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5 v a 4 J go that there 0 be no de- : his the datective Drie pr a eo was fn 'out by its aspect. There was no access fo | $e. etinted IRR Be lovin the round-floor and first-story win- ows-facing into the street were fit- ted with immovable. wooden vene- tians. Presumabl; those. on the Park side were ilarly 'secured, whilst the back wall abutted on to that- of another mansion, equally large and strongly "built,.tenan by a well-known peer. - Truly, it roduirel a genius almost unrivalled 'in the ;annals of crime to murder four people ahd steal diamonds worth millions in such a place whilst guarded by twelve Lon- "don policemen and under the special protection of the Home Office. The appearance of Winter at the door caused the gaping idlers in the street. to a} 40 | raw Toren tothe mysteris portal pon three L ortidu i Thora hustled the mob | Hck," #1 Brett took po ie Bo of the con- fusion thus created to slip to the doorway almost unperceived. One of the police constables ; turned round to make a grab at him, but a signal from the confrere inside prevented this, and Brett quickly found himself within a spacious en- trance hall with the door close "and bolted behind him. i Winter was talking to two uni- formed inspectors, to whom he had explained the ~barrister's mission and credentials. "We have here, Mr. Brett,' he said, 'Inspector Walters, who was |' on duty until 10 o'clock on Monday night, and Inspector Sharpe, who "relieved him: They will both tell you exactly. what place." "Thank: you," "the barris- ter, 'but it will Sh matters if u gentlemen will a accompany shod > ver; the scene of th ) - ge Jo phletlc ore a ly se we start here. 1 presume Sanees his is" Where the "police guard was statibned §"? Feyie Inspector * Walters' Assumed the role of guide, . "1 was in charge 'of the first guard data lished 'a month #go,'" he. said, "gnd thé arrangemeénts ¥ then:made- x 'aye been adhered to without devi 'a¥ion hight' and day ever since.' . KuFioni* the outer doors short pas- "wage "of 'a few Jost ev sup-half: ao "stepsiinto | . staircase: Jed. fro Bs the ipper, fopre, lst au 1] friend here," {tor Sharpe, "can tell that 'part of Lo | ofan Ee : Each, window, a d ¢ ments had EE ry, and ii ln the landing. The special precautions). that. Five doorways had been bricked' the result being that admission to the whole set.of rooms could be obtained only through the staircase. This' spastmient was: luxuriously rnished, and Inspector Walters explained that the Turkish Envoy nd his suite: Jossed the working fd of 'each "| had personally i hana open the s other apartments to the diamond polishers and unlocked the safes in Thich the is were stored, 'when work the previous day. "¢*His Excellency'! said the in- spector; "kept - the keys ofthis room and the others; together with those of the safes, in his own pos- session night. and day. He slept upstairs, 'and so did the other two gentlemen. No one was allowed to come to this floor except the cot- fidential servant, named Hussein, who used to bring coffee, cigars and newspapers or other things the gen- tlemen might require, together with their lunch in the middle of the day. The workmen brought their lunch with them, =o that they came in and out once a day only." "Were did this confidential ser- vant sleep?' said Brett. "I believe he used to lie curled up on the rug outside his Excel- lency's door." "And the other servants?' "They all ' slept in' the base- ment." 'What were they, Turks or Chrjs- tians ?"' "Well, sir,"' spid' the<inspector with a smile, © 'two of them were Turks in costume, whilst three were Christians in appearance; 'That is the best I can say for the Chris- tians, as. they were Frenchmen, though certainly the cook was a first-rate chef. Of course,' we all got our meals here whilst on' duty." "Did his Excellency and the other members of the mission eat food prepared in. the ordinary way? . 5 "Oh, yes; French dishes body might do.' "It was in in room, then,' coa- tinued Brett, "that the murders took place?' "Yes; I suppose -that must be 50," said the inspector. "But my pointing. to Tnspec- "they © appregiated , 88 keenly as*aty- the story better than I can.' "They passed into the inner rosms, which 'weré quite * silent' and de- | verted, and presented-a strange ap- pearance considering the character of the house. and its locality. Al- though the ceilings were decorated with béautiful paintings and frivg- ed "with "superbly i emblazoned mouldings, although the walls were pd cost as] J lk," each? 