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The Brussels Post, 1912-1-11, Page 2CLOSE QUARTER OR, THE HOUSE IN THE RUE BARBET'TE 0 CHAPTER XII.—(C ont'd) "I nothing of that u u - sieur," said the little mans who ,seemed • to be strangely restfal- len, "but I am telling'you the i time,It was i who truth' thiss sent me the clay hes?cile yesterday ,O.,, alt. Rhe Babette, and again yesterday, although I was very un- willing to go the second time, be- cause, as this gentleman will tell you, they looked very like murder- ing me on the first occasion." "What was the object of your visit yesterday?" said Brett. ' "There monsieur, I have told you the truth, although monsieur the eommissary here thinks it was childish. My instructions really were to ask them to meet him on the Pont Neuf at 6.30 p.m., when he said he would explain every- thing to their satisfaction. But, above all, I was to warn them of the Englishman." "Then, why should they seize and gag you for conveving such d simple message?" demanded the commissary. "1 eannot tell,I have done them no harm. Believe me, gentlemen both, I have not the slightest idea how these diamonds were obtained. or why there should be such a fuss about them. All I know is that these Turks are desperate fellows, and you won't cathh me going near them again, I swear," "How long have you known Du- bois?" said Brett. "Oh, two years more or less." "Have you ever been associated with him before?" "Never, monsieur. My record is there." And he again jerked his thumb towards the volume on the table. "It will tell you that I deal in small affairs. Dubois is an art- ist, If he found a woman's purse in the street he would return it to her with e. bow, if she were rich and handsome—and with some francs added if she were poor," "I know lit-tle about him." , he continued, "except that he is a great man. They say that he once robbed the Bank of France of 200,- 000 francs?" And the little wretch's voice be- came tremulous with admiration as he recountedthe legend. "He is a favored lover of La staircase. There, near the eleva- Belle Chasseuse?" demanded Brett tor, he saw Edith Talbot, Lord sharply. l Fairholme, and Sir Hubert Fitz - "The Worm" recovered his fames, whilst with them ryas a tall, equanimity somewhat at this clues -i handsome young man, in whom the tion. He softly drew his hand over fair some es of the girl's face were his chin as he replied with a smirk: repeated in sterner and bolder knew, there were no ether persons t0000.•06s-s/e►4.10..g..oe!R•+M ip the place except the tenant and her two servants, an elderly French or Italian married couple, Our collective wits could not devise e plausible pretext for gaining ac- cess to the lady, so I determined to settle the business in the brutal. British fashion, 'We marched quietly up the stairs to tho recond story. and your assistant pointed out the right door, There were only two (late on that landing, and the other one was apparently badmade na+,le a Y i •' mall empty. Uli \. t :somewhat important discovery since he wrote to you. This empty fiat agents who •thews b been taken by had b U g .'•e. opposite, and 1' the parties U acted fu > AP PP although the place was not tenant- ed, the landlord was, of course, satisfied, as the rent had been paid in advance. This seemed to indi- cate that the place was left venni; simply to prevent the other's from being overlooked." Brett marked his appreciation of Fairholme's sagacity by a nod, and the earl continued- "I rang the bell and promptly put my ear to the keyhole. 1t seemed to me that a couple of deers were hastily closed, and then some (e:ie slowly apprunched. The outer door was opened and a man's head ap- peared. I could see his face and a portion of his left shoulder, because the.ohain was on the deer, and the opening was not more than eight or ten inches. Speaking in broken English he said --'vat you want?' His accent showed that he was a Frenchman. "I answered in my best French, 'I wish to see madame, your mis- tress, at once.' "'It is impossible,' he said in the same language, and simultaneously he tried to shut the doer in my face. I shoved my foot against the jam and prevented him. At the same instant my uwn servant and I—as, if there teas to be trouble, I thought it best to keep the others out 01 it—applied eur utmost force to the door and succeeded in seep - ping the chain, It might hare been a tough j,:b, as you know that to force a way through anything that yields 'slightly and yet holds fast is much more difficult than to smash a lock or a couple of bolts. Luckily the flats were jerry built, so the chain broke, and so suddenly that the Frenchman was pitched violent- bbackwards. We nearly.fell after him. The ex -policeman was a splendid