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CiiAP"PER XL1II.
Pavid Steel stood eotLemplating
the weird sewn( with almost doahl-
ing oyes. In his wildest nunnents
he had never imagined anything
more dramatic than this, The can-
dle in its silver sconce that sits.
Benson had snatched up before her
flight was perilously near her flimsy
dress. Benson caught her once more
in a 'demo grip. David could stand
it no longer, A,s Menson came by
hint his right arra flashecl out, there
was n dull thud, and Iiensou, with-
out having the least idea what had
happened, fell to the ground with a
very hazy Idea of his surroundings
for a moment or two.
Equally unconscious that she had
a protector handy. Mrs. Henson
turned and fled for the house, .1
minute later and she was followed by
:Henson, still puzzling his racking
head to know what had happened.
Devid would have followed, but the
need for caution flashed upon ;tint.
If he stood there perfectly still Rea-
son would never know who his an-
tagonist was. Valid stood there
waiting. As he glanced round he
saw some little object glittering near
to his feet. It was the ruby ring!
"Be you there, sir?" a rusty voice
whispered these' by.
"I am, Williams," David replied;
"I have been waiting for some time.
Williams chucltled, making no kind
of apology for his want of punctual-
ity.
"^I've been looking after our man,
sir," he said. "That Dutch chap
what Miss Enid said you'd conte for
And I saw all that business in the
shrubbery just now. illy! if I didn't
feel good when you laic! out Henson
on the grass. The sound of that
snack was as good as ten years'
wages for me. And he's gone off to
his room with a basin of vinegar
and a ream of brown paper. Why
didn't you break his neck?"
Lite raw loos
a prejudiced view df that kind of
thing, and that it would be a pity
to hang anyone for such a creature
as Reginald Menson.
"Our man is all right?" he asked. I
"'As a trivet," said Williams.
"Sleeping like a babby; ho is in my
own bed over the stable. I'll show
you into the harness -room, where 1
Miss I:nid's whiting for you, sir,
and then I'll go and see as Henson ,
don't come prowling about. Not
as he's likely to, considering the
(lump on the side of the head you
gave him. I take it kind of Provi-
dence tenet me sec that."
Williams hobbled away, chuckling
to himself and followed by David,
There was a feeble nil -lamp In the
harness -room. Emu was waiting
there anxiously,
"So you have put Henr,on out of
the way for a time," she said. "He
pa -sed me just now using awful lan-
guage, and wondering how it had all
come about. Wasn't it a strange
thing that Van Sneck should come I
;ecce?'•
Not very," David raid. "He is
evidently looking' for his master,I
Reginald Henson. I have not the
siightest doubt that he has been
here many times before. William
says he is asleep. Pity to wake him
just yet, don't you think?"
"Perhaps it is. But I am horribly
afraid of otn` dear friend Reginald,
all the same."
"Our dear Reginald will not trou-
ble us just yet.. He came down as
far as London with Bell. Of course
he had heard the news of Van
Snack's flight. Was he disturbed?"
-"I have never seen him in such
a passion before, Mr. Steel. Anti
not only was he in a passion, but
he was horribly afraid about some-
thing. And he • has made a. discov-
ery.,'
"Ile hasn't found out that your
sister-"
"Is at Littimer Castle? That is
really the most consoling part of
the business. He has been at Litt.i-
tner fur a day or two, and be has
not the remotest idea that Christo-
bel Leo is our Chris."
"A feather in your sister's cap.
st
l
She has quite captivated Littimer,
Bell says."
"And she played her part splendid-
ly, Mr. Steel, it is vuy, very geed
to know that natively has cleared.
hinleelf in the eyes of Lord Littimer
at last, Did Reginald suspect----"
"Nothing," Steel said, "lie is ut-
t•riy and hopelessly puzzled over
the whole business, And hell has
managed to convince him that he is
mut easpe.ted at all. That busi-
ness over site Rembrandt was really
a brilliant bit of comedy. But ^tfhat
has Henson found out?"
"That Chris is not dead. He has
seen Walker and the undertaker. But
he does not know yet that Dr. Bell
was in the house that eventful night.
which is a blessing;. As a matter of
iter. Reginald has not been quite
the sante man since hullo nearly ,
killed trim that exciting evening. His
nerves seem to be greatly shaken."
