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' Speculation on this head was fu- tile, for the blessedfact remained that I was possessed of the means of escape, and my first act was to‘ con- ceal the articles about my person, lest they should be unearthed by the Wretches whom I could now truly describe as “keepers.” In the course of bestowing the things about m'e, I made the welcome discovery, which in my excitement I had omitted to look for before, that my packet-book, containing between BQVCnty and eighty pounds in, lish money, was still session. On the knife Eng- in my pos~ other hand, my had been taken away-two, 51 €€4€463$§§€€6§€é€<fifififié€ “.- V .' ‘s. had no notion that the. seedy tout shambling.by was hot upon his trail.‘ for despairCyelt.‘“Itfi'niight be a good deal worse. We anW, at any rate, that whatever tricks they mean to "the Counter, and‘ glancing along thei line of faces while. waiting to be served, I started so violently as to nearly capsize the soup of an old "f I I “I .went "on as far “as the‘ corner of play with" "‘ Lord D'arranmore . are ‘i; A Tali: ‘ the Via , 'Carlo Felice, and-stood ‘postponed till after the ship leaves‘ lady next me. Half a dozen places there for 'five minutes _.watching“, the Naples. That must be three days from us stood Vizard, apparently. 0f the (ééééfifi'éQfiéfiQ $713 CD p-I-n LT. =3 0Q Q3 < (D V §§§9B3v§9§>99 fi'fiéééi. . v- W W W V without trouble. It is not the police we have to fear, but a treacherous hound whom I have a pretty shrewd suspicion is our friend the stowa- Way.,, "You mean Vizard ‘? You I exclaimed. _ "S0 ! You have had an opportun- ity of recognizing" the stowawayfs voice, and it was as I expected ‘2” replied Kennard eagerly. “In that case,” he continued, “you had bet- ter take the floor first, and run through the heads of what has hap- pened to you since we met last- But get into those clothes while W0 talk. There, is n0 time to spare. " It will be remembered that Ken- nard went ' ashore to look after Zavertal, and had therefore not lbeen on board the Queen‘ of Night when Vizard made his appearance. So 1t Was at that point that I began, and while transforming " myself into a of an Italian fisher~ have while I spin my yarn, I hope to be able to steel“ you out of Genoa seen him ‘2" doorway in case it was a dodge to slip away to some other rendezvous. But no sign of the quarry appearing, at the end of that time I walked back sharply past the hotel, and by a twist of my eye saw that he was no longer ambushed in the en- trance. Once more I turned, and boldly entered the hall. “You will probably give me a good deal more credit than I de- serve for my next proceeding ; for, though it may look smart on the surface, it was really only a chance shot, based on information which you yourself gave me. I walked- 1‘ight up to the clerk at the bureau and asked himtiie number of Mr. Vizard’s room.” “Good heavens l” I “how did you arrive at that “I argued it'out that, from your showing, Zavertal had a previous ac- quaintance with Vizard which he wished to conceal, that Vizard’s rc- ferencc to ‘the cursed American’ and ‘taking risks,’ which you repeated to me the other day as ‘overheard by you, might have meant my contem- plated trip, that he intended to go in the ship in order to help his friend thwart any designs I might have, and that as he had myster- iously thrown up his passage at the lastinoment he might nevertheless haVe acted precisely as I did, and have come on board in an assumed exclaimed ; d’: atleast ; and .. long before any luck, We shall be within hail‘ of the‘ Queen ofN-ight. And what‘ they politely call ‘the Challenor affair’ is not to come off till after theship has visited Alex- andria, which allows a wide margin in case of any miscarriage at Naples. “But let me finish my story. After the last words that reached me there was a continuous buzz Iof' talk for a-quarter of an hour, then sound‘ "of movement, and a minute later I heard the door of number 14 open and some one go towards the staircase. I was at‘ the door of numb-er 13 in time to see that it was a tall man-just the build ‘of ‘En- riquez,’ by the wayâ€"-and not for a moment to be mistaken for Zavertal' who had clearly remained behind to prevent being seen with his friend in case they were being watched. “I was immediately' confronted with the dilemma which of the two to shadow, and as I knew a lot against the doctor, and had nothing but' suspicion‘ against the other, " I decided to stay and keep an eye on 'Javertal. I think now that I Was wrong; and that I should have done better by following Vizard on board, for in that case you would never have fallen into this trap.