OR, SYBIL BERNER’S VINDICATION CHAPTER X1.—(Continued). There is a great deal ef that he has overstepped the law, that he has tried to establish a dangerous pre- cedent, and so on, and so on.” “And what does Judge Ruthyen say to all this?” “Nothing, nothing whatever t suppose for ai ant he is going to condescend: to defend au to such asses je says ni “But his ina is trends { surely Do you tell the donkeys precedents feces ja’ that in this followed the Gage of the tak if not its ased his the and Sybil Beatrix came down to j and then they: all _dintag:room, where they had Captain Penaicton went home, ig Beatrix with Sybi days Journed, od Sybil she would ‘ought to tral ‘nti. the spring term. In that long interval, what dis- mig! (0 save rt ine hopes rose ut, oh!” she aug with a shud- mnths had to be passed in teat at patel heart she again thanked P d Ruthven, for; her the circumstances they it very quietly. Beatrix was still with them, and Clement was eee to come ‘and dine on Christmas Sybil took great delight nth aélighting: it good taste forbade her now he lavish hospitality and thegpoor—and hayPiness she was brou, by the treatment she received—silence, injurious whispers in thrusts, which she soon forgot in the Interesting errand upon which she had She loa boxes and baskets, an in time to separate the treasures, and in the t for | a So, atte all, nds. a spile of fate, they kept their “Christ. up mas, merry slill.” When it was generally known. that Berners ae returned to Black , there eae i among the “aaies call Some teclaren ae she Abed a mur- whose e they never could lo look on, and. thersfére of course e & 2 e g é 8 z es = % 3 3 Fy 5 z g 5 5. Ss con- aus {heir absence into intentional ne- glect. tremes there wa: shad opin- ish @ to Sy! i's culpability, Ae every Sort reason for not going to see her just. yet. And so it followed that Sybil passed @ whole, good, peaceful fortnight in the: nd, ree de- her servants, and her and and curiosity on hors, both Gatractork ani defenders, be- juan (all on her. Bérners had penetration enougit’ to. know her. friends trom foes, and so she felt. no hesitation and ade no mistakes when she welcomed of the first and declined those yped away peace- cine ‘enough. cn Sybil Peaon a bet What her friends t make her Torgetthe. ney: alan that still thung ' over her fat She was of it only when her ‘spoke il_-words os that faired ee with idence and|am reat as thdiesd. tha: Peoctlebtiae Sat And the ministers rot fate went to take : o the awful crisis that could not be shun- ue death wert GJ ae fea st Sue ned, ee on ie at ld: come “her in the middle wat ee night, V and iu her soul with h 3 but ct - CHAPTER XV. the first beams of the (Sie me sun T warden unlocked the d and darkness of her spirit, like a ee entered the cell, followed by the sheriff ness of the hour, would puss away. id Mr. Berners. |sati et 1 all the sei it iat i ‘Sybil was feels and Beetrix mee udding sitting beside her, aged in some light tho Criminal act resumed its sit-| necaie engaged é a tings at Blatkville, { 0 | oul she was awe ts. ihe court ad-| han eferred to spend | cro: office. aded-her carriage’with bundles, | den, who was at his desk, came to meet sia: “whether they should vous The case of Sybil Berners, charged with ie murder of Rasa Blondel, was seve first upon the eres as any day that ever dawné: ‘when the summons came that. called Mrs. Berners upto the court to be put on-trial. for her-life. CHAPTER XIIL It is not necessary here to dwell upon the trial. Jt all eee like a dream to Sybil, Mr. Ishmael Worth was-sums moned from pene for the de- ati sae nothing he or Mr. Sheridan si was Sufhicie me to put aside the eu circ “convincing evidence “The venerable Judge Ruthven, in summing up, palpably leaned to the side of the 10 No purpose, for the j short time, returned to the courtroom and announced that they had unani- eed a verdic nce of death was passed and aie ‘tainted away. petollection oe of what followed