"That is because the rascal feels
the net closing round hint," Steel
said. "I' was a tine stroke un y 000
sister's part to win over that fel-
low Merritt to her side. I supplied'
the details per telephone, but the
plot was really Mists Clu•is's. flow
• on earth should we have managed.
without the telephone over .his bus-
iness""
"I am at a loss to say," Enid
smiled. "But tell me about that
plot. I am quite in the dark as to
that side of the matter."
David proceeded to explain his own
and Chris's ingenious scheme for
getting Merritt into their power,
i nid followed the story with vast
enjoyment, tempered with the foot
that Henson was so near,
"1 should mover have thought of
that," site said; "but Chris was al.
ways so clever. But tell me, what
was Henson doing in the garden
just now? Williams says he was ill-
treating my aunt, .but that seems
hardly possible even for Reginald."
•'it was over a ring that Mrs, Hen-
son had," David explained. "She
was running away with 11 and PIen-
son was trying to get it back. You
see-"
"A ring!" Enid gasped. "Did you
happen to see it? Oh, if it is only-.
But be would not be so silly as
that. A ring is the cause of all the
trouble. Did you see it?"
"I not only saw it but I have it
in my possession," David replied.
Enid turned up the daring little
lamp with a shaking hand, Quite
unstrung, Oho held out her fingers for
the ring,
"It is just possible," she said,
hoarsely, "that you possess the key
of the situation, 1f that ring • is
what I hope it is we can tumble Hen-
sen into the dust to -morrow. We
can drive him out of the country,
and Ino twill never, never trouble us
again. How itid you got it?"
"Mrs, Henson dropped it and I
picked it up."
"Please let me see it," Enid said,
pleadingly, "Let me be put out of
my misery,"
David handed the ring over; Enid
regarded it long and searchingly,
With a little sigh of regret site
passed it back to David once more.
"You had better keep it," she
said. "At any rate, it is likely 10 -
be valuable. evidence for us later on,
But it is not the ring 1 hoped to nee.
It is a clever copy, but t5e black
pearl( are not so fine, and the en-,
graving inside Is not so worn as it;
used to be on the original, It NI
evidently a copy that Henson hes
had made to tease sty antt with, to
offer her at some future date in ra-
tm'n for the large sums of money
that she gave him. 10; the original
of that ring is popularly supposed to
be at the bottom of -tire North .S, e,
If such had been the case -seeing
that Henson had never handled it
before the Groat Tragedy came -the
original must be in existence,"
"Why so?" David asked.
•"Tl(cat t
se the ring must have been
copted front It," Enid said. It is a
very faithful copy indeed, and could
not have been made from mere dir-
ections -take the engraving inside,
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And How You Art Aided in Carrying
it Gut By
Dri. Chase's Kidney-UUv r Pies
"A movement of the bowels every
day,"
This is the fundamental rule of
}math. The ono point on which doc-
Jo•s are unanimous.
But what causes the bowels to be-
come constipated?
The Inactivity of the liver.
Bii
c is nature's own cathartic and
no long as the livor is active in its
worst of filtering bile from the blood
and passing it into the Intestines,
there is no trouble from constipated.
bowels,
71x, Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills euro
constipation by setting the liver
right.
This is the only moans ity which
the .novels can bo regulated.
Salts and castor oil will efoet a
Motion of the bowels, but, once the
°ante of the dose passes oft, you will
be more coIOtil,ated than (vin',
Titey ;'nil to set the liver right.
By regulating the liver by use of
Dr. Chese's IC£linet'-Liver Pills you
outlet, a healthful action of, the
bowels and so pt•event anti cure scores
of ills, such ns indigestion, bilious-
ness, con:ltipalbon, ki"tineyc'tlintrcders,
Colds andcont1ytiops diseases,
Mr. 0, F..Intmel, shoemaker, West-
orn Hill, St. Catharines, Ont.,
Otales:-"I have used 1)r. Chase's
Kidney -Liver fills regi/la u]y Pur
1 some 'time and consider that they are
ul+sur'passed for torpid liver, dofee-
tive circulation, iyy,cligesLion, head-
ache anct constlpat1lii, as these were
my troubles. I used many settleable
but got no relief unt.ii I tried Ur.
Chase's Kidney -Liver PON, and a few
hoses of this preparation have en-
tirely cured Inc. 1 eat mol 111 the
habit, of endorsing any medicine but
in this cane X cannot speak too high-
ly in praise of Dr, Chase's ;'ills for
What they have done for me."
