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i«e«i«e«««*«**Ao M STRONGER THAN DEATH .<^ •<^ '«' -<^ -<»- CD I?. "»- '^' "^ '^' '*' A RANSOMED LIFE I \ rejoice m^ffi than myself should I (ail to «onviDce you of his guilt. It is my duty . only to set the facts clearly befora- you, and yours to consider and decide. The responsi is come to keep it up I refuse with scorn. I woir't sell my love Tot money. I hold you to your pledge. I will disgrace you before the world if you dare to break it. I'll make bility of that decision is yours, not I your name a laughing-stock through mine. j London. It shall be love or revenge. "The prisoner at the bar is young jLet it be love, darling. You will and wealthy. Ho has known how to j never find another to love you as I enjoy bis wealt-h. but there is no do. Rcmeiiihpr how happy we were CHAPTER V. I a couple of hours with those papers. •Welcome, Ardel; never more wel- 1 1 wont work. You may lock the come," said John Trevor, as friend walked abruptly into his chambers on a hot August afternoon. The lawyer was at his desk: before hiui was a huge volume of foolscap, with parchment hinges, which he his ;door after you, if you like. I shan't stir till you return." When Trevor got back with bright eyes and clear color from his walk, Ardel was not at the desk or papers, but leaning back in the great easy insinuation here that he has abused it. Such an insinuation would be false if it were made. "About nine m.onths ago he was captivated by the personal attrac- tions of the ill-fated Aliss Uossie jBlythewood, for whoso murder ho is j now upon his trial. j "It was an honorable love he pro- fessed for her, and it appears to have soii j£ 'Olll!! "B oui a.voi oâ- ^ .vn .\iuo l\\M. no.i ji 'Ajjoii pun .â- tjBOAi ja.vou Ijiii puB 'j^ap5£ 'noiC oy ejiji onj-i •poo3 B aq [jm i 'sXBp p|0 dsoqi ui not so hard once. Ever your loving Bessie. "When the prisoner got that letter he was at breakfast in his chambers, and with him a college friend. Mr. Wheel or, who w MPLORMG^flE DEPFflS. STBAKGE THINGS DISCOVEB. EI) AS WORX GOES OK. TTnderground Eivers Enter the Se« at an £norm.ou3 Deptli. In the work of exploring the depthi of the soa. of uiapping out tin ocean floors so that the geographj of the land covered with water shall, in time, como to be as well known aj the geography of the land that is dry, the United States and Great Britain are the leading spirits, and by them nearly all the work in this vill tell you how that l<-tter ! direction is accomplished, vcd. Gentlomen, Mr. Wheel- ' Kngfand's hydrojrraphic scormg, and underlining with a i thought he did not hear him enter, stumpy blue pencil as he read. A i "Well!" said the lawyer; "have you number of briefs were scattered round , found light?" the on the table, floor, and chairs red tape strings still untied. "This is a professional visit, "^ said Ardel. "I saw you yt^sterday in the street. You looked worn out and worried, so I came here." "I am worried," Trevor answered, "that's all. I thought I was case- hardened against the advocate's fever. It's a juvenile disease, gener- ally cured by the first dozen briefs. But I've got it badly this time. It's the case of a young fellow named Wickham." "The murder case?" "Yes. the m.urder case. I forgot I told you about it." "Nearly four months ago, at the Cecil. Don't you remember? But it was just coming on then. I have been to Japan and back since, and it's coming on still." "Oh! there has been adjournment after adjournment, while the Crown fished up more and more evidence. The delay has helped to work me up to fever heat. So strangely has the case got on my nerves, and brain, and head, I sometimes feel as if it were my own life I was fighting for?" "Any hope for the young fellow?" "There seems none. The evidence is the most deadly of all â€" circum- stantial. Evei-y strand of it is twis- ted into a rope for bis neck. I have tried my best, and can find no (law or break anywhere. Yet he Is so earnest for his life, so insistent on