be ' J - OHAPTER IIT. --(Cont'd) "Pray do not look so alarmed, said Amberley. "Personally you have done nothing. Indeed, on second thoughts, I don't know that 'I am right in saying that it con- cerns you 'at all. 'The fact of the _ matter is, Carne, a burglary took , place at Wiltshire House, and the famous necklace has disappeared."' "Good heavens! You don't say go?'?' SR "But Ido. The circumstances of the case sre as follows:~ When my cousin retired to her room last night after the ball, she unclasped _ the necklace, and, in her husband's ae - where she saw - to see that the necklace ' ean tell you," said Carne. brought you to me. sible. guaded him to consult Klimo. be _ my power. Let us eed _ door was opened to them by the presence, 'placed it carefully in her -Sowel case, which she locked. That 'aving been done, Wiltshire took te box to the room which contain- _«l the safe, and himself placed it tere, locking the iron door with -}@ own key. The room was occu- od that nixht, according to cus- 'm, by the butler and one of the : f.otmen, both of whom have been ia the family since they were boys. "Next morning, after breakfast, the Duke unlocked the safe and took out the box, intending to con- vey it to the bank as usual. Before leaving, however, he placed it on his study-table and went upstairs to speak to his' wife. He cannot remember exactly how long he was _aibsent, but he feels convinced that he was not gone more than a quar- ter of an hour at the very utmost. "Their conversation finished, she accompanied him downstairs, him take up. the case to carry it to his carriage. Be- _ fore he left the house, however, she said: 'I suppose you have looked is all right?' 'How could I do so?' was his reply. 'You know you pcxssess the only key that will fit it? "She felt in her pockets, but bo her surprise the key was nad there." "If I were a detective I should say that is a point to be remember- ed,' said Oarne with a smile. "Pray, where did she find her keys ?"' "Upon her dressing-table," said 'Amberley. 'Though she has not the slightest recollection of leay- ing them there." "Well, when she had procured the keys, what happened ?" 'Why, they opened the box, and, to their astonishment and dismay, found it empty. The jewels were gone !'? "Good gracious! What a ter- rible loss! It seems almost impos- sible that it can be true. And pray, what did they do?' "At first they stood staring into _ the empty box, hardly believing the evidence of their own eyes. Stare how they would, however, they could mot bring them back. The jewels had, without doubt, disap- peared, but when and where the robbery had taken place it was im- After that tney oe ail to say. =: ad up all the servants and ques- tioned them, but the result was what they might have foreseen, no _ one from the butler to the kitchen- maid could throw any light upon the subject. To this minute it re- -mains'as great a mystery as when they first discovered it." ©T am more concerned than I "How thankful I ought to be that I re- turned the case to Her Grace last night. But in thinking of myself I am forgetting to ask what has If I can. be of any assistance I hope you will com- a mand we," 'Ciuc, Ill tell you why T have come,"' replied Lord Amberiey. "Naturally, they are most anxious to have the mystery solved and the jewels recovered as soon as pos- Wiltshire wanted to send 'to Scotland Yard there and then, but his wife and I eventually per- As ou know if the police authorities are called in first, he refuses. the business altogether. Now, we _ thought, as you are his next-door neighbor, you might possibly be able to-assist. us." "You may be very sure, my lord, will do everything that lies in go in and see him at once.' ; : As he spoke he rose and threw into Belverton at No. 1. After e bell and the om Park Lane ree "te brin Ap Se a yoman who invariably received ef eves clients. "Tg Mr. Blimo at home?" asked arne,.. "And if so, can we see and the question had to be re- peated before she could be made to understand what was wanted. As soon, however, as she realized their desire, she informed them that her master was absent from town, but would be back as usual at twelve o'clock to meet his clients. "What on-earth's to be done?' said the Earl, looking at his com- panion in dismay. "I am afraid I can't come back again, as I have a most important appointment at that hour." 'Do you think you could entrust the business to me?' asked Carne. "If so, I will make a point of. see- ing him at twelve o'clock, and terwards and tell the Duke what I have done." "'That's very good of you," re- plied Amberley. 