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The Clinton News-Record, 1907-07-25, Page 7*bar 28tho 19o7 cotitaitot NNW*, 111. D. $101440014. 11. i. *WM M. Taggart pros. goKERs.e- A 4ENERAL BANKING BUM» NESS. XRANSAOTa. NOTES DISCOUNTED! DRAFTS ISSUE). INTEItUST ..44140WED ON Dee PGiTIS. SALE Norka ftnon, *sr" • BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOT.A,RY, PUBLIcli 4TO. OFFICE -Sloane Block-CLINTON. ILIDO'UT in HALE Conveyaneers, Commiseioners, • Real Estate and Iasarance Agency. Money to loan. V. B. HALE - JOHN re.:DOTIT DRS. GUNN & GUNN Dr. W. Gunn le R C. P. & Dr. J. Nesbit Gann M. R. 0, S. Eng. ' L. R. C. Pe London Night calls anpfront door of residence on Ratteeltury street, opposite Presbyterian church . OFFICE-- Ontario street-CLINTON .-DR. J. W. SHAW= -OFFICE-- RATTENBURY ST. EAST, -CLINTON.-- OR. 0. W. THOMPSON • PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON . Special attention grven uencases id the Eye, ar, Nose and Throat. -- -Office and Residence - HURON ST. SOUTH, CLINTON 8 doers west of the Commercial hotel, -DR. F. A. AXON. - (Successor to Dr. Ho)mes.) Specialist in • Crown and Bridge work., • • Graduate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Ilona graduate of • University of Toronto 'Dental Department . Gradnate of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, -Chicago. . Will be at the Commercial hotel • Bayfield, every Monday from 10 a. in. to 5 p. m. J. LEWIS... THOMAS. Cinil Engineer, Architect, etc. (late Dominioe Denartment Walks.) Coesulting Engineer for Mun- icipal and County Work, El- ectric Railroads, Sewerage and Waterworks Systems, Wharven, Bridges and Re -enforced toe - mete. . Phone 2220 LONDON, -0 N T. MOMMIMI AUCTIONEErn-aAMZE4 SMITH LI - ceased Auctioneer for the. County of Heron. All orders entrusted to me will receive prempt attention Will sell either by percentage or Per sale. Residence on the Bayfield Road, one mile soutb of Clinton , ACENSED AUCTIONEER.--GEOR- ge Elliott, licensed auctioneer ler the Couniy of Huron, 'solicits the patronage of the oublic for -busi- ness in his line: nales 'conducted os percentagn or so much per sale. All business promptly .attended to. ...George Elliett, Clinton P. n.. re- sidence on th•• Bayfield Line. ,58 50 'YEARS' "EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE A . thEedorts Colovniatos &o. Anyone sending a sketch and description may sweaty ascertain our opinion free whether an trovention is probably patentable Comnitinica. , Cows strictly confidential. RANDOM( on Patent. *ant free. Oldest agency for securing. patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive •sPeeiai notice, without charge, in tbe 'Scientific American. a handsomely illustrated Weekly. tamest eits. truiation or any selentiol loarnal. Tams. es a iiear i tour months, St Sold urea itesemenert. UNN & Co 3619Nalt"i''' NOW ifirk %linen 0294. &most- Woshinaton.IS _ • / uppificorl. IVIONTEILVP MAGAZINE. it, FAIN I LY III PIA EY The Beet In Current Elteraium • 12 comma,* itiOVItLis YEARLY. MANY SHORT STORI ES AND PAPERS ON TIMELY TORIOS 1112.50 exit flan ; 25 Ol•s, Coen *IVO CONTINUED STORIES. aught* NUN OR 04M11114.1ffiltslie 4/1801 CNA I I Nil ti1\-;-'" THE 'TOURIST SEAS() la now 011k aPd 01141100 to treerl Is offered * those who speed the roost Part of the ,year on the larrr,-er • in the small settle:vents. Province hall More ir tereatil.g 10 - Aorta than Ontario charming Muskoka, Lakes, On.i:gian Ilay. Late of Days, Temega,mr„ A loteuio Pori, ,Lake I-Ittrou Beaeltee, Xewartha Lak- es, St. Lawreaee niter, • Wine •MoUr,tallia, Sea Vcaqt, ,laruestssulA Exposition, Etc. • The Grand s Trunk Railway SysteM and connections can give You. a eorn- fOrtable feurney to any ot the alrove points, • • Massey Harri I have been appointed agent for the 14s.sey-Harris Pear in this distriet and will keep on hand a complete list of supplies in in store elves; , its the ' Nelsons' Bank, • • am also continuing „ ildur, feed and seed grain bus- iness and respectfully solicit a continuance of your Patron - J. A. Ford. Tfie MaKillop Mutual Fire Iiisulance CoreOpu -Farm and Isolated Town PrOperty-: -Only • Laurette- . -OFFICERS--, J. B. NeLeati, President, .Kippen P. Thos. Fraser, Vice -President, Brucefield P. 0,; T. E. Hays. Sec, - 