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"Wf IB ! iP; OR, THE HERITAGE OF MADAME YALTA. TORTURED FOR SEVEN YEARS "FRUIT-illKES" HER SAlViTIO* CHAPTJ.R VIlI.-(Cont'a) "The same which he liad in jirc venting you* from seeing me. Ho went to your liousc exp-es^ly to persuade you lliat 1 woui4 >'« "h- €etit till to-morrow. This false- hood had an object. If J had nut niet jf.ou by a miracle, 1 sliju'd not have seen you to-day. and MU-ikoj calculated that to-morruw ^cm w</uld n'j longer belong to thia world." "What! Villagos who bjkits oi hit devotion to you; VillagoS con- bpire against you ! 1 dare ucr. say again.vt us, though you do me tb** honor of including me in the pro- scription you accus« him of meili- tatiug." "l>o not jest. Nothing is more serious ; I will prove it to you prca- «Ltly. In the meanwhile let us talk «f something else. Have you seen your cousin since the events of last nifrht?" "I h&ve just seen her." "Alone?" "No ; her father was present. The scene was a very painful one. I did not conceal from her what 1 1 tluught of M. de Carnoel. Alice di.l not 'contradict me. but she de- 1 clarc-J prjsitively that she would never marry." "That signifies that she docs not Ix'lieve a word of your allegations, and that she intends to be constant to the absent one until his inno- cence shall appear She is a wom- an ; she has faith." "You approve, then, of h^r pcr- •evering in her allusions'!" "Assuredly." ".And I have ticcn counting on yon to make her listen to reason I" "Not a word more. Wc will rc- •umo our conversation in a few moments, for hero we are." The Russian trotter had van- quifihed the distance, and though lhla<iaane Yalta had taken the long- CKt route, they were entering the Avenue de Friedland by the Place d.. I'Ktoile. Khe stopped Nedji before the little gate by which Maxime had rst entered with Dr. Villages. This private entrance oiio'ied at a Btroke of the boll by the valet de pied, who took the reins and re- ceived from his mistress an orJ'jr ill a foreign tongue. The countess passed in first and took a side walk which wound ithiiiugh a lawn and ended in an drniiienso conservatory. 'Here," said Madamo Y'alt'a, "we may KiMjak freely ; no one will •interrupt us." 'Not even 'the doctor 1" asked ^uxime. laughing. . "No; if h*' comes Tie will be told J have not returned." '•J)o you intend never to receive iiiin again ]" "I '/iiall see him once more for ALo last time." "Ho has, then, decided to pa^s «.vpr to the enemy?" The qu<?8tion to which Maxime latta'ehed no importance made tlie iC4>\in'toss start. 'â- N<i," slie rcpli<'d, slowly; "it'is J wild wish to separate from him." And as Maxime seemed astonish- «<J, fchc added, "Come, you shall know all." At one of t'he extremities of the *<.nservat<jry, was a rcndczvouu furnished in a manner appr«jpriate t<) a Sylvan boudoir; divans cover- (tKJ with Japanese sttiff, rocking icliairs and a bamljoo fable. "So," said Madame Yalta when . ihcj' were seated, "You saw M. de -C'arnocl la>=t nigh't?" "I had a glinips<' of him, for he jtirnply appeared and disappeared, ^lorisoff 'brought hfm in a clost; ear- .riuge, wliicli lie drov<> liimself un- fJn a good e'scort, to the ln)UHe where liis accomplice awaited iiim. JRe li.ft it almost imnndiately by Btaling the garden wall. What means the woman took to <lraw iu>., fr<Mn the elutcht^s ut tliis iius- ♦pian, 1 cannot 'tell, but 1 am anxi- mua t^iut yiiu .x)i')uld know that her Mis'ociate and auxiliary in this •â- ''n- 4eiprisc wawyour fencing-master." To Maxinie's great amazeni<-nt, 4his r<!velati<in wa<j i-eceived with Ijjrj-foet indifference. ••.\h:" â- she'.said tranquilly, "you xecogniz-rd Kardiki ? " "Y<!K, tlioug"!) he was dressed as A gentleman. He dined at Hig- iiorn v/tth M. Borisoff who treated liiui like a comrade, and ni'ver suspected, certainly, the trick that jft-as about to be played on him.'' "Kardiki is very adroit." "But do you not think he is be- traying you ?" "Why? He is a Polinh refugee and hafi a nght to counteract the «le»ign'.s of a Russian spy." "Then you do not 'take in bn<l pi..rt that he should have aided a »;."