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L C)F COMMERCE { LHHC the cram the d COIIIC I. E'I Ir\J 11.13 lJaD\lIs\rI. \ "Don't be afeard," he said with a5 queer laugh I shan t let ye drown. You're a d-----d sight too valuable. D nnnnnnnn .... -_'.-. ..... ..,I .....n ...-,l Standish s reply was to bring the boat round with a sweep of his oars, running her bows gently into a cleft of the rock. Bending over, he plung- ed his hand elbow-deep beneath the water, fumbling among the. weed, and brought up the end of a chain, which he carefully made fast toia ring in the bottom of the boat. Then he scrambled on to the slip- pery surface and held out his hand to his passenger. "T\n..'L kn n1nn..-1'3 Ln ....:J --.:LL .. Could we get inide there? he asked inconsequently, with a jerk of his thumb towards the reef. 1:`x`Icrll,1al1 S qucsuon. _ There doesn't seem to "be much A1-gasn `A- `..:.`.'....' _---_L`-:4A-- `4;A~~ I J % '. awmM HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO o O i O A. LONDON, ENG; 2 Lombard Street, E0. a NEW YORK}-l6f`EXChII Place` ' To MEXICO CITY: Avenlda San Franclscti, No. 50 a g i In addition to the offices named above the Bank has branches in every Province of,Canada (including all the most important cities) and in the principal Pacic Coast seaports of the United States.` It is thoroughly equipped for the handling of collections and other banking business in the territory covered by these branches. PAID-UP CAPITAL, s1o,ooo,ooo nessnvs rum). s6.ooo,ooo CHAPTER X.-(Continued.) v..n\. uu\;au|. acclu LU DC IHIJCH for hiding` anything hre-9 cover: -I mean. R'avenscar,'_~re- glancmg up at the wheeling xaawalla UL aD\\-TIL: ' you manage that? he asked For answer Standish kicked aside a heap of loosexfragments, laying bares an iron ring'"e_t in one of the oor slabs. Stoopin loiw, he seized the ring and. putting `his .. giant`. '-strength to the task." raised :the square of stone and laid it at on its back by the side of the black h:abyss_ sm EDMUND WALKER; c;;v. 0.: 0., o.:c.I.. p.;s?a.a.:..+ ALEXANDER uuno, ,GENERAL._MAtIAGER BARRIE BRANCH _H. Mainager. Ev . W'rth9utt?t rsmark _\.U`JIlC llCdf IJIC EJIHCCZ . There s'nothmg for them to come for. and if they _did they wouldn't .nd their way in. ? was the fD1Y-- Besides. I've took good care that the 'reef*is haunted--'by, the ghost- esses of the light-keepers as was drowned. ' 1 ..:;.'.-..t- Then, said Ravenscar `moving to the'foot of the ladder,. we had bet-. ter wet-;as_hore.. I'am due back` at the Priory. and I :.want. you to go no to the s_h oo_,and :.1ayin. som_eg~uro-` ovisio ns ;fo"r -this-_. olace: ;Y-Oil. ah :b ring" them. off _aft_er.dark,-fand don t'.forget a smanlye of 7.f_*51T..W3..V~ 77."~.'- e A` etmisliit itexfihff UJII} \J|J\.I| Cid`-l_\I\JUI GULIVca "When your neckis in danger of getting stretched you don t take much stock in li`ght~and air, laugh- .ed the sherman. They had as ma.ny candles as they could afford to--pav for, and they had to do with as much air as I let in through the trap-door when I/brought em-their supplies of grub 0 nights. I was obligedto. treat _'%m-pretty_m.uch as nrisoners for my own sake, you see. Twould- n t never have done to let em have the use of the ladder and trap-door,` with the run of _the oor above. Sooner or 'later`.they- d `have been spotted `f-romfa passing vessel.` Lal- iways drew up the ladder and lower- ed the trap after I'd paid _ em ~,a- ivivsi-.t.!)y _\I I` .` . I `V? I. i "I. i37`.`None :of the other shermen. `or Lu_|.. \` _ I -' ' ' j x V , "`.`None'. of other shermen, or the p'eopl'e'fro m the village, 'vr come near the Dla;ce? l`I_..'--7-- ..-u.:,_ ,, 9, .1, - . _' * . , ``How did your" guests get on for light and air? he askedvwhen his eyes `had roamed from the oor to the open trap-door above. V I17`L..... -....... .-....1.. 1.. 2.. .I;........'