his innocence, so piteous in his ap- peals, that I am miserable at my own helplessness. Young, rich, and handsome, with all his life before him. it is hard to leave it by the road of the gallows; it is horrible, if he is inoccent." Vivian Ardel's face grew very grave. "I don't wander at you" he said shortly. "It is horrible. Even to think of death is always horrible. But such a death, in the midst of life, staring the doomed man in the face with an awful certainly of its victim- " He broke off abruptly with a shud- der, his strong imagination had made the case his own. "Can nothing bo done to save him? " "Nothing, I fear. Nothing, at least, that I can do. I have ran- sacked the case thoroughly, and I can (ind no hope anywhere. I may make a little footy law point hero and there, but the chain of evidence Is as strong as steel. " "Can I be of any use?" "You! You don't mean it. This thing is not in your line, Ardel." "Everything is in my line, especi- ally when there is a life to be sav- ed." "Would you road the brief?" "Certainly, if you will let mo: and boon pa.ssioniite!y returned by the i ^as received. Gentlemen, Mr. Wheel-' ••â- nglana s liydrographic surveys, . . . . .object of his ailections. From lirst|er is an unwilling witness to his i ^'''•^'' '^^'^ 's prosecuting constantly was rea.ding diligently, crossing and , chair, motionless, and so absorbed in [^^ lastâ€" I wish you to understand 'credit be it said. a most unwilling '" »" Pa^ls of the world, are con- thisâ€" from fii-st to last there is no [witness. Ho has a harsh and un- I '^"'^'•^'' ^y ^^^ British Admiralty, hint on which even malice could fas- 1 gracious duty to discharge. But the I I" the United States the same work ten against the honor of the man or j i^^ demands the truth from him. I '" divided between two bureaus â€" the the virtue of the woman. | ^^d in that witness-bo.x you will Hydrographic Bureau and tlie Navy "She was an actress of undoubted I have the truth. He must tell you i n«?partment and the Coast Survey talent, rapidly rising in her profes- ! ^^jj^^ ^],p prisoner was seized with a ' ^"'â- '•'^" »' ^^e Treasury Department, sion. She sacrificed its triumphs for j sudden transport of fury when he i "^''e Coa-st Survey does all the his sake without a sigh. There will ! ^p^d the letter. He ground his [ work along the coasts, as far out be a long correspondence before you, j teeth together, he tore the paper in- ' '" ^"^ ^^ the hundred fathom curve from which you may learn the tenor , ^^ fragments and stamped on it. and â€" t'»at is, out to a depth of 000 feet, and progress of their courtship." 1 j,e ^spj these wordsâ€" terribly signifi- j D«''P-«<'a work and work in foreign There was a rustle of pleasant an- l^ant words; remembering what after- I paters is done by the Hydrograpliic ticipation amongst the ladies in the ; ^ards transpiredr-That girl will drive me to murder yet.' " The silence was like death in the A glimmer: still, I may be able to force the shutters and let the day in. Wlien does the trial begin? " "Ne« Saturday, at the Central Criminal Court. But have you no- thing to say to me how about the evidence?" "Nothing until I have more to say. Don't overwork yourself, Tre- vor, and don't despair. I shan't miss this trial." A week later, when "The Queen against Edgar Hardy Wickham" was called, the court was crowded to the doors, for the trial was the sen- sation of the hour. announcement was gallery as this made "It is enough for my present pur- jcrowded court, o"nlv the scratching pose that their mairiage was or- j „, ^^e judge's pen "was heard as he The prisoner was and is, as | took a note of the fafal words. I Sir Frederick continued: â€" .. J ._ J â-  J , ^, jmore than one come had been derived from the pro- j prisoner was hoard ranged !l have said, a man of wealth; the girl was an orphan, whose sole in- The judge was a grave, strong oronan wiiose sole in- â-  . ,.oi faced man, cican-slmven and 'irm- f^'^/^'^^^^ ''" ""^P";^^.' "^^^^ than one occasion the;cal lipped, with a reputation of forcing :^°XnwhL^ she ha^kba^dontX^ "^^ """'^ "^'"^ language: his way through all obstacles to the ';:::'Z^t\:t nglit t^S the i " r?