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The Grand Trunk Railway Sys- tem is the Popular Route from all peints east throtigh Canada via Chicago. • FEATURES.. vdevedvededoestd Double Track, Fast Service, Pita est Roadbed, Modem. Ikuipment, Unexcelled. ' Dieing Car Service. All .elements .Of safety and comp. fort. TO THE SUNNY SOUTH. s THE .0. o• RED YEAR A Story of the Indian Mutiny —By — LOUIS TRACY moulvie that the true believer's day of triumph Was approaching. More- over, the Begum of Oudh, one of three women vvho were worth as many army corps to the mutineers,. was waiting for him at Rai Bareilly, a placid eddy , in the backwaah of the torrente sweepJug through Upper India, and Ahmed Mali had lett Fyzabad on the el/exi- le.; of the 29th ,to keep his tryot. It was, therefore, a lively brood of scorpions. that Malcolm pxopcised to disturb when he dismounted from a wretched tat he had purchased at his first halt, and fed and watered Nejcli again, just as a glimmer of dawn ap- peared in the east. According to his calculations, he was about a tnikafrotn Rat Bareilly. The hour was the quiet- est and coolest of the hot Indian night. Some pattering drops of rain and the appearance of heavy clouds in the southwest gave premonitions of a fresh outburat of the monsoon. He was glad of it. Rain would freshen himself and his horse. It made the ground oft and would retard his rspced once he quitted the high road, but these drawbacks were more than balanced by the absence of the terrific . heat of the previous day. • He un- strapped his cloak and flung it loosely °ter his shoulders. Thenhe waited, until the glowing light brought forth the untiring tillers of the fields, and he was able to glean some sort of in- formation as to the position of affairs In the town. If the place were occu- pied by a prowling gang of rebels he might secure a guide by payment and avoid its narrow streets altogether. At any rate, it would be a foolish thing to dash through. • blindly and trust to luck. The issues at stake were too important tor that sort of impru- dent. valor. His object was to reach Allahaliad that night—not to hew his Way through opposing hordes and risk being cut down in the process. • . The lowing of cattle and the soft stumbling tread ot many unshod 'feet told him that some one was approach - leg. A herd of buffeloee loomed out of the half light. Their driver, an old men, Was quite willing tO talk, • . "There are no sahib -log in the town," he said, for Malcolm deerned it advisable to begin by a question.' on that score,. -"The collector -sahib had a -camp here.tbrea weeks ago, but he went eat -ay, and that was ,a misfor- tune,, because . the budnoashes from Pyzabad came, and honest people were sore pressed." • "From Fyzabad, tsarist thou? They. must be cleared out. • Where are they?" • • "You are too late, huzoor. They went to Cawnpore,1 have beard.. Men talk of much dacoity • in that district.: •ls thattrue, sahib?" , ' • ' "Yes, but. fear not; it will lie oup- •pressed. , I am.going•to Allahabad. • la this the best road?" . "I have never been so far, sahib, but :t Hee that wajr.'!, ..• . • . -"Is the bazaar quiet now?" . • . "I have seen ,none save our osen people these two days, yet it was said u the bazaar last night that a Begum tarried. at the rest -house." . • • "A Begum. What Begum?" -"I know not her .name, huzoor, but -he is one of the daughters of the Ing of Oudh." . • Malcolm was relieved to hear Otis: -Ile wild notion had seized him that "rincess Roshinara, a ritermy petrel of. -olitical affairs just then, might have eifted. to Rai. Bareilly by same evil hence. • • • "You lee this pony?" he Said. "Take • im. He is years. I have no further se for him. Are you sure that there are . none to dispute my passage through the town?" . The old peasant was so taken aback u.• the gift that he could scarce speak intelligibly, but he assarea the Pre- sence that at Such an hour norm Would interfere with him. • Maleolm decided, to risk It ale mounted and rode -forward at a sharp trot. Of course he had not been able to • adopt any disguise. While doing, duty at the Residency he had thrown 'aside the turban reft-from* Abdul Hug and he . now wore the peaked Shako, with white . puggaree, ,affepted by junior staff officers at .that period. His long military cloak, steel scab- bard, saleertache and Wellington booth proclaimed •Isis protessiOn, while his blue riding -coat and cross -belts were visible in front, as be Meant to haVe his arms free in case -the necessity' arose to use sword or istol. • And he rode thus into Rai Bareilly; Watchful., 