'Epartment' A oteupi ed: with work - ol Ra 'receive ; the: af thie aloe of ro 0 vals rot FA ,materi- a two - rooms | were- 'not, od. "nor had' 'any, communi-' cating 'dors "been" broken? through thie. walls' in order to! gain access to them." The « dows: ofthe three apart or, or soecupied by the Jratkmed | ; stroog were mot only guarded :b add i- iron bars, but possessed. t *, | tional security. of. external wire |" ly small mesh f; {blinds of oxeed] itted abd £7 9 Id 1 'boots off, o or i for in | part of their 'clothin ized, and the pockets, I open ct | taken to guard the diamonds of the | | Turkish mission had altered al all first door that rik the top of the [the there after they | th | ness in" ible | countries. £0 | pale color, ey | £0 a bright re ; ready for collect when ready fo . Mr. | Bruin Posple: nd to. take' thelr] their mouths, and| hats, coats, sticks, I was scrutin- the rest, thoroughly iy These were our orders, and they} us apart-| were strictly obeyed, Mr. Talbot | himself being the first to insist that the regulation should be carried out g rigidly, 80 far as he was concerned. came here to see the diamonds, He was wal and stout, 'and did not like at al boots, I can assure you, as he nearly. rs apoplexy whilst. lacing m up again.' During the inspector's running comments Brett had carefully scru- tinized each of the windows. He at once came to the conclusion, by a simple analysis of the possibilities, at by no other means than through the barrier of iron wire had the diamonds passed out of the ination - failed to reveal any loop- hole by which hes achievement had been. accomplished. = He opened each of the windows, tested covery iron bar, and saw that the fastea- ings of the external blind were un® disturbed, whilst the fine wire mesh showed no irregularities in its pat- tern wherein any defect would at once be visible. '"We have done all that long! since, sir,' said the second police officer, smiling at the obviousness of an amateur's methcd of inspec: "tion, for it happeaed that he had never met the barrister before, though he had often heard of him. "You have ?' said Brett, with the slightest tinge of sarcasm in his voice. "Did you do this?' and he commenced to thump with a clench- ed fist upon every portion of the external screen that he could reach. "No, we did not,"" said the po- liceman, "and I don't see that it is going to accomplish anything cx- cept hurt your hand." "That may be. so,"" murmured Brett; "but the diamonds went this way and none other." He tested every portion of one window screen in this manner with- out effect. Then he approached the second window, and, beginning at the left-hand top corner, did the same thing. Suddendy an exclama- tion came from the three interested watchers. In the centre of the lower part of the screen Brett's hand made a visible impression up- on the iron wire. Using no more force than had been applied to other portions, the blow served to tear a section of the blind about eight inches across. Instantly the bar- rister ceased operations, and, pro- ducing a pocket- microscope, mi- nutely examined the rent. "I expected as much,'"' he said, taking hold of the torn part of the screen and giving it a vigorous pull, with the result that a small piece, 'measuring about eight inches by six, came bodily out, "This has been cut away, as you will see, by some instrument which did not even bend the wire. It was subsequently replaced, whilst the fractured parts were sufficiently cemented by some composition to retain this section in"its place, and . practically defy observation. s. There was nothing for it but. force | fo. eal, it thus early. . No doubt the composition would have ried or been washed away, and then "this' bit' of the screen . wairld aye fallen 'out by" the detion of the wind 'and "weather, - * Here, at any Yate, is athole in your defensive ar- kmof" ~ He- Held: 'out; the piece de conviction "340 the discomfited Sharpe, who surveyed it in silence. »TIt was not. part of Brett's busi- life, however, - fo gnatch plaudits from astounded policemen. .~""This is a mere nothing," he ¢on- tinued. 'Of course; there must have been some such means of get- fing' the diamonds off the premises. Let us return to'the ante-room and there you can' tell me the exact history of events on- Monday: even- in 8: (To be continued.) . do HOW CLOVES, GROW. . Cloves axe the : 'unexpan od. Sflow- e er-buds: of a Segui] evergreen- Aree which ove. ly. in, tropical e buds ie at first a g aduall; y. become sh they develop in- they are sai Duri "the ng process they. are ex] to. SE of a woodfire, and. then green, after Jo d [tothe action 'of the sun, which ac- counts for dark-brown color thet: The , one day a Cabinet Minister |® having to take off his| house ; but the most thorough exam- ter FOR THE HOG RAISER. It pigs farrowed early in March lo not reach 275 pounds hy the first week of November there is some- thing wrong about the feeding. Oregon Experiment . Station 'shows that one acre of good clover Soe Srowing hogs represents a value 44, Too much corn for the brood SOW means small litters. Too many farmers kill their good tion to sell for the high prices. This is a mistake. While there is considerable in- vestment in the brood sows, still it pays better to keep the good ones because they will 'produce more uniform pigs, more of them and will raise them metter. It is a good plan to soak shelled corn for the hogs and if it is ground before it is soaked so much the bet: Oats for the brood sow will pro- duce better muscle for the pigs. The ultimate end of the hog is pork and the quicker the growth to market maturity the more pro- fit there is in it for the feeder. COWS MUST HAVE A REST. Too many farmers milk their cows from calf to calf. In some states the law forbids the selling of milk of cows within two weeks of calv- ing or five days after. This rest is none too