'Treasurer, Beaforth P. 0 -DIRECTORS-e William Shearey, Seathrth ; Julie Grieve, Winthrop,; George Dale, Sea - forth • John' Watt, liarlock ; John Bent:tee-les, Brodliagan • James Evans Beechwood.; James Conolly, Clinton. . ' • -AGENTS,.e Rialtert Smith, Harlock ; E.' hn- ch]ey, Seafotth ; James ,Cummings, Egmon.dville ; J. .W. Yeo. Holmes - vine. • Parties desirous to effect insuranee or transact other busieess will be promptly attended to on apptica.iien to any of .the above officers addreseed to their 'respective postoffices. Lasses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene, . WILSON S FL PADS 1011 them all.. No dead Moo • lying *boo* whim *25 Id as Omaha.. -IOLD'1y- 011UOCISTS, GROCER'S AND CENERAL:STORES • 10a, par paokit, or $ packets for 25c. will last **photo maion. FOlt ALE BY W. H. HELLYAR CLINTON, ONT. sRAyverviy GRAND TRUNK -TIME TABLE- • . . Trains will arrive at anti te,pert from ;Ciiithen station, ae fonows . BUFFALO AND .GODERRAI Going East 4,.. „ • . .. 44 I Gettig West t; ' 6.22 a. m. 7,33 a. m. 3.16 p, re. 5.20 p, tn, 11.10 p. M. 1,01 p. 6.40 p. ni. • 16.47 p. m. DON, HURON et Baba; DIV. • 7.47-a. ei": 4.2'o p. m .11.05 a. re. 6.35 p. es. Going .4 Go.:r4, North ruLL SUMIVIER StRVICE LARS ,aarZittoR DmiStan. Steamers leave Sa-ma 3. to n.m., Monday, Wednesday and Pridav, for Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur, Port titidfitm and Duluth--Priday steamer going thro.igh to Duluth. OgaROTAIS RAY & MACIttRAC Litlf.--Stettm ars leave Collingwood 1 .30 p.m ., Owen l3o071d r .36 p m ue 442ays, Thursdays and Satur. 413 ruesdav mid Saturday steamers go thrlt1. io Ma unnae. Thursday steamer, • Are )11122 'dating' but 36passengers, goes to Soo only. Oct rat ',Hoge DIV,' -Por Parry Sound, Ifyng Inlet, Pre wit River and Rillarney, si.eanier leave;' Collingswood no. 30 p.m., Mondays and Fridays •PARRY stsuen & PEREYASIG DIV,-Steadlet leaveS Peneiang daily n45 P.M.. for Parry Soand and way porta. tiewits earl liforstelice free alt coder steals, y NEN* Y SIETION bigtitIMI4N4„ *ow ef *The newere," lteelin* Comer,", "trio 000 Ceneretios te *Arthur," INe. Gestdrittitlet* 110.01$ . UARpZI IIINOTH s It 'eels only natural that ebe 5140111d ruarry the man Who in her brother*, 'partner In many a little Maude° Gerdon, 'sitting there iter - Mg kopek** int4 tbe belf 151041 face, ;raw It alt He went back in a flash' of. recolleetion to many Peallni detailwhich'had .been unnoted at the -time; details which new tten int° .each other like links of •a cbaln, aild that 6,ain wee. attend him. He IC/Wad forward in a Momentery opening etthe future, and law hinaelf ruinedeelliee graced, held up 1N) the execration of the whole civilized. world. He was Utterly in this nran's power, bound band and foot, He could not say bine no, and tenet of al! -could, he say no to this: de - mend, which had roused all the latent chivalry, gentlemanlinese, bretherle love that was la him, MaurietneeadOle knew that Victor • Danny° poseareen eknowledge which Janetyn weerld con-, eider them) at the Price. of her Penal.' "Xdon't think," said Eurnovo, who seenied -to be following •Gerdoett. theughtti, "that the idea will be so re- pellent to your sister as yen seem to think?' • And a • sudden ray of hope shot ethernet tbe future Into winch bis 110- One eaerwht vsettatnwithom;i. rieng. It be- en "I don't want you: to •do anything now," " be went en mega gently. It VMS 'wonderful how well he •Ignevi AfaurIce Gordon, The suggested delay appealed to ene side of his natnre, the softened', tone to another: "There is time %Math.- When I, come .back 1: will speak of it again. Your sititen•ls. very fond of you, and. --I think F have one or, two arguments to put forward Which she 'Woull. recognize as rwreem-. .inonly 'stet:Min' I Would. Dfrit bring for- ward' those arguments except as resource. , 1 wouldrst point .Out the advantages ,L fourth .share in the. eirolaeite scheme Woutil Maki you a rich Mark-7abo,Ye: susPleion-independ- ent of the gossip of the market place.", Maurice Gordon winced visibly, and his eyes 'Wavered as It hewere about to give Way to. panie, • • ' "You could retire and go home to - England -to a. ceolei • clImate• -• This eounery migtit, get too ' hot fon your constitution. Seer • , iirnov 'Cane- back Into the center Of the room and- stood by the Writing table: His attitude was that of a man 'holding a.whiri over .a cowering -dog.' . . He thok up bis hat and riding whip with -a sathified Ilttle laugh,.