Mr, D. ('j, Holmes, Just ice of the
Peace for Lincoln Co., states; "I am
acquainted with Mr. C. 1', imne.
and consider him a reliable c•itizet in
every sense of the word, in fact, 1
have known hire Froin boyhood top
and., can say I believe him to be
truthful and honest,"
11r, Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills, one
pill a dose, 25 tents a box, at alt
dente's, Or T'ltlirlahson, Bates e11 Coo
Toronto, The portrait and signature
of Dr, A, W. Chaise, tire commits re-
ceipt, book author, tit's on every
Imx.
for Instance. Tho engraving forms
the cipher of the house of Littimer.
11 Henson Inas the real ring, if we
can find it, the tragedy goes out of
our lives fot• ever
I should like to heat the story
said Steel
Enid paused and lowered the lamp
as a step was heard outside. But it
was only 11'illiants.
".sir. Menson is in itis. bedroom
still,'' he said, "I've just taken him
the cigars. Ile's got a lump on his
Most as big as a. bllliard-ball.
Thinks he hit it against a branch.
Anil my holy have locked herself 1n
her 1'o0t0 and refused to see any-
body."
"(to end. loop at our patient."
Enid commanded,
Williams disappeared, to return
presently with the information that
Van Sneck was still fast asleep and
lying very peacefully,
"Looks like waiting till morning,
it do," he said. "And now 1'11 go
Mak and keep my eye on that 'ere
distinct tithed philanthropist."
Williams disappeared, and Enid
turned up the lamp again. iter face
was pale and resolute. She motion-
ed ;David towards a chats.
"1'11 tell you the story'," she said,
"1 stn. going to confide in you the
saddest asci strangest tale that ever
appealed to an imaginative no'e-
list."
CHAPTER XLIV.
"I ant going to tell you the story
of the great sorrow that has darkeu-
ed all one litres, but I shall have
to go a long way back to do it,"
Enid said. 'I go back to the trou-
blous day of Charles, as far hack
as the disastrous fight at Naseby.
Of course I amspeaking more from
a iloyalist point of view, fol the
Littimers were always followers of
the Cont•t.
"Mind you, thele is doubtless a
deal that is legendary about what
1 ant going to tell you. But the
ring given to my ancestor Rupert
Littimer by Prince Rupert himself is
an actuality.
"Naseby was over, and, so the
legend goes, .Prince Rupert found
himself desperately situated and in
dire peril of capture by C'romw'ell's
troops, under one Colonel Carfax,
a near neighbor of Rupert Littimer;
indeed, the Carfax estates still run
parallel with the property round.
Littimer Castle
"Now, Carrax was hated by all
those who were attached to the fur -
tunes of the King. Seeing that he
was of aristocratic birth. it was
hold that he had violated his caste
and creed by taking sides with the
Roundheads. History has told us
that he was right, and that the
Cavaliers• picturesque as they wore,
were fighting a dubious rause. But.,
I need not go into that. Callas was
a hard, stern man who spared no-
body, and many were the stories
told of his cruelty.
"He and ;Rupert Littimer were es-
pecially at daggers drawn. 1: be-
lieve that both of them had been in'
love with the sante woman or solve -1
thing of that kind. And the fact
that she did not marry either trade
little difference to the bitterness be-
tween them.
";Nell, Carfax was pressing close
on Rupert, so close, indeed, that un-
less some strategy were adopted the
brilliant cavalry leader was in dire
peril. It was there that my ances-
tor, Rupert Littimer, caste forward
with his sehente, He ofi'c•red to dis-
guise himself and go into the camp
of Cartes: and take him prisoner.
The idea was to steal into the tent
of Carfax and, by threatening him
with his life, compel him to issue
certain orders, the result of which
would be that Prince Rupert could
get away.
`Sou will never Conte back again,
friend,' the Prince said,
"Rupert Littimer said he was pre -
penal to run all risk of that. And
iP I do die you shall tell my wife,
Ito said, 'And when the child
is born, tell him that his father died
as he should have done for his King
and for his country.'
" 'Oh, there is a child coating?' "
Rupert asked.
"Littimer replied that for aught
he knew he was a father already,
And then he went his way into the
camp of the foe with his curls out
short and in the guise of a. country-
man who canes with valuable in-
formation. Anil, what is more, he
schemed his way into Cai'fax's tent,
and at the point of a dagger com-
pelled him to write a certain order
which my ancestor's servant, who
accompanied him, saw carried into
effect, and so the passage for Prince
Rupert was made free.
