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All Ap;.• 62 VOR N syg4r 9 The Green Seal By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," "The Time Lock," etc. CHAPTER II.—(Cont'd). The bitter anguish that lay behind I these words was more than her strong nature could control. "Miss Fox—stop!" I cried, aghast— sternly enough to silence her now, too. Who could have dreamed of such an ending? The revelation, coming; at the very instant when every re- sponsive fibre of my being was yield- ing more and more to the charm of her personality, was staggering. What I had been prepared for, if not expecting, was at worst a recital of indignities offered by previous em- ployers, by way of clumsy warning to me, notwithstanding such an utter- ance from her was too preposterous to think of it, It implied a lowering of the character I had Conceived of as being hers that simply -was impossible. She was not the type of girl that any man could take liberties with. But this, to me—a stranger! How terribly her sensibilities must have been torn and outraged! How high the courage that had enabled her to conquer pride and speak at all! I am not ashamed to say I was so shaken that it required some moments to pull myself together. "Miss Fox," I warmly protested at last, "why did you torture yourself with this confidence? It was so un- called for, so unnecessary! Now you listen to me. Pm not Li ying to employ what you are pleas- ed to call your antecedents, but you. Good gracious, what sort of employ- ers have you had! To see you and' talk with you five minutes, as I have, is the only testimonial any man with! a modicum of brains or discernment 'would ask for. Don't interrupt!"—for she seemed about to break in. "It is a terrible burden for you to have to bear, there is no glossing over that fact. God knows you have my deepest sympathy. I never was so stirred in my life. But if there's any one thing plain, it is that you have risen above a handicap that would have dragged another character less fine and resolute to certain destruc- tion. My dear Miss Fox, you are not to blame. If ray friendship counts for anything, you have it." I paused to recover myself again, and then went on in a tone more mat- ter-of-fact: "If you want the opening, it is yours—as soon as you are ready to be- gin. When will you be at liberty?" pleasant Winter Evenings Give your children a chance to stay at twine and enjoy themselves. Buy a con. Vertible home table and they will spend all their spare time in the healthful pleasure of a game of Billiards. This table would look nice In your pitting room, dining room or kitchen. We build them 3x 0, and Si x 7. Can be supplied with either round or square legs, and would make a very val- uable addition to your home life, and woUld certainly be a great pleasure and benefit te yourself and friends. Write for priees and catalogue to SAMUEL. MAY & CO., 102-104 Adelaide EL West, Toronto. 221'3 gee She was deeply moved; despite her calm balance,. I could see that. Then all at once her eyes were misty; but she smiled bravely—with quivering lips. No, 1 am not going to cry," she assured me, and laughed. After that the tension wee gone. "But I am go- ing to say this: one's pride enables one to endure much, but kindness, when unexpected, gets quickly behind, and uncle. one's defences. Kindness: can laut as well as mistrust and ab-: horrenee, when you are not looking Lor it, and I am not used to kind- ness." Them in a businesslike way,1 she abruptly announced: "I can stars' And so it was settled. Was I quixJ, to NVOAC right away." otic, or rash? Perhaps; but I trust' the sequel te justify my determine: "There!" I said lightly. "I knew! tion. you were a sensible girl. Stub will show you where to put your things.' If there's anything else you want, you will find him a mine of information." At the door she paused and thrilled me with a look. I can find no words to describe the soft sweetness of her voice. "How can I ever thank you!" she said. "You can't," said I, curtly, to hide a sudden feeling of timidity. "Come back in ten minutes—please." CHAPTER III. I suppose it is not to be wondered at that the extraordinary events of that day should have unfitted me for applying myself to anything else, and as I was a pretty busy man at this time I could ill afford to have my settled routine so broken in upon. But, try as I might, it was impossible to keep my attention fixed upon the matters which should have been en- gaging it; my mind was too full of the diamond and of Miss Fox and her surprising disclosure. Until to -day my life had been quiet and well -order -1 ed, and here I was suddenly brought face to face with a situation—two of them, if the diamond may be con- sidered as affording one—so unusual that I was wholly unprepared and at a loss to cope with either. Conse- quently I tried to devote myself only. to the most pressing -concerns, and these were disposed of mechanically, and I fear