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II 'son would hardly have run so terriâ€" oon, A MIDNIGHT CALL _L. ' ' 'Jâ€"Iâ€"LLLâ€"__' ' ' 'â€" ‘5 ’wâ€"Iâ€"l' ‘ 'â€" '_L‘__.Jâ€"4-'" ‘Jâ€"_Iâ€"._' 'L‘L_Iâ€".___._”uâ€"Iâ€"U-LL""' ' " WWWWELD-i “We first came together some eight ars ago in Amsterdam.” “Would you mind telling me what CHAPTER L.â€"â€"( Continued.) “Certain. I' heard of it from- a 3'9 man wh w w' 1 V' Sneck at the . O as "'1 an your busmess was?" tlwe’ 32mm] called mellltt' "‘So far as I can recollect it was "James Merritt- Reuuy' 3:0“ have connected with some old silverâ€"Wilâ€" bfen “1 Chow“ company’ MISS. 1399i: liam and Mary and Queen Anne cups your knowledge 0f lfhe cmmma and jardinieres. We had made a bit 9185535 ls gettmg eXtenswe and pecu- of a find that we could authenticate, hm" but we wanted a lot of the stuff, “Merritt told me this. And all wellâ€"faked. You see, Van Sneck answer Came back to Merritt!" was an authority on that kind of “An answer from Mr. Steel?” thing, and we employed him -to cut “Purporting to be an answer from marks off small genuine things and Mr. Steel. 'A very clever forgery, as attach them to spirious large ones. a matter of fact. Of course that On the whole we made a'Fvery sucâ€" forgery was Henson’s work, because cessful business of it for a long we know that Henson coolly ordered time." notepaper in Mr. Steel’s name. He “You forgot to pay the bill, and that is how the thing came out. i found Van Sneek an excelâ€" ‘Besides, thing for you?” the little wad of papers on which the “No, But Henson employed him lent copyist. Did he ever Copy any- f01‘8'0rb' was written is in M1‘- Steel's now and again. Van Sneck could hands. Now, what do you make of a thing from a mere deg- that?" There was a ring he did Rawlins turned the ' matter over thoughtfully in his mind. “Did Henson know that Mr. Steel would be from home that nignt‘?” he asked. “Of course. He probably also knew where our meeting with Mr. Steel was to take place.” “Then the matter is pretty obâ€" vious,” said Rawlins. “Van Sneck, or other, gets an inkling of what is going on. He wanted money from Henson which he couldn’t get, Henson being very short lately, and then they quarrellâ€" ed. Van Sneck was fool enough to seen anything of the kind so beautiâ€" threaten Henson With what he was ful. He made a copy of the ring, going to do. Van Sneck's note was which he handed back with the ori- dispatched by hand and intercepted‘ginal to Henson.” construct cription. for Henson “Was that called Prince Rupert's ring, by any chance?" “That was the name of the Why?" “We will come to that presently. Did you ever see Prince Rupert’s ring?" “Well, I did. It was in Amsterdam again about a year later than the time I mentioned just now. Henson brought the real ring for Van Sneck to copy. Van Sneck went into rapâ€" tures over it. He said he had never ring. by some means by Henson with a. reply. By the Chris nodded. This pretty faithful wayfwill you be good enough to copy of the ring was the one that give me the gist of the reply?" Henson had used as a magnet to “It was a short letter from Mr. draw Lady Littimer’s money and the Steel and signed with his initials, had found its way and saying in effect that he was at Chris home every night. and would see Van Sneck about twelve or some time like that. He was merely to knock quietly, as the household. would be in bed, and Mr. Steel would let him in same one that into Steel's possession. But had another idea to follow up. “You hinted to me just now that Henson was short of money," she said. “Do you mean to say he is in dire need of some large sum?” . “That’s it,” Rawlins replied. “I “And Mr. Steel never wrote thatlrather fancy there has been some letter at all?” stir with the police 0Vei‘ some busiâ€" “No; for the S'Simple reason that 110l ness up at Huddersfield some years never had Van nec ('3 note.” .a. '0.” - “Which Henson intercepted. 01": g“A soâ€"called home both there and course. Now, the mere fact of theiat, Brighton?” reply coming on Mr. Steel’s paper is “That’s it. It was the idea that evidence that Henson had plotted! Henson conveved to me when I saw some other or alternative schemcihim at Moreton Wells. It appears against. Mr. Steel. How long before: that a certain Inspector hIarley, of the cigarâ€"case episode had you decidâ€" the Brighton Police, is the same man ed to consult the novelist?” who used to have the warrants for “We began to talk about it nine the Huddersfield affair in his hands. or t\en days before.” Henson felt pretty sure that Marley u, 3 ,0. y ‘ ' l . ' . ' . serratecan?H33:; ‘33:. in. Simon 59111 adnd tElie firfitkildea 1\EhichS1};t30(i&‘i--he had something he could sell to sua e gc mg 0 of 1‘. ee '5 Littimer for a large sum of money.” notepapel' was abandonea- 3111388- “I know,” Chrisbexclaimed. “It is quently, as you have just told . me, the Prince Rupert’s ring." the notepaper came in useful after “Well, I can’t say anything about all. Hensmi knew that Steel would that. Is this ring a valuable pro~ be out that night. And, therefore, party?” Van Sneck is deliberately lured to “Not in itself. But the loss of it Steel’s ho’use to be .murdered th‘er‘e..” has caused a dreadful lot of misery ,‘ I see, (Jhl‘ls Stud. famtly.