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' ~ . ' l · n t m.e n a~e convicted through an_ ove~- you. But that question naed not trouble A ()m·ious and llneXJ)lained Fact. The Anc;~nt House at Stratford. .,;helming tide oi evidence, and Sidney a us yet," he continued t houghtfully. "It Persons who have watched. much with lt ia the ;_1-fortune of the corporation . . The day wore oh ; the sun sank to rest r .ith in Greville's innocence had infected is Mr. Greville's innocencewhichwemuet sick people at night, or who have been of Stratfo, d-on-Avon to be perpetually . OIIAPTERXXXVIll. ttmid a glory of purple and cnmsori. and }aim against hi~ will. Then t h e reeult of seek .to prove. Have you seen him eince often awake at midnight from a.ny cause, confronted by some difficulty with regard gold; the short winter t.wilight · came · to 1 .ia own cautiously· made inquiries had his arre11t r' have noticed an unusual number of to t he in 1·eres ting aut1quhies of their "No. My father saw him for a few noises at, that time. Those who are not town. The nex:t morning Sidney awoke w!th an end, and evenilill' set in ; but Stephen hoen t he suspicion of Stephen, a suspiThe problem which perplexea that reluctance and unwillingness which had not yet returne..t. Sidney's anxiet.y cion increased almost to a certainty hy minutes yesterday. He finds him calm COVt'.ardly often asoribe these to the blinde, t han this tnue is, how<Jver, no debatab le one so often feels when the day that. has had riden to fever-heat. She conkl not Sidney's evident belief in hfa guilt ; and and resigned, less anxious about himself the cat, or a starting nail. But just now, question of dtAtllrbin;g tb..,ir poet's bones dawned is certain to bring no good thrng. sit still; weak as she waB, she paced up he felt pleasantly excited and interested than about the effect his arrest will have in Nevada, an old Ruby Hill miner, who or re3t.oring their chmch, but simply of She had slept heavily all through tho and down the room restlessly and inces- as he sat with Stephen Daunt in h is study on his sister, and on-on my wife. His has had fifteen years' experience under- keeping up if possible the building in the night, partly from exhus uion perhaps; b_ut santly, fearing she knew not what. talking over the arrest. sister is very ill indeed, I fear, and Dr. ground, says that he has observed one High Street known as the anciem house, her sleep had been dreamless and undis- . Stephen did not come! What had hapThe evidence against Mr. Greville is Arnold gives little h ope of her recov- p('culiar facb, tl1at betwe·m twelve and which beara the date of 1597, and on turbed. ·· · · ' pened1 What terrible thing had Jome to overwhelmingly strong," said the detec· ery." . two o'clock in the night, if there is a which Shakapearo's eyes probably re11ted. ·waking, she wondered. at the strange nim ? Had he been arrested 1 Had t,hey tive, after a pause, looking down at his "It is a wretched business altogether." loolle stone or bit of earth in the mine, it It ha.a been in a bi\d way for aome t ime, heaviness wb.ich hung over her-for she taken him to prison 1 Ah, surely if no- note-book, wl.Jich lay op1;m on the table said the other, in an irritated manner, is sure to fall. Says he, "About this and last week the old structure ·would was unused to such heavy sluml>er, and thing' terrible had come to him, h.e would before him. "As I said, the chance of pushing his chair away from the table; time it seems .that everything begins to ha.ve .come bodily dnwn into the street , the sense of suffering and distress was have been home ere now! He would his acquittal is infinitesimal. Only the " and for your aake and Mn. ·Daunt'I! I stir ; atid immediately after twelve, lik~ the 1 · ockpit at Preston in the spring, generally present with her through the han kno wn how anxious she was, he coI1fesaion of t.he real murderer could heartily wiah it were over, I assure you," although the mine has been still as a h ad it not promptly been shored up with weary wakeful night hour~-and ab first would have spared her these l'onir hours, clear him; and that. we are not likely to he ad<led with a simple earneBtness that tomb before, you will hear p:i.rlicles of tim1wr Bt1·t. how HJ su1stain it permashe was confused and bewildered i bllt, as he would have come home! obtain." was to unaffected not to be sincere, rook and eart11 come tumbling down, and mmt,Jy ia a.not.her thing. At last she could bear the solitude and Stephen sighed heavily. soon as her wisi;ful eyes had looked on_ce "that I sympathize with you nio2t truly, if t.her~ i.s a ce.ving piece of proun i in the . . -.