- “Vizard disappeared down the stairs, and I withdrew into the vaâ€" ahead, 1 then, with the‘ -W i th om t absorbed in dissecting the wing of a . fQWI. '(To Be Continued.) 1*“. . IN THE SPRING,- -_- Nature Teaches a Lesson That Tir-l". ed, Exhausted ‘Men and Wo- ‘ men Should Follow. The spring is the season when na-' ture prepares. for'sumzner. All the ' trees and plants are filled with new sap to buil'dLan'd'brace them up to Withstand the coming hot. new sap in the spring azf plant would wither and die boneathf- the midsummer s'un. ' It is"',tl_iie same" ~ with men and womens All-"‘physié; clans are agreed that everyoneneedsli a fresfh supply. of new blo'od in 'thol 2- sp:ring. \Vitlrout- the' ne'w' blood you}; would ‘be as helpless in um’ suiruneiilj: as a tree withoutmewsap.‘ _ 7-3.: What you need at this'season is a1," tonic to give you 'newblood, and the}, very best tonic medical science hast’.- ‘discovered is Dr. Williams’ Pink}; Pills. Every pill makes new, :richfg- re'd blood, braces the- nerves and§= '_ overcomes all.weal(ness,. liea-dachesflf. bac-kaches, indigestion, loss of appc-gw tite, skin eruptions and other tron-9. bles so common in spring. This is an_'_' established fact, proved by ,.-}tf'hou~j_ sands in every part of the world. - Miss A. M. Tuckey, Ox'drift, Ont.,~ facts which spoke at least of a bona fair SQlIlblfmCQ , , p character. From that my mind was cant room till Zavertal came out of , . i. - . fide belief in my madness on the man I recap1tulated_ the meldents naturally led‘ to the Stowaway, and number Ill, whe'n I started .on the says. ,I do not know what would - th t eded mr- Visit to the Con- l . ' -. at . . - . - have become 0f me Ila-d 1t not been- part of the proprietor of the asy- a prec 3, . to the manner 1n which he was Sc chase again. Outside the hotel he . _ ,- - , . - - g, li sulate. Sitting on a truss Of straw free from his hiding-Place by Zil- hailcd a carro'z and drove to ' the f0‘ D!‘ Will-‘aims ' Pmk Pills. My Ln}. ~ in th fiickerin candle-light, Ken- . ' . ‘- I) ~11‘ ‘ - - b100d seemed to have turned to waâ€"'j My watch, which had been left to e _ ’ g .‘ h 1 St without Voltal putting; young alianmore Convent of Santa Lucia, I follow- 'ter and I was troubled with dimh me, told that there were still four'lnm‘d heald me to tle. a up to concealing himself m the mg in another cab. He remained ness headaches and nervous‘ pros- hours to Wait before I could com_lrcmflr1<- Clhen he S1115 - with launch. I got fairly gripped with close on an hour, and I was unable tration. ‘I got so weak that I could mence operations, _ and slowly the time dragged indeed. During the in-z terval I had two more visits from; the unwashed trio who acted asi warders-once to supply me withi supper, and lastly to see that all‘ was cure for the night. It was not till after they had left me some time on the second occasion that, the sun having new set, I began the attack on the window. By raising the narrow truckle bed on end, I improvised a ladder whichl "Your experience fits in mine thoroughly, and clears up the only point that was puzzling inc- how the Consul was fooled into playing into their hands. You acted a little too much on impulse, my friend. You have to thank your high-handed treatment of Vizard for the rough time you have been hav- ing. It Would have been better Lo have played possum and not to have let on that you recognized him, when he so obiviously showed that he wanted you to do so. Why, he went the idea that, if I Was right, Vizard would come. on by rail and catch us Up here. - "I was therefore not surprised when the clerk ‘gave away the situa- tion by asking, ‘Who are you, and why do you want to know ‘?’ I told him, speaking of course in Italian, that I had been employed to procure some opera tickets by the Signor who had just gone up to Mr. Viz- ard’s room, and that I had been in- structed to deliver them there. to find out what transpired, though I now know that he must have been arranging for your detention, and very likely .for your murder in the event of the Consul being hood- winked into treating you as a luna- tic unfit to command the ship. “When he left the Convent he drove back to the neighborhood of the I-Iotcl de Genes, and for the rest of the evening I was dodging him in various restaurants, where his sole object appears to have been to kill him hardly go about, and notwithstand- ing that I was constantly doctoiing . I got no relief until I began usingi Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. They com- pletely cured me and have given me back all my-oldrtime health and strength.” What these pills have done for Miss Tuckey and thousands of others they' will do for you. They will make you bright, vigorous and strong.