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_B HIlk i Bi yes. (360 Sell?" 118 Sam lJ1'Unu1u_y. My dear boy, you couldn t help it,_retorted Monk, just, ev- en in this crisis, which meant to him a loss of the most vital importance, and probably the shattering`. of his high and most legitimate hopes. Justice was perhaps his strongest character- |istic---one of the rarest fouIid'.i`n ,mankind. _It was this very trait that made him suifer so cruelly under the charge of injustice and ;se.lf-seeking and inhumanity that his enemies brought again- tst him and sought to. prove. v - -12: .5 :1: 1.,. 1...; 54}, 1u.ut:u au'q,uu.;. . _ , How can I ever for-glve my- self? he said brokenly. 5511.. ,.I...... kn" unn nnnIrIh f EL 111111 `auu DUu5ul: I..u- y_..uvu. l Lorion` felt as if he had stab- Ihed his best. friend. \Vhile the inspector asked a few more for- mal questions he and Lady Monk gexchanged a long look. Hers was .full of the most ardent gra- 1.itude: his both re-ass`u1-ed her and lled her with shame. She ,_--.n :.. 1.:.. ,...,..4. {kn} ho hurl do_ HUG llueu IH:'/1' \\'lLll Ducuuo. uuu read in his eyes that. he had de- liberately lied to save her, but nnly- because she was a woman `and the wife of his beloved chief. ._;_-,.l\ .4 Average prlces ,Wil.h fine weather and excep- itionally g,ood roads, the -Satur- fday market was better than for Especially in the ` jsorue weeks. hay, _wood and meats was this 11ot,i('-cable. For hay $12.00 and .$l3.00 per ton was asked, and foi'.l1ard'woo(l the !:-foot length was $7.00 per load, and the s`ll()I'l.m` $8.00. Potatoes were freely discussed but not as free- ,l_v hought. $3.00 per. bag seemed 5to he the gmieral price, though U]{`.I'(,` was great indecision about what to ask. One man said he didn t `lgnow what. they were _wnrlh. but had sold his for $3. "$20.00 per `L-,wt.. was asked for lpork. For butter /130 and 440 tptl-1' lb. was asked, although '; tw:1s said that some went for 1400 per lb. and went quickly. gggs are coming along in Eas- ;ller qiiantities, each week seeing {the haskets heaped still higher. were as fol- I as . Elnwsz---- }Bul.tm', lh. . . . . .. . . 430-440 gF}g'g`s, _dozen .. .. .. . . /10c-45e (`.hickon. dressed, lb. . . 220-240 ![*`owl. lb. .. .. .. .. ..16c. 1Goose', lb... .. .. .. .. ..20c. 2 Duck, per lb .. . . . . . . 18-200. Beef, hinds, lb. .. .. .. .. 160. ~Beef, fores, lb. .. . . . . . . 13c ` Pork. hinds, lb .. .. .. .. 23c. Pork. fores . . . . . . . . =. . 190. Potatoes, bag .. .. .. . . $3.00 Turtnips, hag` .. .. .. .. 650 `Beets, basket. .. .. .. .. ..`35c% Onions, baslmt . . . . . . . . 750; Cabbage. each .. . . .. . . 200' Dried Sage, bunch . . . . . . . .50. Summer Savory, bunch . . . . .50. Thyme, bunch . . . .e . . . . . .50 Horse Radish, bottle . . . . . .150. Clover Honey, 10..lb. pall . $1.50 Clover Honey, 5..lb. pail . . . . 75c Honey in comb, tlb . . . . . . 18c. Buttermilk. qt. . . . . . . . . . ..5c. Knitted socks, pair .. . . .. 80c. Knitted mittsgpair . . . . .. 75_c. Hay, ton-.. .. .. $-12.00-$13.00 Straw, ton .. .. . $8.00 . Wood, hard, 4.rt.'ioe{d .. $7.00 Wood, hard, 2-ft., l0a_d .. $8.00 | Allist0n- Wheat 1.65, barley 1.10, peas 2.10, oats 65, rye 1.25,-buckwheat` 1.25, hay 10.00- -12.00, butter-~ 35-37, eggs 40-45, potatoes, bag, 2.50_'3.