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'points .as. they strove to read the! sheltering on the reef? she asked -cane. steamer tor America. _ _ 1 Ella s ne eyes contracted to pm ' face so" eectually disguised. You would go .in- company with the Frenchman who is so fond of cho- colates, and whom father has been ina voice that shook a little. _ 0011,. n ....:.I n..-.......--.. ._2uA - Am-9 i oaacty urat. ` . * `_'You can t bide here long without being spotted, even if` you haven t been fqllowed, she said. What are yo: going to do? .I..___ __..:..__:._ 1 , ._ 3 ,_ W `n _ uug yuu_ucr. ` . 1 _ . ` btandxsh turned- hrs eyes on-- hrs! .daughter s_ face; `w hic_h _fOr'._th mom-3 Ant` `was perfectly impassive. Whah Illly VVIFII G13 Glallll WIIIVUII KICW talu- er than diminished on their recog- nising the fa itive.` V "So the w oie thing has come to immortal smash and you re wanted -for murder, said Michael without offering a seat. I don t call this very considerate of you, Mr. Raven sea:---eoming to a poor man s house with as like as not the police at your heels. A 1511,; 1 -1" u . - CHAPTER XXVI. Cross-Purposes. The welcome which Ravenscay met when he entered the hut of Mxchael Standish after his ight from W'rox- ford was not enthusiastic. '_ Father -and daughter did not know him at x-st under his d_isguise and eyed him by the _murky light of_the cheap oil lamp wxth an alarm whxgh grew rath- digaiqighed recog-I 4.2-2.. .. 4.1. , '1. l-lEADs orucftz raaonroc i cionnon. ENG.: 2 Lombard suee}, 5.0. `cusw roux: resxchmge MEXICO cm: Avenida san rrincisoo. No. so In addition to the offices named above the Bank has branches ` h every` Province of Canada (includingall the most important cities) L and in theiprincipal Pacific Coast seaports` of the United States. i It is thoroughly equipped" forthe handling of collections and other banking business in the territory covered by these,bmnche; BARBIE BRANCH . Q ' H. J." GRASETT. Manager; j9AIn.uIi.cAPIrA1.,s1o,ooo,ooo n`snvE I=dua,'se,o6o,ooo sun Eorqruup _WALK`ER_. c.v.o.. L 64, hp. ALE-)ANDER, I.-AIRD, eausm Maumzn . cu nazaruous in the extreme. The i-foxy cunnin V of Michael [Standish came to t e rescue. i"l I dursn t use my boat after this little ) turn up, he said, looking downat 9 his victim. W`e must make `em: i think we ve hooked it by way of the downs and got to the radway. They'll spend twenty-four hours in tr ing to track us, and by that timewe 1 be at sea on the brig. iJem ~Horrocks will` see us through; Wait here` while I fetch him, and have twenty pound of that money ready. ~ "But vou won't tell him nhnufr him. `J uwvuol `J0 "71-Te went crunching over _.the `shingle, and or-esently returned` with the sleepy sherman, who was visit.- ed a little latter by Dick and In- nspector . Pearrnan. Only . now he. was not sleepy at all, but very wide-awake and` keenly `alive to the advantage of the "bargain .oifer'd __ e was t,ogsell his boat to Sftanishv fontwenty pounds, " and it was also understood between them. that as soon as` it was discovered that Standish had stolen` his boat he should take undisputed` possession of. Standish s. boat, At the same I time the was;-to, del_a. is long, as possible: the discovery t atihisi iioafiwas 'mis's-l ing , from the gbeashyand Vjtvo do 1l__i`n; his `power -toi. vrevent it f being made: :by"a_nyone'c1s`e.*, ' .~ ' .4 . i`l.I .`... ._... 5- .1-7..n-4 2'-3 `V .o.n_ai- `chimed in -stlavelyf *1 `fore "Ella could answer. "That `won't l'fI t o I don't go, that's _ my nal` W9: ,5 I _am. not going to leave her jbgbe' questioned and bullied ;about. 4:3,.-:3 no :fauIt:.o L her-.5-; Besides. I ouldnftl-bear the Age `gravtnon.-_ Which : llv\.._itA--olvbe, dear?" _ 111 you Join` me, _g9u:`:.father _if- l-heielects to. come, ,. stay , In .Ens1ando`.and face 7%: do at all,`. he said. "`If`El1'a-does-K _Mr. iorrok.s,-_ deply s}:mpa-thetic i on =bej_in_g informed that the " ..pr_o.ne_ 1 .m1r %-01:1 ' th!