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l 63:; l :33 . - l X; f .r’ L“ i 3, f:- _._-M V - a! “At half-past seven, then. Nothâ€" and I don’t play cards; in fact. I SHOT.I TIGER AND LEOPARD,, A ing will give me greater pleasure.”- shall never touch a card again as â€"â€"- "Spoken like a man and a brother. long as I live. Why, you shall bear An Experience With Big. Game In § *3 We will dine, and I will tell you my all in good time. t . an India Jungle_ . I story after the house’ is quiet. 'And "We were all go ting on very well _ , _ i , '. t if I ask you to accompany me on a together at that time when Lord C919 Olal I“ D'. . Curtis‘s 0f am 1 midnight adventure you will not say Littimer’s sister paid us a visit. RS373] Horse Aftluel‘b’: Umb‘aufl/ } 34‘ me may?” She came accompanied by a daughter gives an .mierestmg account of aj ; ‘- "Not in my present mood, at any called Enid. I will not describe her, recent Shlkal‘ eXPe‘htlQn by hllnsiflf rate. Adventure, with a dash of because no words of mine could do and 3‘ comrade in the Dun~ Where. danger in it, suits my present mood her justice. In a Word, I fen over they obtained a tiger 10 feet 11l- _ .v‘, exactly. And if there is to be phyâ€" head and ears in love with Enid, and IthS long, "properly measuredfi’. l' "* sical violence, so much the better. in that state I have remained ever 1301.01“: Skinning, 'anld the larger or the ' Q, ‘ My diplomacy may be weak, but phy- since. Of an the crosses that I have t“70 loOptu'ds 7 feet 11 inches. We i E - sicnlly I am not to be despised in to bear the knowledge that I. love got “stripes,” he writes, at Raiwala, f 5 s: a row."- Enid and that she lovesâ€"and des- in the Dun. and the head forest i 3"". "Well, we’ll try and avoid the latâ€" pisesâ€"â€"me, is by far the heaviest. guard there said that; he had never . . 2": arm: mum mnmmm ter if possible.” Bell laughed. “Still, But I don’t want to dwell upon that, heard of a, longer one, but the bro‘ 5 CHAPTER XL' "Before we go any farther,” said, after a long pause, "I like to search the house from top to bottom. I’ve got a pretty-sound theory in my head, but I don’t like to leave anything to chance. We shall be pretty certain to find some-â€" thing.”- "-I am entirely David said, wearily. “So far as I am capable of thinking out anything it seems to me that we have to find the woman.” ' ‘ Cherch e7. lemme Bound premise in a case like but when we have found the we shall have to find the man who is at the bottom of the plot. I mean the man who is not only thwarting the woman, but giving you a pretty severe lesson as to the advisability of minding your business for the future.” "Then you don’t think I am being made the victim of a vile conspir- acy?” ‘ "Not by the woman, certainly. You are the victim of some fiendish counâ€" terplot by the man, who has not quite mastered what the woman is driving at. By placing you in dire peril he compels the woman to speak to Save you, and thus to expose her hand.” “Then in that case I propose to sit tight,” David bound to be prosecuted for t and tit-tempted murder in due course. If my place.” Bell is a f uirly this, woman la “And if he recovers your antagonâ€"l int may be in a tighter,” Bell chuckâ€" led. “And if the man “gets well and that brain injury proves permanentâ€"â€" I mean if the man is rendered imbe- cileâ€"why, we are only at the threshold of the mystery. prettiest problem I have had under my hands." "Make the most of it,” Davi( ,” said, sardonically. “I daresuy I should see the matter in a more ra- tional light if I were not so directly own i , [great day for me! said grimly. “I am'Squarc. robber ' yl and that the owner had a lot man dies I am in a tight: lsame terms. "Then there is only,one of these enâ€" theme is just the chance of a gravin-gs Q‘in the world? What a Should find ! ” “There is one other, as I know to my cost,” Bell said, “Until a few days ago I never enterâ€" tained the idea that there were two. Steel. you are the victim of a vile conspiracy, but it is nothing to the in your hands,” Conspiracy Which has darkened my life. “Sooner or later I always felt that 1 should get to the bottom of the mystery, and now I am certain of it. 