()0, chick- ens 18-21, wool, washed,` 42-45, W001, unwashed, 32-37. (`|L..__....... 1\.-A1.._.. rn in ...~...-....-. "rs7.y}i2i.3l35 "i.?1 u`1T `Z6142, eggs 500, chickens 15-18, turkeys 33- 35, geese 18-20. `l'I--L_.. `l\-_11-.. 01.11 00 ...._.._.. Application to Parliament APPLICATION will be made by l.he Toronto, Barrie and Orillia Railwayompany to the Ontanio Legislature at its next session for an Act bringing into force an Act respecting -the Company be- ing Chapter. 83, Statutes of Ont- ario, J915, and s_ubstituting the words coming into force" for the word,passing in the six._li' line" of Section Three'ther.~eof. ' ' /Fin;.&A`Li.fe Insurance Agent uu-, (_-um-.u Beetony---' v131~1E{er 35-38, eggs '10. _h(>.ns '18, ducks 20. |' `Dated `this 18th day of Janu- ary, 1917. . BAIN, ABICKNELL, MACDON- NELL &. GORDON, (1_I.'-:A-._- 1'-.. I'1.__.____.___ T Read the advts. You can save money by doing so. ` SATURDAY MARKET \./ vvAxu xra. ..... .,\,-\,,-, (To be `continued NEAR-BY MARKETS, vv. K.-\/l.iaIa\.IA\ Solicitors fnr Company yunx coco IUU .v.18c. . .. .. $-l2.00-$13.00 . .. .. load .. CWLADVI JOIII . The Walsh 30 I-ano . TEACHER OF VOIG PRODUC- TION AND SINGING. Special lessons for repertoire, English and Italian. Studio at Mr. Geo. Monkman s, "Mary St., Barrie. Phon 85b. For terms, etc., can at stu it) on Wednesdays. Voices 1-51....) Dunn 11: is IMPERATIVE thgt .1:v1~:1;Ye 1>1~:izsoN; A ~ % CANADA should ` - WOR=K HARD WASTE % SPEND LITTLE J - ~sAvE MUCH I _Dl:uu1U uu. Itested fr-ee. Iuun E. gLAxfou, |..1-.c.m. - _Piano and Vocal Lessons. `In vocal work special attention is ...:....... 4:. `Iain: Dunn-Iunthin, ~ muss ELSIE NEL$O|I TEACHER. OF PIANO AND TH-EORY. Studio at 133 Gollier_ Afll,` , `III VUUHI WUl'A apcuxax GUUULIULUIA to given to Voice Productldn. St.udioin Ki_ng Block Phone 424 LLLJKILU 4 . reet. _ Phggufsiv "ALEXAIIDEIII OOWAN ` ' Successor to ' Lonnox-. cowtn & Brown Barrister, Solicitor for obtaining probate of wills, guardianship and administration, and General Solicitor, Notary, Conveyancer. etc. Oices: Hinds` Block, No. 8 Dunlop Street. Money to loan. BOYS mp Illuncmsou Barristers, Solicitors, Notary Public, Conveyancers, Etc. Money to loan at lowest rates of inter- est. Oices: 113 Owen St. (in the premises formerly occupied by the Bank of Toronto). Branch Oice, Elmvale, Ontario. W. A. Boys, K.C., M.P. D. C. Murchison. IBARRISTERS, Solicitors, Notaries Public and Gonvcyancers. Money to loan in any sums at lowest cur- rent rates. Office -13 Owen St., Barrie, Ont. D. M. Stewart. " ` CHARLES w. PLAXTON BARRISTER, .S()LlC['1`OR, ETC., 606 Continental Life Building, southeast corner Bay and Rich- mond Sts., Toronto. DONALD ROSS, LL.B. -BARR.IS [`EP., SOLICITOR, ETG., Bankof T01-onto Building. Barrie_ Money to loan. |Your `Reading Needs} BAHRISTERS, S0l.1CI'I`ORS FOR the Supreme Court, of Judicature of Ontario, Proctors, Notaries, Conveyancers, etc. Money to loan. -OIlices: [-11 Ross Block, Barrie. W. A. J. Bell, K.C. ` cnaswlcxa & BELL Office -I'1_es-iti-I`1-(3-_<-em(;`():-11.er of |Tor0nto and Elizabeth Streets, opposite Elizabeth St. Methodist `Church. Teleph4une167. A DR. W. A. ROSS L.R.'C.S., Edinburgh, F.C..P., Lon- don, Physician, Surgeon, etc. Of- fiue and Residence, Dunlap St.. Barrie. Telephone 165. DR. E. G. TURNBULL (MCGILL) (Successor to Dr. R. S. Broad). Oice and Residence. corner` Elizabeth and Bradford Sts., Barrie, Phone 105. w. A. LEW|S,l`V|.D., c.M_ SURGERY AND GYNECOLOGY, especially. Phone 61. 