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denomplitio; evobare. et Orotae:It; . Se
Pasture, Enrol Mail, telephone ,••• 1 from
Vanta, all mite from Bruesfielii, Will be
sold right and mo.reasonable teottom Apply
on tha_strimises ..totF1tATj4 WELMPLAt. R.
No. 1, Varna. Phone 6. Ream% , 2910x4
o WARM 19.021,43ALE.--160. ACRES, GOOD
•• land; 20 acres. of which is boot hard.
wood bush; south half of Lots 4 and 5, Cmo.,
masion 14. Hallett, 'The land ta in a first
oleos state tor oultiv•ti•on. well fenced and
au tiled drained; never failing spring Well
hatielinotmhouse, .alscitorchard,,,,Tbere,.are
the premises 'a goad Mick home, two store*.
with lighlating.tods tinit'telephone,' Title be-
fog one ,Of the best fermi in Huroountat,
situated. three loom Walton, a good
ablOPing point, or 9 *WM Arabi Myth. Rural
• mail, and oohed! handy. Will consider as
Part nutmeat Morn or...,cur Property.' Win
reaeonable .0Am to' ill health.
For further oarlidalain."anillY to JOHN A.
MILLS, R. R. Na, 1, , Efirtb, •Ont. Myth.
phone, 405. .• • . .2911vtf
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'WARM FOR fiALF.,..-FOR /ALE 2.01 -17.
•`' Concession P. Idelfhilop;mientalning 100
amen. There are on the prendses a• good
frame house; two barna, one large barn Strait
ow stone and cement -foundation; one hay
bUs 20x60, also. a shed "Mining two barns.
The land Is in a good state of cultivation.
well fenced and drained; a good orchard and
two good wello, one drilled well; water
feet from top; also 12 acres of haodwood
bush. This farm is situated 6 miles from
the Town of Seaforth and will be sold rea.
o▪ nable. For further partidulars apply to`
SAMUEL surrre ,x;ot 16, Concession 9, Mc.
Elllop,, 11. R. No. 1, 'Dublin. 2906if
twang ren SALE.—FARld OrTWO 1117N•
•Wdred 'acres adjoining the Town of 'Jim
orth, conveniently situated to ell churches,
, ebool. and Collegiate. Timm is a. comfort
o bit brick cottage with a eement. kitchen;
barn 100x56 with stone stabling underneath
far 4 heroes, 76 head of cattle and 40 heal
with steel stanchions , and water heifers all
stock; litter carrier 'and feed carrier sad
two 'cement .Uos; driving shed and PIM:
form scales. Watered by a rook .well and
whodmilL farm. is well drained and in
• high state of cultivation. The crop hi all
• in, the ground--ehoice elm loam. Inane&
Me possession. Apply to M. BEATON, 1.
It 2, Seaforth, Ont.- ' 27874f
liglARDI FOR SALE. --FOR SAM LO▪ T IL
t•-- Concession 11, and west half of lat 6,
Concession 10,' /1.111.5., Tuelferemith, eon.
talning 150 acres. Thera are on the premises
a good tommtory brick house with elate roof,
large bank barn HMO% feet with first elms
stabling, water in the barn, drive ohed 26s14.
pig house and. ben house. Two good spring'
walk, also an over -lowing spring. 'The
farm is *01 cleared bat about 20 acree.g.Tbe
good hardwood bush, principally maplb.. All
well fenced and tile drained. Eight. acres
of fall wheat sown, 40 acres ready for mining
erop. The farm kit iittnited 7 miles from
Seaforth and 4 miles ,from Henson, oneoliall
mile from school; rural mall and phone. Will
be sold on easy terms. Mikes sold 0,Series
ft will be for rent For further particular(
apply on the premises, or address R. R. Na
P. . Mayen. ANGUS 1110151NI4ON. 285841
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duke for:storage: tindt,:to await tbe.
appearance, of elatmarit.. Fortner
owner ,has agreed,- :accept . million
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, half and r insae ell dahlia.
