PLOT VS. PRINCIPLE. Gordon went siowly and Psat ate back w her own cham- ber. She dashed off a note and sent by the coachman to ve a red it propria persona, and wo were plowed. for two long hours in confi- dential conversation, and the next Monday , a8 we have already Jearned, an officer was sent to ar- reat 'Walter -- the charge of hav- len Robert Gordon's ted account of the affair, ed the station house to which Walter ha to a! "Estelle, tell me truly," she com- manded, in a tone that she had never "do you know anything it any of your also at of this foul wrong?" "What on earth do you mean, child? --what is my doing ?--of what Is Ed- mund Carpenter at the sontom P° returned Mrs. Gordon, glace and trying to look mystified "Walter hae been arrested 'upon the , charge of hove stolen your money and diamo "Walter Richasdade: | Is it possible? How does he happen to be suspected?" "Because he siept here on the n ve of the robbery, and it is giaimed: no professional, or no one from per side the house, could have taken the things." CHAPTER. XXXIV. Mr. Ruggies Appears Upon the Scene. It will readily be surmised that Edmund aerrenter had caused the arrest 0 When es "apprised of the fact of Mrs. Gordon's 'oss, he had taken ac- tive measures for the apprehension of the guiity party, and appeared very much disturbed thai she shou.d bave been robbed in his house. Walter's examination came off as appointed, but as the evidence against him was not deemed sufficient to warrant conviction without investigation, his case was deferred for a few weeks, and he was held in bonds for his appearance. Mr. Conant became his bondsman, and the young man was immediately released from custody. it was his wish to return -at once to his work in Chester, and Mr. Con- ant, knowing that he could not trust his business so well to anyone else, decided that this would be the best, and the next morning found him once more mong his workmen and attend- ing to his duties as faithfully as if there was no trouble or anxiety upon his mind. ; Mr. Ruggles answered Ruby's letter in person two days after it was written. He came just at dusk, and found his young friend gor rind alone upon the veranda, musing sa ler trou- bles and her need of the strong help and tender care of her brother. Mrs. nm was upstairs in her own room. She kept out of Ruby's way as much as possible, for she felt very uncomfortable in her presence, know- how deeply she had wronged and was still wronging her; for she con- tinued to play the invalid, since she feared, now that Walter was re- jeased, that Ruby would again insist upon going to le. She espied Mr. Ruggles' dumpy, awkward figure coming up the ayv- enue, and she was sure that Ruby must have written a second time sec- retiy--she had taken care that her first letter should never reach him-- and he now oon to her at her request. Ruby sprang up to meet him with ao wat cry; and clung to his hand, as it realiz that at last ashe had found e true f d, ag in nim lay all power to pro you!' -- Roget how of good ooking for a letter, but ia ia not Ttuinb that-you would. come," she cried, with almost a sob of re- "Bless you, Miss Ruby ! Did you think I'd het the grass w under my. feet of ours, why I and my purseare both at your service, " he answered, heartily. rs ee oung girl's eyes. i "9 an a { to have rely pon. in of her ge & that for a mo- ment she was overcome. But she ral- lied and looked up at him with a smile, can tell you." Then added, in lower "If you are not too tired, and 1 and ves Bagee me I want uch to talk with Pec: alone, without tue fear erheard, and -- I should not feel eats anywhere about _ this house." He gave her a keen glance, and nod- ded once or twice, as if he at 80 ing was very wrong. He had felt so from the moment of receiving her iter, and dropped everytiving at once, back of athe house into a little lane leading down into art xiver aud then ne habe to open al I her rt to and keep nothing back. ire the Psyc. 3 girl a. ae she re- began wit' Ednrmiid can ore fondness for oll fe) regarding d finally of the tpiseery that had been empioyed by him and her get her to come to Forestvale to spend the summer, ' CHAPTER XXXV. Ruby Gains a Cew. "Hum! I've imagined that Edmund meant to marry you from the first," Mr. Rugg:es remarked, reflectively, as Ruby concluded her 'reeltal ; "but I'd about cod pos think of chointage you to a wild beast, for he'd break your heart in. less than a year with his tyranny and se-fishness." -es invited Ruby with 'him to Redviile, but abe aseiiee ed, thinking it best to remain near Walter, and decided to seek a board- ing -- = the city. ey versed somewhat longer and~ then 'taraed their steps back to the house. It was quite dark when reached the mansion. and Ruby inv' ted -es to come in and -- a while before returning to the city. (He seemed very wiling to do so, but upon entering the parior they found Edmund Carpenter and