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The Brussels Post, 1913-5-15, Page 2eltvlb,S•Oss%AtelalsgesSAie%4&IVIV%OelaAllsitAaelite tic of the Garris no Or, A Mysterious Affair. eitmea. . easel1w %We sfiesessalsilseemelltreseserebag,fea•o t'HAPTER. v LI:-(Cont'd) the factor, "that this is the vera new I General Ileatheratone pith hie stand UP, wont. da] sante to spoiled new -a -days,' �' nn'1f afraid II" sus companion migkt bu78 he, doobt,t etaer 1 a ,kthatdye willmitt bay too mwb, "I must thank You, test me well eneugh. Ye91 hats three punct a West, he said, "for having shown thio month and abond, but I uhnll reaa.l've men my door, I would not willingly ah• ilio right o' Ravin' ye tntntyfur hoara'1 low un old cuwrade, however humble, to notice at any time. How will that suit go to the had, and if 1 did not acltnow- ye?" ledge his claim moi'N readily it was amply "It's vera different frae my last place' heeatI-hnd my Haulier as to et'hetner atiya i, discontented -like. And the words he wasn really what Its represented him- were true eneugh, for auld Fairmar Scott twit Just walk up to the Hall, anTet al, utile gave me a pond o mouth and Par- ritch twice a day. "Weal, wee]," says he, "maybe well Fie and I shall follow you in a minute." 'Poor devil!' he iwntiuued, as he watch- ed the newcomer hobbling up tht 000110 \e a rise if ye suit. Meanwhile beers in she ungainly wanner which 1 have pauses chillin' that Mnhaer McNeil tats described. "He got a 64 -pound allot on me it's the custom the give, and I shalt hie foot,and it crushed the bones, but expee' tae see ye at Cloomber on &tonctny: the obstinate fool would not let the doe. When the Monday cam 'mond 1 walked tors take it off. I remember Inns new as cot tae Cloomber, and a great Muckle a emnrt young soldier in Afghaniatau. hexene it. is wi' a hundred windows or He and I were associated in some queer meiir, uud settee enough tae hide awn' adventures, which I may tell you of twine half the parish. As the gairdening there day, and I naturally feel •sympathy te. was an satiates for me tae work at, and ward him, andwould befriend him. DM the borne was never taken out o' the he tell you anything about me before I stables frae week's end tae week's end. I came?" was busy enough for n' that, for there "Not a word,' I replied • was a deal o' fencing tuts be put rip and "017," said the general, carelessly, but cue thing or aneither. forbye eleanin' with an evident expression of relief. "1. the knives and brushin' the boots and thought perhaps he might have said such like Sohn as is 'weir fit for an auld something of old times. Welt„I court eo wife than for a grown man. Time was and look after him, or the servants w• 'I two beside mysel' In the kitchen, tho be frightened. for he isn't a beauty to cook Eliza, and Mary the hoosemaid, puir look at. Good-bye!” With a wave of the benighted things baith o' them, wha bud hand the old man turned away frust. nue wuateda' their lives in Lannon, and and hurried up the drive after this un• kennel ]cella aboot the world or the ways expected addition to his household, while o' the flesh. I hadna' Muckle tae say to I strolled ou round the high blat•k paling, them for they ware sire ale folk wha could peering through every chink between the xcaree understand English, and had hard, plunks, but without seeing a trace either iv Mair regard for their ain souls the e of Mordaunt or of hie sister. the tole on the moor. When the sesok I have cum brought Ole statement down • said oho didna' thluk muekle 0' ;Pan to' the conning of Corporal Rufus Smith,. Knox, and the ither that she worhdua' whieb will prove to be the beginning. of 1 gee saxpence tae hear the disco1 se o' the end. I have set down soberly and to i. &fainter Donald MtSnaw 0' the t.rsiee kirk, order the events which brought us to' I konned it was time for me t•#ta leave Wigtawnhire, the arrival of the Reath- them tae a higher, Judge. i+ cretones at Cloomber, the many curate0 'There was four 1u family, th�r general, incidents which exalted first our ettl•'n:71y my