.. Al F Llllll IIILVI Lyl- VVG3 nan I-K} \r\-IL GIILL lull JUL I The_ amazing statement called forth no reply at the instant. It was certainly news to Ravenscafr that Standish had hit on the ingenious idea of utilising` the ruin on the reef for sheltering fugitive criminals, but, well aware of the lawless nature ot the man, he was not in the "least sur- prised. For the moment, however, he was more concerned with the uses to `which he himself could safe- ly put this coy `retreat; and he was. `slowly mastering every detail`of the dim interior. ' i u1'1`-,:_,- .12.: ____,,,.- ..--...-L- ..... ._._ 1-; VVll|\J'yl \JU1n Standish. the ever-watchful, broke .into a guffaw at the signs. of aston- ishment on his companion s face. Then you didn t `know that I took- in paying guests on._Deadman s Reef when they came my way? he said ashing his lantern hither and thith- er. There's an agent in London as nds em. for me. `During the past twenty years two'm'u'1-dergrs and.` four rst-class forgets have made use of this pretty crib while` the hue and cry was after them, and they all `got clear off in the end; One was here eight months before I {could give him the office that `it was safe to cut and run for it. i '1`L- ,, _--_-_._ -L-..._-_A. __1l--1 -'SCOD under plied, gulls. IKLJ-D QLI Q5519 VVIUII KlI\a sI\J\IlII. For a moment Ravenscar caught his breath, taken aback by what he saw. In place of the damp . and empty vault he had expected, he found himself in a circular chamber bearing traces of human habitation. A rude palliasse, with a pile of cheap army blankets, lay on the rocky Ioor. A wooden-bench and a com- mon kitchen chair anked a table, on which was a litter of crockery and empty spirit bottles`, while -'a large galvanised iron tank suggested Dfovison for the storage of fresh water. It"-is true that the walls, floor and ceiling were of the rough- .hewn stone which constituted the lfabric of the old lighthouse..and that las a place of residence the former l stojre-roon1 of. the light-keepers was forbidding enough; but at least it had the merit of being dry "and wind-proof. ` _ Q4....A:..1.. LLA ........ ..-..a...1.r..1 1_'..-1_- .|..|.uvv D |.lll` LU]. anus \.l.llJlJ_y" I house? said Standisah holding the lantern aloft, and letting its feeble rays struggle with the gloom-. .1:f\a l\ o4v|l\o4\A1L0-IL DtICvl\-`Altman. An...-.1.-L Ravenscar obeyed the injunction, and as soon as the dull glow_of a horn lantern broke out below, he followed down the `swaying ladder till -his feet touched the solid rock. H ow s this for a snug cubby- 1.-...:n ....:,: c;....,x:-1. 1...1.:...... n_..l Wait till I show a light and then! came down," he said as he swung; himself on to the ladder and disap-l peared, hand under hand, into thei darkness. ` T - 'it had covered. Then,` tlhrusting` his hand into the aperture, he detached from its hook one end of a coiled rope-ladder, which fell dangling. in the depths. ' -r ..,.;g-ug ucticllllu nt aeroeant -Scott bv- Ranhaet had 'been designed to `sbioid hulover.` . \ .. ' ::No. there must be, nnwzoinql back . . . \ `fty `|,;q';| at 1lIK;\;lII.n If he was cognisant that the Fatal nistol` had been sunplied by Moss Raphael to the frmrderer it wae hard "to reconcile that knowledge with in- nocent motives.. Of course he might. and very likelv would. ex-nlain that his own and his friend the curio- dealer s` retlcence was due to the same cause as that which had. mov- ed.l'1imt,to connive at her~ s_l:51nda.stine 'i_aht--.zea1 `for the honor of his noble emo1oyet s_ vfamily name . But Phyllis shuddered to think that ex- ol,anation'.-wvfould imnly` that he was vawmje n'Uiek s=~ruilt of the murderf of, his. jfatlaer.` and that the ._ Dettv-= pfggmnef `deeentioti" f .Ser.teant .-Scott `h`v.*P.gnhanI. 14...: 4...... <.1~.