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xture of" .... - g Cauadi 0111:. If you desire, to see us ; ;}=Det19oit svwe _see--a t'id treat up 1 _ used ` for _ correspondence and duress all let _.._.v -.,w Q\IJAV-I V1535 I. ...v in,` J.,.,. u.;uu6uo -nu; Lu-uz1_y gfrom hxs quarters. V ; f -In his turban? -Do you mean [that it was hidden there? Yes, something of the kind. I I Mayne examined the paper again. I _ That is odd, he muttered after ;a pause. - = 1 But what does the writing mean? 'You say it mentions. his name and that of the Princess Roshinara? Surely it has some denite signic- . n`I'It`u32,, PI\I|oIo&\o' anoe ? '..'..`31`.`:`.'.= -v UGO`! wvsulivbl UL uuc mystery I.-[IKE added to her distress. The document `was something unknown; therefore, [it lent itself to distrust. 7 r 3 F 3 iwag wringing her heartstrings. Ifl anything, the illegible scrawl onlyl III!!!-Inc . Lay your case, before LB -2 Z: : 4 s. TlsQ I_||=Rl|o,*,",,":t 1 date not, marry; if you are max-ri 0111`, ant} nvnncnn an..- ......a.. _-1 _, If it is difficult for the present gcn.cra1ion to understand the man- ners and Ways of its im-mediate for- bours, how much more difficult to ask it: to appreciate the extraordin-` ary f( +2ttL1I'eS of the siege of Luck- ._now! Let the reader who knows London imagine some parish in the heart of the city barricading itself behind a mud wall against its neigh- bors: let him garrison this imsy f0rtr(:~:s with sixteen hundred and- 11in<:t.y-two combatants, of whom a largo number were men: of an in- `Flu-;r.n -..J -1 _`--_LL.l'__'l 1-_-u_ sauna lJ\I|_ IJJGLL! ll yULl 1 out and exposmg your past; if you 4 life--DRS_ KT .9. It ADE` vnn `He Was` 11 good Eastern scholar, lbut' the dull rays of a small oil lamp Eywere not helpful in a task always" .di1`cult to English eyos. He bent` L:. 1...... -._-_ LL- 1 . {7 v VIN!)-I-ll"A Then, in a bitter temper, she stooped again to_ -rescue ` the bit of ldiscolored paper ` that had fallen with the pearls. Hen anger was not !lessened by nding that it was cov- _ered with Hindustani characters. 'Thy, of course, oered her no clue ito the solution of the mystery that O O I Imam nynnnnm. `Inn- L......;._4___..-_ bout it. -It was that that rank]ed.1 Poor Winifred rose from her knees in _a mood perilously` akin to her hatred of the negro who dealt. death or diedblement to her friends of the garrison, but, this time,_ it was a. wo- iman, not a man whom she regarded RS. th Annvrnv .\_-vj 1* C an :1 j -` v` I `I Cor . Michiggn Ave. and Griswqld St., `mi. :1 ' - __._____, ..,... .. .. . you nonesny 11 you are ex YOU CAI? i? WHEN CURED you think I I `son 51., JILLIIIU` ferinr race ' `,,-___- All letters from Canadamust be addressed to our Canadian Corxtespondence Department in Windsor, ;e__ns,pers9na11y_ call at our Medical Institute in " " `X1`I'V`.'> L[ : uft;'h_!'bu"tjo_t , ir`x""c>"111'_Wi;1dsor"oicswhich are t ' ,business.on1y.. 5 How many young. men`- can look back on their early life and regret their misdeeds. Sowing their wild oats in various ways. Excesses, violation of na- ture s laws, wine, women and song--a1l have their victims. Ylou have re- formed but what about the seed you have sown-what about the harvest? Don t trust to luck. If you are at present withi_n the clutches of any secret habit which is sapping your life by degrees; if you are suf- fering from the results of past indiscretions; if your blood has been tainted from .. : - . - ' any private disease and you re married and live in dread of symptoms breaking vast; if you are suffering as the result of a misspent ` Tmv vnnr been "\n`I\-A I When the baby s hands are cold, fill a. small face hot Water bag with warm. not hot, water, and give it to him to play ,with. This novel toy HTTIFIIGIR VDGVV `Ina-In`-n nu.