was that she was being con- wee home when a Srinieae ores broke obliged to seek shelter ina a age, The storm was a ote t Sy was borne through her home, to the county fail tier she was tc Hann! till the death sentence was exe- adjourned | cuted. Fortunately, the warden was a ki earted man, and the aatcried his new like 3 hallucination by adorning thie sal with piclures and knick-knacks. himself compelled {o re- desolate home each night, and who shall describe the awful. tor- F nitly regret that her husband nd flere rrienal Wenesbbliged he hospitality jong en- eas int of time, and thought that she had arriv and was going home Miss Pendleton: ai permitted to re- main with her, Bea oe was al- Towed to. visit ier ever So some weeks had femete when one day a terrible event occurre It was-early inthe. morning lhe pri: just opened for the ad- silors, and Lyon a to the ad man, fo, conduc when he! was overtaken iad accosted Ly Ferleeruecthe 3 at the smetten inquired Lyon Berners. hurriedly, and in. great alarm. “For Heaven's sake, compose yourself now You wil session, for come He also must go with = = € = office with me, cell.” In great distress of mind, Mr. Berners followed the shefiff into the warden’s Martin, the venerable war- the visitors. ne moment, Martin. 1 will see you now I wish to "sald the sheriff, 's_ aside, it now?” inquired Sybil’s i not surmise 2" compassion- ately suggested the sher “I—oh, great Heaven me dare not!” he exclaimed, throwing up his hands nd clasping his head. “You must know that the petition wae to the governor for her pardon ie returned with an adverse dect = “acl ae Oh, heaven !” e firm | » and then added gravely and compassionately : “There was document come ‘Ss, Pus with ita document that I must. her.” read ine death warant !” Berners uttered these words with is side. ven's sake! feet up now! Martin, a |, who always kept a bottle mn his desk, hurriédly filled a tumbler hint full of brandy, and hastened up Kk itt drink it all!” said the sher; iff, puting the glass into Mr. Berners’ ne erners drank the strong and Chae, spirit, feeling it no more than if it water, erners struggled hard for control, while te cwonien ia gi vores lngieed: hot Is bP words, the warden clasped his ‘hands, nly t nay the Lord help them both !” ee au sheriff turned to Mr. Ber- ner had again sank upon a chair, au ae still striving fo recover him- self, and he kindiy ing wu re “Are you ready now to go with us to her cell? She will need your support ‘Yes, I jew. Pe, Sa ae bright. Penhitar and | ™ ind- cell to which he} > ni E batlucination t YS | Sybil, Berners | "€ husband, in an agony of alarm for her ake. : T must now tell | A few moments passed, during ove - led arrant thal as: the Saher whispered these awful body to-da: said Beatrix, in answer swered her and, pulling a strong constraint yon himself. ut he that though she had asked the Series she aes heard his answer; her at- tention had wandered from th was, i ortescue had shaken ss Pendleton, and wi now eoyinis “Beatrix, child, ydu had better re- tire «from "this scene for a few mo- ents.” “Why?” inquired — Beatrix, looking her old neighbor firmly in the fac “Because t have-a very palatul duty »(Wulch. willbe. very. distress: wil iu" augiire ied Miss Pendle- without removing her eyes from his f sane _Sheitt stooped and told her in a on the supreme instant have known me {rom my child: hood. Do you think me such a dastard as {0 desert my lend in the hour of her. utmost nee Mr. Fortescue; 1 will sland by” Sybil ‘to the last. So your ! ‘Thank Heaven, you-cannot buse her muck! “Thank Heaven, indeed, if ia is 50, aneweted tie. sherl made a si whispered her agon- Sines is ized come to see y “Has he? het: ‘is kind,” she Re SM te gant vere, at her ingers, presedce of hee looking curiously and then forgelting the visitors. you, Mrs, Berners ?" in: riff. ust come with her fingers terpane. feavens !” ekclelined the sher- iff, Jeprina m into Mr. Berners’ face. Lyon Berners gravely bent his head. The shert hesitated, as if uncertain how ta eS eed. Mr. Berners came to his side and ‘must read. that document to now, whi hen her mil ‘he shell nodded. and then maid: mething to “Cant you. listen it intereating? 