'deterinined, ready ,for any emergency. So boldly did he advance that he 'darted past half a &zee men whose special duty it was to stop and question all travelers. They were sta- tioned On tho flat reefs of •two houses, one'on each side of the way, and a' rope Was stretched across the road in readi- ner3s to drop and hieder the progress of any one who did not halt when sum- moned. It was a simple device. It. had not been seen by the man who drove the buffaloes,•and by reason of Malcolm's ,c1mice -of the turf by the side of theroad as the best place for Nejdi, it charmed to dangle high. -enough to , permit their paseing be - heath. Thesentries, though eaught nap- ping, tried to make amends for their carelessness. in the growing light one of them saw Malcolm's actontre- clients. and be yelled loudly; • fight, bhai, look out for the Pering- Frank, tinfortunately, had not no- ticed the rope. len he heard the ery, and Understood that the "brother" to whom it Was addressed would probs biy he discovered at the end of tho. short street, he shook NOM into, it canter, drew his sword, and looked [wetly retread for the first sign of those Who would bar hie path. Dawn. was peeping grayly over the horizon,„ and Ahmed Ullah, amulet° and interpreter of the Koran, standing in an open courtyard, was engaged in the third of the day's prayers, of which 1.1e first wait intoned soon after sunset 'the previous evening. 1143 was going through: the Reim with military pre- claion, end an luck would have it, the Ifibleh, or direction of Mecca, brought his Mite gars to the road along will& Malcolm was galloping. Never aid priest become warrior more speedily Ihan Ahmed tilab when that warning sbout rang out, and ite discovered that a Britielt officer was riding at top ePeed through the quiet battier. As- , Butte:de ant this tetexpected lien widened ite: menet ot a mini- -the tiotachnt it. he uttered it Wed cry, , ;rare d to tie watts of the .courteloil," pies d thette No more desirable route than via, Grand Trunk and .connecting Mice. VERY LOW RATES. sseeesedessessvoledades Secure tickets and full partitulars from :- JOHN RANSFORD, Uptown Agt. 1 A. 0. PATTISON, Depot Agent. Or address J. D. McDonald, District Passenger Agettt, Union Station, To. *onto, Ont. SialcOlut, of courae, saw him and reputed hie adieu as that Of a frligh- tatted min, Who w0111d be only too glad wheu he could resume his devo- tions in peace. Ahmed •Ulleh, moon to become a claimant of overeign power as "King of Hindustan," was not a likelY person to let a prize olip through his fingers thus tonally. Keeping up an ululating clamor of commands, he ran to the roof of the dwelling, snatch- ed up a musket and took steady aim. By this time Malcolm was beyond the gate and thought himself ,safe. Then he Slaw a rope drawn breast -high acmes the narreff street, and gesticu- lating natives, variously armed, lean- ing over the parapets on either hand. He had to decide in the twinkling of an eye whether to go on or turn back. Probably hia retreat would be cut off by some similar device, $o the bolder expedient of an advance offered the better chance. An incomparable horseman, mounted on an absolutely trustworthy horse, he lay 'well for- ward on Nejdi's neck; resolving to tr.. and pick tno the slack of the rope on his sword and lift. It out of the way. To endeavor to cut through such an 'obstacle would undoubtedly have brought about a .disapter. It would ;,•ield, and the keenest blade might fail to sever it completely, while any slackening ofpace would enable the hostile guard. to shoot him at point- blank range. These considerations passed through his mind while alejdi was eovering ahnte flItY Yards. To disconcert the enemy, who were not sepoys and whose guns were mostly antiquated Weapons of the match -lock type, he pulled out a revolver and fired twice. Thenhe leaned forward, witji right arm thrown well in front and the point of his sword three feet beyond Nejdna head. At that instant, -when Frank was unconeciously offering a bad ter- cet, the moulvie fired. The bullet plowed through the Englishman's right forearm, struck the hilt of the 'sword and knocked the Weapon out of his hand. Exactly what happened next he never knew. rmst the nature • of his own bruises afterwards; and the manner in which he was jerked back- wards from the eaddle, he believed that the rote missed Nejdi altogether, but caught him by the left Shoulder. The height of a horse extended at the gallop is surprisingly low as compared with the height of the same aratnal standing or walking. There was even a remote possibility that