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guattbr xvj grayri hall the drawingroom verc vcre still in mourning for her mother although a full year since her death had elapsed and her maid talking you may say what you like miss vcre but it does not alter facts she came only as a governess to you and now shos taking the posi tion you ought to hold mistress iiusk luey i it is the truth miss vcre the place is not the same since she set foot in it you must not say such things lucy my father lilies herlikes her very much wvhlch is more than i do- miss and she knows it too and will pay me out for it you will see she will worjc things so that presently i shall be discharged oh no xiucyv t t xarmiv ofer fo otters jtztxlytykc seed flieha sown had germinated aid fcbe- plant- thai wasgrdwing wctl9hetiad tended it very care fully she deserved te gathering of the fruit beggie was continuing ue liad the usyal war of wovils- tba usual sermon- my exravagatice he is my guardian you know and i sujpose ho considers that a license for preaching toiiw and h0 used the same old text as you sow so shall you reap and evelyn thought to herself if that text were time jqw rich how rich would be her harvest and what she feared was coming came evelyn you know me you know i am not altogether a bail egg dont you and you must know t that so far as you are concerned she would have given the world to stop him but she had no means of doing so save by positive rude ness and that she felt she could not exercise she cared for him too she bowed coldly and passed from the room a mocking smile came over hiss west cars face a smile with a blend of triumph in it as she said the fool i the childish fool but she is right though 1 can twist sir george round my finger and i shall too when the twistingtime arrives the time of twisting the wedding- ring round my linger lady gray nc wj hexfouy at the urn sounds a deal better than ca the plain mrs i was called with 1 he result of my display of tern alfred poor wretch 1 suppose today has been that iny undo i has practically he is wearing himself out in a con vict cell avell it is the fortune of war i am travelling a safe road now and he can never possibly track me when he gains his liber ty 1 shall have changed my fame by marriage and bo moving in a circle lie is never likely to even touch the fringe of sir george has one foot in the grave once married it will not be difficult to help the other in oh i know miss sorry i shall ho ought to be thinking more of jijis be goodness known- to leave you j funeral than marriage and yet i after knowing you from almost a can see that he is on the point of jtfl su j i baby but i can see farther than my nose governess indeed youli find she wont bo satisfied till she governs- us she just twists sir george round her finger- ilnsh liitcy you must not talk so of my stepfather i beg your pardon iniss but it just galls mo to see her come here only a little over a year ago as a servant and now behaving just as if she was that will do lucy please- go now and see to my room yes miss tth i and obediently the maid- left the rooro the servants felt very bitter ly against miss western ajulgj hiss westcar knew if arid the very-know- ledge made her wield her whip the inore a protest meant discharge jthe household stuff knew that from experience it was quite true that the guidance of the house had devolved on verbs late governess she was something more than that now she had made herself indispensable to sir george and she so- cleverly manipulated that gentleman and the things surround ing him that he could not bear her absence from the place as the maid left the room vcre sighed and said 1 kyen the servants notice it this strange power she exercises over sir george alas it is true she can turn bini round her finger it isa foolish thing to speak ones thoughts alotid at any time more foolfslf whon there is in the house a lady who would not hesitate to lis ten and that was so at grayno hall miss wcstcar hail been stand ing in the conservatory during the conversation and she instantly re solved that the maids prediction of her own discharge should be verified now she was strindfng in the draw- j ingroom entrance then she ad vanced and said as your governess dear it is ny duty to tell you that to think aloud is outre as a woman of the world x may add by way of advice that it is adangcrous habit to fall into aiht fliis she and him yoiil wero mentioning and the fingertwisting process may 1- uskto whom you i were referring wliat it meant she knew qui teperfectly well huvsho wantetl to entrap the girl wanted some real reason of com plaint to carry to sir george as yet iiqc power- was not great enough despite his h cadaverheels belief in miss wcstcar the old man was not quite bliniito the duty he owe his