-I -A--- A'L~ -uunuusi tiny \JsAA\.A .u\, a.J.lJ!;1' 21. BHrCWa' Vthe_ travel-worn and blood-stained ,'man and horse. Thou has ridden 9 haw fares it at Lucknow? /"l'`.. `L. ,_H far and fast. What news hast thouj of the Jehad, (Religious War) and ! `said he, after a shrewd glance Peace be fh h-n 17a]-rnnwrI with thee, brother !" at V v-v-VVIIIV J IIIIVI IVVUI A hundoo 1 illustrated week! . IA:-gut ctr. culuuon olrgzy scientic joumynl. Tenn: tor `Cnnl;ll.83-7:n?WN`oD0880PNDl1 Sold D1 IIIIIIII A 1|- -- -- - I Ahmed. 'Ullah, Moulvie of Fyza-r. bad a quick ear for the arrival of the native oicer of cavalry from` Lucknow. I ' I with thgze, brother! 5___',I 1 His sympathy broke down her pride. She sobbecl as though her heart would yield beneath the strain. .For a little [while there was no" sound in the room "but Winifn2d 3 plaints, while ever and anon the .walls shook with the crash of the cannonade and the bursting of shells. .. I-AIVI` `I. `VHUIII 1 nave it. --Mr; ` HENRY` CLARK. G13'f."`.` Station, Ontario. - sLAA|l\IIJ ghells. My poor Winifred! he murmur- ed, you might at least. have been spared such a revelation at this moment. lKOlch and deacrl tlon m qI::i:'l?l:I'c::t?:l':1" :11! opinion free wgether :1 : Invent on It probably ateltble. ommnnlca. uou nu-ioty condent 1:]. M00 on Patents sent. iroo. Ides: a oncy for securing tenu. Patents taken 1: ran 1: Mann an o. recolvc cpcctalnoca, without. 0 urge. Intho 0.x...4x2x- 11... ...v - - -- Tana: Manna Dzsmus - COPYRIGHTS &c. Anyone lending 3 sketch and decor! msy quIckI{ ucortaln our w other nn x_1ypnt_o_n_g: probably patentsbla. Cnrnlnnnh-n_ n Then the man knew meant to the girl .- I arm around her neck towards him. J _Of course you have not forgot- ten, uncle, that Mr. Malcolm took us into his confidence so far as to ?tell us of` the curious letter that reached him after the second battle outside Delhi? said \Vinifred. "It saved him at Bithoor when the merr from Cawnpore meant to hang him and seeing` that. he had the one article in his possession, it is pass- ing strange that he should have .-.... ..\, mm `uuuatsu oroxen 111 with a bewildered exclamation when Frank seemed to regard the Prin- cess s offer of employment in her service as worthy of serious thought, There were other aspects `of the af- fair, aspects so sinister that he al- most refused to harbor them. Rather` to gain time than .With any denite` `motive, he stooped over the pass= again, meaning to read it word for. word. ,,__---- u..vu- vuv qlbl UIDKVIIV" cred a treasure it is. a trait of hu-- man nature to note cpretty closely the place [where it came to light. . Mayne was yet too much taken up with puzzling 1de-issues to pay heed to Winifred s demeanor. He `from her father s hunting lodge.` Could it be possible that his young? friend had met the princess on other occasions than that which Malcolm lauzhingly described as the lungingi of Nejdi and the plunging of his gmaster? It occurred to him now,` with A certain chilling misgiving,- that he had himself brok a }mm:1A......A -..n1---`=1 {would speak carelessly of such cious object? W.l_1ex_1- one` (1 Ann. 4 -I--- - -~ E32-'e`aaI':i1ti.';'{z'ii' e a 1 our mcgligine. nftyhas also -helped other ,W0}}len to whom I have recommended It. --Mr.q. I-Immw (`.1 um m.'