When are you coma4ng over? (Sign-
ed) Alrose."
By he inost extraordinary coinci-
deuce, a curt,-busineas-like letter ar-
rived intheevening postfreffi Maris
Tarnowsy, Nat -marked Paris. Its
contentsstaggered me.
"John Bellamy Snlart,.' Esquire. - ,r
• Dear Mr. Smart: Will you put a
Price oir Schloss Rothhoefen? I am
deslriotes of purchasing the castle if
you care to sell and we can agree
upon a' fair price for the property.
Sectinient .inoves me in .this matter
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and I earnestly hope that you May
be' induced to part with your .White
elephant, If you asIll be so kind as
to wire .your decision; rig Will lind
ole deeply 'k grateful, and at the Ritz
feir the ensuing fortnight.
FaithfizilY Yours, . .
MARIS TARNOWSY."
"My white! elephant!" I was so
eager to get rid of it that I would
have wired at once, naming a figure
proportionately low had it not been
for the united protests of my fOur
friends and ,the canny advice of Mr.
Poopendyke.
"Soak him," said he, and I arse
to the occasion.
I waited for three days' and then
telegraphed him that I would not
take a heller less'than two hundred
end, fifty thousand dollars, more than
doubling the price I had paid for the
property. I was prepared, however.
to come down a paltry hundred thou-
sand or So if he revealed signs o!
reluctance. -
We. hUilti another bonfire that
night. and danced around it like so
many savages.
"Terms /acceptable. Will come to
Schloss Rothhoefen at once to com-
plete the transfer.
TARNOWSY."
• THE McXILLOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y.'
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HEAD' OFFICE—SEVORTH, ONT.
OFFICERS:
J. Connolly, Goderich - -• President
Jas. Evans, Beechwood, vice-president
D. F. McGregor, Seaforth, Sec.-Treas.,
AGENTS:
Alex. Leitch, R. R. No. 1, Clinton;,
W. E. Hinchley, Seaforth; John Mur-
ray, Egmondville; J. W. Yeo, Gode-
• ffich; R. G. Jarmutb, Brodhagen.
• DIRECTORS:
William Rinn, No. 2, Seaforth;
John Bennewies, Brodhagen; James
, Evans, Beeehwood; M. McEwen, Clin-
ton; James Connolly, Voderich; Alex.
Broadfoot, No. 3, Seaforth; Jo G.
Grieve No. 4, Walton; Robert Ferris,
Harlo'ck; George McCartney, No. 8,
Seaforth; Murray Gibson, Brucefield.
NOTICE
Any Patrons with- Seaforth
Creamery Cans and not going to
use them to send creamto ns this
season, will kindly return them
t0N. the Creamery. These are our
polmerty and only loaned to
patrons, and must be returned
in 'good order.
The Seaforth Creamery.
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":.JAMES WATSON
MOP Strat - • Seaforth
CHAPTER XIX
I Burn A Few Bridges.
Accompanied By...Hazzard and Smith
I went over the castle from top to'
bottom, in quest ` of the reason for
Tarnowsy's pedrapracceptance of my
demand. We made no doubt that he
had a good and sufficient reason, for
wanting the place, and but one thing
suggested itself to our imagination:
his absolute certainty 'that treasure
was hidden somewhere About the
venerable pile, treasure of consider-
able magnitude, you may be. sure, or
he would not have revealed such' ala-
crity in accepting my terms. Senti-
ment had nothing to do with this
surprising move on his part. That
was all bosh.' He had an ulterior mo-
tive, and it was for me to get the
better of him at his ovrn game ifr
could. While I was eager to get rid
of the castle at any price, I did not
relish, the thought of being laughed
at for a fool by Maris Tarnowsy af-
ter he had laid his greedy hands up-
on treasure that had been mine with-
out my knowledge.