Teddy. Meister Mordaunt J and Miss end finally our intense iuterees 10 th.11Gabriel, and it era tang bei, of re I found family, and I have briefly tnuehed u, eu I were' that a' wasna' just exactly s it should the elroumctanees which brought my site be. My teddy was as thin nd as white think that there eaunot be a better mo- and greetin' all by. ter and myself into a closer and more as a ghaist, and moray`s t' a time 00 I've personal ielat]onnhip with them. I come on her and found -.her yammerin' 1 l'. I've watched meat than this to hand the narrative her welkin' up r id doon in the wood 01er to 'thee. who had means of knowing I where she t.L7 ,.,lght nane could see her something of what go. going 01'inside and wrinaata' her hands like Otto de - observing during the menthe that I- •tots Invented,; There was the young gentleman observing it from without. The eel Lame tne.•nd his sister—they balth seemed to of the two individuals w•hnse a:atmnr!',=tftie some trouble on their minds, and I shall now lay before the-.airel*'-does the general moist of a', for the ether" not, 11 is tl'lle, tim,e;;T,iy very much, but were up ane day and demi a.nither; but there err w. notable facts contained he was aye the same, wi' a face a0 dour , it•..and it corroborates and ampliften and sad as a felon when he feels the tow my own experience. Israel Stakes, the roond his neck. 1 speerrd o' the hussies catchman, ]proved to he unable to read in the kitchen whether they kenued what or write, but Mr. Mathew Clark, the was amiss wi' the family, but the cook Presbyterian minister at Stoneykirk,has she ardwcred me back that it wasna' for copied down his deposition, duly attested her tee inquire into the affairs e her by the cross set opposite his name. The superiors and that it was naethiug to good clergyman has, I fancy, put some .her as long as she did her work and had Blight polish upon the narrator's story, her wages. They were puir feokles bod- which I rather regret, as it might have les, the two o' them, and would scarce been more interesting, if less intelligible, gee an answer the a eeevhl quo: -tion when reported' verbatim. It still pre- .though they could clack lood eneugh eorves, however, considerable traces of when they had a mind. Israel's individuality, and may be re- weal, weeks paoeed into months and a' garded no an exact reread of what he things grew wour instead o' better in ease and did while in General Heather- the Hall. The general, he got weir nairy atones service. nus, and his leddy man• melancholy eery day, and yet there wasna' any quarrel CHAPTER VIII. or bickering between them, for when they've been togither in the breakfast room I used aften tae gang round and prune the rose tree alongside o' the window, so that I oauldna' help hearil7' (Copied and authenticated by the Rever- end Mathew Clark, Presbyterian Min- ister of Stoneykirk, in Wigtownehire.) Maicter Fothergill West and the memo a great pairt o' their oonversation,thoug.. ister say that I mann tell all I can about sair against the grain. When the young General Heatileretone end his hoose, but folk were 01' them they would speak ht.mamma'that I mamma' say muekle aboot mysel' tlebut when they had gone they would because the readers wouldna' care to hear but talk as if some waefu' trial were aboot me or my affairs. I am nil sae aboot to fa' upon them, though I could sure if that, for the Stakes is a family never gather from their words what it weel kenued and respecked on baith laiden was that they were afeard o'. I've heard o' the border, and tbere's mony in Naha. the general may Mair than onto that he dale and Aunendale a0 wo'Itld be goy wasna' £righted .o' death, or of any pleased to hear news o' the son o' Archie clanger that he could face and have done Stakes, o' l:cclefeehan. 1 mann sen da 771', but that it was the lang weary wait - as I'm taint/. however, for Mr. West's in' and the uncertainty that had taken sake, hoping he'll no forget me when I a, the strength and the mettle oot o' him. ham chance to ka favor tae ask.