Gordon there, engaged evidentiy in a conaentet conversation. . rpenter, however, arose with alacrity and greeted his relative with ocrdia! ity--inquired after es, and would Mr. Ruggles was altogether too outepoken and = straightforward endure that kind of talk long, when his heart was burning wit ndigna- tion for Walter's wrongs, and he im- mediately tackled- his half-nephew upon the subject tn a wiy to make the young man feel that he might hecome an antagon'st who wae likely to make his plans somewhat difficult to carry out. "So you had Walter taken up for stealing Mrs. Gordon's sag sinc - money, ei?" Mr. Ruggles bega way of opening his battery, while he small, keen eyes searched Edmund Car- penter's face eager 'How could I do otherw'se 2" he demanded, flushing angrily at the attack. " We tried every other means that we could think of-{irat to discover them, aud no ciue could be obtained, while surely his -- here. that night and then going away so stedlth- {ly before light in the morning looked onyenaely éusp'cious.' = un are métaken, Mr. Carpenter," guby interposed, with dignity. "Mr. Carpenter did not leave 'stealthily' ; he told both Mrs. Coxon and me that he should be obliged to go away very early in order to catch his train." "It was a mean thing to do, Ei- mund, when you've known for years that there wasn't an honester lad in the eon In fact you have treated the boy yery} shabb'ly ever siunca your oe Mes Valea, and I believe a day of aod will yet come for you." "What am I to understand by that'? ?" «demand Carpenter, frowning darkly. own conscience ss to ens- wer that question better tha ou expect to prove this gainst Wa: ter, or whether you have only had him arrested to vent your sp- -- against him and make him a mark for public scandal f' "That's a sensible question' sure- ly for a man of your years," retort- ed Mr. Carpenter, with a contemptu- ous laugh. "However, I shall simply say that that remains to be seen." "Well, I can tell you that there shail be no stone left umturned to save the boy. I know he is innocent. You know it, too; and if there is any way of unearthing the plot that Iam pretty sure you've laid for pe you may be pretty sure it'll be don 'Having de'ivered himself of a energetic remarks, . Ruggies turn- ed and ge the room, followed by Buby, desire for rest having eva- porated 1 with his indigna tion "I guess I'd better clear out now," he oh yen wiping the perenne from his f:ushed face." If I ould stay much ionger I'm afraid I should let out mé6re'n be td be good for any of us. I sha'n't go back home, though, for two or three days, and I'!] see you again before then." Ruby accompanied him to the door, where =, shock hands with him and iim "good-night," -- then sped ap stairs to her own roo She sat do an oe window to calrh herself, for she was fearfully exc'ted, Pie every pulse wags thro bing painfally. But ae adie was very warm, and she could not seem to the, while she wags so nervous that she felt as if she could not keep still; as if she must go ont of that hated house and away from the so of those mur- muring vo'ces. below, which, to her exc-ted imagination, seemed to be plot- ae atill further mischief against her. She started up at last, and, throw- aarat a ine dark circular around her tect. her from the dew, she stole reottly down the back Pnsinlgicone ty out of a eide door . honorable. d no desire --e Sasa evening, Loo Mdmeas ratte ott ter a ys I 8 directly under the shadow - stooped very tree where she was sitting, and not six feet from her. To increase her f corgi Edmund Car- ponres three himeelf the seat, now only ee t of the tree was 'bet een "That old fon thought I was ing to expose my hand, I I $lppos me | mY he sneered; "but he will find tt that it will take more money than a has, or than he will ever hope to have, to get that young beggar ou of the clutches of the law. He will go to State prison spite of fate, for--the diamonds will be found upon his person, and ae will be proof positive of his gu as she spoke; " but, be will dante them be- e trial.' I do not bellevé that. Of con smacletean as they do that it 1 is a plot, they must have th long before this, found an us one _ thi a. the suit Walter wee that night, and it ig going be a rather ticklish business getti hold ee without exciting their Sus- "It will break Ruby's heart if they prove him guilty," sald Mrs. Gordon, a low tone pig had something of 1 J "Hearts don't ee 80 easily," her pe ern retorted ; "but I hope she t play the falthful heroine-- does no walt until he se: aud then marry him "She will nt, She would never marry anyone whom she believed d's- rves his sentence out "Then you beg'n to fear my cause is rather ee 2 paid Mr. Car- peuter, moody =k am--airad so. She believes the very worst of reps evidently "We shall see!" The man, between his teeth; aa Ruby caught her breath at his tone, though she never stirred, but LUstened with all