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VA1 METHODS
PASTANDP N
T PRESENT
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BY ARTHUR C Z
ART a ASPERs
il'tre writer has made four war
tomes, ges, Personal observation ltas
enuivEncad him of the efficacy of the
rmul'baia: methods employed by our
?ism; ttu+ ensure, as far as is humanly
I1oSSIble; the safety of our ships and
MO diose of neutral nations, The
sru&rsiarine menace' exists—the de-
Mating
e-
st 4 4rrg ,resort of the enemy of the
human race—but the sands of time
;rung sinking and the, day of deliver-
tonts,' is at hand,
A SENSATIONAL, STORY,
Most people want sensational de-
faof the methods by which sub-
marines are captured or destroyed,
A2 &tory something like this. Some-
calitr"e. in the Mediterranean an inno-
cent' hooking freighter was boarded
etre' searched by a naval patrol and
was found to be a supply ship for
Garman submarines, Her "neutral"
mow was removed, A . 4.7 gun and
sr couple of machine guns were put
as board and she continued her aitn-
fess, voyage, Presently up bobbed
titre periscope of U-boat number 1,
which duly came 'alongside in re-
sponse. to flag signals and surrender-
s Thereafter, at intervals, five
outer U-boats were decoyed along-
side, and surrendered. You may be -
Nave this story or not. Probably
yoss are codtent to have your palate
ttckled by the flavor of the mystery.
Bet since you will never know, mi-
ta the war is over, and probably not
sewn then, how precisely these things
ave done, it may be worth your
white to trace how security at sea
happened to come to pass.
LUXURIOUS TRAVELLING
Long periodsof peace and ex-
tension
pee the
tension of travelling facilites by
means of steel ships and steam pow-
etr have made the world callous. Few
people are aware of the painful and
dangerous times through which cotn-
paedffve safety was assured to freight,
?Inman or mercantile,
The torpedoing of valuable vessels
sand the reckless destruction of more
valuable lives sends a thrill of horror
tl rough our too -civilized bodies, It
had become a sort of citizen right,
claimed by all civilized peoples, that
everyone should travel safely and ex-
peditiously, regardless of winds and
storms, perils of the seas, and the
Ung's enemies.
6Tspecially do those who live in
the vast middle territories of the Am-
erican continent, who have never
slood upon the sea shore when the
odes are agitating the surface of
MIS great deeps, find it imposisble to
-picture the elusive tactics of thous-
ands of freighters weaving their
p9.aous ways through submarine
anger zones, "Lest we forget"
what our forefathers did for us, it
Ifecomes the duty of us all to under-
stand' how England has been able in
two years to increase the personnel
of ifs Grand Fleet from 130,000 men
in 1914 to upwards of half a million
in 1916, how 4,000 ships' enter and
teave the ports of the United Kingdom
ha,,•a single week,. according to the
British official statement (exclusive of
•dashing and lgcal craft)„ out of which
va0t,number'dnly a,score ivay be. sunk
by mine or submarine, while perhaps
a dozen or twenty others successfully
s,esist'ed subtnh'rtne attacks.
Sl3A10ESPEARE AND SEA "PERILS
Voyaging was always perilous. The
vimr-: ,mariner crept along the
coast' from harbor to harbor, avoid-
3ng • 'rife' months of storm. He found
arhaven "commodious to. winter in,"
as yrtm may read in the 27th chapter
oft the Acts of the Apostles. There
was always, the .danger. of Pirates.
Shakespeare :makes, Caesar, in An-
tony and •Cleopatra, listen to the re -
post of a messenger relating how
"thl neurates and Menas 'famous pirates
iliake the 'see serve them
C'Aa • vessel' can peep forth but 'tis as
soots
Taken as seen."
!ar) tile' "`Merchant of ' Venice":An-
Conic has '' ventures . "squandered
abroad" to Mexico, Tripolis or Bar-
bary, Lisbon, and. England. Three
of his argosies richly came to the
harbor suddenly; a fourth is wrecked
an that "very dangerous flat and
Sieg where the. carcases of many a
tali:'' ship lie' buried"—the Goodwin
`could Not Lift
Stick of Wood
\ Would Almost Faint From EOvere
Pam in Back — Doctors
Ooaid Not Get the Kid-
a� neys Set Right.
