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cy â€" 1. â€" Al\yays Buy GREEN TEA TKe little leaves and tips from KigK tnotintain tea gardens, tnat are tis6d In SALADA are mucH finer In flavor tKan any Gunpow^der or Japan. Tr^it* Phantom of the Opera BY GASTON LEROUX V CHAPTER IV. BOX FIVE. The first few days which the part- ners spent at the Opera wore given ' niKnt?" over to the delight of finding them-' M. Firniin Richard told his secretary •elves tho head of so magnificent an 'to send Box Five on the grand tier to enterprise; and they had forgotten all MM. Debienne and Poligny. about that curious, fantastic story of ] Next morning, the managers re- the ghost, when an incident occurred : ceived a card of thanks from the thai proved to them that the joke â€" : ghost: if joke it were â€" was not over. M. ' Firmin Richard reached his of fie© that Dear Mr. Manager: morning at e'.even o'clock. Hiasecre-j Thanks. Charming evening. Daa© tai-y, M. Remy, showed him half a exguisite. Choruses want waking up. dozen letters which he had not open- Carlotta a splendid common-place in- ed because they were marked "pri- strument. Will write you soon for the vate." One of the letters had at once 240,000 francs, or 233,424 fr. 70 c, to attracted Richard's attention not only ^ correct. MM. Debienne and Poligny because tho envelope was addressed have sent me the 6,575 fr. 30 c. repre- in red ink, but because he seemed to senting the first ten days of my allow- have s<ien the writing before. He soon "nee for the current year; their privi- remembered that it was the red hand- leges finished on tho evening of the The Inspector tried to protest, but Richard closed his mouth with an angry order to hold his tongue. Then, when the wretched man's lips seemed \ shut for ever, the manager comraand- ' ed him to open them once more. "Who 18 this 'Opera ghost?'" he snarled. I But the inspector was by this time* incapable of speaking « word. He managed to convey, by a despairing ^ gesture, that he knew nothing about it, or rather that he did not wish to] know. ; "Have you ever aeen him, have you seen the Opera ghost?" The inspector, by means of a vigor- ous shake of the head, denied ever having seen the ghost in question. "Very well!" said M. RichaTd I coldly. I The inspector's eyes started out of I his head, as though to ask why the i manager hud uttered that ominous i "Very well!" "Because I'm going to settle the account of any one who has not seen him!" explained the manager. "As he seems to be everywhere, I can't have people telling me that they see him nowhere. I like peoplte to work for me when I employ them!" Having said this, M. Richard paid no attention to the inspector and dis- cussed various matters of business with his acting-manager, who had entered the room meanwhile. The in- spector thought he could go and was at each other and burst out laughing, gentlyâ€" oh, so gently !â€" sidling to- "It's harmless enough," observed ward the door, when M. Richard nailed Armand Moncharmin. "What is it the man to the floor with a thunder- they really want? A box for to- '"g: â-  - "Stay whero you are!" M. Remy had sent for the box- keeper to the Rue de Provence, close NURSES r»> Tarwit* NMiltal trr lanraMn hi •ranotu wim Baltnw'Ml Alllf4 »ut»UI*. Ntw VmIi city, •••» â-  IkrH rwri' OMna •f TraliilM U tm9$ ••â- â€¢Â«. kavlM !*• nvUnt •4ue*ll*n. ind dctlrwii if kMMlM •uriM. Tkli HMviiaJ kH UiidU tk* •><•(• kMr mUm. Tki tutUt rtMhx •nifww •* Ui< MiMl. • kiMH)l> kilimaM u4 tr»«llii| »k*iu« la •«< Irka Mtw Vkrlu Fer fartkv tsfarnitioit Blvlf to tht attt«rliiUi4««L writing in which the memorandum- tenth inst. King regards. O.G. On the other hand, there was a let- ter from MM. Debienne and Poligny: Gentlemen : We are much obliged for your kind thought of us, but you will easily book had been so curiously completed. Ho recognized the clumsy childish band. He opened the letter and read: Dear Mr. Manager: I am sorry to have to trouble you at a time when you must be so very busy, renewing Important engage- j- . j ,. ; „ " " â€" â- > ments. signing fre.sh ones and genor- ' ""le'-stand that the prospect of again ally displaying your excellent taste. n««ring F aust, pleasant though it is I know what you have done for Car- "* ex-managers of the Opera, can not lotta, Sorelli and little Jammes and i"**''® "^ forget that we have no right for a few others whose admirable «, ?