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autltentio,
ore had to
ref) being
attaohsd to
might none
gag him,
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otherstory
of any Ser-
e night,in
ear invited
p a rubber.'
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g, "I wish
n excused
one!, with
ember that
ntolled his
aid to have
wo or three
of course,
good many
Y
was south Olf R land Traago, or Ikal1J
,:he panne
forgive
+'yappy that old oliaj! having forgive
the b. be the South Vola, be having
nothing bettor to do With life murrey. than
it over woedR 1
"'Now, if T hard half,°' he stadiafter refill,
hie pipe, "I could go to the old
admiral aiid ray-- Oh, What a fool 1
am 1"
But somehow that idea about Bret.
tisop and his money seemed to pervade
brain fur bho gait n a flays, and to
be mixedup with Stratton and his troubles,
Ke recollpoted the money lying in crisp
banknotes upon the table, and recalled that
it Wall a heavy sum. That was an entirely
fresh view to take ; could Stratton have
borrowed that money from Brettion i
Likely enough, and that might lisvo canned
the estran ement, Pea le did not like
wen the inoney.offer to do em
emanWas made the were
Y
a little bitter. „
N •ither a borrower nor a lender ho
° r
uttered Guest toile from his favorite
m q g "
it." ,and then adding, if you can help
"Bah 1 That upsets the idea of the lady
in the case, he muttered impatiently,
What a fool l am ! Aa It ib was likely
that poor old Mal would tr to make Ins
quietus with a bare bodkin -modernized
into a six-shooter—because old Bretbison
Was huffed ab' his borrowing money. I
mue6"Pump dt out of the poor fellow some-
how.
That evening he went bo Stratton's
chambers, but could get no reply; andn
uneasy and auspicious once mora,he knock-
ed again, and listened at the letter slit.
Just then he heard arena, and the aeon•
pant of the upstairs chambers ascended to
the landing.
"How do. Y" he said. "Mr, Stratton's
`out. I met him on the Embankment nob
half an hour ago."
That swept away the black, mental cob" Guest'sprated
bWe rain and he went awa bs once more for a time
melI about bVe ut not
before writinghie intention of dropping in
PP g
about ten thea night, and thrusting hie
card in at the alit—to dine at his club,
after whish he went into the library t
read up some old legal MOS. and think
about Edie.
He veer punotusl to the time appointed
in Bensher's Inn, but there was no lightin
Stratton's •window, none in Brettison's,and
he waited till eleven in the expeotationTof
easing iiia friend coma book.
At the above hour he beaam° convinced
that Stratton had' returned early and gone
to• bed, so he went to hie own 'chambers.
vexed and irritated, atter dropping another
card into the fetter box, making • an appoint-
went for the next evening at seven.
"Take him out for a bit of dinner. He
seems to be very busy lust now, or else he
is behaving veryoeneibl and taking exor-
mise to et bank is strep th." g
Guest went to Benchers' Inn the next
evening at seven, but the outer door was
closed, and after waiting for some bime he
went off to his club and wrote a letter beg-
ging Stratton to make an appointment to
see him.
Next day glided by and there Was 110
th 1 Thees had 001 were hell oto up,and
reply.barren
the Braden had not seen Chair oaeupaal;
'neither had Mr. Brettfeon come back,
Guest made lightof the matter, and then
went and called on the admiral, who
prompbly begged him to stay to dinner,but
the young man refused, glanced at Edie,
and stayed.
This delayed the visit which he had in-
tended to pay Mise. Jerrold, but he went
to her on the following day to report hie
•ill snocese, and than to the great institu•
tion where his friend ruled over the natural
history specimens.
To his surprise Stratton was not there,
one of the officials informing him that his
cnief had taken a month's vacation to
ren°ver •hie health.
" He seemed so broken down, air, by"Oh,
study, that the committee suggested it. „
And never said a word to ma,"
thought Gueab. "Well, the man who says
poor old Mal is mad is a fool, but he ser-
mainly does act very queerly. "Never mind.
He'll some all right fn time.'
More days glided by, and Guest became
alarmed, for he could get no tidings of
Stratton. The ohambers were always
closed, and no notice was taken of the
lettere ; so he wont to Bourne Square
on business—he made a point of- going
there on business whenever he could—and
was shown into the drawing room, where
Myra greeted him very kindiy,. though he
noted a peculiar, anxious, inquiring look in
her eyes two or three times before she rose
and left the room.
„Now, Mr. Guest," said Edie as soon as
they were alone, "you have eomething to
communicate ? "
Something I want to ray, but don be
quite so basins -like."