°lt\\K°bv"y:'oTd 'aL^'rit^hf:"; --^ 'i'-overed as the work goes on. truth, and carrying the jury with! : j. c:_? „j „..__ ,E"'. notably by his old and faithful Bureau. Not only are the ocean floors map- ped out. but tides, and those great rivers flowing through the ocean, and known as currents, are studied and a vast amount of data collect- On ;^ concerning their habits and physi- characteristics. MANY CURIOUS THINGS him: the best man in the world for an innocent person to be tried be- fore, and the worst for m. guilty. In that court, full of callous spec- tators, one man, at least, watched the prisoner with an intense sympa- thy that was akin to pain. The watcher sat in a dark corner far from the dock. But the prisoner. prisoner made fitting, and even gen- erous, provision for the comfort of his future wife. Ho rented for her a suburban villa â€" Laburuham Lodge â€" where she lived pending the mar- riage, with Miss Hebecca Hlythewood, her aunt. Miss Blythowood will be one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution, and you will also have before vou a model of L,abumham servant. Robert Weevil, whose evi- Among thein is the discovery that which depth iof more than 600 feet. It has been I siiown that more than ono-hali ol though he could not see him. grew j Lodge, which, as the Crown alleges, was the scene of the murder "For the present it will suffice you to remember that Lodge is a detached, two-storey vil- uneasy under those intense eyes that shone out of the dusk, and shielded his face with his hands as from, a strong light. Then Vivian Ardel shifted his position a little and faced the witness-box. So absorbed was he in his own thoughts and task that he was unconscious of the interest that he was himself creating. For womcn'.-i quick eyes had found him even in the shade. The famous hypnotic doctor, athlete, inventor, millionaire was one of the few men in London who could distract the e.vos of fashionable ladies from that handsome young murderer they had como to see. The young face in the dock was j„„„, „ „ »u u 1. • .1 ; there are underground rivers, dcnce on another branch oi the case I , is, as you w^ill presently see, of the i' most vital importance. "The letter I have read for you is ! the sea-floor lies at a depth of about dated the Oth April All that day. '12,200 feet, or less than throe miles. ^as Miss Rebecca Blythewood will q..^ 43 localities have been found itell you, the deceased was hysterical- inhere the depth is much greater. , ly e.xcited. I assume that the de- j some of the latter are more holes, [fence in this case will be some theory ^hile others coxer considerable are- jof suicide, and I feel, therefore, con- , ^^ One vast "deep." as these de- .„. strained in the interest of the prison- prossions in the open ocean-bed are Laburnham r'" ^° â„¢?''® '''"^ ^°'"^ '^^''^'- i«alled. lies in the South Atlantic, "On the morning of the ne.xt da.v, ^ ^nd covers an area of about 7.UOO.- Bessie QQQ square miles, or 7 per cent, of for la, standing in its own lawn, about j !];«/0">, "^^ ^P"'- *^'«f , , . .â€" - a hundred vards from the public i ^'>'-''^':?«»l <^°'"P''"'"^'l °f .^ head- [ the surface of the gloBt. Thelndi- road. On the second floor, with one i "'-â- "'^•, ^'''' '*'^"*^. '"''' ^"'"^ '"^o the j ^n Ocean is a great place ' city for a certain specific she was in j large French window looking out towards the road, is the di-awing- room, where the poor girl's body was found, shot through the head." "The prisoner," Sir Frederick con- tinued, in the same voice, calm and ine.xorable as fate, "lived in a fur- nished flat at Curval Crescent, near- ly three miles away. But in the first ardor of their allection they were constantly together. Yet, as Ocean is a great place for , .. "deeps." 