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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1912-11-7, Page 3fee The Human Four A clever DetectiveStory (Continued Xrom last week.) She openea a drawer on her right. There were four pistoes there wick au open letia *X eartridges. allte elipped her 1400 aequesition in by their aide. "X always have these where my lingers owe xeaeb, them in a momeut, ehe ex. plaineclot'although I have never used one en my life. It is not A wonmpee place) eo elght, Thee ,aae other and, 'more dell. Mete methods.' He slivered. Her face, foe a moremet, had been poottively eget. "I think," she continued, "that you had -3"otter nand the rest of the day with me. / t may te intereeting. 011iY 1 am afraid hat yon will tot be able to go as far, Ven, aa the Cafe de Lugatea for luncheon, Potet you think that you had. beeter get eome oigarettee, and a book if you want pne, from view rooms, and order sorne luncheon to be emit in here from some - Whore?" Pryde was feeling a little lilte a man it 'dream. Bet glanced at his watch; it was beat one o'clook. "Yes, X will do that," he aseented. "I Wonder, though, •if it is safe to leave rout," "Quite," she aesured him. They will ait for Solnariend who hail just left us, to return. ,rtime, at any z.ate, for their hen they ftrat that he &me not, they will be auspicious, but it is my belief that taloa will 'risk eveeything for the sake of that little image.' Ito turned and looked at it. • Again the Dame uneasy fascination poseessed him. He stretched out his haoad, but the stop - lied ham. "Let it alone," she begged. "I believe X an supetstitions about at myself. When aou come back, we will examine it to- gether. Somehow, I can't help Raneying that it means sereething , more to these • Wen than as yet' we have rightly under- • etood. It was nearly five o'clock before their • deeond visitor arrived. Grace and her arther were having tea together when ii '• lleY beard a sharp and somewhat insiet- nt kneeking upou the door, followed by he ringing of the bell. Grace rose at nee and glided into her plaeo before the 1 apewriter. Pryde walked to the deer and ,. brew it open. A very resplendeut person tood there, sleek, bleak haired, dressed n the b.eight of fasbion, Semitic. He toad upon the threthold and smiled at them teaesuringly• they were not to be overcomel "My name," he anneunced, removing his ehlny silk hat, "ith Nathan—arr. Richard 44 -admit I called, with 'our permission, to make a few q • th ' "Come in, Mr. Nathan," Pryde replied quietla. '"Itty name is Pryde. Is it 1 whom you want to see?" The man's eyes were everywhere. Sud- denly he saw what he sought. The smile faded from hie thick Ham the oily suave- ness left hire. He stared at the image eaon the table. The hand which held hes leat shook. lee was, without doubt, agi- tated, • "It ith you I want to talk to, my dear Mith.er Pryde," he began. Just a few words. most linportant bithneth—most im- portant indeed; good bithneth for you.' "It le ?" Prycba remarieed p let I 'Who ith the young lady?' the new- conaer emanded.. "Introciathe me, if yeli please.' , "This is Miss Grace Burton,. who is good enough to do some typewriting for me," leryde explained. "Those are 'really her rooms, and I don't, know how it is that youeshould hove eome to look for me here. , "Neves, mind that,' Mr. Nathan de- clared impreesively, "Never mind that. -raveave comm e en a atter of moth importarzt come to do you a good turn. I ithneth." "Would you like me to go away?" Grace asked. Mr. Nathan nodded his head with satis- faction. ”Th will be a shame to lathe Tom my dear," he said, "but the bithoeth eth of a private natures" "Pray do not move, 'Miss Burton," Pryde intervened. "I can have no busineee with ' t. Der/ea Stranger which is of any great mportance so tar as X am concerned, You Mt say anything you like to me before Miss Burton, he went on, "and the seen- e,h. you tell zee exactly whet it is that ems oetoteat you here the better I sbeel be pleased.' Mr. Nathan pointed with.' the shining lamb of 'his stick toward 'the idol. The knob quivered a little in the, air. "Very well, then," he said. 