He was no fool. The castle meant
nothing to him as a home or 'as an
investment. No doubt he would
blow it to pieces in order to unearth
the thing he knew its walls secreted.
We spent two unprofitable days in
going over the place, and in the end
sank down died, defeated and with -
.out the ion phantinemuch evasdena i
evidence iiltaiefcrourpwosn-
lay hidden there as treasure trove.
I gave in and announced that ••if
Tarnowsy could find anything worth
having he was entitled to it so far as
I was concerned, and I wouldn't be-
grudge him a farthing's worth.
He telegraphed that he would ar-
rive on the morning of the third day
accompanied Jay his lawyer, a notary
and an architect. • My four' guests
departed in haste by the late night
train, after, extracting a promise
from me to join them in Vienna
when I was no longer the master of
Schloss Rothhoefen. I rather' relish-
ed the thought of a brief vacation!
Then, like the spider, I crept back
into my web and waited for the fool-
ish fly, knowing all the time that he
would have, the better of me in the
long run.
I confess to a feeling of sadness
in parting w1ith the place, after all;
elephantine though it was' in every
sense of the word. Within grey
and ancient Walls that beautiful thing
called love had come to me, to live
with me forever. It had come un--
bidden, against my will, against rtly
better judgment, and in spite of my
prejudices, but still it was a thing to
,• cherish and to hold in its virgin
.youth all through the long -steam to,
come. It would always be young sand,
sweet and rose-coloured, this unre-
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a g
ranted love of ni tos.
for Singer• •Sthrough the empty, dismant•led
rooms
ewing
` that had once been hers, t grew Melt
114crnnes, and General
7.- with longing. and, 10 something like
tote, fled dovnimard, absurd tears
•blinding my eyes. Verily, t wed a
enranee Agent.
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OHM to tell him th ',he hasn't en-
ough money in his peOession to pur-
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ity, you may call lyns I de, but it
chase .it from me. AP,Y".. 8e9? Van*
• after the—or-411AL They had to
melte" an example of some one. His k'
trial ,comes up nexttiveek. I a- 'beside him. Would I be serving the
fraid he may wi
hie dealt th rather. Countess ill or well ,by selling the
lases me to coddlo,1strode aleng"
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harshly. 1 MISS hiim dreadfully. But
let us come to the matter in hand, Mr.
Smart. I daresay' your time' is ,val-
ueble. You have no objection ter my
going over the place with •Mr: Saks,
am Sure. He is the architect who
is 'to rebuild the castle for m4 My
attprney and Mr. Pooly,—the notary
—will, with Your aasistance, draw up
the proper contracts preliminary to.
the formal transfer, and I will sign
them With you upon -my return."
"1NPu1d•it not be better' to discuss
the questIonsf payments before we
go any further, •Cennt Tarriowsy?"
"You will be paid in -dash, Mr.
Smart, the instant the deed is trans-
ferred," be 'said coldly.
I folloWed him to the top. of the
stems which descended to the .base-
inent of the castle. It was' rather
significant that hd elected to -explore
the lower regions firstef all.
"I shall accompany you," said • I
deliberately. •
A faint scowl. came into ,his face.
Ile eyed me fiiiecIty for a moment,
theri shrugged • his shonldera and
said that hie only desire was to a-
void putting me to any unnecessary
trouble. If I eared M come, he
would be More than gratefuL
•"It isn't necessary to visit the cel-
lars; Saks," he Sind to. the architect..
"Ample tune for that sort of rum-
maging. I particularly want your
opinion on the condition of the inter-.
secting walls on this floor and above.
My scheme of improvements, Mr.
Smart, contemplates the enlargement
of these halls by throwing them- into
one.'.'
"A very simple process," -said I, "if
the whole structure doesn't topple
down upon your heads while you're'
about it,"
"I shall contrive to save my scalp,
Mr. Smart, no matter what happens.
It is very precious to me."
