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( OR, THE HERITAGE OF MADAME YALTA. IN PAIN FOR YEARS "FRUIT-A-TIVES" BRINGS RELIEF ( UAI'TKll VIl.-(Contu) This exclamation escaped Maximo unguardedly. "You know the man then? Would it please you to tell m© where you have seon him ?" 'I saw hiru dining with you yes- terday in a restaurant, â€" A venue de rOpera." "now do you know that the man of whom I 8i)o.'ik is the one who wa*- dining with me i" "1 know it because I followed you." "You were acting the counter- pcilioe <as it appears." "It is adtnissable when one is dealing with a spy." "Maximo!" exclaimed the ban- ker, with a severe glance at his ne- phew. "Oh, let monsieur speak," con- tinue<i the colonel, unmoved. "His estimate touches mo very little, and I have several questions to ask him." "You wish to know where I fol- lowed you? I was iu the orches- tra of the opera when you entered tic box of that Woman. I rode in a carriage behind the hack that tcok you to Kuc Jouffroy. I es- tablished myself in a house opiKt- ait" the one you entered, and re- mained there until you took flight, «rid even a. little later." "My best compliment, monsieur. The Nihilists have in you a valu- • *^^ auxiliary." I am not with the Nihilists, you know very well," retorted Maxime, bluntly. "You say so, and I wish to be- lieve it," replied Borisoff, "but I am driven to think the contrary, for if you passed a portion of the nifrht in watching me, it was not ff r the purpose of seconding me in my conflict with these people. May I venture to ask what is now your opinion of M. de C'arnoel ?" "I cap answer without the least embarrassment. M. de Carnoel is evidently the friend of the woman who delivered him." "Y'ou admit also that the woman bcl')ngs to the sect which steals, b'.irns, and assassinates." "I admit it the more readily, as 1 am in possession of the proof." "And this proof, would you fur- â-  ii.sli mo with it?" ^ "To what purposes t You aro about to leave France. The plots wh oil are being carried on in Paris de not concern you. Besides, my convicti'jn rests on facts which arc personal to niyse'f. As for M. de Carnoel, he has been delivered by a vile crejiture assisted by a false p( lice agent, and has taken refuge in an asylum prepared for him by this pretty couple. It follows that he m.akes a part of the band." "You are wonderfully well in- formed," said the colonel, smiling sarcastically. "But I did not come to see your uncle for the purpose of entc taining him with the po- litical asiiect of this affair. It mat- tcri ""little to him. I s\ippose, that his former secretary docs or does not <-onspiro against the Ihis'^ian Brvenimcnt, but it concerns him, p<!rliaps, to acquire the certainty tha* this gentleman is a thief. When M. de Cnriioel fell into my hands, I made use of means which till- |>olice of all countries employ with prisoners. He was searched, an<! was found to carry on his [wr- Bon five packages of bank notes of tf.n thousand francs each." "Jtist the sum taken from me. It is perfectly clear." "Here is the amount," continued Borisoff, drawing the notes from Viis t)ocket. "Fifty thousand francs are very eahily obtained when one has the funds of a government at his dis- posal." nuitj^red Maxime. "I cannot receive this money, at least without being certain where it came from," sta:nnured the un- do, also uncertain of the sincerity of the colonel. "If you refuse, I shall feel com- pelled 1o give it away in charity, for it does not belong to me," said B<irisoff. "Hut 1 shall prove to you that 1 did not bring if «-iilr hi* to effect the rv.In of M. do (.'arnool. When I asked him to account for tbi*' sum, his reply was that it had been sent to him by some one who ha4l owed it to his father." "That could not be," said M. Dorgeres. "His father did not loavn a sou or credit of any sort. 1 was entrusted with the settling of his affairs, and if fifty thousand francs had been owing him I should have known of it.". "That is about what I said to the •on. This »«n then showed me the lett<ir aoeonipanying it, and you uiay judge of the value <•{ Uiiit jus- tiPieation. Hero it i«." "It l» not signed," laid Mr. Dor- gcr<a, glancing over it; "an anouy- inou* r«.iUtutioui such a thing ia I ina<imissible. What do you say to it?" he added, passing the letter t> his nephew. ! "I think," said Max:ime, "that this letter has every appearance of I having been f3.brA;ated to meet the ! necessities of the case ; by whom, I ' cannot tell. The paper it is written I on is the kind emiiloycd by men of ' business." "And the father had no friends 'engaged in commerce. Besides, a merchant would not reimburse to i tht? amount of fifty thousand francs in an anonymous letter." I "From whence it follows," said Bcrisoff, "that the son had the let- I te' writoen in case he should be i ui'dor the necessity of explaining the possession of the money. I j think, gentlemen, you