2" inquired rousing hersel Without answering thal last question; read Seni “Yes. — Is and te lown 01 te wiles head upon his bosom, s Pendleton sat pale and stiff as a dee ue. The old warden stood with his eyes bent upon the: floo Sybil roused ier if to listen, and she firs! ‘eamble con- conclusion, she slightly and turning to her husband, yon, be sure to come early to-mor- T ‘want, to go home in the cool of the Kea “Ye: = row. shall be here very Mr. Berners as stead- with his heart ving her gently back on her he touched the sherift on the and beckoned him to follow 10 pillow Shoulder th said Mr. Berners. as they stood “ste by side, looking out. Pr vetyamgh habeas This shoud. be looked: into, pple amination should be made. ,Another ap- 1 should he st es alvartiae it, Worth returned to Washing- e has been waiting the issue of sult chim néw, this morning,” he took up his hat and gloves !o leave the cell. her. thorning, Mrs. Berners,” he said, holding out his hand. “Good morning, ~ Mr. rieseue. When you come srutlingly, but Oath “a look of distress and perplexity she sent her fingers straying over the counterpane as. if thing. With a deep sigh (he-sheriff left the at the same time Lyon Berners, ats kissed his wifé and withdrew. . Berners went at sige to the hotel hen Wort! abe Hnqultye ‘at the offi Mr. te piled in bis r Withot wailing to e first. es desired to te “neatly Seen up to ue Worth’s presenct ie found the young lawyer’ sitting at in docuin lod, 28, ts found et oreunaln intrusion, when an grave courtesy and omnes sympathy, informed his visitor that he had already heard, with deep sorrow, adverse decision of the governor. Mr. Berners coyered his face with bis should prolong her life for some haps, she’ might be 1 death. me hopes of obtaining not only spite, but 8 full pardon,” said Phrasal Worth, n Mr. Berners had finished his cients + “I scarcely dared to hope as much as ee a ‘Mr. Berners. from the law's eye Bi anid the ede and, she was erefore irres for ter ee and unaménable to the he tisfactorily proved, a before the governor, iF, I have little doubt that the result will be a full par- n.” “You give me ag ‘where: I thought ae set. Ehalardg are. Ailen of 0 16 went to Sybil's bedside to take. a in search of some- “ tke resent. it, aives pi hope wes impossible, e we can only to an inquiring look of Mr.:Berners, as} oblain this pardon, y_dear Bie eee TH flys chile helt veal py” Ine | wile ous of hele heraihle ‘peso, I will bedside. take her at once coun- “How are you this morning, love?"| try, where, far from all ey ghastly inquired Mri” Berets, tenderly, taking| Sssociations, she may live In peace, A her han Bossibly' ~ cover, her reason, hei “Oh LL am pce Shall we go home | she have some little share of to-morrow, eavllly. <bipolabae’ event vel aight If ines Prowidaioe, anie® yon Berners, ‘And if it can. be shown that there has aw | been insanity in her family, it will make ae Saree much stronger. Has such r been case?” earnest ly inquired heel We orth 0! unless the most violent pas- ib un- Berners, sadly, shaking his also insanity, certainly,” said the tpilincepnieat Ishmael Worth, “but scarcely of the sort that coul rought forward in her yok “Nor is it the type of her present mi lal malady, which is very, very gentle.” we go upon. se is very strong. We must Jose no time. ‘The first step o be taken will be to procure an order to iiave the lady examined by physicians competent to form a jud make eport Their report must go up to the govern- ar, with the petition for, her pardon, And now, Mr. ers, if you will go toma and. s0sk the Test you need and leave this business in hands. I will Worth, kindly, “Thank you nk from my soul! I will eamey it her fate in your know I