`" I must," rhe said sharply, " Nowtell
me : something from—about Mr. Stratton."
g
He told her of his ill (emcees; and she
We don't want his name mentioned
here, and we take not the slightest interest
in him ; but ae you are interested, and as
news, of course you can tell anything. But
ie "More than con ostrange."rrange T"
"And you can't find Mr. Brettison
either?"
" No; but Pm not surprised nt thnr,
He's °sleeting chickweed and 'grundsel,'
as Mrs. Brade Calle ft, somewhere. But I
(shall he glad when he comes bask."
Ed' tab thou httull for a few min-
g y
¢Les.
" You see, direotly you cannot get to see
him because his doors are shut you begin
to think something ie wrong.'
"Naturally"
"And that's absurd, Percy—Mr, Guest."
" No ; no ; don't take it back again like
„
Cha, he pleaded,
Mr. Gues, she said emphatically.
"Now look here : he must oome to his
chambers sometimes, because he would
wont his lettere."
" Possibly, said the visitor coldly, for
that formal " Mr. Guest" annoyed him.
"" And he oomrhuniaate0 with the people
at the institution."
d Yee, but he has given them no fresh
address."'
"' Then naturally they write to his
ohambers, and Mal—this man gets his
loiters from time to time. There's nothing
shocking the matter. He ie avoiding you,
and wants to break off the intimacy.
u h
Then he is not going to, said Guest
with s crit. " I'm afraid he has done
yomathiug wrong sem° tdme,"
"Indeed?"said Edie with her eyes
y
twinkling,
"" I mean, mph
""0{, 10
"y Ihave, lets,of times."
PAW grew alittle more stately—a hard
task, for she was ton petite to look dfgni-
god
"Idocit •mean nn thdng bad," said Cxuesb
, :; ---- •-:..:. -- •
;„g to gat rid of na he's mistaken, m
I "", ....es...<,., to thro a reit",.. ,".,,,e he_
lie's had soma tremble in the past. T looked
s hipi whatever lb people
c' T suppose wicked said
d ie it pure toy,
anter atpR4ra?' apia rah aamaraly.
"Of eouro4• Poul' ,Old lad I Raid Geeeb the
thoughtfully ; "I Wender what he did de."
"l d rather nit disgpee snob matters, if
you please, Mr. Gusab" aped Edi° coldly.
"Oh, very well, b1igs Perrin. I thought
I could coq to you for help and cquneof ae
a verydoer friend, if as nothing else, and,
now wanb your help, fop bank out,
"c don e—Parity
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Ah I •
Only that interjection, but ib •meant so
muoh in words' --and acts, one of which re,
suited in the fair �+oung girl pointing to the
cheer mom which Guest had risen, and nay,
ing, With a Little flush in her cheeks '
roomSit dao pee !rare Mr, Gueab. to bho
down, please, i "
He"obs ed.
yg
Now ;ma, he said. o
helpbeen
must forgive poor old Malcolm, whatever
it to an Due of them) days, erha e, soma
one else andpeaty.,
"onever
'"Rut what 080 418 have hone Ye"
"' I don't know, unless he has been mar-
ried before, and killed his wife so as to get
married again,
,
turned g looked a et her in horror and she
I—I your ardon s
""begpardon," he stammered,
"(I did nob mean that."
"No," said Guest dryly. " I should
think not."
Farther oonvereation was stayed by the
as if in p dream. She did not seem to
the wfu-
notice them, but walked across was
dove, and, as she went, Guest was shocked
bythe alteration in her aspect. It was as
ishe had lately risen from a' bed of sick-
nese, while that which struck him most
was the weary, nitrate aspect of her eyes.
As she turned them upon him at last it
was in a questioning way, whin he inter-
to mean, "I am (dying for news of
him, but •ft is impossible for me to ask " ;
and a outdone feeling of resentment roes
within him against Stratton, for he felt
shat he had literally wrecked the life of as
true a woman as ever breathed.
A faint smile dawned upon her lips, and
she glanced, from him to Edie and bank—a
look which made the crimson on Edie's
aheoke grow deeper, as the girl raid quick•
ly ;
"Mr. Guest came. to tell me how hard he
is trying to get some news, and what he
nae done""
"News 1" oried Myra excitedly, and her
hands were raised toward' their visitor, but
ole let them drop to her sides as her brows
contracted,g
• " He has been telling me that he has—"
"" Where is papa—has he mime book 7"
said Myra, Boldly ignoring her cousin's
proffered information, and a few minutes
later Guest shook hands and went away
"' •Her ride keg s her silent " he said
thoughtfully. "No wonder; but she'd
give the world to hear the least bit of news.
