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W _â€"___.._â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" ~__.__._â€"_____.-- FOILED BY HIMSELF. led from making any remark. He CHAPTER I.â€"CON'I‘L\'UED. _ d merely said: “1 was just uniting to ‘soe you before I beganâ€"I wiil go in He went slowly up the stairs an ‘ M7" and left Mr. Munkton standing 1 l along the corridor towards the room. he was wont to occupy on the occasions ; we. > of his visits to Monedim House. Before he could begin his wort: - ew‘svom amongst the. documents, the arâ€" m M u” dz; “In; toga.” "ah so ; magi-meats for the funeral required 113' “10 quid ' y 0' u m.“ .to be seen to. and the afternoon “in lately instinct With 1110. a feeling oflpmtty far advanced also When he at awe crept over him. A stillness as of i length sethlupoelf diownl w “‘0er ii]: - - .luu‘nnst. e irst o a; ouene‘ 1 ch,“ gm" seemed hover m,the> 3.1L 7 safe. and took out the paper; which he ‘5 but 8 strange thins “'33 “113 “m°h_ had wrapped up in the newspaper the men cafl death] jg:mequ eighth. undd pacgfd theta on Next morning. Wan the soliciton' S 8‘ m t e m" (“8 .l' 9 “011' some down-stairs he found Miss Ash-Hf I {finer ffud the iii“ ul- the. _ _ ~ - _ i lirst p.32». thought he. I wnt_un-. way in the breakfast-imam. She “n.4'aersuintl Henry ilhunktion's behaviour: ‘ slight miphnimd girl with a Very ; at all, whine-rent from his usual style. at She wore a darkmma' (IJIJ would think that he already has 9‘ M’ V ' an idea how the will stands, or he nun-mus 8mm. Her eyes looked hear) “mid be acting differently. He must. and bore the traces of recent tears. the hip/E wand: dam-Iii; her: :irlfigriy in a. fit% greeted Mr. Barnett with outstretched, 0’1 WV“ - m. .w“ ‘Cn‘enuon' u . . , ,perhnps of deceiva the eopie around. hand. Oh. it is such a resif to have)I by a prams of 1. mt pf“. the bra; you here!" she said. ' I did not knowll ther he has lost. e cain't_ cheat me.’ what to do; and Mrs. Crawford wasl hmxsxvergfygithgnhis mhlhptmgtlatimllAik. I not be" when I wrote 5.0m shd.}i'cmtpr i e ' aw t t._t e w _ was- in his brothers ossesston, or if he WOO-id tell You that Henry M‘mkton’ thought 1 had ithH-Jne is a bundle of came yesterday afternitxm 1" titles; the will my be amongst them. "Yes. I expected to see him at; I have seen {Munan take it out . I from one of these drawer before. It brwkmt' I3 he “at “mg to ap- thiink. This one is 11.1th gimpty. Somei pearl" of these papers on the desk probaâ€" "I do not know. He was up earlyl bly have been kept in it." amid has gone out somewhere. thd Ht;- hnut down and chimed the pieceE . of to. th. 11 t d t‘d housekeeper says. But we Will not) “wgémiiedp” “’1 Wm" be OCH-mend together and scrutinise hav- each carefully. "it is not amongst these at anyrate." he said, laying- themf aside and taking out. another emaileri bulnd'le. "No-r here either." he added.5 after glancing over this second lot.x wait for him. Mrs. Crawford is in: breakfast in bier own room." "I expected Henry When would] have been trying to act the masten‘ here," said Mr. Barnett; "but Mrs. Crawford informs me "he has shown no, disposition to do sicâ€"that he has leftii evetryithing for me be arrange." “She told me so too. He seems to :‘Aftcr all. it may be in that old cab-v met or in his desk; but I should thinkl q f l he would not keep anything but letter or things of that kind in either 0 these two places.” 1H3: haplp‘fined to turnd rfltlind bafffir. _ “[8 could] cosmg t. dmwer. nan e 'Iun e we filtered for tile better if he diwllyihg on the desk attracted his at-. 903?le hm hm‘ PW?