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T0111 fr_1en-.1 ' Winnipeg, Ca ada. - E10V 9'" ago I went to e Victoria Holpitloj, Montreal, suffer gwith a 81'Wth Tl- doctors said it A _ . . -t not be removed a `t would cause lnlm` death. They fou thatmy orsanW' affected, and sai e I saw yourI,5V1" tisement in the p er, and c0mmd taking Lydia E. kham'B' VEtt3b-`. Compound. I wok t conu$8M_1_.191`_W9 years, and still to. . it at 0199.`! d`{ both my husband a myself it was the means 0 swing 11137. M9` .~ highly recomme it to |lV\_1_._"V_i"f";i'. women."-Mrs. OR BRAD!-3`i.f"2.:8*N Johnson Ave. ,Winni g, 1 II..- -_:n `A 3n` ........ an unuu ul III I Afterl came 11 p Itook_ ivnnu... _---` - 1" outasickly,half-hea v ing three-fourths of when they can nd h " th ble Compound `I. An 6-`n:..J.__ -- nd `i I`(' .`('.'('ll -`LUIILJIIIE LILJVJI VIOVV ` ~l1H. He was st) la-rge th t mix-Ix Hu(;'1{Cd the doorway; his ; `-.\':\~' to the street; but itwas :1 that he was stru.-g'g1in`g` `with. lml.\' Imyond. _ ` ` :l\`t- fur themselves, the `room 1m\v mice more deserted,(sin_ceV pa.~. of the luncheon hour). there was nobody e1se'Lto..'Wit-V 9 H~';lll!` - V 7 1-1 hi- .`111`1ni.~,L` xvas prQmp`t1_y M. The door ew open w1_th ml jurk and u brawny man 1 M` .-<-.-m1 . upon` -the[ u 1: Ir - 1-....- LL36 `:10 Her 0`m vstatgmelit. it \m:~: .\Ii.:s asked. The other llpull him. TT .- EH` `ll\'CL. _ l111>i1'm`!" he e.\'clain1e=d u-n-. l)1'Uz1t11. "T0111, there s_aV :'Iii)1_:_" on over there; or I m l` bent a startled V look. CHARLES % EDMONDS ;WALK- Author of The Silver Qlhde" "The Paterntjstei Bu|}u"g _et"(.:.- 19th, ` ness the abrupt termixiitibn of _aai-r. .T .'L-;- 1.- _.-L - ' Suddenly the man drew back` his} right arm and stxfuck 9.. `mighty. blow straight from the 'shou1_der, ' Bing! shouted) ;Tom in- gleeful admiration. `Oh, `my! Wou1dn t ____.;1- 1314- L`, .L I, V \-FIJLKLJI I wtylget a pungli .1ike`;that!" nn........._. _'I:.1 -.L_:_-__.L_ 1.-.: _-- .5 oounvv vv, e\IV cm 1JAa&I\.Bb >~lJn\? jlllblli I Whoever did, obviously had no further stomach` for opposing sthe trwculent one, for the latter -tore loose and ran down the `steps. -Van .Vec`h ten and` Phinney reco-gn-i_zed ,him. the man who had arrived nf 11h.n___-Miavnknw 'l`nya.1na +1-nan` ,aoa&l.5, In? View &&IUlJl.V_ VV JI\l lJ&\I $01} I I VQLUV at noipn--,-Number Twelve, T they afterwrds called him, T associatiilg him wijih the hour. He was pant- ing and -.consiade,ra:bl-y disheveled, though "gtherwise he appeared to be none W0-1:86 for the`stru_gg1e.;_ ,TT - __-__;_ ___ __, _L-'I_3__'.. ll-'J`3\J V7`-"3`J -`V3 VICE! SUI _IJaBl\JI -;_,. `However, there. was no" mistaking the fact 1 that. he was" exceedingly wroth.- Once` on.` the walk, he turn- ed and -shook {his clenched st "at the already closed portal, with a quivering flexing` of the arm that signied` a passion Seething `and sungi-ng for] adequate expression. Then he apparently `realized the futility of upbraid-ing an unrespon- sive door, for _he swung round and made oi? at a rapid. pace. ! (f\___'-I_ 71"-... I T7-.. TT....LJ....,. -u-can `Jill-IVJC `J11 `Ill OI SCI/lll\L, Quick, Tom! Van Vechten was up and dragging at his friends sT arm. Our hats! Wemust over-` take that chap 1 11v3n_ - -_;--.1 LL_J. -_..-_,.,1 .r]1,`_,_v UQRU vua II \.'JlH'1l 0 With a peed that amazed iTom', Van Vechten A led the waypto the street. The man. `was walking rapidly, and as they emerged from the club entrance he was just round- ing the corner into . Lexington: Avenue. The gait of the pursuers was almost a run when they turned ` the same corner, `in spite 0? which they had not _gait1`ed* upon their quarry. -They saw him disappear eastward into Twenty-third street. _,_!