------:--·~1-~·~·7""" .. or twice round her room and she had .dis suspeme no longer. She rang the bell, '·I fear not," he said sadly. "Your own Mr. Daunt, and wish with all my hearb mine it is sure to ir.ive wav." Girl m B 1 ua-There s ,young! ~.~. covered that she was in her own da.mty and waiteu impatient ly for the · appear- su~picions point only one way, I suppose?" that I could see my way out of the fog. " ___........ _.. I D110.doi:eon over there; ·don t you thmk luxurious aptrtment, ahe rememb~red ance of the servant who answered h . he added abru.ptly. "Th<ink you," Stephen answered grave. I he is j usi; splendid 'I Girl in R edall- the miserable vigil of the ore~wus " Mr. Daunt has not yet returned?" she " They did point. one way," wae ly. It is a painful matter, a.ndonewhich The other ~r.y a middle v.ge<!l. German Splendtd ! why he took me buggy-riding night the dawn breaking over the _wmtry said, trying to spe.ik calmly. the quiet a.nswer. "They point there no I fear will give u~ yet mo"e pain before it woman went mto a bank, and m trans- Ill.st week Rad t;ril'd to ki~s me ! G. I. B. sea,.the tedious waiting a.t the station, the "No, IJJ.u,'am." longer." acting the b usi1·p,ss of her vfoit it became -Wl:lll ~ G. J. R -Well, he put his arm fa over. " hasty l'USh through the snow.-covered "Hav, the evening papers come~" "You thought I was guilty r· "The accused will b e defended, of neces1nry for her to wnte her n~me. A around mt> and-and of coursB I told country, the meeting with Stephen, :i-nd "·'o-yes, ma'am," the man ea.id, "Yes." pen.ready inked 'w1LB I:aI?-ded her, and a.he him jti8 t t~ behave himself. G. I. B.course, by counsel ~" that look in hia eyes as he had realtzed stammering a little and looking rather "~o my wife ttlld me. All thi.s haa· "Oh, ves ! My father will Eiecure the wrote her firs;; or Chr1atian name n iadily Well? G. I. B.-Well-he behaved himwhat her snspicions and her feari,i were- confused. been very hard for her," Stephen contin· best legal a.dvi11en poai;ible for him His enough and m good hand. Then she self B·ith-Uv.h I · . ·. " . that look which she'would never forget i "Bring them to me," Sidney ordered ued sorrowfully. "I would give all I am own father, ag perhaps yo1~ have heard, hesitated, stopped, and turning t o tho · Stat1st1cs show r,hat clergyme_n live only long as her life might be, it would never quietly, subd'u ing all signs of agitation ; worth to save her any further dii.t.reas and is convinced of his guilt and will do no· waiting cashier, apologetically said : "I don't b elieve I cau write dot name. I two years longer than th0 wicked lawlea.ve her memory. i.nd the man 'disappeared rather more anxiety. But even to do that," he ad- thirn~ for him." All came back to her-not little by lit- quickly than usual, as if he were rolieved ded, with a little bitter la.ugh, "I can "!lave you mentioned to Mt'. D.r.uut don't peen marriet t o dfo man long [ yera. S·~ems t;o b.; eomething wrong alrett,y ." abou~ th1~t. tie but in one vast over-whelming flood, to be let off without questioning. hardly confess to a crime I did not com. the suspicion which may 1:.riee 1' which ma.de her cover her eyes with Jier Sidn"'y wa.ited with outward quietness mit." "Yea, I told my father yesterday," hands to llhut out the light of day, wish- now, but with inward anxiety and trem"1f you did, I do not think it would Stephen answered frankly. "We have ing she could hide from it f_orever. bling. Something had happened, she help mattl:lrs much," said the other cooly. not mentioned it to my mother-there is She dresaed her.sl:llf languidly and slow- had no doubt