her powers, hoping to learn more of the plot that had been contrived to Tuin her lover. gnten had already learned enough, she epi to save him; but oh, if se poner only onin meth! more "- bi pare ge her to o Being the aatine "You will held on to that bill," he continued, after a pause. "Of course it vill not do to use it at present, since you gave the number of it to the detective. ah suspect you were i co ge do that.""' a] take the number of 4 bills Ike. that, uniess I am going to use them immediately, But I shall never dure to spend this one now. I wish you had never given it back to me," -- Mrs. Gordon, in a trou- bled to as on 'that will be all ie keep it until you go out of the State some time, and then it will be easy enough to get rid of it. I'm only sorry I couldn't tuck it on to him somewhere that night, bat it wag very late before I got around, and there was no time to make a neat job of it, so I had to keep it. But they will take it for granted, when they find the diamonds ds, that he stole the money too." "T hope p "They are safe enough; a tallor couldn't have made a eater job than I did, and the beggar might wear them about for months with perfect safety, and never suspect had them on." An the man chuckled villainously over his clev- erness. "You might at Jeast have given me another bill and kept the one k yourself," remar " a = to am 60 a8 to imagine you did not s 7a there was some trickery about the af- fair?" was Mr. Carpenter's sarcastic rejoinder, "Well, of coursa, I thought of nti 'but do I would rather not have kno I not see how you managed to get into Y room without d!sturbi me," way that opens out a the bal- ed, You y and then crawl down thie lattice the samse.way I came up. I known tl ter, e ha cnssditer ghee of them he draw conf from me; still I am very uncomforta the ledge."" didn't keep ou my pa believe I should have had clear sailing with bye but for him." a Ys = agp Bh cat d concealment, nervous, as listened ea all "tine, and her small hands were so tightly clinched in try- ing to contro] her.shaking limbs pass chatter! oe "teeth that it as if they would never open aeate, and it was with a feeling of intense relief that she [finally heard peacgone Carpenter rise from hisseat, 8 a, "Well, it is tim I was on bg way to the city. I wish I hadn't let the cat out, Estelle, ---- you fee] it so keenly, but I'll m t as easy for oR. iy the fctak an F can." Gordon shivered. The thought of Paden 'before a court of justice to testify against the young man whom hitherto she had been so eager to ruin had now become a torture to her. "Shall I accompany you back to the house?" her companion asked, as she stood irrezolute. "No, I will walk a little farther down tle avenue with you--I do not feel Iike going in just yet," she an- swered The two turned away and passed a toward the great gate, while Ruby, as soon as slie dared to do 60, sped, -- as a fairy, over the velvet turf ack to the house, sprang the wate, to her room, and was appar- ently sleeping = sleep of the innocent when, fifteen minutes later, Mrs. Gor- don stopped cn listen an instant at her door before passing on to ker own chamber. CHAPTER XXXVI. Ruby Makes Another Important Dis aac There was not much restful sleep for Ruby . that lente She lay think- ing, and trying to decide what course she ought to puraue all throuch the long. weary hours which seemed as A asi would "ial eud and bring the "come daw "Bhe wondered if it would do to go to Estelle, tell her what she had overheard, demand that she confess the plot, 7 eer Walter, Then she red what she had told Boannt Carpenter that "tor- ture would not draw the confession from her"; she and her accomplice would, of course, deny all knowledge of any such conversation, while she would only have her own prove it, and they Basie be two against one. If she dared search among her sister's things for that. bill, and ---- find it, she would have some Ible proof of what she had heard; tae she shrank from doing anything of the kind, while she doubted if Es- telle--who was evidently very much troubled to have it in her posses- sion--would allow it to be away from her person a moment until she could transfer it to Mr. Carpen She resolved at last that she would wait and see if she mailed a letter to hifr in the morning. If she did, she would go directly to Mr. Conant, = pera what she had learned, and if he k prompt ani isive measures, the bill might be discovered on Edmund Carpenter's reson, and thus the guilt of the whole transaction would be transferred to him. was on the alert the next morn- ing, and when Thomas came in. to take the mal! she a Estelle im three ters; She was in the upper hall, looking over the banisters, and then 'she waited until Mrs. Gor- don went back into the library, when wn stairs, and give o Mas, - going without my letter ? a 'she Salle' out, in her bright, eheery way, that had made every servant in the house