‘- Donlt take a substitute or any of the “just as good as” medicines enabled me to work on the bars 1 . l 'th Luckily, further questioning was time till Vizard should rejoin which some dealers push because 01f without having to hang on with 0n ‘b0111“d_1 can see I’ my"? .- stopped by Ya guest coming to make after being turned out of the ship a larger profit. See that the full~ 0118 hand, and I then brought the the _ express PWPQSC Of IllOVO,\’1nE, inquiries of the clerk, and turning to by you. This occurred about nine name “1313 Williams’ Pink pills for. file into play. Every now and then you into refusing him a passage. attend the new-comer he promptly o’clock, the meeting taking place Pale People” is found on the wrap- 1 some distant noise in the building‘ would cause me to stop and listen, ' in fear lest the steady rasping I was obliged to make had attracted at- tention, but no one came my way, “How so ?” I asked, quite believ- ing him, but still mystified as to motives. "Simply because your assertion that a wealthy passenger, who pro- num- first got rid of me by naming the ber of the roomâ€"1‘1-, on the floor. . “I found th'e room on the main landing close to the head of ‘ the outside the hotel, after which they walked off together to the telegraph oflice in the Palazzo Ducale-I guess for the purpose of cabling Nathan to wire out that~ Vizard was in London per around every box. If in 'doubt‘; send 'direct to the Dr..»-‘Villiams? Me~ dicine 00., Brockville, -O.nt., anid theg' pills will ‘be maile'd at 50 cents a‘ ‘box or six boxes for $2.50. and in an hour and a half from com- duced evidence that he was in L0n- staircase, in one of the best pos'i- three days ago. §_ mcucing I hfl-Cl an aperture big en- don three days ago, was a stowa- tions in the house, but the door was “From the telegraph office they re- V . - ngh t0 squeeze through. To make way landed {it Barcelona, convince-d shut, and there were too many peo- turned to ‘the hotel, and as I was ALUE OF A SERMON‘ fast the cord and swing myself down the Consul that the allegation. of ple about in the corridors for Gang able to ascertain that the doctor [[t is conceivable that a sermon _ was easy work to a sailor, and in lunacy which Zavertal Was bringing dropping in the open. I was so im- had engaged a bed, and that they may have a legitimate commercial a very few minutes I had crossed the tangled. garden and reached the angle on the boundary Wall without meeting a soul or hearing‘ a. sound t0 denote that my flight was dis- covered. A hasty examination of the wall proved it to be so rugged with age that there was easy foot- hold. I was up and over in no time, ‘I to fin'd myself standing in a dark, tree-‘bordered lane, and I had hardly touched ground when a figure emerg- ed from the gloom. "Is that Forrester ?” came in the welcome tones of Kennard’s natural voice, but almost whispered. “Yes, thanks to you, here I am,” I replied, scarcely breathing. “Not a wor'd more till we are be- yond range of pursuit,” he proceed~ ed ; "follow me, and leading the way along the lane, he turned into a field which we crossed till we came to a disused barn. Having drawn me inside and shut the door, Ken- nard lit a candle, and searching under a pile of straw produced a bundle of clothes.- . ' ~ “There,” he said, tossing it to me, “we can talk new without dan- of being overheard. In the eye of the Italian law you are an escaped lunatic, and liable to recapture, but if you will get into that toggery m against you was correct. But lis- ten,” proceeded Kennard, “while I detail my experience. Zavertal had the start of me for the 'shore by ten minutes, but by_ bribing my boat- men I got them to spurt and reduce the distance between us so ma-' terially that I was landed soon en- ough to keep my man in View. “He turned into the Via Vittore Emanuele, then sharp to the right up the Via San Lorenzo, and along the PiaZza Deferrari to the Hotel dc- Genes, thus proving that so far as his destination was concerned he had not lied. To speak the truth gra- tuitously Was so unlike the man that I suspected a motive, and sure enough at the hotel entrance I found it. He passed into the hall, but in- stead of going on to the bureau to make his inquiries, he, stationed him- selfjust inside the swing~doors and waited, his object evidently being to ascertain if he had been followed by anyone from the ship. He must have expected such a person to give himself away by either coming on his heels into the hotel, or by look- ing through the doors after him, but he made a slight error.