- as if • the dog .had cringingly -done his bidding.: • 'Besides,!' he -Sad, with. a certain, Offence Of manner. "I May materna ;without any of -that-eh?" ' • • • 'Gordon was Wined to:admit, with a gulp, as if be were swallowing bis -And- he kneW that 'in Bart ing the -word he -.was degrading his ser -throwing her at this mania feet as the -price of ,bis• own honor. . • , With n half /nontemipttions nod, Vic- tor Durum turned and went away to keep •.his appOintmeht With Meredith. * * - • • • • • • Gty Oscard• wad sitting an the nat- . oral -terrace: in front , of tkornOvo'd .house at Biliala,!and Merle attended to his simple -wants, with ...that patient dignitywhich suggested the incellec- • , tion of better . times • -and ,appealed. .strongirte the menhthed oe her felltrw. • Reevant ' Joseph • and her while/4 master. • • . • - hear the sound of paddles,": she *said. • .. • • . "My .eare are net so sharp as yours," said Oscar& , • He listened, and. ,after • a moment heard the regular glug-glug Of the pad- dies stealing over the waters Of. the *atm tropic river, eovering-a wonderful distance. . • • "Yes," he said, -"X hear. Mr. Mere- ••dith Said he, wnstld be -hack theight" • She gave a strange little loW laugh... - Almost the laugh. Of a happy' woman , The two, boat/ came on to thotdeping shore with a grating scsind, and by the light Of. the Waving hinternsOrteard eaw Durnovo and Jack land.f.rom the Same boat, • . The three Men Walked' up to the house tegether. Marie was at thedeer and bowed her head gravely ln ansvret to Jack's daintation, Durnovo nodded curtly and said. nothing. . ' Inthe sitting reoin;; by the light Of the -paraffin lamp,. the two Ettglishmen exchanged a- long 'questioning glance, 4:Mitedifferent from the quick interro- gation -of a Woman's" eyes. There waS a smile on lack Meredlthis :fade. ' • "All ready to start tomorrow?". he in:!. Offired. • . • . "Yes," replied Oseartt And that was all they. cOild Durnovo never left thent alone th- gethen that aerie He watched their faCett with keen, toieriieform eye. Be- hind.the mustache lea 40 were pursed 'up in reseless antlete, But he 'so.* notiting=learned teething. These. tWo men Were 'inscrutable. • e next morning the simiacthe seekers left their firet Inn happy temp at -Menthe They.had _tasted of misfortune at tbe very, beeinning, but after the ttrst reverse they retina - ed to their -work with that dogged termination which Iry a better epirit than the Wild enthusiasm of departure, where frienne sheet 'and liege *elle, and an artificial hopefulness throere in its jarring note. In less than a Week they, had left the river, .hanling their eaneeri up ou the bank and hiding them in the tangle of the nitgin undereneed. A. (tenet of pro - Visions, likentise hidden, Was 4u0 made, end the long, weary.. mareh be, gast• We have not to deal so much 'With the finding of the simiteine am with the finders, and of these - the chief at thin time was Jack Meredith. It ifeented -gate natural that One 'titity after another Should devolve 1100 hire, and he invariable had tine to de thein ail, and leisure- to cerement plearrantlY unon it. But hie 61er tare was Vie - tor Durnovo, •Wink* they bad bath tIte• matith ea. • • •• • fat two monthe-photed with marvel- ous instinct by Darnovo-meredith made one or two Changes in the or- ganisation. The caravan naturally moved slowly, Owing tO the ewe:norm annemt of baggage 2* be carried, Ann this delay seemed to irritate Victor remove to pleb an extent that at iset it was obvious that the men , would go mad unlees • this frightful - renelon could be relieved, An advance column, cominandsd by efeeectitli and purnove, :wa$ selected to push on to the plateau, while the card and Joseph followed more leisure- ly with the baggage and the slower travelene Victor Durnovo would never, know rest now untli be reached the spot where the simlaelne should be. V the were only brawn. RN eyes 44 not seem to be suffering frelll tbe heatineeki noticeable in others: altogether, the . cliniate and the nlyatic Irma* of tbe shniaclue did not appear to affect I -him as they 'lid his companions. This