:4rgreat many people suffer the re-
ams of deranged kidneys and do not
understand the cause of trouble or the
vsag tri obtain cure. The writer of this
better suffered excruciating pains in
the back and in vain his physician
+sled to cure him. 1''or some reason
e i other his mediolnee did not have
the desired effect.
Mr. Otte' brother was a merchant
reeding, among other medicines, Dr,
4L a'sse's Kidney -Liver Pills, and he
Godard his customers telling about how
?Men were aired of kidney derange-
rnante by their use. This led to Mr.
4)lte putting them to the test, with
the splendid results reported in this
Ystisra
Mr. kV Q. Oitlti Denton, Carleton
Wbunty, l'i, 11.,' writes: "I am glad . to
Yet *you know how much your mail-
s'ms lois done forme. I suffered from
"Mal isfdneys, which at one time were
tass45'apfi 1 could. not lift a stack of wood
wv�ithbiatgettiht on my knees, and then
vsouldf elhroet taint from the pain in
blsok. I consulted a doctor about
St, and+ he gave me name medicine,
butti itt did 'not help me. lily brother,
who is a merobeht, and carries all
Maur medicines,, advisee me to try D.
rSS3iasels:.I idney-Livor Pills. I gat one
bock and they helped mo, so I got
nice ber one, and kept on until I had
Wren Ave boxes, erhtch cured me. I
lance had no trouble with any back
*Once, and .ant never . without Dr.
d arse d Kidney -Liver Pills in the
3lnsifiuire. Lent slimmer 1 also suffered
iielisee. 'Peewit *tree nem of your
Gentsrrseent, and: It cured them. I can
lyvreconantend xbr. Chase's Pills
we Otntmez4t,"
Dr. Charm Kidney -Liver PW , one
)jet a done` 26e a box, 6 ter ei.06, at
e 1 Beale) er Edmeneon, Bates iVe Co.,
1.,Wialted, Toronto. Do not be :talked
`ibitar>stceeptlnt' a eubstituta or` you will
SMD+ be disappointed.
T1ill WOMEN
WHO ARE ltl
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Since takingit I
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baby girl and have
gain inhealth and
strength. My hus-
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praise your med-
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"the blues" to give this successful
remedy a trial.
For special suggestions in regard to
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Medicine Co., Lynn, Maes. The result
of its long experience is at your service.
Sands.
In "Othello" we have the Duke of
Veniceini
his council chamber dis-
cussing the news of 107. some say
140, Turkish galleys bearing up to
'Cyprus as governor he finds that "a
desperate tempest hath so banged the
Turks" that there is "a grievous wreck
and sufferance of most part of their
fleet."
"In "Pericles Prince of Tyre" you
have the superstitious sailors insist-
ing upon the burial at sea of Queen
Tharsia who has been delivered of
a little daughter, Marina, during a
great storm. The queen is restored
to life and enters the temple of Di-
ana at Ephesus. Marina is carried
off by pirates from Tarsus and mar-
ries the governor of Mytilene. Both
in 'Pericles' and in the Tempest' are
magnificent descriptions of storms
and shipwreck. In the latter play,
written doubtless from some sailor's
account of Bermuda, you have the
desert island in tropic seas, docile or
savage natives, and all the magic of
peril and adventure,
GROWTH OF ENGLISH SHIPPING
It was about Shakespear's time
that England first began to trade in
the far seas. English shipping grew
steadily from Alfred's time through
the Norman and Plantagenet per-
iods, always in conflict with the
Hanseatic League or Turkish pirates,
convoying armies to France when
our kings claimed sovereignty there
until in the seventeenth century, the
New World route having been open-
ed out by Columbus and others, and
certain adventrous Portugese and
Dutch sailors having navigated round
the Cape to India, the day of the
Companies began.
In 1581 the Levant Company with
factories at Smyrna was formed. In
1579 the Eastland Company began
trading in the Baltic, In 1600 the
East India Company started. The Hud-
son's Bay Company followed later, in
1670.
The fleet whialt harrassed and foiled
the Armada in 1588 was largely com-
posed of merchant ships, The tonnage
of that day of all English ships did not
exceed the tonnage of a present day
liner of moderate dimensions. By the
time of the Napolenoic wars it had
grown enormously,
This great extension of trading
came about under a system of mo-
ndpolies and protection which was
eventually broken up. lts abandon-
ment was due in no small degree to
the theories of Adam Smith and Ric-
hard Cobden.
