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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1910-2-17, Page 2TIF MY8TERY CLERRED UE OR, THE I-IERITAGE QF MADAME YALTA, CHAPTER 1II.—(Cont'tI) ',perhaps, 2 s` p , ton, ht, does nut. be ]love you \sill carry out your eat." , ?Yea; these Frencl. always ire - �net it is impossible to treat them 7 »imple morale, and that one old not dare to act here as one diel in St. Petersburg. :But t irge myself with undeceiving a. You will get ready the roll- s prison that serves for these e,nsports, and when he sees it all sawn up he will decide, perhaps, speak," "Tho question is whether he has Dally anything to confess" said ladle timidly, ' "Do you doubt it?" '' "Your excellency,I' should ' not I llow myself to entertain a differ- ent opinion from my master, but 'ft -you will deign to hear my rex- ons—" "Speak, 1 consent.,; "First, is it likely that any one ='rl league with Nihilists would 80 easily have fallen into the trap r laid for him? The resettle of that sect elo not dream" of embarking for "I have not said he was a regu` laxly enrolled Nihilist. Firstly, he is net Russian ; he is ' merely a simpleton whom one of their infer- etal women has seduced." "'hour excellency forgets that be loved the daughter of M. Dorger- CA." "Did he not rob me of my papers on the very y .da he was dismissed banker the byt x ? On that clayhe listened to the voice of a woman who had been his mistress. She IS\ promised him her protection in foreign parts, and he was content with the fiftythousand francs tak- en from the safe." -.r "Unless it was sunt to him as he asserts." "Bah! This person who sudden- ly remembers an old debt 1s a very improbable diameter." However it may be, your excel ]Duey, this accomplice of M. de Carnoel it has, teen impossible to find." Wt._"eeathe search has not been well "lade. The information I have re,:ently received. from the chief of he .third section is very inccrn mete. There are obscure women ;chem no one has thought of as man- aging end arranging these plots. They knew that my Gasket con- tained the whole plan of my mis- tsion, all my correspondence with the general ;and the minister." "What is extraordinary is that they should have been aware of the depositing of the casket with your banker." "Informed by the secretary, no doubt." "Your excellency, I have "lade a minute inquest, concerning the life led by the young man., and it is ae rteen that he did notassociate with a single Russian. 1 have gone ve far its to obtain information con- STOMACH MISERY OldifSHED Hy "FIVIT•A LIVES" 4111embarrassment,"there is still time to have recourse to a means you have overlooked. d, Ia be- lieve it would be better to restore 14I , dCallum" o to Jibe y rt . " "To release the Frenchman! You are -rued, Vaeili," ' "Pardon are, your excellency. -t have reflected much on the situatiotl and 1 see no other "leans of dis- covering M. de C'arnoel's accom- plices." "You forget that his firsteare would be to avenge himself on enc. He would enter a - complaiut for arbitrary sequestration." . "Your excellency, :1 do not be- lieve it. It would compel hire to enter into- explanatious which ho would rather avoid. Besides, you could exact a promise of silence. if he gave yon his word of honor k.e would keep IL" • "I admit that he will not- com- r plain to the authorities, but if he sees Mile. Dorgeres or writes to' her, which is infinitely probable, hi will naturally be led to explain why he did not appear for a month." - ! "Your excellency, I know him, 1' have studied him. If he promises 3%till eflenee he will be sheat even with Mlle. Torgeres." "Bat you forget them was some corning this Countess Yalta. who has funds deposited at M. Dorger- es and I am satisfied that he has never seen her." ' "Oh, the Yalta has no connec- tion with Nihilists. 