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` cnsunn `marked indnierctxt-ly. \ Wilson noddse-dz V I see, he 7]: LUFUUIL IICGIIRI-DUl.Ik J.-IRTIL u. pvlsw: l dcratidn seeniezl to suggest itse]`f_ and; dtermine him, - The; `fact: is, he; spoke m a. lowered! tone, a. rather un- `i pleasant thing happened: to us while`. we were up at the. Ha]:1L v ; ~ A. .... viva`. 1 `I 1 3- } 'gat-i\~'eJy. v \~. \I IJIKI um- -_ .\v` . ' V`""" . I . Oh ?, W'1l~'so~n resapolldal mterro-'3 1 Yes. My ,.wife s jewels were tam-3 pered` with. Several diamonds taken" out of their settt-ings and paste sub- S_t1l.te(1'. . - ~ , _ _ upon an `I % b Wilson Wllistletl. While you imp there? No! ' was 1 . `I , L 1.1. _..A ..,. -...--. _--- _ IA TFlordon noticed that there was something unoommocn-ly like amuse.- 1nent`i`n' -his frie.nd s eyes, and: resent ed it. It s a serious .busine'ss-, Wil-. son, he said -in an 'ag'grieve t0llQ. -The vasllue of the 5-tones runs into, [four gurres. And it is proved: that _ ` the su|bstit1'1tion 11111t have been ef-i feotved "while we were at Gresfol-d'| `Y1! II `C 1-`I'2.ii." 3 L "`You ve `no clue to the thi Wilson was quietly serious now. ' None. ' - H A .No idea at .all?` Floi-d`on shook his head. ,. .A._ J- 0 l}['ULL`Db _ I KIJAIICI I '1 Nothing. else to be dmw- 111"! ,_ `I_..]....] at 1-u<:rv\ In If IUITIUIL BIIQAJA nna Ilytuua What are you going to do 2 Have a detective down at once. -Wilson nodded. Na.tura11-y. _ Something in his face made -F-1$ou'f don protest rather ' impatiently. ll\T-A.L:--.. -1.-... In.` LA Aumuag ', $7 \ I SON cendeny ` _vv any--vs ..,-._ Ham, 2' 0. an . use. ' . Percy Braysh_a,w. 13` _--J ..-- 1.-\1\`vt-Lrlf ~Givea -me an introduction to Sir a fan ;.Q}1(:H_ i'U'l.f\V) r1 8I'(?y Dl'aysu_zI_.\\". g |' F101-don looked more astonishedg! land a little susnicious that he was [being tried .with.. i an: _- .-..,... ...:+`|. ..Jnnmn.-no nnv Jpn}- nemg brlnuu .w1uu. A ` Of qourse, with pleasure, my dear fe-T1-ow. `But what on earth has that ;to do with` this robbe1'y?, (IT. ___- _ ....- nu) `I':tI, ;to (lo \v1ul mu: ruuuor E It, may have a. good `:1:aa':1," was the: ?enigmatic reply. I 1471.... ----- .. 4'.-.n,.n +f\ -v-Jon H10 ` em gluuuc reply . Have you a fancy to play the _de -' tectivc? said Flloardnn, sarcasti- cally, as he glanoedi at the .ex-Hus'- sar s unsnggestive face. urn I ,, T I_.._-- 41.,` rd-`xnw nun- Qnn\n'n-usao V--- F101-vdon hesitated. ` Then a consi-`E .,.__L :4.--1'1: ..:-.). ` 5111' 5 LIIIEIIEECDVLVU 1L|\.Vo ` Perhaps I ha.ve, the other ans- wered _quiet1y. I have a knack of .keeping my eyes open. * Wh0>knIOWS `.what they may nd? l i -F:1|01'don' looked at Wilson asthoughi conscious `of hitherto :11nsuspec.t/ed depths in his old comrade. I remem- ber, `he responded, with a: vague smile, you always` had a'turn for |h unt_i1'1g down bandits-, hadn t. you ? . 7l'VL_ ._m..`I...... ...\..5I.J`.-.11 A faefn +1-mt Illlllblug uuwu utuluu.-:v, ALou.|-A1 v Jvu . The other nodded. A taste that nnay come" in. useful. After all, it is a form of sport quite as excitingand occasionally more dang'erous. than those we are z_1oc~.ustomed: to folalbw. Anyhow, here I am, at your wrvioe for what I am worth. Who knows but that in the course of my stay here, I may not come across some- thing which will in-herrest you ? ` MT 1.-.... .....- .311 7 17I.nmr`nn an;t1 Ivilllg Wll=l'U~.l..l: Wuu; lwucuuwu Jv I hope you will, Flovrcfoln said, with a reticent man's suggestion of fervour.` So far it is "rather a baiing .bu_s=iness. Have you suspi-[ cions of anyone here? 111` 9; --,, 1.