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HI BEHIND THE DOOR. @112 Gafiaaiau Em. ofpen doorway. CHLorcoFomx. “What’s the matter?" stammered Mr. Vickery, his eyes blinking and his face twitching. “What do you want with Constabln tated 31:27:; gig; of (-: “3'; he :1an ‘ ((1 house h'uzb ..°_ -, he answcm‘; him that the lady or me house had been found dead in her bed. “Mrs. Dzwzxm dead E" gasped the mam in the (1001 uy. “Oh, you cannot sure; 1y mean that 2” He held up his hands- in an appealing attitude. ' ’i saidjhe policeman. ,- Aâ€"nwhnlmnn WITH horror. Ho covered his race mm 1.115 long, bony hands, his body trembling as if he were shaken by an ague. In a few moments he uncovered his face, and in a subdued voice asked: “Does Miss Rodney know?” “Yes, it was she who discovered the ’1 Buy ucau u. “v- v-.. ._7. , “It is true then. It is horrible. Shock- ing! I feel quite dazed. ” “You sleep rather soundly,” said the policeman. “Is it possible you didn’t hear any disturbance in the house awhile ago?” “Disturbance? No, I heard nothing. At least nothing that I can remember," stammered Mr. Vickery, raising his 2 “You sleep rather soundly.” eyes and gazing at the constable and st Steinworth, who was stmding behind the man of the law. busily chewing his yellow mustache. “Yes, I do sleep soundly sometimes. I was up late last night. It must have been far advanced in the small hours when I got to sleep. I scarcely know what I umsaying. ” Ho shivered again. “Perhzms you had better not on your clothes, sir,” suggested Constable Met- calf. “I expect you find it chilly stand- ing there; your tooth chatter. ” “Thank you. Yes, it is cold. I will get on my clothes. ” Suddenly the. bravery which found its way into his voice disappeared. “Great heavens l” he cried. throwing up his hands. “This is tcrriblcâ€"whut- you tell me of Mrs. Duvom 1" “Ah. here conws the doctor at last I” l mo 01 nus. mum" - “Ah. here comes the doctot at last!” uxclnimed tho polimnmn. "Cnmo, got on your clothes. air," to Mr. \‘ickorf. "I’ll take the liberty of locking you n mom whilo I nt‘tvnd to the (loo- tor.” suiting the notion tn tho Word. An the pnlivmmm inmm mundnu tho hummg. the kvyn n! thu lmlmmm in his puvkot. ha mw thu “mm: at u rm‘tly mun. umnuthinu \mdvr mu middle height. nu Hus um lmulma. “All right. «hwh‘wfi' mm the mumm- blo. nun-1m: muukly dawn thoflwutuw. “Thut‘u tho mum. and (hi: in tha kuy.“ (sputum: ma «1m» at the dam] wmmm‘a mum. and whoring: Dr. Shsuloy Pom!- vul into am lwdvhmubor, .. Mn muu\n'\\‘\l1 nu w tutu uu- m “Hum" . . Albert Stoluwm'th “till mumluml on the “ppm- lzuullug gnawing his yulluw mustache. Dr. Stanley Percival was a m‘zwo. twitum mu. about 55 yearsot ago. He had a large practice in Clayfleolda. and fully tie-lowed his popularity and the reputation for ability which he had hh ham! under the bed ma In tale about Mn for flow man. marten-turd namedonhom Tfi?;fififlmsm “M‘f',__ ‘4. n -u an '. 7161c; ', FRIDAY. CHAPTER III. [.11 it.’? saidjhe policeman. ‘y seemed. OYel’WDClmed wun covered his face with his lands, his body trembling cu 11: 1115 v \ll ‘ce or f {€1an051 at the agi- A w 1 )Gt. “'ith no his voice or manner mat the lady of the JAN. 17. um H he “Ah_!” pxclaimed Dr. ping 1181'. Ins hps and 105mg Percival, snap- his absent man- “Well, constable,” said he brisk- ly. “I can do no good here, unfortunate- 1y. I’ll take that sponge. 1w 9.... where Ifonnd i ” “Ya, sir.” “Don’t upset yourself, my dear Miss Rodney,” Metcalf heard the doctor say as the physician reached the hall. “And. it is true then, doctor? She is dead?’ ’ --.,L_- 13.0- “vu- \- . “It is unfortunately too true. But there, don’t upset yourself, like a. dear young lady. I’ll call round about 11 if I can manage to snatch the time then. If not, I’ll come later. Don’t trouble. I’ll open it for myself. ” Constable Metealf had succeeded in closing the door of Mis. Dayorn’s rooui â€"the lock seemed to be unusually ob- stinate on this occasionâ€"by the time the noise of the closing of the hull door upon Dr. Percival reached his listening ears. Then he heard sounds of violent sobbing proceeding from the front par- lor. “The poor young lady’s grief is nothing to me, of come,” reflected the constable, who had a softer corner in his heart than he gave himself credit for. “We must see what happened here during the night. I wonder has she given the word to any of my mates?” He was not, however, eager to be dis- turbed just then by the advent of a. fel- low constable or by an inspector. He was losing no time, and the more infor- mation he could acquire the better for everybody. He turned round and again mounted to the second landing. --- ~ ‘ Albert Steinworth was leaning against ‘ the jamb of his own bedroom door, bit- ; ing his thumb nail. ,11__'- -11 nwcnt 4419“," mg nub tum-.1 nu... «“1 suppose it really 15 all over then?” said the young man, straightening his back and gain ting toward the room where the y lay. 4:.» Hz. ‘\~ * j u n -4: ‘LAM. W116“: ugv law; ...-,, . 7 “Dead is 9. doomail,” said the po- liceman. “I thought so myself when I entered the room this morningâ€"exactly on the stroke of 6 it was thenâ€"but it don’t do to be offering professional 0 inions in matters of life and death. we gentleman 111 new, pumuub with the thumb of his right hand, “made any move since?” “Noâ€"at least I have heard nothing. " “He ought to be dressed now. Per- haps he is waiting to be released. ” Constable Metcalf knocked at Mr. Vickery’s door, and in response to the summons heard a. gruff “Come in!” The policeman opened the lock, turned the handle and threw back the door. 7 1 “u..- 01“., Will“ an uuuv uvv- er..-m “Were you aware, sir,” asked the constable, “that you were locked into your room last nightâ€"â€"or, at all events, an early ”.1115. ”39‘. ”an“? . . . LL m N: 1. + A-..... l\ n an WA] on»: 93.1.-Q. A pizzzled look stole into the bloodshot eyes of Bernard Vickery. understand you. What do you mean?” “Why, that I found your door, as well as the other one on the landing, locked from the outside. ” There was a perplexed look in Bernard Vickery’s eyes as the policeman ex- plained about; the doors. “That is odd, surely,” said he. “I seldom trouble about my lock of; night; or about tho in- side belt. I am generally a late bird. .. . “LA Mam Inn'n lmked mo in, or sido bolt. I am genorauy u uuu mm. But who could have locked mo in, or why?" “Don't ask me. Now, gentlemen, I want to have a word with Miss Rodney. What will you do with yourselves menu- Whilo? Rocolloot I mu noting for my- self. but I think I nm right in saying: that you must. not lonvo tho homo until I haw mrthor innmwtimm about. you. " ‘*‘ u -- » -m nun. H an“! Rmhanflh. W WU... u. ..-- _w, , “Now, air,” said Constable Metcalf, glancing at Mr. Vickery, “I’ll take the liberty of locking your room. ” “This is very arbitrary, surely," ob- served Mr. Vickery. ' “Not at all, air,” locking the door as Vickery stepped tremblingly out on the landing. “Now I'll run down stairs, gentlemen." “Can I hnvo just_on'ejvord with I uuvu unnuu “mum‘u , _ “I rmmwe. Hum." mm Stelmwrtla. wlm luul been ummgely ullvnt. "that I may put Pmlcllngtuu tlmtlly out of my head?" “I uhnnld my me. " “All right. policeman. There is no use in crying own spilled milk. " Ho took at! his has and rubbed the sleeve of his coat round it. “You see. we shall want the assist- ance of every one in me house to clear up the mysteryâ€"fur it looks a bit mys‘ terioniâ€"of Mrs. Duvorn‘a (loath. Ah! I