Poor girl I She'd forgive him almost any.
•thing. I must, and will, find it all out
before I've done."
But the days grew into weeks, and
Guest's visits to BourneSquare were always
of news,save that he was able to an-
pounce that Stratton certainly did go to hie-
chambers now and then. This he found out
from the porter'e wife, who bitterly bewail•
ed the state in which they were falling.
"" you may shake your head at me, Mr.
Guest," she said, " and it's our secret, for
not a •word shall ever leave my lips, but
tat me eek you, is it the behavior of a
entleman ae has got all his chane
g ""Got all hie—Oh, I see, you moan
his sonaea.'
"Why, •of course, sir, to keep his rooms
shut upas he dose, and never a duster or
a brusput inside the door.
"He is afraid of his Speuimane being dis-
"
turbid, Mrs. Brade.'
door, no, air- It 'never was his
way. "I'd got seed to his manners and
customs—we understood each other, and if
I lifted up a bottle or a epeaimens, whether
it was a bird or only a bone, down it went
in the same place again, so exact that you
couldn't tell it had been moved,
"But Mr. Brettisop does the same, Mrs.
Brach."
"Him, sir 7" said lie womanoontemptu•
ously ; "that's different. One knows he's
a little bit queer. It's nothing new for him
to be away monthsaogether, and then coma
book loaded withrubbidgc."
"When did you say Mr. Stratton Dame
here last?"
"Four day's ago, sir, and I went after
him, and begged and prayed of him, with
a pail and broom in my hand, to let me do
him up, but he only pointed downward
plaoe
like a man in a.play; and there's his lane
going to rack and ruin."
"Next time he comes, Mrs. Breda," said
Guest, slipping a rovergig¢ into her hand,
"send your husband on to me directly and
try and keep Mr. Stratton till he nomas
back.°
"That I wflLelr," she oried eagerly ; and
she kept her word over and over again, but
P g ,i
to'Guest's intense rhogcin always too lute,
"dust 00m0e 1n quickly, -air, rune up to
his rooms and gets hie lettere, and goes out
the other way.'
Iwess
then angry, thendamped again ; damped,
n
spite of hie disheartened state, he manfully
resumed his (march, for whenever he was
diapered to give it up as what he called a
bad job, he waa forced on by Cdio with the
greetesteagernese—"to save her life."
There was a ti,rie when Guest thought of
ottdn rofessioaal hal but a strap e
g g P p' g
dread of something terrible being wrong
kept him bank from this, and he spent every
apare hour in seeking for his friend
in every resort, but all in vain, Still he
heard of him again and again, and of his
calling at the institution, where he had a
fresh release from duty granted him for a
month; and feeling that he was bound to
run against his friend sooner or later,
Guest relaxed his efforts, and the very
next day caught eight of Stratton in 8 000,
followed 111111 11 turned down one of the
Strand ouls•de-sae, saw him alight at a
groat house overlooking the river and pay
the cabman; and then followed him in, and
upa great winding stone etairaase to a
g
door on the upper oor,
"She lives there,"thought Guest with a
feeling of rage in his breast, and, running
lightly up the last few steps, he crept un
observed behind Stratton, and laid a hand
•thinking,
upon his shoulder just as he wag thrusting
a latchkey into the look,
Stratton gave a violent start, but dirt not
turn round: no only uttered a low sigh.'
`"Very well," he said. "" I have been
expecting you for weeks.
Stratton 1" cried Guest reproachfully,
. and his friend turned slowly round so hag-
garland ageda countenance that Guesthimself,
was startle .
You 1"said Stratton, with a curious,
dazed look around as if for someone oleo
whom he had expected to gee bhore. "I
Lhbught—T thought—" He panned, and
I:han after an interval : ""Wn11. von have
I Ia,'n 1' "" w ,ar,:io you venni 7"'
I
1 Guest did not truly for the moment. huh
!Amply from hie friend to the aver i
and ' re to
c aeIf a eom4°no k. t th°ra 1I ho lain w
himself • "and #or �'Iyra'ow3pke I will know
truth."
Then aloud ;
`"Take me into your room ; we can't talk
bere."
Stratton made o quick movement befits
the door as if to keep him book.
1 TO hl; 7QNTINIIIDA.1
f 1 11 N O Q IflT7EE AT T A
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AN INTERESTING PUBLICATI
SUED BY THE GOVERN14lF
..-..-
Northern Anis►i4 Is the !teat Ft.
Open reriletilement—A dplendl
try for Dairying, Stook Rats
aeuepo Agriculture—Ip rte
Acre 1t Excels the Ferula it
the Amorigan Union,. '
'.i'he long oxpegted work on the x
dietrtoae of Ontario, which the PI
Gorrernmgnt nae had in prepare
some Mme, has been betted and an
ing publication it is.