`L..L ,3 ......... -I-`an nannn:`_ cums U1 zuI,yUuu 11:7-n:-x ~ ``I won t say that, Was. the gua:rd- ed zwswer; anyhow, suspicions are 1_1otmuch good unless they material- ilwflondon took the hint and uoddfad. By the ,`V.a_y, I have arrapged Wltk: Brayhaw to have a d!`etect.1ve down. ((FI'\1_-..;.L. ..'I'I ...-..L4- 99 1 TKTHQA11 v QO;l1 V.DI'tlySlla.VV_ LU uuvu u. uscuuuuvo wunu. Tha.t s all right, Wilson said prbmrpytlsy. He Won t interfere with me. Let him come, by all means, Althorugh it may turn that one of the re.gu-lears. .won t ha;ve`m11ch to Show-. for his prese=n.ce. 1'11 1 1.,_1-_.1 _........1.-:.....1.. ..4. LL; LVOUIlll]g' 8156 L0 UK: uuuc. 3 Wi1.~:on looked at him 1nean111g1y._: Yes, there is. _`",\\`7l`1.a.t 2 the other demanded in; ; I01` I118 p1V:5t:=1x.L'u. Flordon looked sea_.rc11ing1.y at his companion. V _ lCT__ L A.L-..u\ `nn.vv\t).+`I:I`Ilr Q]-y\n'f_ I compaumu . Isn t there something shy about. this man s-.-he' jerked his head to- wards the I_-Ia]1-ass.umptio1V1 of the. title ? _ Brayshawh ` Yes, Wilson answer ed Tcasuanly. the other, Sir Francis, who Lives in` .Sco.t-lmid, is the 'reaI'1'nan, This fe1--. 1ov v is not accepted: Bu'r.ke,h but I ve `no `doubt -he belongs to the fa} _ mily,. and` V3817 D0esib1.y:_is-quite sin-. cer in h_i_sjhe1&ef`:'thg;t.heh is the right: ml , I. V sixnjlmr (`There are two men` claiming `the baronetcy, and I fancy. ana axtyuuw up 13 us-gag. Uuvue;n .|.v; ...... pose; ,*`His%frie,hds and aoguainbances are not likely` to question-his right; .Sui_ts-. them to_ korwn. him as Sir ,.:,- I LL->._v..L -1 Jada Illlnl I law mun? III`? - L- not cotunt." = 7 _ ~ .,--`%`W6 ~ our . ` " at Ulll I.lI_ nuns, 351.1:-. Inna N.-- axxithe rgat-,-of world dogs thifi '=_.ly_ N.lUl.`U~ was `gut;-I.u:.u5 ux xsuw uvyvuu ages. to gainsa.y assumptiml of [the title. This idea cmssecl the - 9 minds of both menasthey waited for ,5 him. Flordon made 9. sign; and Sir` .:Perc.v. zwhf) had b riding by` wgtih` _ A. ._-,. ymj a iettr of introdut DA ctio ho` Brayshaw. . 1 `T I `9Just- mention `casual-1y-oh-, here; -o0'fes the man, it. will `save time and`! !t.ro1ible _if you iutnoduoe me now .` , L __L- I91`-""V'3 _`* JV `.""""""' "" _-' 7. ` | Sir Percy w;a-s'r. 31%` a"Sma1't 0013;? She looked Well, having the easy `fqt a. practised horsemax}; an_d oertallr | 11y, there was ;l'Qthi11g 111 has appear-3` I--.._._' 4-,. n-n:u\1:~nIv `min. na:nnr1r'|:nf.;rn`I 0+ "1 -l`C_V. WHO H80 been nuuig Uy VVIULI. - ia` wave of recognition, turnel . his iliorse and! joined them. i --- -C 1-1 . 0 ,__j|A__`_ i I wish you would let, me introduce `ian -old friend: and brother-officer of ;mine, Captaixi Wil,son,, Flordon said. 1 E Bra.ysl1a.w s face brightened gen.~ia1- l ily. De1ighted', he replied-, holding y sout his hand. You a1"e- staying ll]C`l'6 ?` _ . L ,Yes; for the hunting. _ ,T A1; G-resford'? " _ I [ At this inn. ` ` 1 Oh, that's capital, Bfaysliaw ex- `-clainied corrdially.- I am very glad l to make your acqma-i1it.a11ce and hope we shall see much of you at the Hall. !_` 1-Iow. lucky Flo-xxlon came across you; galtliough in any case .we must have .1 known each other before long. G-res- ;=_ ford can -sgcarcely hold strangems. I .ihope you like your quarters; the inn L- is, happily, disproportionate` to the lplace. . _ -It-nos. 1 -L_`1 _1IJ4n-\/`aw j made; a stiitable answer, [and F101-don, looking` at his watch, ! told his ooachman to drive on. ru 1 vv-uu. Q-r-my V--...-.._- E shail pnly jus-t7 7CatO11Vit. So !g I of the chances of bringing you ; fellows together, he cried as he left E Hrayshaw gave a. smiling: nod and {word of response, than turnedv to ',Wilson. Knowing country .ways, ! you will excuse our making the most :of_ a new. fin ' Captain Wilson, he said pleasantl . We have friends ,coming down from town this even- ] ing; will you join us at dinner ? ' ---.. I" 1 1 1 1 ` vC&ix}"ia;s{5.