..4-'.....-I t., Detroit, -0 Au all LJLLCILIIUWE 7 (T9 be qontinued). knew what. it all I.- He placed his and drew her Glanford Station, Ont.-"`I have taken _- - .._..,_.__=, LydiaE.Pinkham's '-'.'_~.j vvegetable Com- `. :.3';:{ pound for earn _:j:.;. and never ound ' -1. any medicine to compare with it. I ` had ulcers and fall- ing of the uterus, and doctor! did me no good. I-mered dreadfully_ until I 1.---.. 4.- Added to the Long List due to This famous Rgmedy. ...,.\., V; ;.no\.* JA\aVV`L7I "Shabash! e cried, as he dis- moiuitcd. May I never drink at the White Pond of the Prophet if that be not good hearing! So you have caught him, brethren! `W860 wax)! you have done a great thing`. .He.is not.kil1ed.? No? That isawell, for he is sorely wanted at Lucknow. T iehim tightly, though. He is 8. fox in guile, and might give me the slip again. May his bones bleach in an indc1 s g.rave!-I have hunted him fty miles, yet scarce a man I I met had seen him! Who rein 1: Malcolm. MORE CURES PINKHAM n '._ compaz ._ ulc do; goo: dreadft began ' medicir nhan ."u nd sa1t.i ed With.- e cl-oth v d~ay, " our and _v clean; be used . He11c(?.it was long past noon when a .~:o1'\'m1t zalmounced to {the Begum that the sahib-for thus the_ man dc:sc1`il)bd Malcolm until sharply ad- mouishcd to learn the new order of- spccch--thc Nazarene, then, was S0mL*\Vllilt recovered from his faint- ness. And about the samehour, when a subadar of the `7th -Cavalry cIat.te1`Cd into Rai Bareilly and was told that a. certain Feringhi Whom he sought was safely laid by the heels there, so sultry .was' the atmos- phcI`O that he seemed to be quite - glad of, the news. (AOL -L-,L I 1, - ' 1 ` " 1 : on edlo OIU .,;m1zsmY. pium, (JI-IAPTER IX.--(Continu_ed).` BANK or `NOVA scom Incorporated 1893. Barrie Branch. Five Points. L A Correct Nar- ative of the In- dian Mutiny : : I QHAPTER 11n {Jt3tf3i i$af{y Tricks with [ Author of A"Wins o! the Morning." Etc. Louis TRACY 'W`1;fg:;:_q1? at Leighli %. o c1oqk, after. 19; v1`'1m..dC;;.9f;::iD$1?9tif?3};'; g:,`the,. ` }.'g'em;ra1-- - 'w'o__rn ,_.u_by- Qh, we11,i you put it that way; I .w111 turn out to-Ibnorrow, was the! smiling? answer. . . V- I ...`.-_'__`.`._';. -- _A. ` -9 n'>.r ' `I"`1 ""' K _$C*5`.5`- |3y\l'Ul .`.fIt.will vptllzzse ` all of if you give m on 's~.>point sir ; -persist.- ed Wilson. - '- [[t\I -I-I. uh . n.` .-n JJVIIVUDUJWE la \7ApIUwUu -`pxaruco. ` Nothing of the kind, said. sir! Henry, cheerfully. The sepoys don t possess an artilleryman sgood= enough to throw a second sheli into` the same spot. TA. ._:11 _.1-_-.~:,_11 2.1- ,, -n -~ soiled`; uvvsv-J, uww uvvu: |.u.\rvv.u.' DU, ULIU BL]: , That same day Lawrence received? .what the Celtic -soldiers among the} garrison regarded as a warning of his epproaehing end. He was work-I jug 1n his room with l1is_.,secretary when a.she]1' crashed through _ the Welland burst at the feet of the two men. Neither was injured, but Cap- tain Wilson, one of his s'ta4-ofeer's,' begged the , to.` refnovefhis _of_-_ g- 1.- _ '1---` 3..---. V VVBEV N36 uu. sqfuvvc ce to a less exposed place, \T.\L'|...'.._. _...L" .a.`L- `l-.'