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‘EHIAL URD RANGE j when in need of any. kc and varied and our {gestions for Wedding fu the goods. Toronto, “7mm 0 and ‘V‘ncouver- Oven es Perfectly see all the 98" Fore purchasing- 8':le at t st. LIN DSAY ,,,,, EA SETTS 5 the oven and W Lindsay Plain and Dem “011. Im sorry to say that also has taken! Thnse are the two compart‘ which are beepoken. I will see un- what name it has been booked. immv“ an willing to risk an tli «I? ”93-11 undertake the journey. and!“ lighfl" of my scheme, but ' % Wflgdybecausa you do not an- @119 thesituafion. Everything you . M tofore done has been of tem- I a e to the paper, but if: P91335312]: if I expect the benefit i roam bugle will be 1mm. It will! :9? amgding with certain officials ' fine before succeeded in E In the first plaCe. it will make I lemma of me. and that of itself is when we are trying to A We ' no ..__ .Jnnh the? are annous I non .. 53‘ ”mm, other pap?- ”glvVeeflwen' MI- HardWle; u ,_.. ‘n DYneCt DC thing else I have an- W 9'91? and to do I hava felt confident of $5 the beginning. In this in- ‘ sure I shall fail.” “I m 39 _ _ j. “58de you. M133 Baxter, the pro]- 3-“, djmcnlt that your fatlure, if Madam. will merely prove it to have ’ble, becanse I am sure that gnyofleon earth could carry it out gem: person. and. furthermore, I much obliged to you for con- to attempt such a mission. ” 3 ”dams it was that Jennie Baxter __“,, herself in due time in the great immune north, with a room in the w. 45 1'Enrnpe overlooking the Nev- . In ordinary Circumstances fluid have enjoyed a Visit to St, but she was afraid to ven- out, being under the apprehension ‘ .; .mv moment she might meet 1! gate a little qualm of disappoint- milieu the person in question turn- tutnoito be Lord Donal: in fact, mhershort stay at St. Petersburg “w nothing of the young man. Jamie went, on the evening of her [inlto the offices of the sleeping car my. so as to secure a place in one marriages that left at 6 o‘clock on banning of the 2lst. Her initial ”mother when she learned there numeral sleeping cars on that train. ibmpnzzled to know which to it Shostood there. hesitating. with hfiuof the carriages before her. “I should~ like to be in a carriage Magma English people," said hgianot knowing what excuse to Fiche! hesitation. :‘M let me recommend this car, for gem been taken by the British -room C. near the center. “with a cross. ” “All. well. Iwiil take this commit? "htwill do quite as well." said ‘1'! is not recorded here by whom FDmbooked. Asa usual thing." “tinned, lowering his voice almost “he: and looking fnrtively over der, “when no name is marked that means the Russian police. you see by taking the third room Villnot only be under the shadow meBritish embassv but also under Iflyits occupant is English also. [ungive you room B on the oth- be! {he one reserved by the cm- r. Itisa two berth room. Nos. 5 next to iiiâ€"room D. , , for yeti}; . ”WWW of Russia. Do you wzsh I6berth on Mbenh lyor the whole room? It is 1 Saw!!! the whole room. if you 1° {mid the price and departed, won- ‘ 3‘: the other room had really been ~ .bY‘he Police and whether the au- .“ "1’8 so anxious for the safety: .. W31 Messenger that they COD“ ..d .1 ‘F necessary to protect him to frontler. If, in addition to the nat~ ' ecantions of the messenger. there ompici the Watehfulness of one or , b1 mm“ become indeed in)- 1i e. on?” other hand, the ill pend 9:?” mlght be amenable to the m- ugs): 1903835 and as she was well " with the coin of the realm ight be a help rather “Nance, All in all. she had “’3 to: the task she had under- N “'6 mor - , lice ahi m ,wARDER, JUL} nth-W itself to her. it 1.. mum mung phage; na- :54 to the editor, 3 failure came it would be through uo‘gault} o: begs. Jennie went early to the station on the night of the 2lst and entered the sleeping car as soon as she was allowed to do so. The conductor seemed some- what flnstered at her anxiety to get to, her room, and he examined her ticket with great care. Then, telling her to follow him, he took her to room B, in which were situated berths 5 and 6, upper and lower. The berths were not made up, and the room showed one seat, made to accommodate two persons. The conductor went out on the platform again, and Jennie, finding herself alone in the carriage, walked up and down the narrow passageway at the side to get a better idea of her surroundings. Room 