-:~_-.v. A = xxuulwy u a.5\.u_y It seemed impossible that hv chance only could the weapon with which Mr. W'ens'lade had been slain havebeen procured from a shop having a- direct connection with Beacon Audlev through `the friend- ship existing between Mr. Ravenscar and the `proprietor---a friendship nut to the test by Moss Raphael `having furnished her with an asylum at Ravenscar s request. Then again the prevarication of the Tew. A_ and his concealment of the duplicate pistol from the police. isumzhested that he might have had a guilty knowledge of the -`purpose for which the missing pistolhad been procured. If :0 the guilty knowledsze _miszht well be shared hv his admitted acciuaint-ance. Lord Mr'>nksilver s "secretary. She felt that her condence in Ravsnscar was shaken.` and `that she could not gazaiq accord it f_u l1y till, the mvsterv of -his interference was `made clearer `,l5h$.l atepresent... -' V - L} ._.`-- .._...Z..... .1. . .0 p . . J I a uaauly 1\.y\;uI.Cu uUulC`3ll.I\llCab, I `But the more she thought -it over` in the crowded solitude of the third- class waiting-room the more was she` convinced that she must see Dick Wenslade before he faced the ordeal of the adjourned inauest on the morrow. The conicting statements made` bv-~-the H`ebrew curio` dealer. first to herself and then to the Scot- _1andrYard detective, had aroused suspicions which she could not de-l ne. `She was vaguely conscious that even the long. arm of coincid- ence was not,long enough to have collected under one roof so many threads radiating -f_ror'n. the Beacon Audley tragedy, . "T4. A : .... .. annoys; `L11; LL..L L__ To further minimise this risk on! reaching her destination she went` ut intoithe W.aterloo Road and bought a heavy veil, and then re- turned to spend two hours in the waiting room. She did not regard the delay as wholly tedious, for `ti wasthe rst breathing space she had had in which to `review the` prompt action she `had taken on seeing the "paragraph in the evening paper. A sudden- impulse. seemed to have swept over her off her feet. Had she been rash in yielding to it, she] wondered; She had not- bought her` ticket yet. `It was not` too late to `return to Wardour `Street and try to pacify.Mr. Raphael with some ex-l planation for her departure. such as`! a hastily repentedhome-sickness, " ='D..J. L`-A QQal\nnl\ -1...` LL_-_._LL :1. ..__-_. l Jccxcu alyfy. What 15 it you Vwant_to hide-- somethinc or somebody? came the sherman s questxon. '1`l.-.... .:........u. ......... L- 1.- ---.,-L A\J\1` Lltl-I\JtIlo ` Arrivewd at the terminus, she stud-i ied the time-tables. and found that; there` `was a train. starting in a few minutes which would. get her to` Wroxford at half past" seven. But it would be broad daylight then, andi she was mindful of Ravenscar s as-` surance that the inference drawn fromher ight from Beacon Audley had. been just what she had intend- ed. She toldvherself, therefore, that she would reach. her destination 21 suspected thief, with very probably a warrant" out for her arrest. And_ the whole -motive for her_ uncere-| `monious departure from the curio} `would be able to walk out to the vil- shop hinged on her being at liberty] for .a few hours after her arrival-at` Beacon. Audley. She decided to go, by a later train which would land her at Wrroxfordat ten o clock, by which time it would be dark and she ilage with less risk of `recognition. i VI`, f,,,;l. _yuu xau, auvulu. 1 4 I -Standish nodded, his saturnine face showing that the: last argument was one _he could a.p'prec'iate.A "`No, he said thoughtfully; you ain t a fool, and consequently you wouldn t try to "bill: Michael Standish. When do you want the boat to be ready to iake the guest out to the reef? 'M1f\II:u`n LL A . . a - A -an .. p...;.'..6-A- AK A sly Ell. IIIIIIQ - ` ' 5.`I reckon that you don t expect virtue to. be its own. rpward in this job, he said as they shot into View of the beach. ` 6611;, .1._,,` 1u:-1._-1' 1.14-..-` --_- 1.- ..- U1 uu: ucayu. My, dear Michael, t ere can be no question `of that kind etween E1la. S. father and -myself, =Ravens`car re- plied with some _warmth. There is a b_-i-g stake`on the table, which I thinkyou can guess zit, and natural- ly you stand to share in` the` win- nings`, I shouldn t put myself in your power if I didn't mean to treat you `fair, should I?