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S. 3-C-__.,', -:-,_,-.r_ ,_-V, :__`E.~,.,`~;,f_.:_ V`-..;`;_ V ~ w , ~`. . - _ V Q3` Established 20 Y. ;. uacmga. A;,;.T.a c-:.ss`:o;:'s:T'z.?,Z;?,`,s';';,:' _... Qjj-11 mu 1<;&K. 20 Y; ---- 1- VIII:-IIFIIJI En \ FRQI`$ HOUSEHOLD BAND rung" Ur HUI HIJEHIY `GRENADIER __GuARDS DVQ mos: nn-..-. - _.-. ward off the foul snagesnon. w you mean to tell me that the)` d-`'` to discharge Miss Vamzhan snmITT",` 51}? on susbicion of theft?" he `I`_'` lowering his voice almost to 8 'h"' -per. `IV. 1.. _-..;3....aA\ Cl] I\}Ic _ `Well, then here 5206?." 53'd Yvonne, discarding all reserve. 35 was her :-abit when her trust W_3~` fully given. Mother has lost 3 I313` -mond ring worth a lot of money . fwd father is saying the most h_ornbl things about my darlinrz Phyllis. sug- gesting that she took it." _ _ _' Elisha beat the air with l'11S hand in a curious gesture, as t_l10UEh`.' ward off the foul suagestton. D d-` `'` discharge til? theft? <-'*-- ' L LA I1 'lll,:' I-_-_,__ _. __ -_ .`-"Across the end of the avenueof shrubs in which they were standing, 'two men were passing in single le. In front went`a dapper littleold gen- ntleman with a white fringe of whisk"- EP rnnnri 9 'nnI.r_anA_n-I-.36- ............L-A.v =C:: Bdll3HCU WIII1 HCT CTUIlll_V. Look here. Mr. Crowe, she went 3 on, dropping her voice. and glancin 3 furtively up the road towards the 3 Rectory gates, I know that \'ou are I a true friend of Phyllis. She'll wan! ` one presently. so I'm going to tcll You everything, though they do call you The Human Ferret" in the ril- ]age. You will promise not to D395 "It `on, won't you? _ _ . A ferret is a humble ammal. MISS Wenslade. but a useful one at If proper functions, replied Elisha. ence-you may repose in me shall not iiure Miss Vaughan. I am an Old man, wifeless and ClIlldle_<.=,`ln1ltl13'(E I [will gladly promise that any cond- :A I.-- :llilll, WIICICSS and CI11lUH:>.~, um um- It been otherwise she would ha`' ; been the daughter I cotd have wish- ` ed for. they n ,. . ,_ -v ...iA 5 Ah. I see she h:1.=n't tnl _\'`~'.:. .173 ! , I don't blame her." said Yxw : - quickly. Then, checking herself. 93.: scanned Eli5ha'.< iiniatnre crmnfer. t ance intently, her Cl1ll(liFhl}'.ir.`~..'.lf gaze resting in turn on the penetrat- .' ing eyes. on the clnselv clipped :7-:;: moustache, and on the pr0mi:`n3"t chin. It was a face which if it crvi have been magnied to double its size would have been formidable. A; it was, on the top of an almost dwarf- like frame, it left an impressive of t unreality-of a strong, helpful. hard- headed man see through the wrong lend of a telescope. And it may be that her feminine instinct told her that there was more of Elisha Crow: ,than met the eye. for she showed her- self satised her 5crn tin'_v. `(Y _.`I. L_A, nuat IILLIC l\HU\VlCUgC HC pOS('4E in the hope of gaining more. Miss Wenslade, he replied, I hat not seen her to-day at all. 15%.: not with you as usual, directing 3.`:--.:~ lstudie? AI -r - apnuaa Luc IUd(l IO UITH. "Oh, Mr. Crowe, you Ii` `door to Captain Vaugfhan. 51 breathlessly. HZ1\'(` yuan zem this morning, and doc: she right? I haven't slept a x }night for thinking of her. To - flwnn `CL ,-L..'- _.-- auggsu. l\J| Lnlunulg U1 MCI`, ` It was EI1sha's way to r}i=< xwhat llttle knowledge he pos in hh A; rrn:v1:-arv ow-A-~ ___\___= :the greater was explained, V,-, proba-b1y_solve 1tSlI. ' But Elisha_ had not proceeded- down the village street ' when ifound cause to be more soli.;._3.