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, CAN D1 0AMM.E`RCE V "Precisely," rejoined Ravenscar with a. side` glance, at `Standish; `f'And 'if.you will take m.y advice you will favourably ' consider. a. proposal, ;-which this honest fellow has. to intake to you. He is a rough dia- m"ond,perh'aps, but a diamond "for all that. The inuence your charms have had upon him may prove your salvation, Miss Vaughan,_for can- didly you are in grave peril of the gallows. Young W- enslade s chance of acquittal, even without you'r ill- judged interference, is of tl1erslight- est. In fact, he is practically cer- tain tp .be convicted, and your con- viction would follow as a` matter of course---if`you were caught, You will find Michael a rock _to clingto. H9 in nrnnnrprl fn nnnh-inn ...-..... `Al-L `PAID-UP CAPITAL. $1o;0oo.o00 mssnva FUND, $5,000,000 CHAPTER XVIII.-(Continued). interest at tiagcurgent fate as allowedgon an depos its of $1 and upwards In this Department. _ I` Careful attention is given to every accounts.` Small deposits are welcomed. ' Ac_cou ts may bll- eE_ened in the names of two or more persons, halnlllal "t\ I'I\ao'\ '51) art`! 1-\na4\' l\` 3- Lip nun- sAvmc.s BANKBEPARTMENT :ou_ms bhbgned the of morepersons, my drawals to made by _any one of them or l_>y the sur- _ vwor. Full and clear wntten mstmctions as to who Is to make e the withdrawals should .a|waKs| be given to the Bank when opemng accounts (pf thzs Ana re. T L ` sun :nMuNi; wALx2n. c.v{o.. LL.D;._ 15.0. L._. Pnenozwr ALEXANDER LAIRQ. Aaauamu. Mauadaa . . B'A`RR| E__B_RANCH ..-1!` pl`? with 3` 4.`1n guy ' ' i;y'ius, a cold chm at her heart`: telling. her what sort of a re-lease . was intended, stood and wat'c.hed.'1 the pair as they. climbed the rope ladder, Ravenscar goin rst,_ aud_.i Standish bringing up t e rear. The,; latter having hauled up the rope and" f `hitched it, looked back before he- .1QYer.d the t.rap-door. Hill 1...: . . _ . . . . . _ . m . ..- -I.--_1 1iXsT:i`r. Mdnager. UUBIIL LU UC VVUI III IICVIll5o Not tolexcite remark in the vll`-- lage, the_Major left thelcar at- the inn, and walked with Scott to Elis- l1a s' cottage. . They found him.-Wat-` e'rin`g owers -in his stri1Sl" of :fron_t 4 garden, anal the 'Ser'geant,~V ` at-_ any rate, did ' not " fail to notice `the startled look fwi_-th- which "he reqog'~`~ sed the Chiefe Con'stabl.e_,j *.F o1 Elisha ewasl not yet prepared ha~re eondences wfitli"th. gExeuf five 1gHe was still vup=r`a gainst-. ltlial- ~ dead juvall : of 'Q!`1t1fja.1fyl..`-_ evideiaep which he had - `eneouxitered -? \N.{a:._ ; ly I-l\JIII L.'q" pa-ra`;c1:eed'hS i1:-5" 1 4 gs bQ? ) '8 A_ndVY'|1 eve cl? had hevtoomtt who n.:'1ow_ |5:tefl;const:% 011: . his Asiilied gylthis , e - ` - ~_ ' 1111 11-39 Ofued V aragi a _ cal`. in,,.,m1Se]f The 3`)? `~strn'3 hi ."l!l'a|: ` 3 . being 211] ): tIStel:f, . of .dleq ` sheht. ` VV`l`lt|- I: NC uulug lll IIICSC parts!" | After ,he byoke up_the Ku~.-Kluxi [organisation in America he settled at_ Beacgh Audley ,j Wilbraham re- plied. L `He `was. in imminent dan- ger ofhassassiiiation by- the remnant of the gang; and he ch-ose the. vil- vlage as a safe hiding-place`. He had llost his nereve, I expect. It is doubt-~ rful 1f the` rust'i cs_therje had ever heard of his exploits, but if they had, they_ never associated them .- with the meek, "little man who came to live in their midst. 4 The Chief Con` stable of the day had the tip to loolg after him, andzthe wag-nm 1 had been p'assedo`n to successive" oplders,-Oi` n1y'ofce till it reached me. After the lapse of time It mu_st be "a" dead letter now, I should-think. I ._~l..A"..'l,I nhinli an fnn hcennhari .lCl.I.C|' IIUW J. auuunu uuuxs. I shdu'll_ ehinkso, too, assented` the Sergeant. "I `know his record` well, though he had nished `before I. began. -The cleVeres_t detective Pinkertons ,ever__had.; Living in the `heart of this mystery, .his.opinioh ought to be. worthf havi_ng; Mm. tn'nvriI' remark in- me . viI'-- III iug Ills`?! But the next moment he drewba sharp breath. The name which the Major had mention "claimed _his in- ;stant -re`spec_t,' though. its fame had ;been won long enough ago to` have ;p`erished for the generahpublic. 