56 Collier St., Barrie. 122 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Wili be at 91 Owen St., Barrie, every Saturday. Diseases, Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat. Consultation hours All a.m. to 5 p.m. and.by appointment. Toronto P-none North 3326. Barrie Phone No. 2. lTl-IVE BARBIE PLANING MILL 2THos. ROGERS, pno1>., Builder and. Contractor. Manufacturer of Sash, Doors, Frames and Blinds. All kinds of Dressed Lumber, Flooring, Ceiling and Moulding kept in stock. Dress- ing done on short. notice. Wood turning a specialty. Tanks made to order. l_Theflatest improved method for drying` lumber. Fac- tory and Oice, Cor. Sophia and Mary St. Phone 163. iP.O. [Box 685. _----_-- ---a-nu-111 UiIIIIC Barrie. G. W. J. Eastman, Prop., R. G. Manuel, Mgr. Dealers in Granite and Marble Monument! and Tablets. -Only best material used and rst-class workmen em- ployed. Prices always right. :::% Ilse Donna is the only one in Barrie and Allandale who handles corsets lled with Spirella bon- ing.` It is unbreakable, non- rustable. flexible-, hygienic. sani- tary. Fit guaranteed. Maternity and nursing feature specials. Brassieres, blouse forms, misses and ehildren`s waists- At home Saturdays. 16 Charlotte St Barrie ml -$g'ay',' `March 8; 1911. A` A'1I:;1;i-:{i 6i's'nI.i1_}Ei)A'ii'g_' Pr'o.n`xpL Service. Touring Car for hix'e-I\-Iomrcycle for sale. Relialilfeus-a-le-sman to act as agent in Simcoe County. PAY WEEKLY Outt free,\exclusive territory and money making specialties. O'ur agencies are the best in the business, for we sell the highest grade of stock at most reasonable prices and guaran- tee deliveries in rst_class condition. Nursery stock is selling` well this, year and good money can be made in this dis- trict. .For particulars write Sales Manager. ' XXI IIQ-3 --ll:::`_ A- s1_':wAa'r & STEWART Children Cry M FOR F|.E'|'Gl'lER'S CASTORIA siMco:1n.AnaL: WOIISS __ _ I`! I11 7 `TI on. MORTIMER Evqn `Iv _._-_-.-cc V- Z'PvELI-IAIVI ubnsanv co. 1'q:;qu.1'o, onrr. DR. H. T. ARNALL wlurrao NOW `av-GAL. MEDICAL 'run1'6nI's annual: Phone 15 Olapprton 81.. _'~I_`g'ansact. a General Banking fA rimber of Valuable farms and` Town I Properties for Saie on the `most reason able terms. . BANK op TORONTO BUILDING` % T BARRIEK * Intern: ..a|.19Wnd gI:.3% per oh Savings Dgpguiu . of .31 and Itp.w ardoAat any branch 9f :13 ; Bggk. Mann: RANG l'I. % '* _L. .r.%cnoss, 1 $Vt-Ebunts collected. ' Sterling Exchange bought !'\`I'` T.:BEEl3ROH& U0.` BANKERS% | Real Estate ouiey in Loan ` - / \ Mat 'We,: Hamile Evry,thihg_i{g1 Fresh Cufed Meats, Canned Goods.-' Fresh rr......L..$.1-o :n Qgaanoi LJIICLI Auczua, \.auucu. \.[\l\r\.l_wn' Lawsu- Vegetables in Season. OI:il'cAra` and Delivgxed. `Your Patronage is Solicited. -ncn,-In.Q9Q!A `Q t - {EDMUND WALKER "' \ C.V.O. Ll-.Dn : `- ' '- 71 .l:.'. f` 1; N, "X 4'3? 1 ' JUFIIV Ally). Uu1eI'|.u,'.J|uugcr_A -V ' l-l._ v. F. Jomss. A..'.