• I'm nil Then my Teddy would eonnole him and tell him that maybe 1t wasna' as bad as he thought and that a' would come richt in the end—but a' her cheery words were clean throwed away upon him. As tae able the write my0e1' because my feyther the young folk I keened weal that they acne a cot to nears cause instead o' didna' bide in the groonde, and that they senting me too aware but on the ether were ewe' whenever they got a chance nk- hand he brought me up in the preenei• ter Moister a general Wrest tea Hrable oleo and practice o' the real kirk o' the tome, but site general was too fu' di his Covenant, for which may the Lord be ale troubles tan ken aboot It, and it didna' praised! 1t wan last May twel'month that the ?actor body, Meister McNeil, cam ewer Inc me in the otree, and spored whether 1 was in want o' a place as a cwaehman and gaird'ner. As it fell oot I chanced the be on the look oot for something a' the sort mysel' at the time, but I warms ewer quick to let him tee that I wanted 1t.'We a guid place, and there's many would be glad o't. If ye want it ye 0011 e0me up tae my office at twa the morn and nut your ain questions tea the gen, Omen.' ' That was a' I could get free him, for he's a close man and a hard ane at a bargain—which shall Profit him leetlo 1n the next life, tbdegh he lay by a etor0 0 siller In this. When the day and rod up and dust it a' 1117 himself comes there'll be a hantlo o' facture 01! but he wouldna' to muoh es allow ane r the left hand o' the throne, and 1 us to set tut an 'he poi age tiler Jul shouldna' be eurprieed 1f Maieter McNeil the it. At nwht he would walk a' ewer found himsel' among them. the hoose, and he had lampa bung In Well, on the morn 1 gaed up to the every room and corner, so that no paint office and there I fond the factor and eh0uirt be dark. &fony'e the time frae a lang thin dour man wi' gray hair and my room in the garret I've heard h.s a face as brown and •crinkled as a wal" swats, same,. 0,11gongin', eohn111' and nut. He looked hard at me wi' a pair o' gaugin' dove the passage and up neither eon that glowed like two spanks, and free midnight till ooclecraw. tt wan weary then he says, 0ay0 he, "You've ve beon born tvaik to lie Detente' tat. his clatter and in theme poirts. I linden:tlui P" wouderiu' whether he was clean daft, er "Aye, says I, "and never left them whether maybe he'd learned pagan anti eeithe'," idolatrous tricks cot in India, antis that 'Never been 001 o' Seotlanclt ho epeero. his conscience too wa1 like the worm "'Twists to Carlisle fair," says I, for 1' which guaweth nuc] d.ieth not. I'd ba' nm a man what loves the truth; and be. speer frae hits whether it wouldna' 0100 sides I kenned that the factor would mind hint to speak wi' the holy Donald Ale - my geeing thee, for I bargained for two Slum, but it might ho' been a mistake, eteere and a st.irk that he wanted for ,tad the general w11s11a' a man that you'd the etookin' o' the D.rumelengla fairm, cafe tae mak' a mistake tvi'. •1 learn frac Meister McNeil,' wee Mw day 1 wan workni at the grass General Hoatherstono—for hint it 0eam border when he comes up and he says, and nano atter, "that ye canna' write.'' says he, "Did ye over hae 0c0an100 the "Na,"say0 I. ere a pistol, Israel?" "Nor *read t" "Gndettkee!" says 1, "I never had skean "Na," ease, 7, a thing iu my hands In my life," "It seems the me," says he, tannin' tae "Then you'd best not begin noo," x070 he "Every man tae his ain weapon," (lA STOMACH i�1� 1� �i he says. Now I warrant ye could rine 16 M Y S T O 111 M G f 1 i S FINE 'ometbing 1701' a gaid crabtrae cudgel l" '.t_ye, could 7," .1 an0w0recl bhythely. "as weal as oily lay on the border.' "This le a lonely hoose,' says he "and we plight be molested by tonne ra0Onls. It's wee) the 11e ready for whatever may came. Me and you and m7 sea Mor. daunt and lir. 1''othergill Weet of Drank - Bente, who would tome if the was rcquir. e/1, aught the be able, the show a bauld face- what 111i11k ye?" betters thaair," feehthtsabut if yetll1raiee me a punct a month, 111 no' shirk my share o' ether," "We won't quarrel