0, next to her own. was the one taken by the British embassy. Room D, still farther on, was the one that appeared to have been retained by the police. She stood for a few moments by the broad plate glass window that lined the passage and looked out at the crowded platform. For a time she watched the conductor. who seemed to be gazing anxiously toward the direc- tion from which passengers streamed. as it looking for some one in partiuular. Presently a big man. a huge ow rcoat belted round him. with a stern brarded faceâ€"looking, the girl thought. typical- ly Russianâ€"strode up to the conductor and spoke earnestly with him. Then the two turned to the steps of the car, and Jennie fled to her narrow little room. closing the door all but about an inch. An instant'later the two men came in. speaking together in French. The larger had a grnfi‘ voice and snake the lan- guage in a way that showed it was not native to him. “When did you learn that he had changed his room?" asked the man with the grufl voice. 7.1,anth afternoon." replied the conductor. “Did you bore holes between that and the adjoining compartment ‘2” “Yes. your excellency; but Ach did not tell me whether you wanted the holes at the top or the bottom.” “At the bottom, of course." replied the Russian. “Any fool might have known that. The gas must rise, not fall: then when he feels its eflect and tum~ bles down he will be in a denser layer of it, whereas if we put it in at the top and he fell down he would come into pure air and so might make his es- cane. You did not bore the hole over thB top berthLI hopeg “Yes, excellency; but I bored one at the bottom also.” “Oh, very well! We can easily atop the one at the top. Have you fastened the window? For the first thing these English do is to open a window." L7..-) â€"â€"°--_._ _- 7- “The winddrv is securely fastened. your excellency. unless he breaks the U 7 “Oh, he will not think of doing that until it is too late! The English are a law abiding people. How many other passengers are there in the car?" lâ€"-â€"I PLAN OF SLEEPING CAB. “Oh, I forgot to tell you, excellency. that room B has been taken by an Eng- lish lady, who is there now!" “Ten thousand devils!" cried the Russian in ahoarse whisper. “Why did you not say that before?” The voices now fell to so low a mur- mur that Jennie could not distinguish the words. A moment later there was a rap at her door, and she had presence of mind enough to get in the farther cor- ner and say in a sleepy voice: “Come in!" The conductor opened the door. “Votre billet. s’il vous plait. ma- dame.” “Can’t you speak English 2'" asked Jennie. The conductor merely repeated his question, and as Jennie was shaking her head the big ‘Rnssian looked over the conductor's shoulder and said in passable English: ‘ 77A_ 1.: _‘_AL mo- u.)~.‘v_- “He is asking for your ticket, ma- dame. Do you not speak French?” In answer to the direct question Jen- nie, fumbling in her purse for her tick- ets, replied: “I speak English, and I have already shown him my Aticket. " ~ ‘ 4-1. -I‘-n:nn IUUV‘M Luau WJ ...... She handed her broad sheet sleeping car ticket to the Russian, who had push- ed tbc conductor aside and now stood within the compartment. ' 7 ’31.. _‘:A Vv it»... “There has been a mistake, " he said. “Room C is the one that has been re- served for you." “I am sure there isn’t any mistake," said Jennie. “I booked berths 5 and 6. See. there are the numbers”â€"pointing to the metallic plates by the doorâ€"“and here are the same numbers on the tick- et. '9 v The Russian shook his head. “The mistake has been ,made at the oflice of the sleeping car company. I am a director of the company.” ‘ “Oh. are you ‘2” asked Jennie innoâ€" mnflr- “Is room C as comfortable as “Oh. are you?" asked Jennie muo- cently. “Is room C as comfortable as this one?” “It isa duplicate of this one, ma- dame, and is more comfortable because it is nearer the center of the car. “Well, there is no mistake about my reserving the two berths, is there?" “Oh. no, madame! The room is en- tirely at your disposal.” “Oh, well. then, in that case," said J ennie. “I have no objection to making had been Room 809m 399m 300m ‘D‘ listake. " he said. that has been re- 0mm. 1: was «men: ' (xiii- es. the h“ moment the messenger had decided to take room A, a [four berth room at the end of the car. The police then {would occupy room B, which she had first engaged. and from the bit of con- versation she had overheard Jennie was .