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He bad aleeady vieited them, but now
after a glance, et the quiet figure, on
the bed, he steed up to the toilet -
table." '
'11."rn,"'. lie said, "evidently hater -
ignited be; enmething or somebody in
the act of undeeesing. Cravat thrown
off, but collar till round hie throat,
lais watch and money lying about.
What's this? An envelope and n ost-
mark—a women% writing of course,
woman who is probably in the
house."
He went down to tbe drawingeaoom
with the letter in his hand. _
"The is your wife's haad-writ-
fag?" he sad, "Mr. Ross eeviclently
received this after he eame la it
night,"
The young hueband turned, He seem-
ed to neve shrunk ie his clothes and Mr,
Sk-ewton was answered instantly by
the pele look on his face—a look aghast
terrible, and which illumined arid con-
firmed the theory that the detective
had set uP, perhaps, disappointing him
etot a little, aeat first sight there had
seemed to he stranger circumstances
in the case. •
"After all," he thought, contempt-
uously, "it we a very simple mur-
der, simple in its motive and clumsy
ia its accompliehment, and the course
of justice wifl be swift and easy, so
that no poasible kudos can be attaoh-
ed to any detective concerned in it,"
How could he tell through what
furnaces of agony Jack was passing as
Jae stood with back turned to him mo-
tionless as a stone?
That bitter cry out of Scripture was
ringing in his ears, that cry out of
the far ages, that will ring on for
ever, "And it was even thou—mine own
familiar friend. . . ." •
"A. splendid fellow," thought the de-
tective, mentally measuring his inches,
"but who would have thought him Cow-
ard enough to shoot an unanned
man?"
Suddenly he stepped back, and
through the folding -doors, looking
around with a glance that embraced
everything, especially the windowthat
jack bad left open overnight, and
which was open still. Beneath it was
part of the roof of the dinin,g-roora,
and beyond it, and a teifle higher. a
large expanse of leads, bounded by the
windowless backs of the houses in a
by -street thee ran at right angles with
the leads.
Windowlees? Ay, but in the brick -
tiled sloping roof of one of these
houses the quick eye of Mr. Skeleton
detected a 13ing1e skylight, shut, it is
true, but more than wide enough to
admit the body of a man, while the
drop to the lead,s below wee not more
than twenty feet. "The window open,
and a skylight In another house lay
which any wee could get in here, and
go all over the house," said Mr. Skew -
ton to himself, "if it were not for
the pistol, and this man's damning
evidence against hinaself—tlaough he is
too eager by half—I ,should say this
might be a very interesting case in-
deed. Anyway," his eyes remained
riveted to the skylight, "it won't
be eubh plain sailing as I supposed.."
He had the more reason to ,believe
himself correot in this supposition,
when in the course of his travels round
the room; he diecoVered and prompt-
ly annexed something thate however
humble in itself, was destined to play
an important part in the drama that
had yet to be played out.
"..A.nd now for Mrs. St. George," he
said. :1" ; . „
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'The shallowest water makes rnalst
din, -
The deadest pool the deepest limn"
7 He did. not trouble any one to show
alre way. The house was fashionably
small, and he had already been twice
iia the second floor. so, unless on the
moof, he must find Mrs. Si. Georgein
athe tap rooms of all.
He went boldly, up and passing the
doors of two servants' room.that stood
open, knocked gently at the third one,
evilica was shut.„me „
•1, ago answer.
1” Be knocked, again and with the
'same result.
• .Then he said quietly, with his lips
gto the keyhole: "Your husband is un -
icier arrest for the murder of Mr.
',Ross."
1 :A sound of .voices, a rush as of a
revtirievina, and the door was flung
open to bring the detective face to.
face with a woraen whom he after-
ward ,deseribeel as the sweetest little,
morsel. he ever saw in his life."
'You must be mad." said Elizabeth
on the mstent, "my husband came up.
to this room last night, and never lett
it till he was called from his bed this
morning by tbat horrible. news. If he
had gone down again," ebe turned
authoritatively to Rose, "you must
have heard him, must you not ?"
The detective turned to look at the
girl addressed, looked her through and
?through, yet was consoious all the
:white of the narrow, low-eitchea room, c
ehe unsuitable entourage ot this wo- 0
anan, who looked as if born to rule in s
a palace. Be observed, too, a smell c
ot burning paper lingering it the air, b
and suspected mischief.
I Rose looked at her mistress steadily. I
pityingly, even, but returned no re- h
,
Reee, "and I placed the leiter en h
dressing -tab] e,'
"WI-1°de, he tousid ilmat midnight,
or later," said tlie detelitlye to hi
self. "
"M.a. Ross was a friend of yours
he eaid. .