1 FI1'ch-. 'rrnnrA9 LA ..an..nt..-l 3.. `. 1 I,"""Ei1.Vi`l HE` lllC?gCHCl_3U 'puUHC, \_ is a rowe. he repeated in a Home of 1_'everenc_e. `I should` have Ith'-lght he. was dead before this. What is he doin in'thes'e arts?" Affr kn in-nbgn II1\"`-`an gin .`l'z.'l..-." SH 5&1. _ } Three days before `the trial Scott sought Major 'Wilbraham in the con- stabulary quarters at Wiroxford, and honestly imparted his misgivings to his temporary chief. Tl1A \rnr`u'nL :. _ f4 r~ - - (IOWI1 uxe a nouse ot cards. . For very different reasons, A in` which sentxment certainly had. no part, another officer employed on the" case was notewholly conteht' with the successful issue that eemed as- stated. Strangely` enough, this was the Scotland Ya;-d detective, Scott, who Ahad`3`b1amed his p1_'ovincial= scol- leagues--at the outset .,for being slow: to move against -Lord Monksil/vet's 1--.PhCW and `heir; Most, ofhhis V -work_ ' lying in the _ m'etropo1i's,_wh_ere .314 `inuence does notocount, ` he- despised what (he .had`*fhought- \y_as.V,.servi1e reluctance to -ognd; :_,a: Iidblemano. ~B_'u1;e [he ._ha5i. V.1;_1.odi'_ed- . in io`n,when. h_e ys_avI'r' ?how`b i; 4 h ' `nd`"I3'1p'%;_tg17.-peff" aonsllllb, uuyc uuuatlauy CUIIIPICVX, _ A The unexplained item that wor- ried him was his inability to con- nect the pistol with whch the Rector of` Beacon e Audley i had undoubtedly l been slain with the prisoner. Young Wenslade wa.s no experienced crim- inal, ad` it was hard to believe that he would have been subtle enough so completely. to cover up all` traces ofvhow be procured the weapon. Moreover, if the theory of the pro- secution was correct, the crime had been cominitted on the-spur of the moment--m the heat of sudden an- 0'8!` get. you himself, he didn t care a d---n for a conviction _if he wasn't abso-. lutely convinced that the prisoner was guilty. He wasnotso in this case. It was an axiom with him that if there was an unexplained item in qn`apparently'simple case, `then thatthe case was not really `simple, but unusually complex, Th unnvnlninnrl :nn-sq LL._L ._-_.- illvl ,V , Vvlltl` II . am I r=:9`??,fs: 4:13 ; uyvtt Ganiiu 'ylCClll.l_V. * For amomen_t Elisha. was at a gloss` for .an.a_nswer, If he were to give the`.'wh olc tx-uth,_he would have` to sayj_tha`t_T 11; _rst -b1iVd.fn Rav- W` 1t%ts9n:;.n7=4*witnessins ; tempt oi : x`og`j.;m_1_g.,.'a_ nu. ynauu, Lu uaug LHC pnsuucr. ` '- The` `Sergeant threw a quick glance | of inquiry at Elisha, as if half hop-l ing that the old man would supplyl the vital information. But though` sorely `tempted, Elisha remained silent, "knowing that there were only two -things which, with perfect safety to ~ Dick _ :W`enslade-,7` could loosen his tongue. One was a. time and innocent `explanation. of Phyllis Vaughatfsj sojourn at the curio- dealer s`s`hop"; the` other was some direct, -evidence of Ravenscar having. "pre" pa_redethe_ death-stra` into which he.:was>:onirinced'_that 1?. Wenslade walked" when he entered his study. 7 'T,nhmilA "Iil.m` 4;. ...I..~......'.. ~`M.." vva.IlIu,.WllI:u uc cutcrcu 1115 stuay. .71 ,8h0,1.I1dT _, like _tb ask you, Mr. C_r9w, .y_vh_a_g:.A'ts\t' directed. your sus-_ ptcmns at ; thisl secretary fellow? ScV6_ttv`a'8ked `presently. ' K IPA... In ` inns:-5...;-`L. `I'.`I.'.L. "; , _ .