‘ It is thirty years since I put in my apprentice- ship at the elementary art of shadowing,‘ and Doctor Zavertal There Are Two Reasons Why There is no Treatment so Thoroughly Satisfactory and Lastingly Bone: ' join you at Alexandria.’ pressed with the necessity of over- hearing their conversation if possible that I chanced it, and, ready With an excuse and an apology if wanted, entered the next roomâ€"-to find it, as I had dared to hope, unoccupied. It was not long, I. can assure you, be- fore my ear Was glued to the Wall separating me'from number 14. “To'my disgust the partition was too thick to admit of hearing any sustained conversation, but certain names and disjointed sentences reach- ed li'lC, which by the light of what has happened since, and taken in conjunction with my previously form- ed suspicious, greatly tend to ‘con- firm the latter. "The first words I made out were in the voice that I know now to be Vizard’s natural tone : ‘Consul no- toriously obstinate. Once decided, never allow he was wrong.’ “Then, after an interval, Zaver- tal’s voice said : ‘Alibi easily man- aged. A wire to Nathan would set- tle that’ : to which I caught the di- rect reply : ‘Let it be so then ; I will get on board at once.’ . "After another break, in which their words were inaudible, Zaver- tal said : ‘Pietro Mascagni of, the Saint Lucia Convent is our man; A couple of hundred will ensure a quietus for the meddlesome dolt.’ “Then with further lengthy inter- vals of indistinct mutterings I caught the following words and phrases :â€"- ‘ ‘Zavertal leaving Naples.’ '-“Vizard : ‘All goes well, ‘Darranmore after could re- '“Zavertal ‘N0 sign of Kenâ€" nard.’ “Vizard (part of direct reply to the'last) : ‘â€"â€"not do to make too had both retired ‘to their rooms, I went to spend the night at a neigh- boring inn in order to be ready for them in the morning. After break- fast the pair came out together, boldly this time, and went to the Consulate, where they remained till half an hour after I had witnessed your arrival from a shop opposite. Unfortunately there had been nothing in what I had overheard to indicate that you were to be the victim of a plot, and I had no notion of what was going on till I saw you driven away insensible by the superintend- ent of the asylum and his assistants. After I had shadowed Vizard back to the hotel, Zavertal having parted with him on the quay t0 return to the ship, I made ~some inquiries which showed that it would be hope- less to approach the Consul, so sat- isfied was he of your condition, and I at once set about procuring your escape in my own way. And now, when I have touched up your face a little, we will get on to the station and catch the first train to the south.” ' - Drawing an actor’s make-up box from hisbag, he soon altered my complexion to suit the clothes I had put on, and after making my own clothes into a bundle we started to- wards the city. Kennard got over the difficulty of my not knowing a word of the language by arranging that I should feign to be dumb. Be- fore relapsing into silence, I asked him what he thought of Vizard’s rc- maining in Genoa. “I-le is here to look after. you,” Was the reply, “and I should not be surprised if. he has heard of your es- cape‘ already. I surmizc that we have. a dangerous organiZation of educated criminals to deal with, and value of its own, an'd Queen Alex- andra has lately sent out cheques‘ for £15 each to two charitable in~ stitutions, the money ‘being the pro- duct of a year's sales of a sermon preached before Her Majesty at Sandringham. The sermon was preached 'ten years ago, and was printed by command of the Queen for the benefit of the Gor'don Boys’ Home an-‘d the British I-Iro-me for In- curables, which have receive-d from this source altogether more than $7,500. M. ‘ REST FOR TIRED MOTHERS. How many babies wake up just about the mother's bedtime and keep her busy for a good part of the night. r.l'he mother may not sec anything apparently the matter with the child,_ but she may 'depcn'd upon it that when baby is cross and sleep» less there is something wrong, and the little one is taking ‘the only means he has of telling it.