the rope would strike the Arab's forehead and bound clear of his rider. But that Was not to be. • Here. was Frank hurled to the roadway, and striving madly to resist the treble shock of his wound, of the blow dealt by the rope, and of the fall, while Nejdi was tearing away through Rai Bareilly as though eh the djinns of his native desert were pule suing him.. Though Malcolm's torn arm was bleeding copiously, etad he was stun- ned by being thrown se violently flat on hisback, no bones were • brciken. Hie rage at the trick fate had played hint, the overwhelming bitterness of another and meet lamentable failure, enabled him to struggle to his feet and erapty at his assailants •the re- maining. chambers of the revolver which was still tightly clutched in his left hand. He miseed, luckily, or they would have butchered him forthwith. In another minute he was standing be-• fore Moulvie Ahmed Male and that earnest advocate ot militant 'stern was plying him with mocktne,' questionsi. "Whither so fast, Feringhi?Dost thou run from- death, or ride to seek itl Mayhap thou earnest from Lack- aow. lf so, -what news? And where ere the papers thou 'art .carrying?" Frank's strength was failing .him. To the weakness resulting from loss of blood was added ' the knowledge that this tit/team was trapped without hope of escaPe. The magnificent die - Play of self -command entailed by the effort to rise and face kis .foes in a last defiance could not endure much longer.- He knew- it.was near the end when he had difficulty in' finding the necessary words '1,11 Urdu. •Rue he spoke, slowly- and -.firmly, coinpelling his unwilling brain to form the sen- tences, • • "1 haveno pipers, and if I had, who are -you thatedenfaud them?" he said. "I am an officer of the-Comeany, and I call on all.horiest and loyal men to 'nelp me in my duty. I promise—to those who assist me to reach Allaha- bad—that .they will be—pardonee., for y past offences—and. well reward- ed . . . ' The room swam around him and the grim -visaged moullah became a gro- tesque being, with dragons eyes and a turban like a cloud. Yet he kept on, hoping 'against imcninent death itself that his words would reacli some will- tugear. • • .. . "Any man—who tells General Neill - sahib — at Alitthabad — that help is wanted— at LucknOw—will be made rich. . . . Help—at Lucknow—im- mediately. . . I, Malcolm-sahib— of the 3r4,Cavairy--say. • ; He collapsed in the graspeif the men Who were holdleig 'him. . • ."Thod has said enough, dog of a Nazarene. Take him without and hang him," growled, Ahmed 'Ullah. • • "Nay," cried a woman's voice from behind -a straw Portiere that closed the arched veranda of the house. "Thou art too ready. with thy sentences, moul- vie. Rather let us bind his wounds and give him food and drink. Then he will recover, and tell us what we want t • know." "Fie 'beta told us already, Princess" said the other, his harsh accents sounding more. like the snarl of a wolf than a human voice. "He comes from Lucknow and he seeks succor front Allahabed. That means—" "It moans that he can be hanged as 'easily at eventide as at daybreak, ad we eliall surely learn the truth, as such men do not breathy Ilea." ofte will not speak, Princeas." "Leave that to Inc. If I fall, 1 hand himover to thee forth with. Let him brought within and tended, and let some ride after his horee, tis there may be letters in the wallets. 1 have spotten. Ahmed Illialt. eve. that 1 am Obeyed." The monlvie Said no Word, Ile weut bach to hie Denying mat and beht again toward the weet, where the _Hole Kaaba enshrined the ruby sent down from, !written. But thong," his lipid muttered -the rubric of the Koran, his heart whispered other things, and chief among them was the vow that ere many days be passed he would so contrive affairs tied no Wolnateil the Nararene, teen. was $teearealus• recoVered from hie fabItOese. Wnd about the same hour, when 11, subadar Of •tbe 7th CaValry elattered into Rai Bareilly and was told that It certain Feringhl whom he nought wee tiafelY laid by the keels there, so sultrY vias the atmosphere that he mated to be quite glad ot the news. "Slit/bash!" he cried, as he die - mounted. "May I never drink at the White Pena of the Prophet if that be not good lisaring! So you.have caught hint, brethren! Wao, wao! you have done e good tbirt3. He is not killed? No? That its well, for he is sorely wanted at lateknow. Tie him tightly, (hough. H.e is a fox in guile, and eught glve me the Islip again. May his bones blesteh In an infidel's grave! bars hunted .hine fifty miles. yet scarce a man I nact and seen haat" .11.