-A '|aub ulclc: aauu DCUII SHOYU) . ;a brif but troubled glance at the laconic sergeant. .In fact, only enough to furnish grounds. for the theory; I found signs of singeing on a bookmark in a volume in one of the-shelves of~the book-case quite out of line of re from the door. Behind the volume a screw had re- 3-centlylbeen xed intthe back cf the itcase, _ ` [III ' v A n v .. ~ Nottmueh, Elisha replied with an--uau up 1 \.;u;qcu; 35011 yc,,`..'" Saig Ravenscar on Othcr curious {glance at `.._1An~v11n|1 uvt\.. cu:-ul.I Inn You infer, said Scott, that the pistol had been held in position by a string oi` cordgattached to the head ?of the screw,_and that the trigger !was pulled also by a string" connect- nostring or cord was found on the pistol by `Inspector Pearman. Young` Wenslade, the first; by his own `ad-i mission, to enter the room after the` murder, wouldn t have removed such ied with the revolving chair. But a piece of evidence in his favour. lf.`..n..u..M ..'...........1 'r.`1:_L_ __.: ovvu uuuuuu avv ua]u5u|'.. Lu: l,[UuUl:` 1s_ that _.there -is ~ evxdence _enough, ; wnthout.reference[ to the ongin of: _the pistol, to hang the prisoner. 1 `Qin-rraanb I-I-u-An. .. .-.5..I. ...I...--.. 1 a V U]. Cvlucuuc III III: xavuur. 1"" . Exact y, assented Elisha with a {weary smile.- That is the barrier in the way of the truth--the absence of the means `of xing and ring the pistol. It will convict your prisoner, I I I fear. t . The two police officers looked at each other in questioning doubt. `There may be something in it, said Scott guardedly. iIt _would ac- count for the use of a hair-ti-iggcr |duellin`g pistol, which would go off at stheslightest touch. .It s- that d-e--'d`pistol that stops m.e. If only we could trace where it `came from we should see daylight. ' The trouble I.c f`IInIL.. ' Q-I-Inna 3;: Au.'J A n n A . _ A -- _.I_ II\lVVv ' _ Go on, Mr. Crowe; tl1ere s 11 isn t there? said Scott shortly. NI I11IIf|1 ,, 'VI`G|ll5 Iaujvg V _ By Jove! exclaimed the l\~'Iajor. rIt is on the depositions that Raven- ;scar was in the garden waiting for eLord Monksilver while `the family ` conclave was being held in the draw room. There was his chance, any- howv urn It A , Major .Wilbraham uttered an ex ` clamation -that V sounded `like disap pointment, as though `he had ex- pected . something better than this. Sergeant Scott merely, stared in- scrutably at the speaker. I know what in. in your minds, gentlemen, Elisha went on. That Ravenscar `could not have shot Mr. Wensladev in the study, because he was with Lox-d`Monksilver on the lawn when the shot was red. Up to a certain point ml have got over that diiculty. By the kindness or Miss Yvonne iVV;enslade I-have been permitted to `examine the study. I am tolerably'certain that the pistol was red automatically, having been previously. x-ed in position so as to yshoot Mr. Wenslade directly he sat ;down in the r`evolvmg- chair at his writing tabl6. Du TA.--I -__-I_!..-- I .0 \r v swuvw uuu Luv uuut CI [115 p1'OpCI"l:y. 1 _vvvu.u Luuuwlllg up. - B He paused impressively, and pro- ceeded: I believe that the Reverend Mr. ~Wnslade was shot by Ravenscar. Lord Monksilver s secretary. I be- lieve that his motive was to clear out of his way the two heirs so that he might induce his lordship over whom he wields'a. great inuence, to leave him the bulk of his property. Main:-' W;IHrn.Hnna bl-no-AA 4:01 1.-- unsung: vuuvu antnllvvllg You will understand that a` theoryl without" proof is about as useful as a bird without. wings, he began. I will give you my theory, but proofs I have none *to"'olfer. They are not my business. .I am not paid to ob- tain them, and Iain glad, for I might experierice a diiculty. in do- ving so. It is for you, gentlemen, to lnd proofs, if you deem my theory yworth following up._ { l A \'IIIQr' :.-as nnnnnnn ...1.. _..:I , ,,- nian af his ease,: eiplainin that they: ` had .ca1l_d to` avail themse ves of any Qfinion he might have formed as to an rAu|n`nAA"n n-:n.`.