‘ Baby’s Own Tablets will make him well and --;heerful right away. There are no opiates in this medicine â€"-tliey send baby to‘ sleep simply because they remove the cause of his sleeplessfness and make him feel good and com- fortable. The Tablets are goo'd for children of all ages, anrl they cure all the minor troubles of children. If you know a neighbor who is using the Tablets for i.er children, auk' what s'ihe thinks of them, anld we are sure" s'he will tell you they are the" best medicine in- the world for the~ little ores. Mrs. James Levere, Spencerville, Ont., says: “I believe‘ Baby’s Own Tablets waived my baby's life, and I would rot be without them.” Sold by druggists at 25 cen'ts a box or sent by mail post pai'd on re- ceipt of price by writing direct to racial as Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, SW; 1R’ ‘Slight 1m“ the Sh“) at any that Nathan is in it- ,3“ I Shall tl'e Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., por, 0 ca - know more to-morrow. ’ Brockville Ont‘ “And then, Forrester,” ~Kennard This was lively‘ hearing When I - 3 ' . 7 ° The body of man can be influenced in health or disease only through two channels-the blood and the nerves. ' During the Winter the blood be- comes thin and watery because of the artificial life we are compelled to lead indoors-the artificial food, the breathing of impure air, the lack of exercise, and this is why most people find it necessary toluse a blood builder and nerve restorative in the spring. For two reasons Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is the most satisfactory spring‘, medicine that you canrpossibly ob- ' corpuscl'es in.‘-' the‘ such as the heart, liver and kidneys, their regular and vital organs lungs, stomach, and ensuring healthful action. , This great food cure sh'a'rpens 'up the appetite, makes the digestion good and actually adds new firm flesh and tissue to _the'_body as you can prove‘ by weighing yourself while using it. Liquid medicines always have a stimulating effect due'to ‘the presence of alcohol. ‘There is __none of this in connection with Dr. Chrase’s Nerve Food, and for this reason any bene- fit you feel is-lasting and you can" a box, 6 boxes “ ‘for $2.5m‘ at all proceeded. rising from the straw, and putting his hand kindly on my shoulder, “I caught a sentence-the last ‘I overheardâ€"which I would not repeat to you if I hadn’t_confidenee. in your nerve. Of course I have not. been so blind as not to notice what every one on the ship noticedâ€"â€"vour relations with the belle of the voy- age.” _ “Good God l” I exclaimed, “then the devils are scheming against Aline. Yes,” I "added, "you may safely tell me. -I shall not hamper you with hysterics.” - “Well, thes,” said Kennard, “the "And we, are~ stranded here,” I had been relying on an appeal to my employers to reinstate me in my command and turn the tables on Za~ vertal ; but it was ‘no use whining over the loss of a bertlrwhen I Was about to pit myself against him in a game 'where the issues‘ loomed up so much more terrible. I had no thought..but to prevent and expose those conspiring scoundrels, and, if indeed lives were at stake, to' save their intended victims. . ' We reached the Stazione Brignole with a quarter of an hou'r to spare before the 11.40 night train to 'the south was due, and after Kennard themselves for the long run to Pisa, TALL mans, IIn a public park at Calcutta are several birds of the adjutant species.‘ They are tl.e storks of the East Tn- dies, and average about six feet in height. These birds‘ parade in a stately way, and at a distance look so much like soldiers that strangers often mistake them for Grenadiers. ' I wan...‘- To‘ prove to you that Dr. I . Chase's Qintmonr. is n. certain and absolute euro for each- , and every form of itching,‘ . blwdiugand protrud'n plle the manufacturers have guaranteed iti gee tug: Dr. Chassis ointment seasons". ‘ r5‘ l tain. In the first place, it is gently be certain that with each' dose your ifiSt broken sentence that “5&0th me had taken tickets for Rome, being timoniala in the daily]: gsa and ask your-neigh- laxati've'. 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I have ' “Qt asked before-how squeezing in to the counter, but we "Her marriage was a great disap- Through the medium of the blood imitations 'thc portrait and signa- long is it since I was captured '7” managed it at last, and ‘[{ennard pointment t0 lzer frielldfl-” “in; and nerves Dr. Chase's Nerve Food ture of Dr. A. W. Chase, the famous “Only this morning,” replied Ken- did the ordering. A long mirror deed?” “Oh, yes. They .all predict- influences every nook and corner of the syutc-in, giving new vigor to the receipt book author, are on box. every nard ; "and loo'k here, Forrester," he Went on, “the time is not come _______â€"______â€"___'â€"_;_____â€"_â€"â€"_,_.___.__ ._â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"~â€"â€"__â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-_â€"~â€"â€"â€"~ stretched the length of the buffet op- posite to us reflecting the people at ed it would turn out unhayg-ily, an‘: it didn't.”