1 have point- ed her nut to the: department. She has been watched vary clnsely, and it is certain' that she is not engaged in polities. Her father was a kind of Cireassian prince, who sold his prineipality to the emperor for sev- eral millions of rubles. The daugh- ter married some other dispossessed lord, who scan left her a widow. She' left. IRtlssia in her childhood, s' ne.es only thought of her ttre€. Let' lis leave liar and re- • ' to the ri entghmad. I must de -I e what course ' .to take. His, onth of probation will end 'to- morrow. I 'test, before giving it up, make one more attempt. I saw the banker yesterday, and he told me that the time of his daughter's marriage was fixed. We shall sec what the prisoner will say to this disastrous intelligence. It is the ruin of his last hopes. What do you say to my idea, V'aciii l" "Your excellency, I confess an- other has occurred to me." "Let us have it." e`I start from a principle you have 'ts c youngman )l tlaidd clown, that the (wiring will keep silence to the end for fear *rile Vengeance of the Nihilists, y have I more than once .been des- c d to regret :is capture. o t think that had lee' remained. would have ;tiompromised 02110 imprudent act?" "tired the colonel, , too hasty, the, late lo retrace id is fore. he so fresh son11)11008, 1 or (.111' e.n." aClllf f' one who saw the Frenchman enter' this house." 'Your excellency alludes to the child who came to ask for him the day I drought him here. The child' a eoncltt<t proved that he su, pectec should hay something,enol I i watched him closely, but I Marne MR. ALCine et eel' Stratford Centre, Wolfe Co., Que. "I have been completely cured of a 2'iglitful condition of my Stomach through the wonderful fruit medicine 'Fruit -a -lives'. I could not eat anything but what I suffered awful pain from Indigestion. NXyIlead need incessantly, I was told to try 'Fruit -a -eves' and sent for six boxes. Now I am entirely well, can eat any ordinary food and never have a IIeadache." AI,CIDE IIF.13E{ICT, ,joe, a box, 6 for $2.50, or trial box, :5c. At all dealers or front Fruit -a. lives Limited, Ottawa. • "tI do not know, sir, and I have. ,on ething else to talk about." This was said iu so dry a toms and sa serious an air that the Co- lonel immediately changed his et- titude and language. "Then, sir, be kind enough' to explain yourself," he said, haugh- tily. "I thought you wished to ],lay me a 'friendly visit.. It some 1 was mistaken ; but I cannot guess what you have to say to me." "I have to ask what has become of M. de Carnoel," replied Max - line, looking fixedly at M. Boris. oil. It must have been that the colonel was gifted with a' sang freed that was invincible, for he replied with- out betraying himself : "You wish to know what has.be- e come to- M. do Carnool, who was+ employed, Sec, I believe, with M. Dor- e banker ' 1' gr rt}a, my. d "Yes," replied Maximo. lie has heel time to Dross the from tier, and even the Seas." "I saw him. pass near here in earviage,' which went toward Mon- ceanx .Perk." "It is to be regretted you slid not follow it. we might have known where it. conducted lit, de Genteel."' "I did not follow it, but some one saw it again afterward." "All f l'ea1ly 1 and where did it got" "It went to the Rue ole Vigny, it stopped before your house, the gate" opened, the csl'riage enter- "Whathat Ihere1, cried 1VI Boris- off. "Ah! this is too much, and I am amazed you should attach portartee to so ehsua.'cl an inven- tion." "It is no invention. The person who saw it made no mistake." "So," replied the colonel, feign- ing; to suppress a strong inclina- tion to laugh, "you believe that this secretary, after having been sent off and accused of theft, has made me a visit, It was probably for the purpose of returning, my casket. "I do not suppose ]ie came here voluntarily." "Then I kidnapped him in the midst of Paris and in full light rf day 1 And for what purpose may I ask " "I cannot say, sir, bat I know that M. de Carnoel has been. brought to your house, and that h:: ;nest be still there." (To be continued.) 