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!'DIL F. J. IL FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose. and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late Assistant New York Ophthal-
saei and Aural Institute, Moorefield'a
.Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos-
Fale, London, Eng. At office in Scott
oelt, over: Unibach'a rug Store,
afortit; third. Wednesday in each
month from 11 a.m. to 8 p•7n. 58
Waterloo Street South, Stratford.
Phone 267, Stratford.
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Our Fees:—Usually paid cut of
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LEGAL
R. S. HAYS.
Barrister Solicitor, Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Do-
minion Bank. Office in rear of the Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Money to
Isar.
BEST & BEST
Barristers, Solicitors, Convey-
ancers and Notaries Public, Etc.
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lic, etc. Money to lend. In Seaforth
so Monday of each week. Office in
itidd Block. W. Proudfoot, K.C., J.
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VETERINARY
F. HARBURN, V. S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
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the Medical Association of the Ontario
Veterinary College. Treats diseases of
all domestic animals by the most mod"-
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od=ern principles. Dentistry and Milk
!'ever a specialty. Office opposite
Dick's Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth.
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C. J. W. HARN, M.D.C.M.
425 Richmond Street, London, Ont.,
Specialist, Surgery and Genio-Urin-
ery diseases of men and women.
DR. J. W. PECK
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine
e4 'McGill University, Montreal; member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario; Licentiate of Medical Conn-
• ell of Canada; Post -Graduate Member
of Resident Medical staff of General
Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15. Office, 2
doors east of Post Office. Phone 56.
Hensel, Ontario.
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(Continued from last week.)
He 'laid his hand gently on .Clay's
arm. He did not turn his face to-
ward him, and his eyes were still
peering into the shadows before them.
"Tell me?" he asked.
"He was coming up the stairs,"
Clay answered. fie spoke In so low
a voice that Langham bad to lean
from his saddle to hear him. "They
were close behind; but when they saw
her they stopped and refused to go
farther. I called to him to come a-
way, but he would not understand
They killed him before he really un-
derstood what .they meant to do. ,He.
was dead almost before I reached
him. Ile died in my arms." There
wee a long pause. I wonder if he
knows that?" Clay said,
Langham sat erect in the saddle
again and drew a short breath. "I
wish he could have known how he
helped me," he whispered, "how much
just knowing him 'helped me."
Clay bowed chis head to the boy as
though he were thanking .him. His
was the gentlest soul I ever knew,"
he said.
"That's what I wanted to say,"
Langba'm answered. "We will Jet
that be his epitaph,' and toile -hint;
his spur to his horse .he galloped on
ahead and left Clay aiding alone.
Langham had proceeded for nearly
a mile when he saw the forest open-
ing before them, and at the sight he
gave a shout of relief, but almost
at the same instant he pulled his
pony back on his .haunches and whirl-
ing him about, sprang back to the
carriage with a cry of warning. •
"There are aoldiers ahead of us,"
he cried. "Did you know it?" he de-
manded of the driver. `,'Did you lie
to me? Turn back."
"He can't turn back," MacWilliams
answered. "They have seen us. They
are only the custom officers at the
city .limits. They know nothing. Go
on." He reached forward .and catch-
ing the reins dragged the horses
down into a walk. Then he handed
the reins back to the driver with a
shake of the .head.
"If you know these Foads as well
as you say, you do, you want to
keep us out of the way of soldiers,"
be said. "If we fall into a trap you'll
be the 'first man shot on either side."
A sentry strolled lazily out into the
road dragging his gun. after 'him by
the bayonet, and raised his :hand for
them to halt, His captain followed
him from the post -house ,throwing
away a cigarette as he came, and
saluted MacWilliams on the pox and
bowed to the two riders in the back-
ground. In his right .hand he held
one of the long iron rods with which
the collectors of the city's taxes were
wont to pierce the bundles and packs,
and even the carriage cushions of
those who entered the city limits from
the coast, and who might be suspect-
ed of smuggling.
"Whose carriage is this, and where
is .it going?" he asked.
As the speed of the diligence sleek
ened, Hope put her •head out of th
curtains, and as she surveyed th
soldier with apparent• surprise, sh
turned ,to her brother.
