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$2 21/" . â€"~‘ ‘1~ â€"-â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-_--~ é; €€€€§Q§Qéfi§€€€fiéfifi&€€éfiéifi éégéééfiéfiéfiéééfiééfi'fiQéééfiQ L.- essasecsfiseessmw icli l w . f gheessesssssaessssssesssasssssssssssssssssssssssense? CHAPTER XII. Half fascinated, l was continuing to gaze at Vizard’s face in the mir- ror when I felt a touch on my shoulder, and, looking round, caught Kennard’s Warning eye. "Don't give yourself .away like that,” he whispered. “Go out on the platform. 1 will join you d1~ lectly and bring your refreshment to you. Irle has not seen you yet, I think.” _ I slipped qluietly from the counter out on to the dimly lighted plat- form, and waited anxiously ‘for Kennand’s coming in the darkest cor- ner I could fin-d. I-Ie was longer than I expected, but when he did appear I was able to guess from his manner that something import- ant ‘had occurred. “I have been picking pockets. I will examine the plunderâ€"-â€"y0u eat,” was the astonishing‘ remark with which he handed me a packet of sandwiches and a flask of wine. The moment I had relieved him of the provendcr he walked to the nearest flickering gasjet and proceeded to Scrutinize what looked like several visiting cards. When he~had held them all up to the light in turn, and turned them over and over again, he came back to me, his keen eyes twinkling brightly in the gloom. "I have_scored one against them at last,” he said, "but there is no time to tell you now, for here comes the train. Stand well back in the sihadow. We must be guided by cir- cumstances on the journey, but if by any chance I am separated from you, make the best of your way to Naples, and wait for the ship. Once out of Genoa, at the first opportun- ity you may safely resume your own character again. Ah ! there comes Vilzard from the buffet ; he must be confident of your going south, for he is making straight for that first- class carriage without any attempt to watch _the passengers. Come this way.” , The train had clanked itself to a standstill, and for seats began. carriage nearly opposite the refresh- ment-room, and as I followed Ken- nard- to a third-class compartment! y nearer the engine I saw that he had‘ that himself in a cornerlvery certain, for I tried him pretty already seated and begun to read a paper as though not at al'l interested in sur~ rou'n-d-ings. Kennard chose a com- partment in Which three Italians of the peasant class were travelling, and he paused on the step to say in a whisper that for ‘the present I had better remain dumlb. We started without further inciq dent, and my companion was soon chattering in their own tongue to the Italians,-explaining, as I guessed from his gestures towards myself and from the sympathetic glances thrown at me, the nature of supposed infirmity. At Chiavari, an hour after starting. one of our fel- low-travellers left the carriage, and thence onwards as far as Spe-zia, which we reached at two o'clock in the morning, we were alone with an old woman and her son. As the train steamed into Spezia they, too, made preparations for depar- ture, and I looked forward to being able to indulge in the relief of speech during the rest of the jour- ney. When the the Italians train had stopped and also rose from his seat. l "Keep your seat,” he said. “There, my I had got out, Kennardl i and 1 Ill Four of the five minutes lb‘ ii A Talc 0f the Rolling Wave cesssesecee sseosesssaaaseeeecif A is a five-minutes’ Wait here, and I want to try an experiment.” pitchforked into such a. strange tangle before. ' “Yes,” was the reply, "I thought that the end justified the means, and I took the liberty of relieving Mr. Vizard of a portion of the con- tents of his ticket-pocket. I have told you already that I believe we have a gang of dangerous criminals to deal with, and I had cabled from Genoa to a friend in London for certain infornratio that might help me. What I took from Vimard’s pocket, however, confirms my view without making it necessary for me io wait for my friend’s reply. U11- fortunately, my discovery only hints vaguely , at the powerful combina- tion arrayed against us without HO disappeared among the CYOWQ pointing directly to the nature or on the‘ platform, and I sat in far corner, hoping that early hour of Vizand passed when the sight the line of strolling slowly along the method of at that is theie any n0 strangers “7011161 Set ,mitted or contemplated, that would had lenable us to call in the power of Still less com- their designs. proof of crime, l | the law. ’ ’ I saw that for some reason he carriages caused me to shrink back was not desirous of imparting to and shade my face with my hand. But peeping between my fingers I saw that he kept his eyes straight in