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with The coal, lying there prone upon the ground svcms to haVO an “”3" ordinary fascination for her. He had stripped it, frnm his own body. in the darkest, the dampcst hour 01' the night. to lay it on hers. lest the chill of the keen night air might touch her. It was all a part “r the game he had proposed to PlaY- 11° doubt. and yetâ€"and yet- A curious light groWS upon her face as she stands staring down upon this simple garment. and then With a. sharp movement, as if angel" ed with herself for her long absorp- tion. she lifts her head and 8°95 slowly towards the‘ open doorway, and stands there glancing uncertain- lylrom right to left. When she was u‘sleep. lost to all knmflcdge of friend or foe. then he had come and placed that coat across her shouldersâ€"then when 'she could not refuse his pretended kmd- noss, when she was pch-fless to re- sist his hypocritical advances. Sureâ€" ].V it Was an intolerable liberty he had taken? a light grey one: she remembers now he had not. been in evening clothes When first she saw him in the gar- den. and [he very color of the soft indistinct gray the coat has, brings him back to her with a distinctness that has something distasteful in it. She has risen with a frightened hast". that, now she is more wide- awukm seems part of a dream. Yet had no one called to her? Her heart is mill beating violently, and it OC- curs to her as she looks round her that that strange calling must have been a lll('l‘('1y visionary idea: she is hem. and alone. andâ€"â€" szitthing lying at her feet dis- turhs all her preconceived fancies. It must haVc slipped from her when she rose with that nervous startb-slippt‘d from her shoulders. Regarding it more carm-stly, she ackno‘VledgeS “’1‘ willingly that it is Seaton's coat, How long it lasts she never knows but when next she opens her eyes with a nervous start, the first flush of rosy dawn is flooding hill and val- ley and sea. Two or three youthful sunbcams, golden and glad with mirth, are stealing mischeviously across the floor of the tiny green- clad house in which she is sitting, as ‘if £0 catch her unawares. Rgluctumly she does this. and quit-s unconsciously. Obstinétely de termim-d to fight sheep to the last, she presently succumbs to that; kindly tyrant and falls into one of the most delicious slumbers she has ch-r yot enjoyed. Glad to escape from him, glad to bid: from him her troubled face, Vera hastens to the shelter suggest- ed. am! sinking down upon the one Seat it contains, a round rustic chair in the last stage of decay. gives way to the overpowering fatigue that for the last, hour has been oppressin'g her. “In. the meantime you cannot stay here” 'hc goes on quicklv as though fearing to wait, for her next words; “the night is cold and damp. There is th. summer-house over there," poizxtzng in its direction, "go and rest thi-re till I call you." She makes him no reply, but stands gazing moodily upon the grass at her feet. It seems: to him as though she was trying for her 0“?!) suko to conquer the distrust of him that is now so woven into her as to h.) part of herself. “Thvre is one thing," inspiration comingr to him with his fear for her. “My father. as I have told you, is a. wretchmily bad sleeper. And every morningr in the summer. as the day breaks. he gets up and comes out here to enjoy his flowers in solitude. They are. as you may have learned, his one delight in his singularly mo- notonous life. It is now past mid- night: in an hour or two the day will come into this garden, and with it my faithenâ€"â€"" "But if he comes." says she, blanching. “if he should see 1110â€"" “Leave all that to me, gravely. "For this once. at least, trust me!" it. But there is Griselda's room!" "I am afraid I could not Waken her without also Waking my father. He is a very light sleeper." ”Thr'l'c is nothing then!" says she. so unhappilv that he cannot hear to look at her. ‘ "Crunch is never quiet'," says Miss Dysart. with conviction. "If you imagine she is so at. this mo- mentâ€"in slwpâ€"let her stay so. Once roused it is my belief she Would know everything. I decline to risk it, But, theft? is Griselrh': rnnm'” “I think you giVe Grunch credit