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OR, THE HERITAGE OF MADAME YALTA. GIVEN UP BY HIS PHYSIGiU «r??y'I*A:"^'^'=«"' THt FAMOUS rnuiT McoiciNc, saved his lipc. CHAFIXH lII.-<Cont'tl) "He must be there," is admir- ablo. "Railing is not anxwering. If he is net hore you kuovr where he is, for you cannot denjr that he caiuc hero." "1 do deny it on the contrary. I deny it absolutely." "You deny it, I alarm it, and 1 wish to know what you have douo with M. de C'arnocl." For a few moments the colonel did not reply, and when he did, it was ia a tcrious and injured tone. "Sir," he said slowly, "I should be justified in cutting short such 4n interview as this, but I have friend- ly relations v/ith M. Dorgerea, and 1 content mvKclf with reminding you o! the Tcry singular nature of thi« Bunuiions which you have ad- dtessed to me in my own house. Assuredly you do not hope that I shall submit to you, and do t:ot pretend to constrain inc to answer you I" "No, I shall take other means to attain my end. If necessary, I (h.all have recourse to the com- inissary of police." "This pa^ECs all bounds," said M. Borisoff. "I have listened pa- tfcntly to absurd questionings. I cannot tolerate thrcata, and beg you to leave my house." paue?. Tlie child d'.d not reappear mo the wall. Eut that was no rea- fon for despairing. It the bravo biy proposed to deliver him cither by force or stratf gem, he naust take time for the cxecntiovi of so diffi- cult an enton)risc. A week passed, then two, and then three, and there was no sign of Oeorget. Soon the colonel also ceased to visit him, abandoning him to the care and vigilance vf his Lubalterns. And KoUert, left to hi^3 reflecti'ins, confin'^d in complete iscdation, little by little camo to believe that there remained to him not a single chance of safety. /Abandoned by all, ho had accepted bi° destiny, and had arrived at that btrrn resignation that is born of despair. He .-ipoke no more, and fi rccd himself to think no more. It will e.iHily be believed that in this frairic of mind ho received with indifference thi announcement of the colonel's visit. The intendant, Vacili, who brought it, received no reply, and when M. Borisoff entered M. de Carnoel did not deign to rise and receive him. "It is a long time ^ince I have s«en you," said the Kussian, tak- ing no notice of the prisoner's at- titude. "I have given von tirao to reflect on the proposition 1 made, and which I do not withdraw. I MMCa eiNGWALU Cta. Wniiamslcwn, Ont., July aTth, 1908. I .suffered aU my life from Chronic Con.slipatjoii and 110 doctor, or remedy, I ever tried helped me. "Fruit-a-livcs" prr^iptly cured me. Also, la.st spring I hvl A bad attack of BLADDER and KIDNF.Y TROUBLE and the doctor gave ae up but "Fruit-a-tives" saved my life. I am now over eighty year* of age and I strongly recommend Fnnts-tives" for Coustipation and K.jdaey Trouble". (Signe<l) JAMES DINCWALt. 50c a box, 6 for |j.,i(o-or trial box, 25c â€"at dealrri or from Frait-a-tivea Limited, Otuwa. "1b it your last wordl" asked I gave you a month for consideration. Uazime, red with anger. "Yes, sir, and I should have •pokcn it sooner, for this convtr- totion has lasted too lo.ig." "Very well. I know what rr- ntains for me to do, and have no- thing more to say. You cannot tol- erate threat?; I cannot tolerate of- fensive language. Y'ou have >-i)oken of my questions as absurd. To- morrow I sliall send vou my sec- onds." "1 »m ready for Ihem," replied jlJio colonel, turning his back on Uaxime, who w<'nt out furious. The calm which il. Borisoff had maintained during their interview was on the surface, and when Vu- cil. saw his master again he dis- cerned that a storm was brewing. "Ho you know wiiat this scoun- drel has said to me I He has sum- moned 1110 to render up M. de Car- nod. He affirms that he was seen to enter here a month agoâ€" in a carriage. He is, you see, xvcll