"lie was," she said, coldly
this quite the place in svhioh to cat
eb tee
“aff you j. ceme tiOlVll,” he sa
calraly, Wail aSk my questiens u
'der more feaorable e•ienumstances."
But she shank back, and shook h
head determenedly. '
"When' you memo to take, me awa
to prison I will go down,' she sai
"bub not till then."
And she made as though she wool
shut the door in hie face,
"S'efetyghe said,, um; eudely or o
ionsively, and indeed his manner he
net been wanting in reepect from th
first, 'if you will not come dove
then I must speak to you here. fYo
oorrespoudea with Mr. Barry ?" L
"Unknown to your huthand?"
"Tanknowa to my husband."
"I may venture to inonire you
is
is
0-
subject?"
, "You may not."
' "Your letter was not ot such
eharacter as evouldbring him to'you
rotate at night?"
Elizabeth's eyes blazed—Rose'swer
ease
"What has this to do with your in
quiry?" she said.
• "Everything. If Mr: Ross obeye
'such a summons from you, and you
husban,d round hien. there -- the de
teetive paused significantly.
Elizabeth's face blanehed, aed sh
seemed hardly to breathe.
"My husband never set foot in tha
room after he wished me good -night,
she said. - •
"What tines did he come up?'
eald the detective.
Elizabeth taltered, trembled.
"Yeu were asleep," said the deiec
tivE? in his dangerously soft sugges
etive ;voice. "Ile may have sat ui
reading late'?"
"No," she said, boldly, "he may hay
thought me asleep, but I was not. '1
• struek midnight just after he wen
up stairs." •
"Did you hear your naaster come up
stairs?" he said suddenly to Rose.
Rees made no reply.
"He came up i Ewelvedid he not
Reset" cried Elizabeth, eagerly.
But Rose's back answered theques
tion. •
"Yana maid looks as ft she had flat
been in bed all night," said Mr. Skew -
ton. "At evhat hour did Ms. Ross
usually cores In?"
"At all hours. The latch was always
left up for him."
"You saw him every day?"
"Very •seldom."
;Tut he and, your husbenci were on
perfectly friendly terms?" .
"Perfectly." -
• "And you also?"
, She looked him, full in the face and
paused deliberately before she said
t`tbatii last in ht
-The detectfve put up' his hand.
Stop,"'ha said, "I am bound to tel
yOu.nat to say anything that will in
trinimate. yourself."• •
" When yon been trying for the las.
ten minutes to extract efery daranin
'circumstance you can against me!,
she said, with a curious faint smile
"Listen---"
•
..Rose came forward and caught a
.her raistress's arm.
"Madam," she said, imploringly
"don't! Ie isn't true—don't say it
Somebody may have: come after th
samphireseta . • :
-"What sapphires?" said the detec
tive„quickly., , L
"
They have nothing to do with it,'
said Elizabeth, " no one knows .wher
I keep, them,. often I.don't knew ray
elf. 'I hideethem, here, there, and ey.
eryWhere."
" Then you always feared •being
robbed?" said the detective, his pulse
*qtidckened by this, new element' in th
cape.'
a
had, so significantly touched; but the
unexpected touch of the cold. steel
chilled her ifloocl, and Silo trenehled ve
eh
ibly a,s e stepped back.
Sk-ewton, etaggered for the, moment,
looked, beyond. Elizabeth to the maid.
She stood like opt) petrified, .and etar
e
ing down at the toy weapon held be. her misierees's Lemke ,
"Sae siever saw it before," he
thotight; Olen aloud, "This is chinae
Way, Mrs. St. George. eNoenatbetee
whose hends thatapiatol is your,eue,
band has confessed it .to be his."
'MY leusbancl'e?" she cried out,' as
one pierced to the quick with pain,
"that cannot be," • She paused, and
cold beads of \yeat. came out on her
white'brow, "1 -Ie could only have seen
it, and picked it up," she spoke halt-
ingly, finding evords with' difficulty
as she went on, "after---" she drew 0
deep breath and steed defiantly erect.
"I shot 13arry, Ross with it! Peace, I
eayl Ile came to my room lasa, eight—
h° always carried eirearms — and 1—I
—snatched this from him, and shot
him, the hound, U.S he desereed!"
"How came he with your husband's
pistol?" said Mr. Skewton, quietly.