for too much pct-spicuity. She would let me in. and then when all was quiet again I could come down and let you in." be sure to suspect something. and Would watch. and afterwards she Would Lull~him2 No!" with a. lit- tle burst of fear, “I Will not. have Grunch Wakcned.” “To ask her to let me in at this hour?" ' “No. To ask her to let me in.” “Do you know Grunch, that. you propose such a plan? She Would not. believe your story. Fm- all r L'nnur believe your story. For all I knoW, She might have seen me go into the gardvn lo-night. audhâ€"andâ€"she would "Not another word!” she says, feverishly. And then in a. changed tone. and one full of misery, “Is there no Way of getting into the house?" “There isâ€"one. I could wake Crunch by throwing gravel at her window." eyes are still large and languid 51009 broken and unsatisfied, VOL. 16. No. 39 CHAPTER XXV. MILLBROOK AND O “Why. I promised that last time, and you made me break my wor ,” says she miserably. “But this time I am. determined; yes. 1 am in- deedâ€"it is no use your looking at me like that; I cannot give my word to any one. no matter how bad-he may be. and then deliberately break “Very good, I’ll remember." gays he impatiently. “and now go on. Do you mean to tell me that you promised never to speak to me again?” “He was at no loss [or wants, I assure you. The original 'oM man Feloquent' was a fool to him. Whe- ‘ther he know of your last visitâ€"and I firmly helim‘e he knows cwryfhing ‘that happens under the sun. or Could know if he choscâ€"I can‘t say, but, at ah! events he sent for me to come to his study, and there snore me in afresh not to leave the grounds and ‘to hold no communication with you.’ 01' course I promised." “Oh, Griselda!” “Well! what would you have done with his horrid eyes fixed on you? You'd have dom‘ just the same," says Grisdda indignantly. “And you know I have told you not to call me by my Chris-Lian name, and when a person tells you she objects to that sort of thing, I do thingh" “Never mind me. Tell me about your uncle. What did he say? What could he say?" "Take care. you'll fall 0“." cries Grisdda, catching him by the coat slogvo. “I roal'lv wish you wouldn‘t slip about like that. Surely I'm unhappy enough without your com- pelling mo 10 SM: you dashed to atoms before my eyes." The wall is exactly six feet. in iwigh‘t, am] as he now stands he has about two feet to fall. “The deuce!" says Mr. Peyton. so completely taken aback as to forget to be indignant at her Scathing roâ€" marks. "Why, What have I done now?" As he speaks his foot mas- es its hold. me tell you that I spent a happy half-hour with dear Uncle Gregory this morning discussing you. and you only.” “How old are you?" asks Griselda irrelevamly. as it seems, regarding him with distinct pity. “Twenty-eight last May." "It is a Ion-g time to live in the world and still be so sanguine,” says she contemplativoly. “I should mum myself a bit. if I were you. Let. “Begin at the beginning, or We'll never get through," suggests 'ho. being. it anything, an eminently practical young man. “Nothing fresh about me, at all events?" “LV0i'_vthing!" says Griselda. sol- enmly. “Anything cisc gone wrong?" de- mands Mr. Peyton gazing at (discl- da's stricken countenance with a sure prcsunting of comin" cvil. He has Wedgmi one foot into a fiicndly hole in the wall and thus supported is able to give her rather mom: of his attention than at their last meeting. v- \-<v ”vâ€"-uu~n muv nyu yu u. He turns away with a. rather con- temptuous haste. and disappears once more into the morning air. fact that she will not leak at him, maddens him. “Do not waste time thus useless- Iy.” he says coldly. “Go, or one of the servants: may see you.” "Thank you, " she sav,s as foxced by some hidden power into saving it and having said it she stands tapping her foot in a shy, embar- rasacd. half-angry fashion against the stone flagging of the passage. Sompthinrr in her manner, in the Once inside the longml-for portal, her first impulse is a natural one: it is to run as fast as her fcct'can carry her to her owu room. But when she has gone a. stop or two, she pauses. hesitates, and then, de- cidedly mal gre, looks back at him. Her whole air is full of