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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1912-03-07, Page 7‘41,reh 7th. 1912' Pitatoit Neirs-Rieord D., eleTAGGART M. MeTAGGART ciaggar , • , • A GENERAL BANKING ITUSI:, ESS , TRANSACTED.NOTES DISCGIINTElD, DRAFTS ISSUED. NTEREST ALLOWED ,O4 DE- POSITS.. SALE NOTES. 'PUR- CHASED, I -L T. RANCE. - - NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- AnTCER, FINANCIAL, REAL STATE AND FIRE INSUR- ANCE AGENT. R,EPRE- SENTING 14 FIRE INSUR- ANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION COURT OFFICE, CLINTON. W. BRYDONE, • BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. OFFICE-- Sfoane Block -CLINTON. 014A31I,ES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public Commissioner, Etc. REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE. Issuer of Marriage Licenses, , HODON STREET, - CLINTON, DRS. GUNN Jc GANDIER, elk Dr. W. Gunn, L. R. C. P., L. Th. C. S. Falin. Dr, J. C. Gaudier, B. A., M R.. Oftlee-Ontario St., Clinton. Night enlist ar residence, Rattenbury St. or at Hospital, R. J. W. SHAW. -OFFICE- RATTENBURY ST. EAST, -CLINTON.- DR. C. W. Tuompsag, pHYSICIAN, SURGEON, ETC. 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A barmaid is ))0*0 •refresement room who •gave Mina clue, cm she remembered it light-a:ire ed, clean-shaven man with an eye-' glees coming in to get a &ass of' brandy for his wife, who had been, raken ill in a fi00t-e0ass3wa1ting-room.1 rhis explanation led to the discovery! of a porter, who remembered tbe same tentlernan coming out of the waiting-' room to explain that his wife hull Taintecl, and asking him to help her! to a waiting motor. The lady, said, the porter, was geeing and pretty,1 with red hair. He was unable to mei he eolour of her ees, 1W thy were r riosect. The portelihelped the gereo amen to carry his wire to the motor -3 :or and then -having been well paid, -returned to the • waiting -room to like back the empty grass which had been left on the table, The inotor-car VAS a private one, the porter thought, tad it was driver by a smart' chauf- Sur. He had not noticed the num- ber. Venally Carver came across a :abman, who had remarked the faint-, og lady 'and the agitated gentleman sem seemed much concerned. The notor had driven down the street in - a the town, but there it had been ost sight of. ' , These explanations were all that :mild be obtained, and, armed with ibis knowledge, Sim went to make nquirtes from the police as to whe- .her anyone had seen the motor -car n question. It was not quite easy to ronjecture what had happened, and fim could only surmise that while Olson was waiting for him in the room, Merker must have entered, and tri some way managed to render her nsensible. It this had been clone, of entree the rest of the business would ie easy to manage, seeing that Mer- cer had called the insensible girl his wife. None of those who had iloticed he episode at the station seemed to hink that anything unusual had iappened, so Carver did not enlIght- in them. Alan after reflection, he *drained from questioning the police. a the first place, it would be lemma- rible to trace the car, which was like tozens of others; and in the second, t was just as well to let Meeker think that the authorities were not taking tp the matter, Then he would be ulled into •a state of false security, Ind would grow careless which would render the chances of 'his being braced nueh easier. So Jim went to Miss eardley and related the eengentous day In wbich Merker had kidnapped he girl, and then prepared to return o London to see Folio. 