- about the non-return of Phyllis :]-.- her wa-lk than about her tlj.mgQ ;from the Rectory, ;._'ra"e th<=i1:h: alleged reason for that proved to be. As he was 1,35,` `the post-ofce, which was 315-.r'_ general shop, a ll:1xen-haired. bi-_ eyed maiden_ of seventeen cam; land, on seeing the little man, lacross the road to him. I 6lf\1__ \t_ r- , . . `Jl:lTLI:' u To be continued.) val: :1: C see and Corresnondence t1 ..-...._.u vvuu a wuuc xnugc OI wmsx- or round a pink-and-white, somewhat` .foohsh, but benevolent countenance. _,wal_ked with a curious hoppin gut whxch suggested the progress '0 . I bird in nnpu n6 ma-ma 41.1 . ._-u. Toronto live ne:-; 1ghan,' she beg: ecn Phi": f\I\< -L -7" 92%}. \`* Ll A I .er. suvsc acciucu I0 Dc noone else.", i. Dick laughed bitterly. You are right about there being ho one else, he said. I know I played the fool at Oxford, and `incurred debts the half of which I have as yet only dar- < ed to disclose, but asyou say, _it has ` been a case of drifting.- When I made a clean breast of it after my;' `second year, my father bullied and 1 blustered so that I ceased to care. 4 -He's a hard man, Miss Vaughan, S with a natural aptitude for setting - one s back up. My mother doesn t -count, poor soul, as she scarcely, I dares call her soul her own. It is * not driving, but leading that I need, ` and it is because you have ledme `I that I am going to turn over a new leaf. Your good inuence . 2 C`_]'...[.. [H `L. ..2..'I 2..A.-__,--A _ I 1 0 `` "`If I ever become anything but a` waster and a ne er-do-well, Miss, Vaughan, I shall have only you to_ thank for it, Dick Wenslade was saying. And you have already earnf ed my gratitude, fox-.my. resolve is . taken: I will set seriously to work to read for the bar. Anyhow it will keep me steady, and though I sup- pose I shall_ be Lord Monksilver' some day, there is no reason .why I _s-houldn _t have a professzon an the aneanwhxle. In fact, I must have one _ If I am not to be dependent"on my `father. You have made me see the ignominy of that position. V 5 VI! flu-I11! man:-`g -----A~- A aguuuuuy U1 U13! POSIUOI1." l You only. needed someone-av_ friend-to point it out to you,. mur-i mured Phyllis Vaughan gently. I. could not bear to see you all adrift ior the want of a little honest ad-V. vice. I have `felt that it wasvrather presumptuous of me to oifet it, but there seemed to be no one else._i j ; CHAPTER I." g `The Rectory Garden. V The shimmering glare of an Aug - ust afternon beat upon the grey cliffs/ . of the headland,eupon the_lazy sea, and upon the scattered villagegstreet of Beacon Audleyl with a ferocity that was making life a burden to Ithose compelled to `toil upon the deep, or in the harvest elds in they valley. behind the downs. 'But in the gardens of Beacon Audley Rectory, under the ancient trees and in the winding shrubbery walks there was cool and shade. Amid this fpleasant solitude a man and a maid walked` `slowly up and down, pausing now and again to look into each other eyes. ~ - [1 They were both very young, little . more than boy and girl, yet their talk : iwas strangely earnest, consideringil that as yet no word of love had 1 passed between mem. . f , Q DRAFTS o N FOREIGN` couN'r`mEs Austria-H ' Rd . "3? '7"".' ` `",'N6. run. 1-An'rIcu'L'AIu on `A?P`I.lOATlOI... -V---I-j`jj -v.'-;_- I BARRlEBFWA'i"l-("2"l+'-Iv. V " H. J. GRASETT. Manager. ` rsrrullil u'"`" `MC VIHIS `OI _ -Wha.t. s`r. is' the meahinq of the disgrac_e,ful- scene in which I sumi-is-, ed }'O.u,.iust_ now"? he demanded . I-Are vou jaildi_tig~ imrho`:fahTt_z-;ftp.