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^•€«««€«««<«<«<«««<««4««««««<««««««««««««« «««««««. Red Heart ..< Black Arrow A Talc of the Rolling i I Wave I k>»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»>»»»»>»»»»»»»»»»»>»»i J CUAPTB^U XVI. It was iiiu uioriiing of my second Auy in Naples, und no news had reuched me of Kennaixl, or of the muii from whose dagger his meteoi'- liko dash through the railway car- Tiaifii at I'jsu hnd saved me. I had put up at the Hotel Victoria on the PartJM>nopo Quay, whence I could watch thf blue waters of the beauti- ful (iulf for the coming of the Queen of Nig-ht, and all through the day after my arrival I had boon thrown Into a fever every time the smoke ot an incoming steamer appeared on the horison. But I wa« doomed to dis- appointment , none of the vessels Weking hai-fcor proved to be the graceful craft which the detective had called a "nmrder-trap." My impatience was becoming al- most unbearable. Not only did I chafe agaln.st the delay in the ar- rival of the ship, but I feared from Kennard's absence that some harm ha^ befallen him, and that unaided I should never be able to cope with the diflJcultie.s that beset me. Acting on the advice he had given, I had abandoned disgui.se and resumed my own gannonts before engaging a room at the hotel, and I was be- girining to consider whether my best cours* would not be to confide my position and anxiety to the Eng- llih Consul, in the hope that he would be more helpful than his col- league at Genoa, Once I put on my cap to go to the Consulate, but the thoug(ht of tho stone cell at the Con- vent of Santa Lucia overcame mc, and I turned again to vainly scan- ning the sky-line Ijeyond the Bay. In the ordinary course the Queen of Night sliould have arrived at Naples early on the previous day, and as the weather was fine and calm tho delay was quite inexplic- able. It was now eleven o'clock in the forenoon, so that she was nearly thirty hours overdue, which, unle.ss Bomothing had happened, was out of all ^ro^rtion to any legitimate de- tentien in so short a voyage. To my other anxieties began to be added wild thoughts of collisions, fire, shipwrecks, and a hundred other perils of the deep. At last I roftchod such a pitch that to stay kicking my heels about tho hotel and staring out to sea was no longer possible to me. 1 decided to go down to tho quays and ero^avor to find some one who could Aid my inquiries by ititerpret- i^jg for me, and glad to be up und doing' anything I sallied forth at once. Paating through the Via Gioja, I chanced to notice a name over a doorway which Illled me with a sudden inspiration â€" tho name of the agent whom Nathan had rnen- tione<i as his correspondent in Naples, one Signor Girolamo Volpe. If any one in the city was likely to bo able to give news of the ship, thi« was tho man, and at all risk.'! I determined to try him. I say all risks, because there was Bvery probability that if he knew who I waa ho would servo my en- emies rather than myself by taking etapg to curtail my liberty. Vizard, If Ktill a free agent, having seen mo on my way south, would have been certain to apprise tliiiir corros^jond- Bnt of the fact, with instructions to throw obstacles In my way, if no- thing worsi-, and it would not there- for<! be safe to make in(iuiry, in my own name and person. As I was Btill wi-aring tho mercantile uniform In which t had ffono a."»hoix! at tionoa, I went first to a clothier's and bought a ready-made tourist suit, changing into it, by permission of tho proprietor, in a room behind the shop. Then, having given in- structions for my uniform to be sent to tho hotel, I returned to the Via Gioja. The offices of Mr. Girolamo Volpe, though in a largo and handsome building, were not themselves on a lordly scale, consisting, so far as I was able to judge during my brief acqiuaintance with them, of a couple ot rooms on tho ground floor just inside the main entrance. Assuming a confident air, I walked Into tho outer office, and fourkd it a poky little place, with an fnk-splashed counter running from wall to wall. A middle-aged, seedy-looking Italian clerk was writing at a desk behind the counter, but the back part of tho room was mostly hidden from view by a portable Japanese screen between five and six feet high. "You act as agents for the owners of the steamer Queen of Night ?" I asved of tho clerk, who came forward with alacrity. "Yase, sar â€" Mr. Volpe is agent," Was the reply which promised a suffi- cient k'nowledge of English for my purpose. '"Then where the devil is the ship '!" I proceeded, adoR,ting the manner of the irascible Briton on his travels. "Hero have I been wait- ing for her over since yesterday morning. I was