Ib is avldenb that rep°Dial onto w
in preparing it, for in style and e
t^leaves the ordinary blue book fn
A map showing the country 1
Ottawa to the Soo, and as far nor
newly opened districts on Lake
cnmiugue, is s valuable part of t
cation. The work eats forth that
Ontario is the best field now
SO by arsons of small Dap
ing s¢d whin to work for themsely
life abundance of well paid em
settlor to establish himself by
labor on his own land •• that Inde
can be aohieved there by a poor m
than the same position can be attai
where ; then 'whether for dairyi
raising or general agriculture, th
presents'
A COMBINATION air ADVANxA
that are presented in few localiti
there is as great a range and b v
products there as anywhere ; the
per acre of the principal Drops ti
ern le ebote lands actually excel
fertile states of 001? to arioan Uai
the country is near to the great m
the world, and has water commie
unrivalled and railway advantage
no other country ever possessed in
days and that the climate is temps
the whole region as healthy as a
the sun. g
Valuable informetion' •fe iv
eastern Algoma, north Nipie
Temieeamingue, and Rainy River
;with descriptions of the Boil,
agricultural, •timber •andmdneral r
with reports on the progress mad
how to acquire land.
eeve algood idof in the the aharaoo
g
country and what can be done fn
there,
g bookgas ae could complete w shed 1
curacy was the chief oonedderatio
'tieciliation and the publication is en
on. A. S. Hardy, Oommiesioaer
Lands, as trustworthy.
It was only within the peel
that
THIS PBRFROT ADAPTABILIT
to agricultural pursuits of the gr
•in the northern parts of the pro
came fully known and its caps
davelopmetct recognized. To pro
lets for it is the first considers
in putting the people in poesees10
information regarding bl:e region
attract attention to a portion of
vine little known, is a coin
undertaking on the part of th
Government and one which is a
heir
ate afruit. To those in need of
ate not afraid of work we o em
publication, which can be had by
to the Minister of Crown Lands, of
Those who have heard of the idle
the north which await aettlem
find in this book all thee t
know short of actual examin
themselves.
We are confident that these
now sparsely settled, will some
flourlshieg centres of industry,
ing to the general prosper
yin g P
solidif In the oeition of the
and its remains for all who a
development to opeead the knee
widely as possibley.
giuMnotremember,
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A THBILTi G TALE
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CHAPTER. XXQII,
CluEST sIMAKS OJT,
"Why not 8 run to St, Msl4 and p oemete
Gf menthe' yaohtipgY"
Sir Merit proposed as a Dore foreign tra•
p p ie, tried
vel, but Myra refused to go. Edie,
vain! to inveigle her into some Mete:Aden,
y g
and Guest. sp0nt a little fortune in concert
and opera tickota in trying to persuade her
toa000m an them bubtha
p y , ywere generally
wasted.
too, and WW1
Mise Jerrold tried hard niece to come
more successful, waxing her t
and stay ah her house, or to spend quiet
afternoons with her, no one else being
admitted. And all the time ib Was under-
stood that the unfortunate engagement
but one day,Wheny,
war a enbje°t tabooed ,game
•
Myra was with her alone, Guest having
been there by accident when the Coueine
came -that •ie to say by one of his aeoideute,
and at a suggestion from Mies Jerrold that
a walk would do Edie good, as her fade
"very
for the said walk—Miss Jerrold seeing the
wietinla ee, sunken ohbeks, and utter
Y
prostration of her niece's face, bethought
her of a plan to try and revive interest in
mundane ata time when the girl
things seemed to be slowly dropping out of life.
"We've petted and cosseted her too
much," said Aunt Jerrold to herself. .114
trythat."
She tried that, and attacked her niece fn
a very blunt, rough way, keenly watching
the effectofher words the while.
"I do wonder at a girl of your spirib
wearing your heart out for the sake of a'
scoundrel. That's done it 1" she added to
herself, for a complete change Dame over
Myra's' aspect,
"Aunt 1" she cried indignantly"
" 1 oan'b help it my dear,"said the old
lady sharply. "I've kept it back too long,
and it is only just that I should tall you
how reprehensibleyour conduct is. Here
is a wretched man who professes to love
You_:,,
"Malcolm Stratton did love me, aunt,"
said Myra proudly, as stung beyond en.
durance she gave utterance to the thoughts
she had kept hidden so long.
"Looks like it 1" continued Aunt Jerrold.
"Bah 7 thehoroepond is too good for such
as ' he 1"
Myra turned upon her fiercely.