could not in any better under heaven ! But, tell me, when shall I see you gain?” ag “To-morrow morning, afler your visit_to the prison, you you please, and I shall be able to re- ort some ‘progress,” said Mr, Worth, rising from his chair. Lyon Bemners (hen shook hands with him and left the roo: (To be continued), SUE ROE SS ORIENTAL AMUSEMENTS. —Few. Theatres—Kite Flying Amusement in the capital ef Oudh is For an bazaar oe inevit- ing place or Bazaar sip e allowed to r three theatres in “avout to give, per- i There are two Lucknow which formances in ae idee hey ne for similar ‘eoitacters. ampis, a8 king v the same robes and the ‘sain, craw. whether He take he part of King Lear or of King Har- i chandra, or “tat of the god ‘Inne “ndar Sabha.” The scene 2 all Shoes are taken by a set of profess Jaggais, who obtained gra) subsistence i hen a rich man wants to oslebrate wedding or*a birt or jhe day ot a: culld-or olen in his family he generally has one these men; or a troupe of them, come perform at night. The spectator: would be guésis, The hosts would pay forthe entertainment Spout fo. AU for’ the r the evening. UW would not b The ene cera eo beneath their dignit; selves. performance of the rote and generally go on all ni juests are not only those invite fapcint request but anybody who chooses ‘The motions are slow and digni- fied, bub dreamy and sensuous. The ingers, the twisting of the is and ankles, {he Janguorous mani- Paaton of the and the a contri- ‘ety popular. flying is fine art in Lucnow, ¥ A THE FRENCH eee MACHINE, An Be To Suppose That Dr. Guitlo- in Was Is First Victim. The machine employed in French lic executions has the reputation of be- someone, unhappily for the doctor's Humanity, named the ma- chine after The Guillolig. was really prepared by German mechanic named Schmidi, | hills. ‘The same evenin: enarkable eoinedence tn. connes ing the revolutionary period L inider: thé direclion of De. Antone} valeving jn hie out 0 ae a eee ae Nill buried his temporary useless Louis, and hence at first was called aj placed at the widow's do | Chri ra ve ; Pine Lorn Tranee| oval nity the privacy “louison,” or “louiselte. ing scratched it with 1 é a ve rom So a ne tase a Beet Comte de Lille, while Chanles X. pass And here it may not be out of place to |information of his arrival. i é ik eta this San of tie pat) as Comte les. ‘The ex-Enr mention. the cognate error that Guillo- |! once came out to-see y Ueutae Beare eect Mat Bat GARI aa oe ess Bugenie in her splendor frequents lin was its first victim: He nearly be-|and beholding the deer realized that it] WY? Mac become dey would they te oe ees the Comtesse da, came @ victim of the Revolution, but jad been brought for her by the tiger. | jase te tie se ar eshte careed Berens. King Leopold does so still escaped, and, afler the ending of his|She sold the deer, and from the proceeds | {:% ‘within pies ip Pe Comte de Ravenstein, political oe pee sumed his aut ve ts pare she ca able to live comfor- ae of the very few! fresh water lakes bec neon 1 ry aN me oné of the}tably for some time. ‘ Ma || founders of the Academy of Medicine These attentions on the part of the es ee a eee A PAPER TELEGRAPH POLES. ae res Meee sesso ale the declaration of peace the lake resum-| ble tel h pol it ie “| seventy-six, but the French Revolution faitntutly carried on without Solera e ss ~ ery icatie \eiegranh “1010s Celis Najtaly = gotte Paviien = The iia top intee nae veoon ten Toe adi its normal appearance, though the| found, be constructed of paper. | Suolt- man “executed by ie quiiblin: was a Widow. Sibi moot 40” the riet es Weoe then in 1904 and 1905—-the wayman, who died in 1792. officially appointed son, tiger, whol the lake has been guts dey. > had found great pleasure in making fe z oe ere RNS ~~ {old age of tl anaes much more cot ———— he *man who calls himself a yile| {rable than i have been nad There were 3,511 fires in London @ar- worm pense’ is Sree | after ue dust. The