{ed.T 7`1 should be} I only too happy to"lIl a gap,_ but your} iparty is no dotubt made: up. I 1'1: vv--`v -~' --V `-v---'~- --~~--- ~-x- l Sir Percy would -take no denial. Oh, `he protested genially, there is plenty of room at the Hall; nu" ldifculty aJ,\v2j.ys: is` to make the great `rooms. look inhab-i te:l. You must `come; we sllall be dcliglltewdg between oiufsolves, our visitors are likely to be! a_ l1itt.le--wha.t-sha1l I say ?--towncy.i If we slwud not have a lady for you. , you. will make al-lowancas for 1'ura'l limit2a.t_ions. I shall count. on. you.` Eight o clock. Yovuj are very good. . .Nonse-nse. A My too delightza to! 77 A ` ._I I 1--- 2-__--,1.---_- -.-1 ---:n. _- -.:,.. K . .LV'\JL1U\/1.1312`. LUV .\A\..llbll.V\v.\L vvi have found" you. And .\v1th :1 h`1c-ml- I |s1ni:1e.he.rod`e o. ` . i I 7 `Soon after noon Archer Cardm1E called. at the ``Dragon s Head for Richard, had his luggage put in the dog-cart and drove him off th the '1` dog-cart and drove him off to the ,Grange. The young `man had been! '. V???` `T 1 &&--------- Ave. and Griswold St.._ Detroit: ESE. ' , o L.- Walk m . OUR NEW METHOD TREATMENT will cure You anu maze a man or you. Under its Inuence the brain beeomesactive. the b ood puried so that all plea, blotches and ulcers heal up: the nerves become strong as steel. so that , bashtulness and desponctlloincgoglsappearz the eyes become brgght, the 8 rvousne .. mu .3? .2... onarov returns to v. and the moral. `physical an $01-gousixe and desponuencgogisappearz we eye; become on an, we fullan clear-.ene returns to the y, and the moral, ph ical mental Qsoems are lnvigorat ; all drains cease--no more vital waste mm the system. outeel yourseltaman and know mar:-is cannot. be a failure. Don't let quack: and takirs rob you or your hard earned do L _-_ _- - --_- g.--n- can-nnnuuun comouuunllni IIAIIQIBQIQU ".o..,.o `V 2.923.;-3* .,:a*:.'*'a: x=:a~ 5- -' ~ - u consu on o.'.'..' ""","""" Kennedy, though 1 had lost all mtg in `""' ""`"""'" Likeadnowning man I commenced the Nnw Mn-raon Tnuruur and it saved my life. Thoimprovementwasliko o--I could teelthevigorgolng through xgrnvdc:.uItzo:oco.or.admenunymdp . Ihave sent than `patients cunt: auuvmrtnoon no Pm Am NEBY9_Q_D13!II.. \/.no-o vv the b,d,(}]{ t,()v t().\Vl_1, he with u .~11g'g0sti<,)11 of havxng; a. more 0,1,...-5 sol-imus matter on his mind. I I 99 _vnu H .~'tn_v to 1-u.11cl1eo-11?" Brayshn\\' 1)1'uto.-1041 gtnia.1'1y.' ' . Flordml xuaule u. g.-ustu1'c ot reiusal. a.T]m,,k yon]; In). I really cannot 'my,:x11%l mu~'t a.pu1og'ise for this wly visit. But I have run down to we W, on a rntller s(1'i0us_ business. my. I)........ `lk.\"4|Iv1 .~nvru-`earl 0111]: Q "hxmk.~'. Sir 1 "`-'.V 1 must 33'-'h - V -- i .-... j_. ____ r xnwmrrn rnnarusrrrwm cure uandmake a :17. 2 11. Under beeomesactive, cod sq t.hat__a,1_l CHAPTER IV. MARION C.mno\*. Cvugvuo u-wo- w--u-w- -. no muss USED w1r;u'r warrran consm THREIATENED WITH PARALYSIS , on 4In--__-._.-.... ._-I-L-_ 1.1.. -_.--_l--Ana j '1-?-eter E. Sn-rrners relates his experience: I was troubled with Nervous Debility tormanyyears. Ila it to indiscretion andexeesses in yout . I became ver d exadent erg! dIidn t xzhethggd 1 war or no imagm v ? who looked at me guessed myegecreg Imaginative dreams-at night weakened me-mg hack ached. had pains in the .backo mnhead, hands and feet were eo1d.tired' the morning, rappetlte, ngers were shaky.` eyes urred, han- loose. memory poor. etc. Numbness in thengers eetinand the doctor told me hetearedparal s.