unable to join her in London, so came across the Con- tinent to join her here for the rest of the trip. Tlie delay is very an- noying." At that moment I caught sight of the shining top of a bald head, raised an inch above the screen as if some one behind it were changing his position. It disappeared so quickly as not to distract my at- tention from the clerk's reply. "It is most unforchnit, sar, that you should be so discommode," he said. "I regret ver moosh that there can be no booking per Queen of Night from Naples. After leaving Genoa she call for orders at Leg- horn, and receive instructions by cable from the owners to proceed to Cagliari in Sardinia, whence she goes direct to Alexandria. She not come to Naples at all." This was terrible news, and I was so overcome that I nearly betrayed myself. Tho villaius had evidently arranged that tho ship on leaving Genoa BluH:ld call at Leghorn, so that Zaverti'l could be informed whether I was si ill safely out of the Way at the Convent. In this case they could, without risk of compli- cations, carry out tho original pro- graniQie of visiting Naples ; but if anything should have gone wrong with their plans with regard to the quieting of myself, ])ursuit on my part was to bo stalled oft by the sdinplo process of avoiding the port where I should oxjwct to find the !*lp. The latter contingency had occurred, and by this time tho Quoen of Night must be nearing Cag- linri, whence in a few hours she would start for Alexan<lria, and commonco that portion of the voy- age over which hung the foreshadow- ing of such dreadful mystery. Collecting sen.<{e enough to hurl n few anathemas at the clerk, I lelt tho ofl5co and walked slowly hark to the hotel. One ray of comfort was alono Rrantod to me. I remembered that Pi.sa, where Ki<niiiir(l mul Viz- No Energy The For Daily Work But Rich Blood Make-8 the Weak Strong and tho Blood I* Made Rich by Dr. Chase's Nerve Food L- You are tlre.d, listle.ss. weak and languid; have no inlerwst in your ,jfork; lack the ojiergy required for going ahout your usual occupation; â-  (your appetite is not good, and your ^(â- als have no attraction for you; grou have headaches, it may be, and iipelU of weakneHs, and dizxinesa; won feel down-*ieartcd and discour- iaged, and wondrr what causes you Ito be HO miierable. I It is tlie blood. The blood ii jthln. weak and watery, and lacking In the qualitiei which go to form iiervoua energy, the vital force which. jniiis the machrnM-y of the body. fynur health has become run down, anrl .you cannot get better without the aiwislance ol some reetoratiro. tn this connection we uMntlon Dr. Hiaso's -Verve Food, beeauee It haa liruven Havlf to be the molt •atl»- factory spring inedlclne aad »yet«u»r- (i)ul'.id«r that r*n b« obtained. Mri. O. W. 9rowa, Cob*urg, lOnt , .â- rtafee; "I wae completely run down in health laM lyrlng, and tonid not do one day'* work wlftK- but tieing laid up for about two jrtaye ntbmr-mmri. I Hit Weak, lan- guid and mi.serable most of the time, and was often blue and discouraged because of my continued ill-health. When in this state I was advised to try Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, and did so, with most satisfactory re- aulta. It built up my system won- derfully, strengthened and fostered my nerroa, and took away all feeling of languor and fatigue. I cannot say anything too good about Dr. Ohmae's Nerve Pood, and hope thtJt ethers may proAt tay my experience.'* Dr. Chase's Nerve FDod la bouaM to pror* benetolal to you, for It !• eompoaed of nature'a greatest re- â- toratiiree, and acta in aecordanc* with nature's law*. OraduaUjr anU certainly it iaeraaaaa flaali and weight, aidtfd new, firm laMaclea mmi tlsaucs t« the body, roiuoda ewt Mm form, aad tawtMa new wnwrgy aM vigor into *ke eystem. 50 e^gfts a 'box, besea for Vi.tO, at *M im^ tre, or BdtauuMon, Batee it Ite., T*- roAte. To pr*taH r«« agalHM twdtatloM, tiM portrait and elgnatura af Br. 4» W. Ohase, the famouii rae*^ Wak author, Are vn every kax. ard hod both so mysteriously dis- appeared, was tho junction with the short lino running to Leghorn, and I reflected that if Viaard had got on board there the detective would have tho chance of doing so too. I hoped frantically that ho had avail- ed himself of it, and that his non- communication with mn was duo to his having gene to those who needed his protection so much more urgent- ly. This thought, howewr, though it lifted a little of my load, did not compensate for being left high and dry where I was powerless myself to aid ; and directly I reached tho hotel I inquired if there wore any boats leaving for Caglari which would give me a chance of catching up the Queen of Night before she sailed. Again I