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V, ‘y_\Nm-m'\rm E“ m‘mmnn u mmvuwut There were more 'sidu to the mys~ tery than David Steel- imagined. had seemed whim that. he had ty well all the threads in his hands. but he would have been astonished to know how much more Batheru Bell and Enid Henson could have told him. But it seemed to 13011 that there But, it seemed to Boll that. there was one vary important. thing to be dum- bclore he proceeded may further. He was interested in the mystery as he was interested in anything where crime and cunning played a pan. But he was still more intent. upon clearing his good mum: besides. tins wauid give him a w'vider field 0! ac- v--.â€" "1: “a would give tion. In the 115 had bacon should one with Lord accomplish the clearln iharough in Action Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills .Tthricc of Liberty In the light at recent discoveries it 3.11 become imperative that. he iould once more be on good terms ith Lord Littimer. Once this was :complished. Bell saw his way- to no clearing up of the whole compli- ntlon. It was a great advantage 0 know who his enemy was; it. Wu still mentor advantage to discover CHARTER XXXI On the Digestive and Excretory ' Systems. Are Lastingly Baneficlalâ€"Ramovlng the Gausa of Disease. OR, A MIDNIGHT CALL M. "And you saw low?" 1:30; I didn't. expect. to. I couldn't. on his face. but. there was one pecu- liarity he had that. I might tell. on tor your luture guidance. He ad a. thumb smashed as flat as thehead of a snake. with one tiny pink nail in the middle of it. So, it you meet a. man like that on your journey to- day. look to yourself. On tho whole. you see that. our anemia are a. lit- tle more awake than you give them credit tor." Bell nodded thoughtfully. The in- tormution was of the greatest. possiâ€" ble value to him. It. told him quite plainly that Reginald Henson k‘new oxactly what had happened. Under ordinary circumsthnces by this time Henson would be on his way to Lit- timer Castle. there to Checkmate the man he had: so deeply injured. But, fortunately Henson was laid by the heels, or so Dell imagined. "I an really obliged to you," Bell said. > "Your im‘orumtion is likely to be of the greatest. possible ser- ice to moi I'm sorry you can't ”Don't. worry about. me," David said, grimly. “I'm gaining a‘ vast quantiLy ofiexperience that will be of the grantest value to me later on. Busidt-s. I can go and compare notes with Miss Ruth Gums whilst. you are awav. She is soothing." \V really “'3 1‘! Mr H Hi1 Ll {vhil at. F. lmmel, shoemaker, West- St. Catharines, Ont.. states: used Dr. Chase's ’Kidney- Is regularly for some time dcr th'nt they are unsurpassâ€" rpid liver. defective circula- igeslion, headache and con- ns these were my troubles. mam! rnmuzlies. but got no th none w] commie: Kidn‘ 1t 1t th th: no more 0! the fol. he was, and asked enough energy Not that‘he carâ€" even. Her 11 t the time; what, be over the chnts ‘s to see the stranâ€" she began to s‘ pcrh )uld Tim ll nu thing down the : him. somebody me stranger stop- a little huskily, ‘n the right way n. Bell respodcd it. ttompt w: L him rm: 1 back to E1 the Jar}- r‘ll ‘ ws ma] violence. as a man of courage. But )5": at h- was at motcst i rt! wailing Pills mutt in 111:» mu h‘ 11'. Ily châ€" He ran: carriage the sta- :11 said I'll let ittimcr our It 5 Kid: :u'ri ncl' wane. 0 m m’t ed only )cgnn ,lrul ‘sibly \V B th and I‘ll be his 1t h‘ uy .11, “You murderous minim," Bell gasped. "You escaped convict in an honest. man's clothes. Get. up! So you are the fellowâ€"" ‘ Ho paused suddenly, undesirous of letting the rascal see that he know too much. The other man rolled over suddenly live a. cat and made a dash for a gap in the hedge. Ho was gone like a flash. Pursuit would be useless, {or pace was not Bell's strong point. And he was not (our- tul of being attackad again. "Henson seems to be pretty well - served," he muttered, grimly. Meanwhile, the man with the - thumb was flying over tho fields in - the direction of Littimcr. Bo made : his way across country to the clifl‘s with the assured air of one who ‘ knows