long and in fact young heifers would do better if they were given a longer rest before calving. We once heard a farmer at Coun- ty Institute defend his practice of milking his cows up to the last mo- ment on the ground that he worked every day and wanted his cows to do the same. A woman asked him if he did not rest on Sunday and he rather shamefacedly replied that he worked every day in the week, par- ticularly during the summer months. Not much use arguing with a man like that, but experience shows that it is much better for the health and usefulness of the cow, especi- ally heifers, to give her at least a month's rest during the year. A cow is a milk machine it is true and we want to get all we can out of her, but like machines made of steel and wood, she must be giv- en time for repairs or she will wear out all too quickly. NOTES OF THE SHEEPFOLD Sheep are comfort lovers and the man who neglects to provide them with good, dry shelter makes a costly error. Many a bunch of promising feed- ers go to the country and retura with indication of being half starved. It is the gains that the lambs make during the fall that deter- mine the feeder's profits. Hothouse lamb is now as popular as baby-beef and an up-to-date flockman does not keep his lambs pntil they are fully matured unless for breeding purposes. No female can expect to trans mit to her offspring better quali- ties 'than she possesses herself un- less she is mated with a sire with greater prepotency.' Do" not go. into sheep breeding. Grow i qo 'it: Begin ina small 'way. You "will "find {many unesgpected ptobletns sbustdntly comifig up and if you go into it largely ab first you 'will 'find a" great deal of "trouble and Habpolnymont. Ther i is much that has to be learned by' long and thoughitul experignce. rem Mey ~A LEDY LECTURER - , Poeds' Netves and Brains Seicrtifi« cally. A lady lecturer wr writes from Phita-] delphia concerning the use of rignt' food 'and how - she is enabled to without "the strain and wear and tear of her arduous occupation. She says: "Though improper food, imper- fectly digested, my health was com- pletely wrecked, apd 1 atiribite my.recovery entirely to the regular ase of GrapoNuts food, It has, 1 assure ;yom, proved an inestim- able boon to. me. "Almost immediately after be- inning the use of Grape-Nuts I ound a grailying change ifi my terrible weakness tibly lesse memory---it never returns, . a days after beginning oa Nuts I. experienced a 'won- rfl inerease i in mental vigor and hysiéal energy, and continued use Fav entirely freed me from the mis- somnia #nd nervousness Grape-Nuta very 'brood sows because of the tempta-| h I uséd to suffer so muchy § who Tot little exercise, an: occasional dose of «They tone up the liver, system oa "clear the brain. feel 'better all round for | een; 99 NA-DRU-CO 'Laxatives move the bowels gently but freely, cleanse the A new, pleasant and reliable laxative, Rd a reliable firm, and worthy of the NA-DRU-CO Trade Mark. i - 25¢. a box. If your druggist has not yet stocked them, send 256; and , we will mail them, NATIONAL DRUG & CHEMICAL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED. MONTREAL. 2! prepared LETTERS OF A SON IN THE MAKING TO HIS DAD. --By REX McEVOY . [Mr. McEvoy will write for this paper a siries of letters from the west. They will appear from time to time un- de: the above heading, and will give a picture of the great Canadian west from the standpoint of a young Ontario man going out there to make hisway. These let- ters should be full of inte.est for every Oatario father.] No. 4. Calgary, Sept. 4th, 1911. My dear Dad: -- You will sce I am still in Calgary. It is not that I am particularly taken with the town, but I have been knocking about with Mr. Renwick and finding out something about the country. You know I told you in my first letter that he and his three sons were on their way out to take up some of the C. P. R. irrigated lands. 1 was out to his place last Fri- day and stayed overnight with them. It is what is called a ready-made farm. The Canadian Pacific will break, harrow, seed and fence from 50 acres up, will put up buildings, and bore a well, so that you can go right on the farm with the crop growing and move right into your house. Of course they don't do it for nothing, but as you can pay for it in ten an- nual instalments along with the ten in: stalments for the land, it is spread over pretty well. Mr. Renwick reckons the farm will carry itself after the first year He is all enthustastic over the distriot. The company has demonstration farms close by, and they have pure bred mires of first rate breeds of live-stock, which are free for settlers' use. - Mr. Renwick knew some people who have located here, and that is why he came out. They say that the irrigation is like insurance against the loss of the crop through lack of moisture at the growing time. In 1908 oatd were over 100 bushels to the acre, wheat 60 bush- els and barley 91. Mr. Charleton, who has a place near Strathmore, says that 1910 was the dri- cst scason for many years, yet, all the people round there had some sort of a crop even without irrigation, , With 'r- rigation in the fall they gre sure of good crops. RBeople'differ as to, when the water should be let in {rom .the irrigation ca- nals. P. J, Umbrite, who has a place near Gleichen, says some: people don't believe in putting tte - water: on newly sown : land, buts hey never out fingr., oats than whefe he didathis. *-He says that the 'best time to irrigdte ia. late in the fal} 'wien. the crops are off, and in the spring." Wa aan La Quite 'a few peoples are .going- in largely for growing sugar beets 'in this district. " They grow a good quality and can sdll 'all they "have at:$5 a ton any. where ia the irrigation block. - Thia block is no emall thidg. It is forty miles north and soul 'and' 150 'mfles east and west. There are' "1,500,000 acres' in it. 