'Are you sure the .gentleman watt dr. Meeker?" aeked Miss Yardley, inxiously. "Quite sure. The clean-shaven face, he light hair, and the eye -glass all lescribe Merker exactly. Re is not * clever as f thought him, as it vould have been safer for him to lave adopted some disguise. How - wen he is such a daring rascal that terhaps he did not think it would be eseessary to change his face or dress. MO puzzles me," ended Jinn, when eking leave of the old maid, "is how te managed to drug Alison. The nere sight of him entering the wait - ng -r0000 would send her out of le" "Of course neither Miss Yardley tor anyone else could answer this inestdon, so Jim went back to the tatIon and, having wired to Podia, ook the first train back to London. tt, was late in the afternoon when he !reeved at his lodgings, and there he buud waiting for hint, not only the tegro, but also Donna Chrititlna, petbing with rage. Foal° had evi- Imlay lost no time in enlisting the ervices of the Spanish lady, and hese were given only two gladly, Ince she was prepared to hang and luarter Meeker for his treachery. )onna Chrietina was a perfect ext mine of a woman monied, as her lassionate love for the explorer had hanged into an equally passionate Iatred. Oh, the viilain: tbe beast: the auto: the crawling snake: the subtle tar!" cried Donna Christina, pacing iarver's email sitting -room in her *restrained fury. "Re swore to me hat what the Senora said was false, le bad not proposed: he had no idea proposing: he did hot love her: he lever would love her. And all the ime: all the time -Donna Christin& hitched her throat with a scream of asslonate rage -be was cheating me: beaking me heart: treating mo like , piece of mud he could tread under ds foot.' But I shall be avenged. I hall be .avenged. Imprisonment, nol lisgrace, no! Both are too weak. He hall hang." "Hang!" ecnoed Carver, sharply, do you mean to gay 'that Merker eurdered—" "I mean to eay nothing as yet," in. Demoted the woman, ehecking ker. elf, and striving to govern her tem. or. "When face, to face with that Il -lain I may say much,- He has lied ) me: he has betrayed me: he shale effer. I theught he was a clever len, but I never believed him to be wise one. Yet ellen a fool would ot have risked offending me." , Look here, Senora Pinzon," said im, regolutely, "YOU evidently know le absolute teeth about tide minder, ad Meeker has everythieg to do with' eine' Moment* yen storm eagainse MOiL rker, the next you defend him?" "I don't, defend ilitn:" ' "Pardon me, Ittedalh, but I ehilik i you de," Keel Fodlo, who had, been, iltliesntlih listening • tz itheogedreattt ,;_outtenwtioitrtit. "Thi,ocinniae.; Donna ObrIstina screamed again - "With contempt -me With don- Itempts„ 3 , 3 "Can. you deny it, \viten ate prefers another woman to you?" rode) Jacon, ling seen that her vanity was up la ;arms, eontinued, to •mess his point elle Wake that 31181, Weddell is more rinore-e--4 Ibeautiful than You: more Welter: , "Oh!" The woman dropped into a 'chair and beat her knees with her !clenched flats. She could scarcely ;speak for rage, and reverted spas- modlcaily to her native tongue, as she lalways did when In a temper, "Las 3corteseta rpala.bras oaten muche y euestan Paco, Senor, You insult me!" "I tele you tlee truth!" replied rthe negro, stolidly. "If he does not think Se I say, why should he carry off 3Mies Weldon. Doubtless he evill mar- ry her." ' i "Never: Never! Never! There is much to say before he dare do that. I Am to be his wife.I, who epealoto Tome • et. I believe myself that he returned to Bun Holies utter Fodio lett • M. Weldon, entered the berlroetn to steaf the fettiele Mr. VIeldon woke while he was marching and thus met .h1e death. Afterwards, so as to hide- hle track,' Merker locked the bedro,ont door and eecaped by the window doWn• the rope. Is not that the'cage?". DollChi3rethitinda, sekinlonle know?" was, under the inflnence of She elegping