1 PROSPEROUS INSTITUTION. Annual Report, of the Trailers Bank is Highly Satisfactory. Tho Traders Bank of Canada -has' ;now been in existence a quarter of a century and in this time this flourishing organization has become one of our most respected and of- ; iicient financial institutions. It • closes its twenty-fifth year with the most creditable showing which has 1 anyitsannual been exhibited uof do o statementssl n and in a o n strength which is the most satisfac tory in its history. The directors of the Trader' Bank apparently direct the affair of the Bank as directors should They are kept most minutely in formed of all the details of the Bank's management. Their system of inspection and special audi keeps the Board in the closest pos Bible touch with the actual condi tion of every important account every week, and with practically every move in the workings of each office of ,the Bank and with all im- portant credit transactions. The Traders Bank has in the pas paid particular attention to On- tario business and the fact that it has covered the Ontario field most thoroughly is shown in :the great number of branches in the Prov- ince. Now, however, their opera• tions are rapidly extending i Western Canada, and fifteen branches have. been established at important points. We understand results that the most gratifying next morning that there was no thissp more to fear. He was picke:i ala half-dead on the boulevard What happened to him is no known, but 1 suspect he was trying 1 to scale the garden wall and fell What is certain is that he is a 1 idh.t and will never speak of wha she knows." I ant not .too sure of that. Ha "Well, I wish to know why You address yourself to mo, who hacl. - no relations with this gentleman. t 1 saw Mini, I believe, once in i^.1. Ilergeres' office, and did not speak; to him." n "It is possible, but subsequently' , you were much occupied with him." "Be good enough to explain dour-' might get wall. And it is very ex tranrdinary that a *room shoo]: b ;have netted his neck to ascertain 1.what had become of the banker' I -ex -secretary. Who knows if thi' chap hadn't something .to do with the theft, You ought to have male ' aiI inqu +-t."• 1 'Font eseelleeey, it has hce•i done.. and I have ascertained poli- ; lirrly that it was a, mere •chane::'. Fortunately he brake his head he - I fore he had time to babble. • An ! ;the proof is that during this month I n,i attempt. has been made to tie. liver M. de Carped." The door opened and a valet le pier entered, bearing a card on silver waiter, "Who is it :'' asked the colon 1, with a geeture •of impatience. • base ail I should receive no one.' four excellency; this gentleman insisted, ..aging that he cane on pr ening business," M. Borisuff took the card, awl read with astonishment the name u1' his c, .tor. "Ask him Mtn the salon" he said to the valet dr pied. Whet; •, alone, with his steward "1)0 y on know who asks for lite It is the nephew' ,of the banker Uori;c Tee I dv not know him. What tail he want with reel" "Your excellency, perhaps the young ,man was sent to yell by his unel t' •'Very likely; but Inc 'what? 1t is singular (bathe appeals jest es we wore speaking of the secretary. Hay to the head of the stables 1s melee read•v my travelling -carriage a:: ;ill events, I( is by ne means eertalo that I shall decide to re- -' self more clearly." "Willingly. I need not say that M tie 'Carnoel left my uncle's s ]louse the evening the safe -was rob- bed. A casket was taken belong- - I ing to you, and M. de Carnoel was; accused of the theft." "lt is tree. But it -was agreed that this should .be kept secret, and I am astonished that M. Dorgeres :lute related it to you." ]1`u matter, I know it; and I know' also that you charged your- self with discovering M. de Car-' noel." I "I engaged your uncle not to Qs l.: 1<.,c,c. a enmplaint. It would bo tease- our man." The intendant bowed peofow 1 and left the room backward After dismissing him, M. Boy, of' rose from the divan and pans- ed as ed into tate neighboring salon_ He found Maxilne Derge+.'s standing by 'a window, and by the elcpres'-inn of his countenaoc•. judged that his errand was of .t grave nature It was not the in st time he had seen the banker's na. phew, but had never. spoken t , him, and their meeting wuuld ens e been card enough but for the cul. onal. . ""Monsieur," lie said. ''beforA Io -' airing what has brossght you, per mit mo to congratulate myself num Melt, 1VI. Ilorgeres Int+ fro.- fuently spoken of lou, and 'o,.