chap. His first idea was to jump towards the switch of the electric lights and turn on every lamp in the place. "I shouted, `Talbot, are you there? It is I, Fairholme.' "1 got ne answer, but a woman darted out of a room which proved to be the kitchen, screaming some - ]1 h l that he owed his release to the bar- rister's intervention. „ Ver" and L e This was done, was voluble in his expressions of gratitude. Brett soon cut him h t s or . "Here:," he said, "are a couple of loons fur your immediate necessi- ties. I am living , at the Grand Hertel, and I want yuu to call there each horning at ten o'clock, You will inquire at the office if Mr. Brett has left any message for yuu. Thea if 1: need your services, I will be able to reach you early." Petit protested that he would serve monsieur most willingly, and. soon afterwards the barrister trot. leave of the commissary, promising to keep him fully posted as to fur- ther developments, and secure far him, and him only, the ultimate credit of capturing such a noted thief as Dubois. Fate settled' mat- ters differently. The French official' was already much impressed by Brett's method of handling this difficult inquiry, and he consented readily enough not only to assist him in every pos- sible way, but to restrain the police 'from further active interference in. the case until matters had develop- ed from their present stage. During the afternoon Brett re- ceived a visit from his actor ae- quaintanee, who brought ,him a telegram from Marseilles. It read— "MIle. Beauclaire has obtained an engagement here at the Palais de Glace. She makes her first ap- pearance on Monday evening." Brett smiled as he realized how accurately he had interpreted the actions of La Belle Chasseuse and her companion. "This is certain," he saki to him- self, "They left Paris en Thurs- day night and they probably will not reach Marseilles until Monday. I have plenty of time to hear Tal- bot's story from, his own lips before I take my departure for.the South." An hour later he was seated in his room smoking and reading a magazine when the waiter appear- ed. "A lady and three gentlemen wish to see monsieur," he explain- ed. He rose promptly, and accom- panied the man to the foot of the "There are others!" "1 think not," Dame the quick retort. "No; there are none on Whom mademoiselle bestows such favors. She left Paris with him last night." "The devil?" .ejaculated the lit tle man. "Oh, yes; and she has jt t passed a fortnight with him in London." "A thousand thunders:" scream• characteristics. Edith was the first to catch sight of hint. She sprang forward and cried with an impulsiveness that showed how deeply her quiet na- ture had been stirred. "Oh, Mr. Brett, 1 cannot tell you how grateful I am to you! Here is my brother," The two men snook hand a:vd looked at each other with a na- ed Petit. "Her father told me she tura] curiosity, for seldom had an was performing in a musical at acquaintance been made after more Marseilles. The barrister had evidently touched a sore point, and "The Worm" was more ready than ever to tell all that he knew about Le Jongleur. But his information amounted to little more of import- ance. The chief fact had been as- certained, its predominant inter- est was the identity of the man who had planned and carried out the "Albert Gate outrage." Brett quickly realized that to question him further was useless. Petit evideutly expected to be set at liberty at once. In this, how- ever, he was disappointed, for the commissary curtly - remanded him to the cells. Brett, on the other hand, made up his mind that "The Worm" at lib- erty might be mere valuable to him than "The Worm" in gaol. So he asked the commissary-, as a favor to himself, to set Petit free. first giving the thief to understand THOUGH IT'S "KY A EOLU STOP IT BEFORE IT STOPS YOU Ifavo you ever heard of a case of catarrh, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, or pleurisy that did not start with a common cold? livery cola you. catch has in it the makings of one or other of these dis- eases, if it can break down your defences. Arid even if it does not develop into something more dangerous, it will keep you thoronghlyuilserablefor a week or two at least, The wise.course, as soon as yott feel the cold coming on, is to start taking 1'b-Dru-Co Syrup of Linseed, Licorice And Cliloredyyne, and keep it tip till the cold is knocked out completely. This splendid cough syrup will do the trick quickly and thoroughly. Veil can feel perfectly safe in tnkip9 Na-1)rn-Co Syrup of latnseod, Licorice and Chlorodyte, or fit giving ft to your children. We'll gladly give your s, i; n lval=gusto[its .., ..4tenis if you walked? straight out: of the to Witte Vous bre tet can auppl either less