draught." , "Yet perhaps hot sufficiently so but what you might have seen Merker evhen he looked into your reale." "Looked into my room," screamed the woman furioaely. "He would not dare to do that. If Ire Old, I know nothing about it ears. Crenshaw RAW that I was Sound asleep before she went away. She gave me the eleep- miXture berself, Senor Carver, Aak her if you doubt me," "I do not doubt you," retorted jint, tartly, "ort:,ly hot ,aad "'What?" Jim raised his eyebrows 'in polite surprise. "When, he has treated you art so base a way 9" "I scorn him." Donna Christina started to ter feet, looking the pic- ture of unrestrained animal fare. "My love for hint has turned to hatred. As he has eo treated me, he shall Buffer. Listen bothof you. Paul ia Ibeno," • Jim rose with a etartled expression of surpriee, but Fodio uttered a gut - 3 tenet murmur d stietsfaction."1 thought as mural," he said, nodding toward Jen. Mr. Weldon heard sornettUng ,at the Meeting he attended before he 'died which gave him some such Ira- 3pression. He did not know that Mee- ker was Ibeno, but he thought that he was one of his lieutenants. For that reason he set me to France to r question the French missionary." , 'And did the relestonary In Bor 'deaux my that Merker was Ibeno?" asked Jim; who was utterly taken aback by this startling intelligeace. "No. He could not be certain, al- though he bad a ctrong idea that such waa the eaee. But Ngevam linows the absolute truth, and I be- lieve be told it to Mr. Weldon, so there was every reason for' Mr, Mee- ker to silence him." , "Of course: of course," broke in Carver, bewildered. "If It became ,known to the authorities that Merker es Reno, he would be entirely ruin- ed," "He would be hanged," ectid Donna ChrlstIna,coolly. "Ibeno la wanted 'for mauy a murder in both the Apr kara country mid the Peach lands.' "But are you sure, Senora? It Is reported that Ibeno is one of the 'Senousei and was a favourite slave of Kontagora." "Ale bah! Paul set that rumor go- ing for his own safety. When he went. exploring be simply darkened Ole skin and changed his dense In the ruined city of Ozu. Prom that place he issued as Ibeno to plunder and murder. When he grew tired, or was in danger of Me, lie became a Euro - 'peen once more and returned to civ- ilization. No one ever suspected that Paul Merkel' was Ibeno, and for that reason he hap not been captueed, But I know." Donna Christina touched her breast "Yes, I swear It. I was in Nigeria and I learned rl'aurs se- eret. I loved him too well to betray him, and be promised to make me hie wife. Now, he shall suffer. What If say to you I shall say to those at the Colonial Office to -morrow." • "No," interposed needle, sharply. "It Mr. Meeker is driven into a cornerhe might murder Miss Weldon." "Re would not dare," cried Jim, turning Pale. "Oh, you donn know the tales I have 'heard of lbeno'a cruelty, Carver. eee Mr. Meeker, he Is civilized, ,and Mies Weldon 18 safe With him. But once he knows that Me secret has been diecovered, and he, will dare anything. Before be can be denounc- ed, we must rescue Miss Weldon." • "Yes! Yes! I can see that. But bow?" "I can tell sem," said the Spanish lade, suddenly, "Ng'wem knows, and Ng'warn slum ten you where Paul is hiding wine your beloved." "Ng'warn," said Fenno. looking at the speaker, "but he cannot be found. I have had detectives searching for him everywhere. I wished to find nint long ago, so es to learn for cer- tnia II" Mr. Ide,rIcer is Ibeno." Mr, Weldon Intimated some- thing about Newant's knowledge!" , • "I am perfeetly sure, Carver, Ow reg'weien told Mr. Weldon all he knew About hie master out of revenge tor his beatings. And it is possible that- nir, Weldon let Air. Maker know that • no was aware of hie secret." 