'If you are sure it would not put you to too much trouble, that would be quite the best thing to be done." "T will do it with pleasure," Carne replied. 'I feel it my duty to help in whatever way I can." "You are very kind," said the other. 'Then, as I understand it, you are to call upon Klimo at twelve o'clock, and afterwards to let my cousins know what you have succeeded in doing. I only hope he will help us to secure the thief. We are having too many of these burglaries just now. I must catch this hansom and be off. Good-bye, and many thanks." "Good-bye," said Carne, and shook him by the hand. The hansom having rolled away, abode. "Tt is really very strange," he muttered as he walked along, "how often chance condescends to lend her assistance to my little schemes. The mere fact that His Grace left the bex unwatched in his study for a quarter of an hour may serve to throw the police off on quite an- other scent. I am also glad that they decided to open the case in the house, for if it had gone to the bankers' and had been placed in the strong-room unexamined, I should never have been able to get possession of the jewels at all.' Three hours later he erove to Wiltshire House and saw the Duke. The Duchess was far too much up- set by the catastrophe to see any one, "This is really most kind of you, Mr, Carne," said His Grace when the other had supplied an elabor- ate account of his interview with Klimo. "We are extremely in- debted to you. I am sorry he ecan- not come before ten o'clock to- night, and that he makes this sti- pulation of my seeing him alone, 'for I must confess I should like to |have had some one else present to ,ask any questions that might es- cape me. But if that's his usual hour and custom, well, we must abide by it, that's all. I hope he will do some good, for this is the STRONGER THAN MEAT. A Judge's Opinion of Grape-Nuts. A gentleman who has acquired a judicial turn of mind from experi- ence on the bench out in the Sun- flower State, writes a carefully considered opinion as to the value of Graps-Nuts as food. He says: "For the past 5 years Grape- Nuts has been a prominent feature in our bill of fare. "The crisp food with the delici- ous, nutty flavor has become an indispensable necessity in my fam- ily's everyday life. "Tt has proved to be most health- ful and beneficial, and has enabled us to practically abolish pastry and pies from our table, for the chil- dren prefer Grape-Nuts and do not crave rich and unwholesome food. "Grape-Nuts keeps us all in per- fect physical condition--as a pre- ventive of disease it is beyond value. I have been particularly impressed by the beneficial effects of Grape-Nuts when used by ladies who are troubled with face blem- ishes, skin eruptions, ete. It clears up the complexion wonderfully. "As to its nutritive qualities, my experience is that one small dish of Grape-Nuts is superior to.a pound of meat for breakfast, which ig an important consideration for anyone. It satisfies the appetite and strengthens the power of. re- |sisting fatigue, while its use in- volves none of the disagreeable Name given a meat breakfast." Battle Creek, py Postum Co., ich, © Read the little book, 'The Road to Wellville,"' in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever read the ahove letter? A new tno appears from time to time... They. are l greshodt- cnlamity that hasevar: could call ait Wiltshire House af- fallen me. As I.told.you just now, is confined to her -bedroom and quite hysterical."' oo 'You do not suspect any one, I suppose?' inquired 'Carne; ** "Not a soul," the other answer- ed. "The thing is such a mystery that we do not know what to think. Nothing will ever make me think them otherwise. I wish I could catch the fellow, that's all. Id make him suffer for the trick he's played me." oe Carne offered an appropriate re- ply, and a little further conversa- tion upon the subject, bade the irate nobleman good-bye and: left the house. From Belgrave Square he drove to one of the elubs of which he had been elected a: mem- ber, in search of Lord Orpingzon, with whom he had promised to lunch, and afterwards took hin to a ship-builder's yard near Green- wich, in order to show bim the steam yacht he had lately pur- chased. 