than five m"itr}'" exciting preliminaxie5. "I am indeed glad to see yon," said Brett, shaking Talbot's hand with more demonstrativeness than was usual to one of his quiet tem- perament. "Then hew shall I find words to express myself?" was the reply, "for in my case there is joined to the pleasure of making a much - desired acquaintance the knowledge that to your efforts I am indebted for my liberty and possibly for my reputation," "We have much to say to each other," said the barrister. "I sup- pose you have secured rooms in the hotel?" he continued, turning to. Miss Talbot. "Oh, yes, everything is settled," she cried. "The servants are look- ing after our trunks: I simply would not wait a moment until 1 had seen you. Please take us all somewhere at once where we can talk quietly." Brett answered with a smile: "Lord Fairholm.e and I have a sitting -room which we use in coin - mon, and which has already been the scene of many•earnest confer- ences. Let us go there." CHAPTER XI11. "Now, who talks first 1" . Prett cried, once the door' was fairly closed behind them. "I do,"burst loath Fait'hoh.0., "My story will not tare la ng to tell., and if I do nob gob it off my chest, I shall simply expiate. "Wo must not have any mere tragedies,," said Brett, "`so pro. wed," "'Well, thnn.ks to your foresight. T found the two servants and your ex -policeman welting for me, the.pintform at Chesil -it ("rots, As I only carried i handle'" T l,rd nr' tronblo with the. Cast -ems, ':1 we On the Farm WINTER CARE OF HORSES. Why do' so many farmers neglect their teams during the winter monbhsl By neglect I mean, why. are so many farm horses kept shut ftp in close stables when not active- wal ee r fed a heavy allowance •wok 1 at y + of heating grain, all the£orage they can stuff and only given exercise; when actually at work in the field Mr. 3. M. writes M , radltt the o or on Boll. In a natural state in any clime the horse, like all animals, must necessarily take exercise in seek- ing a means of subsistence, there- fore a horse which is kept by malt must have exercise in the open air (whenever practicable) in order that he may be able to give his owner the full equivalent in good honest work for the feed that he eats. Farm teams are used] to working hard all spring, summer and fall.. The dull season fur the. farmer is when inclement weather prevails. Outdoor work for the faithful farm team will be uncertain. Don't let them stand up in the stable for days at a time, fed heav- ily on heating food, breathing only the vitiated air' of the stable. Under the most favorable condi- tions the average farmer's stable clues not furnish pure ',oxygen to horses or cattle that are kept up constantly, only getting the much needed daily exercise at irregular intervals and in consequence suff- ering irons many ailments incident to close confinement along with heavy feeding. The writer was well acquainted with one of the • most successful breeders of horses in this country, a man who owned at one time over 100 head of thoroughbreds, many of them horses that are known from the Atlantic to the Pacific for their saecessful performances on the turf. It was his invariable custom to let all of his studs have exercise in the open air whenever the wea- ther conditions permitted. Brood mares, stallions and colts were all turned out to run about and get the benefit of fresh air and exercise, sometimes even when the weather se Possessing exquisite freshness and a fullness of flavor not found in ell ' r teas TEA—"Pure "to Leaf' CEYLON T�� �anxe and Clean �.. r r. j �t� c� BLACK, MIXED OR } Neglect Pack an,� y 3 Beware of Imitatit➢i IYs • NATURAL GREEN -- r IT UP. MAKING mistaken idea that the time to burn the roadside in order to kill the many insects that winter in these places, is in the early spnin'g of the year. If you will watch closely at such a place where the roadside has been burned in the spring you will see the insects coming out of the ground very thickly on the warn days. This proves that the insects were not killed. Most of them are in the ground and the heat of the fire passing over them does not harm them and the trash burned from above them makes it all the easier far the insects to come forth. While no doubt a few of them are killed the majority of them are unin- jured. . The right time to burn these read sides to do effective work is in the late fall of the year, after the cold weather has already set in and all the tender _vegetation is dry. Then, if the roadsides are burned, the insects in such places will be killed by heavy freezing, as they usually do not go very deeply into the ground, but seen! to depend on the covering of trash to protect them from the cold. This is a great bit more effective in the killing of hte insects than the spring burning. Not only does the fall burning of the roadsides do good by the kill- ing of the insects that winter there, but it also helps to keep the road in better shape by allowing less snow to collect in the drifts as it usually does in places where there is much grass and weeds. K es.41, h1:21 erred unpropitious. /� Oftentimes the stallions were v6Yi taken out and ridden from ten to STOPS HEALS THE LUNGS fifteen miles a claw. They would r,�alF�aD�a���t�a�,PRICE. 