I . Was probably amounted for by the !set. that, being chief of the bunters, most . . I Of his daps had heels, passed on the lower slopes In - search of game. „ °ward gave the signal tor the men 1 to Start, and the long caravan defiled, The porter* nodded to Meredith with 4 great disiday of white teeth, while the head men, the captains of tens, stepped out of the ranks end shook hands. ceeed;,Asn.: aitt 11a,puanyclektrstro dio"ursaaidceothuentlaatt- 1 Before they had disappeared over the . ewdagred C st to stye :rodbtea; tjotrisPeabrdca. came tor. 1,loyd'e bank your share of the Pre- , joseph grinned. "Yes, sir; it you _please; presumin' It's 4 safe bank." Iferedith walked a little Way down the slope with Oscine "Goodbye old demi" he said, wben - the parting. came, "Good leek, and ali I that. Xiope you wilt -find all right at ' home. By the wan," he shouted after. him, "give my kind regards to the Gore done at.Loangenree And so the lira coneIgnmeut of i sinnacine was sent from the plateau to, the coast. • i Guy Oscan *was one of those decep- • rive men. wbo only do a few things and ' - do, those few very well. In forty-three : days be deposited tbe •twenty precious cases In Gordon's go -downs at Loango • and paid off the porters, 01 where be had not lost one. These duties per- formed, he turned,hie steps toward the bungalow. He.•hael refused- Gordon's Invitation to. stay with him , Until do next day, -when tbe coasting Steamer ' was .exPected. To tell ' the truth, be WAS net very. much prepossessed in Maurfee'd favOr,, and it was with' a doubtful mind that he turned his steps' toward the little house in the forest be- „tween-Ltrango and the Sea; , *And when did noue leave them?" risked Jocelyn, after her visitor had . exprep"Ined.left them fo. rty-four days age." he . • ,,Alanlanedwerwehehw .theye vraes,i17„. . i .1., "Oh, yes," he replied. "You know Meredith?"' --. , • ..- • • ' 4e4yreezl,,, inne. said . • . o.."W.know' Mr. 11 • , . The visitor did not speak at -°nee, -1' and she looked. up at -him over the flowers, with grave nolIteness. , - . "Meredith," he sail, . NS one on the . ., most rernarkeble men I have ever met," '. . • ., . • • • •. "Really," she. replied, 'with a, .kindly interest. -• "How?" ' - • • . ' ..-"He is not the mad I took him for. ' 'ffe is se wonderfully polite.and gentle and pleasant" s' • • e . "Are you going back to -them?" •. • "No, I leave tomorrow Morning early 'iv the Portuguese, hart 1 het • going home be be married." " . ' '. "Indeede Then 1' suppose .yon ,w111 wish your: hands of Africa forever?" . "Not -quite," he replied. '41 • told Meredith MatI-would be prepared' , to go up to him In case of •emergency, ' but not otherwise: .1 shall, of course, still be interested in the scheme. 1 • take, home the first 'consignment of :einnactnet we have been, very success, ful„ you knoW. I ..shall have to, stay . In •Lendon.tesell that I have -a house'. -there." ; . . . ' .• .' • . "Are you. .63 be Married at once?" ' inquired Jireelyn, With that frann. in- terest whien metres it so much easier for a man to talk of. -.his own affairs to ti• womantOan to one of his own sex. - , • .. • • : ."As soon as .I can- arrange : it," he ansevered, with te•little laugh. "There. Is, nothing tre wait' ion We are both orphants, and fortunately we are fairly . well off." . • ., . . • . ' Be was fumbling iri his breast pocket . and preeently be thee,. Crossed .'the.: -room and handed' 'her,. quite without afterthought on self consciousness photograph In a :Mortice° case. : • • Explanation was ea:recess:try, . and Jocelyn Gordon looked' smilingly upon a smilliag, bright young face.' • , • . ' • ., ,'• "She is yeti .nrette," • she. ..said • honestly. • • , - • . • e • • •'. .. , ..Whereupon Guy Oseard grunted 'un- intelligibly, : • - . • . . . . :"111.111leent," he . said, after a little pause-"Ui•illieent is hename." • , "1111ileentl" repeated Jocelyn. !Mil- licent what'?" - • .. ; , "Millicent Chyne."' . .. , . : • • • Jocelyn- folded .the Morocco care ne ' getber and handed It book to .heitt. •-• - . "She is vete, pretty ,": she repeated', slowly, as if her mind could only re -produce-it- was theapableof .creatiOn. • .0scardlooked punLied, eirrying risen, be did pot alt down again, and peesently he teen his: leave, feeling