks you to take att
Inferior pill On Which his prefit
larger than on Dr. I/amnion's. Sold
in yellow boxes, 250 per boy, all deal*
Sion, Out,
CORNS
,9111111M
You bail painlessly remove any ettrit,
either hilrd, , soft, or, bleeding, bare
never hurtle., leaves ne scat oontains ne
',acids: Is harmless, beeatteo coMposed
only oe heating gains ana betels, •Itittn
Years itt Use, cuee goitre sod.- Sol
bY ell druggiste, 20o 'bet
PlettNAMIS pr