'Just as you eleathe. Where did yon get that?" Pryde, too, glancecl toward the image. ' Was it his.faney, or was there indeed, at that moment, a red and threatening light in the deep-set eyes? • • "That," Pryde answered, "is not mine. I am keeping it in trust." - Mr. Nathan helbi out his hand. "Shake luthda, sir," be insisted. "You are anion., eat young man. Yori shall not lose by It, . Ltetem I am the owner of that little eurio. • "Indeed!" Pryde replied dryly. "Tell me at once, Mr. Nathan begged, • "why •do you look at me tho doubtfully? Haai anyone eithe been here te claim it?" "There was a ream eame in," Prade ad- ,mitted, "only a few hours ago, who said very much what you ate saying- He could not prove his ownership, however, and lie grew rather offensive. In the end we were obliged to get rid of him hurriedly." The face of Mr. Richard Nathon became ft study. lie was at the same time sus- picious, alarmed, and surpeised. 'Went away without it,' he repeated, ba.If to bitted?. "Came here aed went away without It You are sure he thaw It ?` 'Oh! the person I am speaking: of' saw ft• all right,' Pryde declared. 'I don't see what that has to .do with it. Now, please, gat on with what you hove to . Mr. Nathan nodded. A possible explana- tion had suggested itself to him. He kept edging a little neaVer to the idol, "I should like to e•gthamin the image for a few minutes, jutb to be Sure that it tth-mine," Mr. Nathan aaid. "There are tho many imitationth about." Pryde took it up and plamd it in his visitor's bands. For a single second Mr. Nathan looked like making a bolt. Grace bad opened the dietWee on her right-hand side, and Pryde was etareding on the .alert. Mr. Nathan glanced from one to the other and eighod. With carnets re- luctance he set the idol down. "Ugly thing, ithn't it?" he remarked. "Shothaigt' Pryde agreed. "MY STOMACH .IS FINE ' Since Taking Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets" Mrs. 3. Merkhuger, Waterloo, Ont., enthusiastically recommends Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets, Her experience with theta, as she ontlines it, explains why. "I was greatly troubled with my stomach", she writes. "I had taken so much mciiicine that I might say to take any more would only be utaking it worse. My stomach just ftlt raw, I read of Na-Dria-Co Dyspepsia Tablets, and a lady friend told me they were very easy to take, so 1 thotight I would give them a trial and really they worked wonders, Anyone having anything wrong with his stomach should give 14 -Den -Co Dyspepsia Tablets a trial, they will do the rest, , My stomach is Aim now and 3 can tat any food." One I.:4 the many good features'. of Na•Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets is that they are so pleasant and easy to take. The relief they give from heartburn, flatulence, biliousness and dyspepsia is prompt and permanent. Try one after each meal—they'll make yon feel like new person, soc. a box at your druggist's emu- • porinded by the National Drug and Chemical Co, of Canada, Limitedi 14441064 SO , "Dear mel Dear me!" arr. Natlion went on. "And thie Persoa who metb her be- ! fore me, thaw thie bttbo image, tool but you were not ebbs te MAO to ternith, the be werit away ortd lett it, oh'' ! "Precisely,, ' Pryde Wetted quietly. I '.Tut in the same way that within a few =Mates you, able, will, I fear, have to tear yourself away and, leave the idol here.' Nathan, opened, bee lips and closed them again. ale looked at Pryde, aud he looked 1 at Grace, Than lie set down hie bat And !cane en a chair. "Look Moe,' be said, ; "Iter al/ our thaaes I will not wathe time, 'I have wpm here for thee Ole/. What ith I it worth to yen?" _ Pryde shrugged his shouldees. lie teak • the image into- hingere and held it out , nt area's length. "Id istia much to look at," he remarked thoughtfully. "It Ulm% much to look et," Mr. Na. tam agreed, "and you know very well that you have no right to it at ail, It was theutht into your possession by a mem ia his lathe, momenth. He was half blenaed, mad 1e ,mithtook you for one of uth," Prarie podded. "That is exactly