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_ sound sleep, We will dine, here or expects the <r to ibilities. CLOSE QUARTERS ; OR, THE HOUSE IN THE , RUE BARBETTE CHAPTER I.--(Cont'd) His lordship knitted his brows and smoked in-silence. At last le found utterance. "That's a good idea of yours. lt makes things easier. Well, ficst of all, Edith and I became engaged. Edith is the ~~ of -the lave Adm ral Tal She and Jack, her brother, live with their uncle, Gen- eral Sir Hubert Fitzjames, «t 1i8 Ulster Gardens. Jack is 'n the Foreign Office ; he is just like Edith, awfully clever and that sort » thing, an assistant secretary I tials they call him. Now we're getting on, trea't wel" "Splendidly."" "That's all right. About a moath ago a chap turns up from Cou- stantinople, a kindof special Envoy from the Sultan, and he explains to the Foreign Office that he has in his possession a lot of uncut dia- monds of terrific value, including ene as big as a duck's egg, to which no figures would give a price. Do you follow me? *Each word." "Goud. Well--I can't tell you why, because I don't know, and I eonld got understand it if I did-- there was seme political import- ance attached to these gems, and the Sultan roped our Foreign Of- fice into it. So the Foreign Office placed Jack in charge of the busi- ness. He fir up the Envoy ia the house at Albert Gate, got a t of diamond cutters, and ma- chinery for him, gave him into the charge of all the smart policemea in London; and what do you think is the upshot?' "What?' « ate Envoy, his ated paectapetoce wore csiaderedd the night iedtore last, the diamonds were stolen, and Jack has vanished--absolutely gone clean inte space, not a sign of him to be fuund anywhere. Yesterday Edith sends for me, cries for half an hour, tells me I'm the best fellow that ever lived, and then I'm jig- gered if she didn't wind up by say- ing that she couldn't marry me." The earl of Fairhulme was now worked up to fever heat. He would pot calm down for an appreciable period, -o Brett resolved to try the effect of curiosity, He wrote a telegram "to Lord Northallerton : _ "Very sorry, but I cannot leave town at present. Please ask me later. Will explaia reason for post- penement when we me He hx] touched the dominant note in manki "Surcly !" cried the earl, "you! have not already decided upon a ¢uur e of action! "Not exactly. I am wiring to postpone a shooting fixture. | "What a beastly shame!" ex- claimed the other, ins whom the sporting instinct was at once aroused down to write abrief note explain- ory of the barrister's identity and position in the inquiry. The two parted at the door, and a hansom rapidly brought Brett to the residence of Sir Hubert Fitz- james. "A stately footman took Reggie's card and its accompanying letter, placed them on a salver with a graceful turn of his wrist, which oddly sageesied | a | similar turn in his nose, and 'Miss Talbot is oak at home, sir.' "Yes, she is," answered Brett, paying the driver of the hansom. The footman deigned to exhibit astonishment. Here was a gentle- man--one obviously accustomed to the manners cf Society--who de- clined to accept the courteous dis- claimer of an unexpected visit. **Miss Talbot is not receiving visi- tors,"' he explained. "Exactly. Take that card and the letter to Miss Talbot and bring me the answer. Jeames was no match for bis an- tugonist. He silently showed the way into a reception room and dis- appeared. A minute later he an-; nounced, with much deference, that} Miss Talbot would see Mr. Brett) in the library, and he conducted this mysterious visitor upstairs. On rejoining Buttons in the hal!) he solemnly observed : "That's a swell cop who is with the missus--shining topper. button- hole, buckskin gloves, patent lea- thers, all complete. Footmen ain't in it with the force, nowadays.' Jeames expanded his magnificent waistcoat with a heavy sigh over this philosophical dictum, the poig- nancy of which was eae is wi the u maid had taken to conversing "with a@ mounted policeman in * as Park during her afternoons o The apartment in ohich Brett found himself gave ready indica- tions of the character of its tenants. Tod's '*Rajasthan™' jostled a vol- ume of the Badmiaton Library on the bookshelves, a copy of the Alla- and the Times on the table, and; many varieties of horns made tro- | phies with quaint weapons on the! walls. A complete edition of Ruskin, and sume exquisite prints of Rossetti's est known works, supplied a dif-; ferent set of emblems whilst the, room generally showed daily vecupation. 