must now be satisfied as to the morality of this agent of the Nihilists." "Oh. completely I" exclaimed M. , Dorgeres. I "Then," co> tinued the colonel, i "allow me to hand you the sum and ; the letter. I shall have no further business with M. do Carnoel, since ! I am recalled to St. Petersburg. Th- same despatch announces the j attempt against the Czar and my 'disgrace, â€" for this unexpected re- I call is a disgrace. I shall no lon- ' ge' be employed except in Russia, and there is little probability that y<nr ci-devant secretary will show ' himself there. If his accomplices, I le's prudent, should ever fall into my power, I shaLl not fail to trans- j mit to you whatever may cottne to I light through these wretches con- ' ceruing the theft. And in any event I carry with me the satisfac- tion of having edified you toncern- iuj, a young man who has sought to bring trouble into your family. Should he renew his audacious at- tempt. I leave you the means of confounding him." M. Borisoff had j placed the notes on the table and handed the letters to M. Dorgeres. "There remains nothing now, gen- tltmcn, bu't to take leave of you. ! My steward will come to-day to withdraw my funds. Adieu, mon- s.'cur. Present my best respects to MUe. Dorgeres, and believe in my â-  best wi.shes." I Before leaving, he turned toward Maxime and tossed him a bit of i advice : "Believe me, monsieur, you would d well to abstain from pur- suing the rescuers 'of M. de Car- noel. They would kill you." With these words he disappeared: ju''t a.s the valet Joseph entered and! said: "Mademoiselle sends mo to say t) M. Dorgeres that she is waiting I breakfast for him." "Very well.' Say that I am com- ing " The vnlot went out and the bank- er was left alone with Maxime, who wa« much less agitated than his uncle. "May the devil take this Rus- sian with his revelations and his rcft.ilutions," he said; "I have a mind to run after him and return the-te cursed bank-notes." "Why?" asked the nephew. "Do yoi; suppose ho has taken them from his own property for the plea- sure of dishonoring M. de C'arnool ? I can scarcely believe it." "Then you think he spoke the truth?" "Y<«; thus far th'at the fifty thou- sand francs were found in the pocket of your former secretary. It remains to be seen who wrote the letter." "Do you doubt that it was this unfortunate young man?" "Not exactly, though that would upsot tho ideas I had conceived of his character. But between the act of stealing money and that of which we believe him guilty, the difference is small enough. To as- Hociato onosolf with rascals who bleak safes under the pretiixt of polities is more than enough to dis- iionor a man. Let me go on with the story which the colonel inter- rupted. I placed in my pocket a bracelet that was found on the Jiand, and kept it as a means of TWfJvdvering the admirttble i)er«en who had abandoned it -to the claws of your safe. One evening, after having exhibited it at a public ball, I met with a woman, very pretty ar.d not at all shy, wIk> permitted me to act as her escort, and drew ,nie into, a spot where four scoun- drels, p(i«ted by her, were lying in wait to murder me and recover H«c bra<eelct. The jade after this di» api>earod, and I saw no more of htr until some time after, when •ho apiM'ari'd in a box at the Va- fi(;es. tihc gnve'*lVe a coniial greeting, and aooeptedv.an invita- tion to supper, d«iriiot,^hich she found mi^ans to f \ . oprrying off the bracelet. It wii-.M>mn quite clear that this crcaHnre Wad been no- spa Ichedbjr tl. ^>iJii«'f to rccov)r MRS. FRANK EATON Prankville, Ont., Sept. 27, 1909. "I suffered for years from headaches and pain in the back, -and I consulted doctors and took every remedy obtain- able without any relief. Then I began talcing "Pruit-a-tives", the famous fruit juice tablets, and this was the only medicine that ever did me any real good. I took several boxes altogether, and now I am entirely well of all my dread- ful headaches and backaches". (Signed) MRS. FRANK EATON. 50c a box, 6 for|3.so or trial box, 25c At dealers or from Fruitxi-tivet Limited, Ottawa. pc-ssession of a means of convict- ing her. Thereupon 'a new eclips': of the damsel. She be^same invl* Jble, undisooverable. Meanwhile, I disccver that Carnoel is a prisoner in Borisoff's house. . Yesterday I met BiM'isofi with a person who ap- ,P<'ar8 to me 'suspicious. I attach myself to them â€" " "I know the rest; the colonel hai just told us." "Yes ; but the colonel did not tell you tlvat the woman who fled with Carnoel was tlie same who twice jnade an attack on me because of the braceletâ€" the charge d' af- faires of the one-handed. And now that you know all, am I right in affirming th'at Carnoel is tlie asso- ci'ate of these rascals?" "Par'bleu! I have no doubt of it. I am not the one ito whom you must say that in order to repair the mis- chief you have done." "But I intend to say the same to