the Dositiou.' • l'You want to make thomething by the mithtake," Mr. Nathau continued. "It ith natural. I will not heat about the buth. I will not tell you any both. I am not a curio -dealer. That idol eepresenth more to ine then to aziyone else in life, I want it. I math have it. It ith in your posseession by ehanthe—an ova chamthe for me. Very well, I will pay. Look here." Ile tore his coat open and drew out a thick bundle of baulonotes. Ile threw em upon tho tabbe. "Count them! Connt them!" he cried. "I am treating you " like a printhe: There'th eight hundred. pounds taere of the betht. Count them! That ought to pay you, oughtn't it? Eight hundred Peundth for it copper 'idol. Good. G'od!" Pryde's grip upon. the image in his hand had perhaps elianged a litele. His fore- finger hed pressed more tightly upon a Proaection of the backboue. The head Row sharply back. Pryde otart•ed, lower- ed his hand, and a wonderful stream seemed suddenly to flow onto the oarpett a stream of liquid fire—of ruby are, of green fire, of white. brilliant leideseeace. Grace and Peyde were themselves almost stupefied. 'Then Nathan, with a howl, timew himself upon his leneee and began to grope about deeperately. Pryde caught him by the collar and draggeci him away. "So this is what you are trying to buy for eight hundred peunds, is it, ens friend?" he exclaimed, To, let them lie there! They're, pole enough. ID collect th.ssn afte zed' For a moment the man seemed about to throw himself upon Prede. Ile was trembling in every limb. Iris face was convulsed. The passion of greed was mak- ing, him almost courageous, "Yois have no claim to tlae jeweltlel" he snarled. "They belenee to uth!" "That, eay friend, Pryde remarked dryly. "I should be inclineci to doubt." • Nathan staggered to his feet. The tele- phone bell was ringing. He turned sharp - el it "Wliat'th that?" "Only one of my clients," Grace answer- ed cattaly. "Are you there?" she went on. "Yes, the second lot of folios will be ready in a very few -moments now; the third lot probably to -night. Yes! Yes! Quite, thank yen. Good-bye." . • Mr. Nathan wiped hie forehead. lie was not a very pleasant sight, "Look here," he said to Pryde, "eve don't need. to guar. rel. Ital. an Oateroal piece of luck, but enough for all of' uth. Turn the7n out upon the table. We'll bare them up, you arid I; half for me, hall between you two. Thateth fair, ithret it? Only let's do the job quickly arid let me got off. There's sixty theueand poundth' worth of jewelth there. You're made for life, arid if Yon take my advithe, you'll clear out. I can give you an addreth or two in Amther- dam, wb.ere you eon get rid of them, if yeu want to know." Pryde book his head. "Mr. Nathan," Ise declared, "you are wasting your time. Neither this young lady nor I myself have the slightest idea of benefiting by the possession of th.ese jewels. We hove grave doubts," he went on, with a faint emile at the corners of his lips, "as to how they may have awn° into our pea seselom We shall run no risk in the matter. We shall seal the idol up, and if no one eenteS here to lay claim to it with better credentials than you and your friend, during the next twenty-four hours, we shall and it to Scotland Yard." /Tatham glared at them. lie was half suspieious, half stupefied. "You mean that you are on the etra,ight?" he de- manded. fiercely. "Absolutely." Pryde assured hire. "I must admit that I had some ssemPatalY for that poor: fellow when I saw hien being hounded, and 1 meant to keep possessiot of the little idol until some authenticated person came to claim it. Now, of course, Ib is a different thing. I shall keep it only for another twenty-fbur hours." Mr. Nathan, opened his mouth , and closed it again. Ho looked art the carpet, he looked at the idol, he looked at Grace, he looked at Pryde. "God bless my thoult" lie spluttered. "Are you mad, both of you? Don't you want money? Don't you know what money ith?' "We wapt it very badly sometimes," Pryde replied. "but, you see, there is al- ways the risk that these jewels may not have been honestly come' by." • Mr. Nathan tried to speak and failed. Be