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For the moment, heedless of their presence, he began to pace the room in the strenuous concentra- tion of his thoughts, Once he halt- ed in front of the small bust of Ed- gar Allan Poe, whose pedestal still imprisoned the two cuttings of a newspaper which formed the bar- rister's arrister's first links with the tra- gedy. His ideas suddenly reverted to the paragraph describing the ef- forts of the Porta to obtain from the French Government the extra- dition of a fugitive relative of the Sultan. At that instant, too, a tiny clock on the mantelpiece chimed forth the hour of eight. "That settles it," said Brett aloud. "Smith," he vociferated. And Smith appeared. "Pack up sufficient belongings for a short trip to the Continent. Don't forget a rug and a great -coat. Have the portmanteau on a cab at the door within three minutes." "I am sorry, Miss Talbot," he continued, with his charming smile and a manner as free from perplex- ity as if he was announcing a for- mal visit to his grandmother. "I have just decided to go to Paris at once. The train leaves Victoria at 8.15. Lord Fairholme will take you home, and you will both, I am sure, be able to convince Sir Hubert the; to yield too greatly to anxiety just now is to suffer needless pain." He rattled on so pleasantly that Edith, absorbed by the agony of her brother's disappearance and possible disgrace, could not conceal an expression of blank amazement at his levity. Brett instantly became apologe- tin. "Pray forgive my apparent flip. pancy, Miss Talbot," he said. "I am really in earnest. I believe that a flying visit to Paris just now must unquestionably advance us an im- portant stage in this inquiry. Let me explain exactly what I mean. Here is a letter from your brother, in handwriting which you and others best qualified to judge de- elare to be undeniably his. It also bears post -marks which would de- monstrate to a court of law that it was posted in Paris last night and received here to -day. But it does not follow that it was written 'n Paris; it might have been written anywhere. Now, according to the police, there is no entry in the visi- tors' book at the Grand Hotel which appears to prove that your brother wrote his name therein on Tuesday night. If the •handwriting in the Grand Hotel register corresponds beyond all doubt with that in this letter and envelope, then your bro- ther must be in Paris. If it does not, he is not there. I am convinced that the latter hypothesis is cor- rect, but to make doubly sure I will go and see with my own eyes. There now—I owed you - an explanation, and I have barely time to catch my train. Good-bye. I will wire you in the morning." He placed the mysterious letter in his notebook, gave them a parting smile, and was gone. He managed to catch the 8.15, which started punctually, the solo remnant of railway virtue possessed by the Chatham and South East- ern line. A restful porter, quicken- ed into active life by a half-crown tip, found him a vacant seat in a first-class smoking carriage, and Brett's hasty glance round the compartment revealed that his tra- velling companions, as far as Do- ver, at any rate, were severely re- spectable Britons bound for the Riviera. The harbor station at Dover wore its unusual aspect of dejected mis- ery. A stiff breeze had brought up .a Ctiara Soap and intrent Entirely Cured Hit of Itch "1 just want to say a good word for Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Four or five years ago I was in Port Arthur, and I had an attack of tho itch. It Certainly was an intolerable nuisance. The itching was prin- cipally at nights before I went to bed. The thighs were especially affected. "1 went to two doctors about it, and tried more Mn. J. >;, Bowan, Toaonxo than one remedy. I was beginning to think the com- plaint was incurable, when I was telling my trouble to a barber, and he said that he would guarantee to euro me. He told me to take a hot bath, use Cutioura Soap, and then .apply Cuticura Ointment. I took his advice, and sure enough, the itch vanished. ^I had probably been troubled with the itch for two or three months before 'T tried Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and they completely cured me of that intolerable nuisance. After ono warm bath with Cuticura Soap and use of the Cuticura Ointment I was never troubled with the itching again. •Anything in this testimonial 1 would be prepared to swear to in a court of JAW." (Signed) 5, E. Hooper, 268 Parliament Street, Toronto, San. 10, 1911. Fry His Ski Eruption Cured in Ten Days "The Cuticura Remedies certainly did work finely, and I am thankful that