"Mr. St, George, lent it, him," ,said
glizabeth, boldly, '
"Nol" said jack's -voice behind them,
hyou are telling a lie, Edizabetli, a lie
to save me. But this ruate'wilt nee be-
lieve you, ',Ile taele the pistol fawn nay
possession, in whic,h it had been ever
ince fired that shot, and which
your deafness prevented you from
bearing,"
"Ana I so deaf?" cried Elizabeth'
swiftly, and turning to the detective,
'have I net heard every. , word you
said? Dees any one in his senses sup-
pose that' 1, who sleep so lightly;
eould eleep through ' euch. a tragedy,
as that?" , '
See turned from the man,. end. fell
clowe on her knees beside her husband,
clasping his cold hand and bowing her
head (1.0W11 0/1, it, clinging to him for
dear love, and with a passion that
shook her eike a reeda
"jack!" she said, "Jack, • you know I
did it!' I was mad with, rage, au seeing
libel there, nnd I snatched. the pistol
fromehis hand—and 1 shot him ;and
after that I remember uothing—
nothing." . •
He, did, not stir or speak, only the
coldness of his hand ehilled her—how
could she know that; he was thinking
of Gem
tneveee in her shae; as she how.
ed before Arthur, only Guinevere aid
not lie--s,he earned ler fault. i
• "You are mad," he said at last, "to
perjure yourself thus. No 'one will,
believe you, and there is 'Daffy, 1 -Ie
y
loves ou better than he, loyes'ine„ and
pm have him to consider, as well as
yourself." •
He unlatched. his hand, not roughly,
but inexorably from her two clinging
ones, e and, deprived of his support
she sank down', ,the .glory Of her ban
faIling,over his feet, and hiding •
eel
facee ,•
• „What did his. anguished.. eyes say as
tbey looked down upon her? Does not
the godhead in'the man forgive, while
the man himself in flesh and blood re-
gol_tsayd.aet theimth?ing that has:stained e.nd
1 Suddenly he turned and went ont.
Rose' stood looleing down on :the
1. young figure.thae stirred no more than
g the dead, l'oekeci, with eyes innevhich
anger, amazement, and bitter. disap-
pointreent struggled with sdme softer
feeling that by, and by drove out tire
t rest, and brcught her to her knees by
" Mrs. St. George.'s aide. • ••:
' "Biadain," she 'said; gently,"' 'ma -
1 dam," and.tried to raise her in her
e arms.
But with a gesture of passion Eliza-
beth thruat her away grown strong
with the' anger that filled 'her breast:
' "You wicked • woman!" she said,.
e "Would you hang your me.stert"
Roseegotan to.,her feere
- "Madam," she said., • veepquicily
-
"master has confessed, and that;naan
evidently found the. pistol in his pos-
session. My testimony cannee pos-
e sibly affect him- one 1avay or the
SUNDAY,SCIfq0L..
LEsso.N. V, THifiD QUARTER, INTEle-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY, 20.
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Text of the Lesson, 'Ihilte ix, 1:8-30.
Memory Verses, 33-30—Goltien 'text,
Lake ix, 35 Commentary I'repnr.
ed ,by the M. Stearns.
ECopyright, MO, by American Prose Aso -
elation.)
28, "A„aa Meanie to pass about an eight
days aeter th6se enyiugs He' took Peter
and John and James and wentem into a
mouatain to pray." The lasteien "these
sayings" not only in the Peevlabe verse
here, bat also in the verses etene!;diatelY
preceding in the parallel accouuts in
Math. xvi, 28; alark ix, 1," is that some
of those standing by should not taste
death till they had seen the kingdom of
God; therefore in the trenefiguration we
may iclak for the Culfillmont oe that say-
ing, and Peter so speaks ot 11 in II Pet,.
1)110, 17. 'Matthew antd lelaek each say
"after six days," while Luke eaYs
"about 00 eight days," so that evidently
six full days intervened, with m part of
two others, aud each statement is strictly
coreect, as are all statemeuts'of the I-Ioly
Spirit.
20. And as Ile prayed the fashion of
His countenahee was. alterea, mild His
raiment was whitmana glistening." The
other RCC01114S Say tbag His face did
seine as the sun; andtliis r'ilineent Was'
white as the light, shining., exceeding
white as snow. The glory that Wt1S iu
Him shone forth for this little moment.
When John saw him on Patmos, 60 years
after His ascension, he saw His counte-
nance as thesun shining, in His strength,
His eyes as a flame of fire,•ete. (Rev. i,
i-16), and so overpowering, Was the,
eight that John fel) at His feet:ale dead.