- I took-all kindsot ` Ines an . tried many rst-<':1'ass , cums. wore an electric belt torthree` months. but received little benet. I umnintlnmnd in onnnnlf. `Dru. Kennedv & `agiy :'ibroad,'_` looking round: the place, land: hadgot a. distant view of the Hall; Its creeper-grown, Elliz-abethan` if:-Qnt had looked) -pictulresquely a=t.- tracive in, the IllOil'lliUg sunshine, and Richard, V" .aftae.rV his rough, rather ihand:-to-mouth colonial life-, felt the '*inevitable glorious t.'hri-.lIl of posses- lsibn, of -power, of the ptromise of aa [congenial and dignied future. So it was all his, that ne old Hall", xvith: its billowy expanse of park and elklzs of arable---al~l his and? he laugh- (ed as he realized: it. True, the estate 'was of but moderate size, some sev- enteen h`undn*ed= acres. small indeed after its o.wner s experience of a E country more prod-igal of its soil; ' yet in its s-e.t.ting,'in its beauty, in its ' tmadjtion a. truly glorious domain. So at. least it. seemed) to Richard Car- _of the scene before him. don as he stood taking in the de.tail3~ that an Application will` be made on lbehalf of the Georgian Bay and Sea- board 'R-ailway Company and the |C?an:adia.n P-aci`c hliailsway Company - L` T)-!1__...._ 1 \.'l1ll\.l.l(l-ll. L (IL Ink Aw I luv uuov \, vnnnlau-..J lits lessee, to the Board of Railway `Commissioners for Canada at the expiration of one month from the -date of the rst insertion of this Notice, or so soon thereafter as the application can be heard for a recom- mendation to the Governor-in-Coun- cil for the sanction of an agreement between the said two cornpanie-3 dated 3rd October, 1912, varying and amending the lease between them dated 1st January, 1910. This Notice iswg-iven pursua' t. to ,the provisions of Section 361 of [the Railway Act. 17 ET` IVVTVFTVTT wcyuu uu u IuI.uL1 ..x.- u.-uu, ...u.........~. Sir I un-y lmkv:al su1'p1'ised and! a litt.1o~pu7.7.-lml. He mot-ionesd his visi- tor to :1 sent. and t\visting' round` his ciwulnr w1'itin;_~'-<:l1z1iI' dmvn. My dear fellmv. Io lvt me hear it. I Any- thing: 1 mm (In for you, you In-ay com- 1.131141." F1m*zlun ;_'a\'c :1. vurt nod -Of "ac-; `k1u>\\'1(-(`I111'm(*nt. 11 is nlauuer; was short. mu] .`Ll`n`!,l])t. in pecutliar con- t.~."-..-t to his hnst s exp-aussivTe-uoss.! r 1"xlt-11 `mu. A very anuoyingl 1 99 ('13 11-..---` V S0licit-<;r 0-r said Co11)aI1ies. Dated at Montreal this 16th day of `October, 1912. 3-47 45-.-.a\n\_....___.._V._. NY person v`vho is tllusa S0lC.helll(i1 ofa fiunily _ or any ma e over years 0 . may tome- stcad a uurter section of avai'able Dominion tlandin Ianitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. i'l`he applicant must: appear in person at the ! Upminion Lands Agency or Sub agency for the _dtstnct:. Entry by proxy may be. made at any , agency, on certain conditions by father. 3 mother son. dau liter. bmther or sister of in- Onn1I:nlI hnrnnetan 5-1` . A SYNOPSIS `OF DO-MINION LAND % REGULATIONS. . a5(_;|u;_y` um: \va luau hte-1 tending homeste er. Ihnim: _.~`i\- month 3 tending hom_csteauer. l Duties -512: months residence upon and . cultivation of the land in each of three years. ` A homesteader may live within nine miles of `his homestead on a farng of at 11;:-st 8v) acrqs `solely owned and occupied bv him or by hi8 father, mother. son, (laughter, brother or sister. 5 In nnrtnin districts A homesteader in flood | side his homestead. rrice $3.110 per acre. l)utics.