"The ruse would have succeeded all
round but for some little accident
Mut I need not go into now, Rupert
Littimer was laid by the heels, his
disburse was torn oft', and ho stood
face to Mee with his hereditary foe.
I1'e was told that he had but on hour
to Jive.
If you have any favor to ask,
say it,' Callus said.
' 'I have no favor to ask, proper-
ly so-called,' Latimer replied, 'but I
ant loth to clic without knowing
whether o• not I have left anybody
to succeed nit -anybody who will
avenge the crime upon you and yours
in the 10al's to (01110, Let me go as
far an ..russet Grunge, and '.f pledge
you my weird 1 will rct'urrt in the
morning!'
"But (Carter laughed the sugges-
tion to scorn. The Court party were
1'_ ) 'u� •
nil tors and I eu j t et s and their
tt•a'0 w'as not to be taken.
" 'It is no I say,' Rupert Littimer
repeated, 'i11'y wife lies ill at Hen-
son fl range and in sore trouble
about mc. And 1 should like to see
my child before 1 die.
'Shen you shall have the Chance,'
Callas sneered, 'I will keep your a
close prisoner hero for two days,
and if at the end or that Hume matte
iug happens, you die. If, on the
store hand, a child is bold to you,
lhcna•ott shall go from hema free
man.'
7 romped: n
"Am sit the was made.
Unlnrtunai:ely, 0r fortunately as the
cage May be, the story got abroad,
and Sonic indiscreet p0110n carried
the news to 'Dame L,itt.itner, I11 as
sin was, she insisted upon getting
up and .ming aver' 40 Carfax.s ramp
at once, Slto had barely readied
there Wort, *Olt hong' ere Iattporli
Foryouf
ON THE FARMO Pr.'4." Protecti
SELECTING FEEDING CATTLII.
The success ur failure of the cattle
feeder dopends, perhaps guile as
nmteli on his ability to select his cat-
tle as on iuly uLilt',' fee tut., It mat-
ters little hon' skillful the feeding
or how costly and complete the
stables and c'ciuipment, if the feeder
makes many mistakes in his selec-
tion writes .lir, A, 1', iactchen.
11, in a bunch of 20 cattle a mail
1148 tdve 01' six of the wrong sort, his extra prottt, Black, QM.(ilixed or Green
chalices Inc pmelt aro very c.onsider-
ably diminished, A few rough coarse
fee
f HICHE8T
U' AWARD 011
sw 8T, LOUiS PH
Mfr, 1004 o/
3 -e•, elm 9'G•
Ceylon tea is sold only in sealed lead packets, Avoid
irnitations that are often pushed for the sake of
feeders in 11 bunch not only make un- for hay= bank Of that. It Is folly to
satisfactory- gains thennselv(s but port good feed into a tight ntiddled
spoil the appearance of the others, ,steer, enc} hope for satisl'aCtor
malting' it harder to sell to advert- y
tag'(, gains,
Smoothness Is another important
Lu be a good judge or cattle fur feature of a good feeder. Coarseness
feeding purposes a man must have 0f bone, largo rough ,joints, and an-
gularity natural lntiuiliuu of the cattle gulttrity' of frame, usually go togeth-
man. The unerring eye that (nettles er, and an animal hnviag these char -
a man to snake a close tlisd.rituina- aeteristics is exceedingly hare! to fin -
tion between the good and the bad tsit, 110 may make largo gains for
in live stock is ince an eat' for music; food consumed, but he does not show
more a natural gift than an acquit- it; you cannot get hila queered; and
ed quality. Lilco other girls it can, when you put stint on the market he
be brought tb lterfec1100 Only by� appears at a disadvantage and will
501101aHoo
Of allll ettssas of cult.(, stores are' should be medium in. ,not command the highest price, bone and
the hardest to Judge, rat cattle and,' smooth ovlr the shoulders and hooks,
(vett breeding stock must be judgetd,to <lover evenly and smoothly with
for what they are as they appear be -.Hash,
fora you at the time, but feeders i THE SKIN
must be judged for where they ere'c'ts auolhrr valualtle induccuUour
of tiro
likely to ho live or six months later. feeding qualities of a bullock. It
In the one carr, you are 05 S/10
:51101111A • be soft, mellow and loose;
judgement on the finished product; in yo t should be able to tick u) 0 hand -
the other on a bundle of probabili- I I
lies indications in good i)reetling,of any place. It should be
therefore, are of a paramount int- covefolrydit wilt a thick Dual of fine
Pnrtuuci; in a .cent feed(: fur, 11 iu.' glossy
losshnu•, which looks and feels as
any chance we roust gamble more orthough it had some life to it. A
la's on future Posslhilities, it is much hard, harsh skin with a dry staring
safer to speculate on a well bred Gnat neral al le a feeble circulation
bullock than on one of common o•,nnd general of thrift,
inferior brceJing. If we believe int This rutty be due to some tentpor-
iteredity at all we roust believe that ; causes, and once in a long limo
heredity
ability to lay on flesh thickly aary
bad handler will respond to good
and in tate right places is in an Itot•o- care and leading, but this happens
ditary> Unit.so seldom that it is always safer
R7?LIABLE INDICATIONS. to let someone else make the experi-
ment. If a steer comae oft the grass
Some of the most reliable Indira- in bad condition he his not likely
tions of quality and breeding aro to to make goon gains on winter feed.