“ tontion. He unwound the newspaper; assume the mastersth in the hbuflel! which enveloped its contents and scat-‘ he is Mr. Moniktnn's only near r84] bored the papers loosely over the desk; . ht- .. lA slight scrutiny convinced him- that 103' gthny consisted ohaiefliy of letters and. "Yes; but how did he behave towards him? Not as a brother should. carJ 3 of them: dated my years. Lack. These “may, find I been in Moukton's pm? he paid little attention to. Then came - - .part of the Moreduim- House titles; I would:l "never have borne With hiimil which, together win} 90m leases. form“ so 0mg. . circulars of one kiind and another. some .ed the remainder of the documents be», "Uncle was very patient with hiiml’ fore him. He looked these over and ‘ then placed them in the drawer he had in “New he always locked (m m already examined. The rest of the a. mere boy, who woqu grow wiser in; we was maimw when up with [ms-k timid. And he was only eight years; ideas books used léy MnbMonkton before younger than uncle. aifter all. Hot; is IeILl'emfldlt rom tusmess as a aunt be somewhat about forty_six.--.merchun.t. Ihe safe was not a large: , . Iicicle. yet it book Mr. Barnett some; Mr. Barnett ate lhfls ml tim examim all c0n_1 comparative silence. He was debatfl mined. He had just made up hisi mg with himself as to the advisability; uund that the document he sought for of imparting to Miss Ashiley the terms : “'03 "'0 t there, when he was summoned . ; to dinner. of Mr. Houston's “1'11 at present. or: Mrs. Crawford. Miss Ashley, and Mr. 3 leaving it till later. She had saidiMonktom were all priecentis but none mm on the subject. and- judging;h:“£.“‘:.f’”.§l.‘éh”€3..°fidelim:lfi;e by appearanmg' the thought at t'h‘e’iconversation being indulged in. Even! will 01‘ of 110"” She herself might b6} the usually garrulous Mrs. Crawfde concerned in it did not seem to beg was Silent. When the ladies. left thel 1- . .v .. .. dining-room. Mr .Barnett retired With. troulming her. Had she shown any them. and at (mm went back to “10' signs of anxiety with regard to whabélibmry to ram his search; . she should do. or where she ShOUIdJ? _Ht_s disdain-ticketed no difficulty in go after the fulnierail. (Afr. Barnett 4‘ Singing 1%“ 1333 33;; gilt); BEBE: would have felt it his duty to tellrfifl‘éfi blfgdmssptmn he hm expected, her she was amply provided for: butéaiiimugh 11.» had no doubt of findinf ; as it was, he thought it better sheé it ultimately. Idours passed, aflCif$ltlliIi should remain in ignorance in thei‘; Eh; figglo‘gkmbotfimmb‘ffigfifi d8 'm'amtime- [had Imam. thoroughly overhauled. unâ€"I After breakfast. Miss Ashley wenbl less there wercmsumie secret drawers. up-stairs. Left alone, Mr. Barnett deaf geogfifir fiW'Gd W dLS‘OOVer- 111818! aided that he woufid wait until he had.i “we left “1 the mom“ . . where Mr. Monkbon woqu be likely; seen Henry Monkton, before beginning? to keep the Wm, that he. own seeJ: his work in the library, and went out} Ooultd _it pygmy; cliizmceimlbeL mdiléipsoméig; ' . . 9mm; . ' -;up-s airs i was 0' _ . . . ; limo my“ g‘ujden to ‘ f .8' .He “35me there. the conclu‘non seemed mevttablei the full emoymient 0 his cigar w cniiwtlm'3 the Wm was 106‘." a stop down this garden pathi. caused him: to turn round. The comer UHMHER LI. was Mr. Henry Monkton, who held out.l “H Mun Ma’wimd gum “Imam.” his hand with apparent friendlinessil my hm. mom yew" mt WW Mm Emmett. He was a tall salliwr-couniplciticincdiiw.h'u\T stinks. _‘ u ' ' . 