* tain Gaultier,"' he said, CLOSE QUARTERS OR, THE HOUSE IN THE RUE BARBETTE CHAPTER VI.--({Cont'd) e would have quitted the sa --, but Captain Gaultier iawaie Beta on a bit; it is my turn how. Suppose I try to pump you.' A giant wave took hold of the vessel and shook her vivlently, and Brett, though an average amateur sailor. felt that the saloon was no place for "Rekwoen you and the ship, Cap- "the suc- cess of the operation would be cer- tain. I have secured a quiet cor- ner of the deck. If you wish for talk we must adjourn The transit was effected without incident, much to Brett's relief. Ofter a minute or two he felt that a cigar was possible. 'He turned to his companion with a quiet obser- Yao i "The vessel has failed. You can start now "Well,"' ' said Gaultier, "tell me what is the mystery attaching to Talbot's movements. I only heard the vaguest of rumors in the De partment, but something very ter- rible appears to have happened, and, indeed, I heartily wished I had kept my mouth shut concerning my supposed meeting with him last Tuesday, as the affair was no busi- ness of mine. Moreover, you have now somewhat shaken my belief in his identity, although I can hardly teli you why that should be so. Brett paused to make sure that no one would overhear him, and in the fewest possible words, he poured the tale into the other's wondering ear. When he had fin- ished, Gaultier remained silent a few minutes. Already the clear radiance of the magnificent light at Calais was sending intermittent flashes of brightness over the deck, and the long shoulder of Cape Grisnez was thrusting the force of the gale back into mid- Channel. "'T think," said Gautlier, speak- ing slowly and thoughtfully, "that your view is e right one, Mr. Brett. You are guing on to Paris, you sai id?' Yes.' 'Then we can travel together. All that you have said is quite new to me. Curiously enough, I have just returned from pee yn and I may be able to assist yo Brett silently | thanked his stars for the which threw him into the company of Captain Gaultier. He recogniz- ed that the King's messenger, with the precaution that might be ex- pected from one whose daily life demanded extreme prudence, de- sired to mentally review the strange facts made known to him before he committed himself further. With ready tact the barrister changed the conversation to matters of the moment until they reached the pier at ais, when both men, not en- cumbered with much luggage, were among the first flight of passen- gers to reach the station buffet. On their way they captured a rail- way official told him to reserve a coupe lit compartment. In the midst of their hasty mea! the Frenchman arrived, voluble, apolo- getic. The train was crowded. Never had there been such a rush to the South. By the exercise of most profound care he had secured them two seats in a compartment, but the third had already taken it- self. He was sorry for it; he had done his best. When they entered their carri- age the third occupant was in pos- session. He was French, aggres- sively so. The poor man had been wretchedly ill from the moment he ft Dover until the vessel was ti her berth in the harbor at Cal- ais. He paid not the least atten- tion to the newcomers, being auee, ently absorbed in contemplation of his own misery. The two English- men, though experienced travellers, ufficiently insular to resent the presence stranger, whom sence of the "Breit resolved to put to the langu- 'age test forthwith. "It is very cold in here," he said. hot air?' sand that be was 0d looked up with a shivering smile and _|explained that he only booked one seat.. The remainder of the com- partment was at their disposal. He was evidently guiltless of acquaint- ance with the English tongue, but Brett did not like his appearance. well-dressed and well- spoken he was a nondescript indi- vidual, and the flash of his dark eyes was not reassuring. Yet the man was so ill that Brett forthwith dismissed him from his thoughts, though he took care to occupy the centre seat himself, thus placing; d Captain Gaultier on the other side of the carriage. After a vis. 