'What does this mean?" she ask
ed. "What are we waiting for?"
"We are going to the Hacienda o
Senor Palacio," MacWilliams said, i
answer to the officer. "The drive
thinks that this is the road, but
say we should :have taken the one t
the right."
"No, this is the road to Senor Pala
eio's !Plantation," the officer answered
"but you cannot leave the city with
out a pass signed by General Men
doze. That is the order we receive
this morning. Have you such
pass?"
"Certainly not," Clay answere
warmly. "This is the carriage of a
American, the president of the mine
His daughters are inside and.on the
way !to visit the residence of Seno
Palacio. They are'foreigners—Ain
ericans. Wle are all foreigners, an
we have a perfect right to leave th
city when we choose. You can sto
us when we enter it."
The officer looked uncertainly fro
Clay to Hope and up et the driv
on the box. His eyes fell upon
lieavy brass -mountings ' of the ha
nem. They bore the arms of Ola
eho. He wheeled sharply and call
to his men inside thrum nt-hohe se, an
they stepped
and spread themselves leisurely
cross the road.
"Ride hint down, Clay," Langha
muttered, in a whisper. The ofiic
did not understand the words, but
saw Clay gather the reins tighter
his hands and he stepped back quic
ly to the safety of the porch, a
from that ground of vantage anvil
DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence, Goderich street
.;� east of the Methodist church, Seaford
Phone 46. Coroner for the County of
Huron.
�R. C. MACKAY
C. Mackay honor graduate of Trin-
ity University, and gold medallist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
• tke College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate courses is
Cla ago Clinical School of Chicago;
Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London,
England; University Hospital, Lon-
don, England. Office—Back of Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5,
Night calls answered from residence,
Victoria street, Seaforth.
pleasantly.
"Pardon," the said, "there is no
need for blows When one is rich en-
ough to ,pay'. A little something for
myself and a drink for my brave fel-
lows, and you can go where you
please."
"Damned brigands," growled Lana -
ham, savagely.
"Not at all," Clay answered. "He
is en officer and a gentleman. I have
no money with me," he said, in Span-
ish, addressing the' officer, "but be-
tween caballeros a word of honor is
sufficient. I shall be returning this
way to -morrow morning, and I will
bring a few hundred sols from Senor
Palacio for yon and your men; but
if we are followed you will get noth-
ing,the .level of •their heads and enshroud-
heand you -roust have forgotten in, ed .them in a curtain of fo and the
!the •mean time that you have seen g'
us pass." dew fell heavily,penetrating their
There was a •murmur inside the clothing and chiing /their heated
carriage, and Hope's face disappear- bodies_.ao that the eweatin; horses
ed from between the curtains eo re- moved in a lather of steam.
appear again almost immediately. She They had settled down into a steady
beckoned to the officer with her heed gallop now, and ten or fitteea utiles
and the men saw that she held be- had been left ,behind them.
tween her thumb and little finger a ''We are Making excellent time,"
diamond ring of size and brilliancy. said Clay. "The village of San era.
She moved it so that it flashed in enzo should lie beyond that ridge."
the light of the guard lantern above He dreve up beside the driver and
the post -house. pointed with his whip. "Is not that
"My sister tells me you shall be San Lorenzo?" he asked.
given this to -morrow morning," Dope "Yes. senor," the men aiewei•erl,
said, "if we are not followed." "but I mean to drive around it by tie
old wagon trail. It is a-'arge tow/.,
an,l people may be awake. You will
be able to see it from the top of toe
next hill."
.I'e cavalcade stopped at the sum-
ot!t 0f the ridge and the me:: looked
down into the silent village. It was
like the others they had passel, with
a few houses built round a square of
grass that could hardly be recogniz-
ed as a plaza, except for the church
on its one side, and the•hugc wooden
cross planted in its centre. From the
top of the hill they mould sec that
&he greater number of the houses
were in darkness, but in a large build-
ing of two stories lights were shin-
ing from every window.
That is the comandancia," said
the driver, shaking his head. "They
are still awake. It is a telegraph
station."
"Great Scott!" exclaimed MacWil-
liams. "We forgot the telegraph.
