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0 Dorgeres, the banker's : y, was an intimate friend of oth, and spent most of his time at * his uncle's house. The banker held a 8oires on every Wednesday, which his. most intimate friends were in- ivited to atbend. One evening Max- ime and Jules Yignory, when enter- ing the gate about 10 o'clock, saw two men waiting within, who rush: . od 'past them into the street, as soon as the gate was thrown open. They deseried, as they ascended the . steps, * a light in the safe-room, and on entering, found that the safe had been tampered with. A small lamp had been left lighted in the room, and a pool ef bicod was on the floor. The safe was furnished with an ingenieus piece of mechan« ism, which would seise by the wrist sny one who tampered with the lock withous knowing the cembina- tion. * In this vise was a woman's hand, antl if had been cut off by the thie? herself or her accomplice, rather thea bé held and caught. On the fleer was a turquoise braece- lot shat had fallen from the severed hand, and was forgotten in the ex- citement. © The cashier's intention was to call the banker at once, but Muxime objected, saying that with * the bracelet as a-clue he would dis- eover the thief. He threw the hand into: the Beirne, and it was found a . few days after in a fisherman's net, and sent to the morgue. The next morning it was stelen, and the mys: tery beoame more involved than ever. Dorgeres wished his daughter to marry Jules Vignery, his cashier, whom he intended mak- ing his partner. The girl loved Ro- bert de Osrnoel, the secretary, and told her father so. The young man 'was a marquis; of a fa that had lost; their fortune, and M. Dorgeres did not think he possessed the com- mercial instinct. Hence hist objec: tion. One morning Col. - Boriseff, a Ru , entered and told M. Por- geres t he wished to withdraw 1,400,000 francs and a casket that he had deporited in his safe' the next morning. ~The banker replied that there would be no delay, as "there were three millions placed in the safe that merning. This was said in the presence of Carnoel. On the departure of Oel. Borisoff M. Dorgeres offered a. commission in Bgypt to M: de Oarnoel, in order 1 se te him from his daughter, but the young man promptly refus- ed, and resigned his position... That night a second attempt was made on the safe, and when Col. Borisoff returned next 'morning his casket was gone. Fifty thousand francs were also abstracted, but as ' the vest of the millions were untouch- ed, it was plain that the thief only wanted the casket and a sufficient sum of money to take him across the French frontier. = Rebert de 'Carnoel wus seen to leave ithe 'house on the night of the robbery at' 11.30 p.m., ball an hour before "the watchman came to the safe room. He and the cashier, Vig- noyry, and M. Dorgéres were the only persons who knew the combin- "ation. The conclusion was that he "thief 'or wasvin cellusion © thieves. He had declared that he was going to America or the nt; §;, never to return. = Col. rift taseried an' advertisement ia journal, under an assum- , offering" great induce investors in Some mines in ly: 'a foreigner, who was with 'exquisite grace around: arenas. ~~ Maxime watched his "op- portunity, and escorted het home, a long distance through lonesome streets. Bhe gave her name as Madame Sergent, and invited her b escort to call on her at the exvira- tion of a fortnight. On taking leave of her, Maxine was surpris- ed to find little Georget at his heels to inform him that he was pursued by three men with the evident in- tention of robbing him. He called a cab and escaped. On the way home Madame Sergent felt the bracelet on Maxime's wrist, which he always ¢arried, lest it should pass out of his possession before he had: found the owner. = She inquir- ed minutely concerning it, but re- ceived ne satisfactory information. The next morning Maxime called at the house of Madame Sorment. The door was opened by a huge whisk: | ered 'men' with the manners of a' boor and temper of a bear. He said | no' such person lived there, and slammed the door in Maxime's face. Meantime Mile. .Dorgeres received surreptitiously . a. letter from her lover, Robert de Carnoel, appointing 'a meeting with her in the Bois de Boulogne. previous: te his leaving France. But as he was now imprisoned, it was impossible for him to keep his promise, and Alice could not divine the cause of his absence. While endeavouring tp find some means of escape the first night of his imprisonment, Robert de Oarnoel "discérned, |. through a window, a figure making signs to attract his attention. Hav- ng replied by waving a small lamp, the figure disappeared. It was the boy Georget. . One evening Max- ime went to the variety theatre, where he saw the beautiful Ma- dame Bergent in a box. Bhe was accompanied by the burly boor who had treated Maxime 80 -uncere- monieugly when he called at her residence. After a while the man loft the box and started for home: Maxime improved. this opportunity to progesd to the box, where the lady remained. He was specially anxious to-renew her acquaintance, as he had just been told by a friend that she saw the mysterious brace: let worn. by this lady at a supper some time before. Madame Ser- gent told him the man whom