«upy Box Five on the grand tier, qualities of talent or genlu.s you have! V' u'^ *" exclusive property of him supjiectcd r' â- ^"<V" we spoke to you when we Of cour.se, when I use these words, '^fJl* through the memorandum-book I do not mean to apply them to La i^j^*]. y°" ^<"" *-"^ ^^^^ time. Sec Clause Carlotta, who sings filco a squirt and •'«.«"al Paragraph. - ^ - Accept, gentlemen, etc. v/ho oueht never to have been allowed .to leave the Ambassadeurs and the Cafe Jarquin; nor to La Sorelli, who owes her success mainly to the coach- builder.';; nor to little Jammes, who dances like a calf in a field. And I am not speaking of Christine Daae either, though her genius in certain, "Oh, those fellows are beginning to annoy me!" shouted Firmin Richard, snatching up the letter. And that evening Box Five was sold. to tho Opera, whero she wa.s engaged as porteress. She soon made her ap- pearance. "What's your name?" "Mame Giry. You know mo well enough, sir; I'm the mother of little Giry, little Meg, what!" "Never heard of her!" the manager declared. "But that's no reason, Mame Giry, why I shouldn't ask you what happened last night to make you and the inspector call in a municipal guard ..." "I was juet wanting to see you, sir, and talk to you about it, so that you mightn't have the same unpleasant- ness as M. Debienne and M. Poligny. They wouldn't listen to me either, at first." „ ^ ^ "Im not asking you about all that. I'm asking what happned last night. ' Mamo Giry turned purple with in- dignation. Never had she been spoken to like this. She rose as though to go, gathering up the folds of her skirt and waving the feathers of her dingy bonnet with dignity, but, changing her mind, she sat down again and jpaid, in a-haughty voice: "I'll tell you what happened. The ghost was annoyed again!" • Thereupon, a.s M. Richard was on the point of bursting out, M. Mon- charmin interfered and conducted the interrogatory, whence it appeared that Mame Giry thought it aulte na- tural that a voice should be heard to say that a box was taken, when there was nobody in the box. She was un- able to explain this phenomenon, which was not new to her, except by A MuihoU Handbook. The statement Issued recently by l. H. BYana, Deputy Mtntoter of A«rloal- ture for Manitoba, that there h»d not bean a Bingle crop failure in Manitoba this year baa attracted a sreat deal of attentUon to the agricultural poaal- blllties of that province, and many la- qulrlea are belnc received by the Na- tural Resources IntelllgeDCe Service of the Department of the Interior for information. To meet this demand, a new edition of the Brancb'0 haadboolc, thoroucbly revised, ba« been laaued, and may be bad on request. A vaat fund of information is contained in the handbook, epjcb phase of the pro- vince's developvnent being separately dealt with, ^ile the opportooitles which await the settler or the visitor are clearly shown. Manitoba la mak- ing rapid progress, both industrially and agriculturally, and to those who are interested In Canada and its sev- eral provinces this handbook of Mani- toba supplies the Information in a readable and interesting form. Found a Real Hcmie. Recently a children's Institution was moving from one building to an- other and they did not care to have go through all the excitement of flit ting. A woman In the suburbs was- asked to board the child for a fort- night and this she consented to do. When the time came for the baby to go back to the Institution, the