4 It was close wpon dinner-time te- fore he returned to his own resi- dence. He brought Lord Orping- ton with him, and they dinéd in state together. At nine o'clock the latter bade him good-bye, and at ten Carne retired to his dress- ing-room and rang for Belton. "What have you to report," he asked, "with regard to what I bade you do in Belgrave Square?' "T followed your instructions 'to the letter," Belton replied. "Yes- terday morning I wrote to Messrs. Horniblow and Jimson, the house agents in Piccadilly, in the name of Colonel Braithwaite, and asked for'an order to view the residence to the right of Wiltshire House. I asked that the order might be sent direct .to the house, where the Colonel would get it upon. his arri- val, This letter I posted myself in Basingstoke, as you desired me to do. Carne retraced his steps to his own | consequences that sometimes follow, "At nine fing I dres: lan elderly army officer land took a cab to | |The caretaker, an ;closé: upon seventy admitted me immediately pe hearing my name, and propo.ed that he should show house. This, however, Was quite unnecessary, speech with a "present of half-a- crown, whereupon he returned to his breakfast perfectly satisfied, while I wandered about the house at my own leisure. "Reaching the same floor as that upon which is situated the room in which the Duke's safe is kept, I discovered that your supposition was quite correct, and that it would be possible for a man, by opening the window, to make his way along the. coping from one house to the other, without being seen. J] made certain that there was no one in the bedroom in which the butler slept, and then arranged the long telescope walk- ing-stick you gave me, and fixed one of my boots to it by means of the screw in the end. With this T was able to make a regular suc- cession of footsteps in the dust along the ledge, between one win- dow and the other. "That done, I went downstairs again, bade the caretaker good- morning, and got into my cab. From Belgrave Square I drove to the shop of the pawnbroker whom you told me you had discovered was ut of town. Hig assistant inquired my business, and was anxious to do what he could for me. I told him, however, that I must see his master personally, as it was about the sale of some diamonds I had had left me. I pretended to be annoyed that he was not at home, and muttered to myself, so that the man could hear, something about its meaning a journey to Amster- dam. Y "Then I limped out of the shop, paid off my cab, and, walking dawn a by-street, removed my moustache, and altered my appearance by tak- ing off my. great-coat and muffler. A few streets' further on I pur- chased a bowler hat in place of the old-fashioned topper I had hither- to been wearing, and then took 4 cab from: Piccadilly and came home." "You have fulfil'ed my instruc tions admirably,". said Carne. "And if the business comes off, as T expect it will, you shall receive your usual percentage. Now I must be turned into Klimo and be off to Belgrave Square to put His: Grace of Wiltshire upon the irack of this burglar."' ( Before he retired to rest that night Simon Carne took something, wrapped in a red silk handkerchief, from the capacious pocket of the coat Klimo had been wearing a few moments before. Having unrol'ed the covering, he held up to tho light the magnificent neckiace which for so mahy years had beer the joy and pride of the ducal house of Wiltshire. - The elea:rie o'elock yesterday ; . as poscidle, Square. of ae | 2 y eigrave ld years od fellow Uj me over I told 1g ve 1 nim backi my fi ry it with a thousand different hues, | Benuine, true, and full of human Interest. _ "Where soomiany have failed,' he said to himself, as he wrapved it has made my wife, quite ill. She. I feel convinced, however, that my '}servamts are as innocent as I am. light played upon it, and touchad. locked it-in his safe, "'it is pleasant, to be able.to congravulate onset on havin gsucceeded. It is without | its equal, and I don't think I shall 'that I think when she receives it Liz will be glad she lent me. the money.' : « {To be continued.) Sa ot. WITH You. Matthew 28 :20, To Thee we look, our risen Lord; _ We triumph in 'Thy faithful word ; Lo Thee we give all praise, Upon Thy statement we rely; For Thou hast plainly said, 'Lo, I Am with you all the days." Our every need shall-be supplied ; For Thou dost with each one abide Who Thy command obeys; |. Forth at Thy bidding we shall go; For Thou, we do most.surely know, Art with us all the days. We will.Thy precious word pro- claim ; Baptize disciples in Thy name, And walk in all Thy ways; May we rejoice Thy will to do; For in this work we know that Thou Art with us all the days. art-- With us when dearest friends de- part : And grief its sceptre sways; No more have we to walk alone; For Thou whose love is freely shown Art with us all the days. Thy glorious Gospel we will preach, To Thy disciples we will teach All that Thy word conveys; Upon Thy presence we depend; For Thou, as Saviour, Leader, Friend, Art