any longer-no doubt-only "lt would hardly relieve Mra. no m:ed, and she is not strong ; and inly · the. excitement which :had buoyed certainty- something which concerned Da.unt's anxiety for · you to take his deed, when I see how rny wi ~e has sufferhe; up on the p revious day hac! all left her 80 palp~bly that even the houaehold place." · ed, it makes mu dread beyond all things her now, but the long night's rest had re· knew of it, had read it perhaps ln the "Heaven knows!" Stephen said wearily. the effect upon my mother and sister." freshed and strengthened her. Mrs. evening papers. White as .d eath an.d mo- I have lost all power of judgment, I think. A knock at the door made both men James, bringing in a.little silver tray, t ionless as a statu9, she waited nni;il the What ia to be done~" 6ta.rt, and Stephen said, with some little with Sidney's morning cap ?f tea, was footman returned, and with a slight gesThere was a short silence. Stephen sat irritation in hls manner-J\'IANUFACTURER AND DEALER I Neurprised to find her standmg by the. ture she motioned to him to put the news- leaning hfa head on his hand, thinking of "Come int Who fa there !" window1 looking out at the snow-co_vered papers on the table, giving no sign of im· the sad despairing face of his young wife "If you plea'3e, sir;" answered the foot.orounds. It W'l.B bitterly cold, but.it was patience as she did so ; but hardly had he in her daint.y rooms upstairs, the lovely man, opening the door, and appearing on Mink, S. S. Seal, Persian Lamb, Russia.n Lamb, Beaver and ~clear sunshiny morning, and the frozen left the room when she had sprung for- immobile face which ha.d nevor chimged the threshold, "Mr. Milner has come, Otter Muffs, Bows and Caps. .s now upon the. boughs. of the skeleton ward, snatched up the newspaper with from its anguish-stricken despair since he and--" trees glittered hke myriads of diamonds trembling hands, and was searching its had found her lying prone on the floor of Stephen did not give him time to comin the sunshine. · columns with eagar piercing eyes quick- her boudoir on the pi~evious evening; op· plete the sentence ; he hurriedly left hi11 "Yes, I am much better,". Si~ney said, ened by anxiety and fear. posite to hirn the detective sat watching seat, brushed by the zervant, and the There was no need of much searching. him keenly with hie grave eyes, and next moment was giving Lloyd a warm forcing a smile to her pale trpB as she . turned from' the window. ' I am gla\l to The eager feverish eyes bad gone down glancing now ahd then at · the copious hea.rt.y welcome. The young barrister be at home 11ga.in," she added. '.'The one page and had just begun to peruse notes iu the little ms.nuscrpt volume that looked worn and travel-stained; but that MITTS and GLOVES in Beaver, Persian and Russian journey; seemed formidable i but I have another , when they caught sight of what he held. wa.s easily ~xplained, for he had travelled survived it, you see, and.I shall not un· they waii.ted to see, and a deadly faint"Will you allow me to speak plainly, all night. Lamb, Kid, Wool and Hair Seal. dertake another yet awhile. Is Mr. Da.unt ness crept over her, her knees kembled Mr. Da.unt," he said, breaking the si " How is Sidney 1 " W<ts the fimt quesat home1" and she staggared as she stood. Th9 wux- J.,nce which had succeeded Stephen's des- tion. ROBES.-B~1ffalo, Coon and Black, 'White and Gray J ap. "Mr. Daunt has driven over. to Ash'. lights burning softly in the J?resde~1 china pairing question. · "Not well, poor child," Stephen anford, ·ma'am." was the reply. "He wish- sconces were suddenly multiplied mdefin"Speak plainly, by all means," · Ste· swered sadly. "We ate in trouble het·e, ed me to say that he hoped to return early ately, the pretr.y painted ceiling w~s com· phen answered hurriedly. "Tell me Lloyd." FUR~ and that you would rest this m.orning." ing down upon her- was she gomg to what you suspect. I am only too anxious "I knew you must b a, " Lloyd s~id "I am quite rested," Si~ney an~were_d faint, to fall down in a s1voon, and let fort.he fullest inquiry to be m11.de Into sympathetica.lly. · "So