woman let It get as far as the door and then compleely broke down and begged to adopt It as her own. The reeult la that the baby lei now permanently and satisfactorily provided for. This is aipable of repetition and Social Work- ers are well advised in seeking out suitable foster homes. MEAL WRidlEYS makes your food do yoa more good. Note how It icltovcs that ttuffy feeling after hearty eadng. Swactou the breath, removes ' food particles irom the teedi* glvet new visor to tired nerves. Conies to yoa Cresh, dean and fbll'flavored. truth. "But you have spoken to the phost, my good lady?" "As 1 am speaking to you now, my good -sir!" Mame Giry replied. "And, when the gho.st speaks to you, what does ho say?" I "Well, he tells me to bring him a I footstool!" I "Tut, tut! A gho.st a.sking for a footstool! Then this ghost of yours part of Siebel. as that of JfargariU , ^'^" '*'" *"'*'"â- *'«' P'"-* ^^ '^'^ ''P<"-'-- lias been forbidden her since her tri- ' "I was obliged to call in a munici- umph of tho other evening; and I will 'pal guard twice, this evening, to clear ask you not to dispose of my box to- 'Box Five on the grand tier, once at day nor on the following days, for I, the beginning and once in the middle can not end this letter jivlthout telling ' of the .second act. The occupants, you how disagroe.nbly surprised I have i who arrived as the curtain rose on been once or twice, to hear, on arrlv- the second net, created a regular scan- ing at the Opera, that my box had dal by their laughter and their ridicu- beeii sold, at the box-office, by yourilous observations. There were cries ^,^ '"'f'^fM ♦ . . « . K J<'V7'f'''" "''":*'"•"'' •'^<''" ''"''*'>« I l^""a"voman?' I did not protest, first, becau.se I, whole house was beginning to protest, "No the ghost is a man." di-siiko scandal, and, second, because when tho box-keeper came to fetch "How do you know?" 1 thought th.-it your predecessors, MM. 'me. I entered the box and said what "H-. his a man's voice oh such a Dobionne ami Poligny, who were al-| I thought was necessary. The iieople , lovelv man's voice! This is what ways charming to me, had neglected, | did not seem to me to bo in their right , happens : When he conies to the opera, before leaving, to mention my little mmd; and they made stupid remarks. ! jt'.s^ usually in the middle of the first fads to you. I have now received a , I said that, if the noise was repeated, ! aet. He gives thn-c little taps on tho The first time } ips, when I knew , , , , , ,,- , â- â-  , . mi-n; >va.-' ii^^ v^..^- ... the box, you can my memorandum book and, conse- j the house. 1 returned with a nuiiiicl- qucntly, that you are treating me with pal guard, who turned them out. They outragoouK contempt. If you wiith to protested, still laughing, .saying thev fads to you. 1 have now received a, I said that, if the noise was repeated, ! aet He gives three litl reply from those gentlemen to my let- j I should be compelled to clear the box. I floor of Box Five Th tor asking for an explanation, and this j The moment I left, I heard the laugh- heard those three taps reply proves that you know nil about ing again, with fresh prote.-rts from there was no one in th< think how puzzled I was. I opened the door, listened, looked; nobody! And then I heard a voice say, 'Mame AN UNUSUALLY GRACEFUL MODEL. 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Our Fa.shion Book, illustrating the newest and most practical .styles, will bo of Interest to every home dress- maker. Price of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and addrers plain- ly, giving n' mber and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap It carefully) for each number, and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. ive in peace, you must not begin by, would not go unless they had their j„:es'â€" my poor husband's name was! Brevity may be cither tlio soul wit or tho poverty thereof. taking away my privatu