'An Anglo- Indian uncte, artistic niece, was the barrister's rapid! }comment, but further analysis was prevented by the entrance of Miss signs of | | Edith Talbot. | The surprise of the pair was mu-! ; tual. |} Brett expected to see a voung, pretty and clever girl, vain ca: vugh ty believe she had brains, and s ficiently well endowed with he 'm awfully sorry my | rare commodity to be able ty twist ance in his power, to procure them affairs should interefere wi ith your) the good-natured Earl of Fairhelme arrangements in this way. 'Not a bit,' cried Brett. it a sacred rule of my life to put | pleasure before business. I mean, he explained, as a look of bewil derment crossed his hearer's face 'that this quest of ours promises tv be the most remarkable affair I have ever been engaged in. That pleases me. . Pleasant-shooting is a serious business, governed by the callendar and arranged by the head-keeper."' An electric bell summoned Smith. The barrister handed him the tele- gram aod a sovercign. "Read that message," he said. "Ponder over it. Send it, and give the change of the sovereign to Mrs. Smith's brother, with my compli- ments and a = CHAPTER IL. Then he turned to Lord Fair- bolme ""Just one question,' he said, *'before I send you off to bed. No, you must not protest. I want you to meet me here this evening at seven, with your brain clear and your nerves resto y a good, elsewhere, and act subsequently- But at this moment I want you to I will drive ae make | "You are}: round her little Young, net more than twenty- j unquestionably beautiful, with the ! graceful contour and deltenrey bal- | anced features cof a portrait by | Romnev--Edith Talbot bore few of 'the marks that pass current as the outward and visble signs of a mod ern woman of Societs. That she should be self-possessed and dress- "dee perfect taste were as obsinus adjuncts of her character as thar each phase of her clear thorght should reflect itself in a singulict: mybile face. To such a woman pretence impossible, the polite fictions fashionable life impossible. Br-tt readily understood why the Kar! of Fairholme had 'fallen in 'ove with this fair creature. He had simply bent in worship before a geddess of his own crew. To the girl, Brett was cquall,; a finger. wa: of revelation. Fairholme's introductory + ote described the barrister as "the smartest criminal lawyer in London --one whose aid would be invalu- able."' She expected to meet a sharp-featured,, wizened, elderly man, with gold-rimmed eye- glasses, asking unexpected questio +s. sonality, she encountered a ha gentleman _ coe establishing a social equa- lity. Fortunately, there is yet in Britain an aristocracy wherein birth is syconymous ith fi nry whose by | special padostaking. The Bultan| habad Pioneer lay beside the Field! _ dence in London. a queer voice and a nasty habit of " In place of this commonplace pe mg accomplish impossi! He «: that they should long. since have found out what has become of Perhaps they may resent _e ference My 'interference, to be e said Reggie, with the pleasant smile that had fascinated so many wo- men. Even Edith Talbot was not wholly proof against its "I personally have little faith' them,"' she confessed. i "T have none."' << "Well, I will do as you advise."" "Then I recommend you to take me into your confidence. I know Scotland Yard and its methods. We do not follow the same path." "TI believe in you and trust you," said the girl. So' ingenuous pe 'the: look irom the large, deep e which panied this a-claratioal of confi- dence, that many men would have pronounced Miss Talbot to be aa experienced flirt. Brett knew bet] a He simply bowed his acknow; lknow?" ' she continued. e -our- selves are no better informed than '¢ the newspapers as to what has actu- ally happened, save that four men have been killed as the result of a carefully planned robbery. As for my brother----" She paused and strove hard to force back her tears. Miss Talbot. If the criminals did not scruple to leave four de2d men behind, they would not draw the line at a fifth. The clear infer- ence is that your brother is alive, but under restraint."' "I can see that it is possible he was alive until some time after the | tragedy at Albert Gate. But--but |__what connection can Jack hare with the theft of diamonds wort millions? These people used him as their tool in some manner.. Why { | should they spare him when success, " 'had crowned their efforts?" "We are conversing in riddles. nie you explain t" You know that my brother is an assistant Under- Secretary in the Foreign Office?' "Yes *"Well, early in September his chief placed 'him in charge of a to have a large her of rough diamonds cut if aed por pol- ished by the best Turopean experts. They were all magnificent gems, exceedingly valuable it seems, be- ing rare both ia size and purity; but one of them was larger than any nown diamond. Jack told me it was quite as big as a good-sized hen's egg. Both it and the others, he said, had the appearance of lumps of alum; but the experts said I that the smaller stones were worth!) 