ha Ae . Snoring like a pig, s A Visit in the Night; | OR, A SERVICE TO THE STATE CHAPTER VI.--(Cont'd) 'Very good, sir," said Belton; and, teking a tumbler from the table i in question, he left the room. In less than five minutes he hud re- turned to report that, with the ex- ception of the corridor outside the billiard-room, the house was in darkness. "And how is the guardian of the door?' Carne inquir 'Fast asleep," aad Belton, 'fand "That is right,"' ey Carne. "The man inside should be the same, or that powder has failed me for the first time in my experience. We'l give them half-an-hour longer, however, and then get to work. You had better dress yourself." While Belton was making himself up to resemble his master, Carne sat in an easy chair by his dress- ing-table, reading Ruskin's Stones of Venice. It was one of the most important of his many peculiarities that he could withdraw his thoughts from any subject, however much it might hitherto have engrossed him, and fasten them upon another, without once allowing them to wan- der back to their original channel. As the stable clock chimed the half hour, he put the book aside, and sprang to his feet. "If you're ready, Belton,' he said, "switch off the electric light and open that door.' When this had been done he bade his valet wait in the bedroom while he crept down the stairs on tip-toe. On turning into the billiard-room lobby, he discovered the rural po- liceman propped up in the corner fast asleep. His heavy breathing echoed down the corridors, and one moment's inspection showed Carne that from him he had nothing to fear. Unlocking the door with a key which he took from his pocket, he entered the room, to find the gardener, like the policeman, fast asleep in an armchair by the win- dow. He crossed to him, and, af- ter a careful examination of his breathing, lifted one of his eyelids. ""Excellent,"? he sai "Nothing could be better. Now, when Bel- ton comes, we shall be ready for business." Bu suying, he left the rvom again, and went softly up the stairs to find his valet. The latter was await- ing him, and, before a witness, had there been one, could have counted twenty, they were standing in the billiard-room together. It was a largo apartment, luxuriously fur- nished, with a bow window at one end and an alcove, surrounded with seats, at the other. In this alcove, cleverly hidden by the wainscoat- ing, as Mr. Greenthorpe had once been at some pains to point out to Simon Carne, there existed a large iron safe of the latest burglar- proof pattern. The secret was an ingenious one, and would have baffled any ordinary craftsman. Carne, however, as has already been explained, was far from being a commonplace member of his profession. Turning to Bel- ton, he said, "Give me the tools." These being forthcoming, in some- thing less than ten minutes he had picked the lock and was master of e safe's contents. When these, including the fifty thousand sovercigns, h en safe- ly carried upstairs and stowed away in the portmanteaux and chests, and the safe had been filled with the spurious jewelry he had brought with him fer that purpose, he signed to Belton to bring him a long pair of steps which stood in a corner of the room, and which had been used for securing the sky-light above the billard-table. These he placed in such a position as would enable him to reach the window. With a diamond-pointed instru- ment, and a hand as true as the eye that guided it, he quickly extracted & square of colored' glass, filed through the catch, and was soon standing on the leads outside. A few moments later, the ladder, which had already rendered him such signal service, had enabled him to descend into the garden on the other side. There he arranged a succession of footsteps in the soft mould, and having dun* so returned to the roof carefully wiped the end of the lad- Lj) you, ressive of sorrow that he should ave met with his accident at such o'clock the first batch of guests took their departure. It was arranged that the Duke and Duchess of Rug- by, the Earl and Countess of Rax- ter, and Simon Carne, who was to be carried: downstairs, should tra- vel up to town together by the specia] train leaving immediately after lunch. - When they bade their host good-: bye the latter was nearly over- come. "I'm sure it has been a real down- right pleasure to me to entertain r. Carne," he said, as stood by the carriage door -- shook his. guest warmly by the' hand. '"'There is only one thing bad about it, and that. is your ac-j cident."' | said Carne, with a little wave o his hand, "The pleasure I have de-; rived from my visit to you amply compensates me for such a minor) inconvenience.' | So saying he shook hands and drove away to catch his train. Next morning it was an in all the Society papers that, ow- | ing to an unfortunate accident t he, had sustained while visiting Mr./} Matthew Greenthorpe, at Green- lt thorpe Park, on the occasion of his daughter's marriage, Mr. Simon arne would be unable to fulfil any of the engagements he might have | entered into. Any intelligent aforesaid papers might have been excused had he pictured the gentle-| man in question confined to his bed! tended by skilled nurses, and watched over by the most fashion- able West End physicians obtain-! able for love or money. They would! doubtless, therefore, have been sur-| prised could they have seen him at! a late hour on the following even- | ing hard at work in the mpeg he had constructed at the top of | his house, as hale and hearty a man | as any to be found in the great) Metropolis. | "Now those Apostle spoons," he e | was saying, as he turned from the: crucible at which he was engaged to Belton, who was busy at a side table. "The diamonds are safely | disposed of, their settings are me!t-' ed down, and, when these spoons; have been added to the list, he will! be a wise man who can find in my; Peooescian any Kilbenham-Greenthorpe presents.'"' He was sitting before the fire in his study next morning, with his left foot lying bound up upon a neighboring chair, when Ram Qa- fur announced "Kelmare Sahib."' "So sorry to hear that you are! under the weather, Carne," said | the new-comer as he shook hands. "T only heard of your accident from Raxter last night, or I should have been round before. Beastly hard luck, but you shouldn't have gone to the wedding, you know!' "And, pray, why not?" 