in- lorired." "It must have been that child - and yet no- -since ho has lost his memory. If he had told it immedi- ately, M. Dorgc res would not have waited so long to set these proceedings on font.' "It matters little how he got his informaHon. Ho has fihallenged inf and thrralened me with the coni- ndssary <,1 police. I icoff .it his challenge and his threats. How- ever, we must take the. subject in- to consideration. And first I can- not ri'lease the Carnoel, neither can I kee)j him here longer. I don't intend to run any risk of being brought before their tribunals. M. de Carnoel will leave hore to-mor- »ow i-vrning. Let the carriage be ready at niKld.fall. Be nurc and telegraph to our ugrnts to have the relavu ready as far as Btras- iurg." "Your exrelleacv, it thall be done." "Now I am going to make a last attempt to induce him to capitu- late, (io and announce to him my visit." Vacili bowed and went out. His master was decidedlj in an ill-humor, for he walked up and down with hjng strides, gi'sticulat^ I'lg iir.d even (loubli;ig his 'fist at his irivisible eneiiiic.i'. "CiirKed be the day when I came to F'arii! I'O watch over the intrigtu s o? a few nndiscoverable knaves' In KufHin ojie has at least power, and ia not afraid to arrent suspected ciiMlureii. If I do not succoetl in n v mission, the great clii(d will say 1 am a lilocklntad. I should like to fee him hcri in my plaie. Come! this Cnrnoel shall p:iy for the others," concluded M. Horisoff as he pushed open with violence the (loor of A gallery leiuling to tho library in which Hobort was eon- filed. Hubert de Carnorl was not ex- piating a visit from. his jailer â€" - ilobcrt de, Carnoel had ceased to C.xpe t or ('1 hope. The first days <if his captivity had been passed in fearful agony. He had frequent interviews with the f>.Ion«-l, wiio anufcd hiimelf by torturing liiin with ai'^eouiits of the ritojeet of marriage formed by M. DorgeicH, and the prngreiis which Vign 'ry was making in tho heart ot Mile. Alice. > The nppa'-itiiin of the first, night V a- n<t renewed on the night fol- ic. wiiii.'. Jt<ibert passed several I'.i I'.i., i.M^.hsly beloia the window and this month will expire to-nior- r..w. I come to know if you have decided to speak?" "I have nothing to say to you." "1 must remind yor that if vou consent to name your accomplice you will be free that very instant, and that I will undertake to rein- state you in the eyes of M. Uor- geres." "It is very templing, but I repeat that I am innocent, consequently that I have no accomplice, and that I shall not buy my liberty at the price of a lying confession." "I know what rostvains you. Y'ou believe Mile. Dorgeres to be irre- coverably lost to you. I aTu about to put you in possession of the facts â€"to tell you how matters stand." "Spare yourself the trouble; you will obtain nothing from me." "No matter, it is wolj you should know all. I told you of ithc pro- ject of M. Dorgerps to • give his daughter to his cashier, whom he had just made his partner. Now the marriage is decided. Your friend Vignory has been acecpted- by Mile Alice. To tell the truth, I dill not think the would decide so fjuiekly. it was your prolonged ab- sence which led to this result. Hud you listened to me it would have 'oeen in your power to reappear and eut short your rival's matri- monial campaign; to-day it would le more difDcuU. Karly in Febru- ary Mile. Dorgeres will become .Madame Vignory." "Why, then, fatigue me with y<,ur solicitations'! Were I free to- morrow the marriage wouhl take place none the less. I shmild not tiv to hiiidor it."' "Vou would be wrong. There is Hill tiiiK^ to do so. Mile. I)orgen-s has eonse-.ted against herself. She bar grown wearv of the v ar, when after days of waiting you did not ap- pear to confound your ealumn'a- toru. It would be easy to explain your silence. Y'ou might say that yoii were ignorant you had been accused. It would