'You strike the irrigation canal, on 'the train a 'couple. of hours Before you get' to Cal- gary, and ft Certatidly fooks AY big work. They say it Is the largest in the west- orn hemisphere. It -cost $5,000,000, and there are 2,900 miles of ditches--imagine! If they were put end to end they would reach from Toronto to Vancouver and stick out into the ocean at that! 'And it is said that the compapy intend to spend $12,000,000 more in extending the irrigation system. The winters here are quite mild--so -- mild that they don't go in for any spore, at Calgary that require snow. Ho are wintered out. Alberta is still guite a cattle raising place. The cured prairie' | grass puts on a finish, so they say, ald 4 | most as good as grain. There is a big. | trade in cattle . with British Columbi | aud the Yukon, as well as a big expory trade. mendous rate. Alberta has a "population of 400,000, and when you go through it on the railway you wonder where it is all stowed dway. You would think that there would be more houses along the railway than there are. But when you think that Alberta is bigger than either France or Germany, and twice as big as the British Isles with their millions, if is easy to understand that there is pleu. ty of room for 400,000 without overcrowd ing. But just to show how the pount {s developing--in 1900 there were not 604 acres in the Province sown to win wheat, while in 1909 there were 305,000 acres. That's going some. Last year, 20.000 acres were settled every day, in Al berta alone. They say that. 200,000 Am ericans came into Canada dn 1910, bring ing with them in cash and "dpttlers' efl- fects as much as $250,000,000. There were about the same number of settlers from Great Britain and Europe. The western provinces keep pace with the growth of population in the matter of schools, aud the people here say that the rural schools are in no way behind those in Ontario. The cities, of course, are growing just as quickly as the country. Why, ten years ago Regina had a population of only 2,000, and now it has 22,500. Regina! is the centre of a district of about 60,000 square miles with a population of 400,000. Amongst other things the town {is the distributing point for agricultural imple- ments, threshers and engines. Last year the agricultural implements distributed through this town were valued at $20, 000,000. Im 1910, two new towns were in- corporated in Alberta every week, This city of Calgary, tha "Sandstone City," because of the amount of building store that is right here and sometimes called "| is largely used in the stores and church. es, was only founded in 1882, yet it haa Pr. R. had found it necessary to spend a quarter o a million on the new station. The build and one tha every one of the 60,000 population c¢ Calgary and its suburbs can be prou In the last ten years the city increased its population by seven times It is six miles square, and there is quit a bit of rcal estate dealing going on { that square, too. You can judge tha when ydu know that there are 200 licen cd real estate dealers in town, to say n thing of the hundreds of people who 'ar interested in "deals." be a real estate déver about. Thyoo tors wha came out this year to' p. have caught ft 'and are in rey os instead. Well, it's getting late now, and I mus clase up. I shall be going on tor Yi couver to-morrow, so that I shall gla if you would send the paper ob. fo Uncle John's, address. Thanks very much for sending, it; I have always beep glad to get itl Love to everyone La mes, JIM. grown so rapidly that the C. ing is a handsome one, of. ye . Ta. --_-- mm----de SMOKING AND CANCER; It is -ascepted. that can tongué i8 very comnfonly" afsociat- ed 'with, and preceded by feucop- lakia, | but (says the "Ho soit '") the occurrence of the Jeucoplakin: oes not seem, to, bear any copstait re- lation .to indulgence in excessive, smoking." People who smoke from' morning till . night often, have healthy: mouths, and on the other hand some: quite moderate . smok- ers have a white patch on that part of their tongue where smoke has constantly impinged. Irritation caused by'jagged tooth,' or by some condition of a stopping 1s un- doubtedly = an important 'factor which has to be reckoned with. n the "THE SUGAR ---- IS ANOTHER NAME FOR mn splint it is yi gene Ta Risa Beason. 1 wl MEY A § yr Bee, | you ti wh your Gibost 4 Ce # that, : at A ih. Ww \ OF QUALITY" | by gid" 'during el PE Ci AYA 5 ty oY ng" Co; Limited, Montreal 854 by John Redpath, . There seems tq. 4 oh 4 The country is building up at a wor?