had vo words. Very slowly he took up his hatobrushed it with his coat sleeve, and turned toward the door. "If I hear that the poor fellow hath left any writ- ten inthructionth," he promieed, "I will let you know, I understand you to *sty ttwhaetntyyoluouwrillhokuerepsrehe jewels for at leatht Pryde nodded. Mr. Nathan turned. away to hide a somewhat curious expres- sion at the eorners of his lips, • "Very well." he said, "I with you good afternoon. You are very honest, both of ywout paIyheme you will find that honethty He walked out, slaneneing the door a lit, tle behind .hina They heard his retreat- ing footsteps. Grace touched the bell at ber feet and raieed the telepholie receiver ones 'more to her ear. "Our visitor," she announced softly, "ha e just left. Please do not Ief anything important happen just round here. There is one more to oolue. Tee, quite all right, thank you. Good-bYer She laid the receiver down. • "After Bala' Pryde remarked, "our friend Ite. Nathan was not one of the lighting sort, Somehow or other, 1 tallest thee our last ViSitOr, if he e,onles, moo* be difter- eat." That night, for the fleet time, Pryde tithed with his partner. The meal sent bn eroin a neighboring restaurant was by to, means an elaborate one, nor did Grace unbend iu the least. Nevertheless, Pryde began to feel more' cheerful. The living together through these fetv thril. ling moments of adventure could scarcely fail, oat any rete, to foster the !spirit of cornradesiiip. Sbe trusted himo too—had eenfidence in him, It was impossible, he tola Wiese% that the Was really so cold aeld elm/less as she ePPeared. Tho oven - tag wore on. Oecationally they heard the elevator pass up; oftener WU, there were teetsteps on the stairs., Their expected Visitor, however, did not eater°. Toward teu o'clock was alwaye a quiet time it the „flats. There weed MO' few eaoPle coming or geeing, With the silence Pryde bedlam 000501005 of a curious feeling of unetteinese, lie found himself watching the door every moment, "I wonder,- he mid, half to himself, "what devilieh echeite this man Vie) calls himself the professet will invent!' Gram looked up lawn the book whieh she,liad been readieg. These wee not the stiglitest sigh of exotteinent in het faceHer hair wat . primmy a, I me , drawo beak tightly with the obvious intent to ite nntfarni fluffiness, Her piSiSti black cltees woe aneolleved by evert to 'teeth Of tvbite at the neck, net eheetOt: were as toile as ever. li "You must bear in tram " sbe' werntioliet bine 'abet neither Mr. Ne amp not predectesor will haVe hea ee, opportun tst of constrittnienting itfiaa If they're, War plaits for meeting, fortMta lie Me havq become seimidoue, Oil the Ota e band, he eneY behetre that theyhew g Vfe4 Peel'ie.44404 7/14. .4400 elle4-0014e4I 4,44,conr„egage ati, govt./1443 ililexaefeae It's tho ,CLEANEST, SIMPLEST, sod BEST BOMB DYE, oue eon buy -,Why you don't even have to knowwhat XCIND of Cloth your Goods ere mode Allstaces ore impossible. Semi for Free Color Card, Story Booklet, nod Booklet plying results of tiYeing Over other colors. The JOKSTSON.RICHAR.D$ON 00,p LIMitoat Montt eel; Canutio. off with the ie'vrela, very much as Mr. Nathon believed that the first man was trying to do, lae wifl probably come quite harmlessly and veint very ninth the same sort of offers, Lietertt" Pryde could bear nothing, but Grace crossed the rown swiftly and seated her- self before her typewriter. The green- thaded lamp was already in posiition, halalinished sheet of manusemat in the madame. Sho began to work. 