bo plausible, since the theft was known only to three or four porsms. You might add that you had just heard tlxso n ports ; you might have them from some om; who was jutM'- csted in youâ€" this groom, for iu- l^tance, who was in the waiting- room when the theft was discover- ed, an urchin named, I believe, Cnrrges or Goerget." At this name Ilobort could not i-vippress a slight movement, winch ,;id not escape the quick eyes of the colonel. , "I mention this child because he k an interest in you," he re- him of the renriarks of which you have been tlio subject. But vou night designate another, M. M.ix- imt Dorgeres, for instance. He also is iutere.sted in your behalf." ^ "I scarcely know him," s.aid M. cie Carnoel, impatiently. "Listen to mc, and when you have heard me )ih rough, I have not another word to say. You arc convinced, aje yon not, that I have loved, that I still love Mile. Dorgeres f "I am sure of it." ".\nd the offers you h.ave made CHAPTER IV. Is there any one whose curiosity has not at times been aroused by some woman who had passed him ? She is young, she is pretty, she is alone, and she walks with a hur- rying step. She has an object, and she seas only this object. Is her walk to end in a romantic denuue- meat, or simply to condui.-t her to her dressmaker? Thia ia the ques- tion that puzzles the curious who ft How her with their eyes. Be- fore the problem can bo solved, she is already far off. She has disap- peared without leaving: any more trace of horself than a bird in its passage through the air. The old Parisian r>c:gnizes quick- ly enough the English or Americ.in girl who goes out without a chap- eron for the pleasure of going out, of tossing her blondo hair in the wind, and laughing in the face of t?.ose whom she observes to mistake her for a seeker after adventure. But the morning after Maxime | Dorgeres' attack upon Col. Boris- ofl. it was unqneptionably.a French girl who, toward twelve o'clock, passed up the Avenue de Friedland, Garden Freshness of "SAMOA" Fresh and fragrant ft-om the gardtra of the finest te«i {producing country in the world. Ask your gfocmt l«r a package to^iayâ€" .â€" .youll like iL became the cornfield par excellence of western Asia, and in later times the granary of the Persian empire. The early Sunaerian settlers brought with them from the home land on the cast of the Tigris the first elements of agriculture and soon the plains of Lower Chaldea and a French girl young and pret- became covered with corn fields, ty A thick veil was drawn over her | One of the oldest inscriptions we face, and she evidently did not wish | possess, that of Manishtu-su, King to be recognized. At times she i of Kish, which must date back to tvrned as if to see if she was not j about B. C. 4000 if not earlier, is followed, and appeared uncertain I a purely agricultural record and of her route, for she stopped frc- j shows that the principles of agri- ciuently to look at the houses and j culture wore already developed and cross-streets. Evidently she sought j systematized. The value of land ; the day of harvest." All small f ..r some indication which she did was estiinated on corn valuation, tradesmen were paid at harvest, not care to ask of passers-by. and the rights of landlord and the and among them the obliging pub- At length she observed an errand j tenant were clearly defined. More- , lican, who had given credit for beer tiorter whom she decided to ©p- j over, the ancient records show that during the previous months to his proach. I ^^^ calendar of those early inhabi- "Could you tell me where to find tants of Chaldea was agricultural the house of a lady named the I and started from the autumnal eqiii- Countess Yalta?" she asked, in a noxâ€" the period of the "greater scarcely audible voice. harvest." to headquarters. All the daes were collected at one time, oi "the day of harvest." When the harvest time came it was indeed a time of busi- ness pressure, the culmination of the year, the great day of reckon- ing. The deeds which kave been recovered from the treasores of the Babylonian temples amply prove this. Everything became due on the day of harvest. Thus a loam tab- let from Nippur says : "Pj»e and a half shekels, which X borrowed from the Sun-god to the Saa-god he I shall pay back with the iaierest on mc are .sincere 1 You are prepared. if I The Countessâ€" Yalta 7 Ah, yes. In remote prehistoric times man ( T -„„„-* IV.