24 out of the known 43 Iv- the habit of using, on the pretence ! i„g ^t the bottom of that body of that she could not spare the servant. I water. [But her aunt was no sooner out of} ^.11 the coittinents seem to bo rost- the liou.se than she gave the servant i^g on a sort of terrace, the sea- a half-holiday. The girl left her I quite alone, o'clock in the That was about nine ing on floor sloping away from the coast graduallv at a depth of 600 loet. and morning. Only one , then dropping rapidlv to a depth of person saw Bessie Blythewood alive ^ (5.00D feet. afterwards, and that person, the I it has been proved that variations indeed handsomeâ€" and horrible. Hor- 1 jg the custom with lovers, their let rible in the look of abject fear on every line ol it. The dark e.vos had the piteous glare â€" half lierco. half frightened â€" of a wild animal trapped: the upper lip drawn tight showed a narrow lino of teeth tight clenched. The jury are sworn without a chal- lenge on cither side. The prisoner pleaded "Not guilty" in a falterinc voice: then slowly and solemnly the Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Por- cival. bi:gan his for the Crown. Sir Frederick most dangerous opening statement Porcival was the of prosecutors by reason of his transparent iimiartial- ity. He never pressed a point against a prisoner: he never shirked a point in his favor. Ho simply g(Mre the facts fair play. He lot them tell their own story and make their own arguiuoiits. He never pro.socuted a man whom' ho did not believe to be guilty, and he had tors were us numerous as their in- terviews. To these facts Miss Re- becca Blythewood, whose bereave- ment will. I am sure, secure for her your s.vmpathy, will be to depose. "Thi; young people, as I am in- structed, went to various places of public auiusomont together, and en- ', cogent evidence will, I fear, coerce I you to believe, is the unhappy pris- ; oner at the bai'. t)f the interview ! between them wo have no direct evi- j dence to oiler. What happened in 1 that lonel.v house during the hour called upon ', ""'^ a half that elapsed before Miss Rebecca Bl.vthewoods return wo can only gather by inference. But it is inference so clear and strong, load- ing .so directly to the door of truth. joyed themselves I should like to be present at the | wonderful way of impressing his own trial, if it can be nuuuigod. Reading ; ijpj^.f q,, the jury. will to the end of time. But let me repeat, and 1 am sure that my learned friend who appears for the prisoner will bear me out. both be- fore and during her engagement with the prisoner Bessie Blythewood's character was above reproach." Again the Attomo.v-General pauf»d for a moment, and John Trevor nod- ded his head in full concurrence. "But. gontleriien. as unfortviratcly too often happens. the mans hot love burned itself uWay. He grow at first neglectful, then unkind. As the man's love cooled the girls :is young people ' that wo cannot mi.ss our way. (To be continued.) ♦ . . kindled to a iiercer flame. She was men is more 'in my line, as you call ••Jiv Lord and Gentlemen of tiie ! quick-tempered, as well as warm- it. But I must not forget my first | j,,rv," the Attorney-General began, j hearted,- and undoubtedly angrv business. It's your physician speaks , ••this is indeed a terrible charge that Swords and letters at this stage now. Start olT at once for a good | „.^. ^ave met to investigate, and not;,>assetl between them. However, as pity you i lightly to be believed true of any 1 1 have already said, you will have man. It will be a hai>py privilege the corrospoiulenco before you, and ten miles' walk, don't cycle. Get your blood and li- the the a fresh air into worry out of your bruin, and leave me alone for j (,.^,^, "^,^. .^-ou,. verdict. No man will for you if you can sot tlie prisoner it is from that, and not from any Women Have . Idney Dtoeas^ I ob.servations of mine, your ccnelu- I sions must be drawn. "There is one letter. however, which I now hold in my hand, to which I must entreat your earnest [attention, so vital is its importance | gj„p^.