__A.-J HTT ! 1 _ --:LL J-Inn Uu5UVVu1'LI IIIDKI .LVV\7lllIJ'|Mll&\_1' uubvvvn He s not acquainted with the neighborhood, Van Vechten.ven- tumed: ``he s making for the Twen- ty-.th-ird street L. station. 7 Hurry! 15; .1.-- LL...` `-:w\nl\ 4-Inn 4-11'1tnnr1 `:11- By -I;1l'll'(,1 SHUCI; .14-auamuu. .u.n.u-,; 0 T But `by the time they turned in- to T-wenty-third Street a good` deal had happened`. A small group of people were gathered at an alley mouth midwayin the "b1o_ck, and others were to -be seen running to- -ward the same point. ' 1111-V 1_,. ___L-A.)... ..`l..:.-..-...`/) 'I'`,-.,, n`._ 'VV 6 no -vvvooaya .v----v Wonder what us doing? . Tom ex-. claimed. Van _Veohten s response was an increased, forward pressure on the other s arm and a repetition of the injunction. ' I-Iurry!, A T T A second later they `arrived at the alley, where `a knot of excited people was tightly drowns atround the object . of interest. Tom un- ceremoniously ' ' forced. his . bulk through the press, ,' being closely] followed by Van -Veihten. --- --- an 4 Alan" ua.m Q n I copy:-ignp b; .;..c. jgcdlurg at 1512 IOUOVVBCI Dy vuu VUu.u/cu. In a moment they saw and understood. The young man. who had acquitted; himself `so vigorous- ly but a. few short seconds previous- ly, `was "lying at `their .feet-A-jy-d`ag(l.` 1 CHAPTER Iv. `e The Face The Crowd A A t ` Up to the present` '. moment the 1' two young -.men _had. been .con- f fronted only by a series of ;ny:sti- a fying. incidents,_ baling, ' to be t`. sure`, but bearing nothing sinister,-I upon their face; and='un1ess pVan I Veohten s more_ recent perturbation W (at sight of the veiled lad-y) be 6 taken into account, neither had` `the 1 morning s queer events borne; any '1 especial sign-icanee whatsoever.` 8 - But. here, in the t.vvin k1ig of c an 4 eye,` was tragedy stark and grim.- Only 'a minute or two ago-ancithis - man _was pulsing with the perfect 8 vitality of young,` -vigorous man-. hood; now the spark of life was .1 own--}exting'uished; ` as 7 one . _ might : puff out the ame of a candle. \4 Both ,were . profoundly -sobered by the sshocking end: of their brief chase, and even Ven Veohten s more A j active mentality {was slow `-to accept . } realization. ~ As for 1T_om-,t Phinney; he merely `stood gaping -atrthci still, form, braving `for; the :.t i'm'e~ j /\1tter1ys?benu-nbed,`v ~ i ',hea, 9p611,=of?:; Vvh5_n'V91'.'__f`Wa9;+...i."33 : m9asure.;br9k* e.v$`; ,9~# s,; ;s91!m rougmy {_l1uuu\_.Ivq. f,` _ Nobbdy replied; smly an - uneasy stirring. ._ undu1a,te;1_ through; the small -3; gathering, which~1s %p:omp;t.1y * set1`;1ed{_..ag7a;in T"iin17o ailegxt immuh;1ity; : .a f1'ivnl. Hut tlxesc two puzzled young : mrn \\'t-1'0 not -.'~10`1'(1e(1 much tlmew 1.. 1-x<-1m11;: (* views upon the newest V. Y4-\'~}u]v1m'11t. vWith0ut the slightest ?}n'v\\';1I'1Ii11;: of the g'r{1Viy of what \m~ ;1`mut to happen, Number 1313 ;_';1\'- tlwm the most sta1"t1.i1n1g Tepi- ,~:~rl.~ ,~H fall` Hf the (1Jy. , A _ 'l'1n- 11m)`: hazl been closed behind th.- g_vi1-1 a minute. or such a matter, M.-n Yam Yer.-hten and P-hinney m~.' it jv1`k0:1 partially open anda `at .::.- 1r;l1)}_'Ul violently Vshut again. In xvxnth. they both plaillly .h_eard. ?":.~ t'U11('11\~`.iL)1l. V1111 Vechten T086 H111 }n.1'u--1`-I ('1nSC1` to the .WiI1dOW, hE~ 1-.1`/.v intently n.p0n- the door :\~1`~~.~ 11.11` ~`t1'C`et. V" "Hy .lu1>it:m`!" u-In-A l `. ' I ,, .;L ..'l`,.... 