130. "And, behold, there talked with,
Him two men, which were aloses and
Elias." " The only two others who had
ever 'fasted 40 days and 40 nights—aloses
on two occasions and Elijah once (Deut.
ix 0, 18; I Kings xix, S). Of these two
Moses had died, and his' body been bur-
ied (Deut. xxxiv, 5, 61), .but.I infer from,
jede, 9, that he had op the .alatint 01
,Taansfiguration his risen boay..tlie devil
hates to lose the body of a saint. Elijah
had been token tee' heaven 'Without ding.
.4,11 Kings. 11, • 11); and on ,this occasion
'Moses reetresents the dead hi Christ,. who
shall rise first, while Elijah represents
the living..saints, who shall ilt the ,cone
hag of "Christ to ,,the be caught up
,117vt3b0o_ult5)dying to meet the Lord (I
es 31. "Who appeared- in glory atid sanike-
of His decease which He shoehl acconi-
plish at Jerusalem." If we hacl not been
, told, how we should have wondered and
• have wished to knowwhet they talked
• about! Now' that we knoae how much
does it really interest us, and do we see
that one of the greatest topics in heaven
is the sufferings of Chrisa and doubtless
another is the ,glory to be yet revealed
(Luke xxiv, 26; •I Pet. 'w, 1), .These two
men. With millions of ,others, had been
, caeoying something of thmblissof para -
die by virtue of flies sacrifice abont to be
eiCaoinplished, antral' who, shall' ever ena
ter the kingdom of God will do so only
by virtue of this death and resurrection.
..32. Although the disciples were heave
with sleep, they kept awake and saw' His
- glory and Moses and Elijahmsee It. Va.
-hi:Gethsemane these same three ,aettrelly
plept for sorrow (Luae xxii, 45); the flesh
.is .50 Weak, tliainmither the 'itifferings or
• Christ nor the glory of Christ affect us as
they should. Whet a comfort it is tlint
He knoweth our frame and rernembereth
that weare dust (Ps..0111;.1.4). Let- me
cannot
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not hoehereelsi.)eri.t,, .ao.auttilsceulyseese n we.
but ; to als'etevei'''
filled With the Spirit (Eehe v, 1..8)Mthee
we may know Hite better, eapeaCiate:
Ube more , and 'beaever oeCapieel eWithe
Meal
,
83. Teter is again to the front talking
Above things 01' which hmknows nothing
and saving things not knowing what he
e,aa-s. 'The order of events was probably
as follows'. Jesus ascends the mountaifl.
to pray, with Peter, Jenies and John ace
'ao,nfpanyinge while ,prayieg Heas trans
figured end Moses and Elijah appear and
talk of His exodas. the disciples being-
. heavy with sleem: the disciple, keeping
awake, see His glory and 'Moses and Eli-
jah; Moses eine] Elijah about to. depart,
Betel. speaks; the cloud overshadows •'
them and' they .feireGod speaks, and the,
aieciMes fall down; Jesus touches them,
and they arise ancieee aesus onlee
' 34. The 'story of the .cloud in•.coapec-
tion'With the'presenee'of (loci is one of
' the 'Most helpful Bible studies. tracing it
fronebeing Israel's guide end. oracle and
-
proteetoe and avenger in the wilderness
to the ascension and retnun of Christ,
with all -the intervening 'references easily
'fdund.iu a concordance. Those, who have
[eyes and heart for Him see Him every-
'herh, and to such theremeed be no fear,
for He is ever saying "Fear not"' frem
Gen. xv, 1, to Rem. M17. "Be not afraid; ,
only believe" (Mark v, 80).. '
8e. "And there' came a, voice out of
the cloud saying, This is aly Beloved
Son; hear Him." Math. x.vii, 5, seaS that
the voice.added, aftewaSon," in whanat
nal well , Pleased." The same e,oice and
elimsaine words as at ,His baptise, with
11e:edclitieneh word, `,`ITetir ye -Him"
(Math.. iii, 17), ,aleses. and "Elijah 'and
allthe prophets spite° of •Him (Acts ±,
' '43),• and unless:, weehear. ,Him and' not
them.we miss,the right -voice: must
'in all things be pee -eminent; .the toed
!alone shall be exalted (Ise. ii, 11,17; Col.
,1, 15). l'eter rdso quotes the Father's
-words concerning His Son (II ,Pet.