front, and showed no sign of in- terest in the compartment as he wcnt by. Half a minute later he repassed, . going towards the oar- l'iage he. had entered at Genoa, and a few seconds after Kennard re- joined me, jumping in jusrt as the train was beginning to.move. ' "I wanted to test him, to see 1f he had penetrated my disguise or could recognize me as the ‘General Waldo’ whom he s-aw on board when he was a stowaway steward,” said the detective, pulling up the window and seating himself opposite. “I-Ie doesn"t know inc from Adam.” _ "He passed this carriage while you were gone,” I said. “Quite so, and it is very probable that he spotted you, if he did not at Genoa,” replied Kenna-rd. "But the great thing is that he doesn't know me. I am most anxious that he should not discover that you are accompanied by the sham chaplain who assisted you escape. He has probably been informed of that epia, ode, and my identity must be pup:- zling him not a little.” .. "Wih'en Zavertal got back to the ship and found ‘General Waldo’ miss-ing he would begin to suspect, would he not 'I” I said. . “He might if he knew what had since occurred on Shore,” replied Kennard, "but there has been no means of communication between the two as yet. It is even possible that Vizard, having heard of me from the doctor, may guess whence the opposition to their schemes arises, but he has no personal know- the usu-al scramble ledge of me, and I want to keep my Vizard went to a. character of ‘Waldo’ unsuspected by lthem, so that I may use it again if 1 I necessary. That he has not recog- nized me in my preslent get-up as same twaddling old fool is high. I put my head in at his ear~ riage window and asked him if there w'as anything I could do for him-pretending to be a station tout, you know. Here is pretty good evidence that he has not seen us in c'oniliwany, and that he does not remember me as a man he has scen before.” Kennard put into my hands a scrap of paper on which were pen- cille-d the words "Nathan 8:. Co., Lend-on,” followed by, a qiueer jumble of letters that conveyed no- thing to me. “It is a cypher telegram," ex- plained Kennard. “He had no time to send it himself, and gave me a couple of lire to despatoh it for him. I-le could hardly have furnish- ed a higher proof of confidence in my being what I professed ‘to be, and the. incident is moreover useful as showing'collusion between him and the owners of the Qucen of Night. If we only had the key 'to that cypher what a lot of trouble it would save us. But perhaps I may put my hand on it some day.” “At Genoa you said something about picking pockets,” I said, won- dering if ever a plain sailor had sot It is Lacking "the Essential, Life-giving 'Prinoipie which is Best Obtained by the Use of" fir. Chases News Food. The tired, languid, and depressed feelings which come with spring are the outward indication of the weak- en-e-d condition of the blood and the iiow state of vitality. ‘ When the blood gets thin and wat- ery the waste of the human body is more rapidthan the process of re- construction. 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All dealers,1'oi' Edna-arisen, Bates & Toronto/‘7T0 protect yo‘ ‘appetite, failing memory an_d__,power ‘against imitations the portrait ml 'of concentrating the mind, irritabil-fsig'natm'e 'of‘Dr. A.’ W. Chase, the ity, nervousness, bro among the ‘symptoms which dis- 8Vfiff-‘UOI .611; his" .mmediel. und sleepl'essness "famous receipt“- book author, m on l business * superfluous me exactly what it was that he ha'd gathered from the cards which I had seen him examining, and I for- bore to question him on the sub- ject. I know now that the cause oi his reticence on the nature of his discovery lay in the fear that it might be a source of danger to mle, and yet, strangely enough, he Was shortly 'to be the means-0n the to that very danger. I could not resist, however, asking to be allow~ ed to share the theory he had evi- dently formed ' as to the plots 1n which Zavert-al and Vizard were engaged. I had understood, of course, that he apprehended danger to the lives of some of the passen- gers on the' Queen of Night, Aline being among the number, but the why and the wherefore was what I was totally unable to fathom. I-Ie thought a little before answer- ing, and then ‘said “Well, it is fair that you should know, for I think that we shall either break up the combination once fer all, or both lose our lives in the attempt. My belief is that the ship you recent- ly commanded is nothing more or less than a floating murder-‘trap, in Which Zavertal is engaged by the owners, they themselves receiving enormous fees from interested parties to poison certain of the passengers every voyage. It is a syndicate of professional criminals working re- gularly