4-1-|nwA cl Q eiiJ.i opposite ';'.i:hB4::1i6y . . 3?ifef;;;?etTthtion`:`ftiaturally faop; 11,: a this ;.:tini'e been "a`:bso"nbed; 575'" s`e9ne~a.t his 69`-7i1t,`Wl3$ A -allr: -the . more *stra_n`ge, therefore, that V . `his mind 9310\.l1d_ have been `attract? V ed ;and,f7held e1sewhere;=~even tempor- arily. But nevertheless, all `at once experienced` _',an `indenable ir- ; r'es,istableV impulse to_ glance up- ` Award at 9." certain point in the ring of onlookers. ._:And his regard 'came to rest`. upon a`.__ particular face. ; ' Straightway `t he became sensible of an unfamiliar thrill, an abrupt. ' qutckening of the -pulse, for which a he `coulti not ' in the least account. V ePerhaps he would have looked away again `at once had there not , come to him, as -instantaneously as [had the i_mpu1se to glance upward, ..... .-A._-__ 1_`L_A_ LL- 1'--- -_.....!.2...J Hutu vuv ausyunuv vu Qauumu yetlvvnn-v-`y a conviction that the face sign-ied something far out of the `ordinary, The present circumstances might in a measure `account for the horror ' irrored there, but not the despair, *_ e `terror, which seemed gradually 1:6" ibe chilling the face s-. owner into - _J.-L--_ -1! 2..- "FL- .2-..` "(Tan `I133 VI-IILJILJE V51`! -l>u\t\dU'* V I\-I5 IOOVV a statue: of ice. T- e face, ,Van Vechten told: himself, was reecting emotions `-of a depth 'and potency for whirch - the man s death V alone wag wholly. inadequate to L account; the xed -stare . was directed at something beyond: and behind the `lifeless gure 0 TL ____`A _ ;_f__1 , I. _. ~ TA .-col`... can; JlJ\4L\.a99 gab Q; U. It was a 'girl s face. It was re- ned and delicata of contour, and was framed in a uimbus o-f wavy midnight hair. L. It was, moreover, ..L'.._"__'_- -.1__ .1. - --,4.:.__'l .0. .. m... J.u1\.|u.|uu xnauso - -LU vv av ~st'riking'ly 'be.1utifu V face-even I hauntingly `beautiful, for itvwas a face which the -beholder would not be likely to forget for ;many and many a` day. vVan Vechten knew that {he had never seen-the girl be- `fore; still there was something lgout her that teased and perplexed 1m.. ' vvu, &A\lA\I\r - V- , ` 1` 1 1,: ,-_ L1-_A_ -1... llllov - , He knew dimly, later, that she` must have been slender and- not very tall, for she was standing in the paved alley, on the. crowd s out- ward edge, and .it was only an ac- cident -of relative i positions that afforded her` an uninterrupted vial : ` - -.1 1 ,,2..___'__ _- `I .... ..... VlCWo _ -`W=hat terrible, gri-ppxing` horror twa-s. it that seemed to `be fxaralyzing `all her fancies-3 What `did this man e death signify to her more than it did! to anyone else here present ? rn - -- - ----AL as 1-. `Tn. `7t\lI1'I+DI1 IJICDCII I; `I To one such as Van Vechten, *aecustor'ned. to reading the all but imperceptible ` indices. of schooled features, this vision was like a naked human soul. "Terror and de- _spair parted thedelicate pink` lips and widened the lustrous dark eyes, they ibl-ainched her cheeks and; held. her breathless, Vutterly oblivious of aught else save the dead man. A.._1. .-........ L- .J:nAnnn-ant] entitle-n-T `CIUEIIIJ UIBU DCIV-C VII`; uuuu nun u And: now he discovered, slldden-* ly,` that he was. not the only person -interested in the agitated girl. His `attention was `somehow drawn to a man standing a half V dozen or so feet from her; a ' tall, rarw-boned fellow with _a powerful frame. and -, 11-,-, A__L _ .- u-;.Lp\w-\ nun.r:I\_, in (iII.v\P'1`ER 111.--(Continued;) LVILUVV Will}! u ]_Jvvv\.a.a.u- ...y....v, ...--... a sullen. -cast of countenance--a countenance -j.