eon- vinced-that.theelyn was about to faint • When he. was gone the girl . sat weitily down. •• •"Millicent Chyne," she whispered. "What is be be done?" , • "Nothing," be answered to herself after awhile. "Nothing. It is not .my bushiest. I can do nothing." She sat there. alone, as She had been all her life, Until the sliort tropical twn, light fell over the foreet (fate . sude denly she burst into tears. ."1,t la my busthess," She sobbed. "It • Is no ;Mod pretending otherwise; but 1' can. do nothing." • . . ' Four months elapsed taut the eecite- ment created in • the Mall werld . of western. Africa by the grit dazzling succeSS of the simlacine expedition be- gan o mu Is i e.e ng took its KIO Acourse, At iiest the experts dis- believed and then they prophesied that It could not last. Finally the. acitive period of envy, bateed and =Mee gave way to a sullentolerance not unmixed with an indefinite grudge toward Per., tune who had favored the .brave once more.erzri . • .ce Gordon .was In , dairy ex- • • ,11a pectation of news . from that Mort rat:erect spot they .vaguely* called ;the pleteau. And lodelyn did not pretend to conceal ftem berself• the hope that filled her Whole being, the hope that Jack Meredith !night bring the tows . . - In lame - Instead carte Victor Durnovo. - He cane upon her one evening when She was walking 'dew's, home from a Mild tee party at the house of e Mondry. Hearing • footsteps on the' eand,y soth.he turned turd found her - Self faCe.t0.,face 'With Ditrilovo. 3-• "I was coming 'along to tee yon," he . bald, and there Wag a subtle offense in his Mlle. . "Yee," he tried; "Ws simiacinel" trees were there, :growing,. as he said,. in solitary. state and triderestrartgely suggestive of _huenan lanenviork, then Victor Durnovo was. seven. -If n� such vet was 'found; madness and death -could oely • To Sane Ole companion's teatime Meredith. more: than • once drugged his roodeemt"when the lane. began to rise beneath 'their feet in Alight billewlike Inequalities -Abe depot:tit:of the niacinl. age--Dernbvp' refused 2* atop for .the preparation of' food,' Eating dry bis- cuits and stringy tinned .meat air they went along; the four men -three blacki • .and one white-LfolloWed in the foot- • steps of their Mad pilot "We're , getting . to the'. roauntains, We're getting to the mountains! We shall be ,there tonight! Thlak'of that,: 'Meredith -tonight!" be kept repeating , With a sickening Monotony.: And all - the while • he stumbled 'on. The" per- Spiration ran '..sloWn. his face in one -continuous stream; at thnes he papeed . to wipe it trete.. his. eyes with eliti .bacii'of his heeds, and, as these we tom and bleeding; there were tinware of- blood aortas -his cheeks. • The night felt ...the moon 'rose, red and glorious, and the beasts or this un trodden forest paused in their' search for food to ,witch With wondering, fearless ones that strange, unknoevn • 4r:delete-Man. • ' 'It' was .Duthenti -who, 'clinibipg • wild- ly, first saw the break in' tbe teem* ahead. • He gave • a mailed ery of tie, and 2* it few minutes . they Were. all rushing, like men -traisessed, .0 bare siege of broken shale. . . Durnove reaclied,the suenint prat. A faint pleasant ,odor was wafted inte, their faces-. They stood on the edge of. 4 vast tableland. melting away in the nellew'• tecemlight Studded all over,. like sheep in It meadow, evert a num, • ler of little bushes and no other vege- ttttion.. • . • • . etrictoe Durnovo stooped over ma of these.: Ine •burled his 'thee aineng the leaves or .1t, and suddenly he toppled Over, ' "yes," he Cried as he 'fell; "it's simia. eine!" • And he.tirined over,: with a groan:of • satisfactiOn;:and lay like dead Man. • CHAI,TER XIV. Ng morning three Months later • Guy' 0/icard drew UP in line _his flying column. He was 'going hack t,o England with the Ara consignment of • eimiaehre. During the twelve weeks that lay be- hind there had been gonstant reference made to his body of picked men, and the leader had selected with a grave deliberation that promitieti well. The lad soldier that was in him was all itstir in his trains tin hp r0311 bill. command in the cool air of early -morning,- The-jotirneY from -Mania' •to the plateau -had occulned a Imo' tWd months. Oscard expected to reach koala with his