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conic, nniess something pened to bim," she al. n° her desperation. "go tothe |» Ly [1 'she slinost shriel Ww rl 1 koew it could not go iz. But where 1s he?" § He's out on bail, We bailed him i 1 | ! ast 10-- Wot!" She had | ped to her feet with a short scream i Bbd wes clutching bis arm frantically. "On bail? At half past 10? Good vens, then--then--oh, are you sure?" "¥ Positive, abg'lutely." "Then what has become of my 9.000 Powe" You c'n senrch sme, Conshance," murmured Freddie "1 don' koow@what 'you're talkiy' Cons'ance;™ said Mr. Rodney in HATER 8 nove tir night, darting! Tm "Thank God; It's you nl stand bere dny/ longer. Our reputa tions are-bad enough as it 18. Good night- Roxbyfy! He distinctly: heard the heartlegd Rdith giggle. Then eam the soft, 'wulck swish of garments ané ! the nocttirnal visitors were gone. 'Hi # very hurt tone. "We--we put up se- | + five thous'n dollars, that's we did. This is all the thanks we getsh for it. Ungrachfull" "Constance had been thinking very d. paying no heed to his maudlin tise: It ropidly was dawning upon er that these men had secured her wei's release on ball at half past 1C B'cloek, an hour And rn half before she hall given her bribe of 8,000 crowus to Jaller. That being the case Ut was cotning clear to her that the wretch ate bad k I ey | : gihad taken the 'mguey | everybody. .It's just awful. Be of tbat Brock was not in the «with the plain design to 31 the amount. It was a trans- ich he could be perfectly ing of public officials is a ense in Austria and Ger fle old have uo recourse, ke to complaint. ler money "Whee is Mr. Br-Mr. Medcroft?' "sho demanded, her voice full of anxie picked" up: the' envelope and, walting | until) they were safely down the hail | tyned on the light. Dearest," he read, "It was not my fanlt and 1 know it was not yours 'But, oh, you don't know how I or ed all through those hours of walting at the cafe, They did not find me un til after 2. They were drunk, . The; tried to explain. What do you thini the authorities will do to me if they find that J gave that horrid man brits | money? Really, I'm terribly nervous | But he won't dare say anything, wil he? Me is as guilty as I, for he tool it. He took It knowing that you, sve free at the time. But we will falk § over tomorrow. I've just got back b the hotel. 1 wouldn't go to bed unt} Edith brought me up to hear your dent voice. 1 am so glad you are not dead It is Impossible to release you tonight Those wretches have the key, 'Howl loathe them!" Edith says the hotel wild with gossip about everything a heart, my beloved. 1 will be Fou [ faithful slave until death, With Tove | and adoration and kisses. Your own If he were out of jail why had he | | She persisted in telling all that sbe Pa eid to ome in the weeting place? e's locked dn," persisted Freddie. #That's Just it, Miss Fowler" gz- Odell-Carney glibly. "You shes this way: We got him ore rd ont | Bim out fie Insisted on oiDd. bere so's he could run Fay. with you. That wassen a gen- Bip! y thing to do affer we'd put up weney, We coal afford have him ain' away with you. So we had +d In a room on top foor of. the where he can't get out 'n' Serve ux to hold the bagillon't you see. Be #1imns cried an' said you'd be wait Fa theo burch br--or something lke | aly song, don't you know, an' i veshort, to keep him quiet yd ferrer--feller, we said we'd of you an' 'splain everything ahem! --sassisfac'rly." at them with burning rage was coming to the t. And for this she had cred for hours in a street Por 'this! Her eyes fell tinp Horses and the dejected Two hou rejease bim at once!" she | Do you hear? It is outra- nother word to the dazed wed te the enrb and com- hoy to assist her luto the dd so, in stupid amaze- she "instructed him to fgttow her to the Tirol as Tha Prodigal Husband. AN nolicky Brock, wild with fade mand 'chagrin, had paced is temporary prison'ip the top. g BitteFly cursing the fools keeping bin in durance { | | | | | | | | | | | | han that from which they iy released him," He real: 1 'would be unwise to create. née 1it the house Dy Slagiow Constance. "P, 8. Roxbury bas not made & gn. Edith is frantic." Several floors below the relieved and ecstatic Brock, Mrs. Medcroff was soon urging ber sister to go to bed and let the story go 'until daglight. bad done and all that she had endured, "We must never let him know that we actually gave that wretch nearly $2500, Edith, Ife would never forgive us. T adinit that IT was afol and a tinny, so Aon't tell we I am; I can see by the way you are looking that you're just crazy to. It's all Roxbary's fault, anyway. Why should' he get up and wake a speech in London with- | out letting as