1 “‘i. It), sir." . man. not bad looking With a rest css m\\,qud y me“ “up, pl ' I wush look in his black eyes. He had ta 3 no see ml. [m L“? lflbmrflu moustache, but no beard. bavmg In! "yam. weld. may ten d . l his com lexlon and his restless looks; The emriiiint apiu ; am in a ho had pa feat resemblance to his short time Mrs. Crawli‘urd made her 3.9â€" g {portrainoe lit “his new M'omday even- took the offered humid! mg“ a!“ 9" “we mul‘m“ WWW}: d bade him gold-morning in as' 0‘ Ml“ BMW” “‘9‘”? “me 1’13’45- A“. an ' .yea;, the mzissiing miilil bud inlet beenl friendly a tone as_ he could muster. "I have to apologist; for- not appearâ€" ing at breakfast." said Mr. Monkton. "I had a headache. antlnvent out to walk it off. 1 am going in now.â€"[ be-1 helieve you came last night i" _ > “Yes. You Word in bed. 1 think. I:- saw no one save Mrs. Crawford." I "C \ would keep you to talk at any-é; rate. flow her tongue does go! Ii ncver um make out. halfsbe says. Con-i , found three pfiior relations. aligyml c ) ing up 1â€" two you seen issf . ,, l; gafgy thisd1 morning? She was not. ; “131’; ml, ruHJm'm’fi'fu 1*): mail 'estcr i ; , . "n - . . - '1 aim" her 3at breakfast. She has;:.'mn%figfi;;d;geimL “fibgw‘mhoy as. “m” to her mom “0“"'_Y°u.w°uld mug? upstairs to drain, and llcnry mifyh‘tgemgr]d°2g£$gfi$ggeigr353tha I Mbnktonuto hiis. “That was it ye were, better brother man never had. I amé“1}f}tzfiz ten you “manyâ€"I’m Miss “m” l “'3‘ 5°“ "mm"?- ‘0 “4”- I “I; : Ashley said dnyumng to you about. Mr. (warm iMiclnkton's W'lisif" find. however. that our .last ' “us rultde of before he died; I shouid} "No; and 1 mdna “kg m m l o. it 0 'tb her. but ye‘ill ken all about it?" never have rgiven myself otherwise": "Then you have 3m bun 1M8”, l “Henry Mlmkton has not spoken lzna hzie tell'd mkbd Mr. Barnett in surpass. which . “M” R 8mm.“ , .13 he?“ he did mt.u".“mpt m. hide“ "Not to me; biiint (‘Olllil "1 3‘“ w m. the C“? 0“ mwmy’ 'hiim anything about it. I dinna think “d “’“ke w mm“ H" Md been at“ he has mentioned it to Miss Ashley. {our office. He was rauher stern_at H6 is um...” mm! in we he hours in” limit“ him “‘5?” 8' “'“rm S‘de‘ that he's no to come in for onything. ‘0 l“ "-5 “‘“3' . ' - lace) on haiin as Mr. Btu-mitt doubted Mr. Monkton'sg figélvsuie“:$niiig “0 i 1 g ifouind. although every li'kiely and un- likely place had been searched. .“1Ih! lthe eXceptiun of uhci bookcases iinthei ilibrary. which Mr. Hammett was now. ‘ engaged in examining. lie! had not up} tic this time mentioned to any one the. fact. of the wili hurling disappeared. But! for alarming Miss Ashley, he would: have taken her into his confidence. ‘ ‘ Sit down. Mus. Omwfo‘rd," he said, addressing um lady. "Gloom inducer! house; I do not want any one to hear. say.” . _ I there's nothingj ‘r thinking‘ statement very much but dldunot mill The Mic-um, d not Rimes“ 3‘ him so. He only remarked; lt mustnsmna at the law mtemw. ...I will. be a great comfort to you now as. ten you “my 1 mm far you" Mrs. . 'CMVIMrâ€"I suppose you are not par- TY“; it '3 9' “Mun “3 yo“ 33"“! ticulnir whether you get to bed for an W1“ 3'0“ b“ 9'00“ “"0"?” to 1x""‘:li't.)ur or two yet?” a. look through my brother s wipers and, "oh. no_ H “336 wanting me, [can if they need arrangin f; - in "mm mm n thin 3. tie ' W“ “1’ “mm”- things have happened”, You understand we _ . "[ “mt ytu'to give me a hand in would have liked you ‘0 d0. 