...1 I wlv3efore the` siege commenced the British also occupied a strong v.a. vuv JJLLQGAE .I.IL%G (HUNG. palace called the Muchee ,Bho.wu.n, standing outside the ~ entrenchment and commanding the stone bridge across the river Goomtee. A few hours , experience revealed the dead- ly` peril to which its small garrison was exposed, and Lawrence decided at all costs to abandon it.` A rude semaphore was erected on the roof j of the Residency, and on the first ` morning of "the siege, three oicers ` signaled to the commandent of the ` outlying fort,` Colonel Palmer, that I he was to spike his guns-, blow up the building and bringkhis mm in- to the main position. The three did their signaling under a heavy. re, but they .were understood. Happily, the prospect of loot in the city drew s` off thousands of the rebels `after s sunset, and Colonel Palmer march- e ed out quietly at midnight. .A few t minutes later an appalling explosion shook every` in Lucknow. {Ihela Muchee Bhowun, with) its immenserl stores, had been blown to, the sky; Thu} aninn Jaw 1'nu-u-`Au-..-..---__-.'I.`. - 1 E ( E 1 uvesy snemereu on an sades, were 80 exposed to the enemfs guns` that when some sort of clearance was made in October, four hundred and thirty-ve cannon balls were taken ` out. of the Brigade Mae alone; 'I),.4`...... 4.L..- .1... Au "' Evveri `Residency was ferced to use its underground rooms` for the protection` of the greater part of the women and children, while the remaining buildings-, except the Begum Kotee, which .Was oompara-. tively sheltered all sides, were` nvv\n_~nJ. J-A LL.` -...-_---- - my w .11-.-mm armuery nre, mat .was a grim jest with the inmates, who dreaded the falling masonry as much as the rebel shells. . The Residency itself was the only istrong building in an enclosure seven hundred yards long and four hundred yards wide, though by" no means so large in area as these gures suggest. The whole position was surrounded by an . adobe wall and ditch, strengthened at intervals by a gate or "9. stouter embrasure for a gun. The other structures,` such as the banqueting Hall, which was % converted into a -hospital, the Trea- ; sury, the Brigade Mess, the Begum j Kotee, the Barracks, and a few non- " descript houses and ofces, were ut- ' terly unsuited for 4 defence against ? musketry alone. As. to their oapac- ` ity to resist artillery re, that .w n an-inn. -Son-L .'..:I. el... :......4.. 1 ` work begun on the previous . even- ...t,, .....u. ovvsca U.l. L116 nuro were inrm pensioners: let him cram the rest of the available shelter with women and children: let him pic- ture the network `of narro,w- streets, tall houses and -a few open spaoes-, often separated i from the enemy `only by the width of a "lane--'as~ be-I ing subjected to interminable bom-i bardment at point-blankgrangse, and he will have a clear notion of some, at `least, of the conditions which ob- tained in Lucknow when that gloomy July 1st carried on the murderous 0 Ihtv vv van ins-. to "those fo_r `whom they `were ght~ ing, while scores of the Europeans Wre 11ona.;nnn-m:~- 1.4- L2... -_._--~ 1.. 1.. METER, Manager A Thrilling Sto rs of Romance : : Love and Ad- venture : s :. - ' UV ELLLI lllllla 1' He disappeared and she turned >{a,way with a sign, to_ meet her uncle a l hastening towards her. I in Ah, Winifred, he cried, what. lgwere your doing there? Looking out, {II am certain. ` Have} you forgotten 3 the punishment inicted on Lot e ' Wife when she would not obey or- ders ?, T ' A I have just had a glimpse of that dreadful negro `in Johannes House, she. said, - I Mayne` thiev` ..down a bundle n of clothes! was carrying. He , un- ` slung his .rie`._, His face, tanned: by ` .exposu1 e}to sun -and -rain-,* "lost some V , 4: of brick-red ' color. _ . V. I` 5``_,A,re_: Vyo_u.;?'eure_? he whiepered, 9.3%" if .._tl1eir;r;rvoice$ _miigl_1t _1betr_ayl_ them. ike ivery uoth er" mgn` ` in " the A g'9,rri-, sif<'>i!'1. :he_o19nnse4of9 hn*1?;}c1ik ithe career I of ',,-y`-'. . `- -.._ _.