perfunctorily, while my thoughts were busy adjusting them- selves to the new state of affairs. Ten minutes gave me time to select and assort the letters demanding im- mediate attention, and when Miss Fox reentered my private room the replies were dictated in an absent -1 minded fashion that would have pro- duced some queer results had she per- mitted my lapses to slip by. Contem- plation of the glinting lights in her brown hair completely shattered one train of thought. My preoccupation was discompos-I ing her, 1 all at once noticed- for na- turally enough she divined at least al part of its cause and ascribed to her- self the entire blame for all my per- turbations. To relieve her I attempt- ed to make light of the matter. "I thought young ladies delighted in being disturbing factors," I said ban- teringly. She colored and did not look at me for a moment; then the gray eyes met mine reproachfully. I hastily added: "I only wanted to tell you that something else happened to -day to upset me before you came, so don't take your share too much at heart." She rewarded me with a glance that made my pulses leap strangely; for, not to conceal any part of the truth, her expressive eyes and the rare, brave spirit that shone through them were quite the most disturbing factors of all. As she rose to go, with her note- book and pencil in hand, I said: "Please tell Stub thht I'm not to be bothered till 1 ring." Once more alone, I again brought out the two ivory boxes—the ring with its death -dealing jade set, the diamond and the wrapping of the sec- ond box, and set about an earnest, methodical attempt to get behind the Mystery', • The idea never occurred to me that the gem might have been only an irxi- Ration, its rich splendor but a showy share to jape and gibe at my excite - meet: An artificial stone may be so seemingly real as to require the cue., ternary tests to confirm the doubt awakened by its artificiality; but when you are confronted by the genu- ine article, as incomparably pure and ilawlese as the one that lay upon my blotting -pad, the doubt does not arise at all, Like a magnetic personality, such a diamond is instinct with vital- ity; it possesses an indivicluality of its own that infallibly impresses the be- holder, requiring no expert eye to de- termine at Once that it is the real thing, Aceordingly, therefore, in spite of my limited knowledge of precious stones, I was not only certain that here in my possession was a perfect blue -white diamond, but also, con- sidering its size and beauty, one of'the dozen or so really wortivevbile dia- monds in the whole World. Think of that for a moment! And when I further considered the extraordinary way in which it had come to roe, and the circumstance that I should have it at all, it is little won- der that I was overcome with amaze. nient and mystification. Now it is possible for an event to be so unwonted, to be so strange and unusual in itself and so unexpected, that these very attributes over- shadow and conceal everything else respecting it. Just such happenings as these it was which our simpler - minded forebears, who were not given to seeking far for causes, ascribed to a supernatural origin; and at that moment I must confess to leaving f elt much the same way, though after a while reason began to search for an explanation more human. The result, if anything, was even yet more baf- fling. In the first place, there was nothing whatever in my past associations that hinted in the remotest manner at any- body who would be likely to send me a diamond—not to mention the almost incaloulable value of this one. This conclusion was reached with one quali- fying reservation: there seemed a distant possibility that some client had entrusted the gem to me for tem- porary safe keeping; but I viewed this suggestion skeptically, anything but convinced, for who -would send 'such an extraordinary gem through the mail? While 1 knew more or less intim- ately a number of persons who might have afforded such a costly trinket, it was not at all likely that any one of them owned it; if so, the circumstance would have been pretty generally known. Then, once again, who in his right mind would thus take such a hazard- ous chance with a fortune? The par- cel had not been registered; it even bore no return address; there was no- thing whatever pointing to the send- er's identity, for the • cancelling mark was so blurred as to be a mere smudge. I was so puzzled and confused and no filled with Wonder that could scarcely force my wits to a rational consideration of the mystery; but in the end I settled upon two points as affording possible clues, namely: the two ivory boxes, considered together, in some unaccountable way associated the diamond with my ring of death; and the address on the parcel had been cut from one of my professional cards and. pasted upon the wrapping. Both items were decidedly unsatis-, factory. The circumstance of the two ivory boxes being