`cen'L M.n.ga7 `EExkens Mo rge and Chapel In connection _` 6`.`A.RRIB,` 0Nf| . `gkhht _ Piione 431 llpWl.|.\lI-\Jv _. . Bginess, ,N.ote_s cashed or collected at the 1;;.%,t .favo;ra%bAle Ijates. fl E-K`__|.' :-. nnndn nn {ha 3 ! uunanrrnxma ~P.AnI.o.I.I8~ Vi..NelIly, Funeral DII-actor. W: % D- ( Successor to the Late Meaford Webb) Fun line of all the latest. Gaskets kept in stocll, -ix`:-s eluding Gtzave `Vaults and. Oak Shells; 1- -Jpn axianw MOTOR REPAIRS A:_ n-13`-AA A183 -(Vapponslte Brys6I1 ' toa) Cash Uneques Ul"d.Wl..l U11 au_1_ in Canada or the Unite Six Ul\.lo Special attention will be given {(1 ,ah.e_; accommodation of farmers I In .t,h1s locality. Money to Loan _on Mortgages. Agency Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. a O_fc.e Hours 10 to 4. T. BEEGROFT, Manager. V ,- L Established 1819. .-7 v _ - ....___._._- ...._._. Lilansed. Embalmol-. Proprietor Are Well Supplied Om-.n Day and Night I `w unnu- es:ab,::snj'd'g'ao5" xt-1-`run ; I) _ Bdokstore Pholge _82 ._ ,JA|V|E8_PAT__ERSON_ * `Licensed Auctioneer and " " ApprVa'i`seI- ' ,_:_1??(_)r Couxity 0f,Simcoe.. Prepared 71;) conduct Sales `at reasonable z.. = . . -51_'ates. Sat..1sfact.10n guaranteed. 1 Ia nnunnld Q4 OI` - I-93312241 ` She rushed to the open win- dow and listened. The faint rumble of a distant traniear and the more distant sirens of the river were the only sounds she heard. She didonot stop to rea- son or to think, because that] would have meant inaction and. panic. She turned and ran; `swiftly from tliestudyo up. to her "own houdoir, and as she ran she tore the papers and the little gilt key bf the safe from t_he bodice `of her dress. 1 11-- L-.11..\.v. .-.4` nu; uuu, uxuo In the ha`-31.1`, `at the botfom of! the broad, substantial staircase,` lshe passed the butler. LL . r1n:\v\Ar\V`\ I |DlIU yuonvuu Ull\J :4-u.u... I Run outdinto the garden,! -Gamble.,-`shev said excitedly. A; .terrible thing` has happened. .'1`here-s been a burglary. Some- one has `broken into the study and forced` Sir=":G'lare s safe- ... Yes, and Sir`Gla1e s out in the_B`a1'den looking for the man. Rouse yourself`, `Gamble-;. don t `stand `there ' doing nothing. .Quie1g! -- V. = _ ` Gamh1e,wanteLl no fur_th`e1' in-! eentive. " Without. a word he, -dashed towards the door.` Hey :'looked just then about the last; person in the world a burglar: | VV'0}11(1,_ care to encounter. - ...-..-..\.-..-1. nI>'4;\v~unnnr"u aha VVOlll(1,UU.I't`. L-U UllUUllIll/Ul . A fw seconds afti31*wa1'ds she! was i_n.heI' houdbir. She wasi white with excit.ement.. and p_ant.-. -ling for br eath,hu.t she was quite :cg)<)1. ` A1l`he;` Ilerves "were very Ehlghly strung, but she had not ;lusL con`tr'0l`of them. I I\...' .. ,'.In.`.-.4" H64].-x Wnxvxiywn \x1r-if# HUSL UU1l'Ll'Ul U1 bllU1l.l. . ' .On a dainty little Empire wI'it- ,' ling table--a gem of its kind, _which had once belonged to l _Pauline Borghese-- lay a large l ` t'oolscapA-sized blotting books of. 'l.ortoiseshell and gold. Into one of. - the inside watered.-silk: `pockets she put the blue envel-1 ope and theplittle key, the pos-H st-.