They may have sent word to head us
offalready."
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"Nine o'clock is not so very late,"
said Clay. "It may mean nothing."
"We had better make sure, though,"
MacWilliams answered, jumping to
the ground. "Lend me your pony,
Ted, and take my place. Pll run in
there and dust around and see wha:,'s
up I'll join you on the other side
cf the town after you get back to
the main road."
"Wait a minute," said Clay. "What
do you mean to do?"
"I can't tell till I get there, but I'll
try to find out how much they know.
Don't you be afraid. I'll run fast
enough if there's any sign of trouble.
Anil if you come across a telegraph
wire, cut it. The message may not
have gone over yet."
The two women in •the carriage
had parted the flaps of the noods
and were trying to •hear what was
bei/:g said, but could not understand
and Langhans explainer] to them that
they were 'about to make a slight de-
tour to avoid !San Lorenzo while Mac-
Williams was going into it to recon-
rt<ritre. He asked if they were com-
fr,rtable, and assured them that the
greater part of the ride was over, and
that there was a good road from
San Lorenzo to the sea.
MacWilliams rode down into the
village along the main trail, and
threw his reins over a post in front
of the comandancia. He mounted
boldly to the second floor of the
building and stopped at the head of
the stairs, .in front of an open door.
There were three men in the room
before .him, one an elderly man, whom
he rightly guessed was the comand-
ante, and two younger men who were
standing behind a railing and bending
over a telegnaph instrument on a
table. As he stamped into the room
they looked up ane stand him in sur-.'
prise; their faces showed that he had
interrupted them at a moment of un -
;usual interest.
MacWilliams saluted the three men
civilly, and, according to the native
custom apologized for appearing be-
fore them in !his spurs. He had been
riding from Los Bocos to the capital,
,he said, and his horse had gone lame.
Could they tell him if there was any
one in the village from wham he
could hire a .mule, as he must pass
on to the capital that night?
The comandante surveyed him for
a moment, as though still disturbed
by the interruption, and then shook
his head impatiently. "You can hire
a .male from one Pulido Paul, at the
corner of the !plaza," he said. And
as MacWilliams still stood uncertain-
ly, he added. "You say you have come
from Los Bocos. Did you meet any
one on your way?"
The two younger men looked up
at him anxiously, but before he could
b an• to tick
ointed *On at tr ill bIck object
at turned as 'tfu^`.advanced into
wood, or atone. 'Ft,the forest they
came to little streau a gad broad shal-
low rivers where e rocks in the
fording places churned the water in-
, to White masses of foam, and the
horses kicked-,up-andiver's.of spray as
they made Wee way, ehpping and
stumbling, against the current. It
was a .silentpilgrimage, and never
for a moment did the strain slacken'
or the men draw' rein. Sometimes,,
as they hurried ;across a broad table-
land, or skirted the edge of a preci-
pice and looked doe 1, hundreds of
feet below at the phinang waters they
had just forded, 'or up et the rocky
points of the mountains before them,
the beauty of the •night overcame
thein and made them forget the sig-
nificance of their journey.
They were not always alone, for
they passed at intervals through
sleeping villages ofmud huts with
thatched roofs, where the dogs ran
yelping out to bark at them, and
where !the pine -knots, blazing on the
clay ovens, burned cheerily in the
moonlight. In the slow lands where
the fever lay, the Midst rose above
The man's eyes laughed with plea-
sure. He swept his sombrero to the
ground.
I am your servant, Senorita," he
said. "Gentlemen," the cried, gayly,
turning to Clay, "if you wish it, I
I will /accompany you with my men.
Yes, I will leave word that I have
gone in the sudden pursuit of smug-
glers• or I will remain here as you
wish. and send those who may fol-
low back again."
"You are most gracious, sir," said
! Clay. "It is always'a pleasure to
meet with a gentleman and a !philoso-
•pher. We prefer to travel without an
escort, and remember, yea have seen
nothing and beard nothing." He
leaned from the saddle, and touched
the officer on the breast. "That ring
is worth a king's ransom."
"Or a president's," muttered the
man, smiling. "Let the American
ladies pass," he commanded.