'rom the ticket examiner, the French- man disposed himself for a nap and the train sta Captain Gaultier by this time had made up his mind as to the infor- mation he felt he could give his new "It is very odd," he said, "that those diamonds should disappear just at the moment when there is every sign of unrest in Turkey. You know, of course, the manner of the last Sultan's death?' Brett nodded. "And you have heard, no doubt, something of the precautions taken | acquaintance. by the present Sultan to safeguard his life against the attacks of pos- sible assassins ?"' "Yes,'" said Brett. "Well, these have been redou- bled of late, and the man never goes out that he is not in the most abject state of fear. He is a piti- ful sight, I assure you. I saw him less than a fortnight ago, driving to the Mosque on Friday his coachman evidently had 'orders to go at a gallop through the streets, whilst not only was the entire road protected by soldiers, but every house was b police agen There : is something | in the weed ol of more than usual im- age in the neighborhood of Yildiz Kiosk just now, am cer- tain. I suppose you did not chance to see any mentiun of the fact that Husien-ul-Mulk, the Sultan's ne- ew, has recently fled from Tur- key, and is now under the protec- tion of the French Government ?"' "Yes, I noticed that "You don't seem to miss much,"' was Gaultier's sharp remark, paus- ing in his narrative to light a cigar. me of my few virtues is that I read the newspapers.' The train was slowing down as it neared the town station in Calais, and Gaultier's voi@e could be mo- -aaiapeart: heard above its diminish- ing rattle *Well,"' * he said, "I happen to know Hussein-ul- Mulk, and if we find out where he lives in Paris I will introduce you to Brett looked at the slumbering Frenchman out of the corner of eye. The man appeared to be ie ing peacefully enough, but the alert barrister had an impression that his limbs were not sufficiently re- laxed under the influence of slum- r. Indeed, he felt sure that the Frenchman was wide awake and en deay oring to catch the drift of their He | cerning this "I will be most pleased to meet your friend, Captain Gaultier," he id. "and lest it should slip your memory I will give you a remind- er." He opened his card-case and wrote on the back of a card: "Grand Hotel. Breakfast 11.30. No more at present."' The quick-witted King's messen- ger read and understood. "It seems to me,' he went oa, 'that he is the very man for your purpuse. Though he is not in favor at Court just now he has plenty of friends in the various departments, and he would give you letters which would be certain to secure you some excellent orders. I suppose you are going to the East as the result of the rumored intention of the Tur- kish Government to reconstitute the navy. Brett mace a haphazard guess at Gaultier' 's --_-- ng. "Yes," he said, "we ought to place a good many thousand tons with them.'"' Gaultier pe er to strike a match an'! gla t their com- panior. For some Sedepertoatha reason he shared Brett's views con- gentleman, imme- ~ *NA-DRU-CO" Laxa The Old Folks eG at eg Pleaseni t. (or less) at bed-time regulates the bowels they need is like all fhe 125 .---- Mcmny book Watt ' if dru: Je hese" nolacgerg ! aiives [i= =a up his voiture, gave the and told him pec © fo Rue Lafay ette, at the corner of the Place Va- lenciennes, and the cabman, recog nizing that his fare was an eae lishman and consequently drove off immediately in obedience to orders. picking out Gaultier, who occupied an open vehicle. Some little dis- tance behind came another, an herein the barrister thought he re- cognized the man to whom the Frenchman in the train had spoken. By this time many other cabs were dashing out of the station-yard, so Brett took the chance that he might be hopelessly wrong. He hailed a third vehicle and told the driver to folfow the other two, which were now some distance down the Rue Lafeyette. Not until the d the Place l'Opera and passed the Made- 'ane could Brett be certain that the occupant of the second was fol- lowing his friend Gaultier. Then he chuckled to himself, for this was surely a rare stroke of luc Quickly reviewing the possibilities of the affair, he came to the con- clusion that the travelling French- man readily understood little, if any English, but that he had caught the name of the fugitive from the Sultan's wrath and had forthwith betrayed an interest in their con- versation which was, to say the least, remarkable. At the exit from the Gare du Nord the stranger had readily enough ascertained Brett's destination, but he clearly regard- ed it as important that Gaultier-- the man who claiméd Hussein-ul- ulk as friend---should be tracked, and had given the neces- sary instructions to the confederate who awaited his arrival. Although Gaultier had not said as much, Brett a that his des- tination was the British Embassy in the Rue du Pedoure St. Hon- ore. The route followed bv the c man led straight to that