*r of rogues, for tliis creature fxml this Carnoel hve been ssoci- â- atcd with the people who t)pened ;n\ unele''j safe with n, false key." "You are mistaken. M. de Car- .noel does not know them, and he .saw last night, for the first time 4he woman who rescued him." "But she at least is, btyond .doubt, a thief." "No more than he i«." "You are not aware that they found on 'this wretch the fifty thou- ] ••and francs taken from the safe." j "It was M. Borisoff who found; •them, was i't not?" j "He has just placed them in my .uncle'fj hands together with a let-j tor written by Carnoel to account; for being in possesion of "tiiis sum. j it was sen't t-j him, ho claiiifs. by' a friend of his father, an anony- mous friend." ; "Or by an enemy who invented' .thip ruse vo ruin him. One of the two explanations is true, I gr.int." At this moment a sound at- ' Jracted Maxime's adention, and â- turning he saw a gardener ap- .proaching. a lake on his shoulder ^ jxnd watering-pot in his hand The height and broad shoulders iif Chis man attracted his attention fiiiil on looking at hi^ face, he re-, eognizcd him immediatoly as the .person who had been successively â- porter in The house in Rue Jouffroy and protector of the false Madalme| Sergent. This singular apparition drew from M'axime a cry of surpri;;e, which made the suspicious) garden- er raise his head. "What is tie matter?" asked the 'countcs-s, quietly." I "That man!" 1 "He has the charge <>f my flow- fTs He came to make t'he round ,of the conservatory, and is going off for fear of disturbing us." ' In fact, the man with the rake, i after res^)cctfully 'lakiug off his fctraw hat, was retracing his -otcps. "But heâ€" ho too knows the thief. ft wa» he who formerly kept the ' Ihouse in Rue Jouffroy, and after- 1 ward played the role of foreign lord, protec'cor of this jade. I: IquarrelhiJ with him, and we were 'to fight next day." | "You see it is well you did not do ^«. You would have crossed swords with a domesiiic." ".Vd you are not a-stonishe^l to Idarn 'that your gardener is also the accomplice of tliis worthy friend ;)f M. de Carnoel ? ' "I am astonished at nothing; but I understand that everything wil' bo a surpri-se to you, and the 'vime has come to make known what I should have preferred to keep from you. J-carn, then, that I know by whom and why this theft was committed." "You knew it, and vou did not tell'" "Listen before you ju<lge. .\nd first remember that they tcjok from your iinclo'S safe only la casket be- longing to a Russian ^^jiy. You will object 'that they took also a sum of money. I will come to that pK-Fently, and will prove to yoiu that things were not as has been •supposed." "llieii the thieves were Nihil- ists?" "The government which employs Col. Borisoff has other en< niics than Nihilisf-j. All the prcjaaribed, all who defended the independence of Poland, and who live in exile far from Iheir conquered country. Thi.s Borisoff's mission was to wateli and deno\ince the. Nihilists, whose lai'n rs to destroy everything nnd t'nc oppressed who still strug- gle against their opj)res«orn. The casket depo3i*ied with j'our uncle contained written ])roofs of a vast conspiracy against Hnssian ty-ran- ny. T'lie papers liad been given up by a traitor, who has met with hi'.j deserts, and the pitriots whom they compromiseal wished to regain tliein Ot any coV>*l." ".\nd they could do no better than steal tliem." "In iheir eyes the end justififd tJ>e means. Two of them resolved to make the attempt." "And one of Iheni was a woman.'' "Yes; a woman dev(.'ted to the cause she served â€" devoted even so far as to -sacrifice her lite, and more than her life â€" her honor. The other was a Polish refugee, Vho. h.ad passed ten y«urs in the mines of Siberia, to w'hich Ru'ssian despot- ism had condemned him, and was preparetl 'to do anything for the Hake of vengeance.' "Prepared to do anything; that i.-5 just the word," said Maxime, b"twecn his tec'th. The misfortunes of the Poli'sh in- fcurgents affected hPui very moder- ately, whilst he had true trades- nian like idfias of the sacredness of a banker'* i>afe. MADAM .(OSePH URETTC No. Ill George St., Sorel, Que. 'Tor seven }*e«rs I sufTereil from womb disease and dreadful torturing pains, and I had constant Dyspepsia and Chronic Constipationâ€" the latter so bad that sometimes I went ten'djiys without action of the liowcls. Si.x dinercnt doc- tors treated me and for a year I was in bed, constantly facing ileath. Then my husband coaxed me to try " I'ruit- a-tives " and this medicine, and nothing else, cured tnc and saved my life." (Signed) Mme. JOSl-:?!! LIRETTR. 