-ust ow scratched and bruised, as if its'owner had recently met with acsevere accident of some lkinQ._ ' ` ,L-_.2__ __ __....:1_. A` ' :'1`his man -was staring angrily at_ the girl. ' He, `too, seemed to be `oblivious, of. the dead man, and in- `tent only upon catching. her. eye. And; then _,the. magnetism of his look had its effect; her eyes were drawn to his, and she came to her- self with fa start. A. tinge of color appeared in her -cheeks` but Van Veohten observed that t e terror and; ii-espair still` lingeredi in her ca. T~ ~ . -Van Vechten turned `his/attention to the man `with something like resehtment stirring in his boson}, for .~thef f<,allow s'ma1_1ner suggested _`I-A._-___L!_. .A........`...-I 101. `but: .l.tJ:.l..I.UW B uxauuvx Dugauuvuu a proprletary relatlonshi-p toward the glrl, Whmh, for a reason he did ,-not attempt just then` to explain,` made hlm angry; As far as attire` went, the .man V` was . presentable enough; but Van Vechten was not Afavorablfy prepossessed by the sullen, battered` countenance, the coarse, sandy hair, nor the `big, loosej-joint- ed, pogwerful body. ` 'I`L.'.. -51.- ll`\II`:I\VI:I`I"- .~np1nnnn nynq Eu, yU!W.vI.uL uvugo I Then ~the cautioning -glance was of a. sudden accounted for; the "man, satised that the girl had caught `his uluxegning, showed that he` had TT.'_1_.L_..,.. ...p.-.. -.1-Lnn Th-i~s_mean1~ng, snowed mat. ne` na_u noted Van_ I Veohten s . more 2-'than `II A us-nun; nvnunn. - -- - -- ,,, nun. _ ; Winnipeg and etugn - :Edgnon`ton and g -eturn. }- - - 4;- on._...`... - Qtatlnnnl Edmonton anu ` cw ' -I-vv ' Fa:-om Toronto, Station West an; North of Toronto.` Propottionate taxes from station: East Toronto. ` V Ifu Wst_._ ' I.- ; ` .:* ~B_rth9. 1 Npmuugglearmm uuuu (Jana V 'No77qhn_tz`e ~fr~Be_rtha. . V V } N 1; ifartlculaufrom Canadian Paci gents M `G-'kM'`.`~:`:.ph 1g,.) (4Df"j w 9. Dawn .1 vuru-co. - , ..-.. Settlemttavelllng wit. 1! stock and eecto should take SET!` 8 SPECIAL TRAIN which leaves W Toronto each "l`uead_ay during MARC and. "APRIL *~ aft;e;.arrival regular 10.20 `train from * l`or$iito,Unldn Station; Settlers and tamauea wlwu ah_ould`use g&EG?Ul`-All TIN Toronto 1 .20 p DAII. _> rm! ~-n_I_..I.. .....-I 'l"muh9. Shane` ahoulduse Isuuuus In Toronto I p.m.~ DAIL jColp_nlst,an Tourist Sleeper? -x"}?._l_i,rou"1i*-ttaiurhs Tordnto=to v 9: < EONISTIGARSONA ANIT&X? ALBERTA . TCHEWAN - . in . I... (I0! ,5. 0'11! sAs_ NG%R`r%HEJN ADVAN4c L CST vv --- [gm oc;obgr27.ia;1uaxve. 11 (In ` '. uv: ,lU\;I #18. leaving A Thu-mah '"s":s3".b'6 1.9 All C However, .were jostled with the others, _ the latter s attention was distracted &Vl!'! *8'm.7y-it was `for the` moment dinnbfounded. `Van. Vee'h1ten s[iVpuzzle- ment over this strange (bit of by- play,* his engrosing ` admiration of the girl s. beauty, was -broken rude- ly in upon by a. sudden eonfused movement of the , crowd'. With clanging. `bell and a noisy clatter of iron-shod hoofs upon-. the asphalt, alley. Phinney and Van Vehten and from the girl and the -sandy-haired ...p\~. T. _ t - _ go keen `and.-.tnmp_lent' and challenging- that `its recipient . a police ambulance drew up at the Juxau. `He wabchedw 1 Asecomi. oicer anh the young ` surgeon leap nim-bly dpwn;~ the rst to join `his comrade _ `L_1_`I3___. u_- __.-___1 :.. ..L..,.l- `Ln iii holding the crowd in check ther to render sueh aid to the tion' of life might `call for. The skill; it required '-but a cursory in- spections to determine this. on the man s temple, and lay the `tip of a forenger` upon another spot behind the left ear, the while he talked in undertones, to the two policemen. hen the crowd quieted, at the girl am. It was with Qmething of Ya shock that he realiz she was no _ longer \.l.