We went over the castle. rather
hurriedly, I thought, but he explained
that Saks merely wanted a gener.al
idea of the structure; he would re-
turn another day To' make a careful
inspection'.
"I daresay you are surprised"that
I should be willing to pay double your
original price for Schloss Rothhoe-
fen," he ventured, pausing in the cor-
ridor to light a cigarette. We were
on our way to the top of the east
wing. , • •
"Oh, no;" I said calmly. "I aril
aware that treasure. is buried here.
As a matter of fact, I've tried to un-
earfh it myself, but without success.
I wish you better luck."
"Thanks," saidhe laconically, af-
ter the fiat swift glance of inquiry.
"It is doubtless a fairy tale, hon-
ed down by tradition. I take no
stock in it.My principal object in
-acquiring Itiothhoefen is to satisfy a
certain vanity which besets me. I
have it on excellent authority that
iny ex-father-in-law,—the man
tus, you know,—talks of buying the
propertit.and performing the stupen-
dous, chatacteristic American feat
of removing it, stone and timber, just
as it is, to 'his estate north of New
York City. No one but a vulgar,
purso-uroud American would think ofi
doing such a thing."
The news staggered me. Could
there be anything in what he said?
If it was true that Jasper Titus con-
templated such a quixotic rmove,
there could be but --one compelling
force behind the whim: sentiment.
But not sentiment on the- part of
Jasper Titus.
"I cannot believe -that he considers
doing such ,a thing," I said blankly.
"You see, if any one should know, I
am that one. He has not approached
me, of that you may be sure."
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place to Tarnows y ? It was her
whird, of cotuae, and -'ft was a foolish
"Suppose that he eifered you twice
What you are to pay for the place,"
said I, struck by a, dudden thought.
He laughed easily. ''"You will ref
it seems, acquit me 'of cupidity; Mr.
Smart. I should not Skil to him un-
der any consideratibn.. That is final.
Take it or leave it."
By this • time 'we' were (in the
rboms once occupied ,by the Countess.
Be glanced-- about the apartment
carelessly.
"Desertpd, I observe' he remark-
ed with a queer smile.
• My heart almost stood still. "Eh?
What do you mean?":
"If r. am not mititgken, these are
the rooms once occupied by your va:-
et's wife. Am- I right?"
• I steadied myself. :.fShe has gone
away," I said. "Couldn't stand the,
climate."
"I see," said he, but he was still
smiling. "How does your valet
stand it?"
"Nicely," said lc with a conscious
blush.
"I mean the separation, of course."
"Certainly. He is used to it"
"Isn't it rather odd that he should
still think she is here in the bastle?"
"Does he?" I murintmed.
inquired for her when I en-
countered (hire downstairs. He said
she was quite well this morning, ex-
cept for a headache.'‘
• "She is subject to headaches, I
believe," said I, with the utmost
-nonchalance. He lifted his right eye-'
brow slightly, but said no more on
the•aubject.
• A pile of rubbish latheaped in one
corner of the room, swept ' up and
left there by the big Sehmicks to
await the spring house cleaning sea-
son I presume. Tarnewsy at first'
eyed the heap curiously, then rather
intently. Suddenly he strode across
the room and gingerly rooted among
the odds and ends with ,the toe of his
highly pelished boot.
To m, y horror a. dilapidated doll
detached itself and rolled out upon
the •floor,—a well remembered trea-
sure of Rosemary's and so unique in
appearance that I doubt if there was
another in the world like it. Indeed
I have a distinct recollection of be-
ing told that the child's father had
painted in the extraordinary features
and had himself decorated the erigin-
al flaxen, locks with singular stripes
'of red and white and blue, a sardonic
tribute to the home land af her moth-
er.
I turned away as he stooped and
picked up the soiled , discarded effigy.
When next I looked at him, out of
the corner of my eye, he was holding
the chill at arm's length and staring
at it with a fixed gaze.. I knew that
he recognized it. ';'There could be no
doubt in his mind as to the identity
of that tell-tale object.- My heart
was thumping fiercely.