1 "In that case," said Carver, slowly.; ,nit was to Meeker's 'interest to sl - Renee Mr, Weldon, even bY murdering him." 3 3 "Exactly," replied Fedi°, "I al- ways oak!, and I say now, that Mr,3 'Meeker is the---" "No," interrupted Donna Christinn; 'before 'the negro could Minh sen -I rce, "you cannot be sure of that( I "For whiter ' 3 "Walt until Miss Weldon ie rese cued. Then—) she heettated. "Then you will exedain to the no - Mee how Merkel* murdered Mr. Wel- . "I shall do nothing of the sort," said the Spanish lady, eharPlY. "YOU assume boo niacin Senor. I was asleep all the time,. tie I have said before, and therefore know nothing for certain" "131st Yell nntPeet—" "I 'cannot even etty that, Senor. all, the erime wae committed for the sake of the fetish. Find that and you find the erne -Seal. So' far as I am concerned to tell the autherits.that Paul is 'ben*, and they cite do what they want As regares the murder, It el tune of ray bueleese," Carver looked at her searthingly. by no means sure that She was speaking Om troth. To be sure on Ole , 43,e e /I— site_ eeteld oat esessibly heve'ltrieeerieWhat hrid 'taken "place 0 that fatal eight beeausei'of ter (lee Sleep.' All the stone, 'Carver could no lie certain or her assertion, lioweVar, as the ,main thing was te' find Alison, gihd, rescue her' froM# the power 'of the ,villain, Ole Young man thought it just as well net to qUetition, Donna. !Christine, too, clbsely. He at once 'abandoned'. his' ettltmle of doubt, cepted whet She said tor gOsosi truth, 3and reverted' to the main euetect -of !conversation -"Can you find Ng', n When A's-ilso» recevercd her R senees she. eterosi,ed 11elSe4 14 a ' 'Yet," repliee. Donna Christine positively, and pinning on her veil be fore theelobking-gless oyer the tran- 'tle-plece. "lie,hsa been .irtnaY for re-. ,,,long time froin'the, house where Paul's 'natives dwetl. "But he reterns at e tenon- for once Or twice Paul has sent Ihlre for a message. for Me."' ! "'Cart YOn understand tvhat Newam 'dia"10eti "02 course, iBt ursue:leBle a mik ntistl severiaP aitaa'taivnei 'does not for one -moment ` suspect that 1 know he carried off Miss wen ides, therefore, if I, sent to ask him t. is question he will send Ngevam or t'someone elfin to reply to me, I can ineent an 'excuse nou -see, Which will compel him either to lime himself or !send ,a native." ' "Hew can. you 'manage that?" asked ,Carver, anxiously. Donna Ohriatina smoothed her jacket and daughed harshly, "Oh, I .know much about Pawl that ao one 3relree =left knotre, as it would be dan- gerous to hint. My message will deal with one of our manly secrets con ;nected with Ibeno and razu. Ile evil ihave to come and .answer my quota Bone buinself, or send a melee, as Amid. If be comes, I shall find from robservatIon, where rhe goes when he out of London, and so may possi ;My find Where Miss Weldon is eon ;coaled." "Bat Mr, Merker yvill not, risk lel tting you know anything," argued Fo. idea • Donna Christina latughed again "You can trust a woman to learn what she wants to learn. I keowl how to manage Paul. I1 he sends iNg'wani, I can learn from him, and rif any other native comes, I cm ael iwhere Ng'wam is to be femme An bntli Ngavarn and all the natives; know that I ani in the confidence oe their master, 'there will be no diffie reuety in my learning the secret place where Miss Weldon is hidden." e'thtless Merker has warned the nee nives and Ng'wain especially, to say nothing." ; "Paul -t said this before -Is not so will not think of ordering away of my knowledge of his misdoe Ole natives to keep silent. At all' events, Senor, it is worth my while; Ito make the attempt. In no other tr way Can Ng'voim be found, and on Ng'vram depends our success or Meet ure." "I can guess that," said Jim, grim-, 