'And, strange as it may seem, I verily believe that you and I are hunting the same man downâ€"that the one man is at the bottom of the twa evils. But you shall hear my story presently. What we have to find out now is who was the last tenant and who is the present owner of the house. ’Ah. this has been a } Bell spoke exultmgly, a great light shining in his eyes. And David saâ€" Diently asked no further questions for the present. All that he wanted to know would come in time. The next move, of course. was to visit the agent of the property. A smart, dapper little man, lookâ€" ingxabsurdly out of place in an ex- ceedingly spacious office, was quite ready to-give every information. It was certainly true 218, Brunswick lease, more property in Brigton to be let on the 7 The lady was exceedâ€" ingly rich and eccentric; indeed, .by {faking such low rents she was domg her best to seriously diminish her ingly low rent on a repairing income. “Do you know the lady at all?” Bell asked "Not persmmlly,” the agent' azi- propcrty came into the present own- er’s hands some years ago by inher- itance. The property also included a very old house, called Longdcan ' not far from Rottingdcan, Grange, _ where the lady, Mrs. Henson, lives at significantly. an revoir_” “So far as I can tell, the “Only be my friend and I will for your satisfaction, I may say scrimâ€" mage. And now I really must go, because I have any amount of Work to do for Gates. Till halfâ€"past seven Steel lighted a cigarette and strollâ€" ed thoughtfully homewards along the front. The more he thought over the mystery the more tangled it be- came. And yet he felt perfectly sure that he was on the right track. The discovery that both those houses had been furnished exactly alike at one time was a most important one. 'And David no longer believed that he had been to No. 219 on the night of the great adventure. Then he found himâ€" self thinking about Ruth Gates’s genâ€" tle face and lovely eyes, until he looked up and saw the girl before him. “Y011â€"-â€"y0u wanted to speak to me?” he stammered. ‘ the ' '1 can’tfl‘toll you “I followed you on purpose,” girl said, quietly. everything, because it is not' my sec- ret to tell. But believe me everyâ€"- thing will come out right in the end. Don’t think badly of me, don’t be hard and bitter becauseâ€"-â€"-” "Because I am nothing of the kind,” David smiled. It is imposâ€" sible to look into a face like yours and doubt you. And I am certain that you are acting loyally and faithfully for the sake of others who ‘was to be let at an exceedâ€" _._ “Yes, yes, and for your sake, too. Pray try and remember that. For your sake, too. Oh, if you only knew how I admire and esteem you! If onlyâ€"-â€"” She paused with a. deep blush crimâ€" sbning her face. David caught her hand, and it seemed to him for a moment that she returned the pres- sure. "Let me help you,” he whispered. for- give everything.” She gave him a‘ long look of her deep, velvety eyes, she flashed him a. little smile, and was gone. CHAPTER XII. an understanding, never troubled to conceal his fault of mine sensitive as to my personal appearâ€" mi ngh am much attention in England. It has its sion and schoelroom, its public hall and recreation room. bath-house and fire-brigade depot. canteen, which pays out of its fits the whole of the expenses of the other institutions. lutlon of a problem that may Show the way to the whole country. “We were a very happy party there until Van Sneck and Von Guldcn turned up. Enid and I had come to and, though we kept our secret, we were not going to do so for long. From the very first Von Gulden- admired her. He was a handsome swaggering soldier, a goodâ€"looking, Wealthy man, who had a great reputation for gallantry, and something worse. Perhaps the fol- low guessed how things lay,' for he dislike me. It" is no that I am extremely and contempt for ance, but Von Gulden played upon it until he drove me nearly mad. He challenged me, sneerin-gly