~`; %``981Idr~i*Ws% j.m9.i'slr`IT`#: 2 uuu\| Illa Ulcdlllo ' I The oar fell with a sickening crash [on -Scott s skull, which was protect- e_d only by a cloth cap, and he, fell :1lk an ox, bleeding and uncon- A fresh crime was to be atoned for, and all three realised What unless |they changed their plans a glaring `clue would point to the perpetrat- ] ors mode of ight. Theabsence of ,Stan.dish- s boat from the beach and w of Ella from her home would be dis- covered in the morning, if not soon- er, and the obvious deduction would be drawn that the Sergeant"s assail- . scious. A silence of dismay follow-; ed,the brief turmoil of the episode. ants had put to sea. Itwas improb -` able that the ruined lighthouse` would be thought of as their hiding-place, but a close watch would be kept on` the coast, and escape to the brig on A the following night would be render- ed" hazardous in the extreme. Tho g,._____. __`___._2.__, 1- 11- n BIIDLGI a Not much, though it wouldn t~ matter. if I did; we of the head- land don t round on, als in trouble," rejoined Stgmdish. `I -sh_al_l'tel1 him that there IS a. vessel waxtmg for us in the olng now, and that _we want toga aboard. ` T . V T r- w l` Mr; `Carter Rhvenscar, `I fnust ` trouble you to come with me. I am 5 -Detective `Sergeant Scott, of`Scotland ; Yard, _and I arrest you on suspicion ; of havmg feloniously killed the Hon- : ourable and Reverjend Chalpner ` Wenslade on` the thxrteenth of last - month. I u`l-,Iu 7': .u- .-r- --- yvullu U1 uuu Juuucy reauy." 7 But you won't tell him about the old lighthouse? protested Rav- enscar. . T `Y_L . - -- -- -- vv-but UV III! gilt IV l II\vu UIIQIIII --'i`he two men ceased p_ushing the boat, and with the cessation of the scroop of the keel on the sand they distinctly heard footsteps advancing towards them down theshingle ot the higher beach. A moment later a burly gure 1oomed_ out of the darkness, and a stern voice-rang out sharply: . nu: pa . nu - yuauuc. -Go a_head, murmured Rvensat under hxs breath; V TL- --_ 1- ___s.: u u - . s1owly. Put up 3. few duds, my I gal; not more than you can, carry easy, and I ll go and hunt the boat out. Best for all of us toget o, to-night. This yere hut would be no safeplance for a gentleman with a" rope round his neck to be spending to-morow 1n. ' ' Shall `I down him with an oar? Standish whispered ently as ghe ofcer drew near. 95 your only chance. ' ` 7 (or: c on ` - _` - out into the darkness of the night, while Ravenscar waited till Ella had packed a rush basket with a few necessaries `for herself and her father.` Then when she had put on `her hat and jacket he took uphis own bundle, and together they stole across the beach to wh_ere Michael was busy with his boat. The tide. was out, and he had not yet succeed- ed in pushing it morethan haglf way to the water s edge, so Ravenscar tossed his. bundle into the boat and lent a hand; They were making quicker progress, when suddenly Ella uttered a low cry of alarm. 'l('I"I___._ A` _-.__--, ---- ---v- vs. up av-v Iva .va annuals. There islsomeone coming down the beach to us, she warned them, VIVL- xv/.'ell,h `yes, dear; that Is what the wxres are for, and the'stuff . at the other end of them. This r_um_ has long been a blot on the view, -and you:/i ather and I have decided to remove it. Of.course,-if'anyone : happens to be on `the reef at the time .-itwill be bac_l,for them. _- _ .I'D:'...`_L H _-2.I n . V-" , ,"."?""o_-`-'2 3" ""`O ' ' Itwas a curiously assorted party I V_th_at was, herded in the bowels ofthe rqgned hghthquse on the day. after Dick Wensl_g,de s_g acquzttal T at evthe `Wroxfo`rd.AAsizes.v Phyllis, `since ,er; tful__s1gmbets had been disturb- -Jed the nngh_tbefo`ret by` the inux `of {fresh inmages `,fo1.