'Sal% one hand ehe opened the drawer an her right- hand, side. • "Be careful," she whiseered, "Someone Is fitting a, key into the latch." Almost as she spoke, the door was nolaelessay opened. A band flashed through the smack and leached the kuob which controlled the electric lights, The TOOB1 was in darkness except for the lamp by Grace's side. A man slipped quickly in and dosed the door behind him. "The, lamp," he remarked, 'is unfortu- nate:" Re was a man of about middle height, of most ordinary appearance. A black overcoat, which fitted him none too well, 'meg about .his spare form, He had a pronounced stoop, gold -rimmed spectaclee, and white, untidy hair rather long at the back. He' Wore a bowler hat with a broad brim. lie stood a few yards inside the room, both hands concealed en his over- coat pockets. "Yourig lady," lie said calmly, "and You, sir, you may be expecting me—you ratty nee. There is a little mystery con- cerned with this room and its occupants Whieh I have mit yet solved, but in case iny suspicions or you both are correct, let me warn you that, however quickly Your hands may go to year pockets,. for I am holding a pistol in either hand, and I learned to shoot through my pock- ets a good many years ago, You see?" Grace looked at, him, unmoved, from over the top of her typewriter. "You axe quite sure, sir, that you are not snaking a mistake?" she asited. "I am 'making no mistake," the new- comer aesured them grimly. "I have come to recover a piece of on:nicety which You maY or may not know about. There it stands upon the table—eoly, grinning monstrosity. Now Tal buy it front y�a or fight for it, whichever youx like, but I have come for my idol, end I am not used to paying visits in vain." He done a little closer to thern. It was quite clear that he had bee.n speakiog the truth. The outline fd thie vistols was there, showing fro-ra inside his overcoat Pocket. One was directed toward Pryde, one toward Grace. Suddenly the tele- phone bell range. "If you answer that," the professor mid softly, "I shall shoot. You may be honestfool's, you may be criminals vtur- selves, y-ou may be creatures of the pe. lice. I am taleing no risks. Dead men and women are the safest witnesses.' ere spoke in a slow, almost monoteneas teas, but with a manner euricusly ISa- pressive, Somehow or other, they bettr of them felt that ne was a being of a dif ferent order from either Nathan or his nredeceesor. The master was there. Grace knew perfectly well that if she even stretched out her hand toward the re- eteiver of the telephone, he would keep his word. "Thank you," she faltered. "T am ter- rified to death. I can assure you that I shall let the telephone ring." •' The visitor moved a step or two tearer still. •Ife was now within a few feet, or them. "You a•re not terrified to death," he said coldly. "That is what alarine me. I will confess to you that I have the feeling that I am in a trap, but in case you are deriving any satisfaction from that fact, let me assure Tea that if I Om, both of you will answer for it with Your lives. You know who I am? X am Prelski, chief of the Haman POUT. 1 have killed a dozen men trars year. I believe in killing; it has become an art with me. If it -were not for the Melee, I think X should_kill you beth, jnet as a Precau- tion. Young lady, he added, a peremp- tory note in his tone, "get up. Into that corner. if you please. 1 don't like the way yeur hand is prowling around that drawee. Quick!" She hesitated for only a 1“.gle neenent. Then she rose. . "Bach! Abel you, toot" the professor ordered, turning suddenly to Pryde. "N'e • nonsense! I could shoot your teeth away, one by one, if 1 chose. Back, hoth of you." • , They obeyed. He looked into the drawer. From the drawer he looked back again into their faces, a,nd there was etemething terrible in his silence. Ile drew his hands from his pookete. He held a repeating aistol in eitlaee hand. _ eBrang• me that idol,' lee directed Pryde, "Bring it here and place it on the table before me." Pryde walked slowly to the other end of the room, took up the image, and brourebt it toward the table, Ire was with- in about a yard of his destination when the door was auddenly opened. The pro- feseor turned like lightning: The door- way was ftill. of men. An inspector in peaked cap and uniform was foremost, a detective in plain elothes by hie side. The Profeesor's arra shot out, and Pryde, with- out hesitation, threw inteself bodily upon him, puslehig his arm:toward the wining. The next second he himeelf was thrown half -way across the room. With amaz- ing ease the professor had freed himself. He• dropped ori las knees behind tile vsrit- ing-table. The dull Metal of hie pistol gleamed wickedly be the light of the gredashadecl lamp. 