17), and theyiearry ns beck to Isa. xlii,
"Behold My' servant, whorre I uphold,'
aline elect, .in whom '111y soul edelight-
eth." ' •
80. "And when the voice was 'pest .14-
,
sus waii-founcl alone." Mark ia, 8, eve
'that 'they saw rio inan eny more seave Jab
:Sus only with themselves.' What morc.
weld they need Or desire, for •"in- fling
(Medina] ell the' fullness ell the Godhend
bodily, nod We ere correplete or filled full
ill Hire" (Col. ii, 0 30). 0114 alirn we
may he filled with all th.gfulletea of God
leinen lie 10y. it is the prieilege of .every
'bel ies•er to see rho ono but nlesos only'?
and to live in obedience to Pe. lxii, 5,,
'afy souleevait thou only upon God. ,fee'
rue expectation ia from Min." Whetter
it bir in thingee ternaorel or epiritrue
al -11.M with petienee, logkeee. auto. Jesus"
al.lebeeii, 1, al'ena let ,eothing 00 no one
(Mine between Him tied .yon. "Where,
them ie the latmanin oi clod in this wore'
doted Seene 1 Soh Christ glorified, mei
seith Itino the risen eminte (represented
'by Moses) end the trnealated eaints (rep-
resented lee Elijah) and ei 'enveel Istael
(represented hy.retereaeleee end Johe),.
end yoe have the heart of the kingdom'
when Godte will shall be dale on earth
ee in beeven. Seeing your Mace with:.
gieriet enablea year to deny self end foe
low MO.
,MrsmSt. George leoked indifferent
" What was,. ;their e value ?",' he said
'About five thomearici pounds.' ,
"Aad you, kept such valuable things
eyeag about --here, there and every
where?" '
. "Ther, were, only two stones," she
said, indifferently. ,
Two 1 They must bave been very
large to be of that value."
They, were," she said, catelessly
"50 large that very few people
thought th.cy were real."
The detective gla,need at the ill -pro
portioned zoom, a servant's room, how
aver, beautifully furoished, and kept
and his eyes expressed the astonish
nneisat he felt. With such jewels as
those, how cameshe to give up the best
rooms in the house for a paltry Imo
dred or two a year? • •
"Where w -ere they last night?", he
said.
"Here," said Eliza.beth,• thrusting
her hand into the pocket of her dress
ing-gown. As she did so, Rose turned
her back, busying herself with tidying
the room. .
An eja.culetion of amazement from
the detective made her turn. She
arew nearer, and a frightftil 'Change
ante over her face as she saw lying
n her mistress' palm", two glorious
applatree of' •enornadris size and., in
olor, the intensest, darkest, vividest
Me.
A low moan eeeaped her lips, instant -
y stifled, but as ehe turned aside to
ide her face, Mr. Skewton caught a
limpse of it—a glimpse that: told him
. "He is` innocent, I tell you," said
• Elizabeth, stubbornly, stupidly, like
a -child. who in sheer erecklessnesss
peraists, h palpable untruth.. "He
- knew nothing of what. went on down
stairs last night—nothing until he
was roused this morning'.',
• Rose looked straight before her, her
face diveeted of every paYeicle of ex-
,
pressiori,
. "Is it not `so?" cried" Elizabeth, seiza
'ing the woman's' arm, and'shaking it.
Maladain," Said Rose, witla a look of
pity, "it Was done in a motnent of
niadness—of jealousleb"
• Elizabeth dropped ,the woman's. arm,
with a, cry of loathing, e
"Aremyon all mad together?" she
*cried.. "1 tell you it Was I-1 who
killed him; but you will not believe nao
you have, or had, some affection for
me!"
"No," said Rose, calmly, "you did
'riot do it; you were asl'eep. Mon Dieu!
•It is a piteous thing, that you should
be deaf, and wake to such a horror!"
"Piteous for my husband, you
mean,' said Elizabeth, hardly:. " You
think it was unnatural that I should
sleep affee d had done it. Oh, no!
criminals artB the soundest sleepers in
the world! 1139t if 1 had been wise I
should have dragged him down stairs
and pushed Jaim 01I1/ itiCe the street"—
she'laughed ,in a way that chilled,
Rose's blood—"and put the pistol in
b'is hand, and people would have said—
have said--"
'She broke off stiddenly in her speech,
looking wildly around, as if she found.
her surroundings totally, strange, and
altogether puezling to' her,
Theneshe buest out singing:
"His hounds they lie down al, hie feet,
So svill they their master keep."
She paueed, a moment, then' her
ssveet voioe even.t on.
"'She got him up, upon her back, 1
And carried him to Garthen Lake."
Another pausei
"She ferried bon helore the prime; ,
She was dead bei eele. ere even -song
time."