well- Soowa locality. T renchman in the second cab evidently thought like- wise, for, at the cornér of the Rue Boissy he pulled up, and Brett was just in time to give his driver in- structions to go ah and thus avoid attracting undue notice to himself. Gaultier turned into the bassy, and Brett himself halted a little further on. Dismissing bis cocher with a liberal fare, he w ed rapidly back, and saw the spy enter into conversation with the night porter on duty. The latter personage, however, was clearly a trustworthy official, told the other to be off and attend to his own airs Then followed a most exciting and perplexing chase through many streets, and it was only by the ex- ercise of the utmost discretion that Brett finally located his man at a definite number in the Rue Bar- bette, a tiny thoroughfare in the Temple district. By this time dawn was advancing over Paris, and the streets were beginning to fill with early work- ers. He inquired from a passer-by the most likely locality in which he could find a cab, and the man civil- ly conducted him to the Rue de Ri- voli. Then he was not long in reach- ing the Grand Hotel, where he found the astonished cocher of his -| first vehicle still safe-guarding his = and azg guing fiercely with a r that had unquestionably chavo' the Englishman 8 instruc- jons. Tired Senda he was, Brett did not fail to scrutinize the list of ar- rivals at the hotel on the preceding Tuesday. He instantly found the entry he sought. The arrival of "Mr. and Mrs. Johu Talbot, Lon- don,' was chronicled in the. regis- 'ter with uncompromising boldness. Hastily comparing the writing in Talbot's letter with that of the visi- tor's book, Brett was at first stag- gered by their similarity, but he quickly recognizing the well-known signs which indicate thaj a man who himself writes a bold and con- fident hand has been copying the Em- ROYAL SECURITIES ° CORPORATION or Limitso AND QUEEN TORONTO R.M. WHITE - 2) EGGS AND POULTRY IN cHINA Enormous Quantities of Chickens and Ducks Raised. For hundreds of years China was the greatest poultry producing na- tion in the world, and probably this is true to-day, not only as re- gards the total production, 'but also in per capita use. Of the mere than 300,000,000 po- pulation of China shown by the last census there are few indeed who do not in the course of a year con- sume something in the way of poul- try--chickens or ducks or geese-- certainly a large number of gs. For considerable portions of the --, poultry is the only ani- mal food used, and for the more well to do classes it is an ordinary meat diet the year around. Ducks are picked, dried, tinned and other- wise preserved and shipped to many parts of the world to Chinese who are away from a home supply. Eggs of all kinds are used fresh and are cured by burying in clay and lime until they acquire something of the quality of cheese and are a great Chinese luxury. There are few families in China, even in the larger cities, that do not have at least some chickens. Near the ports open to foreign trade there are a few rather good sized poultry farms as a ru Ducks are raised in immense num- bers on farms alo c rivers of central and south China and are much more common than chickens. One of the customary sights along the grand canal] in mid- China, for example, is t of a Chinese duck farmer in his boat watching his flock feed in and along the canal. The ducks are trained to obey him, and, a with a long bamboo pole to guide them, he controls their movements takes them back to shelter for the for he loudly night. The surplus of poultry and poul- try products which China can ex- port annually is immense. Up to the present exportation has taken the form largely of egg products, mostly dried albumen and yolks. The trade in eggs and egg products is rapidly increasing, as may be seen from the fact that the exports of egg albumen and yolks in 1900) were valued at $463,038 gold and the shipments of fresh and preserv- ed eggs at $1,234,785 gold, while in 1909 the values were $815,829 and $1,529,685 respectively. During the last year several car ducts were sent to the United King- dom with great success, and in these shipments were included poul- try and eggs. The quantities of poultry thus exported, however, cannot be given with any degree of amicus since the returns include such products under the general term of "provisions." The amount is considerable, however, and it is increasing. Apparently the only requirement for indefinite expan- sion of this market is proper ship- ping and selling