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r ad yy â€" â€" Herr Sydow> seateod in the big armâ€"chair is leisurely posting up his books. A stout florid man with â€" keen grey eyes, rather heavy brows an<«d a trifle underjawed. â€"He is habited in a plumâ€"colored cloth _suit with steel buttons,. somewhat voluminous breeches, stout lamb‘sâ€" mwool bhose rolled up below the knes, the whole terminating* in strong ~Kilverâ€"buckled shoes. His employâ€" ment is apparently satisfactory. He €Luckles cccasionally as he tots up the eolumns, and now and again pauses. to rwb bis hands with palâ€" pable gratification. _ A. spectator wonuld have argued that the "Golâ€" gea Eagle‘ was doyng well if the preprietor‘s looks â€" might_ ; be_ ce it filled withâ€" numberless pigeonâ€" Loles and ledgers. In one corner stands a rude iron safe furnished mvith much complication of locks and bars;.a table %n the centre of thejfroom and a few heavy chairs xomplete the furniture of the chamâ€" ber. A comfortable little snuggery is this of Papa Sydow‘s, with the merning sun ‘streaming in at its flowerâ€"decked windows ; for Gredel takes jealous care that her. father‘s windowâ€"sill shall be always gaily adorned in the summer months. A big chinaâ€"bowled pipe hangs over the mantelâ€"piece,, from _ ‘befitnd nyhichâ€"the pipe, not ‘the mantelâ€" pieceâ€"Herr Sydow gives vent to much oracular discourse in ‘the evâ€" ening times. â€" A few rough prints and one . or two fairish pictures of the Dutch sch.ol ornament the walls, while a big wooden armâ€"chair comfortably eushioned stands opposite a huge wooden desk garnished with an upright back, which towers above Herr Sydow is sitting in his own little business parlor abutting On the courtyard, upon which indeed the window looks out, thereby erabling him _ to keep an eye to some extent upon thearrival and departure of his guests. "The Golâ€" en Eagle"‘ stands, as before said, ia one of the principal streets of Zweidorf, which street debouches firom the marketâ€"place and runs in nearly a straight line to one of the city gates. Fot Zweidorf is a walled ‘town, as was, common in those troublous times, and drops hber bars and turns her keys at nightfall. â€" The inn is en‘tered from the street only ‘by a broad archâ€" way, the massive dgors of which are folded back by day, but closed at sundown. â€"The sole other enâ€" trance to the hou‘se is a small wickâ€" €t at the opposite side of the courtyard, opening on & labyrin‘th ol narrow alleys and barely large erough to allow the passage of & man on horseback. This is made but little use of. The house runs over the archway, and it is through that the guests of the "Golden Eagle,"" come and go. ) the children had been respectively sixteen and twentyâ€"two, it could hardly be regarded in that light He gave scant welcome to Caspar Zimmermann nowâ€"aâ€"days, and lost neo opportunity of showing him that his presence was not â€"deemed deâ€" sirable at the "Golden Eagle,""‘ by the proprictor at all events. . If Caspar attempted to allude to his betrothal, Papa Sydow. would laugh it off, or suggest that it was really getting time to let that old yest drop. But as for being hrought 1to any serious conversation on the subject, the wily old innâ€"kesper knew better than that, and the young carpenter, spite of the many times he had vowed to bring his proposed fatherâ€"inâ€"law. ‘to the point, had never as yet sueceeded. Herr Sydow was as keen and shrewd a man of business as ever trod the streets of Zweidorf. ‘ He would not have raised the ‘"Golden Eagle‘‘ to its present proud posiâ€" tion of leading hostelrie in the city if he had been otherwise, but he awas undoubtediy a little softâ€"heartâ€" ed on the subject of his daughter. He loved the girl very dearly, and she deserved it. _ But like many another affectionate father, he was w}l for making her happy in his way, regardless of her own feelâ€" ings a d had decided ‘that to marâ€" ry her above her station was to achieve that desirable end. When Gredel would remind him of her. betrothal, he fumed, fidgeted, andi affected to look upon it as a piecei of childish folly. A thing to laugh et, a case of children calling eacr’h' otixer man and wife. Albeit when Unpr‘ncipled scoundre!l as he was, yet the captain prided himâ€" self upon his family descent as much as if sans reproche could be still truthfully inscribed upon his banner. [ : BuCe _ was C tor‘s looks GREDEL‘S RESQLVE: T A DTE DR Or, THE RASINGâ€"OF ZWEIDORYF. THM.â€"(Cont d) "There‘s my bhand on it,"" cried the delighted innkeeper, completely carried away by his visitor‘s con fidenttone, and the two men elaspâ€" id palms: â€" Papa Sydow was conscious, as he SatMtlhinkimg over the conversat on The captain eyed his host natrâ€" rowly for a few seconds, which raâ€" ther increased the latter‘s discomâ€" pesure.. At dast Beâ€" said with a short Iaugh, "Pouf! Papa Sydow, it is but a little affair after all. You ‘send this carpenter about his business: You exert your paternal authority ‘while I make myself agreeable, pay those little atienâ€" ticns which women prize, make those little presents which women leve. A few weeks and the bells <f Zweidorf will ring for the wedâ€" ding. It is a very simple matter," ecutinued the â€" captain, _ rtsing. ‘Only see you play your part