Trading to far lands being very
dangerous by reason of piratical acts
of the nations both in peace and
war, and because of the undoubted
perils of the seas, a continual con-
flict went on between the privileged
companies and the Free merchant
adventurers. It was also considered
necessary to stimulate thine industries
at the expense of Ireland and of for-
eign countries such as Portugal, Spain,
France and Holland. Such a policy also
ran counter to the interests of the Am-
erican colonies. Nevertheless, under
such a policy England obtained the
carrying trade of the world and es-
tablished industries, which with the ad-
vent of inventions, made her a great
manufacturing country,
"YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND."
It would be erroneous to attribute
success to policy or protection.
Rather it was due to individual dar-
ing and resourcefulness, It is the
men who make a city—the sailors
who grasped the sovereignty of the
seas in those lawless and tempest-
uous tunes, So will it be now,
Heredity and a similarity of con-
ditions cause the daring exploits of
the past to be repeated into a too
civilized present.
In the time of, Queen Elizabeth
every merchant ship was armed and
had to run the gauntlet of the ,Span-
ish navy whenever it entered the
Mediterranean.
For about three centuries before
that the fishing boats of the North
sea had to encounter the piratical
methods of the Hanseatic League,
the, principal cities of which .were
Hamborg, Bremen and Lubeck.
For a couple of centuries after
that the channel was constantly.
swept, first by . the Dutch warships,
afterwards by French privateers and+
warships.
Admiral Hughes fought the French;
admiral Suffren in the, Iiay of Bengal.
for five successive seasons about Cite
ve's time, Fierce fghts raged in seas+
remote from tate tight little island ands
across all the trade routes. The ac'
tivities of the Emdetn and other Germs'
man raiders are no new things,
Through all the centuries there ex-
isted a: race of hardy adventurous sail-
org atoned the Coasts of England, men
ingenious, subtle' and greatly daring.
The Germans dill not reckon, with that
When they launched titbit canipaign of
subtearine frightfulness, They are
nteeting the descendants of the old sea
i
kings, molt. 'trot ed ill Ole 'sehoyl.
>overtYY $01.4;41144;'iand hourly per
tlan,you doubt the result?, , ,
ILECitNT AUTHENTICATED CAS
The Submarine campaign opened
February 1915,. During the first s
weeks not a single trawler was sun
Then the Germans discovered their
ler iia 'ri
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lent, iiv d enemy, Bu
t t et t
> y, th
were a long; time liiidiug out what 1
methods were, and his methods i
proved ,its time went 'on and adapt
themselves tq,:new cirenmstanees,
The submarine is 'a fragile craft;``
cannot .remain submerged for. ever; 1
limitations eoufne it to shallow sea
which can be netted and shined;. wh
it takes to the vasty deep it can rare
discharge with accuracy its death -des
ing weapons; its habit and haunts a
readily discovered and •controlled.
,1h December, 1915, 'a certan lin
in the Medjferranean was challeng
by two sutmarines, She carried
gee. A.gunnery expert who happpene
to, be on beard took 'charge. At h
second shot he sank submarine numb
oiie, Number two fell behind an
started long range fire, A well-direc
ed shot two hours later prevented th
submarine from submerging and th
first shot of the hurrying destroy
sent her to the bottom, In Januar
1917, the Oxonian arrived safely in a
English port, having sunk its submar
by direct gun fire. In February 191
a little French freighter came .into Ne
York harbor witli a similar achievemet
to its credit. These are three authent
cated cases. The British official r
ports speak of very many mercitaa
ships having successfully engaged su
marines.
ARMING OF MERCHANTMEN.
The Ministry of Munitions ofllcta
ly states that the output of 6-inc
guns such as are now mounted o
merchant ships amounts to 4,000 p
Month. Dr. Addison, the Minist
of Munitions, in the House of Cot
mons a month ago testified to th
enormous increase in the out -turn
all kinds of guns, Lord Beresford,
the House of Lords lately gave his
pinion that the submarine menac
would be well in hand in six weeks o
a couple of tnonths.
"The meteor flag of England shall y
terrific burn,
Till danger's troubled night depart an
the star of peace return."
These words were written in th
terrible tines of Napolean, Then,
note, the spirit of the nation triump
ed, and it was to our tenacious, hero
seamen that Europe owed its delive
ance from the Great Peril.