-* Q`-no\r`:n`- I-:.- tutu`-dd'nlr\:u\\ X3-KC Int` gl1C5I UUI F0 IIIC TCCI!" Though they were a quarter of a .s mile from the shore, with only sea- birds within earshot. Ravenscar look- ed _.furtively round before he answer- ed. And even then, in making his very private and earnest communica- tion. hedropped his voice almost to a whisper. so that` Standish had to cease rowing and lean forward in order to catch it. V u'n:_;1.. ___ an .1, Kn . CHAPTER XI. _ I . Craft or Kindness. Phyllis quickly put thirty yards ofi pa.v_ement behind her before she dar- ed_look `round, and then she-was re- lieved too see that though Mr. Rao- hael was mouthing and gesticulating at her from his shop door he`was carrying the pursuit no further. Slackening her pace, she walked to the end of the street and hailed a hansom. The extravagance was war- ranted- by her ignorance of London,| :a1`1d`luckily she had a few pounds in ther purse, having been paid a quar: {ter s salary by Mrs. .Wenslade on] leaving Beacon Audley Rectory. `She. bade the driver take her` to Water- loci-S_tation._ . _ ` I .'on'eVd- .Raven/sear into the open: It was not _till they had, clambered down the Iron spnkes and were seal- edin the boat heading for the cove _that he referred to the instructions given him. ' ~ -T attain`);-\o1 `-`Qou` err;-q r`l\1n,I- AAAA AA` VJUCI `CU Udlull ll: '- Right you gate! the fisherman} growled. `resummq hxs oars at the `conclusion. `We"l1 jolly soon dowse that red. light. `I THENORTHERAN ADVANCE lll\. DR]: _Rayenscar lgoked `round with un- dlsguxsed curnosity _which :apid_ly changed to disappomtment, whrle Standish. upon whom no eeting` shade of 11:5 countenance was lost,` ieered s1y]y. _ \XI...A. an .1. In that case the traing of the pis- '1'ol to his possessin-n would nn more henet him than if he had deliber- :~.telv comp`assed Mr. Wenslade's ldeth. A J (l\-\.\a1.I|-\r\.Io It was Ditch dark when the trainl clmved down in run into Wroxford Station and Phyllis rose to can-v 'fhr-ouch the programme she had set `herself. `She would s lin out the mo- Hnent the train stonoed and. trusting ;to her veil, makeher way from the I\ K`-`l\l\vo And if Dick's account of what hanoened was not true-what then? Oh! what then? The reply could [only be groped for amid a. .maze of torturing doubts,`of which the least terrible was that the boy might have killed his father by accident. and that he had told a foolish and un- .<;nsta\inal)le lie rather than rrwke a -statement which in the cirmur~f=.tan- ccs he would nd it difcult to get accepted. T L..A. ......- LL- L.._;3,- r .I,_ [11|LII\I\.l\-I ll(lv'\ \.o\.u.lJ\.L1 IyIlIv7\\-`| No one was better acquainted than `she with the hall and stairs at the `Re-.ctorv. and she knew that Dick.| with his attention called to the studvl -doorlby the report of the pistol,` could not have helped seeing anyone, who came ou_t into the hall. Equal-I |ly certain was it that Lord ;\Ionksil- px-er ffom the lawn must have seen a` lfngitive trying to escape bv way ot the garden. 1 A-- J `P 1\3_1_'_ n P I . IUI. lbbklsllltxlul U (1 awnnvvv uv-...-us.-. _y .. By the end of the first three hours `the compartment in which she sat had disgorged its other occupants at wayside stations. As the slow train` lwound its weary way westwards to- lwards the coast through the gather- ?ng dusk she felt herself a prey .to mowing dejection. She was still frm in her reso-lution to` see and lhave it out -with Dick, but the nearerl {she was borne to that interview the. `more she dreaded it. With her in- lsight into the young scapegrace s ucareless but manly character she held it impossible that he`could.have murdered his father in cold blood. yet she was confronted with the, same unanswerable problem `as were {those who approached it with a less 31cnient bias. Leaving Ravenscar s_ corroboration of his patron aside. if the evidence of Lord Monl and Dick was true how could the murderer have escaped unseen ? `.