••••••••••,•.. • ClIAP'rER X. Wherein Fate Plays Tricks With iVialdIm If it is difficultio°rthe Present gen- eration to undert-As.nd the manners and ways of its immediate forbtars, haw inucb inore difficult to ask it to ap- preciate the extraordinary featUres of the -siege of Lae:know: Let the reader who knows Loudon imagine sonle par - 'FM in the heart of the city barricad- 'ng iteelf behind a mud wall against to neighbors; Pt bim garrison this !Malay fortress. with sixteen hundred and ninety-two combatants, of whom a arge number were men et an interior ace and of doubtful loyalty to those or whom they were fighting, wbile cores of the Europeans were infirm lensioners: let. him cram the rest of he available shelter with women and bildren: let him pieture the network rf narrow streets, tall houses and a "eY, open spaces—often separated from the enemy only by the width of a lane—as being subjected to inter- ninable bambardInent at. point-blank range, and be will have a clear notion sf some, at least, of the coralitions ,vhich obtained in Lucknow when that loomy July lat carried on the mur- derous wore begun on the previous "llheietigitesiasney itself was the only etrong building in an enclosure seven hundred yards bon .1 and'four hundred yards wide, though by no means so arge in arca as these figures suggest. The whole position was surrounded by an adobe- wall and ditch, strengthened at intervals by a gate or a stouter embrasure for a gun.. The other struc- tures, such as the Banqueting Hall, which was converted into a hospital, the Treasury, the Brigade Mess, the Begum Kotee, the' Barracks, and a few nondescript houses and offices, wore utterly. unsuited for defense against musketry alone. As to their capacity to resist artillery fire, that was a grim jest with the inmates, wile dreaded the. fallen masonry ''as much as the rebel shells. Even the Residency was forced to use its underground rooms' for the pro- tection of the -greater 'part of the wo- men and children, while the remain- ing buildings, except the Begum Ko- tee4 which .was comparatively shelter- ed on all sides, were so exposed to the enemy's guns that when some sort of elearance was made in October, four hundred and thirty-five cannon balls were takenout of the- Brigade Mess a one.. • Before the teege commenced the British afso occupied a strong palace .11ed the Muchee• Bhowan, standing outside the entrenchment. and .cone mending the stone bridge across the river Goonotee.• .A few Iseult' exper- ience revealed the deadla, peril to which Its small. garrison was exposed, and Lawrence decided at all costs to abandon.' it. A rude semaphore was -erected on the roof of the Residency, and on the first morning of the siege, three officers signaled to the com- m.andant of the outlying fort, Colonel .Palmer, that he was to spike his guns, blow, up the building and bring his men into the Main. position. The :thee did their signaling under a heavy- fire, but they -were understood. Happily, the prospect of loot ih the eityarew off thousands of the rebels after sunset, and Colonel Palmer mart:lied out • quietlY at midnight. A feW minutes later an appalling explosion shook every house in Isucknow. The aluchee • lahowun, with its imeseenae stores, had been blown to the sky. That same day Lawrence received what .the Celtic.. seldiers among the garrison regarded as a warning of his rpproaching end. He was- Working in his room with his secretary When a shell -crashed through the wall and .burst at the feet • of the two men: Neither was injured, but Captain Wil - ion, one of his' staff -officers, begged the Chief to remove his office to a less exposed. place. "Nothing of the kind," said Sir Hen-. ry, cheerfully. "The sepoys don't pea - sees an' artilleryman good enough to ffieew a second shell into the same spot." . "It will please all of Us if you give In on this point, sir," persisted Wil- son. . "Oh, well, if you put it -that way,. ID turn out; to -morrow." was the smiling answer. . • Next morning at eight o'cloek, after a- round of inspection,the general. 