met with a rebuff. The day was Thursday. I'hc steam- er for Sardinia would not leave till Saturday. I wont up to my room, wclHiigh in despair, and racked with doubt whether I had better go to the Con- sulate or try the Italian police au- thorities. I had nearly, after my last experience, decided in favor of the latter, when a waiter knocked at the door and said that a signor â€" an Knglish signorâ€" was inquiring for me below, \\'iho my visitor could be. un- less it was either Kennard or Viz- ard, I had no idea, but, glad at tho prospect of any sort of change from blank inaction. I gave orders for him to, be instantly shown up. Half a minute later I was more mystified than ever, for on the individual who cams tripping obsequiously into the room I had ceitainly never set eyea before. He was a middle-agod. rath- er dissipated-looking', shabbily-dress- ed man, whose nationality at first sight would have been a mystery if it had not been announced. Stranger though he was, there was something about him as he entered that struck a recent chord in my memory, and I scrutinized him more closely to see if I was coi>- fronted with yet another disguise. But the notion was no sooner form- ed than it was dispelled by the dis- covery of what had seemed familiar in him. It was the shining top of his dome-shaped bald head which had recalled the bald head seen by jno an hour before over the screen in Volpe's office, and suspicious as I was growing of evei-ything and ev- erybody, I recognized that it would be ridiculous to assume that it was the same. He advanced into the room smiling' and rubbing his hands, and the mo- ment he opened his mouth he chased away all inclination to confound him with any one else. "I come from Mr, Kennard," ho said. "I saw him in Leghorn yes- terday morning shortly before he went aboard the tiueen of Night, and he took advantaf-e of my being a fellow-countryman of yours to en- trust me with a message to you. He said I should probably find you at one ol the hotels facing the Bay." "Pray sit down, sir, and make yourself comfortable," I said, wheel- ing a chair for him. "I have been most anxious about Mr. Kennard, and at my wits' end as to how to communicate with him. Did he say anything of the circumstances under which we parte<l at Pisa ?" "Not a wordâ€" and for the reason that there was no time." replied my visitor. "I made Mr. Kenuai-d's ac- quaintance (luito casually in a hotel at Leghorn ten mitmles before ho was going on board. Finding that I was coming on to Nui)les, he asked me to make inquiries for you in the hotels along the sea-front, and to tell you in these words that the s-liii)'s programme having been altered ho thought it best to go in her. especially as he had ascertained that a certain person â€" you would understand who â€" had gone on board. IIo concluded by begging mc to urge you to join him at Cngliari, oven if you had to hire a special boat to get there, as he had every hope ot that port of bringing mat- ters to an issue and of inducing cer- tain nmtiml friends. 1 think he said, to leave the ship." This was good news indeed. Tho |>orson alluded to as having gone on board at Loghivrn was evidently Vizard, but neither ho nor /,avertal would be half so dangerous with the dftfclive at bund to watch their lOvery move. A great deal would de|HMid, however, on whether ho was (in board in his own character. or still snccc.ssfuUy di.sguised as tho old American General, and 1 questioned my visitor as to how Mr. Kennard was div.H.sed. "You reciuire proof of my having met Mr. Kennaixl '?" ho .laid, show- ing at once by hia manner that ho had put upon my question a con- struction 1 hud not intonile<l it to bear. The information he brought talliiil so exactly with my previous surmise, uikI with what I had learn- ed at Volpe's office, that to doubt him after he had made his statement never crossed my mind, and I has- tened to disclaiiu any such inten- tion. ''I am glad to hear you say that," he replied, "for It Would be hard to meet with such a reception after going to the expense of considerable time ami trouble to do a service to strangers. I am sorry to aay that 1 sufler from shortness of sight, and dtd not take particular notice of your friend's costume. By the way, allow me to rectify an omissionâ€" I should hare introduced myself on entering. My name Is Matthew May- fleld. I am a missionary working among the CngHah sailors who fre- quent Italian porta." I ahould oartalnly never have guessed Mr. Mayrleld's profession fronx his api>earancc, though I had had enough experience of long.