5' km“, looking tbs-01x11 .tbuse bookcases. I He spoke as thumb Cm‘mu‘ "fit by ‘ have had Min» of the blocks damn al- ked conduct in l!” S 1mm . The feet. in Mrs. Crawford. I ht m “xterm” can'ty find Mr. Monkton’u will: and I in bi“! "mmr's “(fairs' . ihnve seamlmd every [dace' that I can Mr. Burnett. “hush ‘mn‘m'ng ‘ think of. i know he used to keep it in ' a little at the position Henry 3 “fix Mm... 05km was taking up. wisely refrain- his own wic I be bad forfeited all rrg “Mam-y on us! The idea 0' thallcsn- - his face c‘haingied. “Where is some mis- ‘ take * media-t. | irate. l VVe’ll finish what ivve’ine at. I reckon. Ithat brother a": m and the will! \Vhare can it haeliy believed that-the spirit ofhisdead 91119. th'mk ye?" “1 (ml - wish I knew. prtxlumd marrow. if I don‘t find it, 1. true to read it from the draft; Henry hlonkton wind probably Pioziuetitu of the principad. t a fortunate thing for him if it cannot be got." “Ay, I (firmly; but “a ninunna let that happen. Alisa Ashley is Left some- thing in it. I hope?" “line is deft ei‘enytthing‘. With the ex- ception of some 511le legacies to the servan:s, and an annuity to his brother sufficient to keep-him above want. You are remembered in it use. But if the will is not found, Henry Monkton will tfiake 'everythiin‘g'. as his brother's sole ear.‘ “Will he. the vagttlmindl I wad. be vexed no sce't. (rail me “diet to do and we'll begin at a’ince." "Wail, we WlLi miles damn Uheseboolm one by one. and see if the will is not by accident beuweein tihe Leaives of one or them, q: M. my even be at the incl: at the bookmse." 'l‘neire “as sifuuue in the room for a. wideimblo time while the search weint om. J‘Iuoven o'clock slinuck. They mane the easy two awake in that large uuse. Mr. Bennett was this first to Spank. "Did Henry Mlakllion tell you that his bmuher said he were oin friendly terms below the death harmened'l ’ he enquired. "He Says he met. him last Tuesday in town, and that they spdae to each dther; but it cant. believe it." “This is lthe first time I’ve heard 0' that; but I‘ve spoken to Henry Monk- bun as ilittle as I could". “i asked Miss Ashley Lf Mir. hIonk- tion had mentioned it to her. and she said he had that. He would surely have held her if it had been the case." "at-L’s as likely to be a' he as no. I wadna trust that Henry Monkton nae far‘er than I could see hunâ€" But what‘s this inside b' this big book? Mr. Barnett dmpped this back his held aimd (awed uhie rdam to the side oi Mics. Crawfcud “It is the Will," he cried joyfulily.â€"”-T,hnink Providence! I was afraid it was host amass-then I ought to ‘have hard you help me soonen, I see. You have men more fortunate than I." “Last Willil and Testament ofGeorge llfimkicin. dated Shh April. 1881,"read er. Banniett [dam the back. of the (imminent. “lit must {have got up. there just as I supposed." He .opeined out the will and glanced hurriedly over it. and as he did. an. tine axumsswn ‘It’s the iwiill, I do believe." This is not. the- will I This one Was revode by an- other, executed some months later; an 'A‘ugust. linsth of Apinl, ' . remember, but in the same year. Plus should have been desurqyed loug‘ago; ll thought Mir. Munkton had burnt. it. “And what’s the dfil‘feirence between that. one and the other one‘f'_’ asked! Mira. Crawford. not a little disamiomb- ed at hieniui‘mg tihe wild ‘flownid was not ithe’. cine sought for. “The legumes ho 340m mud to the ser- vants are the same. The dhifferenise is of at the time. new that I! i friend stood before lliim. Then mine It should boa win feeli of relief as he res. - and read air. the funeral tp-gnized the zuiigiriticn. 