EVOLUTION OF SHIPS
Naval methods changed in the
course of the centuries. The med-
iaeval ,galley got its driving force
from a one -oar syst'etn operated by
numerous rowers to each oar, They
had leather bags closing the aperture
through which the oar worked back
and forth. These were the galleys
which defeated the Turks at Lepants
in 1571, and carried the ensigns of the
Venetian and Genoise Republics. They
were a great advance upon the Pheoni-
cian and Cretan methods and those of
Carthaginian and Roman sailors, who
used a one -oar -one-man system, mul-
tiplying, as time went on, the banks
of oars. The mediaeval galley in turn
yielded to the sailing vessel, handy and
swift, evolved out of the experience of
the Dutch and English, The daring and
resourcefulness of the latter triumphed
over the slower galleys of the Armada:
The victories of Nelson and his great
captains were won, by consummate sea-
manship similar to that employed by
Admiral Beatty in the Jutland Battle,
which was robbed of its results by a
sea mist,
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CASES
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MAN VERSUS MACHINERY
From very early tines vessels in
the Mediterranean were armed with
siphons or projectors for the- use of
Gree - fire doubtless discovered by the
Saracens, who drew their supplies from
the oil fields of the Caspian Sea, Greek
'fire was -'used in the wars of the Cru,
saders, • niid at 'the siege' of Malta In
1586, Then gradually came the guns
—fired at close range at a moving tar-
get from. a heaving platform. in our
own day the discovery of steel and
long-range artillery and the greater
speed of the `turbine engine marked the
advance of scientiffic discovery. But
always, as in the past so now, what
really counts is the ingenious resource-
ful mind of man, quick to adopt new
methods. In a trial of strength the
human factor is always decisive. Man
versus machinery, Machinery a mere
servant of man. The freeman trium-
phant over the highly disciplined ma-
chine.
11 is over tits aspect of the new
fighting that a veil is drawn, The Bri-
tish do not say how many submarines
have been destroyed or captured. They
speak vaguely of nets and gun fire and
aeroplanes droping bombs and an in-
dicator w,hich registers the proximity
of a submarine. But its all in that
spirit of deadly elusive cheerfulness
which makes light of danger while em-
ploying an unsleeping resolute ingenu-
ity to defeat that danger,
it is worth our while to stop ask-
ing questions. The great battle for
Humanity is being fought Out by men
who do not seek headlines or pay, be-
ing content to have the whole world
in their debt.
The nations not so blest as thee
Shall in their turn to tyrants fall,
While titou dost flourish great and free,
The pride and envy of them all,
SUFFERED WiTH KIDNEYS
FOR THREE YEARS.
70 YEARS OLD, AND CURED.
Late in life the body is likely to show
signs of wear, Often the kidneys are the
first organs to weaken. That's why
many elderly folks suffer from backache.
lame back, poor eyesight, rheumatic
pales, gragel,,,drepsy.,: and iaaltility to
control the urine
Doan'qa� leidney. Pille« kava made lits
more eodifoYitbble 'fbiz thtitadliltda of old
fol1tl,,,astthey, stecalllat'e'thc ludo�Qyye enc}
tyeterto'titievittti3, nceuntatae jointed, : - act,,
eche eine\ too'itidquent minut :ere When
past taiddletirge It is se gobd ii;5lan to' use
DoateoIleidne •Pills• oceaaionally, just
do keep the kittt}ti�dys health ,'
M' -Join(' G-''6meithe l5dlTtiiit{'(Ont.;
cytiteis:'tlevee'eieu ect'With, ref kidliieed.
fbr threeereareithd tried eeveral`Ylderettl:
I go% ddtter"fotf a little whilepenttttite'
eking' trhublel tame, bank.. f1t f Fiona 'told'
Liao
tee gget a bsX of .Dean's ,TCidhositIs ia;
and:bofore 1 htdtaken them ltfelbb5 ttor
andlrapt on until I had taken five taxes,
1 sih seventy .ghats old anis bald givotd up
that there was :my help for me, bet
thanks to, Doan s I have been cured.
Price 60e. a, box,, at all dealorn or
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tin e t t ti
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See that out trade Meek re !Wetted'
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Xela " appetite on the Wrapper.
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MR. LORENZO LEDUC
3 Ottawa $t.,1 nU, P.Q.
"Fruiteetieea" is certainly a wonder,
For a year, I suffered with Rheuma-
tism; being forced to stay in bed
forfave months. 1 tried all kinds of
medicine but without getting better i
and thought'I would never be able
to walk again.