4+ more than a million sterling, whilst {the price of the large one could not be fixed. No one but an Em- 'peror or Sultan would buy it. His Excellency Mehemet Ali Pasha was the especitl envoy charged with this mission, and he brought cre- | dentials to the Foreign Office ask- 'ing for facilities to be given for its }execution. He and the two serre- 'taries who accompanied him have been killed.' " said Brett, whose vyes ; were fixed on the hearthrug. "Jack was given the especial duty | of looking after Mehemet Ali and his companions during their resi- It was his busi- ness to afford them every assist- { | Yes = ice pretection, obtain for them ithe best advice attainable in the diam ond trade, and generally p! lack at their -lisposal all the resources 'which the British Government it- | self could command if it undertook ; such 2 curious task. He had been iwith them about a month--not hourly engaged, you understand, as eace the preliminary arrangements were made, he had little further trouble--but he used to cal! there every morning and afternoon to see if he could render anv assistance. Matters had progressed so favor- y until the dav before yester- day, another month he hoped tv see the last of them. He was always saying that he wypuald be glad when the business was end: ed, as he did not like to be offici- ally connected with the fate of'2 few little bits of stone that hap- -- tu be so immensely valu- le (To be continued.) HOW SHE KNEW. i Husband--"'I wonder what sort of people oer ing new neighbors are. I saw they moved.in this morning.' Wife--"Well. they are not very well provided with things," any- ments. "What is it that you mune 6. pin ms Your brother has simply vanish- Na (ee eating "each of & minced parsley, on@ carrot chopped fine, two pints df boiling water. Cook until water 38 reduced to a i i Add one pint.of milk, two teaspoons cream, a saltspoon of salt, and a half- teaspoon of pepper. Retura to the fire, reheat, and serve. Good served cold. Fruit "Bouillon. --Peel three ap- ples and core, add te them one-half of seeded raisias, six chop- ped figs, the same df apricots, one- half cupful of te + nuts. Pour over one pint o ng water and et simmer over thé fire for forty minutes. Remove frpm fire and rub through a sieve. To the liquor add one cupful Of fruit juice, juice of pint. of water... C Wand pour into long stemmed glass Whip one cupful ef cream with a tea spoen dispose in chilled - frait ith graham --Boil three medium sized pota'! Mash fine, add a tem salt and white pep of butter, three cu and one-half cups Place on fire's before removing fire, stir in the beaten whites 'O eggs, and "Yellow Tomato ; ---- one quart of cooked yellow. tomatoes, le ral ples, eut 'flour rubbed into half a cupful of}, one lemon, one} ond rough a sieve and return to sauce} utes, the svfgar in pan with one rice} Ov te heat, then add heated | scrubbed and ia away with the flour, one tablespovaful of curry} boil not more than eight | Becessity of pa ' ' same of ground nuts;|mimutes. Is fine and never fails. To whiten eandicerthicks which ,|juice of half s lemon, a teaspoonful] Quince Jelly.--Boil the parings| have become a bad color through of salt, and half @ teaspoonfal of{in water to = them unt soft, | careless washing soak them. for a pepper. Cook for twenty minutes, be edrag don't. squeeze, add | night in a solution of pipe-ela gale strain and serve with toasted parts of rage and boil uatil warm water, and boil them next | wafers. ready to put in glasses; will be|day in the usual way, and they wilt Soup a la Garden. --One cupful from twenty minufes to a half hour. ~ out looking beautifully. white. of white meat of chicken, six chop- In cooking vegetables all chose ped mushrooms, one tablespon of APPLE HINTS. grown. underground = shou ot these days of high priced food the fresh green apple fills a long felt want, not only for the 'present need, but for the winter store. Where the sour green apple is it is excellent economy green sauce which st trained through the colanuer and |P mes a delicacy (called apple whip) when mixed with whipped cream and served in sherbet gias- ses. A spoonful of red raspberries vr other preserves on top of each glass may add interest to this dish. Any good apple sauce may be mixed with canned cherries, cranberries, other fruits with good results. These sour apples make fine jelly. Many like, to add a little lemon "| juice and peeling or a rose geranl- um leaf, as our grandmothers aid; others prefer rhubarb, and all are good. Excelleat jelly is made with one-third apple juice and two-thirds plum, or equal parts of éach. For jelly, do not peel, but wash thoroughly and cut into quarters or halves with seeds 'and core left in; r-l cover with water and let come to a boil. Strain the best part of juice lots of orange peel cut fine and a add one-half teaspoon of baking soda and place over the fire; beat the yolk of one egg and add to a one pint of boiling water; mix we! with the boiling tomatoes and re- move from the fire.. Add one-half teaspoon of celery salt, a pinch of salt, and black pepper and serve FRUIT RECIPES. Fruit Saisd.