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‘, vm'jrfv at. jvsv "y:- CHAPTER XVIII.-â€"(Cont’d) They were joined by Daubeney and Fairholme, and Edith knew .by a single glance at the cxprcsswc expanse of the former’s face that should he be again brought into close proximity to the Turks and her brother it was quite possible the quick-witted Gros Jean might detect the look of interested amaze- ment which must inevitably appear upon his honest British counten- ance. “Bobby,” she said at once, “I want you and Mr. Daubency to go ' down to the launch. We will jom you in a few minutes.” “Certainly,” was the reply, for Fairholme knew that some motivel lay behind the request. “You can- not do much by remaining here, can you, so I suppose you will not be long?” “No; uncle, and I will survey the view until it is firmly fixed in our minds. After that it is full steam ahead for the Hotel du Louvre.” The two young men disappeared down the stairs leading to the courtyard. At this moment, the siren of the small pleasure steamer at the quay announced she was about to make her hourly trip back to the town. Whereupon Gros Jean and the Turks, having apparently ended their consultation, crossed the roof ' and disappeared. Instantly Jack Talbot strolled af- ' ter them, but no sooner had the - bulky form of Gros Jeanâ€"who was the last of his partyâ€"vanished than Talbot ran towards his uncle and sister, and said rapidlyâ€" “Dubois and the girl have gone to Palmcro. Gros Jean and the Turks have been in communication with the Sultan, and there is a move- ment on foot to buy the diamonds. That is all that I can tell you now, but let Mr. Brett know. When I have seen these chaps safely home, I will at once come to the hotel.” Then he, too, vanished. OR. THE'HOUSE IN THE RUE BARBETTE tle sore, that they had not discov- :ered the fact for themselves, but when I soothed them down they in- formed me that ‘Le Vcr’â€"the di- minutive scoundrel whom we res- ;cued from the Ruc’ Barbetteâ€"â€"had faithfully kept his appointment :with me at the Grand Hotel yes- ; tcrday. , I “It seems that he was much up- set when he learnt that I had left. iHe went straight to the commissary .to inform him that, contrary to expectations, the Turks were acting in complete accord with madcmoi- selle’s father. This naturally puz- zled. the commissary a good deal, and the affair became still stranger lwhen an attache, from the Turkish l .Embassy called a little .later and urged the police to dorall in their power to discover the whoreabmts of Hussein-ulâ€"Mulk, as he was par- ticularly anxious to have a friends ly talk with him. “Close on the heels of the Turk came a confidential messenger from the British Embassy, requesting the latest details, and, who-i 'ques- tioned by the commissary, this man admitted that hc‘had in the firsr. instance called to see me at the Grand Hotel. ' “In a word, Miss Talbot, I had suspected the existence of the ne- gotiations, which your brother's smart piece of work this morning has confirmed.” ' Whilst they were talking Fairâ€" lholme took Daubeuey on one side, land with Brett’s permission gave him a detailed account of the whole 'affair. . The Honorable James Daubeney was delighted to be mixed up in ‘this international imbroglio. He :told the earl' that the Blue Bell :was at his disposal at any moment {of the day or night she might be irequircd, and it was evident that lDaubency, if nothing else, was a lman of action, and his Yacht might lbecome very useful. l He had hardly quitted the hotel lwhen-a waiter announced that a Edith felt a thrill of elation thatileune 'Feancais Wished to see Mr. her good judgment should have led f Brett. seemed to annoy him. "which should haVe led the Turks ’ d’If for a morning stroll. _ expected that Gros Jean would be three Turks and Gros Jean come her to remain sufficiently long on! “Show him up," said the barris- . the tower to glean such important : WT, and a moment later Talbot on- information. liter-ed” He stood near " the door When Brett heard the news it 3 tw1ddhng his hat in his hand until the waiter had gone. Then he told “,I feared asmuch,” he said. “lithem What had happened Since he had not much faith in the patroaltOOk' UP his quarters-at the Hotel tism of the Young Turks. I wonder :dGS JOHC’TS .Femmes. how much the Sultan has offered. “When I reached there,” he said, However, we must possess our souls “I was under the impl‘eSSion that in peace until'Talbot comes here Gros Jean and the Turks were in and tells us all that he has learnt. {bed- I hired mY-l‘oom; sent my tin » , At this moment I cannot help mar- l box there, and then Settled myself veiling at the strange coincidence!in filetfiafe “151110111; Cig'é'fiettes and rea - ese v1e arsei es neWs- ‘and yOIIrSle'to select the Chateau Papers until 11113011 time- You may I fully,]u(lge my surprise when I saw the in bed, He must have received out into the street and ask the way some startling intelligence to keep "him away from the rest after a