‘ 'lhisland suffering. Mr. Smith, Reginald had‘never oceurredn to me belOI'O- Henson had no business with that Murdered by Whom? . ring at all. He stole it and made it "By “'hom?- ‘XhEYJ by Regmald appear as if somebody else had done lleTiillsSocn,f6<:facc;:£:g.ellt Chris felt as if 5:0 means lof tconvcying 1the hcopy ‘ _ . ' . 0 he very as person “'10 s 0‘) all the World was 81113131112; away unâ€" have possessed it. That sad business (181; her feet. _ H broke up a happy home and has made ‘ But how CO111d he (10 1‘1? She five people miserable for many years. as‘lfed._ . - I . And whichever way you turn, whichâ€" the 03511.?“ And thr°“'_au the ever way you look, you find the blame on M1. Steel. Look at the[cloven foot of Henson everywhere. izléliiéie ggehatllazggfly toThéll-Sch Now, what. you have told me just g‘c - - i ' now gives me a new idea. The secâ€" 01871135159 Wonk} come “(far to Pang a ret; that Henson was going to sell to Illa” ‘ And ‘Va‘n Sneak “'as m the Lord Littimer for a large sum was (itgfiglggellfi’: “$111113: Skills; the story of the missing ring and the i ' ~'-1‘ 1'1 - r stituti l f the 5.1 .” hold are in bed. As a novelist he euKindOlOfobmmnigsle it ut . comes and goes as he likes and noâ€" 9,, ‘ ‘ a 0 . .Vou body takes any heed. He goes and “‘5’?‘3-_ ‘ . ,. ‘ , leaves his door on the latch. Any 305'. L01 ‘1 I‘lth‘nel- would glve money it is the common latch they three times .ten thousand pounds to put on thousands of doors. Henson "a3": that .rmg agamf 1.3% at .tms lets himself into the house and coollv pomt' Eenfion has met “thh 9“. senous . , , . 1 " check in his plans. Dru on into a waits Van Snecks coming. 'lhe rest , , , l h ‘ 1 d . .|_ \oucmxmmgma“ °?“mt£i¢i;i?fvi $?fhf a u ‘ I,” . ‘ ‘ eean .‘ 'o 40‘ 1 imer Drug/l; hfiu‘gloinigpliuggosfiogm“3:323i l-le procured the ring from strong burst upon her like bomb. And itI bQISITG “.1?” he, makes % (“scovgl‘y'n was all so dreadfully, horribly pro- noéogild}. 15 mme than haVG' Play balllc‘ Henson coum have done thisil “I-l'e discovers thct he has not n'ot thing with absolute impunity. It the ‘rml' Prim“: Hugertv-g rig" u D \vas impossible to imagine for a mo- Rawiirs looked up with aD'Slinhuy mcnt that l)avid.Steel was the crlm- puzzled ah._ ‘ a - filéllinSgwflcgjgogguld It be! then’ buti “Will you kindly tell me what you 8 t l i r?” .1 . c “Fm afraid this has come as a mag}? “.125 Sangernnrv. Van Sneck 5110?“ to your” Rawmls said: (luletly' made! a copy fromoa inere dcscription. “It has,“ indeed,” said Chris. "And‘That copy served its purpose with a | your reasoning is so dreadfully logi- vengeance, and is now at the bottom cal.” , of the North Sea. I need not go in- “Well, 1 may be Wrong, after all,” to details, because it. is a family Rau’lins suggested. ' X secret, and does not concern our con- Chris 311.001: her head doubtfully. versatlon at all. At that time the She felt absolutefy assured that real ring came into ~Henson’s possesâ€" Rau'lins was right. But, then, Han- sion, and he wanted a copy to hold over the head of an unfortunate lady whom he would have ruined before long. You told me just now that Van Sneck had fallen in love with Prince Rupert’s ring and could hard- ly bear to part with it. He didn‘t.” “N0? l’uit how could he retain it'?’ “QUite easily. 