ower that," ease ho, and agreed tae the extra twos' pond a year tie easy nn though it were ad many bawbees. Far bra it free me tee thinkevil, but I eouldna' help surmisln at the time that money that was mo lightly nairted 771 was maybe no very honestly B Y Y cam by. I'm no' curious or a pryin' risen • by nature, but 1 was sair puzzled in my ain mind tee tell why it Was that the genert 1 walked aboot at, nicht and whet ]cept him frae his sleep, Wcel, a'o any I 70310 elenain" down the pa'eages when my e'e felt on a great muekle heap o' eurtnins and mild oairpetn and sic like things that were piled away in a owner, 'no vena frae the door o' the general's room. A' o'- a madden 17 thorht eau lame my held and I aye tae myON; "Ieraol, lad- die," sage I what's the stop ye Irmo Minn' behinds that this vera nicht and stein' the etsld man when be donna' 1ton human o'o 10 on hitt?' The meir 7 thoohi o't the Mair seemplo it appeared, and .f wade no Trey mind tae put the idea lotrta dilatant etsautlonf. Wove fen o)kl nicht M 7'wasrha&d7v1' 111117 jam •The old rascal wad well paid for his trouble, so he need not have made awls a. laver of it.—J. F. W. seem tae me that it was paint o' my du- ties either as coachman or se gaird'nnr tae mind the bairns. He hand ;,t.ve Tainted that if ye fot'bid a lassie and a laddie to dee anything ICs Sues the surest way o' bringln it aboot. The lord Weed that oot in the gairdsn o' Para'lt-a, end there's no muekle change between tho folk in :Eden and the folk In Wigtown. '!'here's ant' thing that I haven't' spoke about yet, but that should be het door. 'Tho general didna' share hi•, rotor wt' his wfe, but slept a' .lana in a chain• ber at the far end o' the lease, as dittes.t as possible frae every ono else. 1'h+,, room wa0 aye locket when he enema' in it, and naebody was ,,vat• allowed ti.e gang into it. lie waled mak his ala ten, Since TakingNa-Drn-Co Dyspepsia Tablets" Mrs. J. Merlchuger, Waterloo, Ont:, enthusiastically recommends Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets, Der experience with Omni, as she outlinesit,explains h why. P "I was greatly tratibled with my stomach", she writes, "I had taken so much medicine that I might say to take ally more would only be making it worse, My stomach just felt raw. 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Weeds in the orchard aro nei- ther profitable nor pretty. - There is pleasure and setisfac- tien both in well bred stock on the farm. Plants have greater nee,] ger their leaves .ancl can be lutiea'easily killed in the growing • season than 'wine partially Etormant, Sometimes little leaks lead to large ones, -which eventually turn profit into loss. It is the success- ful man who looks after the leaks. The farmer often makes it mis- take by trying to do too much. Till less ground and cultivate it bet- ter and there will be more profit in it, No class of commercial fertiliz- ers will be able to do the work of farmyard manures, and the more that is made upon the farm the bet- ter. When mares are bred much will bo gained if they are mated] with some general object in view—that the colt shall be a draft horse, sad- dle horse, farm horse or something definite. Grindstones sometimes become so hard that they are almost useless. If they are buried in the ground for a while it will soften them. If the stone is large, it will require several months. Nature very seldom makes a mis- take. . Like is as sure to produce ache, and would gang nie'ly the my room. I keened flue when agess 1 got there that insMt chance ,tnie ' me,,o Iwiteda weewhilead disturb - in' when a' was quiet, I slipptt tiff my boots and ran doun Cite ether stair until I rain too the heap ea' auld cloth n„ 71,1 1 there I lay down see ono e'e peepin' through a kink and a the rest covered tip 01 a great ragged eairpetl There I bided as quiet ata a rotten until the general oilseed me on his road tea bed, . and a' was still in thee. ]tonne. &fy.-cet'tiel I wouldna' gang through wi' it ngaiu for a' the seller et the l iatee Ps ilk o' Dumfries! 