"Aunt," she cried, ""11 de not true !"
"But itis true, my dear, or the wretch
would have said a few words in his de-
Erase."
"I cannot stay here and listen to you,
aunt," cried Myra, rising with dignity.
"It is cruel of you to speak of Mr. Stratton
like this•"
"Oh of 000ree. Silly girl 7 The worse a
man is, the more weak, infatuated woman
defends him."
""I defend him, aunt, because I am sure
theta moat he some good reasons for Mr.
Stratton's conduct. He was not the man
who could have acted so. His whole car-
eer gives your charges the lie."
At that moment Belie and Guest returned
the former joyous and bright, bat forcing a
serious look as soon 04 she saw her oousin's
agitated fee°.
"I am waiting for you, Edie," said Myra
coldly; and, turning. to her aunt, she bent
her head slightly. "Good -afternoon, Mr.
Guest," she said, and she left the drawing
roam.
"Aunt, dear, whatis the matter ?" whis-
pared Edie.
"'We've beeagnoareling, my dear; thank
goodness 1" said Miss Jerrold dryly,
There, good -by. Run after her, little
woman. Kiss me ; I haven't quarreled
with you."
She embraced the girl affectionately; and
as Guest followed to the door, and held
his hand, Miss Jerrold whispered :
""Come up again when you've seen: them
to the carriage.'
In five miutes Guest was back looking
at hie hostess wanderingly, for the old lady
was standing in the middle of the room
with her face full of wrinkles, and her
arms folded across her chest. She did notfrowned.
seem to nee him, and he. made a alight
movement waved her hand ottrtoward a ohairn,whea she
"Sit down, boy," She said, without look.hoocurre
ing in his direction ; "I'm thinking. I'll
attend to you directy."
He obeyed more puzzled than ever ; and
at last she took a'chalr by the back,dragged
ft aoroee the carpet dna maeouliae way,and
thumped i1 down in front of him,
It's not a pleasant• subject for a lady—an
unmarried lady—to talk about, Percy
Guest," she said ; "but I'm gettingeuoh.an
old woman now that I think its time I.
might speak plainly."said Guest wonderingcold's
bf what"What
breach of manners he ha
goodsituation.
been guilty.
What shoat, you slily boy Harris
poor Myra eating her heart out,Edie miser.
able, my brother a perfect bear, I'm woe.
rigid to death, and you say, what about I
reed 00m Stratton, to be aura,"
"Oh I" cried Guest' very much relieved.
"'Well Ido not see anything to look
+ "
pleased about, sir,"
"No of °Dorsa not; only I thought I had
been doing Something.
"You have been doing nothing, it seems
to me," said Mies Jerrold' sharply.
"Bully, I have dopa my best."
"But I thought barristers were such
clever people 1
", " Oh, dear no, as to tie est rtrof ugl
Very stupid folk a r S gunBrettfeon
a barrister is. The solicitor is the clever
'man, and he has to load the barrister be.
fore he O° for ""aodnesa' sake °t some
Then"Y
solicitor to load you and then go off and
shoot saaiethiugJ
"I wish you would load me, Miss Jer•
"
roll.'
" Well, look here my dear boy. We
a belief that
deem to have nettled mown to°
has bora a great scamp,
Malcolm Stratton g
and that he drew beak on his wedding
morning in oorisgvence of the interference
or Home lady who had a hold upon him.",''
thou hl." said
Yen, that hi what We thought,"
.
apencl
OF 1i'CMA,11 LI]l']L
ing
"�9.nd then tried to oommit suiofde out
of misery and, shame 1
c" Yes,I have been able to get no further,
phie
oar fellow. He is utter! dumb as soap
y ,
as T try to get enythm from him,"
""Whet does that friend of hie. -.that Mr.
Brebtison say y"
"1l1r. Brebtison 7 I have not peen him,"
", no He known •Stratton
Wye _ b 7 sho ld w e
many years, You should have oonewhat"Supposecome
him, and tried to find eat from him what
might have happened In days gone by."lendingTheyould
F did think of that."but
"And did not act?
"L have had no chunoe.• Mr. Brettisop
is out of town, I have not 'aeon him since
the wed— ,
"SAh I" cried Mt iss Jerrold warningly.
"Ou thinoe at day 7" Pry 3
"No, It was a day or two before, but I
think I Beard Stratton say Mr. Brettisop
to see him that da and that be was
own
g°" Hmphout of1 tThat'sstrange I"
"" Why 7' said Guest.
"' He was very fond of Malcolm Stratton,
wasn'tlie—I mean, isn't he
,,, ,.