"One day while lying in bed, I read
about `Fruit -a -Lives' the great fruit
medicine; and it seemed just what I
needed, so I decided to try it.
The first box kclped nae, and I took
the tablets regularly until every trace
of the Rheumatism left me.
I have every confidence in 'Fruit-4-
tives' and strongly recommend them
to every suffererfrom•Rheumatism".
LORENZO LEDUC.
50e. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c.
At all dealers or sent postpaid on
receipt of price by Fruit -a -tires
Limited, Ottawa, Ont.
AGRICULTURAL EVENT
further' e0ntefnpt fpr altret�ulaflotls,
Eleven peiteties an 'reroute, Well
!pilot! to ee'Mply, with° the, regula-
tloes 'of the Cap tris food board, pee-
htbiting the lia,kin}g of •breed, 011 Elie
sole of the oven have been closed by
suspefision of 'their, liPetisee for 'seven
days tram $i idnigltt 'of Wednesday,
August ❑s
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s A „d n kelt' that, Gefi;
oral St triatien , Is taking a hand ' in
bagging these herds of lien prisoners,
Toronto Iles or its' : consideration
damage Chills Of over $75,000 es a
result of the, recant rioting . there,
That is one' �problen where. '110
shrinkage in' values ,iaeed be looked
Teti conscientious objectors, recent-
ly, tried at' Hamilton by court 'martial
were senfejiced ley the 'court td life
imprisonment, according to announce-
ment made. The authorities
at Ottawa have commuted the sen-
tence.to ten years,
Germany has now officially admitted
that Lieut, Commander Schweiger who
commanded the submarine which sunk
the Lusitania was himself lost with
the U 88, which was destroyed by
British mines last September,
More than 2,200 soldiers from Lon-
don Camp have left _ Carling Heights
on six'weeks' leave of absence to
participate in harvesting. Among
those permitted' to go were a number
who had been warned for the next
draft, • Agriculture however, has
proven a strong call,' and generous
treatment is being accorded all who
are able to demonstrate that they
were workers:on the land before
joining the army.
Ten years ago a company of Bo
Scouts was organized in Chesley and Boy
would appear that the training the
boys got at that time instilled an ele-
ment of partiotisni or militarism into
their blood. At any rate when the
war broke out and the call went out
for. volunteers all these boys, 22 in
number, responded. Two of them
have fallen and one has been returned
home incapacitated by wounds.
* * * * * * * * * * *
OUR NEW SERIEL
* *
e THAT MAINWARING
• AFFAIR
OF THE YEAR • by A. Maynard Barbour
* * * * * * * * * * *
The Western Fair
SEPTEMBER 6th to 14th, 1918
The Western Fair Association of Lon
don, Ont., are in the forefront this year
with advertising matter for their blg
Exhibiton in September. Prize Lists,
Hangers and Maps hvae been prepared'
and have been mailed throught the
country, The management have added
31,500,00 cash to the Prize List this
year, This has been carefully distri-
buted throught the different depart-
ments and certainly snakes the list very
attractive from the Exhibitor's stand-
point,. The Live Stock Department
should draw a large entry as the prizes
are really worth while and a win at
London's Exhibition means consider-
able, If you have not recived a prize
list and would like one, drop a post
card to A. M, Hunt, Secretary„ London,
telling him the kind of entry form you
require and it will be sent you at once.
THE FIRST LiNE Of DEFENSE
Pure blood is the body's first line
of defense. against disease. Strong,
healthy blood neutralises the poisons
of invading germs, or destroy the
germs themselves. That is why many
people exposed to disease do not con-
tract it. Those whose blood is weak
and watery and therefore lacking in
defensive power are most liable to
infection. Every body may observe
that healthy, red blooded people are
less liable to colds and the grippe
than pale, bloodless people. it is
the bloodless people wito tire easily,
who are short of breath at slight ex-
ertion, who have poor appetites, and
who *ake up in the morning as tired
as when they went to bed. While
'women and girls chiefly suffer from
bloodlessness the trouble also affects
both boys and men. It simply affects,
girls and women to a greater extent
because there is a greater demand up-
on their blood supply,
To renew and build up the blood
there is no remedy can equal Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills. They tone up the
entire system, make the blood rich
and red, feed and strengthen starving
nerves, increase the appetite, put color
in the cheeks, give refreshing sleep
and drive. away that unnatural tired
feeling, Plenty of sunlight and whole-
some food will do the rest.
