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You may get relief for a little 'while, but the corns simply stay and grow. Try this modern, scientific way-- the way now Smployed by physicians and hospitals. oy of the corn. t is just as easy, ust as painless as the ineffective ways. Blue-jay For Corns | H urg Amerfcan Lines Transpor. |' tation Ha Corner Notre Dame and Francis a The i 5 AGI TING Sdn 5 . -------- Elsa began to seun towards the en. trance. Before she had reached it, hei mother gave & short laugh, and said: "What do you think. ihis packet con des. your fathers letter to 12 0L don't know," sald Elsa. spoke of proofs," "Proofs of what? You little fool!" With something that was almost a Sob, Elsa dropped her osr, and turned Quickly to her mogher, erying: ! "Mother! was he guilty 2 t "Yes" 'said Mv Cgrrington, and then; as Elsa burfed her face in her 2 mocking "Father Of his innocencs? hands; ghe added with laugh: "I will read you g bit of his last letter to me." ; © With a sneer on her lips this woman 'Whe had: called Richmond Carrington husband, read to the girl who was hig davghier: vid "Kisa. believes iu me. for shat belief to live, I charge you, Rachel, net to kill it. - She will look te Sou for guidance. I have told her that ibe decision rests with you whether the. effort to clear my name is to he continued. Give her what reasons you will for ceasing to make the effort, Say that it is hopeless, that the dirgi- culties. are insurmountable, that our enemies are too strong--anything -- except the truth, that I am guilty. You, drove. me into guflt; do this much by Way of recompense. Perhaps--[ knoweit is ouly perhaps, but | cling to the nderest thread of hope in thig "perhaps she will belfeve you." Elsa sprang to her feet with a-cry! "Stop! That is his message to you? The Jast wish, which you were to re- spect?" 2 "it seems 50." sald Mrs, Carrington, smiling. "At any rate I can find no other."- "And this is how you respect it?" "Yes," she sald. "The whole thing is really too aburd." Elsa gazed at her in trembling anp- ger. For a moment she could not Speak. Then with a low moan, she cried: "You are my mother; but I yous" If it is possible. hate CHAPTER XV, A Message from "Croesus" - The sanie two men w Te again on in fe at Ri beli® Grande who had been on duty on the night when the cable message "Danger-~Circus" came through, Scar- borough again was sitting in front of the siphon recorder, and again Scott was lying in a cane chair, listlessly turning over the leaves of a novel, Specialization of function commonly '00k this form between these two. No messages were passing over the "ables, and for the last halt hour Jearborough had been. deep in thought, Fhe task which he had taken upon hig shoulders, when he undertook to solve the mystery which surrounded Rich: mond Carrington's death, absorbed the 'houghts of most of his waking hours 20w; but the solution did not come, That there had been no actual mus jer had been proved by the evidence uguese doctor, who had cen lifled that death was due to the suds den bursting of an aortic aneurin of long standing. But the doctor said also that It was impossible 1).at Cap rhagton should not Wave kiown of the SXistence of this aneurism, and that It was very unlikely that he would be nt of the fact that ROY unusual Ttion would almost of a certainty be fatal. fe much Scarborough could understand; but what he could not understand was why Blsa's father had, by making this exertion, doomed him- self to an almost inevitable degth. Hg had little doubt that the risk had been wn, and dared with full knowledges. But why? What was the motive which had been strong enough to make Rich mond Carrington brave death as the price of a country walk? x Presently Scott, th¢ man tu the cane chair, vawned, and threw his book down in disgust. "What awiu! rot manages to get into print nowadays." he remarked. "Sick- ening! [I'll change places with yeu for a bit, Horace, A siphon-recorder that doesn't record anything is dull come pany, but the average modern novel Is duller. Bet you half a crown you can't read through four chapters of this one. Have a. look at it, and pitch it- into the stove when you've done." He came to the table and took Scar- borough's place in front of the instru- ment. Scarborough went to the win- dow from which he could see the white walls of the Chinelas in the distance. she knows!" he muttered. she knows!" hem uttered. Since the morning when she had de- clared passionately that she no longer desired his -fielp Elisa had told him nothing, They had met frequently, and he had made a point of telling her everything. © She knew, for instance, about the hooded woman, and she had fii her possession the stone which had been found in the dead man's fingers, With the half obliterated scratches of his last e pencilled on it. But she had not met confidence with con- fidence. rough knew nothing of the letter which her father had writ. ten to her, nothin He had told Mons that there had been no quarrel bet ween him and Elsa, aud in their literal sense the words true. They met ~ Jformerly they nad J more. Scarborough turned away from t h a sigh, cable. Scott and broke off an "Hullo!" kh "For mat | Supplied 'Exclusively in Canadas bY The British & Colonial Press Limited, Oh th i at Cableman PRESENT-DAY ROMANCE BW | WEATHERBY CHESNEY Servis, | tan? gnough." Fi . * 'Searborough, Cable station'- you, isn't it?