Mary Grey' § Mystery Or, The Mask Thrown Off: ~ ns CHAPTER XIX.--(Continued). "Ho rrible ho erible! I have heard since a y the Commissioners »y Chasity 'an ait into the Orphan Asy- lum at Randall's Island." "And ho aan your grandfather. ever find rhe "there, where your very name st? ay well ask that. My name fost, suppose, hearing me called Bal's Kid, they mistook me for Sal Ki Any way they registered my naine on the neaks of the Island as Sarah Kidd." Victor 'laughed * this plece of in- genuity on the part of the authorities, and again ex reseed wonder as her peer ever found "I were a heathen, I s he nrg dea by chance. it. see. he had met w . He relented too late." a. "He went to New York, y had been living when he had last hear of them, and after ees the most diligent inquiries he on ed that the 7 aa 6 en dead and et orphan ¢ stitu Jel, 'Bue fa vain, I_suppose?" sald Victor. Ah, yes, in vain; for I was at Ran- Lavell sland, registered under another cy * case seemed hopeless," said Vic- "Entirely hopeless. And then partly Grey..is quite capable of taking excel- Laura Lytton. morrow and you in o party said Miss Cavendish, kindly." e of classi@ Monticello, once the monument ¢ The tlemen and ladies wan The bishop's wid forgot her one, consist- And 1 two capa clous car- riages and two saddle horses to convey h They formed gnite ho little procession in leaving the villa In the 'first carriage rode Mrs. Fan-* "ning, Emma Cavendish Electra and Dr. Jon carriage second r Feton ane. 7 es. In the Wheatfield, Laura L Alden Lytton an ode on horseback and Peoukne up t ren Thel way lay through the.most sub- einen and beautiful mountain.and valley sesronticello is built upon a mountain, some three miles 5 siovated ite, or mn try house of architectural besuty and stren UPS n ty and slightly inclined' plain, a med oe vrading the top of the moun- tr om a counte was at my age" your face is Sesh a very liar and, tay e rt of what my ether "And pecu- that dental, I suppose." observed Victor. out saving oc wore to me recognition, he ommenced with slight che that he had in ae jbands and vestigations tha few awa Ascen- acquaintance of the young lady friend that I th. is stayin i Miss Cavendish is = m cousin. ast month I graduated from Mount Ascension, And on the st of next mor I olng to Beresford Manors, to commence iny new life th ba t P ieatra. w " eoncluded t wou or enes of Be ere afena Ma yell roni a pogr adventur- Ee ulred Vie ? Ete. wit ta me it Vary k mally: for he ad Gn ini aitence." Tence. poke aga ain ot 3 Tate told you without reserve how it was that hick 80 suddenly raised sron in extreme poverty to wealth, and She paused and looked at her com- panicn, "And now you want to know how I came by my fortune?" smilingly inquir- ed Victor yy. of course I do," answered Elec- tra Nplanatio is The 7 ug short and sim: at letly anewere exelain pospect, bounded only by "the pepe corn the earth. And the earth beneath an reavens @ around sy ully realizes that we live on eat planet rolling in its orbit through immense spa Our party spent a summer's day up there Jn the sunshine, and then, after eating the luncheon th had brought with them. they se a. their retur to e village. where t arrived in ti me for ane = Mrs. Whe atfield's deli- "loss ear The remaining days of the week were sed in walkin ridinfg or driving to ine most interesting points of the neigh- borhoo On Satu rday morning they took leave the bisho ops widiw and xet out 'for nga 7 en route for Wendover and CHffs. hey ses iched the city late on the same night, and tonk up thelr old quarters at the song staid over the Sabbath. and went pr . morning and congregation. v the whole party resumed their journey, ana "arly ved at wi baer Sk early in the afternoon of the destined to . There the party were : There mare carriages from Blue curts | b: intment = the yawn erien "ny e° was the Teiniaeet otel for the 'aceoaiti tion _ Res: other travelers who m teht ears. ennin Bn gg Cavendish, Lau- a M Lyle ete 1 took leave of them at their carriage soors aw the horses start, and then set out to walk together to the bachelor home of } +¥ le re Hartman was to e a RU CHAPTER XXL a lived in a pretty white cot-! him away and stared ; med