wiaa us all the days. tT. WATSON. Iona Stat/on, Ont., 1911. Me S oo WiLERE PROTECTION HELPS THE FARMER. Keeps Out Meats and Butter From the Antipodes Use An instance of how a Protective rotects' the farmer of Can- is seen now and then, when Customs Officers hold up for iduty some shipment from far-off Australia or China. On March 18th last, 750 carcasses of frozen lamb from Australia were landed at St. John, N. B. 250 if in"the handkerchief again > anal be overstepping the mark if [ say] With us in the darkest days Thou | carcasses were sent to the William Davies Co., Limited, Toronto. The greater part of the remainder were | shipped to Montreal. This lamb | was purchased at nine cents per| pound 'delivered in bond at To- ronto. i Under existing conditions the duty was three. cents per pound. This made the lamb cost twelve cents per pound laid down in To- ronito. Fresh dressed lambs were sel- ling in Toronto at that time at 124%. to 18c. per pound. Henve, after paying this duty there was not much difference be- tween the prices of the Australian | and Canadian lamb. The duty protected the Canadian | farmer against the Australian pro- | duct. | But under Reciprocity the duty | on this frozen lamb will be only | 14e. per pound, so that similar, shipments could be laid down in Toronto at 10}4c. per pound, two! or three cents per pound cheaper} than the price for the home raised | products. | Referring to the lambs which! were sent to Montreal, When they | reached Montreal. Canadian lamb was selling at 10%c. The Austra- lian lambs were sold at 9%c. deliv- | ered ex cars Montreal duty paid, | the owners apparently being con-| tented to undersell the Canadian | market by one cent per pound. | Now, if you wish to see the effect | upon the live stock market of the | receipt of this Australian lamb in} Montreal, turn up the Montreal! papers of March 20th, in one of; was, 'Sheep Sold Lower in Local | Markets."' If, with the three cent duty on! every pound, frozen lamb can be! profitably imported fram Austra-! ha, it seems almost conclusive that reducing the duty will also reduce the price of Canadian lamb accord- ingly. And not only does Australia ex- port frozen meat, but it exports butter as well. It exports annu- ally between fifty and seventy-five million pounds of 'butter. Australian butter can be laid, down now in bond at Montreal at! 23c. per pound. <A duty of four! cents per pound keeps it out of} competition with 'the: Canadian | butter now selling' at 6c. "per pound. : ' Sey ak Under Reciprocity, which 'would | do away with the duty of four! cents per pound, the Eastern' Townships butter would have to compete during the winter months | with Austraizan butter which cost only 28e. per pound in Montreal [> ene ---- . Not many changeable taffeta gar- 'mentsare seen, but. they are ex- -pected' to have later on. gin' 50 : _ Relieve the worst h -at all druggists'. HE WAF o# lees. Absolutely harmless, 25 cents @ box OF CANADA, LimiTEp _ NATIONAL DRUG & CHEMICAL CO. corres = _ Boleros are oriental in style--the Greek, Byzantine, Egyptian em- broideries--are used to stimulate the bolero Ine in many dresses. Hair "swirls' have come in again, held in place by tortoise and amber combs, sometimes studden and again of metal set with mock genis fs There is a growing tendency to- ward: the Norfolk jacket style of coat, which means extra length and}. a belt that slips well down below the waist. Fringes and galloons are used to weight down tunics. A large pale rose straw hat seen in the shops had a crown of eye- let embroidery draped to form a bow at the back. : : ' RECIPROCITY YES OR NO? The Weekly Sun, the farmers' business paper, is giving unbiased and reliable information regarding this great ques- tion, such as is Journal. : not given in any other poeYOU SHOULD READ THE SUNemmy IO WEEKS FOR 18 CENTS SEND IN YOUR ORDER AT ONCE THE WEEKLY SUN, TORONTO "TH E SUGAR i IS ANOTHER EXTRA GRANU This explains why it is so generally Season, 4@ See that you get it from your G Satisfaction.' The Canada Sugar Refining Co., Limited, Montreal Established in 1854 by John Redpath. +X. OF QUALI L NAME FOR LATED SUGAR used during the Fruit rocer for it means "Preserving _ [LONGEVITY OF WE 'Thirty-two years ago a M a ieniid _professor' took see 22 different kinds of plants, them with sand, and ees in pint bottles, which weve burt face downward in the soil. At. fifth, tenth, fifteenth, twenti twenty-fifth, and thirtieth yea ter burying the seeds this pr : sor tested them to see whether th would grow. At the end of t thirtieth year the following wee still had sufficient vitality to ge minate: Pig weed, black mustar shepherd's purse, pepper gras dock, foxtail, and chick weed. At the end of the 25th year all of these grew, and in 'addition purslane a smart weed germinated! Iti 1 teretimg to note that while e purslane and seat Lae nS d alright at the end of the ee twentieth, fifteenth and tenth year, they did not grow well at the end of the fifth yeas This: trial did not include some of our old friends, ike. cr orning glory, which we feel sure would ae germinated. with the best (worst) of them. 23% tee tees says that all of the seeds do not germinate evenly, That is, when he first moistens th soil a number of them germinate , and then after he dries the soil an moisten> it again a few more come on. It.seems that. variations in moisture and temperature are nec- essary in order to get them all to sprout.. No doubt this quality i an important advantage to a bad weed, since if the seeds all sprout- ed when fayorable conditions were given, they might easily all be de- stroyed. to farmers, pointing out as it does" that even the cleanest cultivation Royal Brand Farm Fencing DIRECT FROM FACTORY TO FARMER FREIGHT PREPAID TO YOUR | geste 7 which, for example, the headline} % ROYAL FENCE is made of the best all No. 9 The farmers of 200 carloads of Royal Fence this sezson, galvanized and perfectly woven. freight both ways If not satisfied. The following styles we carry in of any amount. 6-40-0 Has 6 line wires, 40 in. high, 9 stays to the rod. All No. 9 hard steel wire. Spacing 7, 7, 8, 9, 9. Price per rod, freight prepaid 21vee -7-40-0 Has 7 line wires, 40 in. high, 9 stays to the rod; all No. 9 hard steel wire. Spacing 5, 6, 6, 7, 7%, 8%. Price per rod, freight NEAREST R. R. 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Remit cash with your ACS Ont. f "dairying and Hatching, Vondey in] - yet reached tho' ¢ can not hope to rid the soil of ; weeds until many years have pass--- ed, and that one year of bad man- ; agement is enough, as far as many of our worst weeds are concerned, |to furnish seed for trouble for a third of a century or more. | STOOLING OF GRAIN. Stooling or tillering commences shortly after the wheat plant first |appears above ground, that is te hsay, the plant commenced to pub | forth new and distinct stems, which j at harvest will each bear'a distinet |head, but upon their first appear- jance corresponding rootlets .are developed. for their support. To understand perfectly the nature of & stooling it must be borne in mind that the wheat plant possesses the faculty of forming two sets of roots, the seminal and 'the coronal. The i first proceed immediately from the seed and strike downwards into the soil, constituting the main agent in Support of the plant. The second, or coronal, are an accidental aux- iliary, depending upon the length -- and position of the first joint or knot of the stem. When this hag become wel] developed the knots are f rmed, and if the lowest of these is situated beneath the sur- face of the ground it throws out fibrous roots in an oblique diree- tion downwards, which materially strengthen the plant and contri- bute to its Support. The space be- tween these two sets of roots is re- gulated by the depth at whic.. the seed is deposited, and found from a quarter of an inch to one and one-half inches in™ length, Frequently, however, no knot is formed below the surface of the ground, in which case -no coronal roots are thrown out. KEEPING THE HEN Busy... It is well enough to make the hén seratch for a living, but we must be careful. to provide her with a place where sl by scratching, in the middle o expect her to find her living there, would be like giving a man a well boiled bone and expect him to pro- vide himself with "nutritious soup. To be sure, it 'is exasperating t see the hens standing idly around when eggs are being eagerly snap- ped up at fifty cents a dozen sbutces let: "tis. remember that a "nan" changes his lothes every day, and the hen ought to have time tales ; and if she is long in the operation, she is gS for eight month's of work when it 3 done. "Let us, therefore, be pa. oe and give the hen time to-- ¢ NODES her clothes. If she is com. pelled, as she too often is, to rod: ae bare branches 6f a tree she -- Will need "every fenha' < ae ry feathe I tea er she- ea Since To set her at work SO once a year * . * . 2 we are specializing Should be OUP 5 Fag that. will lay in, every .m the year, by regulating the We: h: In that irection oO on netch: next decade will 4 JIMpToOvemMedes yjaay Bibi Culergetin 3 han cf the hens of to This test is a discouraging one ~~ may be -- le Can get if ~ fa barn floor, and