her faithful friend. "No, d, miss," he said, turning back as Ruby. came up to him holding out s note that she had written her fr Florence Partridge, " thought likely abee the letters we ere." wonder," said Ruby, Moncing at those in hie hand, " for u have three already. I wonder whod ian been 80 favored by my sister" ; _ stand- ing+on tiptoe, she perched her head per yl on one side, like a bird, and read the superscription. "Tne "ian was entirely uneaindelnen of the importanc2 of the mail that morning, and obligingly slipped the letters through hig fingers for her to real the addresses. Yes, there was one for Edmund Car- penter among tiem, and a flush of excitement dyed the fair girl's cheek as she read his name, for she sure it contained the stolen biil. if ol she ould but get ton of it! She merely ziarced at it, however, then faid her owa upon the others, wae she gald, lightly, and with a: smile : " Be sure you bring back as many, ee! I haven't had a letter for nearly ri ug Ite: os fault of mine, miss; ye should have one every day if I could it to Rabel the man returned, his phat tall avalked aw. Es er tes her room, hast- ee ae ee ee _ down the library, wad sean oe nervous and depressed, would have 'bee 'been glad to get. ay from ta. " e You rede always said you did She took..a skein from yasket as she spoke, and ion Brean out Ruby took it, and hastened k the room, remarking pom = having to hurry to iething go ae seriously interfered with hi Gad plans {To be Continned.) DREADED DIPHTHERIA, Its After Effects Frequent!y Shatter Strong Nerves. Mr. S. McDougal Suffered for Years and His Doctor Told Him Recovery Was Impossible--Again Strong and Healthy. Farmer and "jack of all trades." is what Mr. Salter McDougall styled himself when interviewed by the News recently..Mr. McDougall resides . at Lge about 10 miles from Truro, N. §&., and according to his own state- ment has been made a new man by. the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, When interviewed by the News man, Mr. McDougall said: "I am only too glad to give you any information you may want. Anything I can say will not be too good a recommendation for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Up to the year 1888," continued Mr. McDougall, "I had always enjoyed good health. At that time fac a severe at- tack of diphtheria, the after effects of which left --- in a deplorable con- dition. I was tronbled with a con- stant pain in te left side, just below the heart, and at times, dizziness would cause me to throw up my hands and fall on my back, or side. My face, hands and feet would swell and turn cold. In this condition I could not move hands or-feet and had to e moved like a child. My appetite all but left me and I gdy very little sleep. I was under tue care of a doc- tor, but got nothing more than oc- casional temporary relief. Finally I got so low that my [riends wrote for my father to come he see me for is as in "aan a 1895. That night She aéstor friends he could do noth i raised »ieces of matter, tough and leathery m1 appearance, and each about three inches long. ter it. I wag in this deplorable con- dition wh was urged by a neigh- bor to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pillg. It was a hopeless case, but I decided to try then When.I told the doe- tor I was taking the pills, he said shiey would do me no good; that I never be able tu work again. But he was mistaken; for the effect was marvellous. By March te continued using Dr. Williame' Pink Pills until I had taken seventeen boxes, and they had made a new man of me. My health is better than it has been for twenty years, and notwithstanding the doctor's | ction, I am ableto stand any amount of hard eee By attribute my new manhood and re- gained health to Dr. Williams' 'ihe Pills, and gratefully recommend them to others in poor health. High Lights. The only new jokes are those we have forgotten. Those who read us like a book are generally holding it upside down. me people are always only h | ge the aisle when the chee xperience keeps a dear school and every pupil foots his own tuition bills. A Christian is a man who can stand it to find some one else occupsing his What we have doesn't make us as happy as what we think we are go- ing to have. It is now believed that Adam and Eve lived in a flat and the serpent was the janitor. A woman who has been abroad many times is oever popular with women who haven't been abroad at all.-- Chicago Record, Miller's Worm Powders 'correct all. such troubles as lack of appetite, bil- iousness, drowsiness, sallow complex- ion, etc.; nice to take. It is understood that Mr. W. Searth, Deputy Minister of Agreeal, ture, ill accompany the consign- ment of, Canadian hay to Cape Town and see \t transferred to the Imper- fal authorities, At Canmore, Albe Corporal 0' Kelly; of the Mounted Police, found the *pody of Joseph Dafoe, whose death is undouw to foul play.