for a gig-antic stake. If I am right, they mus-t net, say, forty or fifty thousand pounds a voyage ow'er and above their legitimate pro- fits on the professed pleasure-cruise, and they no doubt are large.” "But how could such a systematic be carried onâ€"how could wretches Wis-hing to use such an in- stitution know of its existence ‘2" I cried, aghast at the magnitude of his suggestion. “By means of perfect organiza- tion, and by the details only being known 'to the principals who carry them out,” ~was the reply. “For in- stance, you yourself have in a way been made an ‘agent in the affair by being entrusted with the technical command of the ship, yet you were ignorant of her real mission. I think it probable that Nathan, Vii/.- ard and Zavcr'tal are the sole part- ners in the scheme, and the actual owners of the vessel, Vizard’s share of the work being, as a rule, to mix in society and make the first ins-id- ious advances to likely clients with relatives. Vizard, we know, keeps his connection with the ship a strict secret, so that pos- sibly the amateur criminals he pro- curcs are handed over to Nathan for the final bargain to be struck.” I shuddered as I thought of Na- than’s unaccountable call at Sir Simfen Crenvshays house on the day I was there, and the cheque-book which the baronet was putting away when I entered his study. Kennard looked very grave when I‘ mentioned what I had seen. “f .l points the same way,” he said, and relapsed into silence, from which I failed to tempt him till the train began to slacken speed f'or the quarter of an hour’s stop at Pisa. Then he expressed his intention of again minimizing the risk of Viz'ard associating the two of us by leaving the carriage while we were in the station. "Keep my seat for me in case anyone gets inâ€"â€"though that is not likely,” he added, slipping from the footboard directly we reached the platform. Pisa being the junction for the port and favorite watering-place oil ' _ _ l In no way 1s the conservatism OI the Leghorn, there was plenty of bustle in the station, though, most of the I Chinese passengers being English and Ameri- can tourists, travelling first class, there seemed every chance of our re- taining our privacy. There was the usual scramble for the refreshment- room, the door of which was within view of where I sat, but neither among the crowds jostling into it, or passing the carriage, as at Spenia, (ll-d I catch a glimpse of Vizard. The time went slowly, and I Was glad when the bell rang at last and the people hurried back to their seats. Sitting in the corner furthest from the platform, I watched eagerly for Kennard’s return, wondering if he would bring any neWs. Suddenly, just as I caught sight of him ap- proaching the carriage, the sound of breathing within a few inches of my face caused me to look round at the open window next which I Was sit- ting. There, close to me, and with- in touch. of my hand, stood Vizard on the foot-board, his handsome fea~ tures ablaze wui'h triumphant malice .. I‘ had ‘warely time to see. the gleam san of the moment, of exposing me ‘animals. of steel in his clenched fist, when Kennard opened the other door and sprang into the compartment, train Beginning to move at the same moment. He took in the situ- ation at a glance, and his eyes snapped fire. ..“The Black Arrow pierces the Red Heart no more l”~ he cried,_ and dashing past me sprang out, two seconds after Vizard with a. bitter curse had disappeared in the dark- ness. . In another minute the train had gathered speed, and I was alone in the carriage-wheref't of friend and foe. ' (Tb Be Confinued) __.___._¢.__.._.. TI-IE KING A PAID PREACHER. -â€".â€"- Prebendary of St. David’s Cathe- dral at $5 per Annum. 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The cathedral is named after the patron saint of Wales, who was buried near the altar, and whose shrine used to be visited by many pilgrims back in the middle ages. Even William the Conqueror took the trouble to go and see it. The age of the original structure is doubtful, but seine idea of it can be had from the fact that the work of rebuilding it into its present for-m began in 1180. ____.;,_ SAVE THE BABY. 55 “Ivcan truly say that had it not been for Baby’s Own Tablets, I do not believe my baby would have been alive toâ€"day." So writes Mrs. Albert Luddington, of St. Mary’s River, N.S., and she adds :â€""He is now growing nicely ; is good na- tured and is getting fat.” It is gratifying to know that in all parts of Canada, Baby's Oun Tablets are proving a real blessing to children and a boon to mothers. These Tab- lets are a speedy relief and prompt cure for constipation, sour stomach, wind colic, diarrhoea, worms, and simple fevers. 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