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_snicemnnquath Pere oe a a -|aeelie before, si too dense bes OFTHESEA THAT VANISHED -- > . Sn _ _ -. Your Grocer Sells 3 e ae overworked yesterday that I.coutd not A STRANGE. T 'ALE find time to see you, and it will be-£A & DAANGE I "|aruch the 'snfrie"to-fay. At 'present,)" 3 T : - France is a tang:ed bai], and needs a' TE SHIP 1 streng, steady hand t- unrayal. od ad "© "| Nevertheless, I will'yet accomplish the: _ es ; asi : - 'ae difficult task, You Bost parle _. fee fou: . . BY ELLIOTT O'DONNELL ~ 8. ' ' 7 i see DU io z " oer aa z 4 As Vile Spm a gt oA dame yourself- What fixppened to 'A.M! Atalanta,:ed to be Ship's ropes, but. thete*was th, 23 a E costieivort Who'visitéd'you?". - fone 'of Britain 'old "wooden walls, \/Othtig 'oR4eNS: f8li Rs history er-to4 ae * se by peas 2 whicheal!ed from+the-Bert idadertotian "I 'was most "exteiiently entéeftain- - Fame sat cavaniwered ah; "and whe nadie Jon abt oe in pope together - to-day -you* shail enjoy <a- ite. of : : GREEN # I EA mts va >| plonsttpe-e- auepelagr acch 2 hewers4e@aeirches-ty higtory, no trace of sya 3 He igs ill-fated vessel was ever found. vet ds-me. Pra: rahe ets * Have you- tried .it?- The tiny: ri Hob rea aob, thatsremints i Zi vorngothk Sithany particular-vessel.>~ "Kost "Without Trace. ~ &. Again; Captain Sarratt, of H.MSe) Wo, Wiroleft Gibraltar on April~2otp | 'to join in "the search for the AtaJanta, oe i : '_. Probably, no disappearance at sea in : . : boat: with-a soli}? the heart of Montreal.- Here you aint y mt q allow this name, to be xemoyed.from Todt Utes ekisoeat 2 great Gen. | SU BcTess a small: boat; with-e soli-/]° The heart: . Bere _) AIPMGRt. iter than' eae TRUS ee Pty ME a lime agua rye Atanas ic dL ARMS" net ae air-tight.' Finer 'than' any. Japan Qr_ | With hese words, sho presentedthe! - 'The-effair has'a personaf'intereat tor srs F chee Saat befag'|| thee dollars = da¥ and up. c Gunpowder. Insist upon SALADA,. __|maxician's petition to ber husband. _ me because my faihily were intimately | sity to: say 'who He was pr where*ha |] °° > -Vervion' G2 Carty : d fh eat es |. "What, a Chouan!!. (During: the acquainted with-one' ofthe Officets- ofS tame troni.~ At first iiwas thought he |{-° ~~ Munaging: Director ; pe a is ee fata ea Bane ng Bek the ill-fated ship... He :tame toisee U4 Was possibly a eurvivor of the Atalan- {| Direction: United Hotels Com- 4 - -------- e Loire, in Bretagne, a . Yendee . >-Shortly 'before sailing on what proved, were called "Chouans,") cried the to be his last yoyage, and,. though a. Consul, with a darkening countenance,! child in,ths nursery at.the time, I dis- when ne had glanced over the Page.| tinetly recollect seeing him. Ba ae "aiat hdd '"One- of the fanaticai roll Bre 'SSW Omen at Evi. Ignta?. 'The experts réfused to accept 'Charette and: Laroche-jaqueiein! Yes, The Atalanta was, a. three-masted |:the view. that 'the-wéather?alone had} yes. .Marec!..Marec!: He has come) _- sa. 'ealling-ship, technically tefin-|caudéd- her-tol ink. AL storm there} from England, and Innded secretly c : ed a sailing frigate, of 958 tons dis-J upon our coast, some infamous plan : - ta, but it was ubs pany of America gabe B equently decided * " * thet.he helonged to, some foreign fish. ADE fleet om Teta pct than Soh become of the Ata-.|}. For they' Hofel| had been, but not suffictently severe ee ; ' Zz ae and' Girls . of Ajacio, having attaiued the position! THE MAGICIAN OF MALMAISON It was at the time when the artil- my greenhouse. lery lieutenant, Napoleon Bonaparte,! senting this ro 9@ to-morrow to m husband!" ' of First Consu! of the French Re public, nd wedded Jozephine, widow of General Viscount Alexandte Geauharnals, was residing at her tay-| crite visia, Malmaison, not far trom Paris. It was here that Jovephine sat one evening quite alone, at supper, when, 43 tie Cessert was brought in, a man First Consul, { 7 his name. Notwithstanding this, she] Ee ae ee, i permitted him to onter ee pon examination, the rose intend «A man of about fifty years of age i f soon stood before her and begged the ts placo in the hot-house. privilege of entertaining her with I had: intended pre- "Madame, you are mistaken," re- ual yee the conjuror, smiling. "This rose *i is not from your green-house;. it was mine alone till I had the honor of pre- senting it to you--th» wife of the But Josephine was not convinced, and sent