1 canto think tat nee without feelin' cauld a' the way dean "4'y back. It was just awfu' lyln' there in the deed silence, waftin' and wattle'. we never a wend Inc break the mono- 1007, except the hoary ti,kiil' 0' an amid. clock eumewhere doun the passage. first I would look dont' the corridor In the one way, and 'Tyne I'd look doun in t'itlier, but it aye seemed to me as though there was someth100 comtug up frae the side that I wasna' lookin at. I had a mond sweat on my broo autl my hetet was beatin' 1711.0e tee elks tick o' the clock, and what feared me most of a' was that the dust frae the curtains and things was aye gettin' doun into my lunge and it woe a' I could else tao weep myeel' frae coughin', Godsakesl I won- der my stair weenie gray wi' a' that 1 went through! I wouldna' doe it again to be matte Lord Provost o' Glasgiel Weel, it may have been two o'clock to the mornin' or maybe a little matt, and I was juet thinkin' that I wasna' tae see 0011111ug after a' -rand I w•ashla' very sorry neltler—when all o' a ouddcn a sound rum tae my ears tclear and distinct through the stillness o' the nicht. I've been asked afore too the describe that roond, but I've aye found that We nn' very easy toe gee a clear idea o't, though it was unlike any other seed that ever I halrkened tae. It was a ahairp ringin' clang, like what could be caused by 11ip- piu' the rim o' a wine glass, but it 70110 far higher ,and thinner than that and had in it the a kind o' sphnsh, like the tingle o' a rain drop intoe a waterbutt. In my fear I sat up 11mang any cairpets, like a paddock among gowan-leaven, and I listened wi' a my ears. A' was atilt aoain noo, except for the dull tiekin' o' the distant clock. Suddenly the sound ram again, as clear, as shrill, OS ehairp as ever, and this time the general heard it, for I ]heard hien what line bekind o' en raosed oott eo'man 1i 0 weep He got un free Ills bed, and I could make not a rustling notate, as though he were dresein' himsel', and presently his footfa' as lie begun tae walk up and doun in his room. Mysakecl it didna tak long for me tae strap doun among the euhrpete again and cover mysol' ewer! 'There I lay tremblin' in every limb, and satin' as molly prayers no I could mind, wi' my e"e atilt peepin' through the keek-hole, and fixed upon the door o' the general's 100111. I heard the rattle o' the handle pre• sently,.and the door swung slowly open. There was a 11eht bmroin' in the room beyond, an' I could ;filet cutch a gllmnee o' what seemed the me like- a TOW o' swords stuck alang the nide o' the wa', when the general .stepped oot and shut the doer behind him. Re was dressed in a dressin' goon, 771' a red smokin' cop on hie heed, and a pair o' slippers 01' the heels cut off and the tees turned up. For a moment at cam into my held that maybe he was welkin' in hie sleep, but se he cam toward me I could see the glint o' the liebt in his e'en, and his face was a' twietin', like a snail that's in sair die• trees o' mind. On my coneeionce it, saes mo the shakes too when I think o' bio tall figure and his yelley face covin' see solemn and etlent doun the tang lone passage. I baud my breath and hay close watehin' him, but just as he cam ire where I war; my vera hairt stood Still hr my breast, for "ting]" --hood and clear, within a yaird o' me cam the Tingle' nlangin' eoond that I had a'ready hn rk• ened tee. Where it ram free is main than I man tell, or what was the rause 0'1. It might ha' been that the general made It, but I was sair puzzled tae tell hoo, for his hands were baith doun by his side as hepassed me. It cam frae hie di- rection, certainly, but its appeared tae me too come free ower his held; but it was sicoan a thin, eerie, higal-pitoked, uncanny. kind o' -roond that it wasna' easy tae sty juet exactly where it did come frae. The general tak nae Beed o't, but walked on and was soon cet a' M(aht, and I didna' loop a minute in ereepla' cot frae my hidin' place and scamperin' awe back tee my room, and if a' the bogies in the lied Sea were trapesin' tap and doun the hale nicht through, I wad neve' put