- , I -"- Eussian princess who rides j J*ao" been the pensioner of Nature, Lfre mv lf>fniL'°i • f "• »'^"''''«^'' *^^«^^^ '"' ^^'^ supplies she !!...l^ ^L ^r i^l.^.Jl'^^°J.^ 31 a'-*' there, mademoiselle. Th^-re is | granted him. but now man by his agricultural imple- ecuse with M. Dorgerea; you will oven go so far as to declare that you- have discovered the real cul- prit " "I have promised you that I am ready to do it," said M. Borisoff, quickly, sat'sfied that he was gain- in.ir the dcsirrd end. ".And you think that, given this new situation, M. Dorgeres, to re- pair his wrongs toward me, would feel it his duty to accord me the hand of his daughter; that Mile. Dorgeres, who has not ceased to ' love me, would be happy to become n,y wife; that in.v revival would rc- nf.e<nber that he had been my friend a little door on the avenue fifty steps from here, but if you're not B friend of the house it's no us;'^ to ring; they wouldn't open to you. The great entrance ia on Rue Bcau- jon, thereâ€" to the right. There is no mistaking it; it's gilded from top to bottom." (To be continued.) -<>- MlSFOKTUyF/rOHTHE ELOOD* LESS. invention of mcnts had CONQUERED NATURE and by his assistance rendered her far more lavish in according him supplies for his wants. The ex- treme fertility of the Chaldean plain soon made it the corn producing centre of the whole of western Asia, and as food was the equiva- lent of money it soon became the predominJint partner in the world of commerce. AS a result of the old primitive customers. All wages at harvest time. «Me paid RLRGLARS ROBBED DOUSE. Hade a Big Iladl. How often headings like this are seen in the daily and weekly papers throughout the countrv. (lories of burglars having raided houses «i- jther at nights or during the ab- sence of the occupants and having secured large sum.s of moaejr which were being kept in the house. The average person woodora how ft is that people arc so fooUah as ttf keep large sums of money or valu-i ablos lying around the house sub-' ject to raids of this sort. When there are surplus funds on han^ ;mos| people deposit thorn in th^ nearest Bank or else some Banld Misfortune for the bloodlessâ€" thai _ should bo printed in all the publi« j barter systoni payments in kind rul-|that offers special faeilities to Sav^ ^ places. You must have blood tj ; ed instead of cash p.iyment3 and lings Accounts, such as the Trader* and would not seek to dispute with I have strong lungs to enable yon ! corn became money. Surplus snp- Bank of Canada. • VuC the heart of Alice? You think,! to withstand all the dust and ni!. ! plies of corn or other food stuffs j In the Traders Bank every Sav-j in short, that it rests with mo to crobes of summer and the piercing : became income or capital and could ings Depositor is made to ieol that; winds and cold of winter. Con- I minister to the luxury of the sue- ! his account is welcomed and thatif pass from the depths of misery to the e.xtienio of happiness " "For this dream to become real- ity, you have only to name your aeomplice." "Do U)u think I Rhould hesitate if I had one?" asked Robert, in a voice which vibrated. "You have,| then, never loved, since you sup-j pose that a man could sacrifice his love to some sentiment of keeping 1 faith with conspirators. Had Ii . , , stolon your casket for the purpose! thousands of of delivering xip your secret papers ♦o the