*f`t`e, .1_ai`m::- -Ii-s, nfjzydutt o'th e r`=: de1:nquencieI`v?'f I ,s_u1-t,.as well. as dismiss.a'l., The loss` of -the ..;i_ng. .did.._,not worry heir; in the _least,` M-rs. W7ensIad`e` had aperfe"ct "were always! recovered after; '2 ,most" _i:i*a`t`ch'ed_ jthe `.girIA"s' g'raee'u_l-. figure` as . _ she ._ha'ste:f1ed,} 'tq.'_eb;ev" his command; ` "Their h,e_."'tiirned -to his.< snii" ` n_d`o'legf_- aI..I. UuIllaDly rgissmg." ` I will go at once, faltered. Phyl- lis, ushing hot1y..but not sorry to escape the actual bursting of the -storm. She had -a presentiment that her situation at Beacon Aud-ley Rec- tory was lost to her, but there was no reason, why_ she should suffer in- 'ge`,n'iuAs for mislaying things, which siiercial` search * by. anyone bu_t h`efr= i se -_ ` ' `_` , ":=Witli loweriiuz bfrows the Rector" 1OI__'$a'a 7 t'he`_~Via1s' .-.o` his'jgivratli.~ _' ianr.1_.=x.. J -. ow V-- J A -~-.ga vauguau. 1,: Will l'.l'O_uDIC YOU ""tq return.-,to the house. he" began 711 his-, ra`s_pi_ng voi c '.- 1" Mrs. :Wenslade idesire_s"to' D:dk to you abou't_;a` valu-- able 'ring~ii2h1cl;1 i_s missing-e-mpst un- accountably` ngxssmg. M1 n "A1, ,,_,_,, n '-n.-.Q.3 `no, a oavJI"VVllU|-llcr yuu IUVC THC, tr He _bent down to her, seat -ching { the sweet face for the answer that , had not been spoken, and he must have fund it there, for the next mo- ment she was in his arms and their lips had met in a passionate kiss. gffhe wonder in the brown eyes had _ ed away, replaced by the brilliance zof unshed happy tears. ` `(T avg I-`Ann `IA-u---. -_.S.._. u , ~ iv1uuaucu nappy te.a.| s, . b ha b'~'n 1109138 against hope. W V011 "ever know your..luck,*said . the 1303 . drawing her closer: So you 5 `Ann:-`tn AL.` "9"? 10% me. darling, Just a little? .1 _,-,_1: ...u_y wvc me, aanmg, Just little? "Tust a little," laughed the. girl ;softly. I shouldn't have preached `so much if I hadn't, and I shouldn't have nrearhc-A an all :6 1 1.3.; n.-_-_LA l -ucu. 13 an JUU nave against me there is less than nothing in it, he said. `.`My uncle-is not very robust, it is true,-but my father is the heir, and . he is in the prime of lifeand as hard as nails. The historic title won t come my way for thirty years,.and long before it does I shall probably have oneof my own. honestly earn- ed. thanks to your incitement. Be- sides. you haven t answered my ques- tion-whether you love me, dear ?" HP HAM` Ancnvnn LA `-4- r ' ' ' t Digk Wenslacie laughgd gaily. lfv hat as all you have agamst thqre 1': 19:: than .-.,.4l...'..... ... :.n 1.- `T V ter nu wuus IUI" I ` _Phyl1is Vaughan raised her frank brown eyes shyly, but there was .more ofzwonder in them than of: the answer he sought. You must be mad, `she said quietly. Have you forgotten who you are and what I lam-that isomeaday you will be the .bearer of a historic title and the `owner of great'po'ss'ess1ons'; while I an} the daughter of a ha1f-pay.'cap- `tamsuand thelgoverness` of your sis- tar` T 'went on in more earnesttones, I_ was trying to tell you how grateful I am` for the brave words of encour- agement which I mean to make the foundation of. my. career. I was try- ing in my clumsy way to lead up to somethingmore than- that. Phyllis, dear, it would be. the most wonderful and beautiful thing in the world if I could believe that it was because you loved me that you did not want me to be'a' scapegrace always. Won t you look up and tell me so, and- strengthen my resolution a thousand- {old by. giving me a priceless reward a to work for? 