he found In the head. Many expel,- As to the best age al, which to
iencc'd cattle men attach quite as buy feeders, opinions differ. A well
much importance to tete conforma grown two-year-old in tolerably good
tion of the head no to that of any mesh is usually the most profitable.
pari of the animal, not because the A least and undersized two-year-old
head has any value in itself, but be- will usually start to grow when put
cause it is a very reliable index of on good feed and although he will
the breeding and general character of make large game for food consumed
the animal. The face should bo it is almost impossible to get him
broad bestveen the eyes and short fat enough in one season. It is us -
from the eyes to the muzzle with a ually necessary to give hien a run
One, clean cut appeat•anee. The mus- at grass the following summer to get
tele should be large and well defined, him finished.
i do not thick I have over known
a gaod feeder with a small muzzle.
The eyes should be full and bright,
but calm and placid, A dory, rest- Beep a mouth responsive and son-
less eye indicates the wrung kind or 'salve, for if a horse's mouth is
nervous temperament for a fecilrr;1spoiled much of his value and safety
and on the other hand tt small, dull, ;are gone. Bad and cruel bits will
sunken eye indicates a sluggish sir- do it. Yanking will do ft.
cuhtticrn and a low vitality. A long,( Beginners often thy to feed young
narrow pinched looking face is to be chicks too early. The 'digestive or -
avoided; it is almost always 11850 -kilns of the chicles are not fully de -
e -tate(' with a general spereuwslveloped and the nutriment of the egg
throughout, is su tucfent for them for a couple of
In bodily conformation. the .fader I days after hatching, so that the
should ho deep, thick, blocky-, andlearly hatched chickens do not tined
low set. It is important that we,leeclhcg until all the chicks are out.
have a long and well sprung rib, giv- I One important advantage of fann-
ing print a wide level back and a,ing over other occupations is that it
lame middle. r do not advocate a Protides a groat diversity of labor,
paunchy animal. This is an uncle -,.mostly in the open air, which is sure -
nimble extreme and is usually an in-,ly more pleasant and hcathlul than
dication of uullu•ifliness. A steer t e continued sameness of work and
must be deep and frill in both the ntdoot• confinement of most other oc-
tane and Bind flank to give biim'cupations..
plenty or room fa front for tate
heart and lungs, and ample storage
FARM NOTES.
fittimer's probation was over, he
was the father of a noble boy. They
say (het the Rouudht'ads made a
cradle for the child out of a leather
breastplate, and cce•tled it in triumph
round the camp. And they held the
furious Cai'fax to his word, and tht
story sp•ean and spread until it
came to the ears of Prince Rupert.
(To be Continued.)
Curing
ri
Consuption
When SCOTT'S EMULSION
makes a consumptive gain
flesh it is curing his consump-
tion.
The weight is the measure
of the consumptive's condition.
Every pound of weight gained
is a matter for congratulation,
and
SCOWS
makes the consumptive gain
flesh.
Scott's Emulsion does some-
thing to the lungs, too, that
reduces the cough and the in-
flammation.
More weight ht and fess cough
always mean that consumption
is losing its influence over the
system,
For all stages of the disease
Scotts Emulsion is a reliable
e .
h 1p.
Send for t`rad Swett.