revolutionists of your coun- try. I would go myself and recover il. from them, if it was necessary, in order to marry the woman I loved. I would brave their vengc- fiiico and risk a thousand deaths Kt.oner than refuse tho happine" s you propose to mc. You see, then, that I know nothing, and that you will gain nothing by tornienti'ig me further. ]>'> with me as ynu please. You may kill mo. You will extract nothing more from me." The colonel knit his brows and bit hia mustache. For the first lime since he had secured the por- t(,P of M. de CarnoiM he asked him- silf if ho had not made u false lof ve in arresting him. sumption is, properly speaking, ' eesf-fiil agriciilturi'^t. With the lack of blood; the natural result of j rise of the village community and anaemia. To prevent consumption j later the city kingdom this increase rich blood is necessary. The best 1 of wealth became a source of rev- way to protect the organs is to cir â-  onuc on which the heads of the culate this rich blood through the. ! community could draw for cora- lungs. Many have been saved by- 1 munal wants, and in this manner Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, because, there grew up ^he first and great- these Pills are a remarkable blooci est. system of revenue ever found builder; not indirectly but directly ; in ancient Oriental lands. tli; Bank is glad to have small transactions pass through on his account at any time, including de-> posits of any amount fro* $1.00 up-' wards and withdrawals by cheques at any time that may saU the cus- tomer'* convenier.ee. '1 People living in countiy districts o' away from Banking faeilitiesj will have no difficulty whatever in' LOOK I BOYS AND GIRLS! Do yon wnnt to cam â-  ratnablo prcra- Inml* Wo nniil l>o.r8 mid eirls to >lo plcB- eant and protlMiblc work for ua which can Iw done In u iHiupIo of lioirH of your apars learned I time, and t<ir wV<h we are Bivinj a ehoioe of soine valuable prrniimnii. W» do not r«quiro yon to unll anything. Writo UK lit onc« for fiitl particularii. 8RAUN A CO., S2 Colborn* St., Toronto. tooH sumed. "It seems h.« saw you *»l.en you were brought here liy my steward, and came to inquire for vou." "If he knew I was your prison- er " said Robert, not without an effort, "he would not have kent it a uecret, and sonic" one would have btcn lonnd to deliver me from your power." "It is quite probable, but on that day he had a fall, from the effects <.r which he is and will remain an itliot." „ This time Robert turned pale. He understood now why Oeorget had M.t reappeared. "I till vou tins," resumed the crlonel, "that you may not build (,u the hope of being succored by this gamin. And that reminds me (hat I made a mistake iu advising jou to say you were informed by Maple Syrup IVIclter* At^ontlonl How mil yon ronHonetly expert Co mnka •Ten a fair qunllt.v of syrnp imiiit out-of- date pot.t 8im1 kottlp* and p«n« for hollinc your Maple Kyrup. Write for boolilet on tho "(niaiiipion" Kraporator to THO CRIMM MANUFACTURING Company, U Welllnston St, Montreal. ^M IT DY-OLA ItIk Ouaraataad ONt Py« In *tt Oood« | THift IS OREAT Juol Think •! It I With tha SAMI D«» yoncancalar ANY Madof clalh l>«HMIIy~No chaaea of odataka*. AU ciilora >« canta fMm ymir Dninlat or Doalar. Saatpia Card and Booklal Proa from ^Th* Jahnaan-Rtohardaan O*., Umltad, Papt. 0. Momraal.Oua. with each dose. They have cured | Ancient Babyhmia possessed one [ doing their Banking by Mail. Th» eases of anaemia; ; feature in which it closely resemb- i Traders Bank will f.end fi«e a littkf sickness; general debility j If d our own country in the Middle 1 treatise on Banking by Mall to anyi and all other troubles arising out; Ages, the bulk of llie property was 1, party writing in to tho Head Offieej of poor blood. > > religious hands. That is, tho iof the Traders Bank of Canada,^ various districts into which the Tcrohto. land was divided