my hcid o, t again tae has a glimpoe o' t]iOm. I didna' say a word tae anybody about what I'd seen, but I trade up my mtnd that I wudna' stay anuokle tenger at Cloomber Ha'. Four pond a month is a "cod wage, but it ilea' enough too pay a man for the lose o' his 11011oe o' mend, and. maybe the less o' hie soul as event, for when the dell is abont ye lemma' toll what sort o' n. trap he may lay for Ye, and though they say that Providence Is stronger Ilion him, it's maybe as w001 no to risk it. It was clear the me that tho »enera] and 1710 home were baith under Anlrie 0.00s0, and it was fit that that curse should fa' on then that had earned it, and no on a righteous Presbyterian, wha had ever trod the narrow petit 7'Iy hgirt wee flair for seeing Miss Gabriel--fer she was a bonnie sad n winsome mesio• --but for a' that, 7 felt that nits duty was the inysel' and dant 10110,114 gang forth, 0 011 as Lot ganged out o' the wickets citieo o' Ole pints. That amen' cling-eln.n;r wan sive deng]n' In my Sege, and 7 eouhrina' bear to be mato in the passeg10 for Per e hearth' it name again. I only wanted a chance or an 0reese tae gee the goo. oral entice, ami tee ga"g bock to pomp Waco where T could see C)trietian folic, and have the kirk within a stone -east the fa' beak upon, (To be annlitieunodi) The only people who have no re- gret for anything they ever Maid are those who have never said anything of importance: r mr• tt1 . E'er 'Everybody nig PERFECT SHOE FOR SUMMER SPORTS ASKr'1'0UR 15EAt.P.C'. ? t Gettlieb Von Jagow. Foreign Minister of Germany, from his latest picture. like in stock raising as in planting seed. The weak and poor will not produce good results anywhere. The tendency is downward rather than upward. Barnyard manure gives the best results of any of the fertilizers. In some way the soil is most benefici- ally affected by it. It lightens up the soil and lets in the air, which is necessary to the vigorous life of the rootlets. When cows are salted only once a week, they eat too much at a - time, and it causes looseness of the - bowels. They will eat a little salt nearly every. dtzy if it is kept where they can get at it especially when the grass is fresh and abundant, Probably no animal is so valuable as a weed eradicator as the sheep. They not only eat a large variety of weeds and grasses, but they mas- ticate so thoroughly that almost all the seeds are destroyed or digested, and do not sprout from the manure. Don't have any stagnant water about the place or you will have more mosquitoes than is pleasant or profitable. The rain water bar- rel, if tmcovered, will often act as a mosquito hatchery, A little opal oil thrown on the water once a week will prevent hatching. Sometimes sheep get so fearful of dogs that they will start up and run the moment a man or other object conies among them. No flock of sheep that is as worried as this ever can clo well. The very thought of being chased takes away from their usefulness, and sooner or later it will ruin the fold. 1f one is to build a barn the first consideration he should be loca- tion. o tion. It should be a dry; clean spot not too far from the dwelling, Ito not build the cattle tie -tips less than thirteen feet wide, and sixteen feet is better. A driving floor ten feet in width will take in' a large load of hay. Finally, if building new, make it large, You will find this a great incentive to raising large crops. Apple trees up to a foot in dia- meter may be top 'worked, if.. un- satisfactory. Care, however, should be tined that too much of the top is not removed in any one year, Cut off about one-third of the top the first year and 'insert scions or stabs not more than two or three inches in. diameter, The next ,year remove more of the top and insert other . riCialit, and the.,, folloW111 Tem! complete the wore[, .dr You cannot afford brain -befogging headaches. 