25.CENTS get muddy and dirty, but retained their vigor in the stud until an ad- winced age. The brood mares and colts of all ages were kept in good condition some- thing I could not cafe ,ane b; being allowed to run around in g paddock or field. gaining strength Mantled a revolver to the French-, man, who was just struggling to his feet. That was where my prize- fighting butler came h useful. Be- fore you could say 'Wink' he gave the man an upper -cut that settled him effectual?^ for the next minute. Almost with the same movement he caught the woman a slap over the ear that upset her nerves consid- erably. She had a revolver in her hand too. It fell to the floor, and Smith, veer servant, seized both weep e n. "The ex -policeman eal)P 1 ,,nt—� coursing, take the swelling out of I do not think we are m k yr r:iv stocky legs. All the lungs with pure, mistake, sir. They would nut act fresh air and in the end save vet - after this manner if they were on erinary bills, the square.' "I must say it seemed to me that so far it was we who had been act- ing in an extraordinary way, but there was no time to discuss the ethics of the case then. Whilst; my butler and Smith tools care of the couple, your assistant and I hast- ily examined three rooms, They were empty, save far a small quan- tity of furinture. The fourth dem resisted our efforts, so, of course, we burst it open. And the first thine: that met our eyes was poor old task lying en his back on the bed, and glaring at us in a way that made me think at first he was mad." "I should think so," interrupted Talbot. "I would like to see your fade if you were trussed up as I was—not able to speak a word— endl a fiendish r"w going on in the passage outside." "You were gagger?," questioned Brett, -"tend your wrists and ankles were secured to the four corners of the bed, vote' limbs being dis- tended in the form of an X?" (To be continued.) and vigor all the time. The fatness team needs the same recreation as does the race- horse and will not be ready for the heavy spring work unless he has' the proper care and attention dur- ing the winter months. In the Far West or North there are, no doubt, days when .the farm- ers' teams must stay in the barn. Let them be as few as possible. Remember that an hour's exercise, turned loose instable lot, paddock or field will start the blood to QUEEN OF PIPES, Tho Oueen of pipes belongs to the Shah of, Persia. Why is the great chieftain of pipes a ayneen 1 Prob; ably heca-use a pipe is a feminine noun in French. The little Shah's pipe was smoked by his father be- fore him. and by his uncle and by his grandfather, and bow many more of the rulers of Darius' king- dom Tin kno't's not. The pipe is adomedi with nil the precious stenos, arid is said to be worth 850.000 Tt is .constantly guarded he a high alert functionary, for rinse nnen a time a Grand .Vizier teas eneelit 11--ing. be pry rent a eteee from the pipe with .his r ni •^r 1. TTe ,wnv immediately bo- gg In e l.eor?r,t ,,nd the heave soldier who 2�dotsoe bottles, The Na � g } + itslde ihn hex tl. r+retfa ted the 9 tions Dru & ' n d " '1-,r5'wtn;rh , ... ti theft was made Clretnical Co. of t.:altarla; Y,;rnit.'Y. "Ta stand i'nc, of S911D i—l� contained the i++vralId ;larlv's,lflrt. p„nrrlint, ryf �il© pipe, with a pen - 1W». 5 Your agent told me, so Inc as lie 'ion for lite. BURNING THE ROADSIDE. A great many people have. the FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT,' JOIIN BULL AND 1115 PEOPLE'. • Oee'urrences in The Tain! Thai Reigns Supreme 'in the Com- mercial om- ni erci ial Wol'lll. One North Lincoln taxicab nom, piny has' no fewer than forty-sev- i t f t i al anon Arm emit nernbars o l o S v y, #mployod as dowers, - - ' TWO hundred tons of wood pulp rIrl London County required theL o lee a tr red! by Y q uneil for making next year'r iupp]y of tramway tickets. Only one birth, one marriage and Two men' who had quarreled vie- one death has-been recorded in the lontly and had not been on friend- city parish of St. .Andrew -by -the- ly terms for some months met by Wardrobe during.' the past year. accident one night at a social funs. sir Joseph Lyons announced that tion. Ono of them made a friendly fine Strand Hotel Company is about overture