counterparts of each other might denote the most ordinary coincidence, bearing a corre- sponding lack oe significance. Los An- geles .teems with shops where the un- wary tourist is inveigled into buying all sorts of useless Chinese- and Jap- anese gimcracks, and for all I knew to the contrary the boxes might be the cheapest of trinkets, turned out wholesale from a common mould. I am informed that most similar articles of virtu are produced in this way. As for my card, almost anybody might have obtained one, and the fragment used for an address promis- ed nothing whatever—the card simply had been trimmed to fit evenly one side of the package. One other suggestion did occur to me. There -was nothing in the re- mainder of my mail to account for the diamond, and it was possible that a letter of advice would follow; but this I would have to wait for. I began putting away the different articles in a desk-drawer—the wrap- ping with my card, the ring in its box —when a sudden disturbing thought made me pause. What present disposition should I make of the gem? It was much too valuable to entrust to my private safe, and the banks were closed. Thus had the afternoon flown. The idea gave me a moment of ap- prehensive reflection: was anybody aware that I had the stone? At least one person—the sender—must be ex- tremely anxious to know whether or not it had come safely to my hands. But was anybody else—anybody who shouldn't be—animated by a similar anxiety? I was 'filled with misgivings. Then abruptly a plan came to me: I would conceal the diamond and place the empty box—or, better yet, the box containing the ring—in the. safe. Accordingly, I tore some sheets of tissue -paper from an old letter copy- ing-book,and -tvm'apped the glittering gem into a compact package, which for the time being I slipped into my pocket, It gave me a queer feeling. It seem- ed as if nothing might hide its bril- liancy from the eye; no amount of wrappings, nor my pocket, nor yet the steel walls of the biggest vault could intercept its sparkle and glow. And this marvel, as if by magic, had come to me! Since the dawn of time only if', hand- ful or so of diamonds have accumelat- ed so choice that they may be said to represent the very acme of mate - vial worth, the ultimate possibility of human valustion; these alone bear in- nately the, attributes of kingly grand- eur and are the most fitting of all things else mundane to stamp and de- corate the high station of royalty. Gull over in year the few cele.. bracd game that bete this distinc- tion, than imagine me carrying elle of of the noble partre, a cerelces'y as if it had been a pebble, in my coat pocket! Great Otesarl Wasn't it Minh to fire the blood and set Taney to rioting, to tern the head of the meet sedate and sober-minded? Yee, verily! These attributes, however, are pe. culiarlY of the earth earthy, The spiritual significance of diamonds, alas, is at best negative. They are the archetypes of all that is cruel and unfeeling. then' brilliancey is the brilliancy of ice; oe Sirius shining in the remotest zero of space, They are one with the. dark sisterhood, Hate and Jealousy, They are the bons et origo of covetousneife, blood -lust and tragedy. Again I took from the drawer where I had placed it the box containing the ring, and, moved by an impulse I shall not try to account for, raised the lid for a final glimpse at the innoceet. looking instrument of death, And I received another shock of surprise, For a moment 1 stared at the sot in bewilderment. Next, with a startled cry, I dropped the thing back into the box. The ideograph has already been de- scribed as cut into the jade: now, un- less my bemused senses were tricking me, the undecipherable symbol stood out in relief! Truly Mr, Unruh had classified it was a thin of the devil, I concluded that I was in no frame of mind to give the perplexing mat- ter any further consideration that day. I swore in vexation, impatiently clapped down the cover and threw the box into a compartment of my safe. I swung the heavy door to gave the dial a twirl, and then stood rigid with alarm. At that instant an exclamation of terror from Miss Fox in the outer room brought me up with a start. I hastened out to discover her seated at the typewriter, white-faced, appa- rently petrified with horror at some- thing she beheld in the afternoon pa- per. Judging by Stub's attitude and stupefied expression, he had only jest handed it to her. Without removing her staring gaze from the sheet, she slowly and automatically rose up. I hurried over to her. "What is it?" I demanded—excited- ly, I afterwards realized. "What has happened, Miss Fox?" For a space she seemed not to have heard; but before I could speak again, she turned to me a face drawn with suffering. She did not try to speak; she simply turned the paper so that I could see. And I took in almost at a glance the glaringheadlines: "Steve Willets in Wild Break for Liberty." "Notorious Bandit