'worn out by anxiety and.Want of sleep, threw himself on a bed In a corner of thewrilosoomii;• ewrie in. • di'd. saDon't forget. your promise, sir," he "I have not forgotten, but I am toe tired to move now. Give me another 11°Luarworrentwceo.'" Went on to explain come orders to his aide. While -they were talking another shell entered the small apartment, exploded, and filled the air with dust and stifling fumes. Willson's oars were stunned by the. noise, but be cried out twice: "Sir Henry, are you hurt?" whim should thwart his judgment. SO the cloudedday broke sullenly, wet gusts of warm mitt and red gleams of it sin lathing to disperse the mists. And the earth 'soaked and steamed and threw eft fever -laden vapors as the nursed the grain to life and bade the arideplain clothe itself in sutnnter: greenery, It was a bad day to he wounded and ill and a pri- soner, and despite the cooling show - era it was a hot day to ride far end fast, fleece it Was long 0404 /100lt when it servant annOuriced 110 the • Begum thet the eahib—fer thee the Man de - %WNW Malcolm until. eharply *damn. [shed to learn the new order Of Apsettle nit, Twice ere me cAti of, J../ 7,440 fred awoke in the morning to find bullets on the floor and the Mortar or Ike wail broken within a few inches Of her head. That he slept soundly under such conditions is a remarkable, tribute to human nature's amuck of adapting itself to eirctunstancea. After a few days of exceesive nervous - Imes the most timoroue among -the' women were heard to complain of the monotony of existence! And two amazing. facts stand Out from the record of guard -mounting, cartridge -making, cooking, cleaning, and the rest of the every -day doings inseparable from life even in a siege. Although the rebels now numbered at least twenty thousand men, including six tboustual trained soldiers,' they were long in hardening their hearts to attempt that esealade whicla if under- taken On the lea day of June, could Scarcely have failed to e succeasfuL They were not cowards. They gave proof in plenty of their courage abd figating stamina. Yet they cringed before men whom they had learnt to regard as the dominant race. The other equally sUrpriging element in the situation was the readinees of the garrison, doomed by all the laws of war to early extinctioo, to extract humor out of its forlorn predicament. The Most dangeroes post in the en. trenchment was tbe Cawnpore Bat- tery. It was commanded 1»- a building known as Johannes' House, whence an African negro, christened "Bob the Nailer" by .he wits of the 32nd, piblted off dozens of the defenders during the opening days of the siege. What quar- rel this stranger in a strange land had with the English no one knows, but the defenders were well aware of his identity, and annoyed him by exhibit - lug a most unflattering effigy. Need- less to say, the whites of his eyes, and his woolly hair were reproduced with marked effect, and "Bob the Nailer" gave added testimony of his skill with, a rifle b yshooting out both eyes in the dummy figure, Winifred had beard of this man. Once she actually saw him while she was peeping s.rough a forbidden case- rnent. Knowing the wholesale des- tA actioe of her fellow -countrymen with ...which he was credited, she had it in her heart to wish that she held a gun at that moinent, and she Would .surely have done her best to kla Wm. .He disappeared aid she turned away, with a sigh, to meet her ulnae hastening to ,vards her. "Ah, Win,ifred," he cried, ewbat were you doing there? Looking out, I am certain. Have you forgotten the punishment edlicted on Lot's wife waen she would not obey orders?" "I have just had a glimpse of that dreadful' negro in Johannes' House," she said. s Mr. Mayne threw down a bundle of cAothes he was carrying. He unelung his rifle. His face, tanned by expesure to sun and rain, lost some of ats brick - red color. "Are you sure?" be whispered, as if 'theirvoices might betray them. Like every other man in the garrison he lon'ged• to check the carehr of "Bob the Nailer." . "It is too late," said the • girl. "He was visible only for an inigante Look! I saw him at that window." She partly opened the wooden shut- ter again and pointed to an upper etory of the opposite 'building.Al- most instantly a aullet imbeddei. Itself In the solid planks. Some watcher it Id noted the opportunity and taken R. Winifred coolly clesed the ease - r ent and adjusted its croes-bar. • "Perhaps it is just as well you miss- ecl the chance," she said, "You might have been shot yourself while you were'laking aim." "And What about you, my lady?" "I sha'n't offend again, uncle, dear. I really could not tell you whyI looks(' -nit just now. Things were quiet, suppose: And I forgot that the open: Ing of a window would attrect atten- tion. But why in • the world are you bringing me portions of Mr. IVIalcolm's uniform? That is wbat you have In the bunale. is it not?"' "Yes. The three Men Who shared ais room are. dead: and the place is wanted as 'an extra- ward. 1 hap- pened to hear of it, so I have rescued his belongings. • ••••Do you -4.10 you. think he will ever claim them, ,or that we shall live 