~si_.n. ot'"whicl-1 had meant so iniuch to her. There was no time; ito do more at the moment, much `as she wanted utterly to destroy_ `the contents of the blue envel_! ope. If only there had been at re; but one does not have res in July, even in Blaekport. She: `realized for a moment that she ought tohave -`thought of a re long` before, ~feig'n"ed a-chill, or made it possiblegin some other way. But, then,'how was she to have taken this most inexplicable Iifeturn of Glare into her reckon- lings. It was the most unexpec- Eted and incomprehensible of. all aunexpected and incomprehem sible thi gs. - There ; vould be ample oppor- ;tunity later. And what happen- 'ed in the meantime really was of ilsrnall import. She dare not `think, : anticipate, or reason. She must rely on her inspiration and glier .unfai_ling luck, and her Tknowledge of the tremendous `power she possessed - over the lsense and reason of her husband I\....... .-...L...:.-In I\`I'\ Fhn vnvvnnah gsense a.11u.ruu5u11 U]. 1101 lxuauuuu I _O_nce 0ut.side,.on the verandah Lorion realized the incredibly f0olish'thing that he had done in'listening' to the frenzied ap- peal`of Lady Monk. I '11}... char-Nina` r-p.vnlnt.inn of peat OI Lauy Luuun. The startling revelations of the last few-`seconds had robbed him of his wonted presence of _mind. -~ To hea r"within the space. almost. of a breath that Glare Monk was actually-guilty of the fearful deeds attributed to him, that Txady Monk had stolen the key of t.he safe-fI-om the hunch that he ha_dr*1ent: her, inorder to abstract documents from it,'and, nally, that Monk had not gone to the .`Loha_n'zo after`...-al.l_. might. n s111;e,ly be ,aegJounted sufcient to ~;rende'r any -Ethan incapable of . ;calI_r1*}; and "cdI`1'ected thought. -=-m i~im._;1_9_ -."..-'...s -3...-..-In ~"-I`. sold. 4_l}i:lll,1}_:_a,1.lu Lzuyuuuuuu vu`\,vua..... _. 'I,H`e hea'1d_ .=_I9_1bnk s voice inside :the ro(1rr:":"-L;.;I~Iis p0si't.ion* was _monstrous. '-<`1`here co_u-Id hfe-.=-no .%e`x'p,1anation. `-F`-He . must` return. -`long the .entire,1e_ngth of .t.he hnuse, with steps down into the `hdldlye into the room. when a "sm't!'.h'd Ain"`th"e~ grarden -below _-at-- \ rested him. It was a rustling Hf>'.: had not .i51`,t1'ceeded:.- -f'a.I'i`.~ 8..-'-V tong the-f _hv'e`ra'nda-,' wh'ich ran a-` garden from itwo._of. the :rooms_, 1 and he was `just about to"go 1fa?c:k A BY. Coralie Stanton - and Heath -Hosken 5, Manager 1-is ftxshes Bing\ part- P. _ ` 5 -`>4 ed," ~' - Blllllll, (I0 Ug, Uuuosvu uvonnc - `vs--. - . , . . _jL_orion peered down from the, Veranda. The hot river `mist: lled the garden, and everything appeared distorted and indi'er- sworn that there was somebody 'mo_ving, and, at the same mom- ent. ,But ,_Lo1-ion could have` ent a curious, subtle scent as- -sailed his nostrils. - He started violently._ It was like damp, `rottingstraw steaming in the sunshine. It took him back in. ~ an instant to `the `great forest of the vLoba_nzo. It was" the smell of the Lqbanzo, it meant indescrib- `able "things to. him. It was the -smell of the steaming mud of Lake Tugnba. IJKIAU .I. uxuuau ~ -Had hfs nervesxgone to pieces, or "was" it really a great silent :b-lack form that he. saw stealing -through the --bushes of the shrub- hery, with the walk that one saw on .thevga1ne tracks of the Zon-V Inn`) U11 .I1 go ? EU` . T The next .moment he was down in the garden, crashing through the lagrel belt. The -hoot of a siren brought him to his senses. What a fool he was -making ofhimself! His eye- sight had played him false; there was no _one.. `there. R4 ._V \J---\- us- "And then, fr,;.rr;.' the other side of the shrubbery, he heard foot- steps hurrying tgwards him; and.