^horo preachers to know that they do not usually wear purple and fine linon. The disclosure of bis avocation in- spired me with a new idea, and I V>romptly asked hiui If ho knew of any private boat on the point of sailing for Cagliari, or which could be chartered for that purpose at a moderate figure. I had taken the precaution on the previou.s day to wire home to the bankers who had my modest savings in their charge and they had cabled back a credit of two hundred pounds for me to their local ag«nta. I was willing, nay, eager, to spend every penny of it in getting to Cag'liari, But Mr. Mayfield shook his head. "A sailing vessel could easily be procured at a small sum to put you across to the i.iland, but it would not take lees than two and a half days under the most favorable con- ditions of wind and tide. That, I understand, would be too late to catch the Queen of Night. There are no small steamers here disengaged which could bo got ready for sea at such short notice." Polishing the top of his shining head with a red handkerchief, he rose as if to go, then flopped down in his chair again, tapping his fore- head and knitting his brows with the air of a man who was trying to remember. "Yes, it was this evening," he said aloud to himself at last. "My dear sir," ho went on, "it is just possible that I may be of assistance to you after all. There is a steam-yacht here belong- ing to a London gentleman named Smith. She is named the Miranda, and I know her skipper. Captain Dicey, very well. But what is more to the point, I beHeve that she Is under orders from the owner to proceed to Cagliari this very night. Mr. Smith is not on board, as he purposes joining the yacht in Sar- dinia, where he has been shooting while she came to Naples to refit. I think T can induce Captain Dicey to give you a passage â€" on the quiet â€" for a ten-pound note or so." "He shall have twenty if he will put me across." I said eagerly, "aod twenty more if he gets me there be- fore tho Queen of Night leaves. Will you see him, Mr. Mayfield, and place me urrder an eternal obligation ?" "I will go at once," was the re- ply; it is one of the sweetest plea- sures vouchsafed to us poor labor- ers in tho vineyard to befriend our fellow-countrymen in their need. It is now nearly one. Elxpect me back in an hour from now," And he went out, leaving me wondering at the combination of so m,uoh disinterested goodness with an extremely unprepossessing exterior, (To Be Continued.) A BLESSING TO CHILDUEN. Strong words, but truthful, and the experience of a mother who has thoroughly tested tho value of Baby's Own Tablets. Giving her e.xperience with the use of this me- dicine, Mrs, Geo. Hardy, of Four- chu, N. 8., writes: "I have used Baby's Own Tablets and find them a blessing to children, and I am not satisfied without a box In the house at all times." These Tablets cure nil the minor troubles of babyhood and rhildliood. They are prompt and efl'ectivo in their action, and are guaranteed to contain no opiate or harmful drug. They always do good â€" they cannot possibly do harm. Good-natured, healthy child- ren are found in all homes where Baby's Own Tablets are used. You can get these Tablets from any drug- gist, or bj' mail at 25 cents a box by writing direct to the Dr. Wfl- liams' Medicino Co., lii'ockville, Ont. PAID FOU HIS BOAST. A nuiu moved to the country and bought a farm. He was just getting settled when a man with a book under his arm leaned over tho fence and said : â€" "Just bou^ght this land ?" "Yes." "Very fine farm." - "Yes, sir ; very fine." "Must bo worth $2,000." "More than that. I paid $3,0(X> tor it. Then there are indications of coal on it, which are alone worth $5.(11X1. " "You don't mean it 7" "Yes. sir. There's coal on it. Then the m'W railway is going across one comer. I consider my farm worth $15,(H)0 of any nmn's money." "Flft«>en thousand, eh ?" "Ye.s, sir, $15,000 at l«ist. I wotildn't take a penny less. What are you putting down in tho book'.'" "Oh, nothing much'. You see, I am tih<> tax asses-sor. Other fanns round here are not worth nioro'n $1,500 or $2,000, but I've just |)ut yours down nt the figure you u>en- tloned llecause you insist. Good mornin'. sir ; glad you've moved Into the neighborhood, and hope you'll stay some time." DllAO CW|^tm2??lsao«rt«ia â-  â- â- ^'w* aai every ferm of llekii« iteeAlagand ptotni(Hog yll«a Ihe â€" â- â- fMtweft haTeiaarMMBd It. Me tee ifiiaBWe la Ika daUf prMi u< eek year DeM- becawkatttaTtfafiiara Tea erw nee it aak S 4iiSm» •nbitijiMli3a«H « 0A.1teeat% Dr. GliAM^B OtntniBiit According to Sir James Crichton Browne, the air of London contains 150,000 proportional parts of du»t. to 210.