‘ convinced that they intended to kill or 1 render insensible the messenger who ‘ bore the important letter. The police were not to protect, but to attack. The amazing complication in the plot con- centrated all the"girl’s sympathies on the unfortunate man who was messen- ger between two great personages. even though he traveled apparently under the protection of the British embassy at St. Petershurg. The fact. to put it bald- ly, that she had intended to rob him herself if opportunity occurred rose before her like an accusing ghost. “1 shall never undertake anything like this again.” she cried to herself. “never. never!” And now she resolved to make reparation to the man she had intended to injure. She would watch for him until he came down the passage and then warn him by relating what she had heard. She had taken cfi her hat when she entered the room. Now she put it on hurriedly, thrusting a long pin through it. As she stood up there was a jolt of the train that caused her to sit down again somewhat hurriedly. Passing her window she saw the, lights of the station. The train was in motion. ‘ “Thank heaven!" she cried fervently. “He is too late! Those plotting villains will have all their trouble for nothing. " She glanced upward toward the ceil- ing and noticed a hole about an inch in diameter bored on the thin wooden par- tition between her compartment and the next. '1‘urn1ng to me wall behind her, she saw that another hole had been bored in a similar position through to room B. The car had been pretty thor- oughly prepared for the work in hand. and Jennie laughed softly to herself as she pictured the discomfiture of the con- spirators. The train was now rushing through the suburbs of St. Petershurg. and Jennie was startled hv hearing au~ other voice say in French: h “Conductor: I have room A. Which end of the car is that?" “This way, excellency, " said the con- ductor. Every one seemed to be “ex- cellency” with him. A moment later Jennie. who had again risen to her feet, horrified to know that after all the messenger had come, heard the door of his room click. She stood there for a few moments tense with excitement, then bethonght her- self of the hole between her present compartment and the one she had re- cently left. She sprang up on the seat and. placing her eye with some caution at the hole, peered through. First she thought the compartment was empty. Then she noticed there had been placed at the end by the window a huge cylino der that reached nearly to the ceiling of the room. The lamp above was burning brightly, and she could see every detail of the compartment except toward the floor. As she gazed a man’s back slowly -vvâ€". rose. He appeared to have been kneel- ing on the floor, and he held in his hand the loop of a rubber tube. Peering downward, she saw that it was con- nected with the cylinder and that it was undoubtedly pouring whatever gas the cylinder contained through the hole into room A. For a moment she had dificulty in repressing a shriek, but realizing how perfectly helpless she was. even if she gave the. alarm, she repressed all exclamation. She saw that the man who was regulating the escape of gas was not the one who had spoken to the conductor. Then, fearing that he might turn-his head and see her eye at the small aperture, she reached up and cov- ered her lamp, leaving her own room in complete darkness. The double covering, which closed over the semiglobnlar lamp like an eyelid. kept every ray of light from penetrating into the com- ; partment. o ‘ ‘ 1,-.. -_-.Annwn ‘0“- .â€" ._ - As Jennie turned to her espionage again she heard a blow given to the door in room A that made it clatter. Then there was a sound of a heavy fall on the floor. The door of room B was flung open, the head of the first Russian was thrust in. and he spoke in his own language a single gruff word. His as. sistant then turned the cock and shut OR the gas from the cylinder. The door of room B was instantly shut again. and Jennie heard the rattle of the keys as room A was being unlocked. Jennie jumped down from her perch. threw 03 her hat, and with as little noise as she could slid her door back an inch or two. The conductor had un- . locked the door of room A, the tall ‘ Russian standing beside him saying in a whisper: _ _. . ",911_-_.A6n (I. W ”lull“- - “Never mind the man! He’ll come to the