- before he knew wpat was t_ne .matt_er, he found 1_11s arms .se1z- ed in a violent gnp. ` l LLI\'I_ :11. `II'__ T -_.-.___ 97 ..__:...l l\r\a --- saw .u c-.-r. Gamble, the butler, in an`-excited voice. I beg your pardon, sir, but her ladyship s just told me: about the burglary, and Lsawi you, and didn t. recognize ,v0u,j Oh, i't';L% -311'. Lorion, cried` I .' n ` sun V , 561' ....:A. --.,..1....._;...-,.| rv...\,.1,.|,. -.2. GILL. . - . VI qulte understand, Gamble," Lorion retorted. - A bbA.....I 01-- l`!I.\-...7.. :.-..1. v.-....-.... .l-l\Jl. IVJIL L UEJJI. lzU\I- And Sn` Gla.re s _,1ust come back, s11-, the butler c0nt1nued_. volubly, and-- A` `kn! 'V\ \1`LI`\'\I\`I'\` `nr\]- l\;n1onl`3 V!JlLllJl`), uuuiv At th_at..-fn*mment Monk himself rushed down the veranda steps towards the two men. I_4_u'i0n, he cried, as he rec- ognlzed t.he_.y0ung men. Thank God, you re here! My w1fe'11ev_ Inn ftalrl vrxn ' uauxrn xvrxuu onnvu a1I'\Ir lL01'im1{ then. vaguely realized wllat was expected of him by Lady Monk, Fate. had made him her accom_plice,._ His x-st. inn- pulse had been to Ablurl, out everything ; after all, hisvduty was to his chief. But. tho whole `thing was. so oolnpilicatcd, so incomprellensible, and the effort. .of telling: the truth would he to F-accuse Monk s idolized wife of itjobbing` hex! husband s safe. Ev- l'\II Cknl v\-\;n-I-xi k'n\'n Innnuw l\;n l:\}lJ.lJlllb l.I\'l.`. lll.lC'IJ(L l|l.I CV A7(l:l\/. L`! V. {an that mlghf, have been Ins` !(i11t)_ : but he/Adnd not know. The .`p0s1l/ion `was.bey0nd him. He, -felt. stI'0'ng`ly. urgently t.haI.--fn1' !th_e. moment,_ at any rato--ho imust keep silence. .Mn 1 ]1n\7nr\,` L`II\l\Y'\ .'n I'\\rr\v1n lll.l.l-."l' l\\/VLIJ A`Il(7ll.L/K}. _ _ . `N;0, I haven t seen anyone, slr, he answered. I must ex- plain, why I am here D11` Jl\`\1' I`\l\} (1AfI111 `IX AIJ, VV ll. L ulll [I111 12 P.` 7 ` ! BuL1\lu,nk did not. somn to! have heard the last. sentcmce, and darted away across the gar- den. Both Lm-ion and the but- .lm- fnllnwnd him_. and ho led a silentchaso through `the acre or` :50 of woll-laid_m1tN grolmd. I At Inn! lknuu nnv\1n tn `n nlnnrl ll \V"Il"l(lll-l-"ll|` 5l.\J||lI.llo Att lasl they came to `a. stand- sf.il1"11ndm~ the veranda. Monk fwas -p"-a`nt,.i`n9`. ' 1I c 1-\r\' nnnnr` 7 Inn coir! In | an I Vwup '|J(.llll,-1Ilg3,o ~- .- Il.`s no" good, he said. In this mist any man could h:_a.ve got away. We re`_ simply wastmg fume. Let s go In and rlng for ithe police. My wife will give us [more details. `She knows more zabout thisthan any of- us, it. ]seems." f'IV'l-_.L__.LI-.. _____L_-_..1 1.- 1`... 1.1 CAPITAL PA lD'UP.'5.000.000 f '.