- I 1 I It is. too 1ate,'M said the girl. He was visible only for an instant. I ,.s1w him at that windQ_m- --7..-. xgvnlwa uvw-vu. UL 1101 .l(7IJ\JW'Ul)uIl` try-men with which he was credited, she had it in her heart to wish that she" held a gun at that moment, and she world surely have d`one her best I to_'}r:i`.|1 `him. V I } Winifred had heard of this man. Once she actually saw him while she was peeping through a forbid- den casement Knowing the whole- sale" destruction of yer fel1ow-ooun- I4... ........ _--:n. _._1..--1- . Are you._ sure? he whispered, as` if their voices .might betray them.` Like every other'm-an in the garri-_ song. he longed/w check the 'career I BOAb1'th Na'il1`.; . V 7 V_ ' % En is`."`t`c>o 1a.t__'g,_" Vsgaid ~th'e*g-Ai;-1._ He! \,g\J`g\.m;\`\J5 uuszlas usc upcsuug uuyu of the siege. ' What .quarrel this stranger in a strange land had with the English no one knows, but the defenders were well -aware of his identity; and armoyed - him by ex- hibiting a most` unattering -eigy. Needless to say, the whites of his eyes and his woolly hair were repro- duced with marked effect, and Bob 1 the Nailer gave added testimony ` of his skill with a rie by shooting 1 out both. eyes in the dummy c:ci`?I;`<;h The Nailer _b the Wits of the 32d, picked off dozens of the defenders during the opening days +`\n I n:n:-n m-'L ---- ---.41 J-`-3`l J.;.L1L\;a.u uC6LU, U1lL 1blR$ll' J! " '_'"""' B And two amazing facts stand out I rom the record of guard-mounting,` 1 cartridge-making, cooking, clean- ing, and the rest of the every-day. doings inseparable from life even in a siege. Although the rebels. now! numbered at least twenty thousand _ men, includingsix thousand trained l soldiers, they were long in harden- i _ ing their hearts to attempt that es-I _ calade which. if undertaken on the! last day of June, could scarcely have failed to be successful. `They were L not c.owards.- They gave proof in _ plenty of their courage and ghting stamina. Yet they eringed before ` ' men whom they had learnt to regard 1 as the dominant race. The other 1 surprising element i_n the situation was the readiness of the garrison, ' deemed by allthe laws of war to ` early extinction, to extract 7 humor 5 out of its forlorn predicament. The most dangerous post in the ` entrenchment was the Cawnpore C Battery. `It was commanded by a I buildingknown as Johannes House,fv . - . . e whence `an African negm, ehrxsten-l N: ((11.1. 4.1.- 1n...-1-.. `I... u_,_ .--u A V 3 P I. 3 4 a few days of excessive nervousness the most timorous among the .wo- men were hear.d- to complain of the monotony of existence! - | .5 ;vcu1L vu vnxuuulauaulxia. 1.l.'[l't _ - _ ___v.. V vo-VOA` an aL.