" Yes, of oouree,n
," Why should he go out, on Stratton's
gratulato him ?'r
"I don't know. It was add, but eer.
Bretbison ieancentric."
"" It's more than odd, Percy Guest," said
Miss Jerrold,lookin very'keen and intent;
"` the clew lies than waMr: Brettfeon
must have known something and quarreled
with Malcolm Stratton; it seems to me."
a You think so Y"
. Yee his conduct suggests it. Out of
town? Hasn't he been to hie chambers
since Y"
" I think not."
"r There is aolew then, I've loaded you.
Go off."
"And find Mr. Brettfeon Y"
"'OF course. Then try and get from him
the. information we want."
""Do we want that information, Mies Jet,
rold 7"
"Of course we do,eir. Malcolm Stratton's,
aotiona may be purged from their grossness,
and happiness oome after all."
""Heaven grant itmay1" cried Guest.
"There, then, you have something, sen-
sible to do •; better than always here
m your speculative way. Go to work at
once, and come and communicate with
me."
Guest went off at once, and had himself
driven to Benohere Inn, where he ascended
to Stratton's door,bub turned off to Bretti•
son's where all ws dark and silent.
He knocked, but there was no answer ;
and, after repeating the knock • severa
time°,.he went to. Stratton's door, where he
had no better success. Going down, he
crossed to the tunnel -like archway, where
he found Jrlr(. Brads, and learned Mr.
y
couttfeon had not et returned From the
country.
"Mr. Stratton does not seem to be at
home either. "
"No, sir. Be goes out a deal now, and
is very seldom at home. Many people come
to eek for him and I give them his message
—that they are to write. -
"" Well, that's reasonable enough if they
have not made appointments, Mrs. Brads,
so pray don't shako your bead like that."
Certainly not, air, if you don't wish it,
but I 'can't help thinking he'd be better
not left alone."
'" Why 7" said Guest impetuously.
Mrs. Grade tapped her 'forhead, and
Guest frowned angrily.
," Nonsense, my good woman," he cried
"' don't exaggerate, and pray don't jump ab
conclusions. Mr. Stratton is no more mad
than you are."
That ain't saying muoh, mister," oried
the porter from the next room, where he
WAS making up for late hours cense.
Tient upon sitting up for occupants of the
inn, My minus is mad as a hatter."
tors. Brade darted to the door and closed
ftwithaheavybang, following by snatching,
more than drawing the curtain over the
opening—a curtain originally placed theta
to keep off draughts, but so used by Mrs,
Brade as to give the onlooker an idea that
her husband was a personage kept on ex•
hibition, and not shown save ae a favor
and for money pa•d,
1 don't know what 1 could be thinking
of to marry that man, sir," she said ipdig-
cantly. " Mad, indeed 7 Not mad enough
to take mora than's good for me, and
pretty often, too."
" A lesson for you, Mrs. Breda," said
Guest sternly, " You cannot make a more
painful or dangerous assertion about a per-
eon than to say that a person or personage
is mad."
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- CHAPTER XXVIII.
WALKING IN THE BARK.
Disappointed in his visit to the ina,Guest
went not onse o resohin is own chiehmroom,bwwith ereh e
lookout over the oldgookery, was to take
out his pocketbook, and carefully examine
a photograph—a proof intrusted t:o his caro
that day—and which h° instantly pressed
to his lips several times before restoring it
to its envelope, and returning it to his
breast.
His next proceeding was to Idght his
pipe, lie back, and think over Miss der-
words; and the more be thought over
them Cha more they reamed to fib the
One thought begat another till he grew
startled at the growth emanating from Miss
Jerrold's suggestion.
Stratton hod always been greatly at.
taohed to him, he knew, but he did not
always confide in him ; he had a' way of
being extremely reticent, especially over
money matters, and he recalled a little up.
set they had once had about a time when
Stratton was hard pressed to got hip rent
read and had raised the money in what
y
he (Grimm) had dubbed a dfrreputable way
—that is to ray, he had borrowed from "a
relative " instead of from his friend.
"" The old lady's right," mused Guest,
after a long period of during
'whioh his ideas seemed to ripen, "" Mr.
must know, and depend upon it,
he, baro entlh a artipular hi h retied
g P + g '
man, was angry with Stratton, and would
not oome to the wedding. Of course •• I
remember now, St rotten did saytl:atmorn.
nog that Bretbison was off, out eolleotingl
Now, how to find out where, he has gone.'