Heads Successful Plot to Escape San Quen- tin." "Eludes Guards; TrainWrecker and Four Other Desperate Convicts at Large." (To be continued.) Pristine Purity The standard we -have set ourselves demands that 1 I 'e • eiee ' X1II 31 shall always contain only the finest, freshest young leaves. . . . Black, Mixed and Green ASQUITH'S ABILITY. Offered Sixteen Seats Before He Stood for East Fife. At the City of London School Pre- mier Asquith is best remembered as a quiet, studious boywho did, not care for games, but preferred to spend his dinner hour reading the Times. It was the master of Balliol who re- marked, "Asquith will get on, he is so direct." And after a brilliant career at that college, Mr. Asquith was call- ed to the bar in 1876, and became a Q.C. in 1890. Four years previously he had entered Parliament as M.P. for East Fife, Scotland, which he has always represented since. It is a fact not generally known, by the way, that both Mr. Joseph Chamberlain and Mr. Gladstone were so impressed by Mr. Asquith's abili- ties that he was offered 16 different seats before he finally Accepted the invitation to stand for East Fife. Although in public Bee somewhat Cold and austere, Mr. Asquith in pri- v,ate life is the most genial of men, Like Mrs. Acquith, whom he married in 1894, his &et wife having died three years previouely, the Premier seeks relaxation in golf. He has two daughters—the elder of whom, Miss 'Violet Asquith, has just become en- gaged to Mr. Maurice Bonham -Carter, Mr. Asquith's private secretary—and five sons, four of whom are serving their country in the greet war. LORD I3RASSEY. At 80, Hobbling on Two Sticks, Full of Fiery Energy. That wonderful old man, Lord Bras- sey, who is now in his 80th year, has gone to the Dardanelles in his famous yacht Sunbeam, to assist in Red Cross work. His venture is all the more eemarkable because the veteran peer Lord Brassey. is feeling the infirmities of years, and can only walk slowly with the aid of two sticks. But he is full of enthusi- asm for the mission he has under- taken, which will add a new and glori- ous chapter to the history of the Sun- beam, the old-fashioned three -masted yacht in which he has sailed the seven seas, and which is known in almost every quarter of the globe. PLANS -TO STOP WAR BY SWISS. Proposal to Put German Royal Fami- lies in Front Trenches, The London Chronicle's Zurich cor- reepondent cables that a prize of 600 francs $100) has been offered for the best proposal for arriving at terms of peace, by a Swiss newspaper. It has drawn from its readers a number of original suggestions. One is that all members of reigning German' houses should be put into the front line in the trenches, accompanied by all de - Duties of the Prussian Diet, directors of Krupp% and members of the Pan - Germanise Association, In the trenches on the other side should be put the members of the French Camelots du Roi and editors of French nationalist papers. The origi- nator of this suggestion declares that the first volley fired, after all these gentlemen had been placed in position, would insure speedy and satisfactory peace. A French-speaking Swiss woman proposed that Swiss wives and moth- ers should band themselves together, under their Federal flag, and, call to their side women from all the belli- gerent countries. The whole army then would march along the front, from the Vosges to Arras, and would interview the generals of the three great armies, demanding the restora- tion of husbands and sons now serv- ing in the ranks. Forty-five competitors favor the formation of an army of neutrals, which shall force the combatants 'to listen to reason. To overcome the diffidence of each belligerent to make the first proposal it is suggested by one competitor that each belligerent should submit pro- posals in a sealed envelope. When all have submitted their proposals, the envelopes will be opened simultan- eously. To prevent the outbreak of a simi- lar war in the future one competitor recommends total prohibition of sports, alcohol, betting and gambling, and all other excitements tending to encourage a bellicose state of mind. Another competitor recommends that all Governments should send all their subjects abroad at public ex- pense in order that they may broaden their minds by travel among foreign peoples. Madge—"You shouldn't say he's a confirmed bachelor unless you know." Marjorie—"But I do know; I con- firmed him." his is the Sugar for Jain 1nit Tiles" „„mariQi • ek., eee \ -44 en111901:e Ne r,,,fzere" 20Ibs. "lamormr"'". ' 414- "'WHEN I pay for good fruit, and spend a lot of time over it, I want to be sure that my jellies and preserves will be just right. So I always use SUGAR' No doubt that is just what her mother and grandmother did, too, for Igagt has been Canada's favorite sugar for three generations. Absolutely pure, and always the same, it has for -sixty years proved the mot dependable for preserving, canning and jelly -making. It is just as easy to get the' best—and well worth while. So tell your grocer it must be egaggt Sugar, in one of the packages originated in Canada for sle&ac Sugar. 