-1'4 TL unnn an |uuu9..JJu.;n. vmcualaucs JICUIS. - ` Wxth quick" intuition Elisha had1 singled out the Scotland Yard man gas the shreyvder of-. the two, though ;Scott_had not yet opened his mouth. It was to" him that he more directly ;addressed himself. ' 141 v---~a w-`mus [glance .'""-' '5`s}1e1:xnan, you would be releasecf, certamly. `Come along, Mnchael; .1 think that I have made everything clear. We mustn t keep Miss Vaughan from her beauty sleep any ionger. ' .9 IICQVIII [l9 IICIEIID AIR V E L\II III-%\] ' (ID {V V r. -W'.ensla(de"s`1i`1.t'1rder.. - It was ,on the'tip. of his tongue to-add that he valued his `opinion so highfy that he` had aglvised? Miss .W'nslade` to con- sult hxm, but that would never have done before Scott. - `17- ,, I, 1'I__ ,, ,.-_.I;--.. MIVJIIC IICIIIIU `QDVULF. I . ,. % You know that, like my predeces- sors, I have been charged wnth your protection, Mr. Crowe, ?. xhe added` genially, _``and therefore_: can proper- ,ly apprecnate any theones that may 1 have occurred to you. ; ' 111-nn -14 Juan .J...n..,-1-. .\1nnnnA `Lu. ;vz wuab Luv a|_V_vvugpu. He led_t,he `way into _his sitting- room, and .invited his visitors -to be `seated, 'fusSi1jl_g`_'a, little to nd chairs for tl1`er'n. so .as `to gain time for de- .libei-ation. Before he had got them arranged to his liking his `mind was made. up. -He would tell the police- ofccrs some, but not all. He would impart to them the theory which he was ready"to stakehis existence was `the correct one, but as to the facts l he had discovered in trying to estab- lish that theory he would be dumb. iFo'r the facts as they stood would unquestionably, in Mr. `Ravenscar s brusque language, tighten the rope round Dick W.`enslade s 1l_. \XI}4.L _.._:_I_' .'..A._ I IICVV VDUUIIICIL LU yUu._ . The old r'na_n,A obviously pleased byl the imp'lied'comp1iment, set down his watering.-pot and threw up\ his hands.:Ain it pathetic gesture of help- lessness. Lani "an empty shell, sir, su-cked.dry. ofmeat gway back in the seventies, big; I have my fancies. Come in, and P11 tellthem to_ you for what theyare wox-th."_` 11:: $114: 'I!rlI.o 1045:` 15:.` .-:04-:qt;'_ THEL NORTHERN L A`DvANcE% t l1ere mor ..I.-..4l__ . ` The Silver Elisha Crowe walked boldly up. the avenue to the Priory.. Another day` (ll! WC can UU`lS--.-' _ - I Yes? the Major _interrupted `briskly, thinking of Yvonne; What can we do? ` Sit tight and wait,. said Scott. I m at the end of my tether. Let that old chap pull the chestnuts out of the fire for us. I |auul.1 WC uU-`WllClC 5116.]! WC Utglll.` Sergeant Scott . shrugged `hisl shoulders. I could tell you that if, I knew as much as that old gentle- man does, rereplied with an odd laugh. Mr. Elisha Crowe knows a good deal more _than he let on, and if I'm not mistaken he means to know a lot more before the trial All we can dotis --.-`- ' -H\7_,_3n L`... 1:, - - . - - vv...-v \ no uuuoool c I l`VTI"hat will do, Mr. Ra\'e1iscar,i` please. After all there is an alterna- ,-tive.'I presume that in the event of Mr. Richard W'enslade`s acquittal I. slmuld be released? II..- < ) __!c V1 LJ1\.g_U1 Vyxv:-ya 1| |\:Ia\ uu-:-at :-.._,. -W e aye miinitely obliged to you. M_r; .CtrIowe, and I n:e1 1t)_ro- m_1se e most `care u `consl era ion for your ingenious vt(111`eo`xg, `he Ssa1d,| holding out`his han . ` ome cott'.. When you and I have retired we` shan t want to` be bothered with pro- fessional matters. We have tres-l imssed on Mr. Crowe s leisure too `t ' `)9 oxkgu as_1 IS I. on `LA -.r\4nA l\o\ Align... -1--nix `V516 CD ll. I34 Out in the road, _ back to pick up the car at the inn, the Major. was. keen to lezirn the Sergeant s opinion of the theory they I had just heard. Was it only _ sur-1 mise, or was there anything in it? reoliedfscott drily. _ . There is a good deal in it, sir, 7 Then_how on ea'rthfshall we go to workvto prove" it? Onlypthree days, reemmber, to the `trial. What shall We do-whe1`e shall we begin? Q01-nvnanf Canto. aka.