Electra Site *topied an "put her # step. id stood n tetor laughed And then they for thelr "combanjons were at the} t ef the University the ny te ceme Phey entered the beautifus eccupied by the extensive building: s the Vntversity and where several ¢ - F prat well as a few o the Bond ae : whe t ° for oar vacation were taking their morning w 8. The Visitors we soon 'met by Dr. _ who e Jones and Alden Lytton. ame up and ; € various pu dine # em the most notable est. and entertaining history, statistics anc 1) at hous ant e re tahe eh fnlo the c J t v Os } a abet ah niquit;® They We re then halls, whe were tronoratc al: And nally sith . "4 one of the professors, wher tha dain ney lunch, } ter Ww ned to the villa And e y war spent socially tn Mra Whe athield's drawing-room. | | . CHAPTER XX. In the coltrse of urprise@.by n Kyte, Sh that evening a visit. whe came io call on | reoem and fntr oduced to the whoie partys ! M he av in the deepert state of | despender: He told "Site s Emma th previous ig haa -- ved a Mrs. Grey, ying thai ehe leave Cc hatlottesville. tor at n few days letter from! was about to | J s Wyears' t is but a short time. do not u, XK -ssible "Blectra uncensctousiy betrayed hire welt, blushed violently and stammer ed fort *No--t eutlrely. aa es fa is, for more than 2a ear st! ha ie been watching = nd Wetting' gor an. opporttun- to chang my buatness from Wen- Charlottesvilie, 2 came about tha B As a---a Latch ctr y. lo Seal , n=fous "I assure you, Mr. Kyte, that Mrs. went |** alting for it grounds : endish, '@ as invite a nto the drawing- S| incoherently, ny Og ame ered nearly oe the roof wit hi) creeping \ine id stan ing | fraar ant a beautiful flower- won tn the midst Te alone but for the occasional sight of the sid negro couple that w ere wa Hing on } im--Aunt Nane who did all his| ork, and U iicle Ned, who worked hin ane 'earde en, found she faithful old couple pre- mA to rece ive him and his gu tractions of ainner and tex, to be placed v the table just as so as the kentlemen should have made thelr roflets after their jong Journe Lyle lec his guest i erent room, with white m at the vine-clad win d " ed furniture com- Ya pretty girl ra- ther thar for a grim miner, id Vie 20k ing admiringty around the litle at 'apartment Tent 'eare of herself," added eee eee must start for Wendover the t mornin And soon after this -he took leave. The -next day was devo b our party to 9 pious pilgrimage to the shrine hole party, young and old. 'gen- how keeping cares and took a holiday for that nd even Mrs. Fant ung, who did not care to ae the gr University, could not miss the opportunity of a grim- e he lived his bachelor life quite | 66g | '4. Rate of interest paid j long 'and short time loans. * 'purchasing of land -- financing farm operations. | "In gathering this infofmation Sh, s;ness men, lawyers, I" or. 1 | 'information which has thus all it the 'Chamber of Peace." and R38 Ts why | put you In it,' said Mr. ; yile. After they had washed and dressed they went down together to the cozy | 'eile dining-room, where they did such | justice to th tea-dinner as. made Aunt Nancy's he t crow for And when that was ov er they went oY the snug little parr agd sat down talk ¢ ver their pla Lyle infor med. | he was doing a the werk of the parish during Dr. Good. win's bopeless indisposition and inat he} {had been doing it for the las elve | not like "£0; bur v "do . replied Mr. aru avely "No, of course you do not. And ! reatl- would be Ii t pine ai would be iif p a here, ' Cavendish, that's ali," expla "You seem to r that quite settien matter." replied Mr. Lyle, a Hitle and blushing like a maid- 'Yes. of course 1 consider it all quite Settled! You, in your earnestness, 'can ot conceal your liking for my girl, and she, in-her Innocent frankness, do ot even try nceal hers from you. And heartily appr ove the match an am ready to do he bride," said Vi "But ave not ventured to speuk-to her vet," stammered M syle. "Then you may do ust uf soon as den, i -Mr. way of Shiangtie the conversa: now about Alden "Yes, He Goss net suspect that I am his banker, "No, Indeed! -I pa im aver thie unificent sum you sta to me for hi He fee - Say pain liy grateful, and is confident that he