to certain sports wherin he knew I could not shine; he challenged me to ecarte, where I fancied I was his master. “Was 1‘? Well, we had been dining that night, and perhaps too freely, for I entirely lost my head before I began the game in earnest. Those covert Sheers had nearly driven i‘ne mad. To make a long story short, when I got up from the table that night I owed my opponent nearly £800, without the faintest prospect of paying a tenth part of it. I was only a. poor, ambitious Young man then. with my way to make in the 'Aad if that were not forthâ€" next few days I was world. coming in the utterly ruined. (To be Continued! _._.__.+- MODEL WORKING VILLAGE. Methods Used Managing It. A village of Workers on the acquaduct is attracting hospital for accidents, its misâ€" It has its proâ€" also Here lies the so- in Financing and dew“ thcr of Lajah Rumber Singh had shot one. 10 feet 10% inches. * 5* * 4* Several officers who have inspected .the skin say they have never seen its equal. It has not a scratch, and the claws and wh'isfkcrs are all in- tact. Wiliile waiting at Patri, near Lhak- sar, four of us Went to Shah Mah- omed’s tomb, some twelve miles off, for a few days’ bivouac. The sec- onzd morning, about daybreak. we thought we heard a stag calling close to Where we Were sleeping. So 8â€" and I nipped out after him. 1 had kicked off my boots alter a few moments, as I was making too much noise. On turning around the end of a big lump of currant hush I met a.lcopard on the same path about thirty feet off. Sâ€"â€" was on the far side of another patch of stuff, and the leopard was watching him, for he never heard or saw me till I shot. It was the chance of a. lifetime. and That him have it in the shoulder. S,â€"-â€"- rushed over to see what 1 had fired at, but I stopped him with “mind that leopard.” The latter. was stone dead, however. ~' Later I went up to Dehra Dun ant got a special permit to kill carnivora there. We got into llaiwalla on June 19. On the 24th S:â€" was up a tree on the riverbcd, near the edge of the forest, about three-fourths of a mile from the station. Ile saw a. big. pair of feet, legs and then the head push out of the bush. l-Ie bang~ ed at it and knocked “Stripes” _ The tiger picked himself up and sprang, but missed, and went Birâ€" off into the jungle. S.â€"â€"â€" got-“down and ' found plenty of blood and a piece of bone as big as the end of one’s thumb. We did not follow the tiger, as it was near 6 p.m., but started after him the next morning early, finding plenty of blood and traces where he had rested during the night. Finally we lost the blood and had to crawl most of the time, so two of us covered Sâ€"â€" and the forest .- " “vac.{‘E;YE,47‘.';:.;‘;L\Y«.T‘ x' a... ~" .‘v' ' Very _ It seems . a callous thing to say, but this is the mlttcd- present. Nobody ever goes there, nobody ever visits there, and to keep the place free from pryingvisitors concerned. But, if we are going to make a search of the premises, sooner we start the better.” The canteen is a municipal publicâ€" house based upon the modification of ‘the Gothenburg system. The man- guard who were doing the tracking. I left 8â€" marking the lost blood and threw a circle round to the the Hatherly Bell turned up at Down- mm end Terrace gay and debonair as if i . .-.u w. .4“: l " Upstairs there was nothing beyond l certain lumber. There were and dirt everywhere, save in the hall and front dining-room, which, Bell sapiently pointed out, had vious-ly been cleared to make for Steel’s strange reception. Down in the housekeeper’s room was a large collection of dusty furniture, and a number of pictures and en- gravings piled. with their faces to the wall. ~’Bcll began idly to turn the latter over. “I am a maniac on the subject of old prints,” he explained. “I never see a pile without a wild longing to examine them. 'And, by Jove, there are some good things here. Unless I am greatly mistakenrâ€"hcre, Steel, pull up the blinds !