-.sher ddungeovn, ha] `and more , `composed hnriarddniany days; thseomehawe; an` u Jyul uc ua\_;,1ul' (ucxu. ` Ri'ght,." said Ella, with :1 hard littleylaugh. You've made it -all plaiV1`I,~.Carter. Now nd"me some sorti;of .'a._c rihwhere I can. lay dam} `and sleep, fdr I'm getting" tired. At 'qf!lrIrl:'-u'\un:sn.I LI-.3 6....- There ensued a silence, broken only by the sag of the swell among` the rocks below,` and then -b _Ella s softly murmured question: `_` re you goingto leave her behind to starve down there, then? Or- is that "what 'the .fwix?' .:s, father spoke of just now are or ` . . A ~ "Did" you tell he_r,ab_out the-the wires? Ravenscar inquired of Stand- i_sh, and there was a note of asperity an hrs voxce; \ ua|_.y1'u__, ; Ag, 11, , , u -- I unvuucl, uavcul, yU|], 1Vl.lCIlaCl.' The big sherman, fumbling with the ring-bolt of the trap-door, emit- -ted a iow chuckle. That was mere foolishness--a passing fancy, he `said. ``I be too old for such jobs, I reckon. She d have been too much of a handful for the likesof me, how- ever. I might have tamed her at the start. "l`L_-., } IIIGIIEIQU I211` qulcllyo . No; she knows a little too much to be healthy for us and for her, came the ready answer. '_"She--well, she will be left behind. If things had turned out differently to-day at Wroxford your father had hoped to persuade her to let him take her abroad in the ship. which will take us three instead. But, considering the hole in which the activity of Elisha Crowe has landed us, he has had the good sense to; abandon all desire to furnish )'ou with a step- mother, haven't you, Michael? THO k-...~.-.. In.`-.-`I-1:-.- --3A-h anu s1eep,TI0r rm getting` tired. ' At which 'Sta_ndihraised. the traps door and, unhntchmg the- rope lad- $*A."I',_Vl,`.t it qrpp i`nto`-. the chambgr be-9 l- vuwc luau . SIIUUK a IIIUC. "No," said Ravenscar, with a_ signi-? cant and sli htly anxious glance at Standish. hat individual s .de- parture, will be arranged by other means, of which. your father -is -av_vare. .As you may have guessed, that person was concerned in the day have changed our plans in` that utrespect. I` have been solacing` my- self by looking forward to pleasantcr a `company in the brig, and on the sub- .'sequent voyage to whatever destina- Vtlon we may choose-. I have brought -s-,-some of it old Monksilvex-"s. Enough Tto start the three of us in a new Rectory affair, and the events. of to-! I a good lump of money away with me A world and enable us to forget past failures) . ualunc U5 ll u|lUUlll1UI"liI-Ulco ` You can save your breath, said Ellawithtan unpleasant laugh, I've guessed all along that your preicous French man was a woman, and that I could put a name to her. I ve a shrewd notion she s' old Vaughan s ,daughter-her as used to be gover- Iness at the Rectory. I m right, ain t 9) . You have hit it exactly, Raven- l scar responded. '_`We should have taken you into condence long ago "if you.had not shown a disposition to doubt my motives in detaining the lady: You are such a spitre that your ather and I wereafraid that you. might `make a dangerous use ot your knowledge; but the time for that is past. You will now be able to- judge for yourself that Miss Phyllis Vaughan and I, far from be-. ing on the terms you suspected, are really at daggers drawn. Is she o-nincifnrpinm min. as? A- -II Ina vvguc. ` V Sl 1e:,d have trjgdden on em if 1 :'1:$ilnt, was: the somewhat" surly. . y.- - ' uurI-n" 4.1.-.." __-_ _1'-_.__ .u__. 