|\.IL-I.uLJ- 2 `There was no real safety any-f where. Even in the Begum Kotee,l` where `Winifred and the other ladies of the garrison were lodged, some! lof them were hit. T.wice ere the cndvof July Winifred awoke in the morning to find hullets on the oor and the mortar of the wall broken within a few inches of her head." That she slept `soundly under such conditions is 9. remarkable tribute to human nature s knack -of "adapt-It ing itself to circumstances. After; .. c..... .1... -1 -_----v I Ana Death, e .who did not spare the Chief, sought lowlier victims. During the first week of the siege! the average number -killed daily was twenty. `Even when the troops learnt to avoid the exposed places,- and began to practise the littlel tricks and artices that tempt, anl enemy to reveal his whereabouts tol his own undoing, the daily death-I roll was ten for more than a month! I!!! Never surrender! was` his d'y- ing injunction. Shot and shell bat- 'tered- unoeasingly against the walls` of Dr. Eayyefs house in which he lay dying,` But their terrors never shook that stout heart, and he died as . he lived, a splendid `example of an oioer -and a gentleman, a` type; of all that is `bestiand noblest in the` British character. b,..-... ..w,.. umuw uucu 01 we ozu ran in - and carried their beloved leader to `another room. . Then a surgeon came and pronounced; the wound to be mortal. On the morn-j ing of the 4th- Lawrence died.` He was -conscious to the last, and pass- ed his nal hours planning and! contriving and making a.1'.range- ments `for the continuance of the defense. _ ~ pound a trial. It sure _---..v\J Ulla B our- case is a diaiculf 9'y*-k. % docfocriuiigng done Yu .n not continue to suffewlthogl 8`GOin._, Lydia E. Pinkhar'n 8 V;`,a,u,dj{> many cases of fem_a197 5115 ggmmation, u1cerat1on`.d15P - " 1. oid tumors irre 1.9+1'it!,, =1? pams, backacixe,__t feeling, indigest_1o_1j; d. T ne_rvous prostratxq :13 trge to try ;it_.-99336 ;n1l1ions_t_o,;:_:g . >. .` '7, v :, . W .`.....-" . e I e;havot , me I `am too tued~; to,mQv:e=,n`_`Qcg.~` _jGivef me L 1_ A " ' _. Iameuee went. " on to, explain ' some oz-den-itb his aide. While they Rage; talking another entereg small. V apartment. Gxp10de . 811 lled -the air iwit-h dust and stiing `fumes. Wilson s ears were stunned _ by the but `he cried out twice : A Sir Henry, -ate you` hurt? . Lawrence 1'nu.rmured' something I and Wilson "rushed to his. side. The coverlet of ' the. bed ' was crimson ',with plood. Some .men of t_he_ 32} ` nus 4-1 - A THE; N)`:RTHERN ADVANCE --:- !..-u..; van U001 LU _.lle.IT lwoman s overtures to her lover. I: The. meeting at Bithoor helped to -[dispel that half-formed `illusion, and she had" not troubled since to ask herself .why -the- Princess Rash- inara was so ready to help, Malcolm >lto escape. She never dreamed that {she herself was a pawn in the game that was. intended to bring Nana Sahib to delhi. But now, with this royal trinket glittering in her hands, shecould hardly fail to connect it with the only Indian princess A of. g.W_hom " she had any knowledge, and ' lthe torturing - fact e was" - seemingly `undeniable that Malcolm, had, this `priceless necklace in his" possession] I without: telling . her` of Certainly.'he _ had ,Fhosen"Tajsingu1ar, hiding place, Aand':_._;;eve1j `did , {treat tsuehr af A`ti`3a8ur:eT1.Nvfit,h"":sqbhii arr parent` ..2ii.te vp\A\.|\.I .