'You see for yourself you haven't profited by your visit, have you?' "That all depends upon what you consider profit,' replied Carne. "I was an actor in an interesting So- ciety spectacle. I was permitted an opportunity of observing my fellow- creatures in many new lights. Per- sonally, I think I did very well. Be- sides that, to be laid up just now is not altogether a thing to be de- spised, as you seem to imagine."' "What do you mean?' "Tt isn't everybody who can boast such a valid excuse for declining in- vitations as I now possess," said Carne. "When I tell you that I had a@ dinner, a lecture at the Imperi- al Institute, two 'at homes,' and three dances on my list for to-night, you will understand what I mean. Now I am able to decline every one of them without risk of giving of- fence or fear of hurting the suscep- tibilities of any one. If you don't eall that luck, I do. And now te!l me what has brought you here, for I suppose you have some reason, other than friendship, for this early call. When you came in I observ- ed that you were bursting with im- portance. You are not going to tell me that you have abandoned your yachting trip and mre going to get married?' reader of shel trace of the famous! wedding | a time of general rejoicing. At ten ¢q | gardener in the room, a policeman "You must not speak of that,'"/ 5 Pk ag i have . When decp in the mire Our bearings may cautiously on: "Surely you must be joking,' said Carne "increduously, "TI can- | not believe it." 'Nevertheless it's plied Kelmare. "But when did it happen? and how ae they discover it?" asked Carn ei When it took place nobody can a fact," re- » but they discovered it when d they came to put the presents to- mee " after the guests had depart- . On the morning after the wed- ding old Greenthorpe had visited the safe himself, and glanced casu- ally at its contents, just to see that they were all right, you know; but it was not until the afternoon, when they began to do them up, that they disco. *red that every single article of value the place contained had been abstracted, and dummies sub- stituted. Their investigation proved that the sky-light had been tamper- ed with, and one could see unmis- takable footmarks on the flower- beds outside." 'Good gracious! "This is news indeed. What a haul the thieves must have had, to be sure! I can scarcely believe it even now. But I thought they had a 2 said Carne. the door, and a patrol outside, and that old Greenthorpe went to sleep with the keys of the room and safe under his pillow?' "Quite .right,"' said Kelmare "so he did; that's the mysterious part of it. 'The two chaps swear posi- tively that they were wide awake all night, and that nothing was tampered with while they were there. Who the thieves were, an id they became so familiar with place, are riddles that it would nial the Sphinx, or your friend i Klimo next door, to unravel." "What an ee thing,"' said Carne. "It's to be hoped the police will catch them before they time to dispose of their oty "You are thinking of your brace- let, I suppose ?"' "It may seem egotistical, but I must confess I was; and now I sup- | pose you'll stay to lunch?' "Ym afraid that's impossible. There are at least five families who have not heard the news, and I feel that it is my bounden duty to en- lighten them.' "'You're quite right, it is not of- ten a man has such glorious ven- geance to chronicle. It behoves you to make the most of it.' The other looked at Carne as if to discover whether or not he was laughing at him. Carne's face, however, was quite expressivnless. "Good-bye ; I suppose you won t be at the Wilbringham's to- night?" "P'm afraid not. You evidently forget that, 25 I said just now, 1 hay ish very 'good and sufficient ex- When the front door had closed behind his guest, Carne lit a third cigar. "T'm overstepping my _ allow- ance."' he said reflectively, as he watched the smoke circle upwa 'but it isn't every day a man gives a thousand pounds for a wedding present and gets upwards of sev- enty thousand back. I think I may congratulate myself on having brought off a very successful little speculation." (To be continued.) wie. THE RIDERS. Ephesians 6: 10-16. They turned to enquire If others before them had gone: Then quickly replied The voice of their guide "The rock is beneath you; rice on.'"' The surface of peat Might tell of defeat, While way of escape there teemed none: But well the guide knew That hidden from view Vas "rock" with its call to "ride en. The day may require That we in the mire ut we will not swerve While He whom we serve Instructs us to bravely "rideon." 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It isn't every day a man finds , ELLS8 about mot erack or break. ni 3 His voice we may hear: wickinein lished steel does mot need blacking--simply rub it over with a he said to Belton, as he took a last | Providence taking up his case and He bids us in triumph (etna, She ditne toe Sete alin ee steel plate oven---eectioual {rom fre box lining, look at the recumbent guardians of entering into judgment against his WATON. ave ellers with air chambers--and double-walled 1 flues. lined wi the room. » "These gentlemen sleep|enemies for him. That is my posi- ropped hot stoncs testa have proved that Mpc) bea ical range you can Pare i diy, so we will not disturb] tio Haven't you heard "thn Iona Station, Ont., '1911. fe ar aie wate elt F coal, mies rasa soun A t 100. '7 vi rr} rg eae Come, let us retire! news ?" + Pride"? Ranges WE PAY THE FREIGHT to_ bed. "What news?' asked Carne in- OD MIXER pauee last ao "DOMINION PRIDE" Range, withhigh closet shelf and elevated In jess than half-an-hour he was] nocently. _-- 4 ; or mot you wil tank 'or finah _feaervelr, with sine sheet to. go under range, § sections in bed and fast asleep. Next morn- "The greatest of all possibic}. 'Womba is véry popular. enjoy reading this eee es pod ere enews. Frovinces for $a, or te Brin heer rs = ing he was still confined to his.room| news," answered Kelmare, "and 'Yes; when anybody tells n old ite brtetian: Heap Sh dood Raune ta Gelivered t yout . th onder a: ee by his accident, though he express-|one which concerns you, my dear st ar Pave." a prett; good ' will to your nets, aoe ed himself as suffering but slight | fellow. You may not believe it, but imitation of a la in. 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