'DI..-.n:_ 1r_,, 1 - - V"B.nt._ Chalong, she is lookiq for` my` rimr, `and ILd`on t` know what I shalt ~ do .without her. - besran tha- j oIa ix_1tiv_e sprmest` . whfch ' t~:ai`led of ..`!`_4*. "`7'9'..;-12'<??` `ith.;;seow' if \V D V1 `-7 III to pac boxes in the nu . V _. vu an: xuuusu enougn. Madam; `to be fond of anyone, and perhaps you will be so good _as to permit me to choose my _wo1-qs, _reJom,ed the autocrat. I said `mvengled. and I ?fmea.nt it. But that is neither here not there. Per-s'on_ally I desire no further cotpmunicatxon with the girl. but you wl now go to her, pay her` a r_nnnth s wages in lieu of notice.. and bifd`_her out of ;the house within two hours. That will give her time to packL_ and R-otters can take her in `Int! `n4L....`9-' `-4- A - |vuuI._1 am sure {flat 1 IOSI It UICTC." Pshawl snorted the Rector. I wanted to speak to you about some- thing more serious than your care- -lessness "in dropping jewelry about. I have just discovered Richard hug- gingand kissing the governess in `the shrubbery walk. The idle, shift- lessscamp put the coping stone to his -general misconduct by confess- ing to me that she has inveiszled him into` a promise of marriage. ' The only consolation is that he is not in a po- sition` to full it. Don t stand star- ing` at me! You -co_n`1prehend what Iha\'re` said? ._ . Inveigled? That doesn t seem like `Miss Vaughan. said Disk s mother ifeebly. ~I-,-I- have `been very fond `of her; and so is Yvonne. ` __You are foolish enough. Madam. 'to'be .'fond of: anyone. youwill good as permit to -"choose my words, rejoined autocrat. .`I. `said `inveigled. _ . it- 59,19` :3 'aA3LLn.. I----- :- `De so sure aDq1_1_t his precious sec'r_e- '~* ~;`th.ry;?' -Dick.;Wntad'eA._.r0)i'd. .. There -is .-eyeryslitttle. that `Mr. Caner Raven-' ., S!:'a_r,doesh t _see. It, has zilwayg puz-. ~ sled me why his"1ordshif"is`sd`7keen'` \ _q,foh`a"'chap who seemse;t;o'j`doA,g `him ` `everywhere. V If. Ieever-:have a fmjiivatee `se"_creta_ry I ll keep him at his desk". lm: up cheques ,for.mevto. sign. 1` `V. ,-:`: .``:Are you not rather -unfairjn blam`-f ipg. Mr. ekavensclarxfor; being.;._V2i.tt_,n;-`_ tug`; to _-_his emp.loy.e ?.. I-,ha}\'r',::'A;a,l:vvi %?S*?;" ~:h`u_ght his devotion`. to .-L qrdi_.'Mgx 33!! --/znost tou._chi'm z,"-_[squdgffhgzllxs, AA Pm. not ;b]a;_1ing `t " [so accustomed to trampling on his ordering the parlormaid to request hearthrug. But. Miss Vaughan- is ,room'. V I am sure that I lost it there." UICICIIUCI Mr. Wenslade, leaving Dick to his dreams, marched back to the Rect- ory, intent on destroying those hap- ny visions. He did not quite know how to do it as yet, but he had grown son that he had no doubt -of a vic- torious issue. In the meanwhile there was an initial step to be taken in stamping out thismad folly, and it should be taken without a mo- ment s delay. On emerging from the shubbery he strode across. the trim lawn and passed into his study through the open French window. immediately ringing the bell and her mistress to come to him. Mr. Wenslade s commands were never - long without attention. The servant had hardly. retired when a patient- looking, frightened lady of middle age stole into the room with the air of entering upon holy ground. a ` I haven't found it, dear, she be- gan nervously, casting an ' agitated glance at the pompous, self-assertive face` glowering at her from the still earching for -`it in the drawing- pQ IQ1l!' -anrqcbn.