\JVV'Ll,` ULIU LIlU_I) IOU JUIII ll-U `J\Il-LlQUU\aVa - , the TI stricken man .:as any faint =i'nidica- l motionless gure, however, was be- 1 yond the reach of_ any surgeonls j Van Vechten` saiw, hazily,` the young physician indicate the mark; and he had 11 `opportunity to look, It The family remedv f0!" 0333` 3` Cm" .-..._n .1--- a..-n I....u1., Rout "since 1870. I10I:IgB8 DH] N THELPHERL V%,.1,o.g;..;m.; :him.; * k ~nis`e:AgmnaeL iew quikly. hither" *zind. tlii-fhe1`4.,-even fof ths Qsandy-Iiairedu `man, as: `a sort of clue---buth She was no- where to obeseen. `Both `had vanish- 7-In . ` - , The ambulance was now depart- ing with its silent ' burden, "the crowd "Was dissolving or breaking up into little groups to discuss the tragedy, and the two friends ` were walking at a leisurely -pace back to the Powhatan. Once more to themselves, `and 'Tom Phinney s volulbility returned. - A .tLTl'71__ ;.L-I .`I.._1..._..-. ` .'I:,]-:9A. ..,... VUL INVJALUJ 5` V`-ll I-l\4\ln - I A '9`Why" the dickens `didn t you want to tell him what you -know 9 he demanded. . . _ The answer -was uttered softly. ` Tom; whatever - reasons I may have I'cou1dn t put into Words. At least, I sha n t attempt to just` "now. You surely 'know what an `hunch is`; your scheme of life` seems largely to -be governed -by` , 9 IV.`-u` -' - ' . *- - D1111 o ' . ".~`.'1:Iuh 1 gruntecl Tom, Without HI: knew that one phase of the `H but inadvertently nlol-ning- S happenings not hitting 11'D011 3 Part Of the "3350," too much for Tom to keep to him- for ihie friend _s reticence. (It 15 self, and for some unexplained rea- th`- veiled lady in the vt3X13_ 3011 son Van Vechten wanted it to be -. think you are on the scent 01 an the mysterious lady of the taxi-cash. adventure. Rats! No- `adventure As they were turning into the 3 the1'- `She Was 3 lad) : I 0311 t911PoWhatan s granite archway, Van you that. ' A Vechten `bent ah inquisitive glance -The" Other. Ewe him` 3 3113-?! toward. Number 1313. His curiosity i 8181106, 33 if`eStim3ti11'8`- the degree was now immeasurably augmented .of his perspicacity- HOW much by a fresh interest. And he re- ` c01l1d T0111 ten? . ceived; another sh0ck--one that fair- "T0nl, `a'fter nl0Inent>, if `you Staggered him_ __;..._.A. J.-`I1_' ......J T 'l-n.-un -"nu-no 1;-rnifcl- ..... ,. _. .._ yu u. . The hull I; other him~ sharp if estimating of ' much` cotgnd Tfim tell? L , I -__ __-- -__1_ ((3.0 -.A.'. cuuxu .1.U1.u nun`; 7T-om-after a. you must ta1k-'-and-I know your limita- tions as compared with your in- tentions--promise me that you will not [mention the lady in the taxi to sbtfghy, sure, Ruddy, wids 1.16 jzrompt and` hearty respon%-1 If 1it s as sefious as .2111 thatf` You 77 11 . `r .I,',1 L1__L T fknov her-what? ifavored him with a; questioning But Lydia E. Pinkhanfs Veg-A-L! etable C pound Restored 1 Mrs. Bnxzleyi Health!-E I ISIIUW LICII-"'VV1l II `t No, I don t. But I think. that I should-which is quite a dierent ` 77. Lana I1: 1-`n Raze-He -s crazy about `his wif. Daze--Y_es; but he s sane enough away from her.--Judge. t ieopigrvvold be bene d by the occa- sional ,se of '9"? 19 '*`_'?'"`.: horonghg, and without scomfott, ey free 11: of the waste _ ns the blood and lowers th vitality. 25. a. `('I_`o. bmoontinueqy PROP-INQUITY !l11l.\lll\C-. `T(_))11.\\'21S s.ti1l _c011tC~mp1at_ig~ his` mm] 111 bewxlderment. - "Yuu di(111 t by any chance was C-arew, did yougn he