~RESERViE FUND. %. $t3.5o0,000 compelled. DUUHIDI -Thebutler was sent to the tel- ephone, which was in the `hall, the one in Monk s- room being only a private instrument con- necting with the offices in Pole Street. Lorion and his chief went back into the room where the ried safegaped -in the wall. Lady Monk was (there. She was Loriony pacing up and down. maryelled "at her composure. The moment he entered the room she xed her eyes on his face with a look that appealed and 'T`kn' '4h:nP has `- (in u n 1110! fl/U111 DI. p Uu. . ~ he `thief has got `away, Theodora, said he, and I even. in this crisis there were admira- tion and worship to be read in- the glance that he xed on his ,Wife s beautiful face. '-`\Ve re sending for the police. It s-hope- less to attempt anything our- selves in this fog. You must tell us everything now, so that no clue may "be lost. Fortunately, `Lot-ion_ is here. You hadn't told` --- - Y! 1111.7; .`*.I-- _.began Lorion, .strug4| gli-ng furiously with his sense of| incapacity to explain his pre- sence. | sum...-. `r,.....'...... ..I:.....'A ...:4'In ma , Mn. Lorion dined with me, put in Lady Monk in a clear cmmandingly, even threaten- ingly, on the young man s face. .-He went. back about an hour a- ..go in the car, but, 1'-ort;unate_ly, he. ,foui1d that`. he had left. some books and pamphlet`s behind hi W213? never more rgfad `Of anything I=heard"-him at?-t.he` door. Ilhad -;j_u.st heard strange noises,..-and come down to ndthe man` in this room who had opened the . safe, and he dashed past` me and `got. aw.gy;{.' I ran to meet, Mr; .~;Lorio,n,"and begged him to go out into the garden. where I was sure the thief had escaped. I was mugh too upset to tell you voice, with: her eyes nstilli xed ari.d;f-ieafne"`oa`ck for" them, ~I inirfv "life. A .I'*v7as in" here when. ii? 51646. Iilauma V .i`more. than the __mere fact that the! safe had been, opened," she` :.added,: with a gasp of rrief. `.`Oh,1 Mthank goodness, you are both` '3! o 1'__:-_. ..._-_I..I ,_...l-- .........V..u.-.1 "n4 lllL7ll way 1 Lm-ion looked at. Lady Monk, `lllG'\\'0l'1]a11 who had taken the papers, who had already hidd_en 't.hem awziy somewhere. He was alisolutely convinced of M0nk s inn.m-mice. ..\Vhat game was she playing`, \\_'as it. not his plain dut._\' Lo speak`? She looked back at him. Ilvr .L'z1'/.9 had holli the glare of a hunted animal and the llllp(`I`i()l,1S cmnmand of a queen. It held him spullbolindf In a foxy mnnmnts the inspect-` tor and con. arrived. The` i11Sp(`M.)I` was sh0v\'11`inl0 the romn. Hv saliimd Sir Glare re- spovH'ull_v_. and was immedialolyl vulnnnrl :n :\;iup-noninn {VP {kn fnre. '~`|JI'l ll|lll.`, llll`l V'\Cln` lll|lIl`_3\.|lll|`*I" ' placed in pu.~sn. of the facts`; .~:=mI1-l.y` as llu-_v'we1`0. The most] impnrhlnt inf()I`n1al,im1 that. -Monk could give was a descrip- -tinnl uf the dnmlnmnts. 0fhor__ wise. them was a; disheartening! lack uf material] to work upon. It xvus iIT1DOS.'~`~h](` tn at.`-cm1nt for 1hn`1':u`t that tho ihini` had rmtnr_` ed the hm]?-0. ()nlv his mnzms of ogzress \\'m"o known. and hrig had iumnmli:1tr*ly been swalloxx-'od% up in the mist. 'T"\n :v\c-r\nn`r\n 'v1'nnfn1" In 1."nr\t1' Ll}! III (III? llll-l- 'l`VI1r- in. 'want0d to know` mm` many kn_v.e nf the safe were in nxistence. nr. 1 _ n ' _.-_.1':.-,1 `n.r._-~1. JOHN ` H, V. F. JONES. An't. Gen'L Maa _m:1n simi` Ilw 'I7ham:i Is:1i1etl`? Ill ".\I-WIUIIILU. W ' ()nI_v mm. replwd I\'Ionk;__; without. hmitaiion. Ii, was in," m-.v prrssoseinn uniil r\a1`1.