SCOTT 4 YiOWN.t, Chamhte, Toronto, Ont,
i One tete subject of pasteurizing
milk, tiro latest expert opinion seems
Ito suggest that heating should be
employed as the burst available safe -
'guard, but it would be better to use
the milk in its natural state, and,
therefore, every effort should be made
t0 improve t.ite conditions under
which mills is produced. The im-
provement means more thorough in-
spection of dairies and cows.
Where the keeping of swine is made
something of a specialty on the farm
there should be warns, comfortable
quarters for them in cold weather.
sow anis pigs, as well as for those
that are older and which it is de-
sirable to keep thrifty and growing
through the whnt.cr. 1Touscd in this
way there sliold be little difference
in the growing and fattening of pigs
in cold or warm weather, because
the conditions aro so nearly alike.
A specialty of soruo hind is a good
tilting rot, any farmer. It gives him
a special interest in his week. This
is an age of specielisls, Life is too
short and things too complicated to
learn everything about every crop or
stock that ono can ra.ise. Bo select-
ing one especially promising thing -
' I
may this bt strawberries, plums, medley or pigs -the subject can be
studied; up in all its details and
bearings, and the greatest perfection
•tit that lino may be reached. This
is and will be more profitable than
mediocrity in all lines. The specialty
woll followed, is apt to give a name
end antero,.
EU(1 LAYING CONTEST,
1 The results of the fft:st three months
in the annual laying competition,
lconduc'tect by the Utility poultry club
at Royston, Herts, England, are
summarised
below. leach pen don-
'listed of iota pullets hatched its
1.904,
'.I'ltu loading pens aro White Wyatt -
f
, 175 6g White Leghorn, 1,78;
White La Bit..sc, only one pen, 158:
White Wyandot, 122; ditto, 119; alt-
Ito,
112; White Leghorn, 114; Bud
i Orpittgtos, 1.19; White Wyandot, 114;
1 White Leghorn, 108; Black Leghorn,
I106; White 'Orpington, 106. No other
pone pl'tdecod more than 98. Tho
'range in pltoluction wan 46 to 175
;by tho 18 peens White Wyan'dots; 108,
1114 and. 178 by three pens White
Leghorn; 22 to 119 by eight peas
Huff Orpingtons; 108, one pen Black
I?..egho•ns; 106, ono pen White Onp-
ingtons; 93, ono pen Speckled Sus-
sex; 78 tend 85, two 50115 Silver
Pav&l•olles; 84, ono pet Tllaeic Lattg-
shans; 82, one pert Ttlaclt 0rple• tons;
10 to 88, by four pons golden -an-
dots, Including, the pori . of yJtia
Ih'osse, thele are 36 pens reported
upon above.
COWS LET OUT ON HIRE,
Quaint' Custom Which Still Sur-
vives in England,
A clergyman !sweetly going
through some n0counts connected
with an old church was astonished
to find In an account book 000 years
old ono of the entries as follows:
"Rents rectivcd by the hands of
Wyllui Inebstr, the XXXLb yore of
owe soveant turtle lenge lienerc
Vlllt. lt.cd. of .110oryc ernoldtt fur
rent of cows, ills."
Whether this figure represented rho
quarterly, hat; ;yearly, or numeral rent
ryas not Helmeted,
Strange as JL unity seem, rows even
to this day are, in some Putin of
England, lel: nut on hire as though
they were 1,1ryc•los •71' plans,
Passing through the locality in
which the above document was dis-
covered, the clergyman noticed sev-
c•al cottages where evidently a milk
dealing litisiness wt's carried on, and
pointing otut the goodly number of
well -kept cows in the yawls I (hint.,
he observed to his driver that the
cottagors must do pretty well and
make a good steal of money fn theta
business in order to he able to pur-
chase s0 many animals.
"Not such a difficult matter," was
the reply; "it is not every cow that
belongs to tho man who keeps her."