0g ‘V1u_(_j$lui than in the spirit. but his brother billo- L'n the flesh. whom he beheld. It .was deiuand‘ Henry )Ionkwn in a fit of somnadn- Will be balm It “as not the (To be Cant inued.) HIDDEN DANGERS 0F CYCLING. A Diversity of Opinion on the Hygienic l-lfl‘ecl of Wheeling. It will be remembered that the late Sir Benjamin Richardson warmly re- commended the use of the bicycle. and was undoubtedly responsible for much of the general confidence in its hygien- ic virtues. \Ve are told. however. by another English medical authority. Dr. A. Shadwell. in a late number of the National Review. that before his death Sir Benjamin’s opinions -on the subject were materially modified. and ought. therefore. to be no longer quoted in their original form. Dr. Shadwell's own notion pf the matter is that. while cycling is unquestionably good for many people, there are, on the other hand. many for whom it is not good but distinctly hurtful. and that; in ways and for reasons which are not yet generally recognized. In spite of the tendency of bicycle riders to conceal untoward results, lest they should be forbidden to use the wheel, many facts have come to . light which, in. Dr. Shadwell's opinion. ought: to attract serious attention. He cites the case of a healthy girl, rather stronger than the average, and able. apparently. to cycle aswell as anybody in short; flights.“ One day she went further, though nob very far, perhaps ten miles ; the result was utter collapse. followed by confinement to bed for several days. In another case within Dr. Shadwelll’s knowledge, a girl de- veloped exopthalmic goitre as the re- sult of a rather long ride, which she supposed herself able to accomplish without difficulty. Her throat swelled never went down, and quickly exhibited a well-marked ex- ample of the disease. This obscure but grave affliction is said to be caused by mental excitement. Another form of organic injury that Dr. Shadwell has observed in cyclers is internal inflam- mation. of which the symptoms are much pain. and a kind of chronic dysen- tery, extremely obstinate and of the most: lowering character. One of the British medical journals has lately called attention to the occurrence of that Miss Ashley, imstetiid of getting“ appendicitis caused by bicycle riding, the remainder, giets only one-third. His ' . . . ‘ weed" s to the other two. This} and 3‘ deflmte unaminin brother Sn. ' . _ wiilil was dirt-win quit and aligned prior no the quarrel beuiueein the brothers. The one I “unit was executed after I that time." “I would be very sidk sorry to see hiim get anything and. much Less two- thirds. \Ve line hand no will at onyâ€" r The other inlay not be far aff. _-â€"ls that will liar inue use at _a‘9’_’ “In the event of his not findingthd lather, it. will he. It mutt-Limits pro~ wisdom for Miles Ashley, which is ' one good timing. iii t‘hie-ne who mo Will. she would go: in‘otiliiinig. If the other isno’t flatthco-miing. We nrukit. act on. this one. ’ “Do ye think Mr. Monkton would ken 0’ that will being inside this book?” “No; I don‘t think hie would. That book does not seem to have been dis- tur‘bei for a long time. He must have thought he had destroyed it. But y=et-â€"-" 'l‘ihie solicitor stopped sliortiin his speech as a sudden thiougihtstruci‘k him. “if it be tiriuie that his briother and he bud lwdomie finiendily again. he may have buth tibia last will, intend- ling in) mice u. (new one; or he _mig‘.ht be awaire of the exiutemt-e of thgs one, which would do perfectly well.’ he said. “file may have evcini lxumnlt the will on the M'Iemli'ngi on which he died. â€"\Vn.s till-ere (my appearance. Mrs. Cinwflord, of; his .‘havuinig biurnt any papeitsl" "'1 heard the Weekeeper say :he had been burning. some papers; but of count-is they might be Some auld leiti- ters or thiinigs o‘ no Consequence." “Quite ixxssililc. \Ve will not assume that it is bru'nnt yet, till we seeâ€"There goes twelve o’clock. Ainothior twenty minutes and ‘we wiillll have finished.