every inch of the ground. He <hud failed in the first part of his _instructions, and there was no time ‘ to he lost if he was to curry out than I second part successfully. get'a halide. The Rein-[1’5“ Ino- useful. In the dim light Bell , see a flattened, hideous thumb the‘ parody of mull upon 1 " nks, very much," he crisply. "Keep straight. on}: He hall tux-nod as the stun awuhg round. The latter darted a. Bell, but he came too late. Bell's fist. shot. out and caught. him fairly on the forehead. Then the stick in Bell's lat: hand came down with crushing force on the prostmte mans skull. So utterly dazed and sur- prised was he that he lay on the grdund ior a. moment, panting heav- lly. He struck the clifl‘s at length a mile or so away,1111d proceeded to scrumble along them till he lay h1dâ€" den just undo1 the terraces at Litti- mer Castle He knew that. he was in time for this part of the pro- gramme, despitu the (not that his head uchcd considerably from the force and vigor of Bell 5 assault. He lay there, panting and breathing homily, Waiting for the signal to "Only Mr. Reginald Henson, s'ir Lund said, dispuragingly. Boll started. but. his QIHOW.W 1105:, in the darkness. It. came as lgront surprise to him‘ to [i hem com‘ Meanwhile. Bell was jogging along placituy and with no fear in hi4 heart at. all. He did not need any body to tell him what was the ob ject of his late nntugonist's attack llc knew pt-I'Iectly well that if Ch rulfinn had got the better of him 11 brnmlt ngu‘ln. Henson's hounds were on the truck; but. it, would go hard if they pulled the quarry down just us the sanctuary was in sight. Presently Bell could see the. lights of the castle. By the lodgevgates stood a dog- cart; in the [lure ol‘ho lumps Bell recognised 'he features of the driver, a very old servant of Littimvr‘s. Bull took in the situation at a plied. “liu station said way, so I (u [h 111‘ field. And how npprchcnsi gar he must be to Come Sc his health in so shuttorm tion. Bell smiled to him pictured Henson's face on ‘ onca once more under that “How long has Mr. H'cr Anybody Lund?" enough energy left. to be ustmiishcd even. Her mind travelled quickly over the events of the past hour, and she began to see the way clear. But. how bad somebody or other manag- ed to remove the picture? Chris ox- umincd the spot on the wall where the Rembrandt had been with the eye of a. detective. That, part of tho nusLx-ry was exâ€" plained in a. moment. A sharp cut- ting iuutrument, probnly a pair of steel pliers with a lever attachment. had bpcu applied to the head of the four stays, and the flat heads had been pinched ofi as clean as if thoy had been string. After that It was merely necessary to remove tho frame and a child could have done the sir "Make your mind easy 01 score," Bcll sni'd. drily. “II-i: ship shall know nothing wt about it. On the whole, I ha tut drive up to the house. [In iliur it all looks. to be sure." A minutq Inter and Bull within the walls of the castle. Chris crossed the corridor lik who walks in a dream. Shu 1m. enough energy left to be 33191 ovum Her mind travelled (1! over the uvunts of the past hum rest vi( ~1unc ,u'n lihi ‘Oh, there's nothing wron ll, cheerfully. "And 1t ‘(Jnly .Irivc his In very Ru owin clil‘l' ‘ been this the w: " he asked y cmno yesterday ' you up to the h )uldn't mind 80.; lordship about, w that Reginald Honsc bottom of the whole w that he had traded ( it she had taken a fan nee as an after-dinner 1 she hnd told him so can . He had traded lge that he could pro' any suspicious uttm‘h The fact that he was i ng to n slip on the on ' was all nonsence. H lint CHAPTER XXXII in any Chris that I story. Blost if I wasn' mus that. it. might hm‘ plan to rob you. And to drive slowly along 2 u again when you tux-4w stay nil- sorry, sir, :1 Clorgnmn you had _gul nod back.