"How is that? If it does not be-
long to him, how is it that he can
keep a cow and make a profit of
"Well," was the answer, "you see
it is this way, '1'ltey get them of
hire. There hi a mall in the Mid-
lands who comes out' way pretty
often and who owns a regular herd
of these lure cows, Ho. Nuys them
up and down the country, and lets
theta out to cow -keepers at £5 per
year, with the condition that every
calf that may come shall be his
property, and also that in the case
of a cote running dry or becoming
ill, he will take it away and send
snarler in profit to take its place,
''I was delving hiur about hexa a
little while ago, and he offered to
let Inc haste a good cow on these
terns, but they wouldn't, quite suit
Inc. Lord, bless you, sly, it ain't
everyone as sells urine about lune as
has a cow of their own to their
nine. There's most of 'eel gets 'eel
from this 'ere man on the hiring
systole,
"You'd be surpristel if 7 was to
tell you the names of some of them
as works a business in this way, end
the t'nnn as cines awn thein, he does
pretty well, for he soh! enc as how
be had a mal ter of 300 cows let
out at X.5 n head, anti the calves,
all over the country."
4 -
LEAVE WELL ES01TG i ALONE.
According to a well-founded. rumor,
the Dominion Government will due-
int;' the present session be urged to
impose a customs duty on grades of
fence wire which am note on tlu free
list, Thal, such a tax would prove
an unjust hurdet to the farmers of
Canada there is no doubt. Iu the
older parts of the Dominion. the old
wooden fences are being year by
year replaced by wire structures, and
in the Great West, which is rapidly
being settled, practically all the
fencing' Is being dole with wire in
on• r other 4 0 ) LI Uf its many fUi'1i 1,5 f
Y o
construction. Were the kinds of
wird most in 1150 for fence construc-
tion manufactured in Canada., there
might be sonno excuse for imposing
air import tax, but since there eve
practically no factories foe making
it in operation in the Dominion,
whom could such a tax betedt'?
That the price of fencing material
would be raised to practiaally the
extent of the duty these can bo no
doubt, This would mean that a
duty of 25 or IO per cent, world
impose an'exltn tax of 8150 to
*170 011 1ho fencing. required Inc an
average farm. Nor would the rural.
community suffer only td the extent
of an increased expense to those who
hove to five°, but a greet deal of
farm ir•,hrovetttent would be delayed
for many years, which would oper-
ate strongly in keeping down 'bhe
'duo of land, 'Rattler than impose
a tariff on Nos, 9, 12 and 18,
smooth galvanized wire as bras been
proposed, it would be a much saner
Policy v to remove tha present 'd.uty
of20 per cent. ori Nes, 7 and 11. IT
this were clone the t•evenue would
riot surfer, for those grades are not
1xteneivet,y intportud, but if they
Were free a stronger and 101010 satin-
factoy fence could be obtained
without enhancing tlto eost,
BELIEVED IN I'tIJTAI.IATION.
"Wore you at the great) concert
last night?" asltod the customer its
the barber's Choir,
"No, sir," replied the hairdresser,
"I don't think nuteli of them great,
musicians. 'You see, they need
gets their hair epi, and, as they
hover patronizes me,I don't tlliimk
it my dooty to t)atroidee them."
'701101, esblort'nrl 8'5,000 tons of
tuialr'a multolt'es last year.
JUSTICE IN THE NORTH
LIFE AS
N TH)b ESTAxtI DAST, THERE AS
Crown Officers Travelled 1001'
Months to Conduct no
Inquest,
A journey of 1,700 miles, partly
by canoe and partly by dog train,
to investigate a supposed naso or
011111101' 15 a Cather uncommon
achievement. Members of the Mount -
oil .Mico rccouti,Y nlacle this trip.
anti regard !t as 110thing unusual.
The party, which only returned last
morale, consisted of Inspector Gener-
eux and Constable Walker of the
'Mounted I'olice, and :Ile, flourgeautt
of Prince Albert, accompanied by
bnlf-breed Crutoenten. The Inspector
and 11is companions left Prince Al-
bert on August 27, 1904, and remelt-
ed Home again on January 1, 1905,
so that they were absent altogether
184 days, The t•ottte pursued was:
lIl it os,
P1'lnce Albert to (tem•berlafd 290
Cuttbcrland to I'o betas Nar-
l'OWS 160
Pelican Narrows t0 south, end
of ltnlnrlocr Lake ,,,,
175
Across the lake 250
Total 875
Duplicating the above, it gives a
total mileage covered, as already
said, of 1,750 miles, The object of
the long and arduous journey was to
investigate the alleged murder of
lioderlek Thomas, who came to Itis
sleuth in Mitchel, .Lake, which is
over 500 miles- front the south encs
of Reindeer T.alce, Athabasca, whore
the investigation tools place. Thomas
was in the emplo,v of a trader named „
Afoeautey, and en the morning of
Sept, 25, 1903, event to look after
Buhr( stets.