1 to safeguard them?", • "My dear one, that is as Providence airects. It is something to. be thank- ful for that we are alive and unite lured. And that reminds me. They need a lot of bandages in tae beset. tal, Will you tear Malcolm's linen into strips? I will come for then; after the last post." He hurried away, leaving the odt, "Jollection of .gartnents with lier, The clothes were her lover's parade unt form, which Malcohn'had carried trete Meerut in a valise strapped Iiehind th saddle. The other articles were per shased in Lucknow and had tiever been worn. hi comparLeon with ills smart full-dress kit of a cavalry ()M- eer- and the spotless linen, a soiled and mud -spattered , turban looked sin- gularly oat of piace. ' -It was as though some taterdemalion, had thrUsthim self into a gathering of dandies. Being a woman, Winifred gave no heed to the fact that the metal badge on the crossed folds was not that wprn e'y an officer, nor did she observe that It carried the crest of the 2nd CaValry, whereas Malcolm's regiment was the 3rd(. But, being also very thrifty and industrious little person, she de. aided to untie the tarban, wash it, and use its many yards of fine muslin for the manufacture of lint. The folds of a turban aro usually kept Ill .position by pins, but when she came' to examine this one she disdov- ered that it was Usti with whip -cord. Her knowledge of native headgear was not extensive, so this measure of ex- tra eecurity did not surprise her. A pair of scissors soon overcaine the difficulty; she shook out the neat tolds, and a pearl necklaee and a pieest of paper fell to the floor. She was alone in her room at the moment. No one heard her cry of our - prise, almost of terror. One,glande at the glistening pearls told ber that they were of exceeding value. They rangea from the size of a small pea to that of large marble; their white sheen and velvet purity bespoke rareness and skifled selection. The setting alone tvould, vouch for their quality. Erich pearl was seethed to its; neighbor by elat3ps and links of gold, which a brooch -like fastening in 'rent waif studded with fine diamondts. Wini- fred sank 10 her knees. She piked up this remarkable ornantrult as gingerly as if she Vere-bendling a dead snake. in the Vivid light the pearls shimmer- ed with wonderful and ever-ehanging tints, They seemed t 'Whisper of love, and hate -of ail the passions that stir heart and brain, Ito frenzy—and through it Mist 'Of feat' and awed ques- tioning came a doubt, a touspieion, a searching of her soul as she recalled certain things which the thrilling events Of her recent life had dulled etiMest to eittinition. IIer uncle lied told her of the Prin- ce** ilothinara'l word* to Malcolm on that mementble night ot May 10, when be rode out from, Meertit to hein the*. Lawrence murmured something, and Wilson rushed to his side. The cover - bot of the bed Was crimson with blood. Some xnen ef the 32nd ran in and car- ried their beloved leader to another room. Then a surgeon mime and pro- nouticed the wound to be mortal. On the morning of the 41,11 Lawrence died. He was conscious to the last, and passed hie final hours planning and contriving and making arrangeemnts for the continuance of the defence. "Neer surrender!" Wass hits dente Went:Hon. Shot and shell battered unceasingly against the wine of Dr. Corer.* house in which he lay dying, but their terrors never shook that stout heart, mid he died as he lilted, a spies. did example of an offieetend a gentle. man, a type of all that la best and noblest in the British Character, And Death, who did not spare the Chief, weight lowlier Vieth:de. During the firet week of the siege the average nember killed daily wan twenty, Even when the troops learnt to avoid the exposed lessees, ad began to prisetise the little tricks; and artifice* that tempt an enemy to reveal his Where- abouts to his own undoing, the daily death -roll wilt ten for more than it month. There W418 no real safety tetyWhere Even In the Begets Wee, where Wini. trod and the other ladio of the ord. NM were lodged, tome Of thent were A POST CAM v1GS HELP FOR THE COM GIN PILL; SENT 'FMK We want all sufferers from Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Lame Bark east nhenmetism, to test GIN PILLS. amt are for themselves that GIN PILLSwili really cure 41 these troubles. If your Kidneysae weak—if it pane you to nrinate—if our baCk neht6-.4 hands and feet are crippled with Rhea- matism—give GIN PILLS a chance to prove that they -will relieve yeti and cure you. It won't cost you a cent. Yes don't have to buy them. Simply write