- A ullln' t make 1V. Blost ii way you come I V was \v nppr o to cu come to ing at the open with n 5"“ And in my conceit. Ibrnndt to be 3b‘ )w whatâ€"what i" am," Chris ‘I‘m like th pm, Qhulyl) Ctunliy i thensivc ( any the was in dun the edger u ill on ‘ His 1 what had m i uli ull don't lmrm castle Shnll and ii 1| with audi- a he n the e an d to Un- (hut 'plu that told 1m th‘ had im he wu down there settling with his accomplice ol the Mb. who had chosen the way getting lnto the castle in“ K t. and the surest. from , l- ”K " GI, it 1535115 pretty obvious tlgit mm: with the thumb had stolen grim, and that. by this time he _l_ of w£e hu- nway with his possession. 110 Chris was helping Henson the I ter's accomplice had slipped into the castle and efl‘ected the burglary. Chris. nicked out the light in the abovn as a servant came along. It VTIS not policy for any of the domesâ€" tics to be too wise. Chris forced 35mm; to her thee as the maid came ong. “Allen," she asked. “are there qnny owls about here " “Never a. one as I know, miss]; the maid rosponded, confidently. "I've been here (or eleven years. and I never heard of such a thing. Clit- ford, the head keeper, coukln't. sleep at nights i! he thought as there was such a. thing on the estate. Have you heard one, miss?” "I was evidéntly mistaken, said. "'0! course you would best." So the cry of the owl had been a signal of success. ‘Chris sat in the gloom there resolved to see the comedy played through. The cvénts of the night were not over yet. “l'd givn something to khow what. has taken place in the dining-room," Chris murmured. She Was going to know before long. The lights were being extinguished all over the house. Henson came ml said \VL‘I' “' er had priht is in the house‘ "It hangs in the present momqntfl urc," Boll went. on. "Here Is same thing". You are a good j on thesc'muttors. and I \enturc say you will call it. genuine. ’J is nothing of hugely about the graving. , snuppm ‘ ‘ “‘h in great [ gmycly (lo ya‘i say Bell took the pocket and gm. on the table be full rays of the full upon it. Study of open~nz could only touching th‘ fingers and "I bx‘gin to ‘hink that I have 1L you a great injustice," Littimu-r mittcd; "but, under the urc1 stanCcs, I don L 5m how I could h done an) thing 0130. Look at 1. picture. It is exactly the same mine. There is exactly the $1 mine. There Is 0 discoloration in Lh nctly the same pluc “Probably they In of one another for “Possibly. I cnn‘ est. difference in the Jar. Even now I ‘ of the feeling that of some kiml of p10 house is quiet. now body about. Bcfnn evidence of my sor had cause to doubt onceâ€"I should like print. with mine me to the gallery gotten the Way?’ Littimor took the table gingm and at the sum pleased to find t taken all thesa knowledge that que no longer. til the alcove w drew back in tl others pass. “Now to semi time be 51 the r. Aqd and form .1: I have 3’ allush )ssilflo pr ,ke nuyth “I hope ‘ I (lid take that ex matter," Litlimcr Under the circums 'o done the same 1 'c absolutely wrong ‘c two copies of tln a stolen by an encx l (he most urgent .liting me in your r “'h and gravely lluttcnpd it ,- table before him, so “mt lys of the electric light. sly pou it. Littimcr was a of opcn~mouthcd surprise. only stand there gap ng the slnincd paper with l and breathing heavily.- re is a facsimile of your H Bell went. on. “Here is ‘d hmv rn out (I porn): oint out. At. the )rfectly sutisfu ighv. have boo‘ had settled a )V e m: heavens A n 5' Inc ing to know before long were being oxtinguishet house. Henson Cami 11 \\'ill admit in my invor, ; I hiu’c soon the. i 11 too often. “'ill 3: . Then ) this?’ I can't Sm‘ U in the snmllcs up rly m fly the mctly U 3 murgir xh‘cm‘ WM 110. nuld hem m ill flat all his a. well 11] 1f disnpr had be tur wfio is ut- snmo time I with him- lord, What Um slight (h IL “mt It Lit! ‘h "‘3' at the ily Chris know ill should .11; you that X11 Ur judg‘ 'l‘hcr 1t thn thi Illu' ('11 Lh‘ th all MAKING GUNVEBTS by LEAFS ANB BUUNDS Ceylon Natural Green tell. by its absolute purity and doliciong fin- Our experiments extended over a period of two years. writes Prof. A. M. Soulo. ol ’the Tennessee Experi- mental Station. The first test. Was made with 24 hogs divided into eight groups of three each, and continued for 60 days. A duplicate experi- ment was made in 1903, and contin- ued for 77 days. 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