immediately to her gardener, Wits stiiouieed eho; decaond te give| While the stranger Placidly continued for the Consul stood undisturbed in The information being at once re- of Pitt, doubtless, to-accompiish. My friend Fox has already written to me. I shall' have this artful fellow care- fully Icoked after. And how d- you know him? Where have you seen him? How came theso lines in your hand?" At this violence of her husband, Josephine began to weep. "Do not weep, child!" said Nap- oleon, soothingly. "Tell me how this man came ta you with his petition. Your goodness has been imposed upon. These traitors imagine that any re- guest coming through you could not be refused. If it were ro, they would carry on their nefarious tricks before my very eyes in Paris. No, no. Fouche was right when he said, 'These men "| can never be changed for the better'." "I do not know the man in the least," replied Josephine. "Burn the y paper, and do not excite yourself fur-| gale by other frigates of the same size Placement--a mere baby as compared sels to-day. She was 'a sister ship to the Hurydice, whose appalling end, a jfew years - before, was.regarded by 'many satiors as of singular ill-omen to the Atalanta. vit was,and I dare say stil ig, a popular belief. among seamen that if one siater ship perished~_the other would follow suit: Both ships Were originally intended as active units in our naval fighting forces, and | for that purpose carried guns, the com- Prlemeny of the Atalanta being twenty- six. After some years of service, how- | ever, they were both converted into | training ships for young R. N. seamen. So far, the resemblance between the two ships was pretty close, but there were also distinct differences. For instance, the Eurydice was a '"bad sailor," unually beaten in a stiff ; With the majority of Ocean-golng Ves-" to seriously damage her. Woe have turned turtle--an oventuality which. was. considered possible at one time by 'her own officers--was generally ridiculed. Bat, wrecked or turned turtle, would she not have left a tell- tale something behind her? She had left nothing. - Was It Mutiny? Even if she had struck an iceberg Some trace of her would surely have been left, unless, of course, she had sailed right under its crest, in which case the creat might have broken off, and, falling on her, have sent her to the bottom. This, however, hardly seems feasible, especially considering the great experience of Captain Stirl- ing. Naturally, many ingenious theories were published. The possibility of a mutiny on the Atalanta was hinted oh is seen also that the idea of her having |. ----MONTREAL-- bust requires 4% yards of 86-inch or 40-inch material. _Prico 20 cents. 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At first the juggler's movyen.ents and manoeuvres were only such as are common to the art, but soon he became more occult and interesting, Two balls which he threw from the cup into his left hand increased in a few moments superstitious like most Creoles, she now utterly abandoned herself to astonishment. The more enthusiastic- ally she gave vent to her wonder, tho {more inexhaustible appeared the re- sources of the singular man. sephine, Now a flock of birds flew from his Then she eagerly related what had coat pocket and pecked the crumbs) occurred the previous day. | trom her evening meal on the table;} "I wiil commend this trickster to now seizing a glass of water and Fouche, and they wi:]--" | whirling it round as though to scat-| "Oh, "Bonaparte!" interrupted Jose-| ter its contents in every direction,| phine, "I pray you do not betray one | ter again." , "Well, well," said the Consul; "But only tell me this--how come this pe- tition into your hands?" "As by a miracle," replied Jo- the Atalanta was deemed of great sta- bility, until her return from the trip before her last tragic one. Masts That Were Too High. Her officers then complained that she was over-masted. The adniraly, on hearing what they had to Bay, at once communicated with the experts at Portsmouth, who, after a lengthy | and presumably thorough examination, reported that while in their opinion it and it was suggested that the mutin- eers, having Killed the officers, had Patterns sent by return mail. taken the vessel to some far-away is- land in the Pacific. But if this had! happened the truth would assuredly | have been made known by now. Be-| sides, there was never any hint of dis- content