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FALL FAIRS. A i<'e'p:. Vept. .cpt. l. -\u Oct. 6.` Il\Il\I -IL ID \vVI\-CECIL`: \JII\I \JL a yali The Jew took the box in his dirty ngers and bent over it with puck- ered brows. Lemme see, he said, reectively, it is a long time since I bought .that case-way back in 82, I think. Ah, I remember and yes, it is night enough, there should be two of them. beautiful barkers in the case. Now who could have----? He broke `off suddenly, a slow smile of innite cunning spreading "he sat gazing atthe solitary pistol in its nestof green baize on the desk before him. Then his inward `mer- riment found `vent in a wheezy little stied, at the same time restonng laugh, which. however, he._instant1y his face to its normal expression as though annoyed with himself for the little display. Hie glanced curiously at Phyllis as though in some anxiety to observe its effect on her. ' i an ,,, u__-_,1-z_- ,_ A! u_:,-1_ 1.'__. _..L. over his crafty Hebraic features as] , 1910; : U111 HG! uigllu` 1U!` uu: cixac. . So long- as `you know about it., she said. "I had better enter the description as a duelling case with one pistol decient??? nut Dar.`-nan` nuns at mantis .- I found that the lgololas were ndt true to the .des'cription on the lid. The. case had certainly been made to con`- tain a pair of 'pistols,but only one 6f the green-baize-lined partitions held such a weapon. ' LP4, I % OF [COMMERCE "Inteiest at the cutryiaientt ellowed on all depost " tits of $1 and upwards in this Depment. Cafeful atteritiolj is given to every BCCOUn. Sm3.l.;depos1tsare welcomed. ' " . Accounts may be 0 in the names of two or more persons, withdrawals to` " made.by_any or_:e of them or l_>y the sur-` \I:lll'|I pl III QEA Alan: -IIrr:AII\ n-\n`1IA`-an-an -an `tub is `A --_'-; i_w01#uP0cAI{I1AL. $10,000,000 . RESERVE FUND, $6,000,000 CHAPTER IX.-.-(Continue,.d.)' SAVlNG BANK DEPARTMENT ,4 vuuaunuvvuw uu yo u|uuc.uy any UIIG Ul IIIUIH Ul uy l.l'lt.= a'U[- , vivor. Full an clear written instructions `as to who IS to make the withdrawals should .alwa s be given to the Bank when opening accounts oithis na ure. _ ` a 1, 7 SIR EDMUND WALKER. c.v. 0.. LL; 0;. D. c. I... pnaamm _. `ALEXANDER VLAIRD. `GENERAL MANAGER - .. BAFl'R|EBRAN'CH . H.}J. GRASETT. Manager. una, .|u,a.y._E_i. Except, .:sh`ut`ting pieo-A" le up in ` ` dungeon WlthOl1t windows and doors, it .-is difficult, even for a cunn.ing old Jew, to ex- elude news from 'thCl`!`l_` nowadays, and Mr. Raphael was literally_,cauht nanpimz. I`t"w.as custom `after his mid-idav meal to` doze in his arm- chair in his oice and while he was thus en-gazed ..a ` by;= calling the early edition of an evening` paper. .ca'me ~a1ong.the. street. "1"hy.llis,'Vwho had returned to her catalo'5tu'e_ in the r'n_usty`.sl1op-front,)_ heg1fd,_`the.. shrill cry. and craned her head `for'*.a "sight :0; 4t`he?;_c_ontent . i ` V . `-`_ .1V"I-IIE BEACON? '1`h.ey ve told me` that in three ' other` dealers shops in this` ' street ,/already, so` I'7suppose I must take it as gospel, said the ,sergeant, care- fully wrapping up the pis,fo1. -``Per- haps it came out of a privatecol1ec- tion 9" % M/'\ ,1 0 1 Va .. -up` yucu -_l-llylllb` cuiuny. No business of yours/repeated the Jew, as though he. had hardly been looking at it in that light. W.ell, come. to think of it, of course it `ain't. But as you've shown un- common _common sense, I don't" `mind letting you into a secret of the second-hand trade." Never give any information to the gentlemen from Scotland Yard un'less there's a re- ward hanging to it. I might have made_,a peck of trouble for __someone if I d given away that you and I know to that:s1ipp"e`ry 'cove.- Mum's thetword,7..ai1d:`fdon't Tyoufforget it. With: whic.h.i`h`*' stumped .back..{to his` glass ;;;eage;e:f511t'A' all the "Aresft - of the` morning;-:-:,i1,e,`I_wat'ehed the git!" an-- ceasiiay.;;; Kr-.ough' the door, _ and`. be- ; fc't",,:`'..1_`.. ='__"wygi_|l1V'tftL`7,t(_'>_`i ..his dinner he dived into~*'=th3`;kithn 5 at'_ -the -. back ;and cairefittt` ty ;;_`th_ef..,{?Daily. .MaiI, Whiitiv; , .