50c. boxâ€" 6 for Jj 50 â€" or tiial box 85c. â€" at dealers or from l'ruit-a-tive« Limited, OU;<wa. "They went together one even- ing," resumed the countess, "and reached your uncle's offices w Ithout difficulty. Some one awa?tcd them there w'iio had procured a key. and indicated the word to open it. The woman wanted to o'j)erate herself, and you know what it cost her. He who gave her 'the information wa-s igDoi-snt of the terrible mechanism, wh< se claws seized her hand as lyhe introduced the key int<» the I «-k." "1 had no difficulty in guesting the beginning of the story, and I know the end. But 1 have often wondered what came to parfs when the thief found herself caught." "She whom you Oill the thief tried to extricate liorself." replied the co.unt.eas. "Her !riend» tried to deliver her. They could n<it discover the spring that ha<l \o l>o toiiched to w "thdraw th? apparatus. fTime was passing; K^<u^e <..ne miglit have come in, and if she had been curpri'sed all was loA. She dd not hesitate. She commanded the man who accompanied her to cut off her hand." "And he consented to render this frightful service?" "He. wias under her ord(.-r8; he obeyed. He had a poniard, largo and sharp ; with one blow the hand wa.H severed." "And this strange heroine did no'i.die? She did not fall fainting on the floor!" "She had strength to stand, and onquered her pain. Her compan- ion, who had s(;rved in war, knew something about wound's ; he tiixl up the wrist, and led off the wounded woman, who was scarce- ly able to stand." "She was dressed as a man, was she not!" "Yes.;;' "Theii it was she and her accom- l)!ic6 whom Vignory and I met in the gateway. We saw the light, and entered the office â€" " "Where you found the hand. To remove it your friend Vignory 'touehed the spring. You believed yi urselves alone, but some one s'lw ytiu â€" heard you. This thief, as you < a!' her, knew that you had taken 'her bracelet, and that it wa« your inten'lion t') search for her, to con- duct by yourself an inqiK'st which belonged of right to the agents of ^he prefecture of police." "Good! the traitor heard my conversation with Vignory and made his rejwrt to her who paid him. "You are partly right. Only he was not paid, but he told what he had heard, «nd she whose de'strue- tion you swore, swore to regain posses.sion <>t the bracelet. She had all the ftirces of 'the association o'f the proscribed at her dioposal, and to recover the jewel which tnight have betrayed her, she made choice of a woman skilful and bold." "The woman of the Rink!" (To be continued.) * KOYAL TREASURES. Indian Rulers' CoilfK^Mons Include .Hany Pricclciw Articles. The little boy Shiih of Persia cw ns a pipe, which is set with dia- mcnds, rubies and emeralds, to the value, it is asserted, of no less '.ban $500,000. This pipe of the ex Shah j i? ten times more valueble thii his 1 sword, which is set down at the comparatively insignificant fig'ifo of «40,OO0. The Qaekwar of Baroda is tio pcssessor of what is probably tiio most piecious blade in existoii:>s. Its hilt and belt are encrusted with <lian)onds. rubies, sapphires .ird emeralds and its value is stit-*i'l to be something like one milli mi dol- lars. There are some costly swords in the treasure rooms of Ea-itsrn and Juiropean potentates, notab'v those belonging to the Tsar of Kiis- sia, the Sultan of Tirrkey, and the, King of Siam, continues Harper's | Weekly; but this sword of t'ne' Gaekwar o\itshines them all. Thol most valuable sword in F.irjjie is that pres<?nteil by the Egyptians to! Lord Wolselcy. The hilt ir .rtt with brilliants, and tne. wi-oie sabre is valued at $10,000. .\nother Indian ruler â€" t!ie M.ilia^ rajah of Oheiicdâ€" owns t'n? fintst broi:gham in the world. The han- dles of the doors are of sc^lid g 'id. while the rest of the « ttr^age it silver. WiiMllNE •fioy Beware of your victims. You <airt trust a victim out of sight. "Since Mau<l's engagement how bright and happy she looks*!" '"Yes: a match lights up a girl's face." SppDdlnK hondreda of dolUn In bnildinfc a fipleudid homo or barn and tben deliberately allow it to luQer for pai*it. 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