(X)0 in Paris. HEAHT DISEASE. A Trouble Much More Common Than Is Generally Supposed. .4 A healthy person does not feel tbe heart at all. If the heart makes it- self felt it is a dure rign of some one of the many phas^.e of heart trouble. Some of the symptoms of heart trouble are shortness of breath, trembling of the hands, vio- lent throbbing or fluttering of tho heart, sharp spasms of pain, oppres- sion on tho chest, dizziness and clanrmy .sweating, irregular pulse, and the alarming palpitation that is often felt most in the head Or at the wrists. Of course people suffering from heart trouble haven't all these symptoms, but if you have any of them it is a sign of heart trouble and shouM not be neglected for a moment. Most of tho troubles affecting the heart aro caused by anaemia, indi- gestion or nervousness, and when any of these causes lie at the root of the trouble it can bo surely cured by the use ci Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. You mustn't trifle with com- ruoB medicines, and above all you shouldn't further weaken your heart by using p'urgatives. You must cure your heart disease through tho blood with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. You can easily see why this is the only way to save j'oursclf. The heart drives your blood to all parts of tho body. Every drop of your blood flows through your heart. U your blood is thin or impure your heart Is bound to be weak and dis- eased; if your blood is pure, rich and healthy, it will naturally make your heart sound and strong. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually makfl new, rich, red blood. And tliat new, rich, red blood strengthens your stomach, stimulates your liver, soothes your nerves and drives out of .your system all the disorders that helped to disturb your heart. This has been proved in thousands of cases. Here is a ca-w in point. Mr. Adclard Lavoie, ^t, Pacome. Que,, says: "For nearly three years I was greatly troubled with a weak heart, and in constant fear that my eand would come at any time; the least exertion would overcomo me; m.y heart would palpitate violently and I would sometimes have a feel- ing of sufTocatlon, I was under the care of a doctor, but did not get re- lief, and eventually my cosdition became so bad that I had to dis- continue work. While at my worst a neighbor advised me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I did so. and they simply worked wonders in my case. I used only half a dozen boxes when I was able to return to my work, strong and healthy, and I have not since had any sign of tjio old trouble." 'Wo would again impress upon those who are ailing that they must get the genuine pills with tho full name, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People," on the wrapper around every box. Sold by all dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six bo.xes for $2.50 by writing to the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., BrockvlUe, Ont. . « ONE WHO COULDN'T. "Yes, my friends." exclaimed a te>ctot.al lecturer, "there are uwiny excuses for the glass. The siok man says he must have his glass to make him well ; the shivering ca/biiuin must have his glass to make him warm; the hai>d-worfcing mochanic must have his glnt;s to make him cool. But they lie. friends. Don't believe the workman who says he oan't wopk without his glass. I defy anyone to mention to me a work- man who cannot work as well, and better, wit"hout his glnss as witA it." "I'll tell yer one." "I defy you to do so," said the lecturer. "I defy you. sir I" ho roared. Then the voice observed ; "The glazier can't do without his glass." Tho lecturer continued that ora- tion at a decided disadvantage. HARD MEDICINK TO TAKE. • "Doctor." said a fashionably dresaed woman to her new phj-sician, "I want you to giw me a prescrip- tion which will cure me of a most irritating trouble," The doctor bowed, and waited for her to go on. "About elewn o.'clock every even- ing." said the patient. "I am over- come by a feeling of sleeidness. no luatter wlnnv I am â€" at tho opera, at a dinner-party, wherever I may be. this dreadful sensation comes owe me. I hav« siuTetvd from it now for five weeks, and no remedy has seem- oil io do any good." "Oh. I can gi\'o you a prescri|>- tion that will pre\-ent it from over- coming you over again," said th« doctor. His new patient was radi'ant, but when she looked at the slip of papei the doctor gave hor. her fare cloud •d. He had written : "Bod from ten at night till sevel the next morning. Uepeut do<»e onci in twenty-four hourv, whciiflvci symptoms reowr." UNCLE REUBEN SAYS : One reason why bo many of us an hone««t is bek«so we nebbcr had i rpal good chance to bo anythinj else. -_f "Vou sny there's a man at th» door wl.<ihea to see me. Does ht lo«>k like a gentleman ?" "Well, no( exactly like n gentleman, t^t ; ;ui< sometHng like yoiua^ft." â- * , â-  vi^. ♦ \l e jVi.