~. . t?,=jl'd5ii`st 'w5h.e'.n_ ,2 , e`.,-;w. 5'>`i_stol-case for ;,-".1.-.-" .T$u.:`k~`-`.2 1 L - Pyetty thing,.'mist.er,` he said handmg it back, but of no com- - m-ercial_,va1ue without its mate. No, I m always glad to oblige the police, but I canit help you here. I. haven't lsold arduelling pistol -for more years "than I can count. In fact, there's no demand for em, you see, they V being not -old enough for antiques and not wanted formodern requxrc- lments. " (UTWL _ 9 . ` ` .4 .- I >.u a 2'CfItlm3'S valet would do." . A very good not1on,_ and `-I'm obliszed to you for i_t.,satd Sergeant Scott, bowing `himself out_ without ~wa.sting further words. Tkn A11:-2.-u nAAAmn`QnnL ..L.\'.\.I I-_I-2--'_. 1'5.n`=``r.iis`:':u.` has; tmsngg maa` . him quite fai`r?. vva.auu5 Lu: ull WUIUS. The curio merchant stood looking after him and `muttering to himself for the best part of a minute, then slowly transferred his gaze to Phyl-l lis and stared as.if he would read her inmostmind. f . , l;?.`;fFunny thingithat he should come in just then, he wheezed, wagging his _dirty'bea'rd within an .inch of the frank young face. Now I dessay, miss, you're thinking I didn't treat n :. .... ' -: ...:4--n us yauuuuvu IIUIII it muuu UIGIJK UKR- I am" a detective Qicer from ` Scotland; Yard, Miss, ahd"I looked. in to'se'e if yow could help me in Etracingtthe pisto 1,~h'e ,:cfaLic1'civiI1>'". is he took the wrapping from the "wear pon he, had brought, If it has ever -passed through_ your han_ds`3;ou., will ..-_.;the more readily recognise It. as it ascertained `that "these _ hair-trigger .`and -$'o'ld- an cases of t_w.a.. %-"is evidently one: of `a `pair; [I have 'du11igg`- t,pist`b1s; were 5}-'a1'_'vvaysA fm,adcT - -l`.. ..II:.'. '......I_1 'I.-..`.n_-~_ :.f._1:-_--;- u_;,_' `llllll quuc Ialr I It `is no business of mine, A re- plied ` I hyl!i's coldly. \Tl\ kununnan A: -.A..'.;.. H :....---A.-_I II o - - Or. else a pawnbroker s, Mr.` _Raphael suggested with the air of! desiring to be helpful. I should trv the golden balls. if .I was you, `mister. A servant might havestolen `it fromv his master and pawned it. reckoning that if the left the case and ;the other pistol the theft wouldn't ,be discovered so soon. Kind of thing a gentleman's valet would do. A' .... -- -......1 __.LE.__ ,1! , __--,-g _Mr. Raphael` arrived in som.e ha'ste, hxs hungry countenance expressing v-- '...`..v---- u a comical disgust on thedetective reheating` his _se1f-introduction and statmg his busmess. And s e1p me I thought you was a.cu_stomer, he spluttered as he took the pistol in his hand and examined it.. Phyllis looked in vain for the star? of re- coqn*itiouTwhich` she expected, but the old Jew s fadedteyes wandered {over the pistol blankly. (111.. u" . .. `The warning tapstap. of Maui Raphae1 s `two sticks _on the shop: oor relieved vthesituation so far as she was concerned. "I have only been here a few days and have'no- thing to do with the sales,- she'said.' ;.Here is theproprietor. Perhaps you had better `speak to him. . It is highly probable that it was sold recently for a specic_'purpose, but at prsent ; there is'no proof of `that, he replied. A - AL. . an A an - voice'_'that, Sergeant Sqott looked` sharply at her. - . ` 6'67 . 0 1 by 3` aparggnuuu, wclc Da kfrs 5 't f'` th `.`1"ea `and skinneg be e .1'd,ex-ly UIIV |l\'B\llU-C U! .lJCaCl!Tl3'S The half-score of hovels, buxlt for the `most part of drift-wood and roofed with tarpaulin-, were occupied` a..1-ace amm fmm +1.. ----a-_a-. ..--y------g uuu II!-r IIICI llilruly ~al'lY- one. He swung along at `at good pace, and, on reaching the end of` the street, swerved to the left along . the fsands, following the curve of the. bay o.t_h_e.jisolated cluster. of sher- m`en's cottages that x'1`est'l_ed under the headland -of Dea"d_man sV Castle. -Th `lII`.Il't\rn AN` `A4\uwa'n L_,!1. 