the poor fellow White.,. Regatta, F rench, Cambric and ool Shirts, Braotts gently. ··But I t~!nk I will ~e quiet t;:-is the household find her, and make their my actiona at the t ime and aince." has been taken at la.st, recogniz~d just as Ties, Silk Handkerchiefs, Collars, Cuffs, also over 25 morning · and I wlll not receive any 'is- comment.a and guess and explain the "And you will not resent any question he wa.s going on board I Ha.rd lines,' itors to-d~y. Will you tell them so down cause of it~ No, no, a hundred times no I may put to you'I" aft.er such a long evasion ! He' still avers choice lines of Fancy, Plain an<l Hibbed Under· stairs?" she added, as she put down . t~e -~he would not fain&-and she tottered "Certainly n ot." hia innocence, I understand?" ' empty cup . "I am going to the bo~doir across t he room, holding on to the furniThere was another short silouce, but clothing and Cardigan .Jo:tckcts. TO RE CON'.rINUED.) to write 11omo lette1s, and do not wish to ture as ahe passed, until she reached the briefer than the laat. be disturbed." window ; and 1hen, with trembling al"On the morning of my fir::it interview Entering. her boudoir a feW: minutes mo.'lt helpless handa, she tore aaide the with Mrs. Daunt I di.scoveren that she f,a1 mcl1ing a «Jbinese ·war Junk. later, the sight oft~~ pretty dainty ro?m curtains and nervou~ly ' groped ~t the was under thfl impre.saion that you had a It is verv am using to watch the cererecalled to her so v1vtdly the QCene ,which, fas'~ening until she opened the wmdow, very special interest in Mrs. Rutledge, had taken place there ;i. fow weeks pre- letting in a rush of keen cold air, and or rather, I should say, in the lacly who mony of la.unching a Chinese war vessel. viously th<1-t she was almost overpowered. then she fell her. arma thrown out upon became Mrs. Rutledge," sl!.icl the detee· It ia always customary before a j unk s11.ils on any voya.ge to sacrifice a cock and It was the first t~nie since that mght t~at the $ill, her' white face turned towards tive. ALL I she had entered it, and she · turned famt the winter night, half unconscious, yet "I was !ntere6ted in her as any man sprinkle its blood on the bowa of the as the remembrance fl.a.shed ;tcross her wit.h no cessation of the· keenness of her would be in ~ wom~.n of vory nnnsual vessel, amid much beating of gong~. But mind. I t seemed t o her excrned fancy suffering ; her bodily weaknees h11,d no beauty whu was Ml inmate of hia fothel"s on i;his occasion a very ei;pecia\ blessing that the room was suddenly peopl~d na.rcotic to dull the dread sharpness of her house," l:>L ephen rema-rkedquh~tly. "Mrs. is in-vok(:d on the new undertaking, and again as it h3:d b~en thcn-tha~ Frank,m pain. o~unt was er1.tirely mistaken in her sup- the Courb of Pek in sends its I mperial Commissioner to offor sacrifice, as the his strange disg~1se, was standmg by the By-and-by the bitter winter blast re- pof.\ition." fire, his sistez lymg back pale and. trerobl- stored her to fuller cc1nsciousness ; a long "You never made love to b.er1' repre2entative of the Emperor. Two THE 1PII-'L8 ing in her seat, ; she even fancied that shudder shook her from head to foot ; she interrog·, ted Hnpgood, with :a slight a.hara are therefore erected on board t.he new ship, one to the Goddesa of the she saw herself in her lon;J vel et gown strove to rise, but her strength was in- smile. Purify the Blood, correct all Disorders o± the "Never. As we are speii.king frankly, River, ~he other to the Goddess of clinging to the. heavy pGt·tie:re. for sup po.rt. sufficient ; a.nd she 1:1ank bTM'k weak and l'"lVg3, STOl'fIA..Uml, li:ID~JBYS AND B®WELS. The impresn?n was ao vivi_d that she helpless ag;,.iust the windowsill. and as absolute frankness a.nd confidence Heaven. To the former are s~crifiucd pa.used, tromblrng, and covermg her eyos H<>w l oug she remained ther.i she never are import~i.nt, Mr. Hopgood," continued two goats and t wo pigs, and to the latter, They invigorate and restore to health Deb_ilitated Constitutions, aitd with her bands in ab3olute terror ; then, knew ; she was only conaciona of inr.enae Stephen Daunt, looking at the detective who baa lesa to do with the shipping, are invaluablti in all Complaints incidental to Females of all Ages. For as it passed a.way, _she went fony~rd alow· suffering, of almost intolerable anguish, with grave earnest eyes, and with a alighi; only the heads of one 1tig and one goat. Children and the aged they ar(: priceless. ly and sank down m a low chair . by the until the door opened i.