--C€ut in small pieces six oranges.. Mix with half a casa of sliced pineapple diced. Add dozen marshmallows cut iato bits, then add broken English walnuts. Mix well. On each ealad plate place a lettuce leaf and some of the salad. Dot over with mayon- naise Avena. This is delicious besides being a beautiful decoration in color for the table. Grape Juice.--To make it just like that you buy in the drug store, = the grapes from the stems, was them and put in 1 granite tthe (tin discolors it). Heat until the juice flows, then strain through a heavy cloth. Add as much water as there is juice, and to every quart of this a cupful . of sygar. Briag tq boil and bottle. Brown Raisin corn meal, one cup rye meal, cup whole wheat gether, then add « salt, ter; add to this one and three-quar- ters cups water, three-quarter cup molasses, two and a half teaspoon- Bread.---One cup FIVE POINTS IN BOND _,. INVESTMENTS | A desirable investment has in it these essentials-- « the safety of the principal --the certainty of income --a fair and fixed rate of They haven't got ¢ nee ora > pulp, two of apple sauce, : little juice. Lemon is fine used in the same way. The best marmalade, however, is made when none of the juice is put pint fo milk; into this mixture stir! , cide for jelly, but extra juice ad- ded to the natural sauce and co third sugar or more may be used and cook to a jeliy-tike consistency. -- Others will prefer the le- at rs yod butter is made of cooked | dried apricots by steaming the j juice and mashing the remainder, or tak- | ing same through eolander. One pint of apricot juice, one of the one heap- ing pint of sugar, or more, . de- sired, the rind 'of one lemon. Cuo ax | until clear. And everybody ks: oe ter isa't slow. Save time in making apple sauce. Don't peal the apples; cut them up} and boil them; then put through a evlander. The sauce is Just as 2 ood | and it takes a quar.er of the time. PEACH RECIPES. Peach Shorteake.--Peach short- cake, with almond and whipped, cream, makes 2 rich baking pow- der crust: ane} these. flour; sift io-|ones on top. me teaspoonful | opea. two teaspeonfuls melted but- leover each one with fresh peaches fan iach thick, edt with ac rg cutter iato rounds, butter half « and place the unbutte real Bake them, split them; batter them. and fill and and sprinkied with cut in slices powdered sugar. Serve hot, sur- rounded by plenty of whipped cream, sweetened and fa almond extract aad filled with chopped almends about one-halt jcupfel. i Peach Pudding.---Peel and stone six large ripe peaches, All the een ters with Wiesbaden strawberries or Maraschin» cherries. Put them on the ice to get cold. Make 2 cus- tard of one cupful of milk with one fourth of a enpiul ef sugar, yolks of three eggs and a,tiny piece of butter. When this is cold, flavor it wit, marasehins or almond. Line a dish with slices of sponge cake or lady fingers, put in the peaches, then the. custard. Beat the whites of the egesstifiand then add them to one-half of & cupfu!l of cream whipped stiff. Sweeten and flavor. Cover the custard with a garnish of cherries -- serve 2old. and The iets Will iron with about the sweetened to tani as no other sauce has quite same flavor. ! This makes a delightful relish. It for jelly and the remaining pulp: Mount Apo on theisland of Mindan- and juice, after thoro » no, Says the Manilla Times. They are ie er an which into marmalade or butter, using} sccounted | by the fact that oe The above is as good as orange mar-} > rings as bracelets and anklets. vod, s le but-| that g old-fashioned apple but-| jones uf their ears are distorted by | fabrications made up of. old stage put a little. culd mful to a quart of water. same stiffness as when new. 'Glass is an ideal shelfing for a cooked in cold water, adding ihe salt before they are done, and they should be kept covered while cook- ing. Al! of the fresh or green vege- tables should be put on in boiling water and left uncovered so that ed stag their color. ce dish that children like is ciate by cooking a scant <cup- ful of rice in three cupfuls of water for 20 minutes, then adding half a' cupful of raisins, a cupful of milk | anda tablespoonful of butter. Add' palsond Tittle suger to suit the taste ad of-salt.