there is such a remedy, and that I tried it. About three months ago a terrible itching commenced on my body. I could 110t understand it. It gradually grew worse and covered a latge portion of my body. There was also a slight eruption of the akin, sort of a rash. I suffered greatly with the itching and at night time I had little sleep. I tried one or two remedies which did no good, and then I tried Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent. In about ten days 1 Was completely cured." (Signed) T. Williams,116 Pacific Ma. T. ww Ave,, Winnipeg, Jan, 14, 1911. rnrSA,re, rsxrreo , Yon Can Try Cuticura Soap and Ointment Without Cost Per mora than A generation, Cutioura Soap and Cutioura Ointment have afforded the speediest, surest and most economical treatment for torturingdisfiguring skin and scalp eruptions, from ,infancy to age. Cutioura Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, but in order that skin -sufferers may prove their efficacy without cost, the Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Dept. 55, Boston, ti. S. A., will send post-free to any address, a liberal sample of each, with a 32_... age book on skin health. Write for a set today, even though you have suffered long and hopelessly and have lost faith in everything, for, as her. FXooper's letter shows even the drat fisc of Cuticura Soap and Ointment may be sufficient to give intent relief whop all else has failed, the world. Having retained his seat long enough to establish a proprietary right therein, Brett rose and made a short tour of the ship. To dis tinguish any one on deck was al most out of the question, The pas stingers were huddled up in iudefin able shapes, and there was hardl light sufficient to effect a stumbling progress over the multitude o hand -baggage. So the barrister dived down the companion -way and cannoned against a burley individu- al who had propped himself against ' nikhead on the main deck sa- loon. ,. uomething hard in the man's pockets gave Brett a sharp rap, and when they separated with mu- tual apologies, he laughed silently. "Handcuffs!" he mttgnrured. "Scotland Yard is always prepared for emergeneies. I will wager a considerable sum that as soon as Winters reached headquarters his story about the letter caused a tele- gram to be dispatehed to Dover. Here's a deteotive bound for Paris and prepared to manacle Talbot the moment he sees him. What a fear- ful and wonderful thing is the Eng- lish police system. A. crime, obvi- ously clever in its conception and treatment, can be handled by a sharp policeman wearing regula- tion boots and armed with hand- cuffs. Really. I must have a drink." ✓ etraiglltforwand reply, "and as you g told the Under-Seeretary that you - had seen Talbd:t crossing to Paris ✓ in company with a lady' last Tues. e day, I hoped that perhaps you , woaid not mind 'discussing the mal- t ter with me." •Captain Gaultier was evidently - puzzled, Private eunver'sationa with a Under -Secretaries of State are not,. s as a rule, public property, and his momentary intention to decline fur- ther conversation with this good - „looking and fascinating stranger was checked by remembrance of the fact. "Really, Mr. Brett,” he said, - "although I do not question the accuracy of your statement, you . will readily understand that I can y. hardly discuss the (natter with you under the circumstances." f Gaultier clearly hesitated, but did not refuse to accept the Under - Secretary's letter which Brett hand- ed to flim, with the words— "You know the •handwriting, no doubt?" "`That -speaks for itself." The King's messenger smiled when he returned the note. "It is an odd coincidence," he added, "and still more curious that you should spot me so readily. However, Mr. Brett, we have now cleared the air. What can I do for you?" • "Simply this," said the barris- ter; "do you mind telling me how you came to recognize Mr. Talbot?" "Well, for one thing," was the moderato sea; and the harristo bumped down his bag and Atm jute a chair on what a no viae would regard as . the weathe side, of the (Madhouse, lie bor tlle;diseomfort for a few minutes and was rewarded for his forosigh by possessing the meet sequestered nook on deck when the vessel turn oil her head seawards and begs one of the shortest, but perhap the most disagreeable, voyages in Clinging to the hand -rails and executing some crude but effective balancing feats, he reached the din- ing saloon. Near the bar, solemnly digesting a Liqueur, stood a man to whom the choppy sea evidently gave no concern. He had the square shoul- ders, neat -fitting clothes and closely clipped appearance at the back of the neck which mark the British