‘ Good heavens, is it possible?" as ob- ready “Found a Sistine Madonna or a. stray 'Ang'elo?” David asked. “01' a ghost? What is the matter? Is it another phase of the mystery?” “The Rembrandt,” Bell gasped. "Look at it, man!” Steel bent- eagerly over the engravâ€" ing. An old print, an old piece of china, an antique jewel, always ex- ercised a charm over the novelist. He had an unerring tye for that kind of thing. ‘ " Exquisite," he cried. “A Rem- brandt, of course, but I don’t recolâ€" lect thopictur-e.” “The picture was destroyed by ac- cident after Rembrandt had engraved it with his own hand.” Bell proâ€" ceeded to explain. lie was quite coâ€"_ he‘rent now, ‘but'h‘e breathed fast and matte,- up, loud. “I shall proceed to give the history of the picture presently, and more especially a history of the them in engraving.’ ’ "Has it any David asked. "Yes, we found that out. called “The Crimson Blind!’ ” getting away from the crimâ€" son blind,” David murmured. “Still, I can quite imagine that to have been the name of the picture. That shut- ter or blind might have had a soft- It ing sun behind it, which would acâ€" count for the tender warmth of the kitchen foreground and the deep lovers are seated. it is a magnificent piece of work. I’ve a special fancy for Rembrandt engravings, but I never saw one equal to that.” "And you never will,” Bell replied, "save in' one instance. The picture itself was painted in Rembrandt's modest lodging in the Ke-izerskroon Tavern after the forced sale of his paintings at that hotel in the year gloom where the By Jove, Boll, you and prints now left in the house out particular name '2” fetch £5." was Bell asked. a large number of savage dogs allowed to prowl about the grounds. Bell listened eagerly. Watching him, David could see that his eyes glinted like points of steel. There was something subtle behind all this connnonâ€"placo that touched the imag- ination of the novelist. “Hds 218 been let during the occu- pation of the present owner?” Bell asked.- “No,” the agent replied. “But the present ownerâ€"as heir to the pro- pertyâ€"I am told, was interested in both 218 and 219, which used to be a kind of high-class convalescent home for poor clergy and the widows and daughters of poor clergy in want of a holiday. The one house was for the men and the other for women, and both were furnished exâ€" aotfy alike; in fact, Mr. Gates’s Ian-d- lo-r'df the tenant of 219, bought the furniture exactly as it stands when the scheme fell through.” Steel looked up swiftly. den inspiration came to him. “In that case what became of the precisely similar furniture in 218?” he asked. “That I cannot tell you,” the agent said. “That house was lot as it stood to some sham philanthropist whose name I forget. The whole thing was a hand, and the swindler only avoided arrest. by leaVing the country. Probably the goods were stored semewhere or perhaps seized by Some creditor. But I really can’t say definitely without looking the There are some :‘books 'A sud- of the wreck. .We shall probably put a sale, only they have been overlooked. The whole lot will not “Would you take £5 for them?” "Gladly. Even if only to get them carted away.” Bell gravely produced a £5 note, for which he asked and received a reâ€" ceipt. Then he and Steel repaired to 218 once more. whence they recover- ed the Rembrandt, and subsequently returned the keys of the house to the agent. There was an air of repress- ed excitement about Bell which was not without its effect upon his "com- panion. The cold, hard lines seemed to have faded from Bell’s face; there was a brightnessabout him that add- ed to his already fine physical beau:- ty. “And now, perhaps, you will be good enough to explain,” David sugâ€" gosted. “My dear fellow, it would take too the . he had not a single trouble in world. His evening dress was of the smartest and he had a rose in his buttonhole. From his cab he a square brown paper parcel, he deposited in David’s study particular care. He made no allusion whatever to the sterner business of the evening; he was gay and lighthearted as a child, so that Mrs. Steel sat up quite an hour later than her usual time, absolutely unconscious of the fact that