he had seen was not her husband; and that she detested him. He had a pas- sion for gambling, and he had gone to join a party. Maxime invited the lady to supper. He /soon no- ticed that'it was not hex hand that had been left in M. Dorgeres' safe. The 'question of the bracelet was again discussed in: much' detail, both parties seeking to extract all the information possible from one] another. The lady asked to 'ex. amine it; and admitted that it once was hers. © While thus . engaged, the: ferocious hoor who had: accoms panied her to the theatre burst in- to 'the room where the pair 'were dining, and in the excitement that ensued, the lovely Madame Sergent disappeared through ~ the door, carrying the bracelet with hor, And Maxime went, home to reflect at his leisure upon the now situa- tion, Gh SLE : ; fingers' end, had been give him any' infor disappeared "without track. "Bo Maxime, Haconyaged; 'erded | by believing that Madame Sergent: had never made part of the monde; that in "cenjunction the Carpathian bear she had played| « a comedy of which he had been the| = victint, and that she had supped with her too confident admirer for the sole purpose of getting posses: sion of tha hracalet, Sha had ano. ceeded and he should never hear of her more. - The trail was lost--the birds were flown. * They had: gone |" to rejoin the thief who cenld now sleep tranguilly. ~ She had regain: od possession 'of her hand 'stolen from the mergue, and of the jowel which had adorned . that guilty hand, x Though not' indifferent to his de- feat, Maxime consoled himself with no great difficulty." His business of police' agent. wus brought to an end; but he had not had time to ac- quire a' taste for this pursuit of criminals, upon which he had enter- ed so passionately. And mind was elsewhere, Bincé he had known this strange countess he had thought only of her; bad thought'of her all the more because he had not seen her again. He had gone every day to the Avenue de Fried land mansion to receive a bulletin of the 'health of the countess. The Hungarian seemed now to be encouraged, Madame Yalta had entered upon convalescence, and it was no insignificant flattery to. the young man's vanity to learn that she spoke of him and expressed a desire to see him. = sf Changes have taken place--many changes in the hensehald of M. Dorgbres. Vignory has been ele: vated to the dignity of partder, and better still, his patron 'has given him official authority to pay p his addresses to, Mlle. Alice, who does not. repel his advances Sheialso is much changed. After a few days of seclusion following her drive to the Bois, she told all to her father. Joseph; the. too complaisant. valet de chambre had nearly been. turned away, but she then his] & suceseded in winning his pardon. Cousin Maxime, on the contrary, ie ow tho, Seok Bigg of rodrwaten | and it may result from the eating has risen considerably in his uncle's esteem, who is under infinite obli: gations: for his' well-advised inter- vention. # To her confession Alice added. a declaration which = delighted = M. Dorgeres.. She ssid, henpeforth Robert: de "Carnoel did n for her; and that she was ready followin all Joepects the pa counsels. The banker: prof the occasion to urge the claims: the cashier, and she offered no ob- jection to this pretender. She asked only for time to know him, ut exacted also of her faths tens de Carnoel, and that hi should not be mentioned in her Piriac was dying B M. Dorgeres, who had a kind Hours, Yepaired immediately to Rue: Cardinet, where he learned that) the child hed been picked up the' night before on: the Boulevard and his life in danger. The shock he had received had been so great a was nob in a' condition to recount what had happened to him. 5 'Buch was the condition of affairs when Maxime Dorgerés went out one' morning, ~ according to his daily habit, to inquire for Madame Yalta. ' By (Pg be continued) = rH : The Farm ated | ~~ BEOODY MILK. Blood may escape with the milk when the udder has been injured by blows, also when it is congested or inflamed, when the circulation through it has been suddenly in- creased by richer and more abund- ant food, or when the cow is under the excitement of heat. The froth. ng up and assuming a pink tinge of acid or irritating plan {of tubercle or tumors in the udder 'the or induration (hardness) of gland, may be efficient causes, itation' caused by milking c uting to draw the blood, Fina saying that her grandson the Have wot Hed. & wasiety, ain partly biirni affords pray ne readily cate: have 3 lo ot he had lost his memory, and |! were: Al confined in another pen and fed| 'daily on the samp Articles; tb with] 1 ioe pint of finely pulverized char- ot iJcoal mixed with their food. ae also a plentiful sw Bai their po pony." SOIL, FOR POULTRY YARD. Many. attempts. to raise poultry OY fail. because - the _Boultzy houses re y and yards are located in sitnations way | that are unsanitary from every |I®1® point of view. It is impossible to|®%s raise chickens on a site that is web. |% Tn towns and cities itis not always | 27 possible for the poltry raiser fo get the Kind of a site he wants, bu this is not. usually the: 'ease on} farms, excep e | that are so locabed "small fai that-they ainage from higher are: Il poultry farm was y used by not