„si„jj the Tablets ho has ill the case. It is a letter from the ' BABY'S VITALIT-t. The vitality of infants and young children is at its lowest point dur- ing the hot weather. More children die ill summer than at any other season. This is because the little ones sulTer more from bowel troub- ai-e nervous, weak, sleepless and irritable. Prompt action often saves ' a valuable little life, and troubles of I this kind can i)e promptly met and ^ cured by giving the little ones ' Daby s Own Tablets, which should be : kept in every home ready for emer- ; â-  gonoies. These Tablets speedily re- ] ! lieve, and protuiitly cure all stomach, i bowel and other hot weather ail- I nients, and give sound refreshing I sleep. Mrs. P. Ferguson. 105 Mnus- • I field street. Montreal, says: "Myi baby was attacked with dysentryj ! and was hot and feverish. T gavs ; ! him Baby's Own Tablets and thoy I promptly cured him. Before 1 ho had been rather delicato. of temperature, caused by seasons, do not extend deeper thon 600 feet Below that the temperature never varies from one year's end to an- other. The ocean depths arej-egions of low temperature. It is estimated that 94 per cent, of the entire soa- floor is BELOW 40 DKGREES. At the bottom of the Indian Oceac it is 3 J degrees, and the same tem- perature prevails in the South At- lantic and pai'ts of the Pacific. Th« temperature is higher at the bottom of the North Atlantic and over a large part of the floor of the Pacilic. This low temperature is suppo.sed to be caused b.v the sinking to the bottom of the cold water poun-d out from the tolar regions, which, alter reaching the bottom, spreads out over the ocean floors. And the ocean depths are places not oiil.v of cold, but of darkness, for the rays of the sun are wholly absorbed in passing through the layers of water, and cannot i>eiu^ trate to the lower regions. Al- though marine plants have been, brought lip from surprising depths, it is esti:autod that 08 per ci-nt. of the ocean floor is entirely devoid of plant life. LORD SALl.StURY. Lv^ni Salisbury ha.-^ so greatly ini- this P>'o\ed in health, sa.vs a London but correspondent, that 'Walmer Castle boon I better and stronger in ever\- way. murdered girl, apparently written in , The.«e Tablets can be given witb reply to a communication from the | j^,, absolute corlaintv that they will prisoner desiring to break olT the en- ; ^^ ^^^^ („ ^U children from a new And Often Make the Mistake of Attrlbutlns: th» RasultinsT ea::kache to Other Causes Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver PiSIs Many women have kidney disease i scores and hundreds of statements and dp not know it. Th»\v confuse 1 which are received at these ortices the symptoms of kidney disease with [from reputable people in all walks ol those of ailments of a feminine na- [ life. ture. We would warn .vou against this danger, as a few da.ys' neglect of kidne.v disease may mean years of suJTering. Pains in the small of the back or wcoknoKS and lameness of the back are the most marked .symptoms of kithiey diseusos; others are loss of flesh, dry. harsh akin, deposits in the Mrs. W. Wilkins, Henry street, Belleville, Ont., stales: â€" "I suflered a groat deal with pains in the small of the back caused from kidne.v ttouble. Wlienever I stooped I could scarcely rise again, the pains were so great. The disease became so severe that it afTected m.v general health, and I was becoming very much run down. Since using Dr. jgagemonf. That document is not forlhto.'Hing, but it is only fair to i the prisoner to say that from the re- ] ply ho seems to ha^â- o olTorct'. to make 'very generous provision for the lady las a condition of his release. "Her letter to which I have i-efor- rod was found torn to fragments in '. the prisoner's wuste-pajier basket. It has been most skillfully put together ,bv an expert in those matters, and] Animals vary greatly in the length j we can prove beyond doubt or qiies- | of their lives. F.lophanls. eagles and , 'tion it is the handwriting of the i V'a''>"o'« "'a.