officer; but lie also stood square on his feet and swayed with unconsci- ous ease whether the vessel pitched or rolled or executed the combined movement. "New, I wonder," said Brett, "if that is Captain Gaultier. He must be. Gaultier, from his name, should be a Jersey man, hence his facility in foreign languages and his employment as a Foreign Office messenger. It's worth trying. I will make the experiment." He reached the bar and ordered a whiskey and soda. Turning af- fably to the stranger, he remarked : "Nasty night, isn't it? I hope we shan't be much behind time." The stranger glanced at him with sharp and inquisitive eyes, but the glance evidently reassured him. for he replied quite pleasantly : 'Oh, no. A matter of a few min- utes, perhaps. They usually man- age to make up any delay after we leave Calais." "That's good," said Brett, "be- cause I want to be in Paris at the earliest possible moment." The other man smiled. "We are due there at 5.38," he said. "Rather an early hour for business, isn't it?" "Well, yes," assented the bar- rister, "under ordinary circum- stances, hut as my only business in Paris is to examine an hotel re- gister and then get something to eat before I return, I do not wish to waste time unnecessarily on the road." The other man nodded affably, but gave no sign of further inter- est. "So," communed Brett, "if it be Gaultier. he has not heard the lat- est developments. I must try a frontal attack." "Does your name happen to be Gaultier?" he went on. The stranger arrested his liqueur glass in the final tilt. "It does." he said; "but I do nob think I have the pleasure of knowing you." "No." said Brett, "you haven't." "Well?" said the other man. "The fact is," said Brett, "I heard you had been in London. I guessed from your appearance that you might be a King's messenger, and it was just possible that the Captain Gaultier in whom I was •tn- tereeted might start back to the Continent to -night, so I put two and two together, don't you see, with the result that they make four, a, thing which doesn't always heti pen in deduction if in mathema- tics." Captain Gaultier eyed his ques- tioner with some degree of stern suspicion as he said from behind tis cigar— "May I ask who' you are?" "Certainly," replied Brett, re- ducing his card. After n. nsick glance at the paste- hon.rd, Gaultier continued— "1 supnnse, Mr. Brett, you have some motive in addressing me? What is it?" "I am interested In the fate of a man named Talbot," was the A FINE NIGHT-CAP. The Best Thing in the World to go to .bled and Sleep on. "My wife and I find that 4 tea- spoonfuls of Grape -Nuts and a cup of hot milk, or some Dream, with it, makes the finest night-cap in the world," says an Alleghany, Pa,, man. 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Proven Industrial Bonds to yield 5% per cent. to 6 per cent. Doi'umo SuRm CO FA.TIOri-LIMITED ItIR.OriTO ..11.011TREAL. LOt`tDOl1.E1' thoughtful reply, "I knew his over- coat. I often met Talbot in the Foreign Office, and one day he drove me to his club wearing a very hand- some coat lined with. astrachan. It struck me as a peculiarly Comfor- table and well -fitting one, and al- though there are plenty of men about town who may possess astra- chan coats, it is a reasonable as= sumption that this was the identi- cal garment when it happened to be worn by the man himself." "Then you. are quite certain it was Talbot?" went on, the barris- ter. "Quite certain. "Would you swear it was he, though his life depended on your—" "No, .no," interrupted the other. "I rather had a good look at, his coat—and the lady. Who. ever the man was, he appeared to be wrap- ped up in both of them, and he certainly diel not court observation. I naturally thought that the femin- ine attachment accounted for this, and for the same reason,, I did not even seek to scrutinize him too closely. To put the thing in a nut- shell, I saw a man whom I'belie•t'ed to bo Jack Talbot—and whocer- tainly resembled him in face and figure—attired in Talbot's clothes, and wearing a coat which I had not- ed •so particularly as to be able to describe it to my tailor when or- dering a similar one. Add to that Itemappearance of an attractive lady, young and unknown, and you have my soul laid bare to you in the matter.". "Thank you," said Brett. "I am much obliged." (To be continued.) "THE• BEST HOME PRESERVES" These are made by rightly combining luscious fresh fruits with EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR The best results are then assured. Aak your grocer for Redpath Extra Granulated Sugar. He knows then that you want the best. 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