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A House of Mystery
OR, THE GIRL IN BLUE
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I went on in blind despair to
wards my hotel.
Determined upon tracing Mabel
and ascertaining from her own lips
the reason that our engagement had
been terminated, I travlled on the
following day down to Bournemouth
and made inquiries at the hotel
from which her letter had been 'at -
ed
After searching the books the ho-
tel -clerk showed me certain entries,
from which it appeared that Mrs.
Anson and her daughter had arriv-
ed there on May 12th, 1S91, and had
occupied one of the best suitors of
romps until June 5th, when they
paid their bill and left suddenly.
I glanced at Mabel's letter. It
CHAPTER XXVI.—(Cont'd). fore the Director of Criminal In- was dated June 4th. She had left
vestigations, including this story of .n the day following. I could learn
Illy- words perplexed her. That yours regarding the Prince and his nothing further.
she vas acquainted with the An- people." In an excited, unsettled state of
ec•ns I had no doubt, and I was She rose slowly from her chair, mind, unable to decide how to act,
likewise certain that she would perfectly calm, her dignity input_ I returned to London, and thou,
never risk information being given fled. Her manner was absolutely out_of sheer want of something to
to the police. More than once in perfect. Had she been a princess do, I travelled down to Heaton.
the days long past i had e e rsei herself she could not have treated The old place was the same: neglcc-
a shrewd suspicion that shh he
e herself
Nus the actual murderer of that my sudden ebullition of anger with ted and deserted, but full of me
young unknown man. I looked at greater disdain. mories of days bygone. Old Baxter
her pale face, and vaguely wonder -She gathered up the papers she and his wife were both dead, and
eel again whether such were the had put before me, and, replacing the caretakers were fresh servants
truth. them in the despatch -box, locked it whom my agent had apparently en -
with the golden master -key upon gaged. I also learnt that Parker,
The faet that she had secured my her bangle. Inc faithful old won:ein who had
silence in return for my life as an tended to my wants in Essex street,
outcome of that most ingenious Afterwards, she turned to me and f•aci also passed away more than
conspiracy had seemed to me proof said, in a hard distinct voice— two years before.
conclusive of her guilt, and now "Then I understand that I have I spent a dismal day wandering
that wo had met in those strange to inform His Serene Highness that through the house and park, then
circumstances the idea became iin- you refuse to assist hire further?" drove back to Tewkesbury, and on
'pressed upon Inc more forcibly than "Tell him whatever you choose, the following morning returned to
over. madam," I answered, rising and London. In the six years that had
What might be her real position taking up niy hat and canc. "I elapsed since my last visit to the
in the secret diplomacy of Bulgaria shall, in future, act according to Manor nothing had changed save,
I knew not. It was evident that my own inclinations." " Perhaps, that the grass had grown
considerable confidence was repos- "And at your own risk !" she ad- more luxuriantly over the gravel-
ed in her. She had come to me with ded, in a harsh voice, as, bowing led drive, and the stone exterior
a cool demand to raise a loan of stiffly before her, I turned towards was being gradually rendered grey
half a million sterling, and it was the door. by the lichen which in those parts
t,lain from what she had explained "Yes, madam," I answered ; "I overgrows everything.
hat the money was urgently needed accept your challenge—at my own The mystery of the crime, and of
tor the protection of the State risk." the singular events which had fol -
against enemies both internal and lowed was an enigma which seerned
external. My own position was uni- CHAPTER XXVII. utterly beyond solution.
que. Had not Gedge shown rueMy nerves were shattered. As
those official documents, which gavo The mellow summer twilight was the days went by an increasing de -
o!