box Believe me to 1m'. dear Mr. Man- ager, without prejudice to tho.w little observations, Your Most Humble Servant, Opera Ghost. money back. At last, they became 1 Julesâ€" 'a 'footstool, please.' Saving I quiet and 1 allowed them to enter the! your presence, gentlemen, it made me box again. The laughter at once re- j fed all-ovetish like. But the voice commenced; and, this time, I had them 'went on, "Don't be frightened, Mme. ! turned out definitely." "Send for tho inspector," said The lottei- was aocompanied by a 'Richard to his secretary, who had al- ruttlng from the agony-column of the [ ready read the report and marked it Revue Theatiale, which O. G.- There Is no oxcu.se for R. and M. We told them and loft your mcnoranduni b<iok |in Kind regard'. thuir hands. M. Firmin Rlhcard had hardly fin- ished reading thi.s lotter when M. Armand Moncharmin entered, carry- ing one exactly similar "~" with blue pencil. M. Remy, the secretary, had fore- seen the order and called the inspec- tor at once. "Toll us what happened," said Rich- ard bluntly. The inspector began to splutter and referred to the report. "Well, but what were those people They k)oked|''".'.S^,'"^ "^â- '' 1"'*' Moncharmin. __* ^1 They must have been dining, sir, â€" ' . and s<Mm^ more inclined to lark -^ about tnnh to listen to good music. The moment they entered the box. saying that tho box whs Hov;evor, when the ed," roared Richard, "there one in tho box, was theie?" "Not a Boul, sir; not n soul! Nor In the l)ox on the right, nor in the box on the left; not a soul, sir; I swear! â- The box keeper told it mo often all a Jules, I'm the Opera ghost!' And the vpice was so soft and kind that 1 hardly felt frightened. The voice was ' sitting in tho coiner chair, on the^ right." ; "And what did you do?" t "Well, I brought the footstool. Of, course, it wa-sn't for hlmseli he want- ; ed it, but for his lady! But I never, heard her nor saw her." j "Eh? What? So now the ghost Is married!" The eyes of the two man- i agers traveled from Mme. Giry to the ; inspector, who, standing behind the 'â-  box-keeper, was waving his arms to , attract their attention. He tapped , his forehead with a distressful fore- ; finger, to convey hia opinion that the ,thoy came out again and called the '^idow of Jules IJirv was n^Ytcertain- : 1m,x keeper, who asked them what they '; '>' "^a''- » P'^^i^. "J T- T !l,?,^ m |wante.I They said. "Uok in the 1k>x: '""fi^'^'-d ^^- ^'^^'Y^ ",' *''^,,t'T;^; there's no oni there, is there?' 'No,' '"»"â- '"" l" ^^r "'' t "" "'1^' Me«^, ' said tho woman. 'Well,' .said the^, keP " I""**'^- >•' ^'^: '"''^^ 'f" '^J" "' ' when wo went in, wo h^ard a voire ^h'-^.thl ^vorthy '".'l-V^Y"*^ â„¢ «>^""' 1 i«.„i.,r.- n,.t .»,„ iJv ,„„., taken!'" j *><='" «^^^' ""^'â- ' Pa'"^'"K "'" S^'ncr- people arriv- osity: ^^^ ^^_^ ^^ ^^ ,>erformance. he' always gives me two francs, some- , times five, sometimes ev<Mi ten, when j ho has Xtevn many days without com- ! ing. 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These re- present the rent for a plot ol ground on the site now occupied by the Law Courts, and which was orlginaily pos- sessed on these terms by a farrier named Le Brun, whose duty It was to shoe the horses and repair the armour of the knights who fought In the tour- naments held there In medieval timee. Srfycerlne Defies Frost. A national survey among useirs and: suppliers of motor oara to a«certala the advantages of glycerine as an anti' freeze substance Indicated that yellow' distlUed glycerine Is a satiafaotory auiti-freeze com.i>ound. As a thank-offering for his son's recovery a Brooklyn contractor ia about to build a huge structure, con- taining hotel, church, bank, stores^' etc. Ten per cent^ of the profits will be devoted to missionary work. "DIAMOND DYES" ^ COLOR THINGS NEW Just Dip to Tint or Boil to Dye Tuning Fork Teats Nose. • A Danish physician. 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