9' Iv vulrvolu After a mornent s hesitation, T she carried the case to the-~couuting- house, where with one eye on the shop door, M?1'. `Raphael was smok-V ing a "rank cigar and reading the `Daily Mail. "I am sorry to disturb you, she said, "but I 'don t_like to book the contents of this box with- out calling your attention to it. The inscription mentions a pair of p18- ;taols, but there is onlyeone in the A box; It is evidently one_of a pair. T43..- inn`. `Ln I'\l`\s- 1.. L:rn ,1-abu- cu tu ll]: 'l_'GClDI_ 0;! Inc telegram. -`Halting for a moment.` in the high- waf/j.: Ravenscar reduced. the flimsy sheet to ashes with the aid of arwax match, and then struck downwards through the village street to the shore ofthe__ cove. It`, was a sultry afternoon, and he met, ha?-`dly any: He sw11'nr`nlnnn-, -... ~... _--J vuluyls Iur ucauuauun llllI'0WI'l." Telling the boy that there was no reply, Ravenscar ~stood stock still staring` at the form, his hairless face a mask of screened emotions. The absence of signature "made no dif- 'ference to? him. The oice where the telegram had `been handed in told him all that it was ncessary to know. Finally, after -consulting his watch` and a pocket railway time- table, h_e sauntered down to the lodge in thewake of the telegraph messenger. There the boy got on to" the bicycle. Whichlhei had` `left, and Ravenscar was able to quicken his ~pace without any risk "of undue speculation on _ the, part c of the ypungster as tq cause and effect. It did.` not, Stilt him -that the -walk he -to_._ _take' ' should be, "attribut- 'd .lto"-flle 1_'fe`eipt_ of thetelegram. N 4| ` &nLn"..A.`-L. 1,- mu as .u_y a. cnauc: encounter. For me? he said pointing to the orange envelope. Yes, sir, replied the messenger. I was to wait to see if there was an answer I ve brought a form. a venscar tore open the envelope and read: 'Red light ahead._ Our guest, left this afternoon three o'clock for destination unknown. `LA K--- J.L_L LL ..,__ upvu Lt). a. uuaxgc U1 IIILTUSIYCIIQESS. `Smoking a cigarette meditatxvely, and pacing to and fro with his n- gers interlaced behind his stooping back, he chanced to glance through oneeof the two oriel windows that looked over the park toward the lodge gates. Therpreoccupation on the tall sec:-etary s sallow face was chased `away by a- sudden gleam of l .al'e'rtness, for coming along the drive was a` boy whom he recognised as the telegraph messenger from Bea- con Audley post office. Mr. Raven- scar, snatching up a cap, ran down to` the hall door and intercepted the'[ lad as by a chance encounter. For he said nnihfina fn mp Onthe afternoon, however, of the day preceding the -adjourned inquest on Mr. Wenslade, the old nobleman was entertaining` a county magnate of still higher rank, who had driven over.from a distance to gather the latest particulars of the tragedy un- der cover of a visit of condolence. The Marquis of Esdaile was certain to_ `stay for an. hour or two, to rest his fat carriage horses, and in the imeanwhile Ravenscar had `sought the `seclusion of his room. '- He knew his place, this soft-footed factotum, and was careful never to- lay himself open to apcharge of intrusiveness. ` |cnnAI;:n-an. .. ............L;... _.-...I2L_L2-_-I-- CHAPTER x.n .. , 7 The Red -Light, Mr. Carter Ravenscar, as`betting the trusted secretary of `a peer of` the realm, enjoyed- the useof a lux-l urious private sitting-room at the Priory; Hither .he retired to write` his `employer s` 1ettersVand ' pull the wires that controlled the great estab- lishment; here, too, he spent such rare,mom.ents of leisure asehe per- mitted himself. The latter were! neither numerous or prolonged, since, I from a sense of either duty or self-7 interest he never left Lord M_onksil- ver alone for-long if he could help! it.. . I - uub,\ral-I auu auuuuxcu a ICW JXIICS 011 a `slip of paper, placing it in a con- spicuous position on- the half-nished