arrangements. The product, botk poultry and eggs, can be delivered at exporting points in China more cheaply than probably at any similar place in the world. caiceenerioncrelmvnanete A pound of dried <i con- tains some 70,000 cochineal insects. signature of another with the ob- ject of reproducing it freely and with reasonable accuracy. are always perceptible difference in the varying pressure of bans pen and the distribution of t "That is all right, a said Brett wearily traversing a corridor to gain his room. "Now I wonder if there is any connexion between Hussein-al- Mulk and the\Rue Bar- tte.'" (To be continued.) GERM-PROOF HOUSE. goes of Chinese meat and game pro- i Terrace overlooking the Elbe Dresden has '"'the Balcony of Europe." Berlin has built stone quays along t the banks with trees. stone and cement walls for its canals. ee HAD BAD SORE FOUR YEARS Zam-Buk Has Healed It! Mrs. Wilson, 110 Wickson Ave., Toronto, says: "' ut four years ago a sore spot appeared on the right side of my face. This spot increased in size until it became about half an inch in diameter and very painful. I went to a doctor, but the ointment he gave me did not have any good effect. The sore continued to discharge freely, and was most painful. I had it cau- terized, tried poultices and all kinds of salves, but it was no good, and I continued to suffer from it for four years! "A sample of Zam-Buk was one day given to me, and I used it. Al- though the quantity was so small, it seemed to do me some good, so I purchased a further supply. "Each box did me more and more good, and, to my delight, before I had been using Zam-Buk three weeks, I saw that it was going to heal the sore. In less than a month it was healed! "'T know a lady in the east of the city, whose husband suffered for years with an open sore on his leg. n my recommendation, Zam-Buk was tried in that case. The other day, when I saw her, she told me that it had healed the sore com- pletely." Zam-Buk is a sure cure for ec- zema, piles, abscesses, ulcers, scalp sores, ringworm, cuts, urns, scalds, bruises and all skin injuries and diseases. 50c. x, all drug- gists and stores, or post free from Zam-Buk Co., Toronto, for price. In case of skin disease use also Zam-Buk Soap, 25c. tablet. nian aaa THE STEAMER AND ROLLER. His Work Comes In at One Stage in 'the Making of an Umbrella. One of the odd occupations in which men may find employment is that of the steamer and roller in an umbrella factory. When in the process of its manu- facture the umbrella has been so far advanced as to have its cover on, but this before it has been otherwise finished and fitted with its handle, it may need to be steamed. It is, of course, essen- tial that the cover should fit every- where with drumheadlike smooth- ness, but as it comes now from the coverers it may be that the cur- that fulness. The steamer sits on a table with a pile of umbrellas near on one side. In front of him at a little distance is what looks'as much as anything like a big galvanized iron watering pot with a long spout and with the regulation sunflower sprinkler top at the end except that this tip is larger. At the end of its long spout this tip is brought up to a point convenient for the operator, and through its many perforations there is constantly emerging @ gentle little haze of | steam The steamer picks up an umbrel- la, opens it, tu its handle to the front and thén holding it so, steaming it on the under side of the cloth, he rotates the umbrella slow- ly but steadily with the curtain op of the cloth panels held over the steam. By this process the ful- ness is taken up, the cloth in every panel all around shrunk to perfect smoothne: Delors | the umbrella goes through the next process in n its manufacture and finishing it is rolled for greater convenience in _handli the steamers do this rolling. ill steam umbrellas for an hour or two then for an hour or two will roll a umbrellas he has ther steamer 1 ano and roller who ~~ been rolling will take eae gegen and so the gamers and rollers keep going all oT ° an optimist to rejoice in st after a@ woman tires of aor he can éat all the onions 3 ) prerogatives of river-fromt with stone eT. HIGH STANDARD OF Raley GILLETT'S GOODS. rae WATCH FOR SPIES. Kaiser's Soldiers and Sailors Re- ceive Instructions to Beware. The new training handbooks is- sued for the German army and navy .contain a special paragraph relating to the spy question which has n to the fore in Germany and England during the last. year. 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