2 and 5 lb. Sealed ags Cartons. "Let Sweeten it." 10, 20, 50 and 100 lb. B. 149 What te Wear and Bow to Wear It. Blouses of voiloe and crepes are triminod with bullet buttons, while tiny buttons covered with organdy ap- pear on organdy bodices, Blue linen and white organdy are combined in shirtwaists, AS in home- spun linen and eyelet embroidery. Little waists of handkerchief linen are successions of puffs, held together with bands of val, They are very quaint and of course every stitch is done by hand, Machine work simply won't do for dainty effeets. A new idea in blouses is the full soft peasant shirt with a little everveet of linen. The vest has a rolling high collar, closes with three or four cro- ehet buttons and boaste two pockets about the size of postage stamps. The cuffs of the shirt are bound with flat linen edging braid, which also is used as a finish for the eleeveless vest, 11 one wants a complete gown one hite but to make a skirt to match the wes- cut, and one is all there. Voila! 'Tis Sons, The fine handkerchief is always worthy of a monogram, which gives a little personal touch of possession and marks the owner as a woman of fas- tidious taste, Some of the new designs in hand- kerchiefs are fascinating beyond words, and strong of mind must -a woman be to resist them. Ono, sig- nificant of the interest in stripes, has a border of diagonal lines grouped boldly, and the monogram appears in the white centre. Another is of hair- lines with a plain white border, rather broad, with a narrow hem. In mauve, rose and tan it is very effective. Beautiful and perfect workmanship is displayed in some of the hand woven fabrics with bands of open- work, of filet pattern, and utterly ex- quisite are some of the materials that are as fragile as cob -web. An irregu- lar hemstitching, which gives the bor- der the effect of scallopers attached to the centre of the handkerchief, is unusual. Among the most expensive hand- kerchiefs are those trimmed with lace insets, so tiny as to make one wonder how they were ever achieved by thread and needle and nimble fingers. We are having our fashion inter- ests aroused by hats made entirely of petersham ribbon. This ribbon was used by our grandmothers for their sixteen -inch waist bands, and is as old-fashioned as hollyhocks and sweet vvilliam bloom. The little ribbons are crinkled and wrinkled and go round and round a hat frame, one circle fol- lowing another. The finest color in the petersham ribbon is the pale champagne tint, which harmonizes beautifully with soldat blue, so usually, a few flowers of that color are used as decoration. One hat of ribbon was made particu- larly ravishing by the addition of roses of champagne colored velvet, veined with black, silk. Flowers of that kind are frightfully expensive, but are effective trimming. The demure little poke bonnet is still appearing, and it comes some- times in black and white check taffeta, To be very demure, under the poke bonnet should be a lace baby cap trim- med with pink roses. This is suitable only for the fluffy girl. Others will not look well in such infantile head - wear. A navy gabardine suit has the high, turned -down collar and the false vestee of navy velvet, the collar be- ing buttoned with gold link buttons and the vestee with single gold but- tons. The Norfolk effect had the front plait trimmed with large, black silk darts at the waistline. The sides and back of the coat are belted. The cuffs are made with a strap, trimmed with black darts. Another autumn suit of black panne plush has the front reaching only to the waistline where it is trimmed with wide black braid, galloons and pendants, holding the fullness. There is a vertical breast pocket at each side of the front, which is fastened with two fancy, fan -shaped galloon frogs. The fullness of the back is held by a strap, the peplum below -be- ing slashed. The collar is edged with ermine. AROUND THE WORLD. Alaska is more than twice as large as the German empire. Redditch is where all British needles are made. United States farmers are still moving into Western Canada, Glasgow flour mills put out 26,000 sacks of flour of 280 pounds weekly, Argentina has 29,600,000 cattle and 9,700,000 horses. Alaska has the greatest fishing wa- ters in the world. Cement was known and used in are. cient Rome. An eel with pink eyes was recently captured in Massachusetts water% Changed Days. "That ould villain of a Kaiser has 1 tinned iverything topsy-turvy since " the war -r started." Mike--"Bow'S that, Pathrick ?" Pat---"Be-jabbera, 1 in oulden times they used to bang thieves on crosses, but now, begorra, O'CifiiitS they be bunging 011 CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL. thie"H." 'Mire ithjustUnited ov(tr 320,000 Bed Indian, n e ' States. We. 5 11 •