catalogue. Then some uncanny in- uence caused her -to look behind as she made for the shop doo'r. The Jew had risen, and was peering at that `through the glass, the malignant {glitter of his eyes for an instant rooting her to the spot. But. gib- bering inarticulately, he himself. "broke `the sbell. bv. hobbling out of his caste, and Phyllis turned and ed into the street. Before he reached the door `she viias losttin the thick of the crowd. ` - 1 | uuwu uuuulu Ldllbc LDC` CIIIIIK OI CfUCl\"| ery, telling that Mrs. Raphael was` performing` one. of "her duties as houselfold drudge in washing up the dinner things. After a moment s` hesitation Phyllis. stole up" the stairs to the little bed-Chamber she had occupied during her short stav. and presently came down again with her hat and jacket on. " f\ I ucu. quu. 4a\._ncL UH`. I `On her way gut she stopped at "the bureau and scrxbbled a f_ew__lines on In -51::-\ at an...-... -1--2.._ '"""' I T"~We Iunder-stan'd, it` ran, that startling developments may be'1ook-' ed .--for, at the adjourned" inquest on the m.urdered~ Rector of Beacon Aud- ley, and that an arrest is imminent, In the meanwhile Detective-Sergeant Scott of Scotland Yard, who has been assisting the `local authorities, has left for London to endeavor to trace the vendor of` the pistol. left on the scene. of the crime. It `may facilitate the detective s task if we state `that the weapon is a single- barrel muzzle-loader, with a hair- trigger pull-o, of the obsolete type formerly used for duelling purposes. `Experts to whom it has been sub- mitted express the opinion that it is one ofa., pair. 1IT.!L_ n , . , I0 'I'\I I10 4 01 .1 .auu nuxu nu cuacs or I,W.0o" APhv,-his could hardly fbeliev hex-L __e_yes.g; The d.clicat ely[ chased rearm X` U-.`V' ;`7-"wa`s_ `_the.twi`i 1"`I:):-'<:ith<:':- . so far` asgaov % ;.:e%F.!:gd. ~`4`r"+`L,V$wR_>`\'~'h;V`,1>r;.-.".a'..R~ >V.L `~=t:'1'e.&r'a,t 1.x`v.1i;. `went. of ew.,J>_1'(,t__b1A`,;in*!fch,. ?,``S3fl I5*?. `--v y. u-, run-OI ,W`hite to the lips, Phyllis laid the newspaper down and glanced through the` [glass door of the counting- house. Mr. Raphael was in the land of dreams; with his unkempt head. sunk on his chest. From the kit- chen behind came the- chink` of `crock- inatv L1-n:..__ LL_; 1, `I1 _ .h iiSl;It`o?*th"S'eef'i?ttd6i`. `IE1 -.ii1bitiient.` later her. fifightened eyes were glued to` the corresponding pafagraph, which as usual had.litt le~tnore to tell than the scare headline. But meagre as was `the news it told her, in `one ash "of enlightenment, that she had been woefully at fault in deeming that the episode of the morning was. not her . business." That dusty pistol-case and Mr. Rap- hae1 s singular reticence toward_s .the detective gained ..a sinister signic- atnge by the light of that catch-penny '1 cm. g I 1 THE %NO R HERN ADvAfN.CTE "hrs: toes'? : : `she c-rie_,d_. .31 say; nun lldlu CVC5 1-u,guttcl'm2'. ` On v if he is` found guilty after a fair trial, game the.` replv in-_a tone of mild reproof, `which. howe._v`er, eemed jto_carrv but 1it_tle- weight. For Ella winked knowimrly. should be mistress of the Priory Monksilvei` has ';t1x'rnedh~i1{i.', Care L`uaL _yUI.l lC\.`UgIll5C Inc lmDOSSlDlllty of my having shot Mr-. Wenslade, for, apart from that, you have put your nger on the core of the situa- tion. I hadn't meant to be quite so fi-ank with you--,-not yet, at least- but,.after all. what concerns me con- cerns you. I"_don t mind telling-you that matters an-e`shapin_g themselves as nicelv as if I had pulled .the strings in the wav you are,so unkind as to hint at. Now; that you are in partnership you mustn t* be surprised at anything you see or hear. `H1 ; __xn - 0 "' '~-'-1""--5 Jvu etc Ur ncar." It. will suit your bbok if W'enslade` is'o hanged P. T said the 5o*:,*::%.:s;':':41:t=:5::.*s;- -__'.,r v.