\nd her husband color ri~ing in his face, " I will toli you But quantities of joss paper, inscribed fire. What a strange eventlul time the came into the room. that I hav :l loved my wife eince she was with prayern for good luck, am burned on THE OINT:Th:fENT last few weeks had been, 11_ h e tkought, For a minute he did not see her, lying lit!;le more than a child, and that my al- each altar, and uhowera of prayera on gilt Is an infallible remedy for Bad Legs, Bad Breasts, Old Wounds, Sores wearily, so full of trouble, .excitement and as she was half concealed by i;he curtains; legiance to her has never EWl:lrved. I paper aro thrown into the aQa to propitiat e and Ulcers. It is famous for Gout and Rheumatism. ]'or disordere of the pain! One by one_ the days came before but., when he caught sight of her, an. ex· never for a moment wished to makea.nv the Sea Dragon. 'rhen, ai:n.id <lea.fe1.ing -Chest it has no equal.beating of gongs, firing of g ans, shouting, her, all clear :i.nd drntinct, sav~ those few clamation ·of pity broke from him, and he other woman my wife." when she had been so unconsc10us of. all hurried acroas tho room to her side, bendThe faint dusky red whlch had crept and general uproar, the vessel glides iilto For §m.· e 'J.'Du·oats, B1·oucb.itis, Uoughs, Colds, suffering and troub~e in her fever a!!cl de- over her with a· pitying compasi.ionate into Stephon'11 face died away, and by the river. Glandular Swellings, and all Skin Diseases it has no rival; andl, :fo1· lirium-that day when she had tried t o· look in his dark sorrowful eyes. the pallor which succeeded it the deteccontracted and stiff joints it acts like a charm. run aw~y, when she ha.d met Stephen a t ··Ia it true1" she g1>apeci, in a faint hol- tive could see what it had cost him to lV orking-Class Jlllolid.ays. Ling station, and he had fru~trated her low voice. "ls it truer' speak of his love for his wife. The subjecb of holidays for the w<>rking design, and l;he journey to Brighto~, and ··Yes," he answered gravely and sadly. "That M:r. Frank Greville was very Manufactured only at TrroMAs HOLLOW.A.Y's Establishment, the weary existence ther,e, so full of "it ia true. Greville is taken." much in love with her was proved at the classea, or ra.ther of daye on which labor 78, NEW OXFORD STREET, (late 533, OXFORD STREET), LONDON, not only of considerable inter eat, ceases, ls dread so restless, so full of.ceaseless anli:Inquest," he resumed thoughtfully ; "bnt, iety ; 'th<1t ti.relit evening when Lloyd from all accounts he was not a revengeful bub b ears in several ways on the labor And are sold at ls. ltd .. 2;. 9d., 4s. 6d., lls., 22s., and 33s. each Box .or Pot, and question. In France, Sundays or fete- . may be had from all Medicine Vendors throughout the World. Milner had read the ax:tract from Our CHAPTER XXXlX. or vindictive man." Mu.bi.a! l!'riend, and she saw the pain on "I see no chance for him, sir, but one, " ]!'rank 1 No; hewasthekindest-hoart- days cause a chomage, or ce~satiun of gl'nl'chnsers sh.onl·l look at tlle I.nl1cl on tile Pots and Boxes. If t he addrea Stephen's face as he listened, an~ h!ilard and that is such an unlikely one th;;t one ed fellow in the world !" Stephen s0,id labor, amounting during the year to 100 ts not 533. Oxro1·d Street, J.on·lon, they arc s1tnr!ous. the tone of his voice when he satd that cauuot look for it with the least hope." warmly. "There was no pleasanter com- days. ln Ruesiii. there are 24 holidays in the love tha.t could survive the know"And that ie~" panion or nicel' fellow until he went mad addition to Suuday, making in all 76 nonledge of guilt must be ' 'love ind. e ed." Ah, "Th~t the real culprit, if ho or she is in with love for Sibyl