--'Go in and win. Finan. ces arranged. Letter coming, Am. bier." © Scott read the message from the flickezing of the siphon, and pro ceedethjn due form 'to write it down. "Why doesn't your friend use code? he asked. "He's extravagant in words. Is this private, old man? Or may a fellow know what it vefers to?" "It Is the answer to a letter I wrote some time ago," said Scarborough. "Ambler is my unele" "The one who, to encourage thrift in the young, puts three sovereigns on the top of every one you show him at the end of the yeas? That uncle?" * "Yes," said Scarborough. Scott whistled. © "Then 'Finances arrauged' sounds as though it might mean something shandsome", said he, "What does 'Go in and win® mean? Stop, I'll guess. The girl at the Chine- i ' 5 that's said Scarborough, _Seott jiimped up with & laugh, "Then off you go!" he cried; "And good luck to you! Ul get one of ihe other men (0 take your. duty: Don't Waste time. Croesus; in the form of Uncle Ambler, promises over the sub- marine cable--excellent institution, the submarine eable!-to pay._for the fun when you're married. 'Finances arranged' can mean nothing else: and as for 'letter coming,' | shouldn't Wak for it. 'Go'in and Win," he says. Why don't you go?" 3 Bearborough had thrown himself in- to the cane chair, and showed ro sign of wanting to go. "Lucky beggars some fellows are!" Beott went on, enviously. "It gives a man a pull to be born. with an unele Ive got no relative nearér than a father, worse luck! ---and he's as poor as I am. Look here, why don't you do a8 you're told, and go in and win?" "Because [ don't think I should win It I went in now," sald S¢ arborough simply. "Oh, that's it, is it?" said the otlier man with a laugh. "Did you hint as much to Croesus? His message doesn't suggest that you did?" "1 didn'td said Scarborough. "But you've taken to doubting late. I¥y? Deo you know, a countryman of AGE ONCE Put (he TORE FALIer neatly' 'He either fears his fate too much, or his deserts are small.' You know tng rest." » "Yes," said Searborough. "Fhe man who wrote that was hanged. 1 don't think Graham of Montrose is quite a safe guide, though he was your countryman. I'm not going." "7Then vou fear your fate too much?" said Scott. . "Or my deserts. are small: Have it which way vou like. And suppose we drop the subject." When Scarborough wrote the letter to. whiell this cablegram was an. an- swer, Richmond, Carrington was still alive, and the e of discord had not Yet sounded in the love idyll. He had told his unele that he memmt to ask Elsa: tor be his wife, and he had not Suggested that there was any doubt. But. a mere clerk in the Cable Com. pany is not in a position to marry, and the reason of Scarborough's letter was that he wanted to know whether his uncle's former offer of a place in his city house was still open to him. He bad stated his reasons frankly, saying that he had no newly-developed desire 10 spend lis days ou a stool in a City 'Bifice, but that he had a very present need of the £300 a year which his uncle had offered as a commencing salary if he agréed to sit on that stool. It the offer was still open. he would close with it, because on £300 a 'year he thought that Risa and he could manage, especially as his uncle had: hinted that, given good work, the sal- Ary need not Jong remain at that some What modest figure, This, then, was the answer. And had other things net happened mean while, he would have looked forward wih eager hope to the letter which was comiug; for from past experience he knew that his uncles generosity, at the: least, was not likely to fail short of Mis promises. 'Finances arranged' would mean all that he had asked for, and probably more. Jt was 8 highly satisfactory answer. But then other things had happened meanwhile; One of the Station Servants came Into the room with a note. -Scarhor- ough read it, and got quickly out of bis chair, "Who 18 next on duty Scott, he asked + (To be Continued.) ---------------- Some people's specialty is pouring ice water on enthusiasm. iH § Bt 3 { 1 [ i Stockbolm, April 1.-- Before a large audiencs wav yeilerday the Rev. Alffed' Wickham presented for the first time a novel scheme 10 pre- rent war -by means' of a voluntary So-called "white army," which would throw itself between two fighting armies. : Mr. Wickham is assuming the title of "general" and will tour the whole of Sweden, making a' propaganda and orgafising his army. So far only a rig hundred "soldiers" have enlist The 'general is convinced thar When the "white army" is sufficiently large it will be psychologically im possible for fighting armies to ai. tack it. , Thus it Will make war im possible. Mr. Wickham fg evidently an' eager candidate for the Nobei peace prize. i MISSIONS, VS, THE MOVIES Dr. Gredtélls Characteristic Utter ances at London Tabernacle Londen, April 1.iDr Wilfred Grenfell, the Labrador fishermen's missionary, was one of the speakers at a series of meetings held yéster- day to celebrate the tenth annivers- ary of Whitefield's Tabernacle under one pastorship, from which Rev. Syl- vester Horne, M.P., has just res'gn- ed. Dr. Grenfell declared that many people thought there was hardly. as much common sense in the taber- nacle mission as in a moving picture the former didn't produce as much mental and physical satisfaction as the other form of entertainment. Re ---- SENTNENCED TO PRISON Matsumoto Figured in Naval Séan- dals Recently Disclosed * Tokio, April 1.