man who about it imme diately’ ‘said Ishmael = Dancing Girls for Birthday Celebrations bi fing ville your Hel giigiee char: ; i factory result to be due {| felt dep sorrow: for the p - | tiger itself suddent; that they are appropriate to the n ipple turn- | s THE REMORSEFUL TIGER JA CHINESE STORY © OF FELIN WRONGDOING. Magistrate Ying’s Address to the Spirit and the Good It Brought. Ying was. appointed Magistrate home. This district had earned an un- enviable notoriety for being infested with ferocious tigers. Yuan tants applied to their official to de some means of relieving then trom their trouble; “says te ‘The Magistrate, who aa man an xious for the welfare of hi once “brought the matter before the spirit. whose special its peo- le from cial by addressing to au the jwise appe “The Magistrate Ying has been in of- them the blessi and con- tentment, For tigers have been creat- ing trouble within its boundaries, which duty, but wehed his’ heart to discover his Bobaiaorilogs hé has not: been able to find that he has in can call here if} W8y NEGLECTED. HIS. DUTY. He has administered justice with even hand, and has don S @ + o, z exlortion, ‘iow can’ the net raids Of tigers be explained? Mi tiger hunters be i venting them from soifow on 0] beneficence will earn the undying ere Uitude of the Magistrate, But if U is oppressive administra- nm let him be-tried by the laws and punished by’ the Sods, without fear or favor.” Safe yy tigers’ were aptured, every one declaring this satis- to the be her son,-who ‘as usual gone into the hills to cut wood, was seized by... tiger.-and dev Nour His old mother, on: hearing of the at gcourrence, was overwhelmed with rate Having, -however, heard. how kind’ and who was much affected-and al onee issued a ward his police to arrest the tiger whieh had been guilty of the enormi EATING THE WIDOW'S ‘SON, ion would probeb sull tn. thelt being oa! & & lid nok. dare nce pe a agistrate’s warrant, which as a sacrifice, praying: at the. same, time to tho-spiril of tho moun- ains. Tey had scarcely finished: their offer: ing and prayers when suddenly the roar of a tiger, wafted 0 heir ears. ‘The them out of their wits, and When the peared 8 y 3 3 ag scene they’ fe they carefully. screened The. tiger up. {0 that time iad worn the most ferocio ize it at once. a Ww, and he quietly loHowed the police ee making any show of resistance ‘ived: at-the Meg. istrate’s court, t once knelt th oie ti | before the aap is ‘who’ commenced widow wert tl fo. hear’ the: case, abused the n’s Looking stemiy at the tiger, and pointing to the old widow. trate ié the Lye aie conde an put. 10 seg you compensate he widow for her 105s?” is, the tiger dropped. his jo. be THOROUGHLY REPENTANT. The Magistrate obseriing the-change in the tiger's. demeanor, “As L now:s eee SE widow; whose wants, hoth as regards food and. clothes, it will be your duly lc sup) The fiber lookel much relieved and 2 once nodded a ready essent. He wai then released and scampered off to the her own son aes alive, Beg Ils never hard to read me spiritual roses usually sits up ti Desay sot the thorns. J significance of other people’s 'S sorrows, ce “ district far removed from his native |x for almost three | c r | “dots, , | had had to admit that , the Magis-|¢ mer: 2 ina matters ee Mile by her ee name of h |, WHAT THEY DID NOT KNOW CELEBRATED M WERE FLOORED BY TRIFLES, Great Politicians of England Haye Com- |. mitted Some. Laughable lunders, The British House of Commons 1s it ook occasion {o men- SUNLIGHT Soap ~ is better than otfier Soaps but is best when used in the Sunlight way. Follow directions. SUNLIGHT WAY oF WASHING tion. the Bytchley. Huht, * however, he pronounced the word as if it were spelt “Pitchley” and loud and the laughter of honorable is always interesting to note the ute ignorance en. neyclo- edia on legs, but even he tripps sometimes. his Midlothian “4 @ expressiol novel might have spared him the mis- take. FLOORED BY FIGURES. Lord