-I at- D--A.-_ ll? , tle.' `And, as condent lldll 1110 111C. - mTh:uIIonorable`and Reverend Cha- loner Wenslade turned on his heel :-without a word and" marched back towards the house. The well-cut clerical broadcloth covered his ample proportions without a crease, yet somehow to the condent young lover left in the shrubbery walk, he conveyed the impression of a porcu- pine with his` bristles arrayed for bat- young lovers will, Dick laughed quietly. to himself. Nothing really mattered now that Phyllis had made that sweet sur- render. The Governor might stamp and fume, and make himself uncom- rrorly nasty, but he could not ste ' the advancing torrent ofbliss wh` h Dick s prophetic eyediscerned in the not distant future. Industry and common sense was all he needed. markas a rising criminal barrister. for that was the branch he vwould take up. He had always been a dill- gent student of detective stems in the magazines. . \ `He could not know that he was shortly to be the central gure in one of the most celebrated criminal cases of the century, though not as counsel, either for the prosecution or defence. ' II_ 111, ,1 c . -I In a few years he would make his . pcuuy LU marry On!" ne mquirea. Oh, I m -not worrying about the halfpence, refrnede Dick. _I shall be earning them byethe time they're wanted. Uncle Charles told me yes- terday. he d pay exes while I mugged for the bar, and I m going to accept his offer. We are not quite such idiots as to expect to marry on. air. But we love each other, father. You .might as well try to prevent the tide coming in as to stand between Phyl- ~lis Vaughan and me. TL- `l .'r.........-I.1---- I `H- 7 - I-- an I-cwll\vLI \JlIl\lI\J W a Have you forgotten that you are a pauper except for my bounty, that :you have no prospects for` many years, and that you have _nof.a half- penny to marry on? he 1nqu1red.' nh T fY| -HAG II!I\FIliI'O`Iu -l\.~.-L LL- -...- -....bvu.n~u\. an avtsluu. The Rector had suddenly grown quiet} and was studying his son's face with a curious intentness. The -boy had never` stood up to him before- had never seen any use in it.~ There must be some reason for this asser- tion of independence. He must nd `out what it, was. Dick must be crushed somehow. SIT`! I a "11 XOI%I e%lI%I \JIGJ I . I don t see. where the demeaning comes in, Dick retorted warmly`. -Captain Vaughan is atgentleman. and `it is only the other day you told me that I wasa disgrace to the fam- ily "and not` t to sleep under- the same roof with you. If that was true, it is Phyllis who is on in the `demeaning act. But I" know it's no l use- arguing: only. you can -look upon the engagement as settled. Fl`I__ n, gvayn SLUIE/]._l tcyucu. .Luc cxp|a.ua.' . tiO_n is.very simple! Phyliss has just .-done me the honor toe sent to be- come `engaged to me. nder the cir- gnmstances it is, I believe, permis- "sible---even. usua"l-i-to seal the equi- _..pact." - . l I`- 1IY-..-I-J-!_ I--- .___ _ _!-.__._-. A T113555 . . .Mr.