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WINNIPEGTHEIITTT ] �,T &SONS CO., I ONTARIO TORONTO MANITOBA I R.S. VY AJ ri���1v1� LIMITED CLIMBING POR LIFE. A Government Surveyor Tells of a Thrilling Experience. Most adventures thatexplorers meet with result from a Iaek of fore- thought. In his book, "Trailing and Camping in Alaska," Mr. A. M. Powell, a government surveyor, tells how one of his party—very likely Mi'. Powell himself --was led into a most hazardous predicament. We landed on a grassy nook at the foot of a precipitous mountain spur. After supper, one of the trio tried to climb a ledge of white spar that could be plainly seen from the camp. After an hour's hard work, he reached the place, but it proved disappointing. He then saw that he could not descend without eyes in his toes. If he could ascend a few hundred feet, 11e might lower himself down a draw by the help of scattering alder brush. He spent another hour in getting to that place, only to discover a precipice in the path he had expected to de- scend. There was another chance left; he might climb to the tap of the spur, far above. No living man could have clung to the face of that precipice a minute if it had not been for the moss that was rooted in the small crevices. He continited climbing until about ten o'clock, when he paused to look down on the camp -fire and the Water, more than a thousand feet 'below him. Ha felt a sickness come over him, so he turned his gaze to the rock wall, a foot from his Rice. When near the summit, be found himself face to face with a perpen- dicular wall about twelve feet high. There appeared to be of email bench on top of this wall, on which he might rest if he could reach it. He sat fora fait/ remnants an a large rock that lay at the foot of the wall; than with his knife he cut niches for finger and toe -holds. Holding on by these, he climbed up and dug a sort of trench through the moss on the rim above, through which he might draw his body. Then he de- scended to the rock for a long rest before making the final effort. - He finally nerved himself to the task, put his fingers in the niches, and drew himself from the rock which, with the pressure of the de- parting foot, said good-bye, and went bumping down, down, down. The men was left clinging to the niches—hope and life above, sure death below. Big drops .of sweat'stood on his forehead as he steadily worked up, up, and held with osis hand while he dug the other into the moss above. Half of his body finally Is CLEAN, and Lis WIMPLE Its "A.13. C:" NO chance of MISTAKES if yell use ' The'Crlrarauileed '"ONE DYE for Ali Kinds of ,loth," tee' )1' ond prnvn it for vn t, nclrl 8ettd'far.rroo Color cnri n, Pyo Oise,, nna honk. lot ening ronul1A nf I)Ra rr aor otilnr nnlorn, 'rte,iDi,nkern496liarl,en(,7o, 1Jnil,ci1 • hronlrcnl rested on the edge. while the other, half hung in space without a foot hold. It seemed impossible to move from that position until lie saw an alder stem, an inch in diameter, that had grown on the little fiat bench apparently for the purpose of giving help on this occasion. He tried its strength. It enabled him to pull himself up and lie on the narrow bed of moss, where he thought of childhood days, friends far away, and his own folly. There was but one way out, and that was along a - six-inch shelf about one hundred feet to the west- ward that ended on the sloping ridge. Along this a man could edge his body by holding on to the jag- ged places in the rock wall. He took off itis shoes and set off along that sloping path, but he had to be careful not to look down from his dizzy height to the distant camp- fire. The feat was accomplished safely, and a thankful mortal lay on the green grassy ridge in complete col- lapse. His 'aneroid barometer re- corded 2,140 feet above the sea, and his watch told him that it was half - past twelve in the morning. 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New Delivery Top makes it st bit,nd,5ome commercial vehicle, CASH ,PRICE 1Qet1t1.0o RUSSELL ROTOR CAR ' COMPANY, Liiliil�F�1 9tlohmond Of, lids. -"t ,'llt:0 'O ift0 t ).o,,, Otataaee P„'d,re, 0.41 ''Al2' FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISIS NEWS BY MAIII PROM IRE. LAND'S sllolt.L&.. Iiappeliings in the Emerald Isle 04 Interest to Irish. 