'Hie left hand, clasp- ileg 0, Pistol, WnS stretthed out behind hun. 'Ah!" he muttered, "I see some friends. My. Detective Simmons, I think; Inspec- tor aohnson. Not a step nearer, please. Remember, I bave nothing to lose by kil- ling a few more of you. Tbese are my last moment. 1 waxit to -think," There was a queer, breathlese silence. Pryde was still lying where he had been thrown, and ha,d the air of being uncon. seisms, Grace had advanced toward him, but had suddenly stopped and retreated. Sbe was sheltered new bellind an easy - chair. TImn the ammeter spoke. 'Bettor give yoUrseIf tspv' There's no bone for you. We've other men upon the attire.' "You are right," the professor admit. tod, "I' have fought too many battles not 'to know when the eta has write, but don't any of you Ratter yourselvesathat welked blindfolded into this trap. I knew ver" wellethat the odds were ten to one against rae,"but I have never learned the triek of poverty. If I could have got away, with our little friend here, you'd never have been troubled with me any more." "Put up your halide, Troia'," the in. !motor ordered. "/ am coinieg to take you.' ' • The man's BiSt4 never wavered. (bily for one second he ,gla,need exalted and be.cic again. Pride 'was lying quite still; Graee was out of sight. "X am pot quite rea,de yet, Tuseeeter," 1M said stifthe. "Thieve 00 geudge neatest yeti. Stay tvliere ;fent are: I haat a mat- ter of twelve lases he a I don't think it will paY yee to rusil me. You khow don't offee tram I Owl/Meet ociVise you ' tesoarty tricke. Wbere's tho girl?" a, was to reply, titvit, sort 01 fanca," the protestor , rt, "thee she is the brains of Oil; ,ntsntiaisa., thee She le the Verson I ought te eeeekon with', I wonder!" _stariee More dits tamed hie tidal, loehieg !Melt aoaleteiestailay.•' "stli I' 'mis eproepected. "Behind that eeevehairi e,• ore •instentient, theltea, ari eamytheir, I think 1ewe do 4 little_ dierra Age taroapth that, Mr, Inopeeter, a eon- gratilittte you, roll will probably effeee MY leaptlire Witheut the lees of. a iiingle wee of your feree, et'e the girl Ill Settle aoodures with this time." wee • plate' ooveeed theni Po longer. veo yang round, tumble,' toWeral tha etlaYs chair. Then. Pryde, w3�. Loa been weep. Dig gradually eloser, gatterea /dime& op and sprang lie him. The attaels wee so uneePeated that for a, =Merit leryde had the tolve,ntatee. Froze; the Drat he anew that he was etruggiing With a tamper man, bot it woe a Metter of seamula web,. He went for the hat de which held the pietcde, foreillg them tee ward the floor. For the filet few sete enee he was eueeessful, Then elowlY his •arras, inch by Moll, wore forced badc. The •right hand with the Pieta! uit came erovelitig rowel, toward the ease- ehaer. Pryde's stretgth was aireoetex leaustee, hut it hosted long enough. no air, 0,fter all, was only wee of sec- onds, The ingeoieer and policemen were swarming around. With a blow of his truneheon, the' termer kneeked the weas poo out of the hana er the profeekeer, and a pelicenlat, ottaming down, kicked the other one from tae nean'e doubled -up left arm. Even then the eteugele was not over, With a cry <if rage, tbe tree- mt. man Ilene himself, 'unarmed ae he wee, upon them all. One of the police. men went over like a ninepin. For a mo - extent it seemed as thougb he would break through them. Then the inspeetor seized hipa froni behind, a policeman tripped him. Even wben they had hire on the f1002'. i VMS several moments before they could handcuff him, They ,got him out of the room at last. The mspeotor lin- gered beaind, "Young lady," he aid to Orem, "that is the best day's work youSve ever dote. We've got the lot.' ",Keep me out of it," she begged. ewe% keep you out of everything ex- • cept the reward," the inepeotor replied, holding out his hand to Pryde. "That was aebrave tackle of yours, sir," he de- clared: "We should have Med to shoot, if you hodal •been there, and we mightn't have been in time. Good night!" He hurried off. Pryde turned, with a little slaver, to the girl who waa stand- ing by his side. She wag abeolutelY un- ruffled. Even her hair was still perfect- ly tidy. abe was looking toward the wall by the side of the door, with a alight frown upon her face. "I -must have that switch moved to- morrow," she said.