'l‘he copy was quite ble 3, rish for a little thing like that. He could easily have silenced Van Sneck by a specious "promise or two. There must be another reason forâ€"â€" It came to Chris in a moment. She saw the light quite plainly. “Mr. Smith,” “where (lid you first and \‘an' Sneck?” she said, eagerly, faithful, but still it was a copy. But llcnsonlsecrctly Van Sncck makes a copy | ~ ' ; that would dct‘uve everybody but an 111 cc t expert, and this he hands over toâ€" “To Henson as the real ring," Rawlins cried, excitedly. Chris smiled, a little pleased at her acumen. ' “Precisely,” she said. “I see‘ that you’are inclined to be of my opinâ€" ion. ’ “Well, upon my word, I ,am,” Rawlins confessed. “But I «don't quite. see why ” “Please let me linish,’ Chris went on, excitedly. “Reginald .l-Ienson is driven back on his last trenches. He has to get the ring for Lord Littimer. He takes out the ring afâ€" ter all these years, never dreaming that Van Sneck would dare to play such a trick upon him, and finds out the forgery. Did you ever see that man when he is really angry?" “He is not pretty then,” Rawlins said. “Pretty! He is murder personified. Kindly try to imagine his feelings when he discovers he has been de- ceived. Mind you, this is only a theory of mine, but Ifeel certain that it will prove correct. Henson's last hope is snatched away from him But he does not go straight to Van SneCk and accuse him of his dupli- city. He knows that Van Snack stole the ring for sheer love of the gem, .and that he would not dare to part with it. He assumes that the ring is in Van Sneck’s possession. And when Van Sneck threatened to exâ€" pose part of the business to Mr. Steel Henson makes no attempt to soothe him. Why? Because he sees a cunning way of getting back the ring. He himself lures Van Sneck to Mr. Steel's house, and there he al- most niurders him for the sake of the ring. Of course, he meant to kill Van Snack in such a way that the blame could not possibly fall upon him." “Can you prove that he knew anyâ€" thing about it?" “I can prove that he knew who Van Sncck was at a time when the hospital people were doing their best to identify the man. And I know how fearfully uncasy he was when he got to know that some of us were aware Who Van Sneck was. It has been a pretty tangle for a long time, but the skein is all coming out smoothly at last. 'Andif we could get the rung which Hen- son forced by violence from Van Sneckâ€"” “Excuse me. Heldid nothing of the kind." Chris looked up eagerly. “Oh,” she cried, “have you to tell me, then?” “Nothing authentic.” Rawlins said; “merely surmise. Van Sneck is goâ€" ing to recover. If he does it will be hard for Henson, who ought to get away with his plunder at once. Why doesn’t he go and blackmail Lord Littimer and sell him the ring and clear out of the country? He doesn't do 'so because the ring is not in his possession.” “Then you Sneck ” “Still has the ring probably in his posseSsiOii at the present momâ€" ent. If you only knew where Van Sneck happened to be.” Chris rose to her feet with an ex- cited cry. “I do know," she exclaimed; “he is in the house where he was half murdered. And Mr. Steel shall know all this before he sleeps toâ€" night." n 1 l more imagine that Van (To be Continued.) â€"â€"â€"â€"+ TEACUP PHILOSOPHY. An expert is a man who does» not get confused when crossâ€"examined. A fault which humbles a man is of more use to him than a good acâ€" tion Which pulls him up with pride. The young lady who is receiving attention from. a, young man will do well to inquire if his mother gets any. It is better to right your wrongs while they are young and tender than to nurse them until they are old and tough. - Every man thinks every man has his price. He who takes good care of the days need give himself no worry over the yea‘r. A woman cannot understand why her husband has to work so hard to make both ends (meet, when he is so much eleverer than other men. . __~__+ HAVE A HOBBY. _ Il‘o'blfies are among the best things in life. They promote health; peace, and happiness, helping one, as they do, to forget sorrow. Any decided interest in life, whether it is digniâ€" fied by the name of an occupation- or o ther is siley an enthusiasm, is eudnentâ€" , “1 have never seen a' lly 'd'csfrablc. genuine collector that is not happy when he is allowed by circumstances to gratify his tastes," said a stu- dent of human nature, “and hobâ€" ‘bies should always be encouraged. ft is a curious phase of our humanity that We will work diligently to make provision for our material needs whr-n we are old. and quite neglect to :s'ore up mental resources ihat will interest and amuse us in our ‘nld dais" “L4; M" . POPE nunnens life, He has been reducing display lcn the one, hand and salaries on the not'quile satisfactory to the of persons employed about. the Vatiâ€" can. While thus discouraging luxury the pontiff remains as allfllilt’ and at" ccssiblc as eVer to friends of former days. Pope Pius goes on as he ,lzcganJ preaching and practicing the simple ht sts , :â€" ‘ {DEATH raisins SHOCK NEW INVENTION FOR DISPELL- ING FOG. .