-W_enslade s face was a picture of blended emotions. Rage, con- tempt, even a gleam" of sardonic amusement chased each other over his `massive features. Engaged! Seal the compact!".he repeated. It sure- ly must be my ears that are deceiv- ing me now. Doyou mean to in- form me that you, "a Wenslade, in direct succession to the Monksilver -`peerage, have so demeaned yourself as to offer marriage to a governess -to the daughter of a drunken old `army. oicer who lives rent free by your unc1e s generosity? ` at .:__9. --_ 0 - --uvo vvuo`a-`cannot VIC lllovv JIIUI In\J V5.35: 3'1` must ask you not to` say rude thgngs about .M1s Vaughan, father, Duck stoutly replxed. The explana- \ :3 soapy. ahnnlal DR:-I:pn Inna :ne6: could-A hardly, `hel-ie:_re myfcyes when. I saw yout embracing .the- young wo- `man we have, evidently under armis- apprehension of` her character, en- .tru's_ted_,c with your sister s education. E-What explaenationehave you to offer? (If .._, % NQRTHERLN girl. `whom -he-had Lwatch . from childhdbd`; the` other.that it '_f'secon;l ;nat_ur [with;, him. . toV--:01-ix`. _ 'en'gd7. fat Be _,uuu.ncy-Cart" bringing he (He had guessed that her ~at the Rectory hadrterm he had been on his way discover the reason: wh nun.-L-u `- ' cu"! m ms mgmed che.eks. "W'-hat is_2t, _Captam Vaughan? repeated_ Elisha when the_ other hus neighbor to come closer and con-` fe:-_with him over the-low wall that divgrded thte t_win ggrdeps. CHAPTER II. Flight or Suicide ? At} noon on the following day Elisha Crowe stepped warily from the door of his cottage at the top of Beacon Audley main street, and trod the few feet of pebbled softly along path that ledto the little wooden gate into the'road. He was a dim- inutive person, not as high as the shortest of the sunowers that made the scrap of garden a blaze of yel- low. All his movements betokened a desire for secrecy, if not of latent fear. Yet when he was hailed by `name hewheeled round, and, in ~a ` deep booming voice, in_ ludicrous , contrast to his size. made answer: `Well, what is it? . _ Mr. Crowe s cottage was one of a _ block of two precisely similar _ones 4 which, if they had been ve times as 1 large, might havebeen described-as ,4 semi-detached villas. The man who called to him stood in the doorway of the other cot_tage--an erect, sold- ierly gure in spite of his sixty years, but with th signs of chronic intem- perance at t e tip of his bulbous nose and in his_ mottledche ks. al- In -5 f`--`A ! " ` `V uaxun nus. pllld3C CUnICS5lOn.". With everv show of reluctance. as thouorh howi'n.:v'to the decree of `in- vincible Fate, Lord Monksi'lver s sec- retarv sat down and leaned forward condentially towards the eager clcrszvman. - L uuuucllual` clergyman. uv..uv..vuug [at U11 '- But Mr. Wenslade \cut him short with the.-authoritative wave of a `plump hand. On the contrary, you have said a 21-eat deal too little, ? he broke in. Take that chair, if you please, Ravenscar, and let me know .what was in your mind when you `used the phrase confession. nuvnu-- -L--- A "' ' ahali The private secretary hesitated. I `spoke in haste--nossibLv on insuf- _cient grounds, he began haltinglv. I .haye said a great deal too much,~ behevmg that you--- -1:... M`. nr......I...:- ---L -Aha - capital. c1o.ooo.ooo Resrfve. s6.ooo.oo6 4 . _llI LU uxc atuuy. .Confessed?A murmured the Rector staring at the speaker blankly at first, then with the light of dawning in- telligence in the hard eyes. .To what should she confess, Mr. Raven- scar?" - You have dismissed MissjVaugh- an? Then she has confessed? ex- pcultlllg ucr ucparture.' J claimed Ravenscar, stepping quickly into the study. ur-,...:..-.....nn _.._._...~;,,, - .- , - hnuvvn -u-yvn I..au\..\. Lua,|_' LIIC IIICIC IUBD of a two hundred guinea bauble to occupv her. he said xzrandiloquentlv. 