Once egain .she began to -laugh but
aoci an his mercy changed her laugh-
ter to tears, and so saved bee reason,
Mrs. St. George made a gesture of
indignant anger, then turned fiercely
on the man who stood there in the
watirrove way, forcing himself upon her
en her own chamber. A suclaen sense
01 the publicity in which she reust
thenceforth live, smote on her chillily,
and she felt that the sanotity of her
home was gone, and privacy tor her no
, fanner existed.
g "10 any one is to be arrested," she
egad curtly, "arrest nae. If anyone p
an f,his house is guilty, 1 am that G
3") en"
"'Slow did you 'do it?" he said, is
smoothly a.rel raising his voiee, a little;
She had set bee face as a. Met, but
riould not leeep the loolc mit of a
her eyes th,at teal him svhat la: want- , n
ea to lemma. Ile categht also an ex- b
pees:aerie in lloeeee face that he stoe- h
cel ttp tor 'future ueravalling.
"airs. St, George did no( do it," he It
said to himeelf, abut; tier meld lenowe f
eoreathing about it. :Chen there is o,
the skylight." Aloud lie said, and pro- t
aueing an enveltme from his pocket: i
"Me 1.3,0137, reeetved a let:to ixord
you last raiglit'a
"fie did."
"Ie wee delivered by Your
servants? "
``MaLchleee," said the detective, -and
ou keep' them rolled up id a twist
f tiesee paper ?" as ahe carelessly put
hem. back in her shallow pocket. And
or a momenahe nineecl dver the rack-
essne.ss of women.
Rose Dupont had moved away, and
was foldin,g up,. and putting straight
the things lying about.
" Wby do you not keep' your sap -
111005 id a safe?" he said to Mrs. St
eerge. '
$he looked at him, disdaining to an
-
were then said:
"Have you aerested ray bueband,
nd on what evidence r
' Strictly speaking, he is not under
rreet, 1.1111; 11<1. is -watched, and 0.111c1
01 eetape if lie tried. The eviderice,'?
e touched his breast pocicet, "Is
ere.''
Elizabeth turned to that livid white -
ens which betra d mortal agony and
ear. ,She tried to ,streale, hue uttered
nly a hoaree abund that flied hew
areal: ; there before lei geeseed her
ntention, with the delicacy of toueli
nd lightning ssaiftness of a practice-
d thief, 01141 had divert for and snateb-
d the 1110101 one ot his breast poeleet,
e of and put it behind her hack
fe had beew 0 snonientee thoaght, an
dee 3'oa alwaye ca rry et.r ea rine ?"
S. )Joss was tot tn meant)" :seta %
nelanias svotle, nee ev'en knowing
sbe eveuld find in the.,- pocket he
CHAPTER. IV.
-0, hoar ye nne,,frae Maid the, loch,
11, cleidawterane?
Sae eVell (Mee thee spitifewarn,'
When we 00,00 ,death r.naun Marla:"
rrhe u.cmal ghostly formalities that,
aticceed e deed of violeeee were over,
The preliminary inquiry before a
magistrate had been held, and the
strange spectnele ot e husband, and
wire, each circumstantially owning to
the eole corierailmi ,of the same crime,
'had beer) Witneeseri with the ,regiaTi:
that tile wornen N,VaS plainlytproyen te
abe lying, vehile.the nean'm ebiateesioe
I was borne oat by Said facts: ; •
d , To be Continued, ,
THE TOMATO,- -
One of Our Dig Crops—Some ee,, the
eremee eetroa.netiane.
The enormous extent; to 'which the
tomato ie used lends special interest to
tlio stiely ot varieties. Tboe tomato is
guown 01000. largely for tenbeing than
„ ,
tiny 'other yegetable Used for this pue-
VARIETIES '0:13.'10MATOES,
57, Table Queen; 55, Early .14),14y; 59, Matchless;
11, Comr0e; 62, Leinon'Yellbw;•68, ,World's Pair;
54, Earliest Market; 65, State Filly.; 60, Improved
Frophy; 57, Irurbault Preserving; es, Golden Claine,
pion; 69, Fordboolc Fancy; 70, New Coinbinalion;
71; Best of All; 72, Seedling; 78, Freedom; 71, 0.
4. R.; 75, I4b. Cross.
pose. eThe total annenil pack of the
entire !eountry now averages nearly
5,500,000 cases of 24 cans each; and.the
area 'required to supply the' eanneries
is estimated to exceed 300,000 acres.
" According to Professor F. William
Rang et New Hanapehire, althow;li
factories ere increasing, nevertheless
the prices for canned tomatoes 111.8
higher at present then for a number oil
years. The catchup, industey
as continually increasing, and yet the
clentande equals the simply. Even green
fruit is in foie demance in the fell of
the year. Professor atane has reeeptly
repotted some tests Of he newer intro-
ductions as well as of. others of early
maturing quality.