No idea came, forErettfeon was one of
.the most aibby, and enthusiastic 10 the
to very wealthy, and living in the
simplest way, money was ue objeob; and he
would go off anywhere, and at any oast, to
obtain a few stmpl.e and taro plants for his
Ae ry,, ""a .-•.
mhatter, he ren dented thab Stratton ea
enmshi m¢ about the south: bub wlietller 1b
r
MR. AND MM. $Q DSER,
-- '
"you know that mother will be here to,
morrow," said Mrs. Bowser ee dinner the
other evenia
" 1 remember," replied Mr, Bowser,
Yes, g
'" and I shall be lad to sea bar, If all
mothornn•lawe bad like her, the funny
mon nuldn't have worked off a single joke
about ib "
""Sha will have,the aide bedroom up
Mahn."
"All righb.»
„ But as the furnace doesn't seam to heat
y g ' p¢t up
o small stove,"4�enb1 T thou ht z a
," g "
!hat's the oorreot thing, my dear.
„ The girl got bho stove up there this
afternoon, but she oouldn't : pub the •pipe
together."
to do it. All right. "
"I -I was going to ark you to telephone
to a stove man.
u What for Y When the time oomee that
,
1 Dan b jerk three or four lengths of stove-
pipe' together, I'd batter retire to an
asylum.
""But you—yon—"-
. "Will lose my temper, eh 7 Not muck
I'm as placid ae a mill pond and could eat
up forty joints of stove pipe without a wink
IF all husbands were as aslm and good
natured as I am, this would be a far better
world, Mrs. Bowser. 1'11 trob up and fix
things and be dawn again iaelde of Sva
minutes: '
. Mr. Bowser reached the room mentioned
to find three joints of pipe and an elbow
awaiting him. He threw off his coat and
irked uptweed tlie'ainte, All ands were
exactlyof the same Size. He ohne ed ends,
but found them the came. Re planed aha
three joints in litre, but the same fact was
still apparent. He was ponderingover it
PP
when Mrs. Bowser entered the room and
hsnded him the hammer and eaid :— •atru'ctione
"You may need this. One end must be
squeezed into the other, of course." If you
think you can't"—
" Mrs. Bowser, what did I oome up here
fore"
"To put up the stovepipe, dear."
" Exactly. I know how to do it, I'm
going to do ie. I was squeezing stovepipe
together before you were bora. _ I was
simply wondering 11 the man who invented
stovepipe was a fool or a lunatic. I'll be
down in a minute."
When she had gone, he dropped down
oa his knees and Began working at two
joints. There was eo nething wrong—just
a trifle, somewhere. IE he squeezed at one
spot, a bulge appeared in another. When
he tapped with a hammer on one aide, the
other immediately displayed a cantank-
atone disposition. There are six ends to
P
three joints of stovepipe.
Mr. Bowser counted them and was per.
isetly satisfied of this. Three of the ends
ought to have fitted into the other
g three,
but they were mulishly obstinate. Be was
trying to fit elbow somewhere between
the three joints, to serif he could not break
the combination and hit a prize chrome,
when Mrs. Bowser entered again.
"Are you having trouble?" she asked.
"Not a bit. I was just experimenting a
!title. As aro' in the
youonly way, you'd
better go down. If I want your valuable
assistance, I'll call you."
Mr. Bowler's facie was streaked with
perspiration and grime. His shirt sleeves
had wt ed off a' oodl ortion of the stove
P g y P
blacking. Even the book. of .his neck
seemed to have come in contact with the
pipe. After Mrs. Bowser had gone, he
tried bho elbow on the joint which he had
mentally marked, "Exhibit A." No go.
Then he tried it on "Exhibit B." No go.
Neither end of "Exhibit C." would fit in or
fit over. He hammered the end of one
•joint •in and the other out, but we've all
been there. Mr. Bowser was calm. A
curious light shone in bis eyes, and his ears
worked backward and forward, but he
didn"tpiok upoae of the joints and demolish
a gas fix'ure or mirror. '
Meanwhile Mrs. Bowser was getting the
babyto sleep,but at the name time listen.
ing intently for the climax she knew was
certain to come. She heard the squeak as
Mr. Bowser pressed on one end of a joint
with hie knee and flattened the pipe to a
cewenoverellenb
her.knSlio ofwhen andhe gotlthe pipe
under his feet to press it bask,and a huutsd
look name into her eyes. .,She followed his
•movomoute ae he wiped'}iie fnae on rife bed•
spread and then pinked up a joint to attach
10 to the stove, He tugged. He panted.
He let go to get a better hold, and to im•
a ination rho could see hie o es ban in
g Y g g
out like peeled onions. Her heart was
standing ebill when there was a great crashth
up stairs. That was Mr: Bowser falling
over the stove. The second crash was the
stove falling over Mr. Bowser.