to his enemy. Going up to build in London an hotel which to him, he offered his handy and will have a thousand bedrooms, sate?; — Eight. /sows were burned to death "Look here, Jenkinson, I've of- and all the hay• and farm imple ten guilty of causing ,you consider- inents destroyed' by a fire which able annoyance, and if I make that occurred recently at Eastham's confession I dare say you won't farm, near Clitheroe. mind admitting on your side that me Rev. 3. B. Figgis, the old you've been a little unjust,to me; i Nonconformist minister 13. too," righton, has been presented with Jenkinson took the outstret cheque for $5,000 in commemora- hand, and .the negotiations or, 1n of his fifty years ministry. ea it peace proceeded satisfactorily in- t sac Morgan Harding, who has til, in los concluding remark, bet s died at Whitohureh, Cardiff, Hist speaker observed, semen' a,, t the age of seventy-seven, role pompously :— . tai the charge of the bight Brigade "On this pleasant and auspicious at the Battle of Balaclava. occasion, Jenkinson, I would like When two boys, aged ten and yon to feel that I wish you --the Cight, were remanded at Newcastle,. same as you wish me."charged with putting lightest match - "What!" cried Jenkinson, an- es into a pillar box, it was states! re you beginning that forty-five letters were burned. Mrs. Dollensen, the wife of tho captain :of the Rochester barge Christie, gave birth to triplets—all girls—while the craft was off North p;oolsvich _Gardens. Mother and children are doing well. For the provision of now schools necessitated by a reduction in th4 size of classes, the Education Com-. mitten of the London County Coun-' nil have adopted a scheme to cost.' four and a half millions spread over a period of fifteen years. Losing his balance when cleaning windows recently in West street. Newcastle -on -Tyne, a man named urnbull clutched his companion, ward Harvey, and both were im- f £i on railings, 18 feet below. ;i were taken to the hospital in rious. condition. • a FOUNDLAND'S WEALTH. Liu'ge Deposits of - Slate, Marble and Garnets. A report of. the United States consul at St. Johns states that the slate deposits of Newfoundland for reofmg and other purposes are at Trinity bay, about 120 miles by rail and steamer north of St. Johns. They aro 000 to 800 feet in width, and extend for miles; 75 per cent. of the slate is a bright purple and .the romainder of an attractive grayish green. They belong to the same geological formation (Cam- brian) as those of North Wales. The geographical position of these deposits, being so near the Atlan- tic steamship routes, commands an exceptionably favorable position far the export of their products to rho American and European cen- ters of consumption. A large deposit of marble occurs within a few', miles of one of the arms of Bay of Islands, on the west coast of.Newfoundland. The de- posit is 250 feet or more in width,. and extends' ab least two ,miles in length, The. marble is of a beauti- ful cream color whim polished, and has been pronounced by competent marble workers to bo equal to the best Italian, i1 garnet, deposit of exceptional, Possibilities has been discovered on an island situated in St. Michael's bay, southern Labrador; about thirty-five miles north of Belle Isle in the straits. The island is about a mile long, half a mile wide, and 300 feet in height: Tho vein occurs on the south side of the island near the edge of a cliff, and is exposed foe about 330 feet in length and 11 lent in widbh, It is composed of crystals of garnet about the sire of large oranges, with sufficient mat- rix (a flinty quartz and mica) to hold then. together. On thio north side, about 60 feet, fram the solid vein and running parallel with it, aro smaller drys- tats, but much farther apart. Be- yond rho 330 feet in length the rock. is covered with sod, and it is m- ess s- snored this reel covers tl.e erten- sioti of .i+ein. Over the south s]de edtre of tho cliff: which is slyest ped'penrlicular, the large garnetso na'e profusely exposed down to about tea level, This.shows that i,hc sulijlly is almost inexhaustible and that they can be quarried at a mlliimum of cost. '33111 garnet has been tesbcd fo.r, anti tis?vo work and p -renounced sit, eerie' for that purpose to maty found: elsewhere It is also thought that slabs of flay size and thickness can be eat' and polished, 11 gco it will be ,rteraistIng to building warder, n: thcv votrld be exceedingly hatnd• rmc, durable, attruotive incl nett for beth inside and ontsida oran. mental work. Slipping facilities oro, exee.11ent, the water being' deep, and there is perfect security for thb largest ships, grily, ageing" THIr %OTOB THISTLE. 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