must somne time repay you, with interest nd compound. interest." #, my boy will certainly repay me, ut not in the way he thinks," observed Visiting "ae its sis- he wijl pure ha axe his law library. though think he nave to go to Philadel- phia to do th aty sup Eoee- he will," - admitted i el p "Wha self. Victor if I may aske' snquleedl! the miniat are your,own plnns about your- be allowed to Pains *4Vell. 4 haven't eon her to see my boy and gil, and oe settie them f 5 7 aly a [third would be a fair estimate of the "| In life as well as tome < I do +t : ec I. was not my own eaeets as note to yours." s Electra! ny ah no ear ye! few or none os the family: thing about i " su her That is the whole, "sto Z el wail welll ae mused yes, You to thing * dbout her, maah yo. all. Take me into you "What do yom mean?" in man, in. som mbarrass' assign "Why, that you an acquaintance seem to 'each other." | Victor laughed in an" | manner, and then said | aid: "Do you know that when } -< Alley, and she was a on ere was marriage between us?" "Th was funny too! Only, if affect to have forgotten it; ile, earnest when I think © But no more of that, In "Let the dead past bury if sive--live in the living pi Heart within and God o' And now it is time to retire, ¢ i its she ev ening service. | (To be continued.) | HON. J. 8. DUNES "Tp yo cing 'to' ance letter was addressed to the. pi strict Representatives, of w we have now thirty-seven located in thirty. seven different centres in t¥e Pro- vince, asking them to secuye what information they could on this sub- | ject, especially with a to | the ba tidp points: The percentage of farms Snort. | gaged and per cent. of mortg on ivalue of farms, and whetlfer in- creasing or decreasing. "2. The extent of gate by | farmers in savings banks The extent of the danjand on the pes of farmers for loay uw both on '5. Whether the loans ard on the only for for they conferred with ba }, busi- istry office officials and pencil rmprs. As is well known, men of this tpe are usually in close touch with L- | litions of their communi itig , both: y reason of their position § reason of the fact that hy lived a long time in te distr cured should, therefore, be freason- ably reliable '"'Answers to.the first-q "7 pertaining to mortgages elicited t 'fact that about 45 per cent.| of the farms of the Province ar@ mort- aged to some extent, and tHat one- amount which the mortgage) repre- sents to the total value of tj 1@ pro- |perty. This means that against farm property in the *Pro- vince represent only about}15 per cent. of the total value of faym pro- perty, which must be tak@n as a very encouraging sign. Mdreover, a considerable percentage' di .these mortgages are held by . farmers. Opinions were also unanimops that mortgages are steadily di Practically every county xeported that payments were being- ert up very promptly and a large f of mortgages were being wiped off |© each year. In many cases it was pointed out that mortgageg, while they are frequently taken i baro- meter of prosperity, are nbt alto- gether an. unhealthy sign, as many are placed in order to secure money to extend the land holdings, erect buildings, plant out orchards, put in under-drainage;. or effect other improvements which were in the na- ture of investment. In a few cases, unfortunately. it was reported that mortgages had been placed dn farms in order to raise money for specula- tion in western real estate, and that here are too many indications that a great deal of money of Ontario farmers has been used for-this pur- pose and has not whi. adhe re- turas anticipate per cent. teores cent. || lars of farmers' mone 6, Ling. capital in conducting the farm 'tunnel, four feet square, and lined on al years, general estimate can, of course, bé given. One county estimated that between three and four amin dol- tes r fro two to five oe Silare. Under these circumstances it would seem ne ie this ppear to be a very large fig- ure, it should be reme I ihe the aggregate farm wealth of On- tario, including land, buildings, im- plements and live stock, is p at $1,405,950,940 by the "Bureau of Industries Repart, and that a véry rge amount is required as a work- operations on a plant which repre- sents