An instant later he rejoined me,
but not a word did he -utter concern-
ing the strange discovery he had
ramie. His face was set and palid,
and his eyes were misty. Involun-
tarily I looked to see if he had the
doll in his hand, and in that glance
observed the bulging surface of his
coat pocket.
In silence we stood there awaiting
the eappearance of Saks, who had
gone into one of the adjoining roomse
I confess that my hand trembled'as
I lighted a fresh cigarette. He was
staring moodily at the floor, his
hands clasped behind his back. Some-
thing smacking of real intelligence
ordered me to hold my tongue.. I
smoked placidly, yet waited for the
outburst. It did not come.' It never
came. He kept his thoughts, his em-
otions to himself, .and for that single
display of restraint on his pent I
shall always remember him as a true
descendant of the nobility.
We tramped down the long flights
of stairs side by side, followed by the
superfluous •Mr. Saks, who did all. of
the talking. • He waq. I think, dis-
coursing on the extraordinary ability
of ancient] builders, but I am not ab-
solutely certain. I a in confident Tar-
nowsy did not hear a word the fellow
said.
' In my study we found Poopendyke
and the two strangem
"Have yolu made out the papers?"
denianded the Count harshly. An
ugly gleam had come to his eyes, but
he did not direlt it toward Inc. In-
deed, he seemed to avoid, looking at
me at all.
"Yee, Count Tarnowsy," said the
lawyer. "They are ready for the
'signatures."
"Perhaps Mr. Smart may have re-
considered his offer to sell," said
Tarnowsy. "Let him ice the con-
tracts."
"I have not reconsidered," I said
"You may sign here, Mr. Smart,"
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tench -the..bffiging coat -Pocket with n,
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Mr. Smart?" ; he said mildly.. ' a
glanced tit bp ,watch. ',:"My thee is
Araluable. Wien can you give Os -
session?" - •
"Theday the deed; is transferred.'!
• I'That will be in less than . -three
days. I have satisfied myself that
the title is /clear.. There need be no
delay.,"
We signed the contract after I had
requested Poopendyke to read it a-
loud to me. It called for the pay-,
tient of fifty, thousand kronen, or a
little over two thousand pounds ster-
ling, at the time of signing. ' His
lawyer handed me. a package of crisp
banknotes. and milted me to count
them. I did to deliberately, the pur-
choler looking' ,on with a sardonic
smile.
"Correct," said I, laying the pack-
age,, en the table. He bowed very
d e e, iIt.
,A
you satisfied, Mr. Smart, that
there are no counterfeits among
them?" 'be inquired. with polite irony.
Then to his lawyer: "Take the gen-
tleman's receipt for the amount in
the presence of vritnesses. This is a,
business transaction, not a game Of
chance." It Was the insult, perfect..
Ai, he prepared to take his/depar-
ture, he zassnmed an insinuating air
of apology, and remarked to .me: '
"I owe you an aPology, Mr. Smart.
There was a time when I. did you an
injustice. I suspected you of keep-
ing your mistress here. Pray for-
give my error." '
Five days later I was snugly ens-
conced in the ducal suite at the Bris-
tol, overlooking the Kartnerring-
strasse, bereft of my baronidl pos-
session but not at all sorry. My
romance had been short-lived. It is'
one thing to write novels about med-
iaeval castles and quite another, thing
to try to write a novel in one of
them. I trust I may never again be
guilty of such arrant stupidity as to
think that an American -born citizen
can become a feudal baron by virtue
of his dollars and cents, any more
than an American -born girl can hope
to be a real, dyed-in-the-wobl coun-
tess or duchess because some one .
needs the money more than she
does. It would be quite as impos-
sible, contrari-wise, to transform a
noble duke into a Plain American cit-
izen,
so there you are, even up. .