irrcsolution, but at lastâ€" -_ -p- ...v. v...u, uua nay. He presses her hand and hurries her over the short dcwv grass into the shrubbverios that form0 an enecâ€" tual screen from all observation of thOSo in the garden beyond, and so on until they come to the small oak- en doorway through which she had passed last night, and which has proved more foe than friend. “Como," says he. hastening to- wards hor. Half unconsciously he puts out his hand and takes hem, as if to lead her the more quickly to the house. She hesitates. "Whoreâ€"where is he?" she de- mands faintly. "He is at the other end of the garden," he whispers back. “You are safe if you will onlyâ€"I ask you againâ€"trust me. Come, this way.” A SWift, hob flush dyes her cheekS. as a. sudden mOVement of his body betrays him to her. It was he then who through all the chilly changes of the night had stayed half-clothed that she might'escape the cold. To the young man standing in his shirt-sleeves. half hidden among the laurels and looking at her. with ad- miration gonerouslv mixed with melâ€" ancholy in his glance. she seams the Vul‘y incarnation of all things desir- able. ' her soft hair lies ruffled on her 10“? broad brow. She looks Limidly, nervously around her as one expect- ing anything but good; her Whole air is shrinking. and her Whole self altomether lovely. am sure I shall." says he not -W-_w-v-v uly‘Oi‘ ‘ come here CHAPTER XXVI “Why, do you mean to say you don’ t like Dysart?" Griselda gr 0W5 thoughtful "There is sonlethingr-som'cthing that puzzles me, she says looking at him earnestly as one. “pexplexed in the extreme. ” “When I see him, when I am with him, I feel led away into a, fancy that I do like him, but nflorwmds. when he is gone. of course I remember that I hate him, or at least”â€"conscienti- "()hf" She sedans so struck by this rmwlauinn that she is silent for a. momvtnt or two. Then, “Well, I can’t say I congratulate Lady Rivâ€" ersdale on her friendship with him,” she says, with a little tilt upwards of her pretty chin. "He is such a tremendous chum of (.mc’su '. my sister. Lady Riversâ€" daln. _\ou know, for one thing." “So 1 .xhnu! d,‘ 'says he. “but some- how 1 ncuxr connected our Seaton Dysux‘L with your cousin.” "Our Somon! Pray. how is it that you thu so appropriated him?" “Do you moan Sontonl‘tysnrt?” asks Peyton. as if finding some dif- ficulty in making: sure. of this fact. "Why, whom else should I mean?" “Not SvaUm. Why. he is mm of the lust: lullmvs going. If she mar- ries him I shnn'b pity hon But; she Won't." "You know him?” "Very Well indeed." "I think yuu! might have said so before." says Griselda, distinctly of- fended. "No. I don‘t. I mcan for him. What an old rascal that. father of his must be!" "Just what I think. I'm glad there is; unc subjz-c't under the sun on which We can agree. The idea 01‘ his Wanting: to marry her to a man of whom We know nothing, a- ccpt that he is his son! A Weight); rocomnnrndation. truly!" “To his son!" with every marl of extraordinary surprise. ”n; .Jovo. what. lincs for hxm!" "For him?"~â€"iudignanlIyâ€"“l‘oz‘ her you man!" her no ! "I was only thinking. I assure you I never was more Wide-aWuku in my life." protests Peyton eagerly. “Well, go on again. This is griev- ance number No. First you. then the gardenex-_thcnr-â€"" “N0, first, you" 'u‘ul'ully. "I‘luuâ€" â€"-and the third?" “Poor Vvl‘a.‘ l'om' dmling '31‘ (omse she is hound to como in 101‘ her shan‘v. [\ow “hat (It) you think he wants to do with her?" “Strangle her?" "l-‘m- Worse: he wants to marry "I do believe you are dozing." she Says, “regularly going to sleep. Have you forgot-ten Whom- you are. and that a. single inxtant's unconscious- ness may precipitate you into space?" She is evidently lwnt on regarding his present. position as perilous in the cxtnmc. “And lw- sidvs," resuntl'ully. “if you are sleepy I wish you Would go homo and do it. there: it is not, very inter- esting talking to people who don't even know Whether one is here or not." ”I‘ahlias! Water!" murmurs Pav- ton. so absontly now that Griselda casts a sharp glance at him. “How indeed?" says Mr. Peyton. dreamily. who has sunk into a most untimely reverie. and is apparently shamefully inattentive to the