|.u\:._y 1a1lb'Cu- CH3 Slzel e of a small pea to that of a largei e marble; their white sheen and vel- _a vet purity bespoke rareness and `skill-l fled selection. The setting alone f would vouch for their quality. Each; 3 pearl was secured to its neighbor by 'clasps and links of gold, while a 5 brooch-like fastening in front was 5 studded with `cne diamonds. Wini- 1 fred sank to her knees. She picked|p : up this remarkable ornament` as % gingerly as if she were handling a ` 1 dead snake. In the vivid light the pearls shimmered ,.with wonderful . and `ever-changing tints. They ll ' seemed to whisper of love, and hate : - -of all the passions that stir heart and brain into frenzy--an_d through ` a mist of fear and awed questioning came a doubt, a suspicion, a, search- ing of her. soul as she recalled cer tain things which the thrilling ' events of her recent life had dulled almost to extinction. Her uncle had told her of the. Princess Roshinara s words to -Mal-I colm on "that memorable. night of May 10, when - he `rode out from Meerut to` help] them. - At` the time, perhaps, a little pang of jealousy `made its presence felt, for no. wo- 1 J man can bear . to hear of another _' _ LL- 1 I wnmnn a rmmu-.. ...... [I I The folds of a turban are usuallyl kept in position by pins, but when! she came to examine this one she] .ldiscovered "that it was tied with ,;whip-cord. Her knowledge of na-. tive headgear was not extensive, so? this measure of extra security did not surprise her. A pair of scissors soon overcame the `difficulty; she shook out the neat folds, and a pearl: necklace and a piece of paper fell toi: the oor. _ *1 She was alone in her room at the 2 moment. N 0 one heard her cry of ` surprise, almost of oerror. One 1 glance at the glistening pearls told 1 her that they .Were of exceeding 1 value. They ranged. from the size > . ---v.... vv 5|\' LIIL. llLI,o LJUL, [X1118 RUBU ; a very thrxfty and industrxous 11ttle.' person, she decided to untie the tur-j ban, .Wash it, and use its many| iyards of ne muslin for the manu-* lfacture of lint, - I -..u.u nu Luc LHUII u1uu.uIeII1eEa1Da(lg'ep [on the crossed folds was not that` lworn by an officer, nor did she ob-I [serve that it carried the crest of thei 2d Cavalry, whereas Ma1colm s- regi-i ment was the 3d. But, bemg also! .9 vorv `f`|rrF1-1-v n . ,, . .,--~~ V--- , . _| He hurried away, leaving the odd! .lcol1ection of garments with her. 3 t|The clothes were her lover s parade} luniform, which Malcolm. had car- lried from Meerut. in .a. valise strap-Al lped behind the saddle. The` other! larticles were purchased in Lucknow gand had never been .worn. In com.- parison with the smart full-dress} kit" of -a cavalry oicer and the snot-, less linen, a soiled and mud-spatter-f ed turban looked singularly out of place. It. was as though some tat- terdemalion had thrust himself into-t a gathering of dandies. ' | ` Being alwoman, Winifred gave no]' heed to the fact that. the metal badge;f inn `H10 rnvncannl -"1-JJn nu -- -L AL - I . _ .,-~-.-V ~-----v 4 3 ans was 21. guuu mastern scno1ar,' My dear one, that is as Provi- *but a _ denoe directs. It is something, to `were always; I ` be thankful for that We are ali-ve:diicult eyes. bent `and uninjured, And, that -1-em.indg;his brows over the script and began me. They need a lotdof bandages in M0 dicipher 50319 Of the W0I`dS- : the hospital. Will you teal` Mal-{ Ma1c01m-sahib, _ the Com- 01m s linen into 3t1'iD5- I -Wi11,'nany s 3d Regiment of `Horse . . . come -for_ them after the 18813 D0St- {heaven-born Princess Roshinara Be- (Non-nguhtary readers may need_ tofgumu . . ." Where ;in the world lhe reminded that the last P059 19 3`did you get this, Winifred, and how b11.8`19"0911 Which signies the C105e:did it come into your possession? .of the day. It is usually succeeded he. said lby Llght Out) ; It was in Mr. Ma.lcolm s turban | odd}.