concessions in the Principality fast deepening into puss I sire possessed me to ascertain more
o. Bulgaria! I should have laughed strode along V';c d;Tl3 towards tale ofrtiiat woman oho ca�►ca c el4•
this woman's curious story to scorn Grainger, and was the confidential
as a piece of impossible fie i ut-�'1't'L'us, after leaving the grey eyed emissary of a reigning rinse. She
I had lar eed woman who held the secret. g g p
g r some of those What she had revealed to me was alone knew the truth, therefore
' , s at Denbury, and was satis startling, yet the one fact which
why should I not carefully watch
ed that I had actually had many caused mo more apprehension than her movements, and endeavor to
dealings with that State during the all others was the curious means by discover her intentions? From the
sig. years of niy unconscious but which she had discovered my where- veiled prosperous existence. There seem- abouts. If she had been enabled to
ed every truth in her statement that cio this, then tho police would, no
to her had been due my success in doubt, very soon find me and return might make, yet she regarded me
the City in the first instance. me to my so-called "friends." as a person detrimental to her in -
"And supposing you broke your In despair I thought of Mabel. terests. As long as I had acted as
promise and went to Scotland Long ago I had • surrendered my her agent in negotiating loans for
Yard 1" she suggested at length, w hole heart to her. She had at the Principality, she had secured
her oyes still fixed upon me. "What first placed a strong and high -mind- for mo high favor in the oyes of
would you expect to find?" ed confidence in me, judging me by Prince Ferdinand. But the fact
"To find?" I echoed. "I should her own lofty spirit, but that unac- that I had gained consciousness
And traces of the crime within that countable rupture had occurred. and refused to assist her further
room." and she had gone from Inc crushed had taken her completely by sur -
She nodded. I had expected my and heart -broken. In my pocket I prise.
words to have some confusing ef- carried her letter, and the more I That same evening I called at the
fleet upon her, nevertheless, on the thought over it the more puzzled 1 Bath Hoel, and ascertained that
contrary, she remained perfectly became. Daily, hourly, I lament- "Mrs. Grainger" had left some
calm. Her self-control was extra- e 1 over the broken and shattered days before. She had not, it ap-
ordinary. fragments of all that was fairest on peered, given any address where
"And what would it profit -you, earth ; I had been bore at once from letters might be forwarded, but a
pray?" she asked. calm and lofty and delighted spo- judicious tip administered to a hall -
"I should at least know that I Mations into the very heart of fear porter caused him suddenly to re -
bad endeavored to bring to justice and tribulations. My love for her collect that a couple of days before
those responsible for the poor fel- was now ranked by myself as a fond her departure she had sent a dress -
low's death." record which I must erase for ever ii,g-bag to a trunk -maker's a little
"It would only be an endeavor— hem my heart and brain. Once 1 further down Piccadilly, to be re -
it vain one, I assure you." had thought to link my destiny with paired. This bag had not been re -
"You mean that the secret is too hers; but, alas: I could not now turned to the hotel, therefore it
well concealed ever to bo reveal- marry her, nor could i reveal to was quite probable, thought the
ed," I observed quickly. her, knowing them not, the mysteri- hall -porter, that the trunk -maker
"Yes," she said; "you have ons influences which had changed had forwarded it to her.
guessed aright." the whole current of my life and "You know the people at the
"And, in other words, you defy purposes. My secret burden was tiunk-maker's, of course?" I said.
The to discover the truth?" that of a heart bursting with its "Yes, sir. Many visitors here
"I have not said so. The wori cwn unuttered grief. want repairs done to their boxes
defy is scarcely one which should The whole of the events swept and bags."
be used between us. I think, con- past me like a torrent which hur- "The Bath Hotel is therefore a
sidering that our interests are to- rigid along in its dark and restless good customer ?" I remarked.
day mutual—just as they were on ceurso all those about me towards "They would certainly give you her
the night of the crime." some overwhelming catastrophe. address if you asked for it."