har- rowing; tale the younger Miss Dy- sart is still pouringr into his ears "You must understand that his: precious (lahlias hme iust come to that age when co opioufi waterinns me requisite to their l‘utuic “'ell‘aie. Theii beauty will he marred if :1 second Din-(inn does nnt ins‘tautly prOSem himsi-lf.” an excallont gardener. and how is he to be replaced undcr treble his wages?" “I rom- so. But not own the knoWIOdgc that he has been able to keep hack the last month' 5 wages nf that admirable Durd 1n has been suf- ficient to console him. Durdan was “You‘re as clm’er as you look," she says polite)»: “He had him for a son" I’ositivvlv for nothinu‘! He has fixed here all his lil‘,o grow up how in fact and to the bov' s wanes he first received nothinc- has ever bu'n added To this l'zut the excellvnt Durdan Woke yesterday, and left without farthcr argunwnt, for which I honor himrâ€"and Uncle Gregory is in despair." “He'll recover.“ says Peyton un- foolingly. “I [0111' so. But not mum thn v.7 1 ton. Griselda regards him with a favor- able eye. (nu mm 02' an assistant?" "Betausu the asxistunt is in roulity the gardener. and you know how he treasures his flowers. It, s-roms ah- surd that. so hateful a being can feel low: for anything so innocent, but than “'0 know liohcspiez'rn loved a Iittlu dug. Besides there is an- other. a luss poetirul runsun for his annoyance at Durdan's abrupt dc- parturc." At this ins-unity they both laugh in a soft. subdued way that lends the occasion a charm. “That’s number one grievance.” says he; "now for number two." “Wbll. I shan‘t come here, at all events." returns she with noble deâ€" termination. “You'll have to come here when my dead body is discovered fastened like a dead fly to this wall.:’ says he. gluomily. “You'll be wanted for purposes of identification. I shall refuse to stir until you are sent for." mournfully. “I feel, I knc shan't be able to. keep away." “Ha (1 him cheap? to his sun. whether she will, or Durham and Victoria Standard “I feel. I know I LIN MILLBROOK ONT.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 190% Pey- gg'ests .'m glad the sun The idea mark - . ”Y “.W'hy, bless my stars, a man can't be in love with two girls at once, and the laws of the land forbid more than one wife at a time, and Dysart to my knowledge is as good as en- gaged to a girl in the north!" f('1‘o be Continued.) ”Is there? Really? What?" de- mands Griselda eagerlv. She leans forwardsâ€"what; a blessed thing it will be for Vera if he can make good these words! “Oh; quiteâ€"quite so." says Pey- ton. with alacrity that Savors of sorvility. “one must scerthat. There is. howavcr. a trifling obstacle in the Way of his falling in love. with her. “I (luxl't see why you should say that," says Gl'iSolda. taking- fire at his tone, which seems to her tn slight Vera. “It is the mos-L na- tural thing in the world that. she should not care for him, but there is no reasml that '[ can soc why he should not he very proud to be in low. with her." "That isn't like liysm't‘.” says Mr. Peyton (it‘cidr-dly. "He's not that. sort of follow :1 bit. if he did want. to marry your SiSLvl'. it would be, in my opinion, bemuso he was in love with hm'." This startling sug- gestiun he thmu‘s out with an air that \vnuid not haw: disgrucml :1 So- lomon. Griselda. Seems so struck with it that for a moment she. is speechless. She might. perhaps have been more OVC‘X'COUIL‘ by this solution 01' a I‘nystm'y‘ that to her has been invxplicublo, but that Mr. l’oyton's next, Words tear down the image he has uiu'uiscd. “But he isn't," ho “He isn't. the least bit in love with her." ‘ “\Turl‘v Vera!" It is Ml. I‘c‘Vton “ho has ann thoughtful now and ll)()|C than U1at,,nstnn'ishcd. "Just so," nodding; her shapely hm‘ul. “So moan of him, I call it. when he knows she can't hear him. All simply to please his father, lest he should cut him ofl‘ with a dozen llSl‘I'L'PS [u-nnia-s " ouslyâ€"“that I ought. to hate him for Wanting to marry Vera against her will." A (It-spatch from Paris says: The St. l’otm'shurg correspondent of the Echu dc Paris says that .Mm‘whal Uynma‘s farm is estimated at 38.1,â€" !)99 men. That under Gvn. Kouro- patkin is believed to be about the sumv. The plan of the Russians up- pours to he to increase Gun. Koum- Dutkin's army to 500.000. and keep it at that strength. and, in time, Wom- out the Japanese. ' ON THE SHA RIVER. l A desputch from St. l’vtorsvburg isms: The gloom in Govm'nmcutul lcirclcs is intozsiliml by the huu's of ‘tho (iurqmratc situation on thv Shu River. liq-snatches from 1hr front. stun: {hat the sump 11-inch guns with which the Japanese took 203- Mctrc Hill are now mnnmmding the Russian cunti‘c. 