---Vice Admiral Matsumoto, who was recently reliev- ed of the command of the Kure naval station, in connection with the navy scandals, brought about by the alleged acceptance of illieit com- missions by naval officers in return for their influence fn the allotment of eontracts, was sent to prison to- day, after a prolonged examination. He was confronted by © Admiral Matsuo, Vice-Admiral Fujii and Kenzo lawahara, a civilian, all of thom are alleged to be implicated in the illegal practices. PINE AND HEMLOCK CHEAPER, Yield of Ontario. Woods Show a De- crease Toronto, April 1.--The total quantity of timber cut in the On- tario woods this year, according to [the official figures. was 472 500. | 000 feet, as against 552,525,898 feet last year. Pie Wii be from one to two del- lars leds per $housand feet this year than last, so a member of a promin- ent Toronto lumber firm states, and he adds that the price of hemlock will bc $16.50 as compared with §18.50 last year. SEEKING CANADA'S TRADE show, and there was a feeling that | So says Mr. John Evans, of . 87 Lawrence St, Halifax, N.S. He had bloed poison in his finger. A doctor at- tended him for three months, but the iy got worse; and a secand doctor was called in. ol the finger was cut off! But the mischief didn't end there. Another operation was periorméd, 'and the bones in the palm of his hand scraped. Stall no relief, and the hand would not heal The poison had got into the blood vessels of the arm, and the doctor said the arm must come off, 100! : Then, after. under gony, Mr. Evans was advised to ry Zam- Bu ig at the start. He says :-- Zam-Buk quickly reduced the humps which had formed on my arm and eased the pain. Jt was domg so much' good that I wid the doctor | would use nothing else. . Day by day I applied it freely, both to the terfible sore in my hand and to my arm, and it drew the poson out mmarvellously To cut a long story shact, by ti my haod vas héled, my arm w an or pain, and every trace of bleed-poisoning had been ban ishe d. Zam-Buk sayed my arm," --Uae Zam-Buk right at the start for cuts bioed- poisoning uicen. hwcenses, INS, Gotema, eruplions. scaly sorew, buriik, bruises, aud ail skis injucies and disvases, Dow't Wait ust! these lead to a grave condition ! i this article, send it with 1c. stamp (10 pay retw e) ta » Bak Gat om hs with nme of this paper, sad we will ony Fou hmpie bor. VL IVT NN London Daily "Sending Investigator to Look Over Field Press announces having secured the services of George Henry Scrage, sales consultant, te visit Canada and report on possible openings for Brit- ish manufacturers. Mr. Scragg, who sails next month, told a member of the Express staff that everything in the past had been done for the English immigrant agri- culturist, but nothing for the deserv- ing British business man. CANCELLING 62 TRAINS Plans to Reduce Its Staff by 25,000 Men. Philadelphia, April 1.--~--Higher wages, higher taxes, and recently en- acted legislation are given hy the Pennsylvania system as the principal Causes of decreases in net operating revenue, "necessitating the retrench- ment policy" announced last week. It is planned to increase the number of suspended = employees to 25,000, and by today the company announces that at least sixty-two trains will have been. discontinued. May be Sent te London Washington, April 1.---~Well defin- i 4 London, April 1. The Daily Ex- | ~ Spring Millinery Assssssnsnsnna. Ansssssscana Our millinery department is now in nll swing, and vou ean buy your hat for eash or on the credit system. ®t Some of the very best designs from New York and Paris. Big stock to pick from. - y Ladies' Suits, all sizes, from 22 to 42, Men's and Boys' Clothing, Boots and Shoes. Yonr credit is good at JOS. B. ABRAMSON 257 Princess St. Phone 1437 ed reports in diplomatic circles to- day said that Ambassador Jusserand, who has been the representative of France in this country for the past eleven years, aud who is the dean of the diplomatic corps here, may be transferred to London. It is understood that the British post was the only one whist the am- bassador was willing to accept after his government had expressed the de- sire to advance him to another im- portant post on account of his long service here. » At the French émbassy it was said nothing was known of the proposed change. Wilson Promises to Aid Kin Washington, April 1. President {the White House al smi granddaughter of President Tyler, in special audience at the White House and promised to do all in his powef to have her 'reinstated in the Court- land, Va., postofice. Miss Tyler was delighted with her reception by the president, and left She said President Wilson appeal; very much interested in her case ahd gave her every opportunity to present all the points to him, although his office as crowded with other visitors, An Increased Yield Chicago, April © 1.-The winter wheat crop in the United States now has a promise of more Ahan 600, 400.000 'bushels, which compares with a record yield of 524,000,000 bushels last year. It is dgured thar the wheat now standing for harvest | will exceed 386,000,000 acres, while last: year the acreage harvested to- taled 31,899,000. : Wilson received Miss Mattie Tyler, |* A ------------ Just a' fiver in the stock market has proved #6 many a man that riches ' have wings, : . "Don't you tell--Sis!" "This'll be a good BS joke on mother! She didn't 'think we could reach so high when she put Kel- logg"s on the top shelf, did she? 8% SE) But we fooled her this time! RK Course mother won't 19 hI care, 'cause she le a, us have Kellogg's "ly every time we want it, don't she? Says it's good for us and makes us grow like