moment you open the door and win- dow. Get the box! Hold your nose with your fingers and keep your mouth shut. There it isâ€"that black box in the cor- ner." ' The conductor made a dive into the room and came out with an ordinary black dispatch box. The policeman seemed well provided with the materials Eor his hurglarious purpose. He selected a. key from a jingling bunch. tried it. selected another, then a third. and the lid of the dispatch box was thrown back. He took out a letter so exactly the duplicate of the one Jennie had that she clutched her own document to ‘ see if itrwere in its place. The Russian put the envelope between his knees and proceeded to lock the box. Bis imagina- tion had not gone to any such refine- ment as the placing of a dummy COPY where the original had been. Quick as thought Jennie acted. She slid open the door quietly and stepped out into the passage. So intent were the twO men .on their work that neither saw her. The tall man gave the box back to the con- ductor. then took the letter from be- tween his knees. holding it in his right hand. when Jennie. as if swayed by the car. lurched against him, and with 3 sleight of hand that would have made her reputation on a necromantic stage she jerked the letter from the amazed and frightened man. at the same mo- ment allowing the bogus document ’0 drop on, the floor of . the car you: 1101 Othu' Inna. Th. conductor I“! M emerged from room A, holding his nose and looking comical enough as he stood there in that position, amazed at the sudden apparition of the lad!- The Russian struck down the conductor’s fingers with his right hand. and by a swift motion of the left closed the door nt‘ comnnrtment A. all of which hapâ€" ~--v V . 7103‘ cyc”atfit'hciholthcrcd thrb’ugh. pened in a tenth of the time taken to tell it. “Oh, pardon me!” cried Jennie. “I’m afraid a lurch of the car threw me against you.” The Russian, before answering, cast a look at the floor and saw the large envelope lying there with its seal up- permost. He quietly placed his huge foot upon it. and then said, with an effort at politeness: She~ sprang fup o_n phc scat grlz‘dxplqcina “It isâ€" no matter. madame. I am afraid that I am so bulky I have taken up most of the passage.” “It is very good of you to excuse me,” said Jennie. “I merely came out to ask the conductor if he would make up my berth. Wonld you be good enough to translate that to him?" The Russian surlily told the conductor to attend to the wants of the lady. The conductor muttered a reply, and that reply the Russian translated. _'L'- “He will be at your service in a few moments, madame. He must first make up the berth of the gentleman in room With that she retired again into her compartment. the real letter concealed in the folds of her dress, the bogus one on the floor under the Russian’s foot. She closed the door tightly. Then, taking care that she was not observed through either of the holes the conductor had cred in the partition. she swiftly placed the important document in a deep in- side pocket of her jacket. As a general rule. women have inside pockets in their capes and outside pockets in their jack- - - -- L n. _ 1:1 _: yuruu -.â€"_ v- ets. but Jennie, dealing as she did with many documents in the course of her profession, had had this jacket espe- cially made, with its deep and roomy inside pocket. She sat in a corner of her sofa wondering what was to be the fate of the unfortunate messenger, for in spite of the sudden shutting of the door by the Russian she caught a glimpse of the man lying face downward on the floor of his stifling room. She also had received a whiff of the sweet. heavy gas which had been used, that seemed now to be tincturing the whole . atmosphere of the car, especially in the long, narrow passage. It is not likely they intended I to kill the man. for his death would 1 ‘ cause an awkward investigation. while his statement that he had been rendered ‘ insensible might easily be denied. As she sat there. the silence disturbed only by the low, soothing rumble of the train. she heard the ring of the metal cylinder against the woodwork of the next com- partment. The men were evidently re- moving their apparatus. A little later the train slowed. finally coming to a standstill, and, look'ng out of the win- dow into the darkness, she found they were stopping at an ill lighted country station. Covering the light in the ceil- ing again, the better to see outside, her- self unobserved, she noted the conductor and another man place the bulky cylin- der on the platform without the slight. est effort at concealment. The tall Rus- sian stood by and gave curt orders. An instant later the train moved on again, and when well under way there was a tap at her door. \Vhen she opened it, the conductor said that he would make up her berth now, if it so pleased her. She stood out in the corridor while this Was deftly and swiftly done. She could ‘9..