on the Atalanta. | i | --~--__<>__-- For First Ald--MInard-s Linlmena ---- ae Something New in the Bible. The minister called when all the family were out except Eva, aged seven. After he had asked her wheth- er she attended Sunday school regu- larly he said: "And do you know your Bible?" "Oh, yes, sir," the little girl replied. "Perhaps you can tell me something | that's in it," he persisted. | Eva brightened. "'There's a lock of my baby hair way at the back." Was not necessary to reduce the height at) of the masts, as her officers suggested, to an almost countless number; allow-| Poured out upon Josephine a thick} in my house. Honor hospitality, ing them to roll and clash upon the shower of flowers. least!" : : f _ | it would be advisable to make certain table, he blew upon them. They ran| At last she drew forth a silken| "Is it possible he is still here with alterations in her gear. ! bewilderingly in and out, forming Purse, from which she would have; you at Malmaison?" cried her hus-| This they did>apparently to the gat- various figurea, and then vanished rewarded the juggler with gold, but! band. i | isfaction of the Admiralty, though not | suddenly before the cyes of the spec-' observing this, he threw himself at{- "Yes," she murmured, anxiously,! altogether to the satisfaction of the tator. her feet, exclaiming: dreading a violent outburst of rage;| Atalanta's officers, Drawing forth now a small ebony "Not with gold, madame, would I| but Bonapart answered qui by -On November 7th, 1879, the Atalanta ge her- Vig e Note --_--_--_¢- Rose or Nose? ! In reporting a flower show a news- | paper used an "n" for an "r". with the : following résult: : = i | "As Mr. Smith mounted the stage 'all-eyes were fixed on the Jarge red 'nose he displayed. Only years of pa- j tlent cultivation could have produced wand, he struck three times the centre have you reward me for the simplo "Fouche will soon left Portsmouth fo1 the West indisast cup of the three standing inverted be- pleasure which I hope amused youl" | ever he may be." Soe | Her captain, Francis Stirling, was a} fore him, remarking as he did so: "What, then, do you desire?" shel. Josephine was in despair. She senityBallor" of great experience, who had | "Madame, I regret that your supper asked, surprised. | immediately for her guest, Marec, but! seen service in the Crimean, Chinese, ' is finished; I would havo provided your; The man quickly gathered together, he was not to be found in his room.! and Malay Wars. His officers were! : ] 4 table with the fish of all teas, from the North Sea to tho However, you will perhaps permit me to add to this aquarium here in the window some of these rmall, elegant silver-fish found in the land where, for the happiness of France, madame herself was born." Josephine gazed with ever-increas- ing interest upon the achievements of the man whose skill amazed and en- chanted her, "What will madame now have?" asked the magictan, to whom ail na- | without touching them, and asked that! with uneasy steps she paced up and) the disordered flowers lying around,; Zhe entire grounds about Malmaison' Mediterranean. ' put them into a basket, which he cov-| Were subjected to diligent search, but A Jin vain. That she might save him,! ered with a napkin, and shook it Ee lareenhing was determined to provide! eral times, When ho again removed). with the means of escape, if he| the cloth, the basket was filled with| dca in ti , J | the most inviting rosy-cheeked apples. | wom ¢ Only SOmee eae He presented them to Josephine, | she would accept one. aaa rhey a ee | Bewildered afresh, scarcely trust. et ae ea } ing her own senses, she seized an ap-) cue 2 ple, and expecting some new surprise, cut it in two with a knive. Within she second. At last the tolgimgedbor few found a closely-folded fine paper--a| Pen, and Maree appeared, with all also highly qualied and experienced men. The crew, who numbered three hundred, -came mostly from Ports- | Mouth and Devonport. | "Combing" the Atlantic. | The ship reached the Bermudas sate-| Already noon was near at hand, and ly, and the general impression received in the {slands was that she had proved j tolerably satisfactory at sea, and that | there had been contentment and har-| : 7% fe "i mony on board. Captain Stirling wrote | ' Her anxiety increased with each / & home saying he-might be expected at | Spithead the first week in March. ture seemed obedient. "Do