men In• forty dam Piled up in neat square cases, such as. could be earried in, pairs by a man of ordinary strength, was the crop of simiacine, roughly valued by -Victor Durnovo sit 440,000. Ten men could carry the whole of it, and the twenty. cases set eloire together on the ground made a bed for Guy °Beard. Upon this ithprovised +couch he gravely stretched his bulk every night •alt through the journey that followed. e It was on the epee grated in front Of the tents that Guy Os.card drew up hie quick marching eolurnn before the sun had tpru.ng up in its fantastic tropical way from the distent line Of Virgin for. eat As he walked along the line, mak- ing tt" suggestion here, pulling Oti 'shoulder rope- there, he looked stanch and etrong as any man might wish to ht. His face was betted so. brown that eyebroweand mesiteche Mood on* almost:blond, though lit reality they • • 11111011111.0110010111111116111010111WMININION .10.0040 BM, did not trouble te tell him that Werke was away tor ten days, She telt that he knew that "When do you go Imola" she asked eaTelell'Almo0017t. it Ogee," lu .4 tone that Apologised for calming her uecessat7 pain. "I must leave tomorrow or the next -day. I do not Jike the Idea of Meredith being left too long alone up there with a reduced number Of men. Of course, bad to briug a pretty large escort. I brought down 460,000 worth ot,,sasimviaeclynone." bad any more stamen among the men?" *he asked at once * a tone of half yelled sarcasms which 'Made him wince. "No," be answered; "they have been quite an eight" "What nine do you tart?" she aelred. "There are letters for Mr. Meredith at the office. Maurice's head clerk will give them to you." • She knew that these letters were :TovmherMyp Sbe had actually had them in her nand, She had inhaled the faint, refined scent er the paper and ht‘ad reached the gate of the bringalow garden. She turned and held Out her band In an undeniable manner. He bade her goodby and went les way, wondering vaguely what had happened to thein both. The conversation had taken a different turn from what he had hxpeeted and intended. But some - bow it had genbeyond his control. He bad looked foriarti te a very dinieirent ending to. tbe interview. And eovi he* reund himself returning emnewhat dis- consolately to the wretcbed hotel in Loango-dismissed-sent been. The next day be actually left the little west African coast' town, turning his face northward with bad grace. Even at that distance be feared Jack Mere- dith's heti eelied sarcasm. Durnovo had only been allowed to come .down to the coast under a promise, graceful- ly veiled; but dialect enotigh, that he should only remain twenty hours in Loango. . Jocelyn avoided seeing him again. Four days later she eves riding through the =tine town- of Loango, aceom- panted by re lady. friend, when shs met Victor Durnovo.. The sight of hlm gave her a distinct shock. She knew that la bad lett, Loango three clays before with all his inen. There was no doubt about that. Moreover, -his air was distinctly furtive -almost scared. :It was evident that the chance meeting was as unde- sired by. him as it was surprising to her, • • "I thought you had left," she said Shortly, Milling up per horse With uu- deniable decision. . "Yes, but I have come back for:. -for more nien." " • $11 e shkenkenenewhe.. was lying, and he felt "Indeed!" she said. "You are not a, good starter." She turned her horse's head, podded to her friend, bowed coldly to Dumpy() and trotted toward home. • In the for- est she -applied the open and beneath the whispering treat, oveznetlee silent sand, the glri galloped 'home as fast as her•horse could ray legs to ground. • CHAPTER XV. .N nearing the bungalow Joce- lyn • turned aside thee the for= 'est where' a 'little colony •of the..aandliduntsnerstiod ie. a •hotiew01 ., she dried, '`the paildietiaken Ask hint tocometo then ' In e few • moments -a man emerged Om a :shed Of - banana leaves .' He as a 'scraggy mane -very lightly' clad, and a violent _squint handicapped. .him seriously. 113 the metter • of first bee pr se ons. , • . "I came to you," said Jecelyn,,ebet cause .1 know that you are: an..intel- •ligent man. and , a great traveler." • "Wbere •do you with me to go?" "To 816ala, on '.'the. Ogowe rtyer When can you leave?". .