1,13r, "both as regards learning where r Alison is hidden and the identity of 'Meeker with Ibeno," "To say nothing," ended redle,l quickly, "of ,the lotowledge ,may have of what took place in Bun; Rouse on the Inght of -the crime." The Spanish lady nodded and may.' ed towards the door. "As seen as learn allything about the matter, It -shall let you know, Senor," ehe said,' nodding to Jim. . "But it Marker sets your mind at rest?" . "He cannot de that now: he has gone too fare 1 believed him before: now it ItS impossible. Ile is a villain "a heetDallai4 0snurlarC reII; Yeris.terta departed on her errand of vengeance, Carver turn- ed to the negro, "I believe he will be true," he energetically rem:inked, "Certainly. She ls a wotnan scorn- ed, arid Will not epees Mr. Meeker." "Well, if she eata prove hint to he Demo, he won't get Ida post." "More then 'that, he will be tug - ell," concluded the negro, and he looked satisfied that Merker quite de- served Buell a termination, to ins evikedAcsthisetureoarrra.n gement had been ar- ' eared at there WO/S notiving to do but wait until Donna Christina learned what she cohld. Several times Jim was tiorely tempted to Inform the po- llee oreAllson's disappearance, but he did not do 80, as he felt sure such a move would 'be dangerous. Meeker held the girl in scene hitting -place, Where he would leave her on the cer- tainty that it could not be found. BM if the pollee took up She search, then he might move her to another place, or possdhly out of the kingdom. It. was hest to play a waiting game; so Jim played it, although his suffer - Inge darling the 11001 two days were painful in the extreme. dismal mon; ,thindebed, in, an'old-' tir%111C,;(e,1°'IT'llneanginftWeill'' \''',:;111g.trit VQnI 1.1 through long narrow windows, pro- tected by . iron ',bars, of unusual strength, which' hin-ted that she was in some kind of prison. The bed had four , posts, and eurtahr,s of laded eri•mson rep, while the Dear Wes cov:. ered, with a fich Turkey carpet, mel-: • lowed by age. In one 0011105 WaS a neary, mahogany wardrobe; a cheval glass, mounted , on a rosewood traalel occupied another corner; and it spin- dle -legged dressing -table steed in the spaee between.,the two, barred win- 'dows. There were .lifany ch.airS, two *hong of drawers,, varleue small 'tables; several footstool, and sonie cabinets of lequer. In Mot, the apart- ment, evince' was of no great size, was so *lewdest] with furniture that it weaned 'scarcely . poesible tomove freely about. The girl found that eha was undreased and..lying in the quaint bed, under an eider -down quilt of itrittay colours, and she stared at Ole sera;nge surroundings in a ' DuzZled manner, not knowing' if 'she was sleeping or wakleg. Her gnee wandered to.tlie faded ted of the flock wall paper, noticed the rold-inehioned prints and oil -colour picture:le which emend the wall, and finally rested on the white marine mantel -piece, on which green 'glass ornaments with dangling priSIIIS ,flanked a trifling French deck of gilt metal. The look of the whole -1 place gave Alison the impression that she had Immehow moved backward in e time to tale Albert period. And yet, if she had, the room failed to retain its pristine tresbnese. There was eomething wrong with the chamber and with herself, so she strove to collet her scattered senses and form 3 some idea of evbat change had taken er plaice in her condition. As there was no one but bereelf the room, she had ample time to formulate her • ida"SloWlY the memory or what had trareepireA returned, while she lay silent and motionlees in the buge bed. e She remembered going to l3rightou 311,atiway Stanton' to meet Jim, and, ac- cording to instructions, had repaired to the flest-olass walting-roorn. Peo- ple had come