7! ti;;;;e.t;.;se` :any sir .'g.bIAa., assisted e;"to*i"i:`:=ir1`) g Scott up to St`2Indish s hut, _- and as a gratuitous `act of friendship he consented to asend` the zig-zag buhfand, to. "plant Michael si clasp` knife where it would be readily seen. A ;I\f'f\7DI`If':I\rI AC can-rrnoq-I6 Cnnlf path some distance to_ stick a frag-`_ ~ment from Ella sdresson the thorn uuuuu `LU 5U LIICIC DCIUYC Iny time." 1' '50 WY Came to the stump of the .b1'0k C01Um. and . Ravenscar mounted `first by way of the iron foot-hqlds to*the point of fracture. The girl? went next, __cl1mb1ng like a `} 0l11`Ig goat after being shown the , means. of ascent, and disdaining the ` hand which Ravenscar stretched down gcta hel_p helx; (ler the jaggedhmasonry. 309138 18") -11 `t t t oor she peered agout iger ciriosugle while Standish who had followebd C1986 behind her, rempvcd the debris which covered the trap"-door, and pre- pared to pull up the heavy slab. fnff Dn11no1enn.. .-6n.AA 55:1! GI. Udgcl UI;dWllo Is she g91ng'fOrelgn with us? dc- mandcd Ella quxetly. ' uh! a`|IA I-Jqn...n - IJLAJ- .g._ .____,n. yuauu tv pull up (He I1Cil.Vy 5130. "One moment, Ravenscar stayed him. As we have. got to spend the next twenty-four hours together un- gler rather cram ed conditions, it may .,save misun erstanding if Ella, `is let` into the secret before she is introducedto our guest, Michael. Then there wil be no. reason for a display of jealousy which would make us all uncomfortable. `7--, A-.. , _ I on - 4 55511` Wrlclc IV VYUUIQ UC fC'Ully'3VCdlc . ;The mterventxon _of Sergeant Scotti havmg been thus disposed of, o and ) Standish s boat having been hauled . j back to itsroriginal position, whet gbefore day Ight ._the_ _incoming` tide |v_vould have obliter,ate d all traces of 1ts temporary disturbance, the inter- rupted embarkation, was resumed in the smaller "but equally` serviceable boat of Mr._-. H91-rocks,'gwh`o before .re_tiring_ to his hut wished the depart- H1113`. emigrants all good luck from the s ore. _. , mr:-1._ In EMU] Cr `Michael s sinew : arms inade s'ho1-t." Y work of_ the ;ri to ' the` reef; but` there some litt e delay :occurred, in` thenecessity of nding a cleft in the outlaying -rocks where-(the boat could be safely hidden till. it! was wanted on the following night +o'13`gf `dff to the brig. The sea was perfectl calm.` but there was an oily-_:5_we1 that surged and sucked into the rugged unless it werevii.rery..ca.i'?efully `stow- snags, which would `damage the boat ed. .At last Michael found a suitable place, and the party having disem- barked he coveyed the boatwith long trails of seaweed as a last pfecaution against attracting the notice of pass- 111%`? vessels. - .L_ M 4 no - - IIIIII l\JI.I5II_IJo _ Don t be a fool, wench, he hissed 1n her ear. "'1here"s wires set among these rocks` as would send us all to hell`if they.was trod on. - I ve no mind to go there before my time. `SO .1419`! l`V2I`YlA fr: 441:: ulnar-non rs` J-`an W?-Iev 71:31:. offered his daughter his hand to guide her over the shmy sur- face. of the reef, and, on `her scorn- fu'lly refusing assistance,`gripped her arm roughl . L ' 'l\.....!A. L , r,,-c` , 9 n. . . . n yrent perfectly impassive. v``What .; '10- you sa to that my al_?. he ask- ; rd, doubt ully. "El`wou d `be better, -. `. Pm thinking, for you to hide at homegrntill he -and -I . have got _clear uuuallbvp q uuyv, W/ll|\;_l| _lUl.' -LIIC _mUI `glhd s_fend for'you_. ' . . - DAuoAI\A`nn'_ -`-:._.AJ 2.. _*.`.-__._i__ - ` I ' % uummz% xxvn; Q ` ruecousin,or% fun B._ L iALTH1=;%N`ORTHERN%ADvANcE that for the first time during her captivity the trap-door had been left open, and the scanty` daylight that ltered down enabled her to take stock of her companions. At once she became conscious that she seem- ed to have ceased to count in the calculations of Ravenscar and Michael W'hen morning broke "she found Concrete _ $t_ai_1_' N_ee_d No Repairs 'ucxuuu`.' ne asxea In a, wmsper. That s the game, replied Rav- enscar, looking squarely at both his `hearers in turn. `-`It ll be worth your while, Micj1ael-bette1'._ .than ca'tching crabs and lobsters along. Beacon Audley beach. I