You can get. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
through any dealer in medicine or by
mail at So cents a box or six boxes for
$2.50 from The Dr, Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont,
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Short Readable Itema for Our Readers
The Normal schools open on Tues-
day, September 17th, at 9 a, m.
The Cat -tertian National Exhibition
Will be- held in ;Toronto from August
26th fo September 7th.
The .war is said to be costing
Theat'United 1 States 5'000 a war expenseminute.
$5.0,000,000•a day,
The Ontario Agricultural College
at Guelph has more students this
year taking' the summer course than
at any previous time. in its history.
Over 500 school teachers and inspec-
tors are now engaged in the. short
course of Agriculture.
It is estimated that the severity of
last winter killed from five to ten
per cent, of the peach trees in Ni.'
agara district, with further injury to
Hie top growth- in many cases. The
crop in Essee, Kent and Lambton
counties will 'Ise very light, and only
about 30 er,40-per cent,, of normal
iu the'Niagara district, ,
• The, Yhrbd�'li,'aehines teed for pull-
ing flair 111 the district' north of Ter-
cet(); all jirdelete''a -suc'cess. They
saVel ico;ftlderable 'i'thor: and do the
Work lnucit"1si±±d' thou by hand.
Mlhtary', ''defaulters, who have
strapped their fingers at the autltori-
ties, have had their tone to report
extended.; until .Auggust 24. It Is vary
questionable whether 'sueli leniency,
itt this and other matters, serves any
geed
gedtreraf s, stay RItthteedwtoh breed
(Continued from last Week)
which tie had seen in the desk. This
he speedily found, and, having placed
it at the right angle, leaned over to
get a view of the name as it had been
originally written. As he did so, he
caught sight of some faint tines above
the signature which he had not ob-
served, but which were plainly visible
in the mirror. It was well for the
secretary that he was alone, for, as
he read the signature with the words
outlined above, he was spellbound.
For a moment he seemed almost para-
lyzed, unable to move. His brain
whirled, and, when he at last sank
back in his chair his face was blanch-
ed and he felt giddy and faint from
the discovery which he had made.
Gradually he became conscious of his
surroundings. Again he heard as in
a dream, the conversation in the ad-
joining room, The attorney was
speaking,
"1 do not at present feel at
liberty to give the source of my in -
information, but I can assure you it
is perfectly reliable and my informant
would never have made such an as-
sertion unless he had ample auth-
ority to back it up."
"1 don't care a rap for your infor-
mation or its source," the other
interrupted impatiently, "The
whole thing is simply preposterous.
The estate descended regularly to
Hugh Mainwaring, and from hint to
our own family,, as next of kin. You
can see for yourself that to talk of
other claimants having prior rights
is an utter absurdity."
"Had not Hugh Mainwaring an eld-
er brother?"
"He had; but you must be aware
that he died a great many years
ago."
"But had that elder brother no
issue?"
"None living," Mr. Mainwaring re-
plied/ coldy. Then added, in the
same tone, "Even had there been,
that fact would have no bearing on
this case, Mr. . Whitney. The entire
estate was transferred to Hugh Main-
waring by legal process before the
death of his brother he and his' heirs
having been forever disinherited, so
that it is the same as though he had
never existed,"
While he was speaking, the secre-
tary entered the library, his pallor and
unusual expression attracting Mr.
Whitney's attention. In response to a
glance of inquiry -troll the latter,
however, he merely said:—
"The
aid —
"The copy is completed, You Will
find it on the desk," and passed from
the library In to the hall.'
Still wondering at his appearance,
Mr, Whitney proceeded to the tower -
room, and a moment later both gen-
tlemen were absorbed in the persual
of the duplicate of the lost will; but
afterwards the attorney recalled that,
on taking the document from tee
desk. he had noticed that the large.
blotter covering the top had been
emoved and replaced by a new- one,
There was no perceptible .change
n Scott's appearance during the
enalnder of the day, except that,he
eemed more than usually thought-
ul, sometimes to the verge of ab.
traction, but lir reality, his mind was
o preoccupied with endless doubts
aid surmises regarding his recent
isoovery that he found it exceeding.
y 'difficult to concentrate his atten
ion upon the work required of hind.