long journey. Meanwhile, I have not been idle.” Every one awaited with interest his next words, for Brett seldom made such a remark without hav- ing something out of the common to communicate. . , “I telephoned to Paris,” he ex- to the postâ€"office. “They set off, and, being sure of their destination, I did not quit the cafe myself until they were well out of sight. Then I walked away in the same direction, inquired of a policeman the quickest way to reach the post-office, and stepped out rapidly. A “I had not gone far when I overâ€" plained, “to‘ tell the Prefecture . “I” , - that Gros Jean and the Turks had M 6 ~arrived at Marseilles. The' police I a m were surprised, and perhaps a lit- EVERY WOMAN SHOULD READ THIS LETTER ABOUT laboratory cl Provincial Government Aaalysl. . MONTREAL, 22nd February, 1909. I Hanan? CERTIFY that I have drawn by my own hand ten samples of the St. Lawrence Sugar Refining Co’s EXTRA STANDARD GRANULATED SUGAR, indiscriminately taken from {our lots of ""IWJSO? barrels cachand six lots of about 450 bags each. I have analyzed same and find them uniformly to contain g 99â€"99/100 to ice per cent of pure cane sugar, with no impurities whatever. 05:33“ ‘ MIL N L. HERSEY. M.Sc. 1.1.0. “1) Tommy Gown-amen! A debut. The St. lawrencc Sugar Refining Co. finite d woman“. - 38 took them. They reached the building. The Turks remained in - the street and Gros Jean went inâ€" side, so I followed him, and found him inquiring for letters at the Poste Restante department. Where- upon I sent a telegram to London.” “Who on earth did you telegraph to, Jack?” broke in Edith. “To my shirtâ€"maker, telling him to put a couple of dozens in hand at once.” This unexpected answer provoked a general titter. “The funny thing to me,” said Talbot, “was the effect of the mesâ€" sage on the telegraph clerk. He ' could evidently read English, and he surveyed -me curiously, for in my present appearance I looked a _ most unlikely person to order shirts by telegram from a wellâ€"known Lonâ€" don house. However, I achieved my purpose, which was to overhear Gros Jean’s request. He asked if there were any letters for M. Isidor dc Rion.” .- “Good ggracious,” cric-d Edith, “what an aristocratic name for that fat man.” “Anyhow, it was effective. There was a letter for him, and he evi- dently only expected one. for, be- fore the clerk who handed it to ‘ him was able to examine the reâ€" mainder of the packet, he tore it open, glanced briefly at its contents and then hurried out to join his friends in the street. After a short conclave they entered a cafe and procured a railway guide. I tried hard to find out what section of the book Gros Jean was looking at, but failed, for the double reason that he did not consult the Turks, nor did he seem to make up his mind, for he looked through the book, sighed impatiently and sugâ€" gested to the others that they should go out again. I followed them into the Cannebiere, and thence down towards the harbor. When we reached the quay a small pleasure steamer was whistling for passengers, and a placard announc- ed a fifty-centimes return trip to the Chateau nzl’If “neemingly on the spur of the moment, Gros Jean invited the others to accompany him. so, of The British ‘ Medical ournal devoted six pages to the report of a series of scien- tific tests of BOVRIL‘. The tests proved conclu- sively the great nutritive value of Bovril and that its body-building power is from x0 to 20 times the, amount ‘ taken. D-2-12 ljin the place before, but Gros Jean‘ But It does leave a {lasting favorable impression upon the palates of all gluing: it a trial. CEYLON TEA. If ' on SEALED LEAD PACKETS ONLY. ’ NEVER SOLD "I BULK. Ask your Groceratout it course, I followed them. When we ILOW COLONIST 531613: To THE rAchlc 1'6?”th the Igland’ I qmckly per“ Via Chicago and North, Western Ry., on Celved that the castle filled the use daily, Mrgch as: to LApril 15th. from ' . ' a points in ans. 8. to es Angeles. San Elm]? Of It.“ .The'lefore’ m place Pf Francisco. Portland, Seattle, Victoria. . eepmg behlnd‘ them I W611i) 1“ Vancouver and many other points. front “76 all passed on with the Through tourist. sleepers and free reclin- I t. f . l . ‘ h lng chair cars from Chicago. Tickets via ,5 leam o 61g itseers until we mac â€" variable routes with liberal stop-overs. ed ~ 1H . ‘ Full information on application to B. H. the cor ityard I had nevei been WM“ Gm ML. 45 Yong," Toronto. lseemed to know it well. Owing to {my policy of preceding them I found T DOESN’T" zmyself halted for a moment at the foot of the stairs leading to the ‘tower. It struck me that the Frenchman was making in this di- rect-ion, so I took the chance and ran up. - I- reached the top and looked over before the party had entered the doorway at the bot- tom. They came in. Thus far I was right. I looked around, and found, as you know, the square roof surrounded by bare battleâ€" ments with a turret in one corner. 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