--the one you brought -me to-clay i(']l9nf:YI n-at-1-non!-5 Lam l'F1Il\`I'\rI 11:11 n...-...d>.-mg . 77 na*\.: Do you-V-.-do you think he ' will? ever claim them, or that we shall, lliye to safeguard them? Ir-v-1-7<;.'The fhree men who shared; his room are dead and the place is`! wanted as an extra ward. I hap-! pened to hear of it, so I have rescued, his belongings. ! - ` _ story of the oppoefite-building.` k cat a ,b_ullset imbedded a itself in the "solid jplanks. Some ' watcher had noted . opportunity ,_ and taken. it.. "Winifr'ed; clos- - ed- the easement and adjusted its W cl'0S'8`b8l". ' . ' '. a _ Perhaps it is jupt its well you - missed the chance, she said. You might have been shot yourself .wh.ile 1 you were taking aim. _ ` vAn'd .what aboutvyou,` my la,dy?l; I_ sha n t offend again, uncle, `dear. I `really could not tell you . why I `looked out just now. Things? ` were quiet, I suppose. And` I for-.- get that the opening of a window} ` would attract attention. But why H in the .world A are you bringing me , portions of Mr. Ma1com s uniform?i "_I`hat is ,what you have in the bundle '1' in :4 ...~L 9, i2"' 11363,?" I -.Yes. The ` --___ -- _...--...... TV `5 At ay rat, the turban was des- Io 3h`',d;tined not to be shredded into lint `sgthat day. She busied herself with e l_I&(}:`1`1`i{tearing up the rest of the linen. When_ night came, and Mr. Mayne _ !could leave his post, she showed him Wlllthepaper and asked him to translate` mo aka" :4 He `took it, appraised its value silently, and scrutinized the work- "manship in the gold links. _ Made in Delhi, he half .whisper- ',ed. A `wonderful thing, probably ?worth two lakhs of rupees, (at that [ time $100,000) or even more. It is old, too. The craftsman who fash- ioned this clasp is not to be found nowadays. Why, it may have been lworn by Nur-mahal herself! Each of its fty pearls could supply a chapter of romance. And you found it, together .with this safe-conduct, [in Malcolm s turban ?c ` Yes, uncle. `Do ! -This accompanied it-," said Wini- fred, with a restraint that might `have. warned her heaner of the - sion it strove to conceal. But Mayne was`deaf to Winifred s coldness. If he -was startled before, he was posi- tively amazed when she produced the necklace. T ` l,.._........ ...y ucvzaucb umu .ur.u'. ELILLCOUII 9is a friend of the Begum and gives lhim `safe conduct if he visits De1hiV [within three days of the date named, lhere, but I cannot` tell when that [would be, until I consult a native? -calendar. It is signed by Bahadurl I Shah and is altogether a somewhat Ecurious thing to be_in Malcolm s possession. Is that all you know of .it--menely that it .was stuck in a [fold of his turban? I l I llalr ivtl now, `he slid, ' `[1 fat the document while hle 1 01030 to the lamp. It is a sort of . lpass. It declares that Mr. Malcolm! fis a friend n-F Hm `norm... ....,1 ..:......= s5JA\/U I The Commissioner was softaken `up with the effort to give each spid- ,ery curve and series of distinguish- li-ng dots and vo.Wel marks their pro- `per bearing in the text that he did ,-not catch the note of disdain in his gniece s voice. . AnonIr , ' ' ` i hi Harvey Bank. N- B"`I can hg y recommend Lydia E. Pinkhau1's Vega-g table Compound t0` any gen 3 . . male worrian. I h2`1jvep:3t!1`-zfeur} we ness an . ` an: it cured me. v--M35` DEV. BARBOUR. TN