\Y-1. ---,. ....... 1.... A _ . . . . . n ....4...I LL-.- .)3`eacon ` Audley aljdne la'y- ' ` the t'tue,l solution, an.d it must be wrung from Dick himself. `he would go to him and ask him. i he had obtained a duelling pistol from"Moss Raphael of Wmdour Street; He could nod lie to her if he would, for she knew every trick, every shade of expres- _sion of his face. If the answer was :,,- -1-.. ___....1.1 t.......I.' ...... "5 p... - ....- ..--.-. Conrmed in her resolve, she rose and bought a ticket for Wroxford, though in her fear `of meeting some- one {who knew her she did not take hervseat till a minute before the train started. It was too late-in the, day for people to be embarking on| the long journey to -W'roxford, and she was comforted by not seeing any. fan1iliar faces among the pas- sengers. Whatever fortune might` have in store for her at her destina- tion she would be spared the anxiety of recognition by a fellow traveller. 1)-- LL.` n.-,1 l\: I-La Cant. 414-no `arms:-c W LIICII; \II-I) 0 And, while she was about it, she decided with a pang of self reproach, if Dick stoodabsolved in `her eyes of the graver crime, she `would put to him. a straight` questions about the ring. If Mr. Ravenscar had not been open in his. relations with the curio-dealer there` would be reason to mistrust his good faith in other I ported ~- testimony that she had plac- .ed herself in his hands in her fran- tic eagerness to relieve her lover of a `suspicion which, she now saw, might be not only. baseless but non- existent. ~ tnrr "r 1,, _ 1:--.` -..I-- _ ..ZI1_- J.`..\4 respects. It was only on his unsup CXIDLCIIL. . I If `I have been only a _silly dupe instead of the voluntary scape-goat I believed mvself I shall have done Dick a grevious wrong she_ told herself. "Had I not known of his embarrassments I could not have believed him capable of taking his mother s ring. The poor boy would forgive me, though, in his delight at nding that I was alive. t~_,.ni__--_,1 2,, L..,, ....-..I--.. -1... ...-..-.. `SIUH UL 1113 .ldLC. if he disclaimed knowledge of the pistol she would seek out the`detec- etive and supply him. with the par- ticulars of which he had been baulk- ed that day. V -L.. 1 1,- ,. '1. ll IJII`-r -G515 VV VI WG-7 fin the .a/irmative she-would break` her heart in..keep1ng ,the secret, but` _yu_u uuaa tuuun. I In this manner they mounted to! the point of fracture, and Ravensc_ar, with Standish at his heels, climbed over the broken masonry into the interior. There was only a drop of two feet to the oor of what . had formerly been the entrance hall of the lighthouse, The floor was form- ed of stone slabs, covered with de- bris that hadfallen in the crash, but which had resisted the onslaughts of time and weather. Twisted and rust-eaten, the first few steps of the spiral iron staircase which had led to the upper storeys were still in Dosition. the whole being opento the sky. ` - Dauvnnsnnp... `ax.-\`-nJ ..._---- J ._-3zI, `T \ " eTh`ere"s not ahbetter baker in the Dominiort. , A special divided oven Aespecial grate guarantees the most heat for the fuel consumed. , Special ash-< _ cleanliness. `Nickel lifts off and saves work of scouring` And ' F ~ V 1. J -nr-~ -- -' ---_;--.7 v.--nu {muse In your Kltcuen I ~\ `' nd 3 fun 536 07- Gtitney Oxford Stoves` on our oor--all styles and 1 1prices-j-Mad f A j - % - t'me, '2?` .3 tggfse kmds of fuel. Come xnwziny x _..---j_:., eC~no .We.rent to demonetrate. these exclusive Gurney features my `nYs "3 Satxsfactxon they give. Thenf we leave `d"3 ford t 5_/any Other range 111 your kxtchen? . Vn:1'II and -. -.-I.I I!