-wu-- - Ravenscar` scowled _ darkly at the speaker; but be restrained the wrath- .ful rejoinder that ew`to his lips, and gradually the ,f{rown ga,ve>place to tolerant amusemex_1t.; u1r_,, - ,, ---......, us-suayaanullt. ifou are _wonderful`ly outspoken, Ella, he said _atte:'-ing her by look and tone. It IS `fortunate for me that you recognise the impossibility Of mvlhavmo slant Mr. \x7.....1...1.. uuu nu: auaszuuug uuuacu. You ve every call" to wish Parson, Wenslade, and Dick too, out of the way,uain t you? she giggled foolish- ly. I ve heard you say that the en- tail ends with their two lives, and you've got tha.t silly old lord under your thumb. With them. two cleared off the hooks what s to hinder the Priory and everything but the title being left to you? I knowyou didn t do the --mfurder because, though you".re clever, you're not clever enough to have been in two places at once; but blessed if I don t think that you ain t sorry. for what's happened! `A . - _ uuax uuL U1 nuc aUulClllIlCS.' [For some inscrutable reason this man s regard was'precious to the strapping sherwench. but` she cou'd not resist a sort of feline delight in playing` with him-perhaus _to repay rhim for absenting himself. - \7___1__- -_-- -A - F IJIIC VIDLLII UCIIDICII Va But Mr. Raphael was of another mind on the matter. Better not make any entry at all," -he replied, stroking his straggling grey heard with one gnarled hand and keeping the other on the ease. T'isn t like- ly `there dJ)e another `fool in the world s would buy a broken lot like `that. ve made my prot on the case already and I ll withdraw it from stock. Perhaps_ I'll hang itup In the parlor some day as a nice ornament,'when I've got the time. - `Uh-1. ...l-.:..l. In- I:`4'4-nil 4|..- 1:.-I at UI I.u\._y uugul. uuvc Ddlu. II was V011. ' What .nonsense are `you talking! `began Ravenscar, an ugly spasm, contorting his face. only to be quick-~ lv suooressed. Even in jest you shouldn t lend your tongue to such folly. What oossiblesmotive could I have for desiring the death of my employer s brother? Really, Ella. I I you go too far; in trying to take a 1159 out of me sometnmes. was 1-n....n 2....-._-_;._I_1- ,,--- -I ' i L'_|llll I. DIIUUL IIIIIIOCILK I It was murder. responded Rav-I ienscar gravely. There will probab-l :1}! be an arrest after the adjourned inauest to-morrow. I tYou.ng Dick We11_slade? Everything points to it. Ella Standish ha_d perched herself on the edge of the deal table. and` she searched Ravenscar s_ motionless face in la steadilyhcalculatinp: gazei that . was not devoid of mischiei Yes, she said after a silence brok- en only by the splash of the waves on the sands without: if it s all true what they put :in the paper I can t see how it could have been anyone but the youg fellow. Lucky for you. though. wasn t it, that you were with his lordship when the shot was red. or they might have said it was vou." \KfI....4. .........~.-..-.... -_.. ____. .-1I,- an \J Ill) D\vII'- ' The girl gavea sigh of content and disengaged herself. _I never, thought of that. she replied with a hard little laugh. Of course. ifyou, couldn t help it I must forgive you for neglecting of me, though It seemed cruel. hard at the time. Is it found out who murdered the. Dar-I son. Carter? It must have been a murder,.I suppose? The old boy ?C',l(`l`l;l"t shoot hir'nse,lf? I 4 ___-- ..,_, __ ,__ ; I 1 -I-\ u1a1|\.\. `\.IL Pa,DDI\JlIa.L\r L\rI VLII . Dearest, f he said, still holding! her and kissing her at intervals, thei separation has been as hard for me, as for you. It is all that miserable, affair at the Rectory-the death of` the clergyman, his. lordship"s, broth-l er. I am only a servant, `you know, [and I have been kept on the trot by `it, without the chance `of a moment I I . l to myselt." . ' Tkn ...I..1 ,....-.,. ._ ..2...L .. -....a.-._.1. Gllkl. lL[\JD\a VVILII, '.y\JLl l\ll\JVV- Ravenscar stepped ` inside-the' do_or_ opened directly into..the_on}y liymg room-and taking the girl m his arms kissed her with'every sem-- blance of passionate fervor. TWA...-A.