such a large investment. This would only mean an average of about $600 per farm, but of course at the same time it is recognized that "all the surplus money, of the farmers is not deposited int 'banks, alétrough unquestionably | considerable proportion of: it is. "'As to the demand on the part of farmers for loans, the consensus of opinion apeared to be that the de- mand was not very heavy, repre- senting only a smail portion of the total deposits. The banks, of course, do not loan money for the culty in securing money needed to finance his farm operations, which was the chief purpose for wh hich loans were sought. The rate of in- terest charged varied from 5% per cent. on long- time loans to 7 per with These figures were col- lected at the time when the money stringency was at its height and money generally was scarce, so that they would not represent normal conditions. In every.instance it ap- peared that the farmers were able to secure financial accommodati the same and facts ¥ Tr the Sbancial conditions vince are sound, and thet the out. look is healthful." ji IN THE TUNNEL. "My Uncle," writes a Youth's Com- panion contributor, "had a contract to install a heating and ventilating system {in two school buildings out West. I had the supervision of the contract, and I had to see that- the plant did it' work properly. As the success of the whole system depended on the proper making of the final con- nection, I decided to do that myself, and not trust it to my helper. "The two gong were about two thousand feet ap One was old; the other had just "heen finished. The boiler rooms and furnaces were sit- uated in the old puitding: Leading from this building to the new was a all sides with concrete. A foot from e floor a netwcrk ot steam pipes ran the entire length of the tunnel. "A gigantic fan "i the boiler room pumped ao through the tugnel. Jn passing over the eam pipes the air beéame heated, and kept the new building at the proper temperature. "The stystem was controlled auto- matically by compressed air. When 12,2] 1 000. amount of} | deposits. of farmers' money, only a|> {last match, and tou 'candle. The ~ alm stantly, >wever, the tiny: flame, ben 0 one side, and showed me plainly the it out on bread or pancakes, fruit or porridge, that you notice most the sweetness and perfect purity of REDPATH Extra Granulated Sugar. Buy it in the 2 and 5-Ib. Sealed Cartons, or in the 10, 20, 50 or 100-Ib. Cloth Bags, and you'll get the genuine Felt» clean, just as it left the refinery. 83 CANADA, SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED, - MONTREAL. *= DISTEMPER Fantis.tunr sengg Se Lahtorn ve, Do Li per, and gd urone--AtL Wie WHOLESALE ORUCCISTS Shipping Fever. dtogists, Gashen,ind.U.S.A fall knocked me unconscious. there about two hours. came to with the consciousness that I was in imminent danger. y head ached. Under me I boned the snapping and creaking of expanding steam pipes. In an instant I realized my danger. . Thinking that I bad' made the necessary connection and had left the tunnel, I lay ankle was sprained, and I fell beck, with a sharp exclamation of pain, on the hot steam ing down over my face. Again I tried! og lias but the pain was too much for! The heat of the pipes was getting {nsupportable. They began to burn my hands and legs cruelly. To make mat- ters worse. was 80 confused that I had lost all sense of direction. Mee in the distance, I heard the grindin f the huge fan. the janitor was cust starting it. rer ies it would be going at full ran idea flashed through my dulled brain, I groped over the pipes until I found my candle. I aéhen eta lit Ke perceptible u be way to safety. ipes were so hot that I could no longer touch thém. I tore off my jumper and shirt, and wrapped one round each hand. I began to dra myself along. The n from m wrenched limb was so intense that I nearly fainte "Suddenly I remembered the com- pressed-air control! If the air-supply pipe were cut off, it would have the same effect on the system as a rise in temperature. The fan would be stopped, and cold water would run or the pipes. made my way painfully back to ae chisel. Then I found pipe, and attacked it as best I me "The last thing that I can remem- m4 is the