"1 fail to see that," I answered. Tormented by remorseful doubts Ile scorned a trifle dubious, hut
"I have no interest whatever in and pursued by distraction, I felt at my request went along to the
keeping this terrible secret hidden, assured that Mabel, in her unresist- shop, and a quarter of an hour Int -
tor while I do so I am acting too ing tenderness, her mournful sweet- er returned with an address.
part of accessory." ness, her virgin innocence, was She had not moved far, it ap-
"But surely you have an interest doomed to perish by that relentless reared. Only to the Midland Ho -
in preserving your own life 1" she power which lied linked her distiny tel at St. Pancras.
urged. with crime and contest in which Late that night I myself left the
"Then you imply that if I were she had no part but as a sufferer. Grand, and, assuming a name that
t;, lay information at Scotland Yard It is, alas! the property of crime was not nay own, took a room at
1 should be in peril of my life c" to extend its mischiefs over inno- the Midland. in order to commence
1 asked, looking straight into those cence, as it is of virtue to extend my observations upon her move
crani eyes that ever and anon seem- its blessings over many that de- menta. It was certainly a risky
ed full of mystery. serve them not. business, for I knew not when 1
"Of that 1 cannot speak with any Plunged in that sea of troubles, ou=ght encounter her in the vesti-
degree of certainty." she respond- of perplexities, of agonies, and of bills in the lilt,or in the public
cd. "I would only warn• you that terrors, -I reflected upon all that the
in this matter continued silence is woman Edna had told pie. It scent -
by far the best." cur inconceivable that Bulgaria's
''ilut you have uttered a veiled ruler should demand assistance of
threat'" I cried. "You are aware me—and yet it was undoubtedly
of the whole facts, and yet refuse true.
too impart to me the simple informa- Presently I turned down the Hay -
tion of the whereabouts of Mrs. An- market, still walking slowly, deep
[son. Do you think it possible in in reflection.
such a cave that 1 can entertain Should i inform the police? Very
any confidence in you. or in your calmly I thought it over. My first
extraordinary stety regnrding the impulse was to go to Scotland Yard
affairs +.f Bulgaria and its Prince 1' and make a plain statement of the
"1 am unable to give you any whole facts, laying stress upon the
information regarding the lady you suspicion against the woman Grain -
mention," she replied with a slight ger as an accessory. Yet when 1
frown of annoyanse.
"But you are acquainted with
her
' i may be --what then 1"
'' I demand to know where she
f< t!
"And in reply i tell you that I
sin in igrrorance."
"In that case." i said angrily. "I
refuse to have any further dealings
w int: Bever with you. I rem the the statement of one believed not
f t 1 became drnwn into a trip to be exactly responsible for his
h.• soli. bound down and for six actions must be regarded with but
Ecars held silent by your threats. Uttle credence.
at, madam, 1 now tell you plain- No. circumstances themselves
ly of my intentions. i mean to- h::d c.,nspirccl to held ma in si-
t.�orrow• to lay the whole facts be- lence.
• oil d throat she had uttered, it
was evident that although she did
not fear any revelations that I
carie to consider the result of such
action i saw with dismay that my
lips were sealed. Such statement
could only reflect upon myself.
First. I should, by going to Scot-
land Yard. be compelled to reveal
my own identity, which would mean
my return to Deubury ; secondly. 1
eeuld give no account of those six
lest years of spy life, and, thirdly.
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BUMBLI. FOOT.
Fowls roosting on high porches
sometimes injure their feet in jump-
ing down from the roost to the floor.
An abscesafurms on the sole, which
becomes hard and calloused, and
a condition known as bumble foot,
results. The disease, if neglected,
mayextend upward in the leg, af-
fecting the joints, and ultimately
causing death. A fowl that has
once had bumble foot is of little
more use. The lameness is liable
t , return at any time, and birds
suffering once from this disorder
very rarely become profitable pro-
ducers again. The best way is to
prevent trouble by making the
roosting perches low, and all on
the same level. The old-fashioned
way of putting the roosts up, one
above the other, like the rungs of
a ladder, is the easiest way of lay-
ing things out for trouble of this
kind. Tho hens crowd up to the
top perches on going to roost, and
when they come down in the morn-
ing jump from one perch to an-
other. Hens of light -weight breeds,
such as Leghorns, can make the
descent every day of their lives
without injury to the feet, but
heavy-weights,like Plymouth
Hocks, Wyandottos or Cochins, are A syndicate has been formed to
liable to put their feet out of busi- re -open and develop the Enrick cop-
ness by tale performance; and the l,er mines at Gatehouse.