she had broken a rigid rul’e‘of’ ten years’ standing. “Now let us go 'into the study and smoke a cigar,” David suggested. Bell dragged a long deck-chair into the conservatory and lighted a Masâ€" sa. Steel‘s; offer of whisky and soda was declined. “An ideal place for a. novelist who has a keen eye for the beautiful,” he said. “There you have your books and pictures, your stained glass and china, and when you turn your eyes this way they are gladdened by green foliage and lovely flowers. It’s hard to connect such a room with a tragâ€" edy.” “And yet the tragedy was worked out close by where you are sitting. But never min-cl that. Come to your story, and let me see if we can fit it into mine.” Bell took a. fresh pull at his cigar and plunged into his subject. "About seven years ago professional with business took me to Amsterdam; a brilliant youmg medical genius who was drinking himself prematurely inâ€" to his grave had some wonderful dis- coveries relating to brain and psy~ chology generally, so I decided to learn what I could before it was too late. I found the young doctor to be an exceedingly good fellow, only too ready to speak of his discoveries, and there I stayed for a year. My word! what do I not owe to that misguided mind! And what a revolution he would have made in medicine and surgery had he only lived! “Well, in Amsterdam I got to know everybody who was â€"WOI‘Lll knowingâ€"medical, artistic, social. And amongst the rest was an Eng- lishman called Lord Littimer, his son, and an exceedingly clever nepâ€" hew of his, Henson by name, who was the son’s tutor. Littimer was a savant, a scholar, and a fine con- noisseur regarded pictures. He was popularly supposed to have the finest collection of old prints in Eng- land. He would travel anywhere in search of something fresh, and the the agcr is paid took beverages which wholesome beer and aerated waters. years of age. ‘(luctorl are also very much out consequently no interest in pushing the sale of intoxicating liquors. The dispensed are thoroughly Only registered inhabitants are alâ€" znus't Women must not of these o’clock" the house is closed. Ff om the profit arising out of the canteen the cost of the dayâ€"school beyond the amounts provided by the express expanding bullet). Government. grants and the local rates is defray-ed, as well as that of the missionâ€"room and recreation room, the gyintnasium, free library, recreation grounds and bathroom. are that, while the sum total of alâ€" cohlolic drink consumption has un- doubtedly been reduced, the litthl community has been able Io derive advantages that could not otherwise have been obtainable. The dwelling-«houses themselves and the manner in which they are con- . of the common. Built of wood, differ- ant types of h'uts have been provided for the various classes of work- people, and regulations are enforced to prevent overcrowding and over- charging on the part of the hut- keepers. As a rule, there are 1,700 men re- siding in the village or adjacent to it. There have been in various stages- of the works as many as 2,- ......___.'_.o._ _ IIIRS . CARNEGIE " S CHARITY. Wife of Steel Millionaire a Most Retiring Woman, of Quiet Habits. The wife of the famous millionaire distribudor of libraries is a lady who all her life has been devoted to good wolk. Before her marriage, whcn Miss Louise Whitfield, member of a wellâ€" known New York family, she spent many hours of every day of her life helping the poor and needy of the city in which she find. Mr. Carnegie was already a midâ€" dle-aged man when he had the good fortune to win Miss Whitfield as his wife. After some years of marriage their happiness was crowned by a little daughter, Margaret, who is brought up in as simple and healthy a munner as if she wore the daughter of.a wellâ€"to-do Scottish farmer r-a~ a fixed salary, and has he has the. skin. i right toward where I could hear a monkey chattering in a tree. I found a small nullah about 10 feet wide and 7 feet deep. Following this up there was “Stripes” lying head on in clear view some fifty feet away, lowed to