—Cosmopolitan Magas eine. - TIIE 'END. •SAVED BY A. BUOY—AND A. BOY Row a Pleasure Trip Abnost Ended In Disaster. The yacht—it was a six-ton schopher, and belonged to a Mr. OarsclaIeLhad put out from Maea- kau, New Zealand, ou a pleasure trip up the coast. There were six aboard, the owner, his wife, a boy named Squires, who acted as "erew," two young girls, and a man friend of the skipper. It is the lottee who tells the story in the Wide World Magazine: The Miramar was sailed up • through the narrow ehannel of the Aivitu River, between the • boiling breakers en the bar, where ebbing tide and current meet the heavy Pacific ,swell. The wired was fair, and- the boat went through on tip- toe a,nd a half -mile up the river. Then the wind suddenly fell flat, the sails slatted idly, and the yacht began to drift with the hurrying tide back toward the reef and the breakers. The word was given to drop an- ohor, and young Squires let it go. The • chain rattled • through the hawse to the very end, and then fell with .a, splash into the water. Harry Squires, set to chip rust from the eable that morning, had removed the shackle -bar from the ring -bolt, and forgotten to replace it! .An- chor and cable were gone forever, and on the breast of a free -knot current the yacht was racing down to the bar I In that tumble of a,ngry water, among jagged rocks and hard stretches of wave -pounded sand, the little Miramar could not live a minute, and -some of th.e party— perhaps all—would surely lose their lives. Young Squires alone had his wits about him. He seized a loose end of fishing -line, knotted it round his waist, kicked off his shoes, and went overboard. Inside the reef, a hundred yards above the line of breakers, was moored a, ehannel buoy. It was on the poet, perhaps two hundred yards below the drifting Miramar. With a. .short, •choppy stroke, Squires struck out for this buoy. Could he reach it? Would the sag of the dragging line prove toe much Lan him? Already the yacht was abreast of the buoy, and to the ea- ger watchers the swimmer seemed to be flagging—and thee white line of the surf was near. Mrs. Con- dole clung to her husband's neck, and the two girls wept in each oth- er's memo. Then suddenly we saw that Harry ha,d judged his distance well, after all. He was above the buoy, oncl breasting the, current brovely. We PERRIN GLOVES The best for all occasions. Always suitable. Always stylish. see that the trade mark le on every glove - SaaV MIR turn, shoot down ot the current, throw up an arm and grasp the ring of the buoy. An it swimg over to his weight, he pulled himself up arid at astride. Hand over hand he hauled in the two-ineh rope we had tied to the end of the fish- ing -line, took it half-hitch round the ring -bolt, aed waved Isis hand to We were saved, but it was a near thing. eke we owung at the end of that line, the boil of water on the bar was, hardly fifty yorels away, Under our stern the water was emoothing to the curl of the first surf line. We hung there for two houre, "eerving" the swaying line with pocket -handkerchiefs agaiest the chafe of the gltawale. All that time • Harry remained astride of the buey, watching the other eed of the rope. Death was only a biscuit -toss away, but the rope held. At lase the tide turned, and as we floated up -stream we pieked young Squires off his perch. Carerbele wrung his hand with tears in his eyes, and the ladies, weeping also, kissed him. The young scamp! be sworn, he thought more of those kisses than of the sovereign I slip- ped into his palm I , THE WAY THEY FEEL ABOUT IT. 