The total municipal expenditure
in Edinburgh noxi year is estimat-
e 1 at $2,135,025.
Wenryss School Board has finished
Denbeath School, the third built
this year, at a cost of $145,000.
A Kilmalcolm dealer in footwear
announces the sale of five thousand
pairs of shoes at one shilling a
across each other, in the form of an pair.
X The matter is then washed out The two -days' sale of surplus
with warm water ,;ontaining a lit- goods in Rothesay Castle on behalf
-sold; and _ cnrbolatedeso.the.Highland .Aa::(sciution realiz-
vaseline applied daily to the wound ed $Goo.
until a cure is effected. The hatch- Coatbridge is suffering from a
et treatment is used by poultrymen scarlet fever epidemic. There are
cf experience, with rather more es er 70 cases in hospital, and some
satisfactory results than any kind at the horses.
o; doctoring. Miss Jenny Willison, Achran, Kil-
lin, has been appointed principal
cc:ntralto in the Opera House,
Brunn, Moravia.
Coatbridge Town Council are
erecting new police buildings at
11'hifllet, including dwelling -house.
recreation hall and cells.
The Loch Carnan fishermen with
whom the herring fishing has is
year been a failure, have se^area
heavy catches of mackerel.
Marion, daughter of Bailie Wil-
son, Gourock. has been appointed
to the newly created position of
lady health visitor at Durham.
At Aberdeen, a train of some for -
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SHREDD
Start the Day Right by Eating
SHREDDED WHEAT
for breakfast with milk or cream and a 'RAI"-
fruit.
ittl�`
fruit. It is a muscle -building food, easily di-
gested by the most delicate stomach.
Puts Vim and Vigor into tired nerves and Weary brains
SOLD RV ALL 4@Dorsa 1osi
Tit.
F ROM BONNIE SCOTLAND [permanently er's htdestroying
Thomas Statham, who had rung
the bells of Berwick for about 55
years, is dead. He was the last of
a family of bellringers who were
connected with the bellringing of
Berwick for over a century.
Tho lady students of Aberdeen
University are proposing to run
Mrs. Henry Fawcett, president o1
the National Union of 1Vomen,s�.
Suffrage Societies, as a candidate
for the Lord Rectorship of the Uni-
versity.
By the death of John Elliott, a
Berwick ferryman, a literary link
has been broken. Deceased was a
grandson of Hobby Elliott, whose
original method of training his
twelve sons is one of the gems of
Mackay Wilson's `Tales of the Bor-
ders."
the for -
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER
BANKS AND BRAES.
What is Going on in the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
An Edinburgh lady has left 820,-
000 to her maid.
Dalbeattie, the youngest burgh of
the Stewartry, celebrated its bur-
ghal jubilee recently.
Scotchman's adage about the horse
holds equally true with the hon,
Nc foot, no hen.
Frequent applications of crude
petroleum is a good remedy for
bumble foot in the early stages of
the disease. If the trouble is neg-
lected, it becomes necessary to open
the abscesses by making two cuts
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Do not allow the dealer to come
in and sort out the largest and fin-
est lambs and leave the culls.
Sometimes farmers sell their Iambs
at a fixed sum per head early in
the season. The dealer will call
when he needs lambs and sort out
the best and never come to get the
smaller ones at all.
The yearly cost for food for the
average dairy cow is about $30. Un-
less the income from her milk ex-
ceeds this amount, the cow is clear-
ly not paying her way. The only
satisfactory method of determining
this question is by weighing the
milk and testing the per cent. of
butter fat by the Babcock test. A
cow that does not pay takes up just
as -much room as a profitable one.
Relatively to size, the horse has
n smaller stomach than any other
domestic animal. This makes it
necessary that he must feed fre-
quently, digest promptly, and have
a rich material in a small bulk,
thus adapting him especially to per-
fcrm rapid work. In a state of na-
ture he is under no necessity of eat-
ing too much at any one time, but
replenishes the stomach lightly and
at frequent intervals. There is no
overtasking the organ, and no ex-
treme exertion upon a full sto-
mach, which so often takes place in
the domesticated cunditioti. A
horse will maintain excellent health
on the natural grasses, but when
he is placed under the saddle or in
harness and subjected to work, we
take him from his natural state and
the same feeding will not longer
meet the demands of the system.