• • . YOU. can • hire a ", dhew," • she :said, "and on tbe. river yo;: may have • as many' lowera as eoir like. .You 'must go very (prickly .to Mean There, you must ask abeet eta Englisliman's ex- pedition. • Some of -the men are at Msala•now. They were going up coun- try to Joln• the other Englishmen. fir away -neer themountains. They have stopped at 'Msala. Find out why `they have not gone On,' and- come back very quickly to tell me." • • . She gave' hint 'money and rode on home. . Before. she reached the bunga- low the paddlemaker passed her at a trot, going toward the sea.. • She waited for three dans, aed.then Victor.Durno;ro •canie again. Maurice was still 'away. There was an awful sense tie inmending defter in the very air, in . the loneliness of her. Position. -Yet she Was not afraid of -Durnovo. She had Ieft that fear belend. • •She went to the drawing' room to •see Iffin full of resolution "I could .not go away," Said after relinquishing her hand, "without conn- ing to see you." Jocelyn said nothing. The scared.look which she had hat seen le'his face was - no longer there but the eyes were full a Iles. • • .. • "Jocelyn," the man meet on, "I sup. - pose You -know that I lone you. Will you marry me?" he asked. ' "Non' • • "Why?" • .• "Ftecduse 1 nOt'only do 'not care for yon, but I despitre and distrait vet" "Then," he said, "I will- be candid with.. yeti. Intend you to marr m eve -Intended -el or a ong time. 1 am not going &Mil on my knees to ask yeti to do it. That is not my way, But if you drive me to it I will make your brother Maurice go down op. his kneed and beg you tO marry me." . "I don't think that you will do that," atavvered Die girl steadily. "Whatever your power over Maurice may be, it is, not strong enough. for that,. Yon. -over- - rete it." • "Suppose," he said •In lo;v, Welter voice, "that I possess knowledge that I imve only to mention to one 'or two people to make this place too hot for Maurice Gorden. If he ' estaped the fury of the native', it would be diffi- cult to know where he could go: Eng- land woad be too hot for bile. They wouldn't have hitt there.. could wouldsee to- tbat, ie e tuined man, an outcast, execrated by ell the eivilleed. werld." . "What 10 pea knowledge?" , Asked. Jocelyn in a oddly Measured yoke. "If yott Will hair(' it, your brother, Maurice' Gordon, is a Wave trader," .41roe tr. dreaoWaahrnanekunaAartle.. amp iltng_hat 1,0%1 4.. : knew tiiii be Ilk* net baring tile Mtn, There inight be extenestimg eirenal‘ stance*. The real truth might linve lettiretaut• a venrao,diatocratuueentedst turettleakewitan etanouottit• of the troth in it as Victor Diarnovo. xi/Irv:4m" It orebeforthee world, rate condemn Iing‘tnlituePuP°t the'dngt't'll. esnrehlwet wee ElYren'in"of t0rtrucwith0 10;00404•Now. will yod Marry nier he "In your tabrication, who would believe ' you? Who on Ole tee* would take your word agalnet the word. ot en Engifish gentlemen? Even if the 'whole story were true, whieh It is not, could you prove it? You are a liar as well an a eoWArd and traitor! De Y44 think that t,he very aervanta In the etable *MIN believe yen? Do you think than -the incident, of the smallpox at Mgala is forgotten? Do you think that ail. ',Ming% even to the hoetmen on the • beach, Ignores tbe fact that you are .. here in Leong° now 'becalm* you are taot7 thit tsolurgoiactbireupghlataeat,Valey"0:124% spmleadgigirt'°Ondceol. T1 ri teurewiesreoe amterathit ggfelsetbe . that you are afraid, of now. I do not . trees. w. hat lt Is,. bit I w. tit dud rut. him os be walked away beneath the Coward! Got Leave the bouse at once, • you out, and never dare to speak tos me again!" - ' before I call in the stable boy to turn He heard her close the window :after Jocelyn went out by the open win- eow, and presently Nala came grinning tmouweahrdpiehaeser.dElwearinhaim.e4evildr_enhteird. hvelmry. . self erect and equiated, more violently than usual, *".