__ _ ,1 rs ' V A - - A . |._w_;:\.:V Ill A||3 llIL\.lC3lD- So she related in detail her dis-l lcovery of the old duelling pistol} |case. RaDhael s elaborate description; 1to her of his sale of the missing pis- itol to an American twelve years be ford- and his repudiation, within an! hour to the, detective of anv know-! ledge of the weapon submitted to] him though `its fellow and fac-simile was at that moment reD()sing' in his desk. Phyllis went on to sav. though she had thought the curio-dealerisl conduct reprehensible, .she had? thought no more of it till the para- graph in the evening paper opened -h'er eves to the fact that the pistol the detective was trying to trace was the one picked up in the studv at Beacon Audley Rectory. She had then rlecirled to ask Dick without de- lav whether she might safely carry her chance-found clue to the police. Thev had left the townebehind long before she came. to the end of her narrative. Ravenscar listened- l'ith0t a word of interruption. and rat the conclusion walked some twen- lty paces in silence. l xra GUKVK I-IJO ' Ravenscar nodded assent, and Standish motioned to him to go wst. It's a bit difcult if vou ain t been up before, he said: butl I 11 t)lant.your feet on the spikes if you mis_s them. 1-. 011: . a-van.-no-`A- &`an-. unarxn-nu-LA,` LA [5] uuuwn |ll DIICIILC. ` ` .You have done perfectly right in} ycomjng down, he said at last. It` jseems almost like the hand of Provi- dencebthat I should have found you \.ll\y\vn_ .l \.llll_y l.llll,ll.\JI\a II. as (I LlLI\Ill ` After all, she reflected, this man` who spoke to her so fairly had done nothing `to forfeit her condence so_ far as she knew, whatever Raphaell might have done. And even if there! 'had been conniva.nce between them there was nothing to show that it: had not been directed at the shield ' ing of Dick. In which case they were all on con1'm.on _ ground, and Imntual trust would tend to more ef-' fectual co-operation. On. the other hand. if Ravenscar or Raphael, or both combined, had some other morel sinister reason for hushing up the origin of the Distol, they had alreadyi as good as failed of their mark. for in less than an hour she would have! trot the truth from Dick and would,` be able to shape her future action; Jsolely in his interests. I l C- -1... ._..1_4_1 2,. 1,; '1 1 :- LL} IIIIII. . ' They were turning naturally to- wards the country road that led to [Beacon Audley. ,A slight sigh {escap- ed Ravenscar. _ . Would you mind telling/me what} it is_vyou discovered, exactly whatl transpired at Wardour Street this} morning, he said gently. Raphael's. [wire was necessarily vague. Always; lbear in mind, M155 Vaughan, please_.. {that I am striving to act as Lord l Monksilver would act if he were able `to step down "into the arena zmrli ght for the honor of his name.` If have no right to demand your con-l 'dence., I only implore it as a boon."i A:"I\_- "11 aka .-n`J'4-en`-A1` Lt`...-u O1I\I'I . ping,--he continued as he ranged alongside, keeping pace with her. I had a wire from Raphael, and I thought I might be of use. I am no-t going to reproach you for `break- ing our contract. A It is too late for that. Your object in coming down was to see Mr. Richard Wenslade, was it not? ` Yes, Phyllis faltered. I have found out something that he ought )to know-and that the police ought yto know if he can. give a satisfactory answer to a question I mean to put I to him. I _ 97"-- 4.-__ 4,,__._2,__. __-A.__.,_II , A... II{es,don t excite remark by stop-1 1 The first part of her. programme went withouta hitch. There was nopone on the platform to recognise. her; and the ticket-collector at the `door of the exit did not give her a second glance. But at the end of the subway leading "into the street all her plans fell to pieces like a house of cards. A tall man stepped out of the shadows and touched her, lightly on the arm. ` ,Miss Vaughan? he said softly. "Mr. Ravenscar? she scarcely breathed. a fs f`,`a"ii':t')"x1`.'i1if1'eeo'griis':d,- when` only the -four. mile` trudge to _Bea.con Audley under the -ki n dly cover of the night would lay before -her. She would `steal into the Rectory garden and, throwing a pebble -up at Dick