us for a free sample. • . "A short, time ago, I reeeived *free. sample of GIN PILLS which 1nave taken with such good effects that I here- with enclose pc for a box of them. believe GIN PILLS are just the things for me." ItaeuARD Hsturmitt, VittraCII hymn - GIN PILLS are so called because thee - contain the ,medicinal principle of Juniper berries, the essential principleof Gin, but do not contain alcohol. sac. a box — 6 for $2.50— at dealers., and. guaranteed to give satisfaction or rnoney refunded. Sample !sox free if you write us. National Drug and Chemical co,, Dept. A. Toronto. At tue time,•peritaps, a irate rang or Jealousy Made in; presence felt, for no, •WOIllan (an bcp.r to hear of another woman's overtures to her lover. The - meeting et Balmer helped to diem that half -formed ilirsion, and she hail not troubled since to ask herself. why the Prineess 11.3shinara was al r.iady to help Malcolm to sf.-apl. She never dreamed that she Iservlf Was a paw. In the clime that was intended to, bring Nana Sahib to Della. a:et now.. with this royal trinket glittering /rt her hands, she could hardly failto connect it with the only Indian priza peps of whom she hadoany knowledge and the torturing fact was seemingle- undeniable that Malccam had, thia priceless necklace in his possessiose Without telling. her of its existence.. Certainly he had chosen a singular hiding -place, and mcver did man Ooze suck a treasure with suet' apparent carelessness, But -,-there it was. Thke studied siniplicity of its concealment' d been effective. She had beard.? long since, how he parted from Law - r :ice on the Chinhut read. Since that hour there was no possible means or communicating with Lucknow, evert though he had reached Allahabsue. safely. And he had never told her a word about it. It was that • that replant/4. Poor Winifeed rose from her knees in a mood perilously akin to hatred of the - negro who dealt death or disablemestde to hei friend's of the garrison. but, this time, it was a -Woman, not a masa whom she regarded as the enemy. • .• Then, in a bitter temper, she stoopeet again to rescue the bit of discolors: paper, that had fallen with the pearls.' . Her anger was not lessen'ed by find- - lug that it was covered with Hinds - steel (*erecters. They, of conraer . . offered her no clue to the solution oX • the mystery that was wringing her heartstrings. • If anything, the illegilshe • scrawl only added to her distress: The • document was something tue- known; therefore, it lent itself to trust. • .. • At any rete, the turban was destines/1' 'not tobe shredded into lint that day. She busied herself with tearing up the rest ea the. linen. When night mime • and Mr. Mayne could leave his post, she showed him the paper and asked Min to translate it. , He was a good Eastern scholar. Isibt the chill rays of a small oil limp wens not lielpfnl in a'task always diffieult to English eyes. He bent bis brows ever the script and .began to decipher- • some ef the words. , ." `Malcolm -sahib . : . tbe Company's Srd Regiment re Horse •:- . heaven - born Princess Roshinara 'Begum Where in the World did jou get thin,. Winifred, and how did le come Intel. your poshassion?" he said.. ; . "It was ' in Mr. Malcolm's turban— • the one -you brought me to -day froM, las quarers." • • "In his turban? Do eou mean Dist it was hidden there?" ' ."Yes, something of the kind." . :Mayne examined tee paper again. 'That ifl. odd,!' he muttered atter ;a pause.-• • ' "But wbadces the writing meant!' You say it mentions his name atom that of tbe Princess noshinara? . Sure- - ly it has sows definite significance?r' . The Commissioner was so taken usr with tho effort to give each spider,' ' curve and series of dIstinguisteng dote - and vowel marks their proper bearing. • ..11 the text that he did not catch the, t.ote•M disdain 01 his niece's:voice.. ri -1 have it now," he Said. peeng it - :the document while be held it close to the lamp. "It is a sort of pass. It declares tbat Mr. Malcolm is a Meta or the Begum and gives hie safe ems-. • duct, if he visits Delhi within threw days of the date named here, but 11' cannot tell when that would be untie: • I consult a melee extender. It ils; signed by Bahadur Shah and is alto- gether a somewhat eurious thing ie. be in Malcolm's possession: Is that. : all you know of it—merely that it wets stuck in a fold of his turban?" . "This accompanied la" said Urine-. fred, -with a restraint that might have• warned her hearer of the Dassian it strove to conceal. But Mayne was deaf to Winifred's cooltteso. 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