-L , `an (-11:11 n6: Dare out clean. . The visitor s tap on the stoutlv- timbered door was answered with suspicious alacrity by. a well-grown buxom girl 6f twenty. She were at short skirt of coarse brown home- spun and a amimr scarlet'blouse. cut low at the neck. which. in con- junction with her tawny esh-tints -and bold dark eyes gave her a giosv iappearace. Handsome she was. with- I out doubt, with her ripe red `lips and xchiselled oval features, but her beautv _was that of an untamed ani- mal knowingno law but Nature s bidding. erce alike in love and hate. T ..-..4...1..-.t -..... -1--- 41.... 1.......1.H` UIUKIIIIE, ll\}1\.\r dlll\\. Ill IUVD auu ll1|.\-- I watched you along the beach, she said in a deep musical voice, as she stood aside for` him to enter. I was beginning to think of coming tip to the Priory to.make inquiries: should have to-morrow, like as` not. I'm not` the sort you can play fast and`loose with,-you know_. 'Do\uol5I-tlirldd nC'Ao\\A -q-n:/`A "1-val 'SnO'I't .a5 tncxr Illculullca Wblb av--5. Ravenscar kept on nearly to the :foot of the` zig-zag`. path that` wound upwards totthe lofty downs on` the gentler declivity which, steep though it was. was mild by Contrast with the `sheer drop into the sea` at the `other side of the promontory. "1`he rude abode which he approached stooda little apart from, and was larger than, its fellows, and looked as if a m.ore liberal allowance of tar hadbeen expendedon its. "rough- hewn walls. The tiny windows on either `side of the door, no larger than those of a caravan. were even smartened b'y lace curtains, thread-~ [bare but_c_lean. '31-- ,__A-_)_ L__ A- LLA l'!`l'\d"II E a Z`h11"'11.Ci`1." ."'.'\ vv5i-`e"x1"t"" .t_hat'-i`the hliti `. ;1i1acsa?r.?1: their veins spran`g`f_fomo a `foreign crew} whose bar `ue-shad been~'wfeclc-f ed t~wzo'~ hundre - years ago on the reef~ where the stump of the -ruined lighth9use_now stood.- _Be_.this'as it may," the denizens .of the wave-wash-t ed settlement were looked upon ask- ance by the rest of the community, and were credited with more ques- tionable methods than shing for extracting a `living from the sea. But such, things `were not openly spoken of in` Be'acon Audley, for" the men of the headland had tempers as short their memories were lonhg. n ` ` ` ` ` ` --A ant-In fn 1' P 1---; A... `SJ \JIJ3\vIV\a I \rll\v\:L LII] 'll\-I. V y I was laughing to` think howinv memory s going, he said, with -strained eort at jociularity. Real funny it is, miss, how you for'get`1it- tle things when age creeps on. Why, it all comes back tome now. same as it might be yesterday. how I sold the fellow of that pistol to an Am- erican gent. twelve years ago come next Passover. A` little fat 'fair'man, he was, with a pointed beard and as obstinate as a mule. He w6i1ldn .t takeithe case with `the pair of pis- tols..1hough in the end I made him pay as much for the one he did take as_he would have had to pay for the pair. ` 'DHu:a uuvoha ant c-nu:-1n :nfAu-Aclvnz` :11 Dick _ _ V-.. --- -uunu :luC OI tne VII` Iage, towards Wroxmouth harbor: ;t_;9y rg _to`l' g_et , the sack soon. l' ,8 4"` '0odj:tgme comimrfor the 1i,.k(s`;_ fu usj V}en" 3,1 fit-11!li. ~id:lt: snegks = avg: ` ` ;,%Baruan1;pt.*&J%: ' s nu; uc BCCII ITO! the boat. Standish. with intelligent interest, watched his companion s insoection of the coastline The light-keepers no yonder can't see you. nor yet can thevfolk ait.Beac'on Audley or at our place, if that s what` you re after provmg, he said at length. `This ceptl when 'someoi1e `chances to walk on thepath as runs along the downs at the CH5 edo-9 " The strength of the ciirrent that raced round the reef made it impos- sible for Standish to literally obey- the order, but by gently paddling he kept the boat in. position. Turning in- the stern-sheets,` Ravenscar look- ed back and `assured himself that they had left the village and the nearer Settlement out of sight. The vast seaward face of the headland shut them both from view. Then he let his eyes range upwards to the summit of the down four hundred feet above. narrowlv scanning the greatbeak of jagged rock and the steep escarpment of cliff that started from itvand ran for miles till it dwindled into the invisible distance. The new lighthouse on the top of the point, being built a hundred yards inland from: the brink,` could not be seen from the boat. ' -Stnniela -n.34I.