TEACHING CHICKS TO ROOST.
Chicks of Leghorn and other
light -weight breeds will begin roost-
ing of their own accord when six
1,t eight weeks old. Chicks of the
heavier breeds often do not roost
until taught to do so by the keep-
er. The general practice is to keep
chicks of 1 d breeds met ium-size res s on
"A MIRACLE IN _WHEAT."_WHEAT."The Story of This Marvellous Wheat
Is Not True.
This paper printed an article
from the Saturday Evening Post
about a wonderful new what which
one Adams is said to be raising on
his farm in Idaho. If the claims
fur this wheat were true it would
revolutionize farming the world
over, but so far as further investi-
gation has brought out, they aro
not true. The Saturday Evening
Post dispatched a thoroughly reli-
able man to Idaho to examine the
wheat on the ground, and his wired
report, which follows, pretty thew
oughts'disposes of this agricultur-
al marvel:
"Assertions of huge crops or good
flourmaking quality not justified.
Adams' only claim of proportion of
two hundred bushels an acre is
with an eight of an acre patch
two years ago. For last year ad-
mits farm average only thirty bush-
els. So far this year only twenty-
five to thirty-five an ificre. Offeilew 11
excuses such as weals—and under -
sowing. Not true that wheat has
tv waggons broke away ani ran been successfully grown elsewhere.
down an incline, crashing thrnrg Misleading to say frostproof, for
the wall of the forwarding Asaadmits some injury by snow. Flour -
Mr. W. S. Wilson, engineer in making qualities unknown. Adams
charge of the operations at Ayr eat;given experiment station ana-
Auld Brig. reports that the stabil- lysis last year and told with it that
ity of the arches is now assured. milling teat was necessary to show
At Paisley there are 15,097 in at- the quality with certainty. Has net
tendance at the various schools of had the test. The wheat in appear -
the burgh, 11,010 being in the board ante is much like certain targe,
and 4,051 in the non -board schools. erarse wheats not valuable for
Tho old proposal to purchase
Ashburn House and convert it into
a concert pavilion and pleasure
gr,rd.en is being revived in Green-
ock.
Kilbrannan fishing fleet I.id a
great catch, the steamers being
filled and G00 boxes landed at Car-
raciale. Campbeltown pier was also
congested.
Mr. John Munro, merchant, El-
gin, who died recently, left a leg-
acy of $30,000 to Elgin and a similar and one of the most celebrated of -
amount to Forrest for the erection ficers in the Russian service, has re -
of public baths. ec•ntly had the courage to publish
The other day a fight betwixt an a pamphlet which supplements the
ed and a big salmon was observed
at Helmsdale. The former le ivted
itself round the tail ef the latter
and ultimately killed it.
The death has taken place at her
residence in Winton Circus of Miss
Bessie Miller, who for over a quar-
ter of a century was infant mistress
of Saltcoats Public school.
The death took place very sudden-
ly recently of Mr. Thomas Wilson,
sen., Cairnholly, near Creetown.
The deceased was a well-known far essential to secure - reliable and
rooms. As soon as my roots was mer in the south-west of ficotland. c,,rnpetent non-commissioned ofli
ac signed teems, i ugla� glanced
through
old, and chicks of the lathe floor uhtal about lrgest breeds parish ofe Killeen and ayers of it Kilehen ,i^ �; rsa The were `the rrealn leaders oed f
tic list eagerly, n month or two longer. Unless the
that if she were there she, too, had ate a conacientirnis lot. There has the mutiny on board the Panont
changed her name. In the long list floor is kept clean and the chicks n,+t. been a farthing nr arrears of 1;oB, the superior officers of that
of visitors was one, that of a Mrs. well bedded, it is better to teach assessment for the last five years.