___â€"â€" New Triumph of Sir Oliver Lodge â€"-Nature of the Apâ€" paratus. Napoleon's dictum that nothing is impossible, may be claimed as the watchword of science. The most recent triumph of science is the discovery of a method of (lis- pelling fogs. What this means may be understood when it; is mentioned that, under heaven, no greater dangâ€" er exists, than fog, to travel either on sea or land. During last year alone, nearly 700 lives were lost on this continent in collisions that were icausved by fog. ' According to the current Pearâ€" son's Magazine experiments have been inn-dc in England to prove that fogs may be made to melt by elecâ€" tricity bleinlg discharged lllzth the air. ' CREDIT 0F DISCOVERY. ".l‘he credit of the discovery is due to Sir Oliver Lodge, principal of Birmingham University, who recent- ly succeeded in dispersing a fog by electricity, for a space of from five hmrdrcd to eight hundred feet. The apparatus he employed, re~ sembles in some respects the sending imitrumen-t used in wireless teleâ€" grap-h'y, comprising a dynamo for gen-crating the electric current. a. transformer for converting the elecâ€" tricity thus olyt-a'i‘mrd into a high pressure, and an interrupter .for shooting the highâ€"tension electrical energy into the air, which it does. much after the manner of ahose proâ€" jecting water into a burning buildâ€" ing. A BACK TO TYNDALLJ. The history of this apparatus goes back to Tyndall, the Wellâ€"known physicist. In one of his experiments Tl‘yirdvalvl heated a common poker rod- h'ot,, and then, raising a cloud of dust by shaking a box full of it, he brought dust and poker into contact. The result Was that the (lustâ€"laden air was cleared away around the hot iron for several inches. The dust was not burned up, but the heat seemed to repel the minute particles, driving them from it in every direc- tion. _ INTERESTED IN DUST. Later Lord Rayleigh, another phy- sicist, became interest-ed in. dust, and as a, result of several experiments, discovered that a piece of ice acted also as a repelling force. He also found that an electrically charged stick of sealing wax, if held near a fountain where the water fell as a fine mist, the little globules of Water coh'e'red and made larger drops. Sir Oliver Lodge accepted the reâ€" sults of these experiments, but went astep farther. He wanted to know the why and the wherefore of them. SIR OLIVER'S CONCLUSIONS. After much investigating, he con- cluded that the motive force that projected the dust, was electricity. A new experiment was now tried. A box was filled with smoke instead of dust. Inside the box was a metal plate which was connected by a copper wire with an electric maâ€" chine. ‘ The electricity was turned on, and the smoke was seat scurry~ ing off, not a vestige remaining. A glass bellâ€"jar was next substij tu-ted for the box. The bellâ€"jar was equipped with two upright rods, one terminating in half a dozen sharp points. the other in a brass ball. Wires led to an electric machine. JAR WAS FILLED. ’l'lre jar was filled successfully with lead and zinc fumes and aqueous vaâ€" por, and in each case electrification “'llS followed byprecipi'tation. From these experimenrts it‘ was ac- cepted as certain that electricity would have a commercial value in the dispersing of fogs; and also that by discharging electricity into "a cloud by means of a kite or balloon, rain could be made to fall. Sir Oliver proposes to erect on either side of the River Mersey 'a number of fogâ€"dispelling stations but instead of supplying energy from handâ€"openated electric machines, he would use the regulation. dynamo, which would be connected to a high- ten's-ion transformerâ€"an apparatus that clfan-ges the low pressure cur- rent into one. of enormously high pressure, and at the same time proâ€"- duces large quantities of electricity, for electricity is like Water, in that there may be a large or small amount under a high or low pressure. â€"â€"â€"â€"+ NOT BEAUTIFUL. A mother was overheard telling her little boy that if he continued being naughty she would die and never come back any more. ' With the in- nocency of babyhood. he threw his arms about his mother's neck and promised to be. good. He would not ihave been a natural child if he had 1not forgotten all about it, as he did in a few moments. and this time the mother CliiSCfl her eyes and feigned ithe (leatjhlike sleep. The little one IthCi', and again rep-cared his promâ€" .‘ise of Ling good. At this she openâ€" ln'tl her eyes. and the pleasure of the éLhilzl |~'n.