Mets , 4 'OR, A SERVICE TO THE STATE f 4 % : : } CHAPTER VII.--(Cont'd) Swinging round he discovered a reyolver barrel pointed at his head. He uttered an involuntary cry of alarm, and made as if he would rise. "Sit down, sir," said the clergy- man authoritatively. "Are you mad that you disobey me? You do not, ka know with whom you are trif- ing "What do you mean?" cried the astonished peer, his eyes almost starting from his head. "I demand to be told what this behaviour means: Are you aware who I am?' '*Perfectly,"? the other replied. 'As to your other question, you will know nothing more than I p tioces to tell you. What's more, 1 should advise you to hold your tongue, unless you desire to be gagged. That would be unpleasant for all parties." ica turning to the door, he : 'Come in, Dick!" moment later the military in- dividual, who had been to Water- loo to arrange about the train, en- tered the room to find the Most Noble the Marquis of Laverstock seated in an~easy chair, almost beside himself with terror, with the venerable clergyman standing over 5 rerclyer in hand- "Dick, my lad," said the*latter quietly, "his lordship has been wise enough to hear reason. No, sir, thank you, your hands behind your back, as arranged, if you please. & If you don't obey me I shall blow a your brains out, and it would be a thousand pities to spoil this nice Turkey carpet. That's right. Now, Dick, my lad, I want his lordship' 8 pocket-book from his coat and those sheets of note-paper and envelopes we brought with us. I carry a sty- lographic pen my self, eo there is no need of ink.' These articles having been ob- tained they were placed on a table beside him, and Carne took posses- sion of the pockct-book. He lei- surely opened it, and from it took the cheque for one hundred thou- sand pounds, signed by the chair- man and committee of the Canary Island Relief Fund, which had been 53 drawn that afternoon. "Now take the pen,'"' he said, 'fand begin to write. Endeavor to remember that I am in a hurry, and have no time to waste. Let the first letter be to the bank au- thorities. Request them, in your capacity of Chairman of the Relief Fund, to hand to the bearers the : amount of the cheque in gold."" "T will do no such thing," cried the old fellow sturdily. "Nothing shall induce me to assist you io perpetrating such a fraud." "T am sorry to hear that," said eri - " 2 Carné wey * 'for I am afraid in that case we shall be compelled to make you submit to a rather unpleasant alternative. Come, sir, I will give you three minutes which to write that Jetter. If at the end fof that time you have not ly. done so, I shall proceed to drastic measures.'"' So saying, he thrust the poker into the fire in a highly suggestive manner. Needless to say, within the time specified the letter had been written, placed in its envelope and directed. "Now I'shall have to trouble you to fill in this telegraph form to your wife, to tell~her you have been called out of town, and do not ex- pect to be able to return until to- morrow." + The other wrote as directed. and when he had'done so Carne placed this paper also in. his pocket. campos I want. that signet ring up- n your finget, 1f you please." onthe old gentleman handed it over to his persecutor with a heavy igh. He had-realized that it was useless to refuse. "Now that wine-glass on the sidw board, Dick," said the clergyman, 'also that carafe of water. When you have given them to me, go and see that:the other things I spoke to you about are ready.' Having placed the grtinien in question upon the table Belton left the room. Carne immediately Alled the glass, into which he pou about a tablespoonful of some dark liquid from a bottle which he took from his pocket, and which he had {brought with him for that pur- pose up ll] have to trouble you to drink this, my lord, e said, as he stir- red the contents 'of the glass with an ivory paper knife taken from the table, "You need have no fear. It is perfectly hérmless, and will not hurt you. ""T willgnot touch it,'* replied the other. "Nothing you can do or say will induce me to drigk a drop of it-"' 7 Carne examined tafiously. "Time flies, I regret to say," he answered impressively, not stay to argue the question with you. I will give you three :ninutes to dv» as I have ordered you. If you have net drunk it by that time we shall be compelled to repeat the little persuasion we tried with such success a few moments since." "You wish to kill me," eried the other. "I will not drink 't. 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Quebec. etna --- do what I tell you, trouble will en- Think well before you re- There was another pause, . dur- man gazed first at the poker, w Ma! sen had been thrust between the of the grate and then at the relent- less being who stood before him, revolver in hand. Never had a member of the House of rds been placed in a more awkward ane vinenviable position. "One minute," said Carne quiet: "There was another 'pause, during heartrending manner. Carne -re- membered with a smile that the family title had been bestowed up- on one of the Marquis' ancestors for bravery on the field of battle. "Two minutes !" As he spoke he stooped and gave the poker a little twist. "Three minutes!" The words were scarcely out of his mouth before Lord Laverstock threw up his hands- "You are a heartless being to make me, but I will drink," he cried, and with an ashened face he immediately swallowed the contents of the glass. a ee you," said Carne po- litely. The effect produced by the drug was almost instantaneous. A mana could scarcely 'have counted a hun- dred before the old gentleman, who had evidently resigned himself chair and was fast asleep. 