1We have had to pack. off Yvonne s' governess at short notice, and Mrs. VVeplade h_a_s been seeing about ex- pedxtmg her` departure. Vn.. 1...... .!:.....:.......I 112-- -xr-..,1. u_y ua Luna. M1-_. Wenslade shook his head we_ar1ly. "`My wife has matter of graver importance that the mere loss] at .. c...... L.....1..-.: ..---_-, L...LL ., VIIVCI 3 Hardly that, but I thought _that you might be able to give mesome information which, would, interest his lordship, was the secretary s answer.` I have been to the post oice with some telegrams, and on my way to the Priory I ventured to look in to -see if Mrs. Wenslade had found herring. When Lord Monk- ` silver and I were here earlier in the afternoon she was greatly distressed ` by'1tS loss. `M - \x7`...__1-.I- -1-__u, u -, 1, _, u RIC Bdlu. I CBPCLLIHllJo Not at all; by` no means, replied` Mr. W'enslade in the tone of affable condescensioh he always affected to4 wards his brother s factotum. You have, perhaps, brought me a message from Charles-from Lord Monk- silver? . 171 -10 .1 '. u . 9 . 0 . .1 ICILIIJCI CU Dl.CCl I fear,that `I am disturbing you? -he said respectfully. T Inn-.. -. -11. 1..-- ...- ............!! --..1:..A 69'!--'. house. E0! a more complete . 'ance he must trust" to time and Ah_is_I, own ingenuity. _ , . , _ The Rector of Beac_on-Audley was nothing if` not industrious, and after :- pondering the situationfrom his post of vantage on the hearthrug. for ;a full quarter-of an hoursat down at his carved" oak table andidrew to- wards him a plentiful supply of blank foolscap. Though it was but Tues- day._ his methodical habit impelled him to commence one of the ser- mons in which, on the following Sun- day, he would chastise his congrega- tion in the ancient Norman church. For two. hours he concentrated his mind on his work, writing steadily, and then a dark shadow fell athwart the table from the open window. causing him to -look up. Mr. Carter Ravenscar stood there in the half de- precatory attitude of one reluctant to interrupt. _A remarkable looking man was Lord .Monksilver s private secretary. A eshless swarthy face heightened the effect of very prom- inent eyeballs. It was `the type of countenance that defies an accurate guess at age. His long, lean limbs, in spite of their thinness, [suggested "strength ' rather than weakness, asthough wrought of tempered steel. T nn.. J.`-ans T noun 11:1-I-11-In-:r|rr .1rr\11? ' _ _ He might have been i Just over thirty, or just. under fty. ever, hislatest Edictgwas in c_`ourse~_,o_fe fullment. ` He` had; struck a" V blow, eectual if not decisive, against fur- ther intercourse between Richard and that preposterous, young` _woman. `At least they. should not enjoy the facilities of residence in the same; `house. For a more complete seven-- ` -- L- ...-.... 4.-.. on tim and his :'tu6`V uau u.1sap_pea!'C_a trom the vista. _:, _`_Th_v d1dx_1 t not1ce_ us, said the ';;'g1{.1Mw1th a sigh of relief V i u _ . up IIQQAIA. .1.'.!..)a. Lu`: 1 1` '- "tlit htt- .1 I V IIIIO Beacon F ) __ _'__.. .--v\.yvv\pVbI' 1 dill detaining yon unduly. I only wished to beg you. if you meet my daughter anywhere about, to ask her to come home and relii-v`e...her poor old fath- er's anxiety. This thing has upset me. I'd go and look for her myself if it wasn't forthis infernal gout. Elisha. looking down, saw that the` Captain's right foot was swathed `nl a annel bandnap 'l`|-- -=-I-A ~---' ,,....u mm gcuume aisgust. "There are nobler uses, friend Crowe, for the generous uid, which rumor tells me are unknown to you. However, I am wished to_ relieveaher fath- ,I d look for 'i_t'w_rasn_ t {orthis gout. F _.,..,..u auu uuucr--Just oecause that d---d Chaloner Wenslade has got some bee in his bonnet. You clean your shoes with whisky, remarked Elisha sourly. I '."Not much- f`_2ntg:.. v......1..... -- vnuaxy, remarked Elnsha '.