Nell. That I firmly working da:ys. In Greece the number of would he remember that now, she won- (;Xiatence, comes forward and makes a con- believed in his guilt is a. fact tha.t I will church festivals kept as strict holidays is dered wistfully-would he let that plead feasion." not, attempt to disguise from you," he so great as to leave only 265 working for her? Would he forgive her for doubt"No other chance 1" S~ephen Daunt continued. "I thought, as all who knew days in the year, added to which thae ing him if he knew that. even whe,. ~he asked, in a. tone of intense pain. '·Then him did, that he had dona the deed e.ccl- are 195 fast-days, on which, however , iB deemed. him guilty, she loved him with, it is hopeless. Where 1ne we to find the dentally, or st mnnt in a mad impulse of work is carried on . The working claasE all her heart. real culprit~" . passion., and had .fled in terror, for he of Austria have 76 whole holidaya-in Ah how could ;;he ever ha.ve doubted · "Where indeed?" s:i.id Mr. Hapgood was a nervous, sensitive man, very prone the provinces they ar e still more numhim~ ' She mush ha-ve been mad indeed to 11) ~,with a. keen glance at t'he grave, to ac~ on impulse, but the fact that he erous. In Brussels, including St. Monday, thmk even for one brief mom~nt that he n9,ndsome worn face opposite to h im, the believed in 1ny guilt has put that aside ; the average of working days is estimated could be guilty of Ruch a crmie and of face of the man w horn in his heart he na.d and that he believed in it I do not doubt at 236, al ~hough the official holidays ai:e not more than 65. The Swiss working such dastardly cowardice7 Could he ever believed guilty of the murder of Squire for a single moment." forgive it1 No, it was impossible. No- Rutledge until he had seen him, when "It was not to remov11 the guilt from classes have in addition to tb.e religious festivals, t o put up with a number of thing could excuae her doubts. ,She had his suspicions had be~m dispersed,aa snow Wmself then T'. sinned beyond forgiveness agamat the before the sun, at siuht of the noble frank "No. Of that I am peFfectly sure," drill and field davG until they are tweutyeight, and in some cantons thirty-four, husba.nd who had been so good to her. face. For the detecl;ive, in common with Daunt answered decidedly. For such a sin as hers there could be no many another student of humanity, "In all my inquiry, which was a most years of age. .....,._____ pardon. . had come to have faith in the old couplet careful one," continued the detective, A C)unnin~ Fox. Hencefo1th, should her hfec> l>ng or which saysafter another slif'ht pa.use, occupied by short, she must live. it alone 11er bus~ "I trow that countenance cannot lie poring over his ;otes, "l could find no A fox: has made an interesting contrihl~nd's love, f?r which a~e aa. · :mi ~o Who8c thoughts are legible in the eye." loophole for auy other suspicion ; I could bution to the discussion on reason and We have the EXCLUSIVl!: sale of these Watches, which cannot be with such an intense longmg, woulll Keen as his scrutiny 'lf Stephen Daunt discover no one who had the least gt"udge instinct in animals which is perplexing a beaten for time. ver be hers now. He had loved her deer· ha:l been since he had ardved at East- against Squire Rutledge except Mr. Gre- contemporary. In a recent run of the lv and truly-had he not told her so on horpe on the morning of t he day follow- ville and-and yourself, Mr. Daunt ; and Fitzwilliam hounds, reynard being hard We have a reason to be thankful for past favors during forty yearlll the previous night 1 But she herself had ing that on which Frank Greville h ad been the suspicion ao-ainst yourself arose solely pressed bv hia pursuers headed for the in business here. destroyed the love, killed it with her own arrested, he had not seen the smallest in- from the idea that you had entertained railway line, and calmly lay down on the hand, and It could never rise again- dication of the guilt he had firmly believ- an affection for his wife. But my exper- permanent way. An express train was Now our stock i;; one of the largest in the