you desire one of these goblets full of perfect, | faultless diamonds, or a nightingale, or an owl, a bright-colored butterfly, ' 8 lizard or a cluster of fragrant hya- elnths? You have only to command-- T can produce all." Josephine's astonishment could not but increase with the ever-bolder words of this enigmatical, incompre- hensible being; but with her simple tastes she asked neither diamonds nor the flute of the May-singing nightin-! gale, but merely a rose. petition to Bonaparte. | "Madame!" cried the magician, "be-| fore you stands an unhappy man. My name is George Marec. Becoming en-| tangled with the affairs of the king-} dom I took part in the struggle against Ithe Republic. I fought in La Vende' under an ensign no longer that of my ,country. When our party succumbed, | ,I found myself compelled to flee and live in foreign lands. Driven thus from my country, my name was) stricken from the roll of citizens, and; placed upon the emigrant list. One! word from you, madame, can restore! his apparatus of the previous day. "Fly, sir--fly at once!" cried Jose-| phine, meeting him. "Here is money,! but hasten, or you are lost." i Marec remained standing, and look-, ed quietly at her. After a short pause, he said, with a smile of con- viction : 3 | "Madame, they have mistaken me for another person. If I may remain, with you a moment, I will doubtless' be a witness to the exp!anation that' awaits you." . | Scarcely had he spoken, when again the door opened, and a courier from Paris entered the room, presenting a 'had from him. That was tire last letter his wife ever! On January 31st, 1880, the Atalanta raised her anchor and left the Ber- mudas homeward bound. | She was never seen again. When! the time fixed for her arrival at Spit-! head came and she did rot put in an| appearance some anxiety was caused, ' as the weather at sea had been dis- tinctly unfavorable. One storm, at least, had been reported, -and much 1083 f | strong wind. | Still, the Admiralty's opinion of the] FLOWERED MATERIALS OF ; Atalanta_was so good that no great | MANY COLORS KASHION | alarm was felt for some time, it beingt SUMMER FROCKS. an object of such brilliance." een London's smailest church, St. Ethe!- burga within Bishopsgate, dates back to before the Fire of London,_and so cannot be demotished. INECTO RAPID The world's hair tint. Will re- store gray hair to its natural color in 15 minutes. Small size, $3.30 by mall Double size, $5.60 by mail The W. T. Pember Stores Limited 129 Yonge St. best Toronto me to my country and my people." While Ma s i ae aree SEcke ugg words, Jo | Hastily she broke the seal, and as phine had been carefully examining} as isibl with fingers and eyes the pieces of} she read even the first lines a visible {apple that lay on the plate before her,| &XPTession of satisfaction overspread but was abl iscovi +. | her face. ° eat hate ae poeaanescin-| When she read to the end, she Be! "Very giadly will © aid you, Mon-! # Sigh of relief, and, srailing, extended sieur Marec," said she, after hearing, the-dor ae to Mare. = art te his speech. "This very evening, I will|,, !adame: I have just de ae ° endeavor to lay your petition before! the Mirst Consul proof to the effec | out for the Atalanta, and cables were | | my husband, and be: assured: I will that this man, who has the ais 40) sent to all likely ports asking for any spare neither words, troub'e, nor sacri-| 8PPeat before you is not the murderer jauite possible that she was sheltering | Of irresistible charm is this light- [in some remote port. - Ss BO ame | some frock of flowered voile, worn / went by, however, and no tidings came, |over a slip matching the deeper tone | 5 S ae Sites -- rab -- of the flowers. Long sleeves find their s' an ot Foes a! = ai ae he 1) Way into the newest: frocks, and this + rz. pean es ee ' ak |version of the ragtan sleeve is softly ee nee ar Shai Ramone gathered with the round neck, into a { . it) i " +, 1 - lbeen known since. The Atlantic was | NAtrOw band. Circular pane's express the side flare, and are held in place by | > { scoured by, warships all on-the look two-toned satin ribbon tying in front. } Smartly dressed-women are choosing | | this type of fluttering frock for sum- once in the air, then breathing upon! it, tossed upon the table toward the §» lady a magnificent, just-blossoming , rose. She seized it with new wonderment, hastily inhaled its delicious fragrance, then