my cousin also." "When? Will you wait until she dice of grief, or flies into a con- vent? My life i' intolerable. Alice neither speaks nor eats Vignory â- lo<iks like a funei'al. It is enough to drive one mad." "I ask for twenty-four hours to j'make 'a declaration which will pro- duce a decided effect on my cou- sin " "Why this delay? She is wa.it- init for me now. Break'fa'it with us." "I will do so to-morrow if you wish, and as I am going this even- in? to lay hands on M. de Carnoel and his unstressâ€" for this woman ia his raistressâ€" " "What! you are going to arrest them. What is your profesfsion, then?" "Oh, I am not yet enrolled in the I prefecture of police; but I wish to! Icnow finally where I st'and in re-, gard to your former secretary, and| I know some one who will intro- duce me into the house in which he is hiding." "Diablo! it would be a hazard- ous expedition. Remember the words of the colonel : 'Take care, these people would kill "you.'" "I am not afraid of them." "You will be always the same- going straight on, doubting and suspecting notliing. They have just bkwn up the Winter Palace ; to ;muider you would be a much smal- lei matter." • At this moment Juk's "Vignory entered. He had an anxious ap- pears nte, and seemed surprised at ivceing Maxime. "Monsieur," ho said, "I have just been notified that Col. Boris- off will wit'hdraw his funds at three o'clock. May I settle his account?" "Yes. I have just seen the col- onel. But I wish to speak wftli vou. Why did you not tell mc of the first attt'mpt at theft? Oh, do no', assume the astonished! I know all Maxime has just given me the history of the hand." "He ought to have done so sotyn- er," replied the cashier; "it was he who urged me to silence." Maxime said nothing, but he knit his brow. Ho found Vignnry over- prompt to vindicate himself at the ex|>onso of a friend. "I know that, and I am not dis- pleased with you be.vond measure, though it 'seoms to mo that your situation imposed upon you duties to whi<<i you have 'been wanting. Hut we 'will leave the past, and be kind enough to examine these pack- ages of bank-notes," added the bunker, pointing to the files which were still spread out on the "table. Vignory took thcin up and be- gan counting tliera over. "There aro fifty," he said. "That is not wliAt I ask. Whoro I d,> you think tihey camo from?" "From mv safe, unaoubtedly. 1 recogni'.c the way the pin is stuck in ; a litH-le more to the right and a little lower down than the pack- ages niatle at the Bank of FranVe." "Very well. My rouge of a see retary can no longer niainlain that ho has «to)en thorn." "What: it wasâ€"" "We hold iu our hands the »\»m that was taken from uic, and i% rests with me to have this Carnoel arrestod." "He is in Paris 1" exclaimed Vig- nory. "i'os, and I have in my hand the proof of his infamy. Would you 'believe that he has had the auda- city to assert that this money was sent to him by a debtor of 'his fa- ther! He had a letter written. lUad it, and tell me what you think." Vignory turned pale and took tho letter with a hand that trembled visiblv. "The imposture is evident," he f^aid after having glanced at it; "i*o is even very clumsily done ; this letter must have been dictated by M de Carnoel." "Dictiated to whom?" asked Ma.x- imt. abruptly. "To one of his friends, no doubt. 1 do not know tthe handwriting." "But intimate as you •were, you must knjw tho friends of Robert de Carnoel." "Friendsâ€" he had few," stam- 1 mere! Vignory. • "A few college chums, and those he saw very rare- ly" "Then," said the banker, "it is useless to try to find out Who wrote the le'tter." i "I believe so, monsieur â€" how-,' ever, if you would entrust it to me' I may perhaps â€" " | "No, it would be waste of time;| my mind is entirely made up, and! I desire only to impart my convic- , tioii to â€" to all those who doubt | still. This letter is a proof and I shall keep it." i The door opened softly, and| Alice's face appeared, but seeing her father was not alone she made a movement to go out. ( "Come in!" exclaimed M. Dor-' geres. He concluded to profit by the presence of Maxime to strike a great blow, but reflecting that that of his cashier would embar- rass 'his explanations with hi.s daughter he took him aside and said : "Be 80 good as to leave us. Y'ou were going to follow the advice of ^ my hare-brained nepliew^ but it isj not a hanging matter. Go, ray | fr;end, and return to dine w th us." 1 Alice avoided looking at him as! he "went out somewhat discomfited j an<l crestfallen, but exchanging a[ quick glance with her cousin, she read in his eyes that he was not a bearer of goml news. "Your arrival is opportune," said M. Dorgeres; "I even regret thai you did not come sooner. You wculd have found Col. Borisoff here." "Then I did well not to come. That man inspires mo with hor- ror." (To bo continued.) 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