All to roost early. If suitable wide cruiser not haling the slightest idea
Slade. Slade 1 The name was fa Last week Lor kerbie School
rniliar. It was that of the (Cietor
who had given me back my sight.
That name struck me as being most
probable. She occupied a roots on
the same floor as mine, numbered
.too. The door of that room I in-
tended 'to watch.
(To be Continued.)
flour.
UNREST IN CZAR'S N.1VY.
ftp;elatiuny by Prince Alexander
Lic%en.
That the Czar's navy is seething
with disaffection has for some time
been an open secret to students of
Russian naval affairs. Prince Al-
exander Lieven, a naval commander
criticisms of the Douma on the mis-
management of the navy and the
cause of disaffection.
The Prince states plainly and
without reserve that the Russian
navy is not only destitute of dis-
cipline, but of esprit de corps, and
that there will be no improvement
in this state of things until thor-
oughgoing reforms are carried out
i a all departments.
First of all, he says, it will be
d. -
Visitors to Thurso observe its in-
timate connection in days of yore
with Norway. from the many Scan-
dinavian surnanles and facial char-
acteristics of the people. Thurso
v.as founded in the twelfth century.
Major Maclaren. Gla.gow,
Ring's Own Scottish Borderers. has
retired from the service. Ile joined
the army in March. lss3, reaching
Itis present rank in April, 190.1.
Two additions boa been made to
the Children's Musei:m, Tollcross
Park. One is an observation hive
et bees, by means of which visitors
'can see the bees in full activity.
toasts are used, there is no more Bard appointed Mr. William Os-
dr.nger of crooked breasts than on wall, M.A., Stirling. as science
the floor, and ninny poultrymen toaster of Lockerhie .academy.
There were six applicants for the
pest. !for us, for it will cost manti inore
While operating about seven of us sur lives if this question is not
miles off $t. :1hbs Head. the Craw -r solved in a satisfactory manner.
ler James landed a large shark of i One makes n great mistake if one
the blue species. it measured 9',;! imagines that the mutiny has ecas-
fret in length and nearly G feet in; ed. If at the present moment the
girt h j air aeerna to he quieter, it is only
.1 Glasgow east end bride went because there is a mere outward
en en her honeymoon the other day calm among the people. The truth
think the general advantages of get-
ting the youngsters on the roost,
where they cannot crowd and hud-
dle in corners, and are not soiled
by their own and each other's
droppings. more than compensate
for what keel bones are twietcd.
Often chicks can be taught to
roost by putting in low roosts and
placing with them one or two old
hens or chicks that are in the habit with a black eye. The optic was is w•e are not in a position to exert
of roosting. if this plan cannot he dr.rkencnl by a badly -aimed boot any influence over our sailers. We
tried, or d:,es not work, a wide thrown for luck by one of the have nothing in cornmon with them,
board should he placed close to the guest R. i and they on their part allow them -
wall. about a foot from the ground, •'t ('rimer.a veteran has passed selves to he entir••iv led away by
and the ehicka placed on it after, away at T,ngg. .Tura. in the person fleeting pablic opinion. When a
dark, night after night. until they 'ef Duncan Carmichael. He was still stronger popular mo%cinent
will go to it of their own accord. ei er 84 years of age. a native of , l,reak.. forth the fleet will join the
After that. a wide roost. the regula- Islay, and had resided in Jura f•'r i,eor.le and inerea,•e the danger
tion distanee from the wall. maythe ,
he+ycnrs. !which thrcritr:rs the Che •rnment
substituted for the hoard. .. %semen arned Winifred Delar-I "Is is ,+,t. .f"1. "v. but the
0-_-____ gee pleader guilty in a r?,ti.,i, . •• .±, - .. ,
, + w•• t. • real command-
substituted
language is often used in;court to hrn►ng [lir: . ,: •y if 'he t;r.aa.a11
making sharp retorts. Iof vitrol on her friss Is,' ..0 e ..,
4,f what was in the wind until they
were surprised and killyd.L
The question of non-conri,sion•
ed officers for the Russinrt navy. he
adds, is of the greatest importance
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