know? Just #ee how it | has placed us! 1 think Mr, Brock Is | an angel to do what he has done for | you and Roxbury. Yes, my dear, you | will have to confess that Roxbury is a brute--a perfect brute, Fm sure, if you have a spark of fairness ln you, | you must hate him, No, me! Don't | say anything, Edith, You kmow I'm right" "I'm not going'to say anything," de- clared Edith angrily, "I'm: going to bed." "Edith, if you don't mind, dear, I think I'll sleep with you." After a mo- | ment of deep reflection she added | platutively: *There-1s so-much that 1 | | just have to tell you, deary. It--it' won't keep til} daylight" Bright and early in the morning the tired, harassed night farers were rout- | ed from their rooms by a demand from | the management of the hotel that they appear forthwith in the private office. This order included every member of Mr. Rodney's party, excepting the Medcroft baby, Considerably distress ed and very much concerned over the probable outcome of the conference, dhe Rodney forces made thelr way to futerested to kuow Just why my. and 1 are br : have swindled soup Mr. Rodney, at this pofnt Toop to his fect and rushed over to shake hls' fist In the fave of the insulting hotel man. But Raith oacrolt arose Fring deuly like a tragedy qui her clear, determined bok the ] tusbnlent spirit of bor outraged boat. "One moment, please," #he dug: "This all can be satisfactorily explain | ed. No wrong has been done. It will all be cleared up fn time, We'-- "In time?' interrupted the manager. "Madam, this is the time.. You are bere with a man who is pot your bus- band, yet 'who putports to be such," "It may throw some light on the matter if | annoulnée that the gentle man in question is 'my afMauced hus band." It was Miss Fowler who spoke. Every one stared at her as she moved over to Brock's side. A Mf you will Jook In the office you will find a telegram there for me," went on Mrs. Mederoft, pale, but abso- tutely. confident. . The manager called out through the doors. . Absolute silence reigned while the reply was awaited. *No telegram for Mrs. Medcroft last night or today," announced the' man- ager sternly as he glanced through the slitn. bunch of blue envelopes. 'There are four here for & Mr. Brock, who has not yet arrived In"~ "Brock!" shouted three voices In one. A tall man, forgetting bis English and bis eyeglass, sprang forward and irc ue CONTINUED] THE OBLATE ORDER. Widespread Body Has Many Members Throughout Canada. Three hundred ' English-speaking Ottawa University students went on strike recently, paraded through the city, and raibed. a general hulabaloo Fallon, of studies, 'was banished by the "late Order, which controls the 'Uni- versity, on account of having sided with the Irish against the French in the recent Separate School Board elections. The students recognizing that it was impossible to secure the return of Father Fallon, were deter- mined to- have an English-speaking guccessor, preferably Father Murphy, appointed to the vacant chair. Threats 'of expulsion of the ringléad- ers brought the strike to an untimely end the following day and an .pology was made to the authorities by the students. The Order of the Oblates, to which Father Fallon belonged, was founded in the year 1578 in the diocese of Milan, and was one of the niany re- | forms introduced by the archbishop, St, Charles Borromdo, Activity was shown in Afx, Proveace; France, fn 1782, Mgr. Mazenod then being. in chatge. When first instituted the | members were under the direct rule of the blghop, and could do nothing: except under his ruling. "The order was recognized and ap- proved of in the year 1826.by Pope Leo XII, Since then its advance hae been rapid. Its alms, as lajd down by Pope Leo; were malnly for mis- slonary work among the heathen and savages, teaching, and parochial care. section of Florid bearing, some twenty ods failure. . In addition tg acquiring a large acrea surrounding the grove thousand dollar to the and bear in mind tha hops per annum, about it. The Cong. other and indepen pany's -praject. eurporation, manage At present. the mother house is situ- 4 | ated in Rome--the Via da Feltre-- and ig under the charge of Superior- General A, Douteneuil, formerly of Vancouver," Canada. An Oblate priest is one of the A GatHoli aith belonging to | No blate Orde: ifference all were congregated in A stuffy of- | fice, very much and very. much at odds with ) Dthes Mr. Githens was bi 5 ago, has not known a crop grove the Company is alsc ienltural land immediately his land has a' record of & Bproduction oh a single crop, lity of soil produces. firree Thero is no guesswork s in. the vicinity of the C Dw its possibilities tnd I i 3 mu iing. Pre gow, hte ix a recy of och 5