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Ont, On the Farm 411111AIM Fell Freak Col Best. It is a well-known fad that by far a greater 'number ef dairy owes ore allowed to follow the most oa- tural eourse, mid either by indif- ference or intention, they freshen ixt the ePring, writes W, H. Under- wood, The produeer of milk for eale, if he has an even trade, may want to have an even number of •fresh cows iis every nionth of the year. If the bull it kept confined and service controlled, this ean be re- gulated as a rule, although unplea- saot irregularities in breeding will sometimes occur and stubbornly re - &let correction. But if the priate. object is to pro - &toe the greatest quantity of milk of the bast quality and the great- est profit with any number of eowe within a year, evideeme is over- whelming that the eows should be maeaged so as to calve dering the autumn months. For like reasone, September is the best month in most parts a the country for a b.eifer to drop •hex best ealf in order best to develop as a eow. This almosb regardless of the animal at the first calving. Calves born in the fall ore MOTO easily reared and rnake better cows than those born in the spring and summer. It seems needlese to re- hearse the stock arguments on the subject, based on long experience of sueoessful dairymen, but a brief recapitulation may be aseful. The eow or heifer calving in the fall neeAs the most healthy and nu- tritious pasture just following the strain while coming into full flow. Just at this time, when some falling off is likely to occur, the animal is brought into the stable and receives good care; the winter feedieg and the returns from itmay be depend- ed upon to exceed the midsummer results for any like period. At the stage eif milking and ges- tation, when another dropping off of the milk yield may be looked for, the fresh pastures induce is. fresh oow, lengthen the milking season and increase the year's total pro- duct. December and January are good months in which to control and sup- ervise the service of a bull, Mid- summer and the dog days are 'a good time for the cow to be dry and preparine to calve again. With call -fresh cows the greatest and richest product =nee at the seaeon when milk anti butter are alwa,ys -comparatively high in price. In actual practice four fall -fresh CWS have been found equal to five which calved in the spring in twelve months' product and at about four- fifths the cost. -- Selecting Heifer Celts. Many dairymen make a practice of raising every heifer 'calf and fail to get results. Then they select the heifer calves from the best produc- ing cows and get nearer to what they wank, but, still, there are many inferior cows raised by them. It is not uutil we begin carefully to examine every heifer calf that we eon conduct any systematic plan of improving the quality of ehe dairy herds, for, unless the calves are good individuals and have stamina and strong, vigorous ethastitutions, ice matter how liberally they are fed, some will fail to come up to the qualities of their dams. Every heifer ealf should be eare- fully examined and if they show signs of weakness they should not be raised. Open their mouths and if you find, after examining their teethrthat you can seebut four of the milk teeth, you can make up your raind that such a calf is hard- ly worth raising. Many raise their calves, but few turn out to be profitable cows, Next examine the navel and teats. If the teats are not placed in their right position de not waste your time and food trying to make a good cow out of such a calf. When we find a heifer calf that Corneas up to our standard or re- quirements and when WO decide to keep it we must not forget that its value as a cow will depend largely upon the treatment that it receives during the first two years of its life. Calves must be well cared for and fed in sueli, a manner that they will ne.ver lose their calf flesh. After they are a few months old they should be turned out ond al- lowed plenty of exeroiee and goosi air ati that they may build up strong muscles aod good organs of respir- ation. ontagions. "le insomnia is contagioas dis- ease `" asked the boob. "Ne," replied the wise guy. "Why do you ask11' 'When my neighbor's dog can't sleep at night 3 can't either," re- plied tho boob. Practical, "Do you ever pray for your he*. baod1" asked iVirs. Meek, "No," replied Mrs. Strong, "lit4 he never gets our, at night teless go with him!' • 1,1