-n.-no.1 ' Lia on their Way. ` Lcr wrung. T q - _ - 1 `Scott; nodded. .You had already! dformed your suspicions of Mr. Rav enscar when you searched the study at the Rectory? .he nodded. ; > `0\7..n 9! _1xd\`:L4` T7I:c`-an `\P:A\7 UP ill. luc .l\C\.'uJ1'_y: .nc uuuuvu. J Y_es, replied Elisha briefly. He. felt that he was on thin ice in ans- ` wering the-questions of this dogged` sleuth-hound, and he wanted to be done j with them. Major Wilbraham saw that the old man was getting tired or cross, and he rose abruptly. \'l7i.. ...._.. .'..,..:&..I__ ..I.I1.-ad 4;. .on So he otiiy \7en,turcd to} 1__l a.....a.I. \ 1 ICHUCY 3 nan-uuu.u.. I . . _ . L `x * I think `it~.was.' my estimate of hisii `character, and the inuence he has` ` notoriously set himself .to gain over 1 `Lord Monksilver, he said: addiligfi with a ,conciliatory- osmile- `You -are 1a detective yourself, sir,-`and .know ?how we are sbmetimes ispired with- iout knowing why. .The difference ibetween a good and a bad detective 3is that the inspiration of the former is mostly right and that. of the lat- ter wrong. . IC`-..A.L _...I,I4..I \7n.. hurl ah-path)` ulscuaaxuu. -.)u I tender at half-trua 1. 1&1` .I,f_-I_ YA ___-_ __ CHAPTER XX. Out of the rQn1y;.qqafe New Empress oven, 20% x 20", roasts Cmnc juipy and tender with ;'a1l`the. good kept in them by the New Empress `Pri-IICiTple _ or hot-a,ir }` circulation and; heat-refractive pgwer of I110 /fronl:- ...V The New Empress oven responds so 4(f15_erfeCtItkiugathateit is a genuine pleasure `eThe`6e_v en can `Be rreg u1atedjat will to bake from top A let ~Sx1diri- .|V.;YVl`VV| V.l|C U 3[J"UUU|"o - `I l} brmg ee some more choco1~ ates to-m_orrow, his melodious vale- diction oateddow; Out of the roon1y squ%a`re IOIIOIIOII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII OI OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IO Roasts Meats JUICY and TENDER Factories I .ua.\,na_y_ as ~vu.c-pica1uc_uLb. I Speaking last night of the propos- ed merger, Mr. McCauley of the Sun `Life said: All of thle details of the deal have been completed, and the agreement passed upon both b0ards.. Miontre_al,,Nov. 2.-Plans have been completedv for absorption by the Royal Victoria. Life Insurance Com- pany of Montreal by the Sun Life Insurance Company, also of Mont- real, and oicial announcement of terms is expected very shortly. The Royal -Victoria` was formed in 1897 with the late James Crathern as president, and',Senators Forget and Mackay as vvice-presidents. ca-\A3n`p:r\.... `...-.6- ......LL -f .L_ \.\JIIIlIVIlI5 - a` LII\v KILIIEI IIIJ\I\v\r\Ih7l Mr. Crowe was aware, as was `every resident at Beacon Audley, that there was no chance of his ap- proaching Lord Monksilver directly.i He inquired with all humility, fowl Mr. Ravenscar, trusting to luck to bring him into contact with his lordship before he left the house. On sending in his name to the secretary `he reected with grim humour thatit was not likely that he would be refused an audience. lRavenscar, with all hls contempt f [him as a harmless busybody, would `want to ascertain if he was still ;"playing the amateur detective. i (To be-Continued). I I h.ad?. =pas_sd,~-[and there. Was no sign }ifhat3"f'thep police `officers had been, able `Ito `prot by.,the,`hiiit'he had thrown out} tosithemi` `P:%obabIy., he told him- self, `they had not attemptedi to do so, "regarding;'it asgthe fssjlcy of a crack-. 