'l‘hcso guns \vcl'o conveyed by u newly built, livid rail- wav, branching; from the main line. to positions from which heavy siege guns can muko Hm Russian centre untenable. Staff oflicm‘s Saw it has become necessary to either advance or abandon the Shn River Imsition. 'l‘hoy anticipate :1 Japanese nmvc- mom in the (iiroction of Simninting. th objuctivc being 'l‘ioling‘. A dospatcli from Mukdon says: The Japanese fire-d Tuesday and Wednesday on Poutilofl‘ Hill, with 8~>inch guns. carrying 250-pound pro- jectilvs. indicating that. tin-y are siege guns. used at Port Arthur, and the first to be mounted in position below the Russian lines below Mulc- (lun. A new situation. therefore. Confronts the Russian centre, and the gnnuml situation appcnm to liaVc been rendered more uncertain am! mum complicated by the Battle of Samlcpzis and the arrival of open Weather indicating an vm'ly sprinu'. hmdqum-ters says that the position seems to have been made more com- plicated and more uncertain by the Battle of Hcik-outui and the apâ€" proach of an early Spring. The Ja- panese have brought up many siege guns from Port Arthur, and some of them are pounding l’utiloll' Hill. Chinese report that. 350 siege guns are in position at. Lino-Yang. 'l‘he 'l'okio corroxpondout of the iStamlard Says that the Japanese are entertaining no illusions conrcining the peace rumors. ’l‘hc L-du'utcd classes and the host newspapers agree that Japan cannot possibly accept peace until she has achiovml her (Mr finite oluoct, which is the (it-struc- tion of Russian power in the Far East. which must he so vompletc usi to wander its revival impossiblo. The Daily 'l‘olograph's Shanghai correspondent reports that, Gen. Stakolhurg and three Russian iniun~ try coionm‘is were wounded in the lighting on tho Hun River. | I A correspondont at the Russian FOUG l ['1‘ WITH 01111 HERE. A duspatch from St. Petersburg It is rcpéz‘tcd in St. Petersburg that a large Japanese force is mov- ing cast to outuank the Russians. at least of the. Russian cavalry reâ€" ported to be at Tacha haVe gone back to the north With some loss, but the precise outcome of the raid is not knOWu. It does not seem to have developed inapurtantly. {A despatch from London says: Ruborts rec-ciVCd here Show that part More Serious Situation Now Paces the Russian Army. BIG 8 TO WEAR I‘UT .JAI’S RIGH’I‘JNCH (:UNh. JAI’S ~ MOVING EAST. 3.3,: of E 542:3 95.5w MEMEE MIRROR Eccentric Millionaire Dies at N or- - wich, Conn. 'A dospatch' from Norwich, Conn., sayszâ€"The death of S. B. Roath oc- curred hcre on Tuesday night. He was 76 years old, and a. native of this city. Mr. Roath amassed a for- tune in Chicago and two years ago distributed millions of dollaxs among his relatives hole and in other placps "just to see how they would use the money. " He was unmarried. ’l'ho Tokio nm-‘spapors havu noted the continued withdrawal to tho. northward in Northern (‘o‘roa of small bodivs of Russians. 'It is stat.â€" cd that the fortifications of Vladi- voszock have been greatly strength- ened lately. A dvsputch from Tokio says: There is reliable information to the efi‘ect that when Gen. Kawumura left ’l‘okio early this month for Cores. his mission was to make an advance against; Vladivostock. The route of his advance has not been dis- closed. A dvspatch from 'l‘ol-cio says: It is pusilivvly assorted that most, of the Russian warships which were sunk at Port Arthur '4“) he floated. repaired and made avuiiahlu for fu- ture service. It has hwn ascertain- ed that, the explosions by which the Russians hoped to destroy them af- foctvd only thvir plating. and did not damage their structural parts. A dcsputvh from St. Pctcrsburg says: An otliciul return shuns that since the commencement of the War Russian sick and wounded la the numbor of 1' “VIII. have h-Jr-n Sent to the rear. 01‘ th-sc 4,007 died in the hospitals. 