The soldiers scattered as the whip
fell, and the horses once more leaped
forward, and as the carriage entered
the forest, Clay looked back and sae
the officer exhaling the smoke of a
fresh cigarette, with the satisfaction
of one who enjoys a clean conscience
and a sense of duty well' performed.
The road through the forest was
narrow and uneven, and as the
horses fell into a trot the men on
horseback closed up !together behind
the carriage.
"Do you think that road -agent will
keep his word?" Langham asked.
"Yes; he has nothing to win by
telling the truth," Clay answered.
"He can say he saw a party of for-
eigners, Americans, driving in the di-
rection of Palacio's coffee plantation.
That lets him out, and in the morning
he knows he can levy on us for the
gate money. I am not so much a-
fraid of being overtaken as I am that
King may make a mistake and not
get to Bocos on time. We ought to
reach there, if the carriage holds to-
gether, by eleven. King should be
there by eight o'clock, and the yacht
ought to make the run to Truxillo in
three hours. But we shall not be
able to get back to the city before
five to -morrow morning. I suppose
your family will be wild about'Hope.
We didn't knew where she was when
we seuet..the groom back to King."
"Do you think tat driver is takingske
us the right way?" Lang
after 'a pause.
"He'd :better. Ile knows it well
enough. He was through the last
revolution and carried messages from
Los Beeps to the city on loot for two
months. He has covered every trail
on the way, and if he goes wrong he
knows what will 'happen to him."
"And Los Bocos—it is a village,
•isn't it, and the landing •must be in
sight of the Custom -!house?"
rn "The village lies some distance
back from the shore, and the only
house on the beach by the Custom-
house itself; but every one will be
asleep by the time we get there, and
it will take us only 'a minute to 'hand
her into the launch. If there should
be a guard :there, King will have
fixed them one way or another by there is thee
time we arrive. Anyhi_w,
need of looking for trouble that far
ahead. There is enough to worry a-
bout in between. We haven't got
there yet."
Th moon rose grandly a few min-
utes later, and flooded the forest
with light so that the open places
were as clear as day. It threw
strange shadows across the trail, and
turned the rocks and fallen trees into
figures of .men crouching or standing
upright with uplifted arms. They
were so like to them that Clay and
Langham flung their carbines to their
shoulders again and again, and
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fag; at tho.,ceiling •ani
het 3n,: his hands. The
Wirllianla ream trent the irbru lent"'
was ,this: "Ther are reporzeo ,''to
bane left the ettY !by the south, so
•they ore going to Pana, or San Pedro
or to Loa Bocos. She .must be stop-
ped—take an armed fore and guard
the roads. If • neeeaaary, kill her.
`She has in the carriage or hiddenon
her person, drafts for, five �millidn
sola. • You will be held responsible
for every,.one of theth.- Repeat this
message to show you understand, and
relay it 4o Los Bocos. If you fail—"
MacWilliams could not wait to hear
more; he gave a curt nod to the men
and started toward the stairs. "Wait,"
the eomvandente called after him.
MacWilliams paused with one hand
on ,top of the banisters balancing .him-
self in readiness for instant flight.
"You have not answered me. Did
you meet with any one on your ride
here from Los , Hoof's ?"
"I ''met several men on foot, and
the mail carrier passed me a league
out from the coast and oh, yes, I met
a carriage at the ekes !roads, and
the driver asked me !the way of San
Pedro Bela."
"A carriage?—yes—and what did
you tell him?"
"I told him he was on the road to
Loa Bocos, and he turned back and—"
"Yon' are sure he turned book?"
"Certainly sir. I rode behind Mm
for some distance. •He turned finally
to the right into the trail to San
Pedro Hula."
The man flung himself across the
railing.
"Quick," he commanded, "telegraph
to Morales, Comandante San Pedro
Sula—"
He had turned his back on Mac-
Williams, and as the younger man
bent over the instrument, MacWil-
liams, stepped softly down the stairs,
and mounting his pony rode elowiy
off in !the direction of the capital.'
As soon as he had reached the out•
skirts of the town, he turned and gal-
loped round it and then rode fast
with }lis head in air, glancing up at
the telegraph wire that sagged from
tree -trunk to tree -trunk along the
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