-Must. reside upon the homestead or Dre-emrtion six months in each of six years from ( are of home-stead entry (including the time rt-quired to earn homestead patent) and cultivate fty acres extra. _ A hnnman-ndpo whn hm`-x exhausted his home- 1 father. mo_tr.cr._sot_1, uaugnter, nroulcr o_r aluwr. In gcrtmn dxstncts a homesteadet; m good standmg may pre-emgt. 3. quarter-section along- } side his homestead. rice $3.00 per acre. r...n.m guano I-oehln unnn Hm hnnwstead or I cultivate nny extra. A homesteader who has exhausted gstead right and cannot obtain a pre-emption - I may enter fora purchased homestead in cer- ' tuindisu_-xcts._ Pnce $3.90 per acre. Duties.- - Must reslde SIX months m each of three years, culnvate fty acres and erect 9. house worth QQN\ lull . . W. W. CORY, Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. i i N.R.-Una1.r_horized publication of this ad- ! vertisement. wnl not be paid for.-26686. .45-18 {NOTICE IS HEREBY GWEN :i(1l0\\'l('(lg:'t-Hl('lli. ills was their hands; the setting had been es- .eh.rt. cin~ul:n' \\'1'1t1n;_-'-<:nnu- sat (mwn, "my ness 1;; c.|t1uuu|.g 1, av Ltvnv ...v.......,, (le:1)'f0llo\\'. my wife dmve round to them, in-_ you, com- tending to complain pretty strongly lxnand." T about it. The man anssured.` her ith-at` Flm-dun `ac- the stones were a;llseou~re.whe11_itl oft _ pecia.l.ly examined, aooor to oxp-n11sive..11oss.lcustom. `We]1,:look at 1tVnow, ;~sm(l T11 M1 annoying! my wife. `I have .W0rn.'1t twle at` llxlI1;1'l1;l.~' mppened to us. Sir Percy ` G-resfoi-d Hall and _no one has't0ucl_1_-i lookal . concerned. ed it but _myse:1'f. The man exa-min-`l And I <-.-m't helip t-hinking'--evex'y- ed it and bald; to confess that the ll1ll1;.1']wiIll~' to its havinigw occurred large stone was dangerously loose.` whilv we were .-toying` here. A , Sundudenly he put up his lens to his Bu-ay.-11-.nv`.+ face grow serioixs. My `eye. and scrutinized it more closely. dtnr Flm-dun. do let. me knosw. . Then he looked up" cnriously at'Mrs.- 'l`l1_ ()ill1,ti' -m_ne to the point With- Flordon. T ` :-- .- ' 1 .,-L1.-..---i (To be continued) BEATTY, Wlllll` \\(' \\\'ll' lxl 1116 1|`-45`-" grow dmr qne . " T1l1!<>t1lL~.1' 1`-111110 point out. furth1' 1n'ofz1~<;-e. .\I_v xvifu-`s _ic\\'<*:U0~1'y hats been tam"- ]w1'e xvith." ho said, in an unpleas- A...L, 3, ' lL,,- .. _,. .....-.,, -..... ----- antly injnrul ttmo. ' . "T:1lll1')(`l`(> with? Sir Percy look- \(li1u:mlu1u11.~'. Have? .\lu. lmvo heexrhere, was t'h6_ d0J;: <`d 1'0pL\'. But how mm gan 1n \\'>11l4-r11w11t. 1 ~ 1 ..a ? Bra.ysha.w be- I A A1, . EM` 1 \\"lHl('l'll|l'lll.o I;nmrin;r and outting sho-rt the in tur1'u])t.im1. F101-4101) proceeded. It 80 hamx-nml that slmrt-ly before we came d0\\'11hm'n Hus, Flo:-don took ' her FREE ADVICE T0 SIBK WOMEN Thousands Have Been Helped By Common Sense M Suggestions. IT} CHAI"l`ER I].-(Continual) Women suffering from any forni of f6`.- male ills are invited to communicate Pfomptly with thewoman s private corre- . mdence department of the Lydia E- ham Medicine Co., Lynn,` Mass. 0111' letter will be opened, read -834 lswerecl by a woman and held in strict ' Wndence. A woman can freely talkf he` Private illness to a woman; than 1188 been established a condential corre-_ V 'l>0ndence which h as extended OW!` L: My years and which has never beenv 6 ALP. _I\_Iever have ..they published 8' '-M-I uuu WLUUII HEB IICVUU IJVV bmk.-en: Never they published `mmonial or used a letter without the Etten consent of the writer, and never_ M fhe Cmpany allowed these conde!)- Wl'8 to get out of their posaesaiou; `"59 hundreds of thousandn.of_ themfin: 'h:E`}:Ivvill attest. ` 0"`l`"`-I wm 8EEe5'C. 'hich the vast volume of experience . M e_y have to draw from, it iunore hw1l`$31b1_e that they possess the very. -, ,5, If needed in your case. ,-NotVh.