- LL- VV CID \lbbtaJ “â€"‘a .. .. V, V,” not restrain her curiosity regarding the mysterious occupant of room A, and to satisfy it she walked slowly up and down the corridor, her hands behind her, passing and repaseing the open door of her own room and noticing that ever and anon the conductor cast a suspicious eye in her direction. The door of room A was partly open. but the shaded lamp in the ceiling left the interior in dark- . AL- -â€", U nnnnnn "0 _v_' 7 ness. There was now no trace of the in- ' toxicaling gas in the corridor, and as she passed room A she noticed that a fresh breeze was blowing through the half open doorway; therefore the win- dow must be up. Once as she passed her own door she saw the conductor engaged in a task which would keep him from looking into the corridor for at least a minute, and in that interval she set her doubts at rest by putting her head swiftly into room A and as swiftly withdrawing it. The man had been lift- ed on to his sofa and lay with his face toward the wall, his head on a pillow. The dispatch box rested on a corner of the sofa, where doubtless he had left it. He was breathing heavily, like a man in a drunken sleep, but the air of the room was sweet and fresh, and he would ‘ doubtless recover. Jennie still paced up i and down. thinking deeply over what ”lad happened. At, first. when she had mm “FM?" 0M '3‘ Minute up her, mind to mm it to theimeeseng'er. but further pandering induced her to changobumui.‘ The messenger had been robbedrhftlio Rus- sian police. He would atell‘hismperiors exactly what had happened; andiyet the letter would reach its destination as speedily as if he had brought it himself â€"â€"-as it' he had never been robbed. Knowing the purpose which Mr. Hard- vick had in his mind, Jennie saw that the letter now was of tenfold more value to him than it would have been had she taken it from the messenger. It was C‘v’il‘ll'nt that the British embassy, or the messenger hims'ylf, had suspicions that an attempt was to be made to obtain the document; otherwise room C of the sleeping car would not have , been changed for room A at the very last. moment. As it was the editor could say to the official: “The Russian police rob- bed your messenger in spite of all the precautions that could be taken. and ‘ my emissary cozened the Russians. So, you see. I have accomplished what the whole power of the British government was powerless to efiect; therefore it will be wisdom on your part to come to terms with me." VHaving decided what disposal to make of the important document, there now ‘arose in her mind the disquieting prob- lam whether or not it would be allowed 3 to remain with her. Sire cogitated‘over 3the situation, and tried to work out the mental arithmetic of it. Trains were in- frequent ou the Russian railways, and she had no means of estimating when the burly ruffian who had planned and executed the robbery would get back to St. Petersburg. There was no doubt that he had not the right to open the letter and read its contents; that privi- lege rested with some higher ofiicial in St. Petersburg. The two men had got off at the first stopping place. It was quite possible that they would not reach the capital until next morning, when the Berlin express would be well on its way to the frontier. Once over the frontier she would be safe, but the mo- ment it was found that the envelope merely contained a copy of an English newspaper, what might not happen? Would the Russian authorities dare tele- graph to the frontier to have her search- 9 I ,,LA L-) “Your room is ready for you," said the conductor in French. She had presence of mind enough not to comprehend his phrase until, with a motion of his hand. he explained his meaning. She entered her compartment and closed the door. ' {planned the robbery suspect that‘sne, by legerdemain, had become possessed ; of the letter so much sought for? Even 3 if he