Randolph Churchill was) & bril- lant orator, bi mal oar him right, those confounded dots mean,” tt ted a num an 3 5 referring to decimals point It was the eas re eas, when appointed Colon who Seandalized the fat manent fataaie at er he w an grieved his audience by the confession: “Really, I don’t know whether I am or A little while befor2 Mr. Morley he did not know the difference between white and yellow trout! IGNORANCE ON THE BENCH, “When the polling-day comes, all you od chaps must stick to me like ieee r exclaimed an excited candi- & iS Stok mean like mortar, don’t you?” inquired a working man from the body of the hall. ‘The candidate sat down in confusion while the building = rocked ~— with laughter, ‘the great eon Kelvin did not how a fire—a comn ordinary, domestic fre, Some time ago the late Duke of Argyl was taken ill in linburgh while pec presidency 0} Scottish newspaper know s carried ighting o: re, tackled by ‘the duke's host, Lord vin; But instead of placing some paper and some wood in the iat in the orth- odox manner, he annoyed the onlookers desperate efforts to kindle a handful} 6. by of sticks at a gas-burner.” Judicial ignerance—such as was man- ifested in Lord Coleridge’g “Who is Contite Gilchrist?” and Hals- “Who Pigott ?"—is rarely that he may know of them quile syell there have been manifest! pra s on ae ee which we Be not A idge—Sir »Rober' n 2. Bultwis Seat the ikese little eccen- ¢@ presided_at a trial Bie chest till he broke it. he prisoner indicted for’ murder ?* aged the judge in amazement. “If he yr woman's chest, as did. be must surely i, was a wooden quietly my lord,” cl. +” WHERE DOES THE SUN ser? Gane ignorance of ies has some- been amusingly ved. iy Sra mete the sun Pk in the of Mr. Hall Caine’s, in the: medioal fraternily, 6 a t the Bnet oft hoBpltal giving e dance Uthat et i “You might as well sty; to the writer! Be a football match was played try-box.” A total senaranch of ae Ramee —hetter scribe a_race in whicl every horse stared at odds on.—London nswers. —— s eae BOER LEGEND OF A LAKE. ing the yoar 1905, but of these only ee four were classed as “serious, three fewer: than the serious eg 1904. way yz WS lightly sat eoe end te diet ‘will, drop je garment in- Gf GEEZ FOS HAN dust, Cut ates ings, pote Into ofboiling waterand whisk into'a lather. | When just icles ia b4 ES Sez Ga’ = ae REWARD will be paid who fhemicals ation. 0 fo any. jurious ing any ‘adultera\ orany form Money Refunded ay Bonn it Sa Ba ey an pit you complaint. | LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, TORONTO: ase mon, ap pierpoges Anta gave poe delight to sl HAVE YOU A CLAY PENCIL? Plumbago Now Undergoes. a “Number of Proce: Pencil manufacturing is not so sim- er as it was formerly. bay earth in. gre ed Sule, into thin strips to be ready, ie Plumbago now is ground and mixed ‘with finely- puerta clay. For hard neils the, mixture is one part a4 to two parts of clay. Bago ater the SUpERIEA the pens a preal of phim! imi as is “thinned” with water, ‘until enough water re- Baty ed to leave a tenacious, dough-like nis “dough” is placed in a strong steel re earrmh cae end of sa is per- forated wi es of the same size as ng oy et ‘whieh ‘i - duired to’ ary forces, dough @ att thro the fo holes in sc in groove £¢ Be gs ) boards to dry. ‘he next dias is the ae es of the leads by eae to a red heat sy this hardness or ag SF rae the uu The little strips of pias are now ready, for their wooden ci een es HARD TO KILL AN ANT. e really very long lived, con- sidering their minuteness, Janet had two qu observation two weeks, and ant, carefully decapitated by aseptic surgery, lived for forty-one days. enter ant after being. a food; a one case jonths before ‘ine ant st ea — ALIAS£9 @F THE GREAT. one invesligo# er he cin Buble red thes at travelling incognito was Peles the "Geeat ot Russie. - The next after the Russian sovereign to oe 7 was Joseph II. of Aus' made a Tittle stay in paris unde w ot a tha lie