111C11, An effort is being made ro bring Irish roads back to their former high standard. Judge 1Vright congratulated the jury et the Mayo Spring Assizes on the peaceful state of the county, Michael O'Brien of the Portnard district has purchased a farm in his neighborhood of over 90 acres for $4,000, For the first time at the assem- bly of the three squadrons of En- niskillen Horse the regiment as- sembled with arms, A farmer residing in RRostreur has at present seven ewes • with 22 lambs, six with three each and one with four lambs. After a few hours' illness the death has occurred of Mr. W. Si- mons, Belfast, chief pilot of the Harbor Commission. Dromalane Mill, at Newry, owned by Messrs. F. W. Harris and Co„ is closed down owing to a strike” of the workers. Mr. J. B. Gunning -Moore, I),L., has been elected chairman of the Tyrone Council in the room of the late Duke of Abereorn. As the s.s, Sligo was preparing 10 leave Sligo .for Liverpool the or- dinary hands went on strike and the vessel was unable to sail. The sunt of $250,000 is voted an- nually to the Cleansing Committee of the Dublin corporation for pub- lio cleansing purposes. • John Cooney, aged about 28, while working on the top of a build- ing in Dublin, fell through a glass roof and was fatally injured. The Carriekmacross Urban Coun- cil have accepted the tender of Mr. Patrick Ritchie, Belfast, at $21,- 750 for the erection of 25 artisan's dwellings, Patrick McDonagh, Ballinafeigh, was fined five shillings at Celbridge for having been asleep while in charge of a horse and cart at' Cel - bridge. The Comity Fermanagh Council have decided to appoint a whole - time tuberculosis officer who will be debarred from other medical practice. Patrick Hoey, of Rope Walk, Drogheda, went suddenly insane and killed this sister, Mary Hoey, by shooting, and then shot himself, inflicting dangerous injuries. The death has occurred of Dr. Michael Ahern, of Brosna, Co. Kerry. He was a generous friend to the poor, and his death is widely regretted in Kerry and West Lim- erick. The annual exodus of agricultur- al laborers from Connaught for work on English farms has now commenced, and last week 500 left by the' North Wall route for the north of England: At a meeting of the Youghal No. 2 Rural Council, it was reported that the village of Ardmore, Co. Waterford, is doomed by the incom- ing sea, and it was decided that the council would not spend any money on it. GARDEN OP SCENTS. The Latest Fad Among English Sod eiety Women. An idea that promises to be ex ceeclingly popular at country hous- es this summer, and the rage of many beautiful women, is the "Garden, of Scents." It has been - popularized this season by Lady Helen Vincent, who has ' recom- mended it to all her smart women friends, with the result that the no- tion is now to be adopted by Queen Mary of Sandringham. Lady Helen Vincent is one of the mast beautiful women in English society, The daughter of the Earl of Feversham, anda sister of the late Duchess of Leinster, -she is a general favorite. Lady Helen has ideas of her own on the subjeot of dress, and sometimes, even on the smartest occasions, - she wears nU jewels. • She is otie'of the keenest of soci- ety gardeners. She has a wonder- ful rosary, a dial -garden with a quaint Tudor sundial, a cottage garden full of old-fashioned flow- ern, a kitchen garden closed in by and n s f her o yew hedges,1or Gar Scents" is planted with every sort of sweet-smelling leaf and flower, • q+ Frog Skin for Grafting. `Ibere is no valid reason why frog satin should not be used for grafting on to human beings, says a London surgeon. Frog skin has been extensively used and with much success in America for exper- iments, Among other suhstitutet for human skin the Americana have used c• rabbit 1 .skirl. Quite ral.bt ants clef recently the white lining or mein- brans of egg shells was used. The lining of egg shells is really the skin of eanhryonio chickens, AD (,awes in Wllch (hie egg shell skin has been, iia cd' hale 11een Very huc� cossf11.