did suspect her, he would certain- ‘ ly have craft enough not to admit it. His game would rather be to maintain that this was the veritable document found in the Englishman’s dispatch ' box, and it was more than likely, tak- .ing into consideration the change of ’ room at the last moment, which would show the ofiicials the existence of sus- picion in the messenger’s mind, or in l the minds of those who sent him. that the natural surmise would be that an- . other messenger had gone with the real document, and that the robbed man was merely a blind to delude the Rus- sian police. In any case. Jennie con- cluded, there was absolutely nothing to do but remain awake all night and She jerked thc utter from the amm‘aud frightened man. “1......an the rnthrV suspect that‘ahe. IJCCUUWDu uyvn ..-..- ._ bed, abou to stu her handkerchief | into the hole bored in the partition, but ‘ suddenly paused and came down to the floor again. No; discomforting as it was to remain in a room under possible es- pionage, she dared not stop the Open- ings, as that would show she had 003- ‘ nizance of them, and arouse the con- ductor’s suspicion that, after all. she had understood what had. been said, whereas, if she left-them as they were, the fact of her doing so would be strong confirmation of her ignorance. She took from her bag a scarf. tied one end round her wrist and the other to the door, so that it could not be opened, should she fall asleep, without awakening her. Be- fore intrenching herself thus. shed!!!“ the eyelids down over the'mg'miiitul'n her room in darkness. The-5.3m: ":33- did spy upon her. theylwonfinohtct- iue' dark scarf which united her wrist with the door. “ 'A..‘.2- tuv uvv In spite of the danger of her situation she had the utmost difiiculty in keeping awake. The rumble of the train had a very somnolent efiect, and onceor twice she started up. fearing that she had been slumbering. Once she experienced a tightening sensation in her throat. and sprang to the floor, seeing the rising gas. somehow made visible, the color of blood. The scarf drew her to her knees, and for a moment she thought some one clutched her wrist Panting, she undid the scarf and flooded the room with light. Her heart was beating wildly, ’butall was still, save the ever present or would the big oflicial who had mummlnmmmroggn II. darkness over the boundless plainsol Russia. She looked at her tiny watch; it was} o'clock in the morning. She knew then that she must have fallen asleep in spite of her strong resolution. The letter was Still‘ifi the inside pocket of her jacket. and all was well at 2 in the morning. No eye appeared at either of the apertures, so she covered up the light once more and lay down again. sighing to think how rumpled her cos- tume would look in the morning. Now she was resolved not to go to sleep, it force of will could keep her awake. A. moment later she was startled by some one beating down the partition with an a She eprangup; and again the scarf pulled her back. She untied it from her wrist and noticed that daylight flooded the compartment, This amazed her. How could it be daylight so soon, in northern Russia? After a breathles pause there was a rap at her door. and the voice of the conductor said: “Breakfast at Lugs, madame. " three-quarters ,of an hour. ” â€" no'u" ““W ‘1‘”- "-~ #â€" â€"*~ â€"- . , “Very good,” she replied in English. her voice trembling with fear. Slowly she untied the seat! from the door and placed it in her hand bag. She shiver-ed notwithstanding her efiort at self con- trol, for she knew she had slept through the night and far into the morning. In agitation she unbnttoned her jacket. Yes, there was the letter. just where she had placed it. She dare not take it out and examine it, fearing still that she might be watched from some unseen quarter, but “Thank God." she said to herself fervently, “this horrible night is ended. Once over the frontier I am safe. ” Th6 Ganada Parmaneut and W65’B6fll Ganada Mortgage. GOI’DOMHOII ’ 0. H. HOPKINS, Agt. at Lindsay Money to loan at. very lowest rates at any time, and terms to suit hon rower. The Corporation being an amalgamation of four companies and having capital and assets of om twenty millions, is prepared to do business on most advantageom terms. Private funds if pretend. Bicycles and Hardware...- Seeds â€"â€"Pure Paris Green at P.H.Coad’s. 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