think I hear the voice of one 02 my mates in the hall. I'll send him up here to you while I go down to the young lady. You'll keep my mate in chat. I hope. gentlemen. It‘s very awkward. I know. He's a gm! sort of customer. but he means well. ” ‘ Steinworth nodded in a. careless way, and, abandoning his hat, he again ad- dressed himself to hlsAmnatache. n, 444- ".5..." Jvu' â€"â€"_- on the Iowa; landing?” “Certainly, only remember I am a policeman." “The caution, if it is 21133111: for ӣ1111. . - .u o, I, _____ I up ’ n ‘ an. a ”, A Nun-An. uâ€"‘_Vv__i constable down the flvo steps. “Whatlwunt to ask you."aaid8toin- worth, lowering his voice almost to o whisper, “in, what does the doctor my?" “About Mrs. Dam?" inquired Mot- swan" «Yuma:an “I” Y“ «11'!thth Em :, mm. ~{Libn'tffiismainwox-th. “any ionowins the ' 1 and £01 not loved. Mrs ite afriem '3" l in one as I Bank. thananadinxrysnddendesth?”8tein- worth’sfacewupimhed andpanidu heputthe question- “Iam ahaiditloohverylikn mur- der.” “Heavens! No!” cried the young man, trembling violently, and losing control of his voice. “Who would mur- ”this i. M shocking.” whimnered Steinwortn. "I: win dnve MISS crazy. Doessheknowan ' 0‘ this _th.is suspicion of chloroform. 01' what- 9” ever you 533' it is _ h, _._.â€"L “rd- nu? ma UVVL Jvu “"J __ , “I can’t say; you must not ask me too many questions. We are losing a lot of time. I tun, at any rate. ” "What a mercy I was locked into my room last night !’ ’ exclaimed Steinworth, throwing up his hands. “There is no knowing where this will end. ” ‘ ‘Eello, Young 1’ ’ cried Constable Met- oalf, affecting to ignore Steinworth’s “I say, Young, will you step this way, and keep two gentlemen company up here for a bit? Iwant toseethe yonng__lady below. ” ‘ Aâ€"-â€"-Aâ€"A-'l Vow-rho “M received from the young lady I thought it best to go back to the station. Inspect- or Briggs will be here present-1y. He met Dr. Percival on the Crescent road. I left them havingachat together about 15.5. DAVORX’S XII-ZOE. It was now about half past 7 o‘clock. The morning mist had disappeared, and there was a promise in tho sky of a fine clear day. "“ r~~~ -3 10v¢1_ Lulu VAC“ “a; . In‘tho front sitting room of spar road a. young girl sat, her a. small table in the center of t1 her head pillowcd in her arms. A__.1 A..1 Ethel Rodney, niece and only nvrug relative of the woman lying (lead. was ‘ five and twenty years of age. She was an only child, and her mother had died before Ethel had reached her fifteenth birthday. John Rodney, her father, held an honorable and. lucrative host in the civil service. :19 was an improvmen: man, content always to regard the good and evil of the day suflcient. He owned to living up to every penny of his in- come and was always threatening him- self with retrenchment. At 45, when Ethel was in her nineteenth year, John Rodney suddenly died. When his afiairs were wound up, it was ascertained that not only had he saved nothing, but that he was considerably in debt. An appeal had been made to his department, and a sum of money was privately anbed by his colleagues After the payment of John Rodney's debts, for which purpose the money had principally been raised, it was found there was a small sum left, and it was decided to apprentice Ethel to her aunt â€"awidowcd sister of John Rodney, who at that time conducted a fairly flourish- ing millinery business in the west end of London. When Ethel had been two years with her aunt, Mrs. Davorn, be- ¢nn nnvinng about her own health and years with her aunt, Mrs. Davorn, Dc- ing anxious abOut her own health and eager to give up the cares of her shop, decided to sell the business, and pro- posed to her niece they should live to- gether in some quiet London