â€" \Vhat‘s that?" It was a noise like the faint creak- ing of a door. distincny heard through the stilliner of the house, seemingly conning from one .of the rooms on the flioor immediately shave. Mr. Barâ€" nett and Mrs. Omwhord both strained their ears to listen. For the space of nearly a minute ilhiey heard noth- mg. "Perhaps Miss Ashfley or the house- keeper lookilnig cult to see if the hall gas is still lit. or if we are «up-stairs,” Mr. Baiiineit said. “'1 hope it is not ,viinfgabout tosce what we am after. I he had happened to be outside uhis door a little ago, he mi ht have heartl us talking of the wit '.â€"â€"'l‘rhene it is. again. Same one is ceriaimly am'alce u'p-stnirs." Listening infien‘tl'y. they now heard a. slight smnd. as of a footsteb‘comâ€" ing slowly down the stairs step [by step. The footstep seemed too Light I in be that of HHn'ry Monkton; it must be either Miss «Ashley or the house- keeper. Mrs. fiddling. "’l‘liey'ne taking their braw time. whoever it is." said Mrs. Crawford in a. whisper. "'I‘lroy have [not to the foot of The stair now 'llb'ey're com- ing in beneâ€"Tlhe Hard preserve us; it‘s Mr. Mbrtkton Ihimse'l’!" The. door had opened. and a tall fig- one in \vihito walked Hinwly into the mom. Mm. Crawford, almost fainting: with termr. cowered down on the floor and clung «to this fails of the snliciiorfsjrouk coat. Boiih were on the opposite side of blue desk from the apparition. which azli‘ainced with noise- less tread intoilihe centre of llhe room and there unused. regarding them with a. fixed stare. It held something in its right hand like} .‘nng bluid packet. Mir. llama! t. bus blood freezâ€" ing in his veins. sinol lilemlilv para- lx-re-l and incapable of motion He felt his hair rise rm his For the space of "no Unread minute he actual- explana- tion is suggested. More important in Dr. Shadwell’s opinion. -because more common and more easily overlooked than such decid- ed injuries, are the various forms of ill-defined nervous effects. Men of more than average vigor, and acous- tomed to far harder work thani cycling. complain after along ride on the wheel. of headache, insomnia, lassitude. nervous depression and prostration. which are essentially nervous and not muscular effects. Various causes are assxg‘ned for these nervous troubles. Some blame the saddle, others the vi- bration. or the mechanical defects of the machine; all these factors. however. are common to the tricycle, which has been found void of offence, and; by the way, it was a tricycle and not a. bicy- cle, which was used by Sir Benjamin Richardson. In Dr. Shadwell's judg- ment, the true cause of the nervous disorders sometimes observed in cy- clers lies in the extreme instability of the two-wheeled machine. which can never be left to itself for. a single min- ute without dismounting. In this re- spect bicycling differs from every other occupation. The strain of attending to the wheel may not be very great in itself; somtimes it is, and sometimes it is not. but. it never ceases, and it is this incessant tension which tells upon the nerves. \Ve are reminded that the demeanor of mostriders attest this in- cessant tension with an emphasis, which still excites ridicule, familiar as the sight has become. Some time a _0 Dr. Shadwcll drew attention to t c peculiar. strained, not look so often as- sociated with this pastime, and called it. the "bicycle face." Some have the "face" more or less marked, bull