'He has succumbed even quicker than I expected,'"' said Carne to himself as he bent over the .pros- trate figure and listened to his even breathing. "It is, perhaps, just as well that this drug is not knowa in England. At any rate, on this occasion it has answered my pur- pose most admirably." At five minutes before seven o'clock a hearse containing the mortal remains of Mrs. O' Halloran, of Great Chesterton Street, South Kensington, entered the yard of Waterloo Station, accompanied by. a hansom cab. A special train was in waiting to convey the party, which consisted of the deceased"s brother, a retired Indian officer, and her cousin, the vicar of a Som- ersetshire parish, to Southampton, where a steam yacht would trans- port them to Guernsey, in which place the remains were to be in- terred beside those of her late hus- n or think we may congratulate ourselves, Belton, on having car- ried if out most successfully," said Carne when the coffin had been car- ried on board the yatht and placed in the saloon. "As soon as we are under weigh we'll have this lid off and get the poor old gentleman out. He has had a good spell of it in there, but he may congratulate himself that the ventilating ar- rangements of his temporary home were 60 perfectly attended to. Otherwise I should have trembled for the result.' A few hours later, having helped his guest to recover consciousness, and having seen him safely locked up in a cabin on board, the yacht put in at a little seaport town some thirty or forty miles from South- ampton Water, and landed two inén in timo to catch the midnight express to London. The following afternoon they rejoined the yacht n hundted miles or 80 further down the coast. When they were once more out at sea Carno called the skipper to his cabin. "How has your prisoner con- ducted chimself during our ab- sence?' he asked. "Has he given any trouble?' "Not a bit," replied the man. "The poor old buffer's been too sick to make a row. He sent away his breakfast and his lunch un- touched. The only thing he seems to care about is champagne, and that he drinks by the bottle-fult. I never saw a better man at his bottle in all my life.' It was well after ten o'clock that evening when Simon Carne, still attired as a respectable Church of England clergyman, unlocked the door and entered his prisoner' s eabin "You will be glad to hear, 'lord," he said, imprisonment has at last come to an end. You had better get up and dress, for a boat will be alonz- side in twenty minutes to take you ashore, ed The unfortunate gentleman need- ed no second bidding. Ill] as he had hitherto been, he seemed to derive new life from the other's words. At any rate, he sprang out of his bunk and set to work te dress with feter- ish energy. All the time Carne sah and watched him with an amused smile upon his face, So soon as be Was ready, and the captain had nocked at the door, he was con- pe to the deck and ordered to descend into a shore boat, which had come off in answor to a sigaal and was now lying' alongside in 'readines 3. Garne' and Belton leant over the bulwarks to watch him depart. -byé, my. lord," : -oried,; which the Marquis groaned in a jored your iiale excursion. 1 compli-| ing which the unfortunate: noble- | to his fate. laid himself back in his tol my | 'that your term of | provoke give 'my respectfu sHetite to the members of the Canary Island Relief Fund, and tell them - oe aoe geal raged a person on acht who solace ' their kindly Vforts."" Then his lordship stood io, and shook his fist at the yacht until it had faded away, and could no lon- ger be seen owing to the darkness. Presently Carne turned to ton. "So much for the Most Noble the Marquis of Laverstock," he said, 'and the Canary Island Reliei Fund. Now, let us be off to town. To- morrow I must be Simon Carne' once more. Next morning Simon Carne arose ; from his couch, in his luxurious bedroom, a little later than 'usual. He knew he should be tired, and had instructed Belton not to come in until he rang his bell. Whea the latter appeared he' bade him bring in the morning papers. He' found what he wanted in the first he opened, on the middle page, headed with three lines of large type: GIGANTIC SWINDLE. The Marquis of Laverstock Abducted The Canary Island Fund Stolen. "This looks quite interesting," said Carne, as he folded the paper in order to be able the better to read the account. "As I know something of the case I shall be in- terested to see what they have to say about it. Let me see." The newaraper version llow "Of "all the seridg_of extraordin- ary crimes which has been our un- fortunate duty to chronicle during this year of great rejoicing, it is doubtful whether a more impudent robbery has been perpetrated than that which we have to place before our readers this morning. As every one is well aware, a large fund has been collected from all classes for the relief of the sufferers by the recent, Canary Island earthquake. On the day before the robbery took place this 'fund amounted to no less @ sum than one hundred thousand pounds, and to-morrow it was the intention of the committee under the presidency of the Most Noble the Marquis of Laverstock to pro- ceed to the seat of the disaster, taking with them the entire amount of the sum raised in English gold. Unfortunately for the success of this scheme, his lordship was the recipient, two days ago, of a letter from a person purporting to reside in Great Chesterton Street, South Kensington. She signed herself Janet O'Halloran, and offered to add a sum of ten thousand pounds to the amount already collected, provided the Marquis would call and collect her cheque personally. The excuse given for this extraor- dinary stipulation was that she wish- ed to convey to him her thanks for the troubie he had taken- (To be continued.) hh ran as CANCER NON-COMMUNICABLE. Fourth Report of the Imperial Can- eer Research Fund. 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