- `in sded 1_n return except your e thexr advice has helped" . o re1y any . `e -.;:..'r~.,*:c*=<;*v= -- 2 ad to M,` `dntage of % `< ldllavnu- -12-- gm wm. Macmur. Bart. Author of Red Chancellor." - The .`TheIlacCDF Gnlrlf-" EIC. BANK OF NO Tnnnrhn;'nfDl` lthh - `V ` Barrie Branch. 190 :91 9 0 CU Una nun. nu. . Master Spirit." Etc. sunyLUS%" _ -__A 441; In the Surluq " V $3.0oo,oo $7: $00,000" one db h. Five Points Inco:-pVo rat_ed.' 11333}- ' Rogues tiara tqo. '_ Stanly & -Gar- laud s to `have it cleaned. It was ` sent honleg on the morning of the day we came: down here. My wife wore it _ two or three times, as you may have noticed, during our stay, and it was `all right.- at 1 71- 1., _ Sir Percy nsondod-ed. He was listen- ` ing with blank inte_!est._ ' s - `I _.,_L 2.. N-a. ,"v-- ~------ --.-v~,- -r--~_ , . Last Monday we dined out in` town and: Mrs. ' F-lordon wore the; t-iara. On taking it off on our return home she noticed. that one of the ` large stones was loose, and cakleti my. attention to: it. We naturally put It dawn to Stan-le.y & Garlanad s careless- ness i_n c1'eaning it, so next morning -_-- .......-...3 &.-. 1-`unvfn `:11- % receeiyed it back from us? L` l'U'l 'uUu. - `You say this: tiara has not been; out of your hands, madam, -since youl 1' I; -__.. -- AA- l'UL'ClVUkaI. Iv uuavvnu --v--- -.- - `No, she said; `when-I have not` been wearing` it, it has been Locked upin my jewel-case- No one has touched. it. but_me. ' 1I,.,`__Ii ____ A` `An DUUIUUULI. no uuy Inna.` A~gai11 the man 1bIok_edI*utp at her `curiously. `I am sorry to o`ont.nad*it' you madam, he sizid, `b_u*t}someo1'me, other than yourself and us, must have tampered w1itzh_ it. - 11 L117]... --.Ln& Ann 11n.n 'n1rqn_ 2 ! have tampeureus wuum 1_u. 9 `Why, what. do you 'n1ea,i1.? my wife answered-, -`tha.t,th:e stones; the large stones, _~ha_ve_ ~bee.n chsanged. C1hanged! V cried) my wif aghast, i `Yes, madam; saisd g'ra.ve1y,. J `This i is a `-serious ` matter; ` the brii11.ia,nt4sA have been taken out of their sett.iI_1g and paste: Vstomes mbsrt.itutxed'. A <`=--' D~-~-- a+m~+m1- fmm hi sI.cha.ir. A` `u-llllnt Stow of l.aove_nn2l Intrigue In Baronial I-Alnlls 8-1102 'psuau: D|I`JlIu.A3 ._.u......---.. Sir Percy stasrtted fron Good hea.vms, V Floxdo-n! Inergu to say t.hat_? _A.`L.._. man now!) an IN ARC-ADY -To cut the story lllctbu IJU -Jun`, vs.-v-__. The: other man gave an _uucomrpro-T mising. headshake.` It is true e.no-ugh. V Braysha:w, I regiret to `say. Short, -a, consulta- tion was held: in a, private: room at Stanley & Garland s, the -stones were ,,_-:--.\.1. 1. nu]: '+]1n exnertS`i11the -To the Sto- G. _exarm.inecl by a _ ment and} were by establish all declared to a.I*1and. have [in `some in A pozs.-ition; we ' 1'5 In illKJl \!, \.'\.uu>u..u- M` `the experts `in"tbe Aeahr be false. '.I_"hat s the` yst_etrioaus' ` 1- A J -1! ........;.. .~ +]1nn.. private room at} Q1111 '\J-'\-|\4\Av~-v v -cw ~ . pos.~iti0n; have mystemiovus maimer been robbed of `over a thems- 'and po1111-ds worth of dian10nd__B. am} we :u'eV1eft with the.'busiLuess of dis- covering the. thiexf.A " ' . 7 0u9 have .110 clue, no susp1icion ?- ." ; Braysmw asoked, with ,y\mrpathefcic ia11ixe D -. _V _ | N ~-J--A km 1.3.: head`. bat. .the.! anix\ety.f ` ~ . . ~ ` Flondon shootk his head`, bii -.t the` denial seemed` given '.witl`1 rexservationl. Nothing " denite. 1 came to_ whether you could: me to a. sug- `geat.ion.; A ` , ` . -0 inly,__ if I can, came the prompt" respmise... But, imy .' dear F10!rd`son, y0A]1~!S511II`B]5 `don_ .t suggest that the T substitution was`. during y`0Vur}sita;y` wit:11;.V.1j1=sv;? v, : ?:.g.-;_ g L. I i suggest _1'1oth.in`g;;._eg;__7g-f:< ~ until nati t from Stanley in ua:m_an-we _ T . _`?'1`:he= :-ta'~.ndingf of n_x'1fi'` _a~ g`unra_ntee % for -tlmtg. -*"par't;~I unbrqken; buy`: a, I.