suburb, Ethel to perform the light. duties of a companion to her aunt. Mrs. Davorn. on settling her affairs, found she was essed of a sum of over £6,000, and she felt she could safely leave business and its cares behind her and be able to make comfortable provision for herself and for her niece, whom she dearly Mrs. Davorn had taken the advice of a. friend, and had invested her savings in one lump in a prosperous colonial bank. Then she took and furnished l3 Felspar road, and felt that at 41 years of age all her business cares and worries had been buried forever. In the third ..1 a 1A-...i... [‘1nv_ nuu wvu uuLA\,\. -v-- . -__ year after she had settled down in Clay- flolds tho prosmroua colonial bsmk went into liquidation. and tho widowed lady found her capital reduced from over £0,000 to something under £1,500. She - i A- 1.anan knbw she was unfit-ted to cog: in a business CWT, and she 9-8“ that £1,500 securely invested con 61.4 nun: wuv unv‘h. _ - keep the heme going. She was very much attnehed to the house. which she hml furnished tnstei‘nlly and comforta- bly; there was a pretty garden at the rear. and the llOiRllbOl‘llOOd was sup- peuetl to he eminently henlthy. There- fore uhe mum to try the experiment of keeping the heme and letting apart- mentu. Steiantlh and Viekery had been her fleet and only imlgere. Both men found their (matters npeeially ema- tortahie. hat. Mm Duvet-u was just be. ginningtndimwer that the letting o! apartmeum me: not. in her cane. a very profitable armngement. When thing: had come to this poll. ahe received another shock at hearing that the bank in which the had invented £1,300 wan in a perilous condition. Without waiting to learn it the rumor was worth bonnet-ions attention she had 7 A A_A-LA_ Mn. of: lulu-IVA "an â€" _--_V beenbominEnglnnd. Eiéxnotherwu Laden 0! Irish parentage, and young inherited tho volatile nature of his la 3 280635.38. 3.. .5551. E. .33 n2 giaiiasseazk: niece and only _1ivin8 -â€"â€".â€". v unfit-ted to Abqsiq over Frenchman. room of 13 Fel- glib knew could not been instrnmentnl m preventing her niece from entering into an engagement with a worse than ' youngman. but the new: of the young doctor's dim- culties had caused the wavering girl to make up her mind suddenly and deci- sively. She would marry her lover at any cost . Leclerc informed Ethel candidly of his troubles and declared he saw no way out of them except to flee from the country. He had a brother in ‘ the United Smtes who would help him. ‘30 ofi'ered to release Ethel from an en- { gagement which she had hurriedly m- i tcred into without her aunt‘s knowl- edge the moment the first sinister m- [mors of her lover reached he: can * - .._ - c1.- nu 0|:qu uuu u..." ._ -e. _ v meshes in which he was entangled by ' Ethel and possessing himself through her of suficient money to en- able him to mp9 from his dimculties. This taunt, which was wholly unworthy of Mrs. Davorn and undeserved by Lc~ elem, had angered Ethel beyond meas- ure, undonthenightof the9thof Oo- tober she had given her lover at parting apmmisetomarryhim on thefollow- the solitude of her own room on the night of the 9th of October. She was sorely grieved at having upset her aunt, but she had not yet been able to forgive the unworthy taunt which Mrs. Davorn had leveled at her lover. It was long after midnight when she fell asleep, and the first sounds which had disturbed her A. . --_...:.. “ma. we may Wuhan-w ..