nearly all have it. "Has anybody." asks Dr. Shadwell. "ever seen persons on bicy- cles talking and laughing and lookâ€" ing jolly, like persons engaged in any other amusement ?" Doubtless they can look merry at a pinch, buti in prac- tice most of them do not. Usually all their attention is given to the road and to the machine. It is this strange and unhuman gravity which excites the mirth and hostility alike of the urban hoodlum and of the dull-witted rustic. No one, of course, can blame the bicyclist for wearing a fixed and anxious expression: his machine is so excessively crank that it cannot stand the slightest shock. ’l‘o ride it safely entails a double strain. a general one on the nerves and a particular one on the balancing centre. The latter strain does not affect everybody. but Dr. Shadwcll testifies that it affects some very seriously. People differ in balancing capacity as mrich as in an ear for music: and it costs some bicy- cle riders constant and conscious effort to keep their equilibrium. They show the effect of the effort by suffering from headache at the back of the head. test-{here the balancing centre is situat- No attempt is made by Dr. Shadwel! to exaggerate the weight of these considerations. 'fle submits. how- ever. ihsi they show that cycling «Ines act deserve ind-scriminate commenda- tion. hit that in this case nf many persons. 1‘. is e"en!li-d with eviis whirh do not appear on lhc surface. and there~ fore have been hitherto overloaked. -. i ‘l‘OO EXPENSIVE. “'hy did you discharge that East girl, wife! Because everything she cooked was eaten r'c'rvi up. Mine lasts. 'SAD STURY £1? iii EXILE. ms ESCAPE raps SIBERIA is}... ARRIVAL AT VICTORIA. ac. Capture of a Nihilist and Ills‘l‘errlble Sull- rerlngs In Siberiaâ€"now He Found an Way om or If. Jules Germntid. a scanred exilq broken by two years of terrific strum. glee the wilds of Siberia. leaped {mm the deck of the steamer Emprem of China recently and. in a transport of joy. knelt and kissed the boards of the outer wharf at Victoria. 13.0. Two years benmth the stinging hash of Russian tyrunm', and mm yams in the trackâ€" lam wilds; weal might be beifew his terms upon ulna spot of fictviom's soil: which marked the and. of his tarriblb jiurney. Here is ibis story: - “Beginning life as a trainer in an obscure Polish village Rind surrounded by daily evidences of the limtulilyand soul crushing tyruiimy of the Russian Govennment, it is nbt to be wondered at that at: the age of 20 I found my- self a; member of one of Russia‘s most} deadly N ihilistic Anscciatioms. My busi- ness \ms of suuh in nature as to cause me at diiffierebt seasons of the year to seek employment first in Austria and. then in Russian Poland. I naturally drifted hate the [wisitiona of secret courâ€" ier to the order of which I was a meme her. THE FIGHT AND CAPTURE. “Important business tending (award the remova of an official high in Rus- sian diplomatic circleS, caused the con- vention of tibia lodge to which I‘ was immediater joined. Each! mam knowing the dangerous nature of the work nip- penned fully armed. which accounts for the bloody outcome of a struggle. which arose when we found oursclives surrounded by a dictum-mom oif Rus- sia's seiu‘et police. - "\Vounded, desperate, rocking lethi prison fillitih, uintd‘iedund uncondeimued within a. month if was wearin drag}- giing my shackles across the Russian frontier along thht sorrow laden road Wilridh ends in the Siberian mines. I found myself one of penhaps a hundred other umfoirtunates who, like myself. had fallen under the displeasure of our iron