Among the varieties illustrated Pee -
tosser Rune commeiedm in SOIDOWllat
special manner:
50.e,11tatchless. ,Fine, .large, round,
smodeh, reclekruit. Vines large, spread-
ing ai1 weflfihbed. a:'ery clesirablmfor
market.
60. Improved ,Trophy, Fine, large,
round, deep red variety. Strong plants,
regular ill shape. A very desirable Vll-
riety, for market. . •
08. Dwarf Golden Champion. Strong,
erect plants, well laden with sniOoth'
fruit. aledium size fruit, very regular
and Lille. delete Yellow. • :A desirable'
yellow variety.
71. Best of AIL Growth ,of vines
, .
very e•anlet ,Leaves medinen to large;
foliage dense.' Fault medidnitto large.
. . • •
round.' in shapes ' Color clepp,..red. A
very. good ;tomato.
The preparation of the soil is the one
particularly important thing for hemp.
The seed is sow0. one bushel of prime
seed. per acre broadcast and preferably
With a press di1l in which the shoes
are not over five inches apart 'and the
springs and pressure so set that the
,seed Will all be placed at an even depth
of DA inches. „ •
South dr latitude of 85 degrees hemp
maybe planted any month in the Year.-
As:hemp sown in the winter and early,
spring will be ready to harvest t'or
fiber in Julie preparation 'should be
made ,to kant a succeeding crop o
herup if the lend is rich 'or manures
aro to, be hale or a crop Of co -tepees or
other rapidly growing plantmin be
grown.
• North of a mean temperatute of 60
degrees hemp is sown at thgsame time
. .
as spring grains or earlier if the
ground is in reamer condition. In the
nititude of New York city, Iudiann polls
end Otnitha hemp is sown April 1 to 1.5,
eacoraing to the earliness' of the sea-
.
soe. •
I7pon Staten 'Mend, New York, hemp
was sown for fiber March 24 and bar-
,.
vested•June 24, 1809. A second crop
wassown upon the same Innd July 1
and harvested Oct. 10. Tbe first crop
was 11 feet tall. the second 0 feet.
Smyrna hemp planted Aug. 1 was 7 to
8 feet tall by Nov.' 1 aud the seed,eipen-
inge The tendency of late sown Ileum
is to ,0 shoeter, growth and an earlier
seeding.—American Agriculturist.
fitivainer Treatment of Nam JONe fs'eale,
_
Summer :treatment advised by the
Ohio station for the San Jose scale
should begin es, early as the 15th ,41'
11une and be continueel until Sept. 15 at
least, with intervals of not more flame
ten days lactween sprayings. This will
aestroy a very large percentage of the
• young and thus prevent' the scale
spreading. T wo different mixtures ca n
be usea--viz:,
Tlm whale oil soap solutious cen
one-lIoneth ncrund to One gallon of Iva -
tore This Dilative Will not injure the
foliage of fruit,'Itinee, •
2 A mechanical mixture of keroeene
and water in, the proportion of one gal-
lon of kermeine te ten of -water or what
is Called a 10 per cent eolution. It 01111
be"usecl with safety on all fruit teceS
except the peach.
Tbe whale Oil.. soep solutions Call be
used 'With eily of tlie better class of
sprayers. 'Tke kevosenn inixtuee re-
quires a spereially coeistrected one; With
11 clweice for the mechanical mixing bf
,he lefiresene and watea, of tvbieb'there
are a nunil.)er on the nmrket.
"BEAU" BLAKE.
The Story a Texan Tentli About th
Irish brigade Commander,
knOW 131a1e, or 'Beau'',
Blake, as some call lane who le nowt
In command of the Irish brigade 'with
the Boers," said a Texas man the ()th-
ee eveaieg, "Lie ead been a cowboy)
ana at the time 1 mnde his acquaint -
a500 was interested with a Kentucklau
named Harvey Watson in a horee
ranch south of Brownsville. He was
11 big, good natured, powerful fellow,:
with humorous Irish blue eyes awl it
small, sandy, mustaclie:, ' Aillough he
had tao receirl as a, 'bad mane it Ava
pteity ,Nyeil understood, ,that he hact
plouty orsana and could take care of
himself le an emergency. 1 saw that
fully demonstrated one night at Fort
Worth. He ;ems 10 town on some busi-
ness and, happening to walk into a big
bar attached to a gambling house then
fatuous througineutWne southwest, en,
danntered a catilennin named Lad Arna,
strtheet With whom he had had some
difficulty over rt stock. brand.