and gone for quite half l• all .hour, white She Stitt patiently wait - big for her levee, and woadering • what news be had to impart which required her presence in such a pub - 1110 place. Then Meeker had entered, • when the room was.empty of all gave herself, a,nd before she could entirely realize what .he was doing he had pressed a damp handlterelder ovee ; her mouth and nostrils. She recalled the sickly Da.vour of some powerful and scented drug, and after a few mo- ments' struggling had fallen into gulfs of ,deepest gloom, whence it seemed she would never emerge. But ,she bad 'emerged, .aurl now found /ter- .eelf in this ewitight a.parcrnent, wine') neminded her veguely-she could not quite follow the association of ideas .--of the shadowy romances of Na- tluienel Hawthorne, 11 was ell very steange, but gradually she became perfeotly and sensibly aware Inert she 'had fallen into the power or the, un- scrupulous mate aho hat/ carried her off. With a ory ot inIngled alann and anger, Alison rose in Ole bed witOl the intention of escaping, though hoe' lt was possible to do to, she had not the least idea. Her ery brought Into Ole room a queer old women, bent double with age, elothed In gaudy garments, as many coloured as Jos- eph's coat, but woefully, faded. She had the aPpearance or a witch with her beady black eyes, her nut -cracker ehin and nose, her many wrinkles, and her setuity grey hair. But what made Alisen shiver under the warm quilt was the evil, greedy, cunning expreesMe of .her face. A. more un- comfortable creature to conjure up by the startled cry wrung trout Iter lips, the girl could not Imagine. The old - llfeaiwlitle, he reported. all Writhed . taken place to Mere Yerdley, and managed to pacify her in a great medaure. The sold maid was support- ed by her theosophy and by her knowledge that Alison was a strong - /alluded girls who could look atter, hermit whatever the emorge-ney might to censo/e../em.. who WaS greatly AO - be.. In fact, Mess Yaroley did much, fated over the matter. She was pest - Rive :that ,the glall would retura safe- ly arid that her abductor would be peniened; so Carver gradually adopt - ell this optimistie view. ,All the seme, it' was lem•d to bear .the suspense, and hefromwasponcaelaieveehdri-etvdrat, aaskileutsterhriemanotoe call 01 Pike's Rotel. Of course the, anelows lover went to her at .onceq and was reworded for his /mete by lemming that the Spanish Lady Itrid obr-' twilled tee necesaery information. 3. . "I asked Paul a gaestion connected with his musqueradieg as Demo."( !said DOininet Christina, abruptly, and ,as Soon as her visitor entered. "Hc 'sent a, 'reply by Ng'wcim, who had re, ,idaat.udr.04.04,:e.,to:eptTho.u,f,Inniknxtooria.v.vrefeerroviiraltopoetaturds,110,,'.e' wo ya..B,', eto' ' it whenever you care to come." 1 JIM Jumped up with an elactilation Ponna Christine, gittleklY. It will not anenetts to this, Mr. Carver, that le house, and I can -take you and Font° ' "This evenlag will be better," said ;only 400 glad to make trouble. ,no ie, ;Brighten while Allison wee insensible.; -Wheal hie master had taken in the; ker drove seraeght to that place from, /wee the andises of Oils particular . of relief. -"Let ue go thee very day." • Weald of Suesex." , 3 1314"YeNs!'WHaule lifioatesy 3hPea,uwe'llasstbyeorue ?It"nolval that he wes .stoppIng down In. a houset "I questioned Netearn, who told nia "Wart?" "Ah!" Jim started. "1 expect Mere ectred, leet he eounter-plots. use' . "This eventing 'then. You and 1 and Fodlo will go down to Brighton and nhence to the Weald Of SUssex. Then-_-" Ile set h is mouth firmly. "roicn," saki Donate Christina, Kull- '111gcle tobetrayIlveetInie" Y'"Pan?'hall ka°ve. what 1 CHAPTER XVI,. . PRIgOrs.i ,- 'woman) grinned when she heard her 