-- Stir well and cook a little longer, until thick. Water that fresh vegetables have been cooked in may be added to the stock pot for flavor. All bones, stale bread and left-over meat scraps may also be used in the si ek pot, which at this seascn should be strained off twice « week, the liquid cooled and the grease strained off. Then it is ready for the foundation of soups or gravies of all kind:. i oan tery ace . BOGOBO BELLES' FINERY. Costume and Trinkets Worn by Wo- men of a Philippine Island. Among the many odd peoples of the Philippines are e Bogobs, who inhabit the eastern foothills of formed children are not permitted to live. The women have rather at- tractive features and including their elaborately adorned costumes, are perhaps the most picturesque na- tiwes in the Philippines. The ornamentation of bead work ' exceeds that of any other wild ' tribe and involves the laber of many | months and even years in complet- | 'ing one full costume . ese gar-| ments consists of a short coat with | tight sleeves and.a skirt made like' ja large sack 'open at both ends, | i which is fulded about the waist. The 'cloth is woven on native looms a made of hemp fibre and will last a! lifetime. One suit is valued as high jas 160 pesos. ' The women also wear heavy brass The } i the insertion of large disks of « er bamboo, brass or Ivory. Oft: a pheavy necklace of bead work is sus- i pended from the ears, covering the bosom like a piece of bead embroid- with shoulder straps called a 'eabil"? is worn by the men and wo- men. These bags are indispensable 'and seem to be part of their wear- a A bag something like a knapsack \ i i betel nut boxes. and ether belong-} ings They are made of the best hemp leloth ard are elaborate affairs of | beautiful Lead werk -- and fringse {with clusters © f ting bells. he | seabbards and belts for oe boles are also decorated with bead work =e small bell. In fact bells play entation, and the merry tinkling is rather pretty. Tooth-brushes made of horse hair four inches long are worn as a pendant on the chest. Charity covereth a mautti tude of| people with cast-off garments. If a word to the wise is Sufficient / the average married woman must consider her husband foolish in-| deed. POWDER IS USED. CONTAINS NOALUM. |; 'COSTS NO MORE | THANTHE =| ORDINARY KINDS. 'MADE IN CANADA ANALYZING DREAMS. Frend Calls Them Disguised Falfil- meats of Repressed Wishes. Freud's insight into the mystery of dreams came as a logical result of his novel mcde of attacking them. He did not seek, like his predeces- sors, to read a meaning directly from that confused and oftentimes irrational mass of impressions that the dreamer retains upon waking. Rather he strove to Jay bare and te decipher the sources of the dream, says The Forum. As a practising physician he w impelled by a motive stronger t any abstract love of science, the very practical and urgent need of bringing relief to patients suffering from mental diseases. He devised a very ingenious method, but it is unlikely that he would have sue- ceeded had he not been fortunate in encountering dreams of remark- able significane. Basing his judgment upon agreat many such revelations he has be- come convinced that every dream is a wish; the typical dream is the dis- guised fulfilment of some rep wish. It the reader doubts the pre- his few of his own dreams to the test. He may verify tor himself many of Freud's assertions if he will keep a dream dairy a will adopt the habit of picking the skeletons of me dreams immediately apon wak- ing in the morning. The wealth of his own dream life will probably asionish him at first; {then he will come tu know himseif as the proprietor of a busy theatre --owner, spectator and critic in one. The dreams he witnesses may seem like nothing that ever happened on land or sea, yet by psycho-analysis . he will be able to resolve them inte 'a mosaic of details, all borrowed 'from his past experiences, though fares yy secuney by the four inds of heav os will find that no dream actor is ever new creation; all are \properties from out the mental storehouse of the dreamer. <A face may be that of an acquaintance; or it may be a combination of separate features of different real persons, so that there lurk under one «.s- guise several real characters, or again, it may be composed like the photographs produced by taking the portraits of several persons, one over another, on the same photo- roll ont about a fourth! ing appare! and are used to contsin | graphic plate. Add to this that one actor may be | replaced by another in the twink!- ing of an eve, the second continn- ing the action begun by the first. 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