That gurgling sound was Mr. Bowser
trying bo say something. She heard him
get up. AS he •jumped on the •different •joints
in succession and mashed them fiat, the
chandeliers below waved in the breeze. She
heard the window go up, she board each
piece of pipe strike in the alloy, and the
crash of the stove. which followed made the
baby yell out. Then she beard Mr. Bowser
kink over two chairs, hang the wardrobe.
and start down with a alum alum 'Blimp,
P' di P
hair on end, collar wilted and holding up a
bleeding finger, and as he entered the sit.
ling room she prepared for the inevitable,,
It same. He described several gyrations id
the air with the out finger, assumed a pose
inte¢ded;to make her feel her nothingness
and said :— •of
" Mrs" Bowser, I shall tele !lone to m
P Y
lawyer. When he comes, Sand him direct'
to the ""librar,y-to the ,library, Mrs,
Bowser•
INTERESTING REPORT
--
Canada ns Vlowe a by 11,0 IF .41th
Delegates.
A despatch from London, •says
of the tenant farmers delegates w
Canada in 1893 have recently b,
viewed. In addition to their reps
were printedand widely fbb oiroulate
governmen,. many of them have
iso ureaares a and ind P ahs a ways have
P
service to Canada. , $aside
names and nddreeaes were print
reports, they have been recipient(
numbers of lettere asking for adv:
Hard to emigration. They all t
have aooept°d, cheerfully the reap
Planed upon their ehouldera, and
later of the Interior may be coni
on having soured the service:
g entlomen, so thoroaghly qualifie
mission they undertook. They of
evtoeolassets for manwhich there eir inti 'e
opening in Canada at the present
add that the emigration of agri
has been much restricted owing t
prices of produce that have pr.
En land and Canada
g
An Erlglisll ffiLlititry Ab
In a recent arbiole on confident
I menitdoned the ease, perfectly
of a regiment in which the offta
give upplaying billiarde, the re
g P Y g
that the colonel was devotedly
rho game, end that, try as bbey.
of them could possibly help be
in Which case they made an en
for life, says London "Truth, An
the same hind is told byone'
vino readers, He states that on
hie presence,a oommaadin ofii
a juior to coma and make u
Tho junior politelydeclined.
l
repented the request, ramarkin
yen to play," The junior • agai
upon whioli the col
er, told him to rem
WI (the 0. O.) had nob yet 5
report on him. ,This threat • is s
!frau uttered in the presence of 1
witnesses. It is an bxtrame naso
g bnlmildar °xamnlea n" "
thin; , ..i, bo fern/8710d ,by a
`�
fortune Telling.
"obvieueeem
Oh, Mr. De Spud, exclaimed the fair
young maiden, "they, say you can tell
torbunes. Can you tell mine Y"
"T wish I could," responded De Spud:
earneetlyY beaauso he had 1100h wondering
1 neve m11011 would be in it to him if lir
I married her.
neat sadly,
W
nr
1N IS' -
NT,
11h NoW
41 CONin•
Ing, or
1,1 Per..
labra or
iorthern
ovinoial
tion for
interest-
ae taken
xeoution
r behind,
can the
th as the
Temic-
h0 publi•
northern
open for
ital will.
es ; that
ployment
et for a
his own
pendenoe
4n sooner
pad else.
ng, stock
a country
pES
es ; that
.vi • of
t in yield
,e north.
the most
on ; that
arkets of
nioations
advantage: • as
its early
rate and
al under
en about
a ing, the
districts,
produots,
esources,
e and in -
There are
k which
ter of the
farming
rviceable
for, Ao-
n in cam.
end • by
of Drown
few years
r
eetregion
vine be-
bilities of
aura sett -
ion, and
n of full
so as to
our pro-
mendable
e Ontario
artain to
land who
men 1 this
applying
Toronto.
lands of
ant will
hey oa¢
anon for
regions,
•e day be
oontribut•
iby end
country,
ppreciate
ledge as
S,
Farmer
s :—Some
ho visited
gen inter -
rts,whioh
cl by the
delivered
iatdone in
done ex-
, as their
ad on the
of large
05 ip-re-
appear to
onsibiliby
the Min-
matulated
i of these
d for the
ate, holy -
re belong
le or no
time,and
culturiete
o the low
[veiled in
use.
ial reports
autltentio,
ore had to
ref) being
attaohsd to
might none
gag him,
emy of him
otherstory
of any Ser-
e night,in
ear invited
p a rubber.'
The C. 0.
g, "I wish
n excused
one!, with
ember that
ntolled his
aid to have
wo or three
of course,
good many