suddenly exclaimed indignantly: | "But, mon Dieu! what do I see? You have cut the fairest rose in all, paper to the wife of the Consul. See That This Label is on Your Fox Wire "Prince Edward" Brand English Fox Wire--recognized by the above: label on eyery rojl--has given more than fourteen years of perfect service on pioneer ranches and is being used for most of the new ranches. "There's a reason." Write or wire for free Sample Ecouted ne Ib refreshed and digestion aided. the petition to him. I have proven to the Minister of Po-| idea of her having turned. turtle | Gis : So easy to carry the little packet! | As early as six o'clock on the fol-| lite that I am' capable of rendering The barque COMB iEy pS esate t y j lowing morning, he had breakfasted,| him useful service. But now, to you, eeenttapr in May, reported avaOES, i Mf g - | and Stood in the dining-hall, while the madame, my warmest thanks, for you a ke pve ee z = eo of rr : 4 vehicle that was to convey him to| have restored to me my country qd Sars lashed together wit! What seem. 7 4 a | Paris.waited in the palace-court with- my people!" see 7 = ay meee af . t ¥ Se sata S Wee s He threw himself at he € and for the remainder of the consu!- a Josephine entered as he was on the tears of gratitude checke< tier- ate, and as late as the empire render- , : | after every meal las | point of leaving. : ance of further wor ~» Sed highty important service. A Sweet Breath took the table upon his arm and, bow- ing profoundly, disappeared with hasty steps. ~Scarcely had he withdrawn when Josephine hurriedly rang her bell, which was answered by the chamber- lain. 'Do not permit the man who ha just left the room to leave the house," said she. "I wish the Consul to know and sweetens the breath. till late in the night, ard it was there Nerves are soothed, throat 'is | fore impossib:e for his wife to present you desire to assist is an honorable! man, who took part in the expedition! to Amberon, and has fought bravely, | but emigrated after the defeat of the Royalists. He has not been in Eng- land, but Germany. Th; name of the other Maree is rot George, but Ives, and he sti] remains in Ingland,-where his steps are carefully watched. I am | glad to inform you that your protege's noon, madame," said> Maree. "I also knew that courier, beaving this infor- mation, was on the way he! Perhaps i ices AL z | information regarding her. peta /|] 8nd prices. : at all #; fice to insure its success." of French soidiers, and neither de-| The result was an absolute blank. Sa Meta. eee Sher, HOLMAN'S jprneralgs ee The magician gathered up his cups,| S°TVes the rigor of the law. He whom ,, Atalanta and her entire crew had | ™0%°-8 an ag ompany- -- PE. vanished, without leaving behind them| 'Bf pee ee pa pee een a boat-or even a lifebelt. There was | 36, a 40 and 42 inches fiir = Size 36: nothing "hat could give the slightest | at eats i ISSUE No. 29--'25, "Good-morzow, my dear!" "he said,! A few days later pleasant:y. "I was so hurried and madega-member of , clue as to the fate of the ship. | Then the gunboat Avon, from China, jarriving at Portsmouth on April 19th, | ; reported that off the Azores sha had | , Seen an immense quantity of wreckage i strewn on the beaches. But there was: | Nothing to indicate that any ship had | drifted north, possibly encountering on t the way an iceberg, but both they and | the Admiralty experts --_----_ ee Minard's Liniment for Sackache. | Ontarlo Sales Agent W. H. C. RUTHVEN ALLISTON > ONT. Then ou Will Want ; 4 i |natne has been remoyea from the emi-! actually gone down, and nothing that ! Jf The very feel of it will make you want to . at dhe Rte room and offer) eeant list. With profoundest venera-| coud ho ldentifiel as belonging w the | Faecal ecems #0 be just right. The Her command was a' once obeyed. BON ' : at as missing vessel. The officers of the" : a) andle. That means =e 1p around like a hinged It so happened' that evening that RANTS, oe e Avon thought it very lively_the Age accidents. See how you fil ~ under the pressure of business, Bona-| "J was aware of ail this, this fore-|/anta had experienced bad weather and. | lid and can fill it right under th parte was unab-e to reach Malmaison 2 Most impo, ft Atz<Once-!x! One for Your Own Kitchen i use the opening is at the side, not the centre. riant, thi than the old fashioned L ese new up-to-dat i te kettles cost no more i q { ) 5 i 4 1 j sol