17,722 recovered, but. an- inczumblv of further military scr- vico. and 77,727 were ruturnml to the ranks. In front of Koudcxi, on the right flank, the Russiam are trying the ef- fect of concentrated siege and mor- tar batteries with good results, lirâ€" ing as many as 20 mortars simul- tancously. A dcsputch from Russian Head- quarters, Huun Mountain, Manchur- ia. sass: During the Japanese bom- bardment of PoutilolT (Lone Tree) Hill 21 projectile from a siege gun entered an underground hut. burst inside and tore off the head of a lieutenant and wounded a colonel and two staff captains who were playing; cards. Tho shelling of continues day night they were attempting to cross the [1.1m Jiiwr. WOSt of Lino- Yung; with 9,000 horsemen. The 0])("1111011 lwg‘un xvi-xii oi Chitaitzu. 0m- i'orco of cavalry mole into Lao- hunshi. and sinmltunmusly another cavalry force upproau'hod ’l‘ar‘lm. which is situated 13 miles south- Wost of Chitaitzu. and 27 miles West of Lino-Yang. Nine thousand cav- alry, with artilh-ry. approached the river a mile l)('lU\V 'l‘acha. and at- tempted to cross at (3 o'clock in the owning" advancing on Hoiizoutai (I'ekmvtui). A dispatch from 'l‘okio says: The Russians have begun an extensive cavalry movement against. Field Marshal ()yama’s extreme left. Tues- The (-ntire detachment of Japanese cavalry which had destroyed the railway bridge betwm-n Mukdcn and Harbin was wiped out. Russian cavalry on-rtook the raiders. who refused quarter, and fought until the lust. mun was killed. A dcspatch from Mukdon says: The Japam’se began a heavy cannonade Tuesday afternoon on the Russian right flank, and the firing continued all through the day. It,- is thought the Japanese are preparing for a general attack. The Russian guns are replying. A (ii-snatch from Paris says: The Temps. alleging the highest, author- ity for its assertion. says that Rusâ€" siu docs not sec in the military situâ€" ation any reason to contemplate pcacc. An unfortunate Autumn campaign has compelled Russia to prolong throughout. the winter pre- parations which will be unin-teruptâ€" odiy continued. lkcisive operations are not expected before the end of spring. A dvspatch from Berlin says: The BOUISI‘ here is considerably influenced bv the peace rumors. It is widely belim 0d that secret negotiations bah tween Russia and Japan am actually proceeding. says: A telegram (tom Saehtun re~ ports that a fatal an‘ray has occur- red beEWeen Russians and Chinese at a. village forty miles northwest of Saehturn, Where a party of Russians Went on a foraging expedition. The visitors seized the Chinese interpre- ter with the Russians, and a. fight ensued, during which a Chinaman was killed. The villagers killed the interpreter and fled. VLA I)! \'OS’[‘OCK INS AIM GAVE AWAY MILLIONS. (‘AN FLOAT WARSHIPS SICKNI'ISS AND WUUNDS A CAVALRY MOVEMENT. SPOIL'!‘ CARI) (: AMI“. A (: I‘IN ERAL 1'l'TA(‘~K.. BOURSE AFFECTED. NO BACK DOWN. Oyam‘a's centre ress, in the presence of the C218} and all the Grand Dukes. ONE BY ONE. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Chronicle says that the Czar, who was fond of Sergius, is reported to have broken down upon hearing the news. He ex-' claimed wildly, “When will all this and?" The correspondent quotes a. Liberal leador as saying to him: “The reactionary party is now a 'l‘hc body was immediately placed in a. cofl'm. It; win remain in the monastery until it: is removed for burial in St. Pctorsburg, where, ao- cqrding to precedent, it must be in- terred in the Pctropavlovski fort- The coachman lay moaning with pain beside a alccp hole in the pave mcnt. The horses, dragging the front wheels of the carriage, had dashed off. maddencd with pain, to sink dy- ing before they reached the gate. BELIEVE!) TO BE A STUDENT. Although the murderer refused to give any account of himself, the general public believes that, he is a student, chiefly hut-ausc it is known that, students had sworn to assassin- ate the Grand Duke in rcvmg'c for the massacre m Moscow on Dec. 29. The authorities are reticent. A thick cloud of smoke, snow, and debris arose. When it had cleared, a. ghastly sight was presented. 