"Armstrong t had the reputation of
beiug 0 'killer,' end as soon as he saw,
Blake he reopened the old quarrel.
Blake replied to his remarks good bit, 1°1"
moredly, but he became more and'
more insulting and fatally whipped out
o six shooter and leveled it at the
Irishman's head. 'Now, you bound,'
he roared, 'I want you to tell the
whole house that yon're a liar!'
"The action wiis so sudden that Blake
had no time to defend himself, but he po,
never turned a hair:. tew, put that
thing away,' ae,said laughingly. Thene
looking over'Ata- stain:as shoulder, Me
naffed, as itaaphaleing to somebody be,
heed him, 'It's all right, Harvey; he's
only kidding.' .
"Thinking that.Blake's pautner, Wet,
sou, had entered the place and was
then in his rear, the'desperado instant -
13, wheeled around. As he did so the
big Irishman hit him a crushing blow)
under the ear and knocked him fully a
dozen- feet. His revolver flew out of
bi,s hand as he fell and.e.ploded harm-
'Lessly in the air, and before he could
recover his anises Blakki was on his
chest with hit; hands on his throat
"That ended the row and made an ev-
erlasting impression on My mind. By •
the way,- Blake got his nickname of
'Beau' froin a favorite expression of
his:while a cowboy. On Sundays be
used to 'beau up,' as be called it, to
visit some girls on an adjoining ranch.
'Beauing uP' consisted of shaving and
taking his trousere out of his boots." .
Dreyfus In His Mountain Home.
The spacious country house bihabited
by, Captain Dreyfus is abeut two miles
from Geneva, separated from the road
to the village Cologuy by a high wall.
It is only pOsiible to see the roof of the
building. The front of the villa Tian-
teriye looks over tee lake; with a splen-
did view of the Jura mounmins am'
the castle of Baron Rothschild. Before
the house is a terraced lawn that runs
downto the edge 41' -the lake. Very
!e.t.a° trees surrouna the villa on thc
other sides: .0„0 theleft is tbe garden)'
er's house, and ie' the same direction,
about tve minutes' walk, is the house,
which Lord Byron inhabited while at,
Geneva.
Captain Dreyfus, along with his wife,
and his two children, intends to stay
here until October. Since his arrival,
with his nepheiv, M. Paul Valabregue,
'two vialthaninVemlined with him, along
with a gentleman who came the same
daj as he did. • Nobody knows who
this gentlemen is. One.or two tourists
walk in the gardens on the opposite
side of the lake and with their glasses
try to see Ceptain Dreyfus on his ter-
race: With the exceptiOn of this no at -
'tempt has been made to intrude on the
captain in his seclusion. --Switzerland
Lptter to Chicago Record:
The Tkol,Iey Eye.
'A new affliction has Come upon the
Long suffering trolley car conductors.
Perhaps yon have, notided how many.
of them are wearing smoked glasses.
Tat's because they claim the inean-
deSeent lights hurt their eyes. Head-,
aches arising from strained optic,
heroes have become so common that!
several of the afflictea,oaes some time eeeee
ago consulted eye specialists and were ee,MI
told that the ailment wns due to the
incandesdent lights in the cars. Dark
glasses were prescribed to insure tem-
Perara relief, and now there's a great
deniand for goggles among the con-
ductors while caps With long visolirs or
etre generally worn down over the eyes.
Conductors on the IleNV cars, which
are oL greater length tben the old ones,
are said to be the greatest sufferers
feom the "trolley eye."
,Thaillystezy Solved.
"I think I have sdlyed the mystery
of the Sleikespeareen plays," remaitle-
ed Browser., e
"Well?" teelced
"Brteon probably wrote them, but he
stole aewhole mass of quotatioas frorn
Shakespeare." -- Pliilaclelphia North
American.
Quiet: at Repartee.
The ,Collector—Iffere it le Tuesday
and youhaveMb paid a cent ,on that
wri.tell. You promised' to have the
money for ale Siam -relay.
The Young,Man--Well, it is only Fri-
day 1)e the watch. It is that much
L(llag.,11101ipti10
"I•It1110,
"latell?"
"feenneet nie ivith Poking, please,
01)4 Id 101(1 3810 tlae einperor
'hill Oigblto''
the atelor, otr, spealztng to
the Clainese emperor'?"
"Allee sameh, \a'llatetielvetitee?"
• "There i5,. a repeii.t ailotit that • you
leave leeeii.lcilled. 18 It f:t•ue?" .
"Alice 'evroegee, It isn't My ttitiorat,,,