-rusuwum_.,, V. . That ;"c}meir *yvo1fl_ux`1en'g we " .7` is # [ `ab 190; W: 1'91: T- $4_8,ooo,'oo.o LNOT cousoLIbA"f1oN%d L. J. sALm, % DEPQSITS: will Uu `QIA from" his .cha.ir} E0-n! You: d0n _t_| pifesants mahy loop- h.91es~.`fom oo_njecture.._ And who in ;.l1iust1iug, money-grabbing age with vazbsoalute condence be call- e One hears `of such , ...4~.........,:|.:'..-..._' 4.1.5-... ;___a.- ..__'..n:.__. 3; M M s % VBR Irv: ; ...{V,.,.s3v`vyyuuv4ag -V .vupi' uuuu U-L `u I` A things ,i1li~.a;pt[ra11IIl E (if faith in] men whoseampur _.ta'ti_o n integrity has been, so to speak, monumental, 7that'~. one ceases to .have Afaith in any man, whatever. his pos`-itiqm f 7 .su.ugu; a.:.vu-uv-an uvu _ I-\IU'&uB_l`lLQS&-`y the. statement, but hei'Tistt not, an the `sarn, look like accepting the obnclu- sLi_6n` it suggesteti. ``I cannot bring myself totsuspectl Stanley `& Gm-la.n'd --- t....__ -1 A.L_.. _.'--_.1- 7! 'L..~ _....-.. '-.-.4.-M-+ W -vu-rvv . v- u---------.---- {or-_ `any ,-of po eogle, be: `main- `i Of t- are is just the pdssibility that ;'the*mees_enge1-, might have been in oollusi0vn with the` thief, but th_e'_p1'oba,bil-ities are `all against it, the rm scout 1the~ide8.-"- j T Na.turally, Brayghaw ipterjected. ='l.`hey -dieolwre tbgxgselves ready` ; stake their neputation` on the ` ma.n s` honesty. Further, a. comparison of the times when left their shop and arrived at Cadogan Square is practi- cally conclusive that the tampering not have taken plaice in trails `it. ' V I; KIVIDQJ-GQJJ . V Sir Percy gave a sig of accepting the -ar g'ument.q .Very well. What` .Wha.t}oath:er idea, do you mean to 01- 1ow-\urp`? . Well ,. Flofdon. answereci, in a. u . c 1 11 n 1- I , _ __ `.`We l-l , L . answered:, more deprecating tone`, the only con- clusion left is that the theft must have,_ taken. Vp-lama. (hiring our stay here. /It is an uugraciuus suggestion to have to make, but you must recog- nise, my dear Brayslxaw, how seriou the Vmaltterr is to us-`., ` -` - -u .1 1-` - vovxa` o--`pg-up -. Undoubtedly; und._o11b oe Bray- shaw, reaidiily agreed." And `it must also be` a serious *'m-atter to me per- sonalaly if it should be established that the ,theft. occurred while` you were under my roof. o `He spoke .with~ -a certain wa._r1_qth, manifest though rest-rained. ' Flor-N don s tone softened. a; ]itt1e. ` ` 1:17 -; 1---; - LL- :..J-nned-a UUILG Uuuu vuxuuuclu u Llvvvvv ` You can at least, in the interests_ of justice, have no objection to our] tlying to get to the bottom of the-' a`ai.r anfi discover he thief. . 111:` 1-_11__`_- 99 1)..---..`l-....- ......:..,J l ` lLIIu.l-1' uuu: ulacuvcu: uu wuc;. , My dear -_.fel1ovW, Brayshasw cried, in aitimalted protest, of course we must` sift` the business thomuighly. I should be the Last man to th.row. any diiculties. in way. Onky you ' must` a.1910IW. your suggestion tlmat the tampering took place in this` `house, opens. up a train of very unpleasant possibilitic-S. . . Nat.u ral1-y. Am] I wish. I could see a chance- of its having happened iG1S,(I \V`l 1C~re. ' ' ,A_I--,, -... - nLnA`u I-n ; Gl S( xWKlUfC~ _ `.9 It chimes rather as a. shock to` ilmvo sndtlienly to suspect "one s lple; to realize that there has been--' .ma.ybe st-ill is-a criminal `in the `house. .Hiav you reasoxii to suspect anyone in particular? - T , l `l`.I-_.J,.-. ,.I.n`.-J- `n:n mm. T ! * 'o6uld_ not g'.5._i\11say .. ...L'..a..._--_...4. 