Dominion and we will never. ed in. The telegram from Stephen Daunt ience has taught me that very often we fast approaching, and the chances were Very slowly and wearily the day wore had · caused Wm considerable surpris9, have to look in tho most unlikely places t hat the hounds would get upon the line .m : the aan shone out bravely over the since the inquiries he had already made for the perpetrators of such a deed. At and be cut to pieces. Reynard ensnow-covered country, so fair and pure in the Rutledge mystery had led him to any rate, the affair is wrapped in mystery sconced himself in a safe position in t he regarding no man, eithor J cw or Gentile. and bright; 'the sky was clea.1.' and cloud- the conclusion that St ephen was guili;y, now, and we seem to have no present " six-foot," and awaited the event. There leas ; there was no wind. The mid-day and had escaped suspicion only through clue whatever to its solution. Of course, was nothing for it but to give up the 1F lit I E N D S, W ~ lVI EA N D lJ SI 1'i .IE § post brought Sidney a letter from Dolly, the belief in Frank Greville's guilt which now that Mr. GrevHle is in custody, t he game to him. 'fhe hounds were drawn posted shortly after her own departure from was so general. The interest Mrs. Daun t matter will be thoroughly gone into, and off just in time to escape danger, and the Brighton, an afl:ectiona.te chiding letter had aroused and th.e p ity he felt for her o.ther complicat ions may and probably will fox made off quietly. Was thia reason or telling her how anxious th"'Y all would position had made hlm drop the inquiry ; a.rise," in13tinct 1 Foxes can hardly be born with have been had it not been for the little but it was too fresh in his memory not to "You think that I shall be suspected1" an instinct to lie down on r.i.ilways in note she had left, telling them that she interest him greatly, and he would have Stephen asked quietly. front of an express when h~,rd pressed by had gone to Stephen, and scolding her been glad if he had felt at liberty to pur"Not unless he accuses you," was t he the hounds. On the obher hand the tenderlyfortravelling alone inher delicate sue the inq_uiry to the end.. immediate annwer; "and the evidence reasoning process by which the fox conhealth. . Almost simultaneously with Hapgood's against him is so strong that any suspi- cluded that a prudent master would not "How she would hate me if she knew !" summons to Ea.sthorpe came the news of cion against you will not be entertained risk Ws hounds on the line, is decidedly thought Sidney, sorrowfully, folding up Frank Greville's ar.est, just as he was on longer than for a. few moments. or oomplicated. t he letter with trem):>ling fingers and look- the voint of embarking for Australia ; course, in these cases, even when a man ---~-~----ing into the fire with dry aching eyes, and, as the detective travelled to Ashford haa been oonvicted and has suffered the " Is this coun try being cultured too which seemsd as if they had no more tears by the night-mail, he felt that now some- penalty of the law,there are al~ays ~ f_ow much 1 " asks the ~ ew York Graphic to ahed. thing would surely come to light. He who are ready to take anoppos1te opm1on Doesn't look so ou~ this wsy-not when a Noon pn.saed; Sidney made a feint of had had too wide an experience in his to that generally rsceived, and there may homely woman is permitted to lie in the eating at lunqheon, and then went bck profession not to know how often inno- be one or two who will continue to suspect mud until she can pick he1·self up, 9"'!"'wna'"' mrrss ' Mi nwwwrm !Ai '**"11M?l'111M?'W . ~" C'J ..I. SI.D 11.. T !G'~ns· ~. p · O·L ·.L . \" ,\ .,,;,xiety .ei;_boudoir, :waiting, :with ever increasing for ·Stephens return. ~· I .FURS I ROBES! H ·ATS! E ' Ladies Capes, l?ur Lined Circulars and Astra· chan Jackets, and Gents' Coon Coats a specialty. GENTS' IS I-IIN GS. ·vv P. S.-All kinds of Furs altered and repaired. Highest Cash price paid for Raw Furs. H-EALTH FOR I -~-· H ---- -.-. ROCKFORD AND AUROR A -WATCE"l:ES_ Sell Cheaper than JGhe _Cheapest, s. AARON BUCKLER. Wedding Rings in great variety. ·