4b1fai_ned' "dotard;-we He `himself a had} 'mad_e.n_o advance in the direction ne deemed. vital` to .the sofving of thel mystery, `namely the discovery of Phyllis, though to that end he had kept" `Ravenscar under fairly` Qlose observation. If she was. anywhere .in the neighborhood he could notw nd that 'R'avenscar was in personal touch with her. ` r N He had decided, therefore, to try to see Lord Mbnksilver privately, and endeavor to discover whetheri his lordship s kleptomaniac tendency was one of the wheels within the wheel which was revolving too fast for him to discern the spokes. it was possible that the Viscount, if he had stolen the ring, was in the secret of the girl s disappearance. Elisha strongly suspected that the old peer was in his secretary's pow- ier, and it was possible that each. was conmvmgat the other s misdeeds. Fun u n v n u u van any-no-A -p-no Sun Life of Montreal to Absorb the Royal` Victoria. CHAPTER xxx; Elisha Crowe s Theory. `- .By all the rules of the game the well pleased with the completeness Chief Constable ought to have been` I iof_.Yvonne 'W`enslade s .b'rave, grief-' `stricken young face rose "between of the case against Dick Wenslade. That the circumstantial `evidence was `strong enough to hang the prisoner he had no doubt whatever. From the police point of view a, ring. of incontrovertible facts had been- drawn round the unhappy young! man, from whichthe most brilliant. advocate would be powerless to hex- tricate hirn. Yet Major Wilbrabam hardly regarded the matter from the police point of view. . Ehe vision hlm and the assured result of the trial, and he would not have been sorry to see the whole case against ~Yvonne s ' brother acome : _ toppling '- down "like house of:car_ds.,~ ._ `D... .... __ .I-m-..-... ,.---_--; LIFE INSURANCE DEAL. `lz_t. -Qjlawa _m;a Broclwzl/e. '" I In a day or two we will lm\'c :1 cwnn plcte announcement In lnzlkc rcggml. ing the merger and Our future plan.-` {All that I can say at p1`c>cm i; 1}; rthe interests of the R< w_\';1l \'ictor'ia shareholders will be c;:rcf\1l'ly 1.-ml-. ed after. ." ` ' "`"PUl|Il Vxenna, W. Va. --- I feel t (1 hatl the last ten y.ars of my 1'f "Y9 ..-'.-~ 3,, E. Pinlilllgng? Lydia` Lydia E. Pink h 2 Vegetable ms :21 {goundanditwtgl `A 1i3e%xc:ffr;' It-re` y I advise all my pa-ma women to take Lydia E. P` 3 Vegetable Compound. -- M WHEA_'roN, Vienna, W. Va. ` Lyd1a E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com und, made from native roots and erbs, contams no narcotics or harm. ful dm 3, and today holds the record for the r _est number of actual cures of female seases of anv similar medj, cine in the couptry,_and thousands of voluntari testlmomals are on tile in the Pin ham laboratory at L Mass., from Women who have 23; [cured from almost. every form of female cognplamts, lnflamlnation, 111. I ceration,g11_splacer_nents. lihmicl tumors, i irregu1a;`1t1es,per1od1<: ]Ia.1I1S, backache, tindigestlon and _nervous prostration. ` Every such s1_1ffer1ng\_vom.ul owes it to herself to glve L_\'(1l9. E. Pinkham a Vegetable Compound 9. trial. If ITIIII 1'I'Vl\1i`t` Iilrn .- `I ' - y 050i/alllv \.Ul.|ll!Ul.lll\l 1 Lflal, If you would like .~'pe`cia1 advice about your case write :1 conden- tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free, and always helpful. A THURSDAY, ua a'u1clIu U1 una-_---- ' With blazing eyes, and pale as death in the rays `of the lantern, Phyllis cut short the progromme so callously sketched. If ever. she had had any doubt of Mr. Carter Raven- scar s iniquity she had none now, with that vile proposal ringing in` her ears. She saw clearly what she, had only seen as through a_.glass, darkly before--that she was wanted` out of the way because her-evidence would save Dick. The outrage of the suggestion, and the revelation born of it, acted as a bracing tonic to her shattered nerves, and her in- tcrruption came quite ca1mly:' 66"I"|_,_4. ___:n .1- \r 1-. uooq ovoowanuvi a 6\J\_l\ _LU Iulllls-LU: He is prepared to contrive your `es, - cape--in fact he has done , so al- ready--and to take you abroad. The day after the trial a brig belonging to a friend of his`-j---- \I7.'n.I_ LI.._2__,, -_,-_ 7 1 1