1---; L-` _1::|. _;..L -114 A... ND ping, I ;u.u_yuwu Ill IJGJ vuvunun . .1 -lordon shook his head. No. I `admit the business is inexplicable. - I V _Yon won~1d_ suggest `the employ-_ meiit of a detective? Flondon looked relievedu Thin:-to is 2 what It-was gioing to propose. I are. [of co-urse-,_ azltready been to the police,'. i and they say that; to have a dJe.tec.tive, [at work on t-'hJ spot is a sine qua. non. E `Natnna.1l_v it is 1123' plie-.\s.a.nt-re dea ' Brayslmw wa.v'A away `i V. That is the last consideration that shall .W9ig"hl with me, [he dbelared stoutly. wYou may put me to any i11O()'l`lV_el1ie(131: you lfikex, if_'o1_1ly it giv- . es you a ' nee o reg'a1nmg_ your; ' p11;<;;),e . Let man come at once,i e t ' . It is very kind of you, Braysha.-W, .Flord:on said .-asppureciatively. I \VOU:iJd not think of putting this annoyance` ` upon you if things did not point` to this has having been the scene bf` -1 - -131. 93 .. 4 L _ tliis hoe havi KIT , ___ me tnen, I -cannvot tmdersmnd sha.w, m~u.rmured'. `- 4111' 1 1' T _._.l ..:...1nJ- snaw. 1Il~u.1'Inun-:u-. . 7You_ had-I am right, am I` not? -+a rovb-besry `here;;'so~1ne' few months ago? Flo-rdon observed , in the tone of one who. is forced against his sense of tact. to mention an ~un=p1eas- ant truth. .' ' rtainly we had, was the`rea.dy acknouwle-drgtment; ```and1 a very dis- `agreeable business. it was. But that T was quite a. different sort of thing. __..-.L'...1'I.. .. 1m-m'm~'l= 1-nah1n A1~v`~'frnm ` blvu 5 By 21:11]: lnezgm; in my own ,inte.res1: [ as well` as yours, my dear fello-xv, 'Brayshmv agreed`. - This will -never T do. G~res,fon~d.- will get a. bad name if . it goes on. Let the police d o`wh-a.t- . A ever they think best. I give you and tthe-xwnfa free" hand. `_ t Thank you, Bmyshgw. The plolice ' aumritiessuggested _ that," if you ~.didn t.1mi1i,V the detective might 1 ids ` a surveyor, an agent, ` oar. ' of that sort. ` J .tBny9haw`, "gave-. at smiling acquies- EB-_I7`.`.A` As a"PI`O- 0 t ` qlllt/(3 u. |u.l.llU1C~u`U Dvxu v.1. ~ uuu...B. A carefully planned robbery * from : outside by` professional burg-lianrs. 'Dhey made a haul of poor Lady Mi- v-art. s' jewel case while we were at diixmer`. I have, 'as you know, taken prc:ca~_11.tio11s~ against a11yhi11g of - tJ1a.t- [sort ever `occurring agalri- But this ' 1*! _ L.'...L'.. w.n .-.14-n.'rah11or Sort" ever `0UCuff1'1lL5 uQ_;,aAu., .JJuv H-.- >:1_1e.\v idiea beats me_ a1to~lgetJ1er. " And: me, 100, aswel-1' as the po- lice, Flordbn added:, as; he rose. `T-hsen `yo-u 11 let send a _d`-Aertec-A 1111 -11 -...-.5. ' V " x .... in 11111 nun`! Infpgrpst ?1*H}EL&`N?oRT'11LERN .rl.D\'}ixNcE VICE I in ow11._i11tzeres~t | 0 0 -. f as 1 1` AH`, Lg y'ou_ d: ingV d{0W11_ i"n': thege 3. ! cu-v n v ` ". #wn;;;;s;;;.ok ham1s* = an am. 1 . % N 4 I `pgzctm-isticany nmmhalant ,com_dia.-1ity.ij he; answered simply. `f ound -' quite. _-.I m stay;pgL-1ne1~e:foa: the hunting, comfortable _q}_1a'rte1:_s at, > is inn, 1 1 ..1 ,, i LF:1brd0nA looked at Ta little-.*iu4 credulously, .giv in.g a nod forjhira out-v ward ~accepta11c.e'- 5 of W the s*tatement. I don t know why,` but thisgisa about} the last place I;shouJd have looked. toi run.against you in, he said. - A trie dull, eh \Vilson sug-1 gmted. Yes. " But the hxmting is] all right, and--Where do you hailg from? , , L . -71' 1.1 II LLVADJ I I v j-ust -from`. the)IIa',I1 "$7 answered, a certain reg- Gjoing to catch _the 12.45 i c 4 l i s vv vuu :_ Wiign looked at mm curiously. f`I hard you had been at the Ha.-1l`,L` lftklast wee1;. > % he said pointedly, but. thought you v ..! 5.`So_ we di d,_ AF-1o>rdon responded,.i speaking slowly, as though db;bati.ng: I\v-.v nag-av . nus--- himself =h0\v much `he svhould`; jtell Just (ran down today to Sir Percy oii a little matter ;of busi-1 __-_-... 97