-, regretted that I heel net the ph e- snrs of yenl'. acquaintance ' "I am obliged to you,sir, . plied. Maximo, coldly;.' but when you learn why I have (.role---' "'Tell lilt' something of 2I, Dor- sores. I have not seen Rini for some clays." "1 do not come on his behalf s, "Hoses is his Lively slaughter? Is 's tame that her ' marriagc-.lay ,xed ?" ' offensive to me to have my name ! mixed tip with judicial inquests. 1(1 Dorgeres yielded to my- view, and he.ggcd lie to make use of my'; diplomatic relations for the discov- efy of the wretch who had robbed'. him. Unfortunately the researches ended in nothing. M. de ("armlet' 1 rut into Brittany, and after his return to Paris could not be traced !'farther. It is likely he has left 1 ranee. But you know all this, .inec you are so well informed, arid' I cannot sufficiently express my sur -1 prime at sschl a proceeding. It is slot, 1 presume, your uncle who' hat, 1'ecomsneeded it i} "No, sir; I have consulted 110 one bot Bayo acted with a'perfcct know -1 le-dge of the facts, and I demand: once more an .answer to - lay ques- I Dorm ' IVhut has become of. M. de Carmel?' "leo you ask :zee this seriously ?" "Ver;y. sorionaly." `"It is so strange that I aright , t.ike it in laid part, but I content, 1 myself with saving that I have al- ready answered you. M. de Car - noel is in foreign parts, I have ev- ery reason to suppose." "'M. de Carnoel is in Paris.,, "Blow de you know ?" 1 have seen kiln." ''When t" '' \ month ago." ''Very .possibly; blit in a month WANT -ED A t Stowe Plate Floor Moulders. Steady work •lhroughcut the year. Good prices. THE D. MO64.2E CO., Limited HAMILTON. ,Trow ran you reasonably expect to make even a fair quality or ryr,n, 58(1(1 miter• date pots and lsrttles and pans for belling ynur Tit syrup. Write for booklet en t.ho "dhltmnicar" Evaporator to me GRIMM MANUPAC'rURING Company, 58 Wallington 3t., Montreal. MfImew IM/i • immommizim CATTLE DR IJR 1N Wbiele do you value the most ---your cattle or your chliciren? You know that the health and development of your live stock depends on the quality of the food you give them—that they Must Have good, strong, nourishing food, Are you as par- ticular about your children? 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T. nearly 5% per cent, net profit on R Stratton, said at the lasts Annual the investment, or, to be exact, Meeting i ear to be Me r thestatement 1 Runts a t s i s t was made 40- per cent. to s n5, gn nn f thatfor i the - ] 00 2 progress might i notwithstanding 3 eat l s l 1 'increasing, s n d be looked .for. He pw a delighted many now office buildings, and with to say that this statement has been the Bank's equipment and accum- fully verified, The Bank has made, lnoclation for tenants, there need s so far as he was award, absolutely no baci debts during tho year, ea- cept in the. few small accounts which may yet be realized. The t be no fear as to the future revenue from this source: The other build- ings also yield a good return and promise well for the future. On the Farm' ..04-04-04-04-0+O$040+O+9 BURNING STRAW. Many of our readers will remem- ber that when the Russian Mennon- ites ensigns -Wel to Manitoba in the early days, much interest was taken •by the public In the newspaper ate counts of their • peculiar customs. practises, brought (Inc at than p b g t t 1 ]Incl was to heat from 13a home , their houses with large clay or t which 'tra • brick furnaces, intostraw was pitohforked for fuel, It was reported that solne improved neon (. the loose -straw plan by twisting it into rough oaths. Still another and more common method of preparing the straw for fuel was to tramp it in the yard with manure mixed in, and afterwards eut it into squares and dry it. 