That afternoon, however,. while en-
aged in looking through some im-
ortant documents belonging to Hugh
ainwaring, kept at the city offices,
cablegram was handed him, ad-
ressed to himself personally, froth
arton & Barton, a Well-known legal
rut in London. The despatch itself
aused frim little surprise, as he had
een in correspondence with this firin
or more than a year; but the con-
nts of the message were altogether
nexpected, and left in a state of be-
ildermetit. It read,---
"Have you met J, Henry 'Car-
thers of London, supposed to have
iled ten days since, or can you
ve Us his whereabouts?"
Fortunately, Scott was alone, Ralph
ainwaring and the attorney being in
e private offices and he had ptetety
opportunity to. recover front his
rprise. For half an hour lie re-
lies(' the matter in his thoughts,
angering whether this had any bear -
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lowing reply;:
"Person n(elttioned seen on 7th
instant. No trace,, since You' have
myletter of the 8th instant, Cable
instructions."
As the Mainwaring carriage ap-
peared at the offices at four o'clock
to convey the ` gentlemen to Fair
Oaks, Mr. Whitney was surprised to
flnd the secretary still engaged at
his desk.
"If you will excuse me,"- the latter
said, "pleasantly "1 will not go out to
'Fair Oaks this evening, . I have some
unfinishedwork here, and 1 wit 're-
main in the city to -night,"'
Upon entering the offices the next
day, however, the attorney found
the following note addressed' to him-
self;
"Mr. Whitney.
"Dear Sir. -1 regret to be com-
pelled to inform you that you will
have to look for another assistant,
as important business calls me away
for an indefinite period. Do not
give yourself any trouble concerning
the salary which you kindly offered
me. I am not in need of it, and have
only been too glad to render you the
little assistance within my power,
knowing, as I do, that you have no
easy case on your hands,
Trusting we shall meet in the
Iutu•s, 1 am, with great esteem,
Very truly yours.
"H, Scott".
As Mr, Whitney read and rerea'i
this note, the words of the detective
regarding the private secretary were
recalled to his mind, and he mutter -
Yes, Merrick was right. It is very
evident the young roan is not "look-
ing for a job;' but I'll be blessed if 1
know what to think of himi"
Upon Mr. Whitney's return to Fair
Oaks, he found the guests assembled
on the verandah, overlooking the river,
Mr. Merrick who had Just returned
from a few days' absence, being also
included in the company, There were
many exclamations of surprise and con.
siderabie comment when Mr. Whitney
told of the sudden disappearance of
the secretary,
"Now, that is too bads" cried Edith
Thornton. "He was so interesting,
and we were begining to dike him
so much,"
"1 don't know that any of us were
so charmed with hint as one might be
led to suppose from your remark,
Edith," said Isabel Mainwaring, with a
disdainful glance towards the attorney,
who had seated himself beside Miss
Carleton; "but stere, almost any one
will answer for a diversion, and he
was really quite entertaining,"
"It is not to be expected that you
would see or appreciate his good
points," said her brother, with half a
sneer; "but Scott is a fine fellow and a
gentleman, and 1 shall miss him aw-
fully."
Miss Carleton remained silent; but
for some reason, unexplainable to her-
self, she was conscious of 'a vague
sense of disappointment and injury.
She would not admit to herself that site
eves troubled because Scott had gone,
it was the manner of his departure.
ence,
Surely,shehaafter
d thshe owfrtenndshlhe p andmigcdnht fldat -
hili,
least have sent some word of farewell,
Instead of leaving as he had, apparent-
ly without a thought of her, However,
she chatted graciously with Mr. Whit-
ney, though, all the while, a proud
dark face with strangely beautiful eyes
persistently forced itself before her
mental vision, nearly obliterating tate
smiling face of the attorney,
Meanwhile Ralph Mainwaring was
sub�e
givingct, the detective his views on the
"I, for one, am not sorry that he has
followed the example of the coachman
and taken himself off. It is my opin-
ionu," hecontinued, In impressive tones
t "that we will yet find he had reasons
for leaving in this manner."
"Un doualbtedlyl" Merrick replied,
equ,
with
Now, thatem'ps hasisjust where you're
wrong, governor," said young Main-
waring. "Scott is as good as gold.
There is no sneak about him, either;
and if he had reasons for leaving as he
has, they were nothing to his discredit;
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