use. the building, and none looking over his siho-uldcr and snm'lv be under eighteen! ing quietly at my dog. He, saw us: _ . enâ€" (I had the head guard with me) at ter the bar, and every night at nine .the same instant that we saw I him. and pulled himself together; but 1 was lucky enough to hit him. between the eyes and knocked himdown (.500 ' He was dead in ten minutes. The bullet of the night before had .stmok over the left eye and blown the piece of bone from the skull out of the car. He could not possibly Thus 1Jle I‘CS'IUL‘S 0f l-hiS 0Xi>01'i111071t have lived till su'nset, but I thought. when I turned him up that I was justified in shooting, as he looked so very much alive. I am afraid it took the cdge of‘f S:--â€"-'s pleasure a bit, but he took it very nicely and We found the tiger not more than tWO hundred yards from where he was shot first. ._'_._.__.+._. SICNTENCE SEIllll()NS . Extraction is not giving. Greatness cvomcs only by growth Making money umnakes many men. Gloom. is never dispersed by growl- 1 mg. 7 ' . Good cheer goes further than colfd cash. He cannot leach t an ch t. . Life's great opportunities are never labeled. There is profit alone. Facing both ways is always fleeing one way. ~Rcligi0n islncver strcugt‘henml relaxation. - There is nothing Satan hates like ha {pi n ess. Long distance’charlly never reach- es the heart. " who will not be no profit in prayer for by The man who is indispensable never knows it. A white lie may be as hard to wipe out as a black one. One lesson of life is learning love where We do not like. Love is too busy encouraging to have any time to criticize. , The gospel of sucecss is simply the woran of the god of self. The color of the world depends on the pigment behind the eyes. It’s no use trying to shine if you won't take time to fill your lamp. in 5‘. i l l J ii 3% :1; l 7! A i A '1 ,5 3341:;- - WIT: w. it 1658. At that time Rembrandt was 101m,” Bell cried. Present] ‘1 am rumor of some apocryphalutrcasure in . ‘. _ 3 . , painfully Door, as his recorded tavâ€" goiig to ten you the gtoryyof the Amsterdam had brought him thither. {01:51] 31min] $111112“? “1" Cos‘mlopn'hm“ __ +___,,____, ern bills show. The same bills also tragedy 91‘ my life, You have doubt. He and 1 were friends from the first, \lrmh. q‘ ‘ “we Jummnv ,.(,_ “There is a strain of sadness disclose the fact that ‘The Crimson less wondered, as others have won- as, indeed, were the son and myself. _. .140‘ .i'?yt‘ LC" ,5, about “1C!ldi]]g_nz_,cnsn sum mp (,Vnh Blind’ was painted for a private cusâ€" (gel-0d, why I dropped out of the road Henson the nephew was more qluet Wms llU-Solm 1'3, J' 1.3-“ ‘flmcpilc ca] hmmflm. “Him/v “wavy-- 11mm tomer with a condition that the sub- when the goal was in sight. Well, and reserved, but fond, as I dlSCO\’Cl‘- docs 1101‘ 05131137 “1103‘? 110150” ‘10 {0 mo mm U‘io ’moan of- “:0 “ed. ,,‘ jcct should be engravecl.uS well. After your curiosity, is about to he gram- cd, of a little secret dissipation. upllll‘wdwfl by th‘c lnlul‘VIOWGl, 3'11"] “H _ W 1 - ' “ ' one impression had bccn taken off the nod, I am going to help you, and “In those days I? was not averse to she .13 absolutely averse .lo 1 ex er : Ic 5: 5.111 tmploy'prl l):Â¥.'l.ln:l‘nr big plate the picture was destroyed by a in rem-m you are going to help me a little life 1nysell~. 1 was passuonâ€" talking about her own good deeds, wholesale house, xsn t ho.‘ ho; T. Careless servant. In :L Sllddt‘n fit of. to come back into the race again_ ately fond of all games of ca.l‘(1S.'alr:l though these alone lYlllfiDt have made think he s in businst for himself rug-m Rembrandt destroyed the plate, By way 01' a start, you are going to I .am afraid that I Was in the habit her known, evcn if she had rot been nown I-le used to lulu; 5r: luyur rm- ; having: £50), say, only taken one ask-e me to come and dine with you to_ of gambling to a greater extent than the Wife of one of the wealthiest lluncli,'z'md he only takes a ban .c‘j’ impression from it." night._” I could afford. I don t gamble now men in the world. the minutes! ~ iii of