`:..4..1I2._-._. !,.. any uuculuga. I Ill! I||.IIUu3-o The latter being `on the extreme end of the reef; with deep water on three sides of it. their course round the headland took them close under the remains of the tower. When they were not more than two boats length off Ravenscar suddenly held up his '* hand. Lay on your oars a moment, he said. I want to get my bearings. - ' A sf-nnsounpti. AK A`. A --2` V V- -- - -1 The headland slanted a little away from the cluster of huts. and the {sunken reef. on the end` of which was the ruined `lighthouse, curved' still further outwards from the base of the sharp nose oi. the oromontorv towards the open sea, that was hid- den by the tremendous wall of the downs, the result being that the! broken column of the old beaconf was invisible both from the village andfmm the little shing colony. Standish pulled a strong car, but the tide was against him, and it was itwenty minutes before theyrounded lthe corner and neared the breakers thatswirled and eddied between the Ifpot of the point and the discarded Lliahthouse. . [LL kUu|a\. tu Luna: tn uvu IIDII 'A`Th `Standish glanced at him in some surorise. That s a new caper with. you: I never knowed `you venture on the water before, he said puck- erinq his blackj brows. But he did ias he was. bid. and with a vigorous Lshoveof his mighty arms pushed the` lboat back into the sea. holding her[ itill Ravenscar had taken a seat in] the stern. Then he, too. leaped in} and. seizing the oars, "rowed out on; a course "to clear the point. . | FIVL- I_-,_I1-.,j -1,,-A..._I _ IZLLI- _ _ . . -. I IICHUIHIIU. 1 ldld not xmmecnateny rcspuuu |.U -5, AI have seen Ella and made it"=11l1 right with her, he replied." No lfear of. a quarrel between us. Mich-i 'aeI, on the score of inattention. She` `knows I m too fond of her to let` anything but sheer necessity come between us. Never mind hookinsz on `that grappler. You don t need to wind your boat up yet. I want you to take me for a row--round the I he.g`.dlan.(-1'1, -,`l__-.._I -L 3.-u a/`rap stand." V . , The last words were spokenavith, In drop of thtgvoice and with a cun- ning glance signicant of a closer icomprehension than it would be wise to dene more clearly. But if it iwas the sherman s intention to in- zvite a fuller condence, Ravenscar !did not immediately respond to it. `[1 1____- -4-.. U1`- neat` o-vunrin :9"; you. . Phyllis was not much interested in the labored explanation- She had fullled her duty in calling attention to the discrepancy, and she now held` out her hand for the case. B. I._.._ __ I___-_. -I.---L S). "I 'lOn2'- . again. , ' Michael- Standish had. pulled h's boat free of the rippling wavelets when Ravenscar aprrroachcd. and was about to `fix to the ringebolt in `the bows the chain by which,-with _the aid of a rude capstan, he would haul it above high-water mark. 1 swarthy man. in the full vigor of` `middle age, he was of great stature and of a breadth to match. The muscles on his bare arms stood out like_hoops of iron; his brawny chest `was covered with matted hair as thick as a retriever s, and as black as ink. The normal expression of his handsome foreign face was one of sullen ferocity, but at sightof his visitor it took on a look that was wholly sly and a little obsenuious. It was the look with which Michael Standish was wont to greet those lwith whom a community of interest had placed him. temporarily at least, on a friendly footing; except under such circumstances he neither sought, nor made friends. cu---4 ..u.........,~... air l-up cnirl in #110!