\_' thisrl aft.m'nnon. wlmn I handnd it over`! fn this V 2`nnfIeman, Mr. .I.0rinn.'; mv .wcrel:1r_v and most. tmlsted I fvirrmi: I 9.`n\*n it In him on hnarrl the Uhang-i. just as we sailed.il lhnmmso t11m'(~ `warn papers Aofi great impm`lanceIin the safe that" I dn. Mr. I`.nri(m to have aa- (Aaess In. should it be necessary. in n'\v_.in|m`ost, V\ I'lIIP I was a.\\"a,V. Circnmstanor-S "arose that pro. '\'(`Hfmi my dnparinre at the last. 'm0rn(>nt, and I was dm1p0d he.- fnro I110 U1`mng'i lofl the river. !`|u`n the key has only Iwen in the [)0S.`\`(`.."2.RI(')II of this 51011110- I I asluul _i._he inspector`, making` to- xvarals Lonmx. ' . ' That is all. And it. is still in his passes- ,.(.~.. 5)" \I1!l ll. an null: LII LIILJ I1 sitm `." - N:m1rally. said Monk, curtlyr Than, may I sllggnst, sir, that Mr`. Lorion hands it, mm` in me mm". so that wo~.ma_v have it. in or-rim` to nd out whether a d11nli(-.:1lAo_ has been made? Lll'V....L..-_..l-- 79 ..............,l 1|',\.nI- nan uuquniulr 1111.` .l,H`:l 7ll 1IIa.u('. Certai1_11y, agreed Monk, see- ing the practical force of the S1.1gg`(`,~StiOI1. John, please give me the key. . Tnvu;r\n anti? {Kn Y\t\(\'I'Y\ cf\iY'IY\;`|'I(7` ll.lL' l`llI _ AL`: Lorinn saw the room spinning around him. and there seemed to be nothing in it but Lady monks WOI1d0I'fu1 brown eyes. They pierced rightythrough him to his very heart. `They pleaded erce insigtence. ` . 1- .. _.' .l .--.- .....L2...n&:.vr.`|-. In Wlbll IIUILIU IIIDIDUUILUU. His hand went instinctively to his keys that he carried in his hip_p0cket.t It was borne in up- on him with the most undeniable. certainty that he must not. he- tray her-not now, at any rate, in front of police toicers, in_he1' hushaud s'pI*ese;1ce. She vwas a womaiyalthough she had with f\.0nsu1n`In.ate artistry stolen the -ey_ _ A Nnn1.u-xnrla fhnv nrninlrl hnvn : AU) . _ Aftervards, they would have ! an explanation, l_1e and she, an explanation in which Monk should have his part. But for: the moment he must play the nu. `v\ I` g`a.m'e. A - He took out his bunch of keys attached to the strong Stan] |chain, and, with aacomposed face, madeas if to look.fo1-`the littlegilt key of the safe. He started _vi0lently, and gave went to a sharp exclamation. `I.-.1!" R/| nuI.~ o A`:-`no ohm} nut 21 SBSSIUII Slllli-U: _ - Again he felt. rather than saw that aming message in'Lady !_Monk s eyes. For the -fraction {of a second he hesitated and the `very lair seemed to `vibrate with `her unspok_en- appeal. ' No, he said. You can swear that the *keys have not left your possession, sir? asked the inspector- Another imperceptible hesi- tation, and Lorion said: ayes`?! The key was stolen from him," cried_ Monk. It s. per- fectly clear. They put some professional pickpocket on to him. The skilled ones can do anything. In the crowd on the landing-stage--'that s where it must have been done. c r._.:.... ......... In.-dnnn nohar-nllv IIIUSL }la.VG D6611 uu_uc. L01-1,011 was .l0ok1ng, naturally enough, -the picture 0f crest- fallen shame. Mn.-. ,;...... I nun... fnna-ivo mir_ _.ff(911 s Qice will receive prompt =`;3_.l.enti0n.- "`i24m33o Bayeld st. Phone 191% l _V'0 I`deI's left at A. F. A. Ma1com- |,)('I.-I,-lu_WL(I,\JlIIL)Il D \ A Q A Q L L v V w V.-I `