s win- dow, would ask him to come down and `join her, after which her subse- quent course `must be determined by what passed between them. Of he; own danger of arrest she took no heed, except in so. far as it might hamper her in utilising for Dick s benet the information she had stumbled on at Raphae1 s. 7 keeper- are _ a buyer-- discriminating` Next 010:? to-.. A Sal-[cant &Kln l\.v1\alI LII\u IIILIDI. \v4\lJ\rIL \-llIllIJ\all But iiiichael Standish knew bettetzi First scanning the sea for assurance that they were not observed by any passing vessel, he guided Ravenscars footsteps to the foot of the column, and with a gleam of mischief in his erce eves pointed to some iron `spikes that had been driven at con- venient intervals into the stonework, forming an arduous but quite prac- ticable means of ascent. ' 46F_, .-_---_-__ .1__L-in 1 _ __1__.1 3 divided oven` ue guarantees that. 3;" .;Sp_ecial~ash-door guard guarantees ItVis said that tht` \\'i if frayed out to about : end which is im.n1cr. much brighter and strr ' . Oh. what has he Ir {little uttering cry. lnjurious to RiuI~.:m'i Ravenscar helped hm" M1: !syn1p;1thy. It is imp Iany conclusion till _\`'.1 lyour wisely 11n(1crt;1k<-'1 questioning the porn` 3' are moving heaven :m1 him can but hope that _\V- [remove the black clmul ;ens to overwhelm him. {to-day has induced him ;I cannot but deem :1 2:1`. ll;-\n I-refuge at the .~}mp v.E [was to be obtziixicd, (assure you that I \'.'.v.- of it. I hm] had 121:: IRaphael, and knew 111:. `catalogue nL'l(i('--Iilfli \\ quite understzmd hi~ :.: both yourself and I`m plorable as it \\':1.< {rm ipoint of view. Din-".':\ ed the case he mu~t 1; it With the I`IC\\'.~'}).'l})"I the pistol, and bein::. ishy of being Crus.<-c.\:m [he must have deciilml 9. [secret As a matter ?deeply indebted to him hand behavior." "You mean. ~t;m with a sinking at hm` truth. if told to thc s have been--havc hm`: TCZZZTZW T K` V INCH! stops coudhs. cures colds. 5915 the throat and lands - - - 35 C`-`"' LUDUULIAL uu ILDGILII u_y 1Lb U36, I If you would like special advice F about your case write a conden- `tial letter to Mrs. Pinkbam, at Lynn, Mass. 1101- advice is free, and always helpful. 49.1""'*-`,1-".f-.'~.4$:ij.v ` "--uauxa und. After takinegg%nZbL 9 I Eglf bottles of the C0mpound,II1(:ln?? i ri ht ' . . evgery ;g1;nnag'n%'oIm:$.? mmend ` DEAL, Winchester, Ind. `MRS M Hundreds of such letter - and mothers expressing tnnf?i` for what Lydia E. 1*mkhams V 9 table Compound has acc<;mp1ishede& glem haife ban rect-iwd by The Lyd .Pmk' am edicine Com 3. ea h t P L 1r s W o are rbubled wi ` or irregular periods, backagktrepagggl ache, dragging_-down sensations, faint: ` mg spells or 1_nd1gestion, should take . immedlate actlon to ward off these ' I ous consequences and be restored ; health by Lydia E. J inkharn s ye: \ table Compound. T}1011sar1(1s11avebe!;; ` restored to health by its use, If I'7l\`I`I fI'r(\'l`l1t` Ii]-A .-..,...:._1 _ u \.(lll shortly. Dnuv Find Help inl.yTE |Iam sVegetab|e gollimlz Winchester. Ind `Ion--- - Winchester, Ind. _ told me th (To be continua to you--their it to you to '\\`. -Lvuav a. u"`'u DIEHL |.U'U vu-auuuxw. Ravenscar was no coward, and, gripping the horny fist, allo-wed himself to be hauled on to the rock. He gazed upwards at the wave- washed column of masonry, more I I interested in the problem. of how an entrance was to be gained than in the insecurity of his foothold On the slimy weed. The storm which had ,ped it off like a carrot some twenty feet from its base, carrying away the entrance` door, which had been reached by a ladder. The portion which remained consisted only of the store-room and of a few feet of demolished the lighthouse. had snap! I the storey over it. The former, be- ing at the sea level, had no doors or windows, and the ragged rim 0.f'l the oor above seemed beyond the reach of the most expert climber. `D..;. 1\zf:..L....1 Cs......1:,.L 1.....-" I`.-.54-.-...