THE JCURNT9Ir,
j?0 was not•or again seen alive. r:
Six weeks later his employer found
Thomas' dead body unlet the ice. On
April 9, 190.1, the remains wore
brought to the :Hudson Bay post at
Lac du Brothel: and held there for
investigation. Inspector Gen (wen x
was given couutlssdons as Justice of
the Peace and Coroner and detailed
to conduct an inquiry. With Con-
stable Walker and 1)r. 13ourgeault he
left Prince Albert on August 27,
1904, and proceeded down the Sas-
katchewan to Cumberland. firma
there the titre( mon event north by
canoe and had to pass 26 portages.
Creat difficulty was experienced in
getting }mutation, all the Indians be-
ing away at their hunting grounds,
and much delay was caused, It was
not until September 26 that the ia-
vcstfgating party arrived at Lac du
Brochet. There a jury was empanel-
led on September 30, consisting of
two white men and four half-breeds.
The inquest had to be adjourned,
owing to the absence of eecessar;v
witness and cornet not he resumed
until december 9. The witnesses
were nearly all half-breeds or Indi-
ans, and interpreters were necessary,
Pee, Father Turquetil was C'hipwe-
ye11 interpreter and 1llr, A. M. Mc-
Dermott of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany Cree interpreter. Dr. Bourge-
attlt conducted a post-mortem ex- ,
amination, but there was nothing to
support the theory of foul play, and •
a verdict of aecidontltl drowning was
returned. The journey in rill had 110051 -
'pied 32 days. The return trip, by
dog train, was made in 05 day's. The
weather was intensely cold and the a
,iournev verge disagreeable. At one
stage Constable Walker contracted a
ball cold and spat blood, Otherwise
the party errivccl home in good
shape.
TI111 COUNTRY TRAVERSIOD.
The following extracts front In-
spector Clenemies diary show the
nature of the coutd.r;v through which
they passed:-
Saskatchewan ;River, high banks,
Poplar and fir trees, heavy timber in
places.
Sturgeon River and Beaver Lake,
limestone bottom on Sturgeon
River, rocky islands on :Beaver Lake,
birch, poplar and fir trees.
Churchill River, largo lir trees in
places, birch and small poplar.
Reindeer Lake, rocky and sandy
islands, south end good-sized poplar
and fie tree, Ito•th end swampy,
scrubby timber, jack pine, poplal#q
and birch.
Reindeer Lake, north mrd, A, 115. Mc-
Dermott, in cltargo of Hudson's Bay
Company's P051-, known by the
company as Lac du ldrocbot Post.
There are about: 200 Chipwoyan In-
dians, known as "Caribou ;gators,"
Who are decreasing c carly from scro-
fula anti consumption. About
twenty -Live Eaquintaux trade at the
company's post, bringing musk ox,
white fox, welt and. faun skins; cur
plentiful, bearer, otter, mink„ bear,
marten, eremite and fox. Thee are
not enough Ihdians to blunt the fur,
They aro by tar the crest off Indians
I have ever seen.. The lake is ,full
of whitefish ante trout,
TbTOUSANOR Ole liniNDRETR,
It is a wonderful sight to .See the
reindeer coining down from the Bar-
ren Lands in the fall of the year. '(
have seen than passing Ole Hudson's
Ray Company's 'l'ost for clays . by
thousands, They come clown and.
winter in the islands in tine vicinity
of the pest, going back north to tho
Barren Lands in the latter part or
May and beginning of .Tune, just be-
fore the breaking up of the Ice.
North and of 'Reindeer Lake,
known by the name of "Deet Lako"
Post, John Themes trading for the
Hudson's Bay Company, Isepulat!on
all told, 52. Indians not increasing.
Fur pboutifiil, but not enough hunt-
ers. Fish: very plentiful, herring,
whitefish and trout, Moose and wood
doer plentiful -
Pelican Nenvones, in charge or Hod -
son's Bay Company ;Cost, A, A. Hal-
crow in charge of )tovbllion Totems'
Trading Post, Far plentiful and
Indians in. good clr'citlestancos, not
requiring ally assistance, atfooso
anti wood floor pieniiitll, also white-
fish and trout, Fur 1otrsis+s or ot-
toi', mink, marten, lynx, o+olf, rat
and orxi{fne,