0n the snow lay fragments of the body of Grand Duke Hcrgius, mingled with the wreckage of the carriage. The lmnd Duke's head had been torn from his body, and reduced to a shapcless pulp, and the trunk and limbs were frightfully mangled. A linger bearing a rich seal ring Was found lying sum-val yards away. A crimson tint and a sickening smell of blood were everywhere. Only a, few fragments of cloth indicated that. the body once had been domed. It swept at :1 smart pace toward the gate, passing the Chudofl Clois- ter, lvan's Tower, thegreat Czar bell, kind a long row of cannon cap- tured from Napoleon in the Winter retreat of 1812. In a, minute the carriage was in from, of the Courts ot‘ Justice, where the walls of the triangle approach. forming a. narrow entrance to the Nikolsky gate. There ’a man clad in \vorkman‘s attire stepped forward from the sidewalk and threw a bomb which he had con- cealed beneath his coat. A terrible explosion followed. and a hail of iron pelted the grim stone walls of the arsenal and the Courts of Jus- tice. ,, _--- V .u vu-v u; tabla JURY. It was the irony of fate that Ser- giUS, after taking refuge in his coun- try villa during the strike troubles of a month ago and later seeking even more secure shelter in the palace within the Kremlin walls, should be killed while proceeding to the Governor-Generals palace be- yond the walls, and which he aban- doned to enable the police to better protect him. Grand Duchess Eliza- beth, who had engaged daily in the task of preparing comforts for the sick and wounded Russian soldiers in Manchuria, was about to drive to the palace to join her husband. When she heard of what had befallen the Grand Duke she was driven in haste to the scene of the tragedy and knelt hatless and coatless, on the blood-i stained snow and murmured prayers for the welfare of the soul of her slain consort. SCENE OF THE CRIME. I l The scene of the crime was the! great open triangle of the Kremlin,‘ hounded by the arsenal and treasury! courts of Justice, in one angle of1 which is the Nicholas, or Little Palâ€" ace, where the Grand Duke dwelt. At the opposite corner is the Nikolsko gate, the exit to the town beyond the ramparts. A few minutes before] the bell of the gate sounded the hour of three, the equipage of the] Grand Duke emerged from the gates of the palace and proceeded, followed by sleighs containing secret police. The Grand Duke knew that he stood in the shadow of death. He was the recipient of repeated warn- ings. and elaborate precautions were taken to insure his safety, but all the resources of the geudarmerie, sec- ret police, and soldrers proved un- availing against an attempt almost exactly duplicating the procedure that caused the death of Minister von I’lehve in July of last year. ‘4. ._~” A belongs to the noted “fighting group" of the socialist revolutionary party, which has removed other pro- minent officials, and long since pass- ed sentence of death upon Grand Duke Sergius. iron. and its explosion tore the im- perial victim’s body to ghastly frag- ments, which strewed the snow for yards around. Every window in the great lofty facade of the Palace of Justice was shattered, and bits of iron were embedded deeply in the walls of the arsenal a hundred yards away. MOSCOW, Saturday, Feb, 18.â€"Withâ€" in the walls of the far-famed Krem- lin Palace, almost underneath the historic toWer from which Ivan the Terrible watched the heads of his enemies falling beneath the axe on the famous Red Square, and within a stone’s throw of the great bell of Moscow, Grand Duke Sergius, uncle I and brother-inâ€"law of Emperor Nich-v 018.5. and the chief of the reaction-l aries, met a terrible death shortly before 3 o'clock Friday afternoon.l The deed was committed by a single terrorist, who threw beneath the Grand Duke’s carriage a. bomb charged .with’ the same high-power ex- plosive which wrought Minister von J’lehve's death. The missile was loaded with nails and fragments of Uncle of Czar Blown to Pieces by Nihilists’ Bomb. THE ASSASSIN C.’ W. RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor Our afar is to send you a Chatharn Incubator at once, freight prepaid by us without one cent of cash from you. You make your first payment in October, 1905. The balance to be paid In October, 1906', or if a each Buyer you got it cheaper. Gould any ofi‘er be fairer or more generous ? 8m FALLS. 081.. Xomber 19th. 1906. The Incubator ma Brooder mt I bought from your want. on time. I wish now to my the whole mourn this fall. If you wm give mo 3 discount. I m val-i much planed with both Incubator and Broodor. nu wouid not be without. them. beau” I cleared at: Mon. mm thumgjncubator nag _Broodor cost no. mxuncm’xna or Man mung Mm: 1nd Chmuun Fun Seal-L Dunmu‘rma wmousu A'l' 310nm 3 .nrudon. Mum. WALK. fl attain-hr B. C. .. 33m“. 8.8. Y urn to: run . ° ”#33. iv. mwv. Write us to-day for full particulars of our offer and mention this paper. Don’t put it aside for another time as this special proposition may be with- drawn at any time. TflB MANSON CAMPBELL 00.. United Dept. 34 ell-than. Out. No cash to payâ€"until __October, 1905. This is a. straightforward ofi'er. \Ve make it to show our supreme confi- dence in the Chatham Incubator. ‘We want you to accept this offer as we are sure of the satisfaction our Incu- bator will give. Every machine we have put cut so far has made other saLes in the same neighborhogd. We couldn't make this offer if we were not certain that if you accept it you will get complete satisfaction, if we were not positive that the Chatham Incubator will pay you a handsome yeirly income. We will start you raising poultry for profit with a. Chatham Incubator without one cent of money from you until next Fall. That means that you can take off seven or eight batches and make considerable money out of the Incubator before the first payment becomes due. 1’ A despatch from Cheboygan, Mich, says: Albert Fleury Walked on the ice from Bois Blane Island to this city Saturday night to get medicine for his sick child. The mercury was sixteen below zero and a Wild snow- storm was raging. but he bravely set out on the return trip about midnight with a lantern and com- pass to guide him. That was the last seen of him and there is little doubt that he perished and his body was covered up by drifting snow. His wife came to this city to look for him and large searching parties were organized, both here and on the Island to search for his body. He was 31 years old. as a. rock. Chatham InCu ors are equipped with scientificallg perfect regulators which are an mfallible means of regulating the temperature. Chatham InCubators contain every improvement of impOrtance in Incu~ bator construction that has been pro- duced. They are made of thoroughly seasoned wood, with two walls, case within case. ‘Between these walls mineral wool is packed forming the very best insulation. Each piece of the case is mortised and grooved and screwed, making the whole as solid An advanced revolutionjst gloated over the assassination, saying: “Wait. There will be more work. Slowly, but surely, one by one, we will rid the country of its oppres- sors. This is our resolution. 1 re- joice that Sergius is done for." comfortable Living WITH A Ghatham Incubator You cannot raise chickens successâ€" fully with a setting hen. She is wast- ing lime setting when she should be laying. \Vhile‘ she is hatching and brooding a few chickens she could be laying five or six dozen eggs. The percentage of chickens she hatches is much less than that produced by the Chatham Incubator. It will pay you to own a. Chatham Incubator. . Poultry raising with a. Chatham Incubator is a very profitable and easil ' managed occupation. Unless you want to go inzo it e..tensively if need take but very little of your time. Government reports show that the demand for chickens in Canada is greatly in excess of the supply and Great Britain is always clamoring for more. That means a. steady market and good prices for chickens. headless trunk. Our party is con- sequently immensely ‘streng’thencd. M. Boulyguin, Minister of the Inter- io'r, now has no force behind him, and Gum-Gen. Trepofl' is also with- out support. Another fetter ‘ has been struck from Russia, yet‘ the violence of Sergius' death may re- tard reform." DIED FOR HIS SICK CHILD "crown AT Chsthun. On:.. And 0mg. Inch. 1; 'YFun iifieétfinv