My plans were made. After a 1
fortnight in Vienna, I etpected to go
welt to London for the autumn, and I
then back to New York. Strange to
relate, I was homesick. Never be-
fore had my thoughts turned so
restlessly, so wistfully to' the haunts
of my boyhood days. I began to
long for the lights of Broadway
(which I had scornfully despised in
other days), and the gay peacockery
of Fifth Avenue at, four in the after-
noon. It'vemed' to me that nowhere
in all the world was life so joyous
and blithe and worth while as in "old
New York"; nowhere were the thea-
tres so attractive, nowhere such res-
taurants. , Even, in retrospect, the
subway looked alluring, and as for
the Fifth Avenue stages they were
too beautiful for words. Ah, what a
builder of unreal things a spell of
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homesteknese may become if one There were nia*.y. le
gives it half a chance! there for nze;`/b,ut goe't
As '„for Schloss Rothhoefen, I had Countess Aline,
it oil excellent authority, (no less athe -hope that*
person than tonrini'SAMirk himself) . it Waii•Nthiliairte
that barely bad I shaken the dust, of bnn .for's11-'t..
the place from myself before the neiw nowitbatastUng
master mit'. into execution „a most lour on the t, "4„„,_as9,„
extrabrdinary -and incomprehensible tif: IVAule had undetdeadir.
plan of reconstruction. In the'llist $ dud ht. the paos,t4
place, he gave all the serpents ' tie* st iiTY act Was: not unnMrdanE
weeks' notice, and then begun, to raze There wan tribute,:not 0
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thcastle from the liettom ard helm " .
instead of the other'. way round, is a • Poopendyke fidgeted .a .,.
sensiblepersonmight have beim ex-,Witleithe•seaptyzespita, ,qfmyair,. 4
pected to do. He 'was knocking out ary labours, reTtIMe .
the walls in the cellars and digging in a most insinuating Way. •
up the stone floors .with splendid dis- his machine. .with,,..accusatiVey:,
regard for that ominous thing known quencY,t but I4afied-?to'respoild:
as a cataclysms. The grave question was in no mood for writing. , Be
in the minds of the servants ,was said to me one day"
whether the usua land somewhat "I don't see why -you keep a secte-
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not prove a trifle. too long after all. I earn my salt." " • '' .
In fact, Hawkes, with an inspiration ; . "Salt, Mr. Poopendyke," said I, 99worthy of an office boy, managed to the cheapest thing I know of. Now
produce a sick grandmother and got if you had said pepper I might pause
• away from the place at the end of -to reflect But I am absolutely, p ill -
in full for two. ,,„ I on a salt basis. ' If You—
one week, although having peen paid' exorably opposed to rating quelling,
- The day on w1Wch I left, for Paris I "You kifow What.L.alestu,n-lie-saut- '
still saw Tarnowsy ab work with his stiffly. "I am of no uses to you." 44,
masons, heroically battering downt "Ah," said I triumphantly, "but •
the walls of the grim old stronghold, you forget! Who is it that drawn
and I chuckled to myself. It was , the salary checks for yourself and.;
quite evident that he hadn't iipunci-' Britton, and who keeps the accounts
the hiding place up to that time. straight? Who, I ' repeat? Why,
Aftey several days in Paris, I , you, Mr. Poopendyke. You draw
took myself off to London. I was ex- the checks. Isn't that something?"
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pecting letters at Claridge's, where I "If—if I didn't know you so well,
always take rooms, not because I 1 I wouldn't hesitate to call yon a
think it is the best hotel in London i blooming fool, Pdr. Smart,:' said he,
but because I am, to some extent, a ; but he grinned as he said it.
creature of habit. My mother took I "But he who hesitates is lost," said
me to Claridge's when I was a boy I. "This is your chance, don't let it
and I saw a wonderful personage at slip." He looked at me so steadily
the door whom I was pleased to call ' for, a moment that I was in some
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been going to Claridge's and and 4'rt
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while psy first king is dead there is (Continued next week.)
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