^' celebrate their huinfred- ; murdered girl. |th birlhda.v. but our domesticated: beasts are thought to be aged when tho.v have reached a quarter of a born upwards. They contain no opi- ate or poisonous "soothing" stiifT, Hold by medicino detilers or mailed at li."> cents a box by writing direct to Dr. Williams Modiciue Co., BrocU- Vi'l<» if at. * J ; ^ LIVFS OF ANIMALS. being preinvsed for his reception. It is exi>coted that he will make a prolonged stay at his dolighful mar- ine residence, wliich. although with- in a low yards 01 the sen at high water, ha.s a large old-fashioned gar- den in which ab.<iolute shelter can be found in the wiml. The ex-Premier has the use of the castle, of course, by virtue of his otHco of Lord War- den of the Cinquo Ports. The apart- ment which ho uses as a stuxiy is lie one in which Loixl Nels-on and tlie Duke of Wellington had an in- terview before the future hero of Trafalgar joine<l the fleet a.esembled in the historic Downs. This was the only meeting between Nelson and Wellingtoti. urine, swelling of the foot and legs Bcvere headaches, stifl'iiess and sore- I Cha."»e'a Kidney-Liver Pills I can sa.v ncss ot the muscles, rheumatic pains, j that my trouble has entirely disap- cold chills In back and loins, scald- pearod. 1 can speak in the highest Ing. painful urination, weariness and dosponflency. There is, wo believe, no propnra- mon extant which alTorda sucl» •.fompl relief for backache and the • iher dislre.ssing symptoms of kidney )SI.<9oasc as Dr. Chase'i Kidne.v-Liv«r pills That tfiis »repa'"tion is a terms of this me<licine from the way it acte<l in uiy case," Dr. Cha.se's Kidney-Li\er Pills, one pill a do.<i4\ 2!t cents a box, at all 1 dealers, or F-dmnnaon. Bates A Co., | Toronto. \ "Darling Devil tit runs). How can :you be so cruel. In spito of all, I I love you better than my own life. Let that be the answer when .vou ask 'me to give you up to a rival, for I I'm sure some other girl is at the bottom of this troachery of .vours. How often have you sworn that you i loved me, only mo, and told me I I must never doubt your love. I can- not think ,vou were a liar all the I time. If you ever loved me. your 'love will come hack, and I will wait !lor it: yes. 1 will wait. But don't try me too far. I will be patient with you. and loving with you, but hundred. A horse is old at 20. a douke.v at 25 and a cat or dog at 15. 'rhe span, of existence alloted to insects is shorter still, the fl,v and the butterfly commonl.v enjo.ving but [ one sununer of vigorous life, and j then being taken off b.v the cold, if | thc.v are not previousl.v snapped up I bv a bird. BEATKN OX OWN GROUND. The workmen of tJeruian.y arc not the great est Kuropean beer diiiikors. Their average consuutption \)cr day is two quarts a head, while in l-^nr- land the average among the satue class is slightl.v larger. thorough cur* i« tVidcuced by th« I box. . ^ T will never give vou up. never. T To r'-"'^^ you against ^^^,^, ^^,^,„^.^ j.^.. that's nothing-I mutations the portrait and signature ,^^,^^,j ^„^,„^.,. ^^^ y^^„ ^^.^j-- ^^^.^ drive me to desperation. The offer you make of this house and afi in- of Dr. A. W. Chase aro on every Piles To proio to yon thai Dr. Chj^hc'd Ointment is aoertnin niid absoluto cure for ea^-'i ami every form of itchinn; blo-"dln(i»ndvro:rn<iinj!Pi'.e!«, the m»onf»ctur«ri« h»v« irnaianlt;od it. Sri- tes- timoniala in the flailjr iircsi" nnX a.ik toiirneHh- hops wIJfttthf.T think o i;. ^â- ouca^^l^olt und iret roar mun«T back if nqt cnrnil. 9»c a box, »l nil dfuleri tr Kdmjnsi'N.!'. ittts .t CcTor-inta Di:* Chase's Ointmoni AVIfe : "George, ltiT». >»iming ot the candle at botJi enOn nteniis aM ujk> timel.v grave. Tt is nearly twt-lvr- o'clock. Come to bed," Goorg* : "But I'm doing this night wovk in order to find nion.-y enough to buy, yoii a birthday pn-;ent.' Wife : •Well, ti ywi will pwsisl m work- ing, I'f co^sc, t can't stov it. Go>.Ki-iilg^t. daiur.'^ ^7M