• . "I have been t� hisalii," lie tiald;w1th. coNnsaliciaersagbulaettdelriotny othf enreahntinueenea thiee . and proceeded to unfold' as 'leaf. The operation took SOW° time. Within the outer covering there yeas a second 'en- velope of paper, Tikewise secured by 11 string. Finally the man produced a small note, which showed "signs of having been read more than once: •Tilis he _handed to •Jocelyn with an absured air Of ironortance. . She ?pared the paper and read: f To 4VIarie, . at 'Kuala -fiend at once to 'Mr. Durnovo, worming him that the • tribes have risen and are rapidly sur-, rounding the plateati. Ile must return' here at once with as large an. armed •foree as hp can raise,. but the most Im- portant .consideration Is time. He must not wait for men *from elsewhere, but • ' nauet pick up as niany as he can lit Loan-` go and. on the way up to Miiala, X reckon ' that we can . hold out for three inonths' • . without outside assistance, but after that: period we shall. be 'forced to surrender or; • try to out our way through without the simiseine. With a larger force We couldl " heal book the tribes and establish our . ' hold on the plateau by . force, of farmed ' This must be forwarded. to Mr. Durnovo,• ' at once, wherever he Is. 'The letter is in' ' duplicate, sent by two geed rnesiteagersrl . ' who go by different routes. . • ' JOHN MEXCEDITH. - • When Jocelyn looked up, dry lipped,I .breathless, 'Ntila was 'standing before' 'ha beaming with self importance. Who gave you this?" nMarle, at Msala." "Who is she? 01* Nn Duenevo's woman at Msainei , She keeps his house." • ; • "But. thlk tetter le for Mr. Durnonorl; .. cried Jocelyn, *whose fear made her, . unreasonably' angry. "Why • has he • ,- , not had it?. , • , • , Nala came nearer, with, up/11154.1 forefinger and explanatory . . "Marie tell me," he 'said, . "that Mr.,11-% Meredith vent tine letters:, Marie give'', ' • Mr. Durnoyo one: This-ether,letter.", • Jocelyn Gordon rose to the .oedesion.4 • - ."Con•you• go," she, said after. a me- 4, 'mutter thought, "to StePtiutde Loanda.1 .for me,•;at once -now?" "Oh, yen"' with a sigh... . Already jOcelyn Was" ivriting some- thing on a sheet of 'paper.- s • • !!Take thilen 'the eald,.'"to the telee, graph office' at St' Paul de.Loanda •and. „send it off ert once. Here Is roonen.I. • You undastand /. I ;will 'pity you when"' you bring beck .the 'receipt If . youl ' have been very quick f will pay 'you '• • . . , That same •evening a second niessene • , . -ger started .northward after Maitrime! • Gordon 'With a letter, tellingehhe to. • • 'come back at once be Leango. • t: • * . * * Guy Oseard • Was dining-. alone he • Russell square when a telegram was: handed to Wm.. He• opened .1t andi read: ' Meredith surrounded and in clanger. Durnovo false. Come at once. ,1 -• JOCNLYN GORDON. • -1* due time 'Guy, Orreard 'landed on • the .I.4antia. Tie ..thO I. 1 ei,q.111 . . • - CONTINUED IN NEXT 'ISSUE. "NO USE. BRAGGING" Exaggerated Descriptions of Canada to Intending Emigrants bo Injury. , A recent issue of the weekly paper "Canada," which published in Eng- , head, contained a nunther of pictures of residences of fanners and mechanics in this country, which, on the mind of an Englishman, would tend to leave the impression that in this land of plenty anybody and everybody can 'prosper and oceurry beautiful. homes. In fact; those pictures were not at all . representative of the dwellings of our &rears and mechanics, but were Oita out of the ordinary. The average me- chanic in this country does not live in a mansion, and whit 1r, : Linen y farmers in older • Canada, t eir wealth Usually tepre- . Setae the hard-Seraping and close fig- uring of about three generations of A Foolish Principle, Even af that, however, in our rural' population are many families who, after three generations of hard, if litt• ihtelligent work, arefar from having any such ' residence to ;live in as the poorest of those shciwn in the pie - tures referred to. There is no use bragging in in' the literature about this '06untry published' in England. It is foolish tolead new -comers with ex- planations that %moot be realized. , Here is a country where there is a chance of success for every man who ha e in hilt) the trick of winning sue - ems; :but here, as everywhere else, there is slippery going and plenty of opportunity for a hard -worker to spend buildingac cant possibly earn without I eoliptfiltatonf. fit.etitintere At aPwill lcate. I People leaving the Old world for .the I :sr Wale) "ft! lilerentletiti; ItttPthilat troubles end when their feet touch our soil. Their troublea begin -new *MOS that nothing in their totperience fits them for. ,- ..