in it at once, and I willâ€"answer for its satisfactory conclusion. It is a bargain! May I depend _ upon vou L‘ ‘"Yes, yes,""‘ stammeréd _ Herr Sydow, considerably discomposed by this direct question. ‘"I told her that you did her the honor ‘to â€"to seek her in marriage." And the worthy ‘innkeeper recalled, with dire misgivings, a conversation he had had some ten days batk with his daughter upon this subâ€" ject, in which she had made him elcarly understand that she: held stoutly to her "childish folly" at all events, and was.not one whit inclined to discard Caspar Zimmerâ€" mann in favor of Captain yvon Homâ€" pesch. ‘‘Never mind telling her,‘"‘ inâ€" terrupted the carptain quietly, "‘tell him that you‘ll have him at the ‘Cold n Eagle‘ no more, and that your pretty Gredel mates not with a fellow of his kind. I presume she urderstands clearly that I have your authority to pay my addressâ€" es2" "It‘s impossible; the girl must be demerted. Besides, she scarce e@ever § es him now." ‘Which, being ‘nterpreted, Papa Sydow, means that she dlon‘t sge him in your presence." ‘"But she does,""‘ said the captain coolly. 2 ‘‘But it‘s absurd, it‘ s ridiculous. I‘ll never consent ‘to such folly. EM tell herâ€"â€"" _ "But she don‘t, ;she don‘t," interrupted Papa Sydow, rising from his seat in his excitement, and beginnin‘g to pace the room., ‘‘Yes,""‘ retorted Von Hompesch slowly, as he stroked his mous tache, "‘"‘but when a young woman persists in carrying on her childâ€" hceod‘s whimsiesâ€"â€"" "A mere ichildish,. fancy,,. Herr Hauptmann,"‘ cried the innkeeper eggecly. ‘"I pray you to lend no credence to the idle gossips of the town.â€" What should a child know of such things? Gredel did fancy herself at one time engaged._to the playmiate of her girlhood, but that has‘ all gone by. A man of your experience, Herzs Baron, should judge lightly of a young girl‘s whimsies." ‘"You did, you did!‘‘ exelaimed Sydow hastily, "and I felt much ‘flattered at the thoughts that such conversation gave rise to. She‘s a good girl, and I hoped that you might overlook her want of birth in ‘consideration of her coming to you by no means emptyâ€"handed." "Yes, Papa Sydow, and I on my )‘ side felt disposed to make a 1ady’ al of her. But, my friend Sydow, you, have not been open with me. It sl perhaps escaped your mind that| S Gredel medi‘tates throwing herself| °* away. upon a mere carpenter of "# this cityâ€"sacrificing her beauty to 8" a paltry board splitterâ€"â€"‘ ’t“ ‘‘No,""‘ replied Von Hompesch, as he threw himself into a chair. ‘‘I come to speak to you of more serious matters than corked flasks or‘ the. burning of a brandered fowl. Â¥ou may remember, my worthy host, that not long since I expressed a warm admiration for your daughter." $ "‘Come in,"" bhe . replied, and in ‘bedience to the response Captain on H mpesch lounged _ leisurely into the room. "Goodâ€"morning, Herr Hauptâ€" mann!‘‘ exclaimed the innkeeper as ‘he rose to welcome his guest. ‘‘To what am I_.indebted for so early a visit!? â€" Nothing to disconâ€" tent you, I would hops, in the serâ€" v.ze of the ‘Golden Eagle.‘ " A dark face peered for a moment through the casement, and the keen blackseyes in their rap:d surâ€" vey arrived promptly at that conâ€" elusion. Ancther moment and a sharp authoritative knock broke the thread of Papa Sydow‘s calcuâ€" lations. ic * ues i Reromemernnmnnnnte ce tencncon itc ns anemrncinennnmantatomeamneas cce ns acimca nc c n merenenoene x/ ‘ mmmm nversat.on â€" apmmsnetommurm |after the captain‘s departure, that _\ the light way in which Von Homâ€" ‘pflcsch spoke of winnin‘g â€" Gredel ‘ could hardly be thought satisfacâ€" |tory by a father sincerely anxious ‘for ‘his daughter‘s happiness. . It ‘ had not escaped him, and jarred jul‘.on his mind as he recalled it. | Still he was so blinded at the idea [of wedding his daughter to a man | of rank, that he sought to st:fle the \ feeling which that flippancy had ‘amusedâ€"a feeling which, had it ‘ been excited by a wooer of her cown class, would have given birth to su‘spicions, led to inquiries into | such wooer‘s past life, etc. ° Herr lSyd»ow was in total ignorance of \Von Hompesch‘s real character ’zmd antecedents. He dearly loved ‘his daughter, and had he had the i slightest conception of what an unâ€" | serupulous scoundrel ‘his proposed | sopâ€"inâ€"law â€" actually wa‘s, would have shuddered at the bare idea of ‘giving her to him. But dazzled by ’the title, he forgot his accustomed catution, and made no effort to asâ€" |certain what was the nature and | previous life of this‘ stranger to \ whom he was about to surrender ‘through the town; while the walks ‘his child. Tt was a pitiable weak: ‘ness, but on one point the underâ€"l standing o% the shrewd trader was| |warped.. He was mad to ‘see his pearlâ€"his daughterâ€"a lady. l Zweidor{ was laid out somewhat in the form of an isosceles triangle. If you can conceive the base slightâ€" ly curved and the extreme apeX ’cut off diagonally, that represents Zweidorf as near as I can describe it to you. The two principal gates ‘of the city stood at the angles of the base of the triangle, and a straight road bordered with a dcuble avenue of lime tree‘s led from the one to the other. The centre roadway wus, of course, for wheeled and other traffic, running under ‘the