`-Not much, Captain Vaughan rc- ,plied with -genuine disgust. There are noler nape `pig.-..I r---_- 1'- -' .-351;`: wun a sign or reuet. ~.My uncle didn t. but I .wouldh We so sur-_e abqut his precious secre- >';7IE|fE". -Dink -X-lr'sd*I`i :')I'n-1-n".Ir4';..l un-u.-;._ W aA'rTL: uutuc. um 1 cont mean that she drinks it-the speaker laughed at the indignant horror in Elisha s tiny face. But it'll make the shoe pinch, you know, to have to keep her in _bread and butter--just because tha | 1 `KIA.-..1o.A- `--- -` -Inuva UL l-IIC uiaunc HC 1130 IHSDITCCI i in his abstemious neighbor, possibly. because Elisha, "as far as he could, avoided all in-tercourseywith him. `The stealthy egress. from his'dom- icile that had just been frustrated was no exception to the rule, his in- tention being to get away without being button-holed by. his bugbear. _I am sorry to hear` that Miss Phyllis has lost her place, he said, `trying to moderate the carrying pow- er of his tremendous voice. Not more than I am,,.Crowe; not more than I am:` responded the Cap- tain heartily. -i It's a terrible thing to have a healthy girl thrown on your hands when decent whisky can't be TOaoN1'o-----"'" ;Aua0sI 2m to smaunan uzun. I 3! -1 FERHIE BAND OF THE KII.If_ J! 34; - 4 ubvu -uau us 1uu._y, uuaunutcly SUCIIIE as to where he had been or what he! `had donetin the interval. He was; possessed of a modest. competence,; how derived no one knew, and he had now lived next door to Captain Vaughan for fteen years. _As a ra-' bid water-drinker, he despised and! 'detested the bibulous old so1dier.] whom `for some unexplained reason; Lord Monksilver allowed to dwell` rent freein the adjoining cottage. ` C2hf; Pacir rnan L:-A --A 6ana~ '1cuI. xrccvm UIC aajommg cottage. ,_ The Captain, _easy man,` had no xdea of the dislxke he had inspired win hi: ahefprninne nginhkn- ......-:LI-- man ferret, and the proclivities that: had earned him the title had not en- deared him to the inhabitantsi Though a native of the village, he} had disappeared from it when twenty; years old, to` return a prematurely; `aged man of forty, absolutely silentf he in uyl-Inns Ian I-MA L... A. ...l_..L 1...- ' Tattoo every ni ht. . ggw 3 ,_ actions. Q...` -.l_.`I-- ;;su._ wugcu suggested me '01. apbzrd an quest of worms. `He was `_looking neither to the right not left, `and certamly. did not `see the yqung ggeople in the woodland walk. Be-,. complexion. and_17vith'bjroad Should- ._` jets which, if they had riot stooped a "-little, would have'given hir'n'the,sem- alance of an athlete. In ten 'seconds ;thev had disappeared from the vista. 3' Then: Aidan` mu-:... ....n --:.1eu.- _ ind himelstrode a mo1"_.. inipdsin-iii; 'gure--that of a, tall` man"..oi dark :_:1;z_ ' HIV-I My :;xcuas1u.1;. ` ` } _ ,1: ORR: vnv Hall. Write for our private n _ ,, _ _. ._... sassuaud must be ad VI '9` to our_ Cangdxan Correspondence j g; ment in Wmdsor, Ont. sec us getsonaily call at our Medical Institute in Det no-pauenu in our Windsor oices which are fo roit as weisee a} r Corr<:sponr1en .I.ab'oratoty `for Canadian business only. Address all letters as ~ nus, KENNEDY & KENNEDY, Windsor, Ont. 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