-w no bounds. Many moâ€" thers have done the same thing: but. it is not beautiful to art a lie. ing a, grippe epidemic. \shor stay in one room in the care I using a soap. To make the lye, pour boili- ing water over wood ashes. At most drug stores an alkaline poul- Lice can be purchased reain preparâ€" ed, which is similar to the soap poulâ€" I other. This. as may be imagined, is im‘d’d? everypnort 1" arouse h” "7‘0" ge+++++e+e++++++++eeei) + . HEALTH ce+++++eeweeeee++eeee HOW TO AVOID THE GRIPPE. A great many people have formed the habit of alluding to every little cold as an “attack of grippe.” It sounds much more important, but happily, it is often not true. Any one who has once had a real attack of grippe is in small danger of mis- taking any lesser complaint for it. It is true that it has many of the signs of the so-called cold in the head, but added to these there is a pros-tration, an aching, a poisoning of the whole system of which plain influenza is fortunately not capable Every year there is more or less grippe, ranging from the really ap- palling epidemic of thirteen years ago. when the‘ old and the feeble suc- cumbed in hundreds. to a limited number of fairly light cases here and there. Much of the spreading of the grippe is by (mile unnecessary contact. It is only fair for grippe patients to isolate themselves for a few days and consider ,_ themselves contagious objects. Promiscuous kissing, which is always foolishness, is a crime dur- 'l'he patient {WWW +e++++ of a physician unatil active symptoms have subsided. Much can be done to avoid this dread disease in other ways than by shunning the sull‘erers. This is not always feasible, anyhow, while people ride in close cars and mix with’ their fellows in restaurants, shops and theatres, where the germ can- be appropriated at any moâ€" ment. The, surest way of avoidance is by keeping the system in good condition. The gripr germ is just like any other disease germ in this: that it needs a weakened point for its assault. If people spend hours in close, overheated places, and then face the keen outside air without proper proâ€" tection in their clothes or proper precautions as to correct breathing, they are already prepared for their attack of grippe. Wet. feet are a most useful ally of this trouble, and should never be risk-ed in young or old. Most perâ€" sons have heard of the man who wrote to the Times that he had dis- covered that wet feet ware the sole lcau’se of influexwa, and was answered by the man with tw0 Wooden legs who had grippe five years in succes~ lsion. Although too much stress can 1hardly be placed on the importance of warm, dry feet, the case is un- fortunately not quite so simple. There are many ways in. which grippe can acquire a hold if one is ready to Strengthen your fortress with a threefold wallâ€"eat right, breathe rig-ht, sleep right. Only so shall disease find you scathe‘fess. catch it. SIMPI..E HOME REMEDIES. Several years ago one of the old school physicians who had never lost a. case of pneumonia where the pa- tient was under 60, said that he atâ€" tributed his success largely to the timely use of soap poultices, which were made by having the soap very hot, then thickening witli bran. In. these days, when so feW, even among the farmers, «make soft soap, a poulâ€" tice nearly as good can be made by weak lye, in place of the tices of former years. In cases of extreme tendern-OSS, cracker crumbs can be used ,in place of the bran, making it far lighter. Sometimes it is difficult to wring cloths out of water sufficiently hot to attain the desired result. One way is to place the cloth to be wrung inside of a dry 'towel,.an’(l then twist at the ends. A wringer may be used, but the best is to use a strainer. If possible, have a- small oil stove near to the patient's bed, and on it place a basin of boil- ing water, and over this set the steamer. The first time, the cloths will need to water, but after necessary is steam-er. The remembrance and use of the simple ’rea-dyâ€"atâ€"hand remedies may prevent a severe illness, but greatly to be avoided is thin selfâ€"mlministra- tion of drugs. No matter how much} (:omlmO'n sense and selfâ€"reliance we may have, the most of us know ab- solutely nothing of the real effects of the various drugs upon tlllt‘ system. As for myself, I should pitv even a. sick cat who was compelled to lap up any medicinal doses of my com- pounding. be wrung out of the that, all that is to place them. in tho 'I‘URKIS H PRINTING OFFICES . All printing establishments in Tur- key, according to a new law, may have only one door. and that open- ing on to the strcet. W-indows‘must -l:e covered with closemcshed wire- netling. so that no papers can be handed through. A statement must be made a year in advance of the amount of ink -rc(1uire'd, which will be supplied by the Slain. 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