were ezch the lie* of the province god. The tables ' from Tcl-lo show that all that dis- trict was the fief of the god Nin- gir-su; of Nippur the fief of Entil, or the older "Bel" ; of Sippara, THE 6UX GOD, HARVESr IN BABYLONIA THE DAY nilEN ALL DEBTS WEBE PAID. In Babylonia the Food Problem Dominated all the Affairs of Life. In the wonderful restoration of the ancient past which has resulted from tho work of the explorer in the East nothing is more astonish- ing than the knowledge we have gained of tho social life, manners and customs of the ancient inhabi- tants of Egypt. Babylonia and other Eastern centres of civilization. In this respect tho discoveries in Habvh^nia hive been far more en- lightening than any others, for in that land education was more gen- eral, extending to tho lower grades of the community, and tho literary tendency of tne people loading them ti( have a written record for any event supplies us with a mass of details of the affairs of daily life far more vivid than in the ease of »ny other people of antiquity. Babylonia was tho garden of tho ancient East, as later tradition made it the site of the "Garden of Eden," and the ancient Sumcrian population was the earliest organ- ized community of agriculturists of whom we have record, says W. St. Chad Boseawen in the London Globe. THE NATURE OF THE SOIL, a deep alluvial, made it a land of tho richest kind for the agricnltur- iut, and nature needed but little as- sistance at the hand of man to bring forth her richest and best to supply hi J wants. Although not the indigenous home of wheat, that being undoub- tedly the slopes of the mountain of ILuriatan and the plain of Klam, where Bottlements of pre-historio harvesters have been found, it soon ' â€" fr- Sulphato of potash (up to 180 pounds per acr^?) is the best form to use generally ; it is rather more expensive than muriate, and may bo applied a short time before the , ,, , plant needs it. Muriate of potash and all the revenues were collected (up to 150 pounds per acre) con- by the temple ofhcials and paid into I taius about the same amount of pot- the temple treasury and class.-d as 'ash as the sulphate, but in a lest the wealth or property of the dcsirablo form. For thie reason it S'|i'" .,, is best applied some considerable There were many villages and time before it is needed, bo th.it tho small towns in the fief of the prov- injurious principles may bo remov- ince gods and their revenues were ed by rain. Its harmful efloota are collotted by resident collectors and ospeciallv evident with potatoes, either remitted to the head city or beets and tobacco. Kaicit contains stored in the local storehouse, and i less potash than the mnriale and a very careful account of them sent I sulphate. .wipa book. Cr„c.nt Mfe. C<^ S..iu,, W. PINK EYE DISTrHPCR CATARRHAL fCVCII AND an NOSt AND THROAT UISERSC* Cures tho clck and acts .i.s a preTpnti»e (or others. Li^iiH jItow on tha tmiiriir. S.ite (or brood toares and all others. n«st ki.lm->- rvamNly • cqc and »1 p. bottle; J.; apd $10 ihc <l.,/rn. Sold by aU druati-^ts „,v1 h-J^. ,wli hoiisos. Distributors: All Wholesale Qrug Hou.«es. SPOHN MEDICAL CO.. Cbcmists. OOSHEN. IN0MS4, U.S.*. FAIRBANKS » MORSE Semi-Portable or Skidded Engine Equipped with Evaporator Tank. OttlBnoit asptclally for ganeral Farm Work BuUt iu S and t n.P. Sbca. • a.p. Specially Adapted for Work Cold Weather. In Bomt-Portahle Eneint with Evaporator T»Qk. These Enelnet »r« the lame «« the 8t»nd<»ril Horiiontft.1 Kaorator En- clnes, except that they »re mountod on (kids with itasolim- tunk plikord i« BMe of the encine, where It it well protec ted. rnHkiug a vpry neut. romitiu't. M]f-cont»lDed otitnt, as ran be tern from th« illudtruiion abovo o( ttir I h.p. OmoIIbo Enfine. Beod for catalogue W.H. THE CANADIAN rAIRBANKS COMPANY. I.lrr>lt»cl. MONTRtAL, . ST. JOHN, N. â- . x TORONTO, WItlNIPEC CALQARY, VANOOUVIR i. I iT h