'I'llis made excellent fuel, though sonic people might ab- ject to tho odor. Canadians, and those of other nationalities, to whom the idea was strange, were ' inclined to smile at the rude fur - mice, while they could not but ad- mit the shrewd - economy of using straw where it was burned anyway - Time works its revenges. The Minnonitee are vindicated. ''There is now on the Western market a sheet -metal straw heater, for: which it is claimed that it saves worlf5y' costs nothfug,for fuel, and needs to bu filled only twice a clay. The di- rections react: Simply remove the detachable cylinder, -fill it with straw, place it again in position, . and it will burn twelve hours with- out attention. --Farmer's .Advocate. LIVE STOCK NOTES. Oats Have proved to he one of the best egg -producing foods we have, but they should be of the best qua- lity and fed in the proper way to n returns et good g g l i en ow mean a cant AhaFfoy c s scanty milk pail.If cows are in milk in winter, it pays to warm the water which they clrinlc. A mileh cow needs lots of clean water. It is not Inc from the truth to say that the quantity of water a cow drinks is a criterion of her worth. Hoardbs Dairymen says of small ABayorin�userl the came as lemon or vnnillq :notatoee as food for cows' that twen-- sddinginappleine. a dellcions srrup.is made and grocers. Seas. If than maple. or x' . botsoldby recipe book Cresnot cent Mfg, Co., Seattle, Wn. Iry dissse mr; gems:stae sugar is meter an -ty pounds 'per day is generally ac- cepted IS as the ma:dmum amount that should be fed: If small pota- toes are fed they should be careful- ly cut into angular 'neves to avoid danger of choking. Fed in this amount, it is not eonuidei•ed they will appreciably affect the quality or the milk, • They shauid not he cooked for rows. The practical value of regularity ie milking has long been recogniz- ed, but very fee, dairymen observe it every clay in the season, Some years ergo a series of tests showed that cows milked at irregular inter- vals, although twice within the 24 hours, shrank in yield in an aver - of half and age to each animal 11 z f a pound daily, or 3l:_ pounds during the period of a week. During the time, other cows in the herd, minced with the utmost :regularity as to hour, morning and night, maintained an even flow without shrinking. Not daring to render the first number wholly unprofitable, a return to rs- gular milking was made at sae end of a week, but oven with this, it took- three weeks before they re- gained their original yielding sta-. tus. •iyy� Did ,vou 'thoroughly wipe the steelwork of the plows and -things when you finished "ring them last fall : if not. it. 'Won' t hr long before you will 50e rust chiseling away at the metal. Put a stop to it by oil- ing with km:a:elm and rubbing well. Timothy of good quality contains a' little more than half a pound of nitrogenous matter in '25 pounds. Good clover hay has two pounds in twenty, or `1;• in 25. This explains why clover is so much better foo milk production or for fattening stock than timothy hay, - It is not the 01irnate se much that sends the bids itwny from ns as the lack of food.. By freely planting along the relict and in our pas- tures as 15'01] as on our lawns, the eternities ash, the Tartarian honey- suckle oney suckle and ilio high -bush cranberry we shall be ,till( to supply without any cost to eu,Sel,'t 18 an enormous amount of .bird food. We know of but one berry' that minnionly ap- ptii leeor e,si Iml..wnn which is not eat- ers at- e 0 by the hire "pen it'0errrealy i hs: rani,};.-:. thorn berry. A single tree of mountain ash will feed all the rob• ins that will visit you through the fall months', and still have a sus, plus for winter friends. 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The sum of $200,000 was added to the rest account, bringing the total up to 22,200,000, and 2102,445.40 was placed to the credit of profit and loss m000an1. There has been, a very satisfactory growth in de posits ; these show an increase of $4,420,000, Ar 17..14 per cent. over the "increase of the preceding year, the present ,year beginning with a 'total of $20,813,104• The efrcula- tion also showed a large increase, the average being about 22,500,000; though during the year it reached the highest figures in thy. instory of the bank—namely, $3,543,000.- There is a very large increase in the assets of the bank as compar- ed with the previous year. The increase in this. respect was $5,- 101,000, as against an increase ill 1000 of $1,130,000. Tho assets of the hank now total $39,0113,000.11. 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