hiss of the encaping I 1 back unconscious, Hes 1 was lying on the Sitios cot "in the engine room, and a physi was dressing thy wouses and my barae" THE AMEER OF BOKHARA. Annual Srvyings Amount to e¢ than $8,000,000. The largest private hoard in the world is' probably that owned by the Ameer of Bokhara, - Russian His the temperature in the new building rose too high, the thermcstat auto-! matically shut of the fan, and turned cold water Into the pipes in the tunnel. When the temperature fell too low, the | thermostat started the fan, and turned ! the steam back into the pipes. "The pipe that carried the a Ooty Po ed alr ran through the tunnel, and was on ot pipe that the connection was to be m put a my overalls and jumper "vent after my tools. My flash and . -- that i. plumber had left, and ered the tunnel. "'I crawled along ontil the ight fons the entrance grew s0 dim that I had to light my candle. Reaching rate my pocket, I discovered that I had only two-matches. But went ahead, assisted -by the feeble light from the taper. The connection was exactly in the centre of the tun- nel. I reached it in a few minutes, did the work, and started back. "In my haste, I half rose to my feet, and was. going along as fast as any- go. Suddenly, without wad foot caught in an opening be a the pipes,-and I fell. My her hit the arp corner of a reinforcing rod that projected from the concrete wall. The For nursing mothers Na-Dru-Co Laxatives offer the important advant- age that they do not disturb the rest of the system or affect the child. 25c. a box at.your Dru cist's. National Drug end Chamical Co. of Canada, Limited. 175 "In the matter of | stronghold a vault 315 | 315 fest jong, 45 light was missing, so I took a stub of |) one.in that crouching aire 2 anid ; vassal State in Central Asia. Ac- cording to the a Kraj the Ameer i feet wide and 20 feet high, com- pletely filled with gold bars and coined go' Some years ago the Ameer had another vault built to hold his say- ings; and the new storehouse is now. also almost full. There is at the tions and in which all revenues and expenditures dre supposed to be put down, but also for generations if thas n never been checked with 'the "cash in hand.' Grafting is the easiest thing in the world at gripe vee Ameer's 'officials draw no They are : appoin ° e understanding that they must keep themselves on what they can make out of their various Offices. There is no budget, and the largest permanent charge on the Ameer's income is one of $15,000 annually for a local hospi- tal. Then there is a small contribu- tion toward the upkeep of the Rus- sian police in the protectorate and the maintenance of the Bokharan which has shrunk to a mere bodyguard. ; Th er's annual savings, 'it id amount more than "yea as "presents" to he 'Foisuda autho! ties at Samarkand and Tashkent. These presents consist of carpets, silks, and the like, which are imme- diately sold by the recipients to ne tive traders, from whom the Ameer, as regularly buys them hpi fixed prices, to be stored u serve again as "presents" "ihe Sal lowing year. ----___ Fr Proof Positive. They were trying an Irishman charged with a petty offence in an Oklahoma town, when the judge asked--"Have you any one in court who will vouch for your good char- acter?' "Yis, your honor," quick- ej ly responded the celt; "there's the sheriff there '"'Why, your honor,"' ; eared he, "E don't even know the man." "Observe, your honor,' said the Irishman triumphantly, | "observe that I've lived in the country for over 12 years and the sheriff doesn't knéw me yet! Ain't that a character for ye?'"' The history of humanity is an im. mense volume of mistakes. Many a ¢ man has let a good: job get away from him because he harbored the delusion that_no other man was smart enough to get his | place. The Prinec 'of Wales Since the Prince of Wales went to Oxford he has from time to. time' shown himeelf keenly interested-in ie forms of sport, nob only as a spectator, but as a persanes n ope his nature. polo. The latest. game whi The photo shows the Prince of prior to a match in which ie aren May | 6. as a Prince of Sport. ames and exercises of a sportin, yal. Highness has,taken. 2 ee ales practicing pok: at Ox on