masters. Of the soul sickening scenes attending this terrible journay. I dan scarcer speak. I saw the tender. flesh of maidens torn by the Mural kinlcut bet-base of a refusal to pander: to the base passions of their guards. I saw lion hearted men broken into whimpering idiccp,r by the terrible tor- til-res they were compelled to umdcrgc. I myself twice on that journey had my back laid bare to the bone by the lush of this over ready. knout. HilS DYING M‘ESSlAGE. "'\Vie reached Siberia, and it was a change not much to the better. Scanâ€" tiJ-‘y fed, housed fiin wretched liuvels, through the long and hopeless hours we tioi‘led beneath the blows and insults of our relentless masters. Only tlipsc whb have gone through Biltln‘ experiâ€" ences can know what the human frame is capable of enduring. A year and a half passed like. a hbnm'râ€"fillod night- mare. ll \vus'sihiiftcd to another village there to continUe my tanks in like alluâ€" v'ialv gpld mimes. A few nighiis when my arrival. a guard with’ a lloall‘t amt yet‘ hardened out of all senililanne to humanity, told me that my name had been .Lidiqkell by a dying mun; Bowiin see him if I wimicxl to. f‘On the )vretchcd bunk, cmuclicil, bleeding, dying, I found my friend the leader of the lodge to “which I belong- ed, and wlimn I had not. semi since the bloody fight which cinvlcil in our ump- t‘ui'e. Unusually hiigih spi'ritwl and im- pnuient of control, he had drwwin upon {himself every . indignity which the fiendish ingentuty 0 his jail‘om could Uizvent. \Vii.h flying lips he murmur“). ii. few llfl’llli’JSf. lllblxlilltt‘il'elll. messages to loved (maps far away, placing upon mg the burden of their trim-iniissimi. HIS TERRHBLE JOURNEY. “lliopelers before, “he vows which I made tic sooth Uhut (lyfiinlg‘ firicuid‘s inst 'iminienm. rdv'ivcd my resolutions to es- cape. and [mom that; time it was my mile. my womwmt d_ri:\i.iu. .At this upâ€" prroach of adminer in who animal year of my (uptivfity l "maniacal to (elude the guard, ninxl wntih :1. kinda. a few fiuli hookspdid akmiysitck fiilleal willisci‘ups cllpriisoin Mom. I {lineal this Siberian W'lflkiis, detaidiufidded fio risinqie or die. "Of that terrible jounn'ny no words of mme'muld glue it fitting mump- tion. Vi cn'i'y. foot sore. fiuualshinig. my only food diam-indence “as an omnisumal animal tram.in in (head f’iti‘IH or afield captuned from some stream. I wan- dared ever (and ever inwards Hm rising sun, carefully uwimling any locality mulch usl‘iozxie'l signs of litliiiuiion. "’J‘hem out .10an the truckdasssteppes down naiiieikes rivers. frozen Midi fiim-i iahed in Winter, [enrolled and fainting in summerâ€"it was twin yams before the bum! Pacific smiled a \i‘cli'ome to my weary eyes. 'U'Il‘l‘} END A’I‘ LASI‘. My experience in the alluvial grav- els of Siberia aloud me in and “JUL! during the sound renown o my wzm- derings and with ii. pan fashioan from the luck of a tree. I gathered from time to time a. little huirdcn of gold dust. until my failing strength warned me that I rniiiil carry no more "The rest is sum 10'le I brought up at a native village, dumb of Vla:iivn.+~ fair. I stole a small field'ng mhrmnvfi, and made my «my «bum the mast and joined it \mmderingiradur. and ufier some months inpiul in Hung Kong. Even here I did not dare to fll'L‘kfe my identity knnwn. fearing the "Wile splat. white-ll) swarm on every hand in that [Kn-t. mud it was oan’ when i felt ' the deck of the Brit ish steamer beneath my feet. and hour! the throbof heron:- ginea far out. on this ‘hrmul Pacific. that the first feeling of aemirity mu w. my tortured soul."