'prisoner's voice, looked towards the !bed with a mocking expression, and dropped an ironies] curtesy, Then she !shuffled with a coa,l-seuttle towards :the rugty grate, and began to light i•the fire in a matter-of-fact way. "Whore arn 1?, Who are Yon? !Whet .are you doing?" asked Alison, brokenly, and raising herself on her !pillows by her elboWs. "There! There! I o (my," croaked rthe old woman, who was the very 'Image of the wicked fairy Carahossa, "don't take ou so. You're in arming- ier's Grange, and I'm Mrs. Hake, as thas been housekeeper bere for sixty years. As to what l'm doing, dearY iLlIsitina,tb,yyoouu'l,teridgoctaneysecL leas yielnur dhoeading, my best to make you comforta.ble by msbung a Ore, a,s ain't been lighted far many is long day. I hope it won% emolte, my pet, but the swatters have been budlding in the chimney for ages . and age. Amen, so be it!" • This extraordinary speech quite amazed Alison, who wondered if she had been taken. to a privirte hinaele asylum, and if ,this was one of the patients. "Are you macl te talk to 111O, in this familiar way?" ahe demanded, 'end preres.ed h.er twe hands' to her bee wildered head, which W£1S netting dreadfully. lire. Ilene screeched like an owl sighting a mouse. "Mad'! No. more nor you are, my eweety darling, tti 15 asomulligiittrehtle iyonayut:t1;i4inta egoratao, snei:thmere.; slaving, at fire-aightlng, while you're enjoying yourself in bed." "How did 1-001110 Imre?" • -"Well, now, 0 call that a sensible Igoestion, dearry. Your eousin, as :you're going te marry, brought you 'hare in one of them steam-englues." "I came 40 a motor -car, and Adak Mr. Meeker?" ' 1, That's as true as true, my peen ;grumbled the old m'eatur, sitting baeX Used in Canada for over half a century -used inevery cooler of the world where people suffer from Constipation, and its resultin troublea- Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills stand higher in public estimation than any others, and their ever- increasing sales prove their merit. Physicians prescribe them, 25c. a box. agar 'Mating fir disorderly manner about her indignant face. "I shall net stay here," she cried, turlonsay, tos her temper was hot, and the silos,- flon"made her indignant; "where are my clothes? Give them to me, ,und. let 010 out of title house, Mrs. Hake" "You're clever if you can •get out ' saki the wicked fairy, dryly, "Your, clothes are in the ward -robe -there's a warm bath waiting for you in the next room, and Inc here to be truer lady's maki, though you ought to be ashamed asklat.,e a woman of' eighty odd years to help with your fanale." "1 men get 0110-I can't stay here," cried Alison, more and ino.re angry, "I shall alarm the neighbourhood by acTeeSTrtirnge:' away, my pet," atrIvised-s Mrs. Hake, cooky, "why itt you'll the trumpet ol Gabr.c.I you 0011.1all't In !MOM. Grra.Ca get'S'S Grange is in the middle or a wood, Ell_c Yana-. Bongy-Ooe, in a piece of poetry used to say to th..• el...bin-4 when there wits children here, whIch hasn't, , gboenellel,"toAt‘lunli.leutnlYthi:.3 cJong yscar.Aronnevr-. lag on the heart -rug, "teem Graing- ' ers as 1 nursed are tie„st over -seas, mid the lawyers let the house go to rack and ruin. A le%o,.ly plate it was too, when I was a frallesome girl." Alison paid no attention to Mrs Eake's description of her gidtlY Youth, but ran to one of 101*' ttitYrOW wia- *lowa, and peered out through the bars at the scene which was very plain to view in the searching morn- ing light. The moment she set eyes on the surroundings of the mansion, she saw that Mrs, Hake spoke truly, and AiAmed bctCls W14-11 an exeinmntion +if dismay. On all skims the place was g, 'lett with innumerable trees In full to. 45e. ti.lreh and sycamore, edm. oak,lime-tree, chestnut and plane - tree, all crowded so closely to ,the wall that the house icomed to be in danger of being Invaded by their green hosts. Although tbe be:1,room was on the second storey, Alison could only leolt over a Bea of tree- tops to further -placed giants of the wood beyond. She inigat have been in a jungle, or in the wilds of Africa, or it, the ilInehanted Place of the, Steetting 'Beauty. tor ail the Sign. there was of humanity or eavklaza- Don. Decidedly she was cut off from all aid, and Sale doubted if even the faithful Jim would find her out in the. midst of this dense forest. "Where is this plat?" she °sited,' after n silent pause of dismaY. "Don't aek no questions, and you'll" be 1o1,i v.nto111 1.1telsir,'f'iccurita.ke,(1.wtlarts. y.1,1,,unitveo, to do is to lake your bath and get dressed, and com11 down stairs to the breeltrasi room to see that yours. And a ,handsome gen tle mar, looly c'yc he is," er:1,'0'11,itlis11 °11 lovey." saw Mrs. !lake. philosophiCally, "he'll 50111 he your husband, so that's all urrested ter keeping me here." s all wrong. I shall have you, -Virty pounds in eri•sit bank -notes,"' growled Alt,s flake, hobbling towa,rdsi the door,' "it's worth cliu risk, my - d \i'll.:1rt"f 13:3ia:1:"W ck cd old woman " "lint pour, sweety-pet--yerzlipoti. Don't rob me of the eiety patinas Which you do if you don't make him b''''T')Iii*t;.'s" a if you what). Mr. Merkel.," said Alison, indignfuttly. "Alost. men is villains," retorted Ati•s, flake, coolly, "why, my, husband, "5 50)10, :423011.1 POAIndS IIiU paliildS • in drinking himself into the gtxtve. But Mr. Alerker don't look like bran- dy. I will gay that ter thin/. Gener- ous, too --fifty pounds -fifty poundal" and repeating the words Hite a catch, she disappeared with au evil elluekle suggestive of a thieving ,magpie. , Mrs, did not, lock the door, Anton Qom:tutted that, no bar would be' placed against her roaming the house; and hoped that in some WRY she would be able to escape. Where Ole mansion was situated, she hill not the slightest idea, but 011et) 01.1t of the wood, elm trusted it would 'be easy to Make her way hack to , bastion.' :Meanwhile, it was of no 111*0 lucking against the pricks, and W8153 plunge soothed her nerves. birs. • Hake dad not re -appear to act ae lady's mind, at which Alison was tread. , She did'uoit care for the olti wit&. The giT1 found the clothes he had .worns. when int.tiet station waiting - room. ,artd rephitY iii0R1111104,thAtn-,,IAli Ion her haunches, and fitting in al ItplIkeceleigehfte\ovatiodhet4noatondr-telami..res thin:yore:11 ( 00 NT1NUIDD NEXT WEEK:), nem, though I ain't seen clone but thin Oneself. Arid Mr. Meeker is youll 1' 3cous1-ars name AS emere goiug to erewerareareseeanenereee alnw.enY." Asthma Catarr ;bo' nhount .md, cousin, lied t refuse: WHOOPING COUGH CROUP mutiory"poob I Pooh 'Pooh ! YOun g BRONCHITIS COUGHS COL.Bs jhave their fancies, loVeY, but 700 teoaldn't wlah for is handsomer gen- Mrs: iiakd „santlemaachnet.1 .hreeurd, ‘rviletlhi,erteedo." lipo lousily "I'm to have fifty Pounds when the wedding comes oft." "Then you'll never get your fifty pounds. There will be no wedding," Atidfion cried boldly, and 11-t 'her cottr- - age reviving as, her bead became clearer; "Yon 1110 doing 11 wicked "It meatus fifty pounds,"' muttered Mrs. Hake, lighting the firs. "Isd hoove to seee with the chickens and bees, and vettetables fer, quite royean atom I made 50411 a nice litble ertm, deary. Don't grudge Inc the , one thing 69 WaIrMs Iny old ,heart. Alieort sprang oat on to the Tieney-carpet in her ;:e'L.red EITAVIAlita rem A Dimple, elite and effective treatment fox tree - 0;151 trunblom, without doming tho stomach with drogo. ilmod with cocome for thirtyAlturti. 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