__-_ 7 in the morning were the sounds made by Constable Metal! in his attempts to reuse the house. Ethel Rodney was now in an utterly bewildered state of mind. Shewanx-an- tie with grief_ and conld not yet, wholly r~_ _-:n in (M realize that she was icvcr again to so: her aunt, whose last hours she had made miserable. Her dazed reveries were interrupted by Constable Metealf. who knocked quietly at the half open door of the par- lor. A faint “Come in” greeted him. “I am very sorry, units." mid the suave policeman as he entered the room and gazed at the distracted sir-'1. “bug," anu glue“ uv wv u..._._-_ V , closing the door, "I must askyon for some information." Metcalt was determined to have a fun notebook before the matter was taken out of his hands by his inspector. The sight. of the policeman seemed to 2:0 It steadying efl'oct on the young 1. "0f eourre." she said. “I will give you any information I can. I was :1- moot smpefied when I opened the door for you this morning. but I think I tool quieter now. " ,,-. . . A-‘.-_.‘ u unh- " hun- '-\“- _. . ‘ _ "I‘m glad to hour (1:. min." mm- bling with his notebook. "Tho (lorcnsml W. Mrs- Dam. was your aunt?" “Yo!- H “When did you too her alive Inst?” “About 11 o‘clock but night." “ “er?" ‘ “In her bedroom." “WM aha oomphdninu of any illness?" “I do not wmombor that the com- mum. 1m: nho luul not been mu for some am from ovowxcitomwt. I "In“: “By the way. mun." laid the consta- ble after he had committed this infor- mation to his nowbouk. “no you am that the window 0! thin new hero wu opened during the 11181“ Y" _ - - .. . d ___- -_a..u-omm hm- m. and MM!!!“ who. Ila-11160? ung'fim ho. nah ' M «a mum a. GM“ Mingus-RN NM” m “n "mun-1- (hum) :choursahehad '., FRIDAY. provieioneend method"! electiageohie! minute. end will hove much to cor hearing upon iht eiigihiliiyci e president 11 reelection; will give tie vlewe so to vheiergth oi the alumnus! term. end i . xpreee rather decided (pm relative to en unhixioue incumbent to route on ludt nuu- euceeeeion oi terme. hue ne‘er teen ral’xtd. vâ€"We hove received the Int number (i the new monthly. Indutriel Connie. Ohlch comes to us from the publi-her. Mr. W. Shndn'ld Johnston. 34 Adefeide. et.. Toronto. The rspectue ect- forth that this I ew likely oleee J'mrnel repreeente the Mlnirn Lumber-lug. Menu- fsctuzlrg. Million. Agricu turel end nun interests at lhe Damn-ion. can it eucoecd- ing member: meluteiu the h'gh rtendend l"03¢1t(d by the one before u. the eucceu f the public lU’ll ie eseund. In addition to very interesting triielee cu tte eulju c e outlined abort. Industriel Cenede will give concisely written review: of lending ertlcles appearing in other trade j :urnflu. thus sevirg the buiy bualseea man from wading through the many trade journals pubti-hed. ’lhs subscription tics of the new jouroel hoe been oi et the low figure 0! $1 e. 1: er. end the feet that Mr. Johnston“ eeui.r member oi one of the lending printing and publishing houeee in Toronto. etd en old-time newereper publieher. is epicentre oi the mecca of the venture. Etery hueiueu men who whhes to he ohm-t oi the times should eurecrim- n-r udustriel Cenede. end it he tekee it he my. it he eodeeireurlve up -vereio.neu without lotion nythins ci inereet. DANGBIEGOUS REEULTS SURE TO FOLLOW O new I was!“ Sim Mi. In any 0! u- luau. It i: nu natal-tunic blundcr to dicw disuse If the kidneys to obtain 3 hold in the ”stem. 1110‘un is at am 7 _‘_'_- Mu;- mt ionds' to may ur'om ompiiostionl which boo clan and bully. Tho stuns point. of Sand: Annex-Iona Kid- ney Care is that It drive. this disc... out 0! the mall whomcr ulna in its in. cutout. owge. ox “tenant-muesli, ”punched the chronic condition. To. medicine II n radical one. my to an. cflccuve. and win: is 0103!!“ to the patient the rennin of as us no nude mutton. 31mm in: msdweiy. A: I amm- ot M u «mm will alien dinnuirg kidney \ud bidder dim in II! hour. A”! mm‘ "W. â€"l-Il.- The following excl-neutron. lotto: re- mind by Kr. G. B. 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