` made Irxcuua. . _ _ Good afternoon, s1r,' he `sand m the -same. musical voice that char- acterised his daughter. Glad to see you on the shore again. .The gal's `been grizzling a bit, but I told her there was calls on a gentleman's ltime. the like of she ,wouldn't under- stand. a rust. 1__ __ ' n -A..,!.. ...aa-a cnnlrnn Tlrlfh `.V".`?x 10,1 '-. 1".`-".'r.7. 5-1 H -.R'avensgarfs__`eyebrows went hp in a .sa_r_dome gr1_n..Set your cap a-t `.h_ii'11',.,'feh; {with `no lr}esul ts"? he said d`rily.7` ',`*V\`/.'3ell,' Ifmay come to you for assistance yet, but for the pres- ent it will beenough if you tell me `where Ifshall find your father. vElla. uncoiled her shapely limbs from her perch, and with a free motion of her lissome hips strode to the door. He is out sinking his lobster-pots, but he is about due home, she said shading her `eyes seaward. Ah, there he is, beaching his boat now. Then I ll go and have ' a word with him, said Ravenscar, and with a parting caress he left the hut, pausing in the doorway to ing back a promise not to stay away so `long again. mr:..i......1 c4.....A:c1. 1.9.1 milled 11'; `3';g3- Aybug Wenslade, iwith his st1_xcTl,<-up -yvags andneve; an eye fo_r:.a pretty girl` 1 D , ....ao-.:_-nu.-a nunhrnnn: urpnf n `n I .. Ex Derien 99 m Elke: - ., Dcrrccz so we are to 1d, W . hlch . RDPIWS to une- ` '88! W . . S W ham been manu- hc fact ~ Tin . g Vine `'cI.v for : Past - have Sixty be yea :1 - 111 l.)1111q,,,g up In Can- the la ada. rge.st Vin "lost {his Kte$1%1ne:1buS`.55 `Public tr]: absolute `j "ce :. al- re gettiat In usizlg-g\u\`~m" to the `SJ-"Ossib`l`g 3 better .-`SO~\"5 U19)` Dude on e to buy` _]`}`~`gar than `I `Item, w}:'.51Vs in t`].`f`'here. \\'e the `benegch we are F15 accomplish- Ve1j-thel t of our INC 10 turn 10 adding t 355 contimD`}0I1s. but will Lmay. eveo our kx10M`;`1.\' seek to be 31.0w" en? hold the IF-T9. so that we vinegar 303 . If yo Sh Dosition we Take `always a k".'i1I1t the best gizng, rther. it f:tWILSON`S. n S , A. e "sht, T':1 1?)!`1e11ce and affe] `vith t Qilds, `V _ --I-j `By The Wilson Lytle Badgerow Co., Toronto (The Largest Vin- T egar Works In America). _TALK No. n-VINEGAR EXPER- | IENCE. Huntsville .. .l Lindsay . . . . . . 1 London . . . . . . { Markham .. . . l Midland . . . . . . New Liskeard Newmarket .. . Orangeville . . . Cvro . . . . . . . . . . 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VI IIGIIGUJII, VVIIVII ul VIE `UL IIIU lllllco With which he lifted the lid of the desk at which he was_.s'itting and dropped the case in, making ..P-hy'llis a gesture of. dismissal. Butgfor quite a long time after she had gone back to her work his eyesifollowed her furtivelg through the glass door of his hutjc .4 ` . EL. 1.. L 2,. __-_;I--_- I, -'..",.9_ Alliston A ,,4I, Pills and think the a "'f""`.."f FRANK EMSLEY, I.1ynd2(:y,m((;ht;r?m We cannot understand why ~03 will take chances with. - drag out a sickly 11a1].?:e(3zI;(ieraE encg, `missing three-fourths of thexm of_ hvmg, Without first trving Lydia? P`%I J1`ift f3I"`+`:. :1PBP9 .. .|. Alxnxnaut. D V CEC LGUH` L()mpOund. For thlrty years it has been the standard remedy for female illa and 1 has cured thousands of wome,{'.h have been troubled with such ailment. l as displacements, imlammation ulces l atio_n, broid tunlnrs. irregulzyaritieg` penodzc pains, backal-he, indigestion` and nervous m`0st_rafinn ' Pol u1u:\. }Iuu.3, UtL' h'rt('Il prostration. WasCuredbyLyd' E,p- ` ham sVegetableCl(?m mk P01! !`_iPg.3`}y' .09?-`f"I thin}: M h.. V VINEGAR TALKS THURSDAY, (TO be cmnimmrl.) U1 III3 lllpllllh She had put in another hour's cataloguing, when the shop "door was opened `and a short,- thick-set -man with a dogged. jaw and firm chin walked in. Seeing Phyllis writ-. ing`at the bureau near "the" window, be came towrdslher,`at- the `same. time `beginning `to .7-rem`ov.e, a; silk handkerehief from an1 article which` hearoduceld` from a small blackbag. Dill` - 0 I`MQIi`:IIQ 4-`mung