ve got a '-matter often thousand pounds on j me in cash and negotiablesecurities _that can" be`:-ealized without risk of -`xbeing traced. That ought -to do us. :1`-well out yonder. ' butnnnpl. L3): Q`:-4;; '..L- `-5- j `A CHRISTMAS GIFT your entire family will `appreciate not only this season but for years to*come. Let the whole family participate in making it a joint gift. You can secure one on a small" deposit. It will `make the children happy`; it se` copy andeheer-A ful, it will make you. happy to see them all pleased, and to see your coal bill reduced. Have it instailed `this week by our own experts and let it do your Christmas baking. It will make your wife happy, it allows her to show her visitors how well she can cook. let us explain their exclusive merits. If you have oneof these come and see our otherleader, THE NEW EMPRESS KITCHEN CABINET and BARRIE BRANCH -- MULCASTER ST. 1. A. X Marks, Manager. acuuu ca. L -A slow smile broke over` the big. sherman s picturesque face for the rrst time in the strange interview. "You want me and Ellatdgo foreign ` you and leave that-that' other ~b'eh1nd~? he asked in whisper. I .`Th3t, 1119 nrnrnn CAf\11.Ar` Dan, Factories at Ottawa and Brock:/z`lle. Standish. Whateverewas to befall her has been nallLsettled. They no longer addressed her or endeav- -oured to bend her to their will. Though she caught Standish eyeing her askance occasionally, Ravenscar appeared to avoid looking at her at Aa'll.VShe wondered what it meant. On~ the whole she accepted this __,,-_--- ....---u -yy--cu. Lu LIIC COD` st`;-action of farm utilities. Much of this WQ1'k}'QI1'll. nd "you can do in _Let us` end you our new illus- trated book free-`! What the Farmer .Cj;'ii-12:) Witt Commie." Photographs diagrams show. many examples of cdncrcte work as applied, to the yon-A fgnunl-3`- A` 1......` - - Concrete stairs will be as good fty years later as the day they are first put.up.i Age,` which proves so destructive to wood, serves only to intensify the strength` and hardness of concrete. bleeding no repairs or} painting, concrete first cost is last cost, _ _ b ` t Wood deterierates rapidly under ordinary usage, and re.-` quires frequent, and often ex- tensive, repairs to keep it in good .c'onditio'n. matter how`you vi_ew it wooden stairways can never be considered economical. T IIWUIBO Ella s boldly handsome features looked glum and sullen at the defeat Of her hopes, but, apart from `her ambition to be made a lady andto rule` at the Priory, she had V been really fond of.,the admirer whose `attery had been fraught with such disaster. She was not entirely sel sh. In the overthrow of her bril hunt aspirations she thought of his safety rst. vim: Ana,` `AA..- `Ana _A ---:L`---AL and Last Forqvex: aloofness as a good sign, which might mean that she was to be re- leased by death. She remembered reading somewhere that miscreants meditating the supreme injury can- not bear to meet the eyes of their `n- tended victims. The attitude of Ella Standish (Continued on page 11) 1`H'URSDAY, I, DEC. gvu sung); IU UU: Ravenscar sat down uninvited and looked_from one to the other in a coldly calculating gaze. Ihave tak- en every precaution against hemi- followed, he said. I do not thin there are the slightest grounds for apprehension on that head. An hour s immunity from pursuit will. be sufficient -for ' `y plan. -- The one] o I :1`! I1`!!! f\1I\ turns O`. Aa-`- --A-- an. wuuu.u;uI. .|.U| any p1aII.- LHC 0_I]C I had in my-mind was to ask you,` `Standish, to take me off to the reef ' immediately, so that I can lay up in; the ruin til] the brig puts in to-mor-: {row night to. pick up the lodger you} have had there for some_t1me. 1| can then make my escape In her to. tHa,mbu'rg, whence I can eventually! -take. steamer for Amenca. `l.`n..9.. 2..- A-.-_ --__.._--;_ .