dead wifes daughter her youth arid inexperience had been the ground for his giving miss wcstcar the rcfnsbut once between her fingers she wanted to drive beyond the bounds he had set yore flushed as she said i did not know you were here miss wcstcar i can readily believe thnt lis- tencrcs do not of ton hear good of themselves hut you do not answer myquesion j i about my thoughts v miss west- enr my thoughts arc my own pray paruon mo- i proposing matrimony to me she took a rose from a vase anil stood thoughtlessly picking it to pieces petal by petal what curious creatures men arc 1 might say- women too who would have imagined that in my na ture love would ever find a place and yet try to root it out as t will i feel an indescribable some thing which js not passion it must be love and for a boy too a mere boy not even a man but for reggie gray no a twentyyearold boy- htho old man suspected this for a moment reggies stay hero would short one by courtesy ho ajlowsjbimself to be called un cle but the boy is not a favorite perhaps it would be ns well if he went she threw away the stalk of th rose and picked vp a photograph of the man she was thinking of and looked at it more closely jte loves me i know and i try hard as i may oh whata fool i am why should i let this feeling for him find place in i will end it sir george shall send him away the thing is growing dangerous and then a mans voice the voice of a man who had entered the room unperceived holding my photograph miss wcstcar drop the shadow for the substance hold me she was angry with herself for be ing found out in that way but she drew herself together and repulsed his approach she must set- her foot on this feeling and crush it down she put the photograph back and said you must excuse me- i have some duty necessitating my immed iate but he laughingly stopped her put his back to the door she would have left by and said dont go away yet i have some thing to say to ynu which 1 must sav my time here is vcrv short short i am leaving for for some time i must say be sealed please he iutlicated a chair and she sat shefelt that she knew what he was going to say that a crisis had ar rived and she steeled herself to meet it i charttcr xvif j have quarrelled with my uncle your uncle well he is a sort of uncle you know by marriage i did not mean tliat i meant that i was sorryvybn had quarrelled with your kinsman it was about you about me he said things about you which relative of mine as he is t could not suffer hiui to say in silence concerning me oh in no offensive way do not think that on the contrary he added bitterly he could scarcely have spoken of you in warmer terms had he cared for you as mich as 1 do kvelyn felt a thrill of satisfaction the old man was even speaking hi any ulceration eruption or irritation of tho skin is curable by means of dr chases ointment tlicro la no guesswork about the results obtainable from lr chases ointment with all medicines taken internal ly there is jnoro or less uncertainty as to the eftcct because tho condition may not be exactly as indicated by the symptoms but if you have a sore or wound and apply dr chases ointment and hnl u you can see with your own eyes tho definite re sults for eczema salt rheum old sores or piles there is scarcely a town vil lage or side lino in this whole hind but can pointto some enso inwhich dr chases ointment has made n remarkable euro while this ointment is best known on account of its extraordinary suc cess in curing the most torturing skin diseases and the most distress ing forms of piles it is also useful shown me the door mel i 1 am going my income is nearly a couple of bundred a year without a farthings help from him and thats why i want to talk to you evelyn to ask you to share that with me in content till things get better and briefs come in as they are sure to she was eyeing him all this time and when lie struek the huancial note she hardened up at oncer she was as acute on the money question as the chancellor of the kxchequer the chord vibrated he called back to her the thought of her scheme for the future tiie illusion his pres ence created was dispelled 1 she lis tened i know you are sure of the good things of this life and if you went away you might miss the comforts of groyne hall but evelyn i am going to ask you to go uwayto go away with me to many me if we are poor at first we shall be better off later on meanwhile it was almost the first thing she had said she had let him talk and now the way ahe did speak rather disconcerted him she spoke so cold ly- ue should have a economise a bit 1 admit take rooms in lon don can you imagine my living in rooms or economising doingsat- urday shopping in the high street- bargaining with the butcher for a joint perhaps and nibbing should ers with all the ugh it is too horrible to contemplate whilst by way of recreation perhaps j should have tho darning of your socks the buttoning of your shirts no my dear lieggic i have a soul above such things she had and an ambition too an ambition with such a summit that he would never see its peak and a method of climbing it that would have made him turn from her in loathing and horror had he known her sarcasm made him say moodily and yet i have been foolish enough to think you cared for me nothing particularly foolish in that that made him turn to her eager ly as ho inquired then you do care for me answer mo honestly honestly t do care for you aiwl caring sanely merges into love she had to admit to herself flint it had done so in her own case and bitterly regretted the admission all the while she so thought she an swered slowly perhaps and people have been known to marry for jove i really sometimes what in real life she shrug ged her shoulders as she spoke and the eagerness left him it was so expressive that shrug j are you citing such instances as examples which t should follow expecting me to do so no he answered slowly hot expecting it now and yet there have been women who have fount a mans love brighten up a poor home and give it a brilliancy far exceed ing a loveless rich one that would be vory pretty reg gie on the stage where the poor but honest maxim finds such favor and such wellturncd sentences no doubt steadily increase the circula tion of the cheap novelettes but there is no proof of the truth of it in actual life can you tell me of one instance of a woman who has taken the horrible plunge into pov erty for what you term love who after a short time will not sell her very soul- to ret head and should ers above he slough again kvelyn let us come to the point honestly do you care for me again honestly yes much v- v as much as ever i en rod for any one and more win vou marry me no why not i will tell you why plainly even if it sounds brutal uecnuse i un- ovrstnnu the subject wn have been discussing very much better than you do love in a cottage is a very pretty picture lollookupon but hateful o endure i loathe poverty the horrible 6 horrible grinding want of money 1 is money everything to vou kvelyn ire put the questionhe little knew how lie hail touched the spot to evelyn it wnsindced every thing to bo contlnued fin scores of ways in every home- for tt is because of the certain results i the cure of scalds burns wounds accompanying the uscof pr chases old sores chafing skin irritation ointment that this great preparation sore feet pimples rough skin and has come to le standard the world j everything for which an antiseptic over jf w dealer offers you nny other ointment does he dosoon its merits or does he not rather- try to make a stile by saying this is just ns good ns pr chads v as a matter of foct vr hiuvs fii ointnincj now0 universally used that few dealers tmok of ofivring anything cim wvcii t w is xoiijtht soothing treatment is needed pr chase ointment go cents a box at nil dealers oredmanson ilals company- toronto jto protect you nglnst imitation the portrait and signature of dr a v chase the famous receipt book au thor are on every box of hisfrvimv piwvku taktkrs several women in paris are profes sional dinner tufttcrs in a carri age just ivdforo the dinner- hour the taster is whirled from- house to homo of her patrons enters each kitchen and tastes the dishes inlenrf- ed tot 0nrir fifbe uggrsts im provements and tlescrilies new ino- ihods of preparing food ri given awoy staiilic care ok horses among the horses in this country there is probably more suffering from mistaken kindness and lack of skill and judgment than from ilelibcrute cruelty or wilful ncgleot an im mense muss of empiricism prejudice am false notions in relation to horse management in health and disease has become traditional and is hand ed clown from one generation to an other even when the horse is in apparent health with no morbid symptoms whatever it is bled purg ed and blistered harsh diuretics and rendition powders of unknown composition are administered with no very definite or intelligent aim but under the vague idea that such treatment will somehow improve the condition and appearance of the horse if we nro to retain the pris tine health and vigor of the horse under the artificial conditions of do mestic servitude we must furnish it ns far as possible with equally pure air wholesome food and water it has while running wild in tho first place the stable must be kept perfectly clean nt all times when allowed to remain in such a condition that if a man stays ten minutes his clothing becomes satur ated with pungent ammoniacal odors it is not a fit placo in which to keep a horse the animal cannot retain perfect health in an atmosphere loaded with foul gasses the stalls and floor must be cleaned every morning and kept clean the drop pings and wet foul litter should not be tossed through a hole behind the stall and left piled up there a- reek ing dunghill witli the gases and od ors of fermentation penetrating the stable tosay nothing of the wasto of manure which is often an item of some importance such a prnctico is utterly incompatible with pure air in the stable tho manure and litter should be kept in a sheltered place and frequently sprinkled with some absorbent ns gypsum swamp muck or if nothing better is at hand dry coal ashes or road dust during warm weather the stalls guttets and entire floor should bo washed fre quently with plenty of water pry lund plaster sprinkled plentifully on the ooorj will absorb ammoniacal emanations but when wet it becomes a sticky objectionable mass a solution 6f coppers at the rate of one ounce to two gallons of water sprinkled freely in the stable is a very effective deodorizer when the stable is cleaned uji in the morning the partially soiled bedding which is to be used ngain should bo removed to some other part of the stable to dry and never thrown under the manger or near the horses head in accordance with a quite too common custom how would the owner or groom enjoy having such an odorous maps under his own table scrub anp pedigree the march of pedigree stock like a mighty avalanche is sweeping over this country from the atlantic to tho pacific bringing a new prosper ity to the farm with improved stock enricwng the soil and marketing the farm crops at pedigree prices driving the scrub back with tho ox team to oblivion- professor burnett says tho scrub must give place on high priced land to the angus the hereford tho shorthorn and tho other beef breeds which can he grown and finished for tho market in front eighteen to twen- tyfobr months and be sold at the ton of the market jfj inferior cattle should make equal gains for the food consumed they still produce an inferior grade of carcass which is worth from 10 to u5 per- cent less than the well bred and the well grown steer if tho inferior nicer is produced with out loss the premium on tho better steor is profit there is a very great difference in tho value per pound of a well bred calf und a scrub tho well bred calf pays you a profit on every bushel of corn and every ton of alfalfa he eats ho is an embryo gold mine us he watts to be shunted down prosperity track the other calf has a hung dog look he would much better he hung young the feeder of mature cattle often selects inferior grades of steers of colors on account of their lower cost as feeders and claims here is great er profit in them this may bo true with the man who teeilfi but how about the man who raised the feed er if good feeders sometimes sell for more than they are worth this is a convincing argument in favor of raising them the best investment sheep farmer canmako the fleece and the carcass make up the sheep and if either is inferior the sheep is inferior no matter how good the other may be it is much the better plan to keep sheep in a good condition all the time much better than to allow them to run down a part of tho time a lamb is perhaps the most dif ficult of all animals to recupernie after it has once started down hill to improve ocy kind of farm an imals and to fix their chief character istics it is necessary to cross only animals of similar types and char acteristics one advantage with wool growing is it is it product which does not take fertility from the soil as grain growing fattening sheep should not be al lowed much range to run over but should bo kept in a small lot where they can be kept quiet how sleep may be wooed movements of the eeet will quiet the nervous brain most of tho mental devices for wooing sleep have failed because they have nearly always tried to resort to local treatment in other words they have made a homeopathic at tempt to stop thinking about some thing else a process which might al so be called elimination by substi tution but all thinking spontan eous orforced draws more or less blood to tho brain prevents- deep inhalations and bars the gate to tho kingdom of dreams any device on the other hand which will make one take deep long breaths spontaneous ly the invariable forerunner of sleep may be counted upon as a genuine remedy for insomnia even deep breathing which is forced is better than any purely mental at tempt to win sleep but if the deep breathing can bo produced involun tarily one is sure of a passport to nod land after several nights of experiment to this end tho present writer decided to apply the principle adopted by tho masseurs who begin their ma nipulations at the point farthest from the seat of difficulty which in the case of insomnia would bo tho feet lying on the right side with the knees together and considerably flexed the victim of insomnia should begin to pyial both his feet slowly up and down with the movement en tirely in the ankles the pedaling should keep iim4 with the natural rhythm of respiration and be continu ed until it is followed by deep and spontaneous breathing several people who have tried this remedy report that involuntarily deep breathing invariably begins before they halve pedaled up and down a dozen times in obstinate cases of insomnia the patient may need to keep up tho pedaling two or three minutes or even more with inter missions if necessary the treat ment may also be varied by moving the feet alternately instead of sim ultaneously though the latter me thod ban proved the more speedily efficacious in the cases known to the writer the explanation of the re sult obtained is probably simple the blood is pumped from the head and with tho removal of brain tension a general relaxation follows with a se- qiynt deep respiration and its re sulting sleep tee ot on bis yacht how the daily life board is spent but strict etiquette is observed all on board enjoy themselves when the king of croat britain is on board his yacht tho daily routine is in many respects much what it is on the yacht of any wealthy british er his majesty has an early cup of tea taken to his bedside and he ap pears oa deck at an hour when tho white beards have scarcely had time to recover from tho morning swill being a keen and practical yaditi- man ilie king knows the value of a befon break fast blow unless invited specially tho dis tinguished visitors on board do not intrude until his majesty has had an opportunity of a chat with the superior officers on board as to tho yachts projected course for the day and other matters but a few min utes before breakfast is announced there is if the weather is favorable a general meeting of royal host and visitors on deck sometimes the king will look in upon the crew at breakfast or he will wiliq one or two suggestions re specting the yachts fittings and sails when at sea the king docs not ob serve his customary habit of break fasting alone when yachting his majesty takes his place at tho head of tho table and forms one of a cheery party in spite of all that has been said to the contrary the king is not a largo eater nor is he particularly given to very rich dish- his majesty is extremely fond the suez canal the traffic of the big ditch steadily growing is sukbp notes by continually changing no one can build up a fine flock merinos will make good mutton if the sheep are properly handled and made fat in purchasing sheep to form a flock buy none but firstclass animals keep in minu that tho earliest lambs in market always bring tho best pries the flesh of the sheen partakes of the flavor of its food more than thut of nny other animal the sheep that is sold for mutton because it is not worth keeping hardly helps tho sale of mutton ns a meat for poor lands and short pastures sheep are decidfdly better adapted than cattle tho most unfavorable conditions under which sheep can lie kept is in feeding on low marshy pastures assort and grade the flock of sheep intended for market according to sfe kind and quality one good sheep will bring in more clear pro at than to poor ones in fact poor ones nro often kept at a loss x brldo is highly prized yet ft he js jurchasing a good ram and using him with carefully selected owes is no more complete refutation of the arguments used to defeat a great in vestment in canal construction was ever furnished than by the sue can al tho report on whoso t rathe for the last year has been recently made public the big suez ditch was opened to navigation november 17 18g its total length is ninetytwo miles from port said to sue its actual cost was about s8000000 besides a bond of about 7000000 more its stock is divided into 100000 shares and of these 170002 ore held by tho british government for which it paid tho khedfvc of icgypt in 187 520000000 using round figures tho shares bear interest at 5 per cent up to 1872 the canals run- j wheeled up to the tea party in es of a good cup ok coffee and it was reported not long ago that when paying a visit to the con tinent a special coffeemaking indi vidual was engaged soon after breakfast the newspa pers letters and telegrams arrive that is if tho yacht is lying off a part of the coast where there is a postoffico and railway station even when taking a haliday the king has a large amount of daily business to attend to documents re quiring his signature various state papers and numerous official papers needing royal assent or approval are gone carefully through the kings secretary and an assistant make matters as light as possible but there is much that must be clone by his majesty himself towards noon when business for the time being is finished the king goes on deck often he will smoke a cigar and sit nuout genially chat ting with his guests or else he will peruse a newspaper and watch the crew attending to their many duties there aro nearly always some ladies among tho company und to these guests his majesty is as attentive as any junior officer could bo an elder ly lady of title once told the present writer that tho kings manner to wards her sex is as perfeit as man ner can be luncheon on 110aud the kings yacht is not by any means an elaborate meal heing a true sailor at heart the king is al ways loth to spend much time during tho best part of the day at table he is as eager to get hack on deck as anyone can be if there is music while luncheon is in progress the leader of the band is requested to finish his programme on deck each time that the king returns to the deck after an absence of any length he carefully consults the com pass the quarter of the wind and such other important issues as go to make up tho interest of life on a yacht if some members of the party are desirous of going sightsee ing on shore his majesty takes a share in riving the orders to the men who arc to escort the party and ho offers his personal counsel to his guests as to the places of the vicin ity best worth a visit afternoon tea may or may not be served on deck the ladies view af ternoon tea ns their own sjecinl function and they delight in handing tlio dainty cakes and pastries round without tho aid of a man servant much pleasant chat js exchanged while drinking tea there is none of tho formality of dinner attending it and bright talk and laughter freely mingle with the rattle of ten cups and saucers should there be tin in- ltd guest on board he or sho nihil expenses exceeded its receipts in that year it earned moro than 410- 000 net yet its total receipts in that year were only about sosflo- 000 last year 1002 its total re ceipts wero 20rlm00i jieing 12- 481000 in excess of its expenditures and it distributed in net profits af ter covering its sinking fund over 12000000 its- traffic is steadily growing last year tho net tonnage of vessels using it was 11218411 an increase of 0 per cent since 1000 chains ok gold philosophy is nothing but discre tion john seldom tho only wealth which will not decay is knowledge- iansforil ah imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence johnson trouble teaches men how much thero is in manhood henry ward ueecher your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself a ilron- sbn aleott human judgment is finite and it ought always to be charitable william winter kindness in us is the honey thnt blunts the sting of unklndness in an- other lnnclor politeness is a sort of guard which covers the rough edges of our char acter and prevents their wounding others j oubert the constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain jils own powers and fnwlil gifts and to strengthen them for the help of others husklu- bathchair and tmulo to forget for a time at least tho ills to which flesh is hfih dinner usually lasts about forty minutes strict etiquette is observ ed tnough the king never forgets that he is on hoard his yacht and that tho solemn walls of ituckingham palace end windsor castle nro far away when the king rises from his chair the ladies hasten away and put on cloaks and wraps beforo adjourn ing to tho deck where they aro pres ently joined by the men guests sometimes tho hours after dinner nro passed on hoard by listening to a specially engaged gleeparty or a famous musician will perform or a concert may bo arranged when guests and sailors alike will do their best to gain applnme from his ma jesty who is no mean critic when the weather makes the deck impossible music is enjoyed in the big saloon or the king may have a quiet game of cards with n few friends so ends tho ordinary day on board ills majestys yacht pearsons weekly f tt isnt always the longhaired man who has tho most brains i ro prtjtb to you ttxtit pn sqmc oldtmsntlsnccrriilr ami absolute euro for cafll ftn4 evmry nm of itcmwt bfoaclliigaml prolmhnc ril lio manufacturers b poarwnteou ft t t timonuliinihftcrtllrpmiinjftklotirnech- bm wl ttfior hfcw of if yoti ean two it and lt yonrnontbl if notour do k nl ix dtzlcr or rifruaxtouitcsfc cttoroato drchasos ointment on british adtontubeks flc- ed under arrest the gang and female accomplices known in scotland yard tho sfrench police have in custody several members of a gang of alleged swell mobsmen who have it is suj- posed curried oa their practices all over europe in london paris gib raltar ostend urusels isiul-a-1ud- en naples trouville 3ionte carlo nice and also in cairo they wcra arrested in trouvillo and paris but only two named kandeli and koss will bo detained in prison writes a paris correspondent all tho others whose names are maclareninues jjeatiin macdonald brown bloom- field march and waters will be re leased in a few days when the min ister of the interior has signed the decree of expunsion banishing them from france koss is detained in custody for having at trouville attempted to rob an english gentleman named green of several betting tickets of the value of 20 kandnll was arrested for stealing a pocketbook containing iigoo from a horse ilealer residing at neuilly both men will come up for trial shortly 4 tho gang is known to the scotland yard authorities and m ilennron tho head of the french secret police and two of his smartest officers mm aschwenden and garrette have been watching them all the summer fol lowing them from trouville to di- eppo and finially to paris at dieppe bloomficld march and waters arrived at the hotel royal on a splendid automobile about a week later they aro accused of hav ing decamped without paying their hotel bill they abandoned the mo- lor car the detectives tracked them to paris whero all three were stay ing at different hotels they had in their possession the usual sharpers accessories- faked roulet wheels marked cards and i several ingenious appliances for cheatingat baccarat i was shown by thepolfce a large collection of labels which had been removed from tho trunks of the al leged swindlers showing that they had stayed at the best hotels at the places they visited they are most ly tall goodlooking men always faultlessly clothed they occupy the best rooms in the establishments where they 4tay dine at fashionable restaurants and generally give one the impression that they are english gentlemen of independent fortune spending a holiday abroo as an indication of pay luxurious fashion in which their wardrobes are furnished it- may be stated that on being ar rested a few days ago one of tho gang asked the police to keep a sharp eye on their trunks as they contained 200 worth of clothes selecting the pigeons it appears that when the gang has laid its plans to work a certain re sort its members separate and take rooms in different hotels when they have selected the pigeons as they term their victims they hud some excuse for engaging them in conver sation and it in rather strange said a french detective to me that although englishmen arc very reserv ed at home when abroad if another englishman addresses them in their common language they never seem to suspect him the swell mobsman is an expert judge of character lie seems to know instinctively the man who has plenty of money which can be swindl ed out of him and when he has once succeeded in breaking the ico by a request fov a light by a polite good mdrninv or by some equally unsuspicious manoeuvre further inti macy becomes easy the newfound acquaintance is invited to accompany his charming welldressed fellow- countryman to the races where the latter meet- several of his accomplice es introductions follow the chief of the gang mentions that he has a sure thing in hand on which he in tends to put 200 or 300 the stranger is strongly advised to do the same if he demurs ho is usual ly persuafled to back the certainty with just 100 of course the horso comes in nowhere and tho swell mobsmen divide the spoils the disconsolate pigeon is after wards invited to dinner and later is requested to lake a hand at cards in the rooms of one of the gang by means of exceedingly ingenious oids to swindling the process of robbing tho victim is continued and when ho gets tired of losing money or has no more mi6ther pigeon is caught an similarly plucked at trouville naunbers of the gang were seen speaking to some of tho most prominent members of the brit ish nristocrncy who evidently it tt to guessed the real character of their faultlesslyattired and charmingly- mannered neighbors m hennion says that he has soma other members of the gang uiider ol- servntion nnd thnt if they arc not arrested beforo tho winter they will probably bo heard of at nice and monte carlo when the riviera season opens female accomplices tho members of the gang are usual ly accompanied by several goodlook ing women of considerable personal attractions and with a generous sup ply of jewelry these women fre quently play an important part in snaring tho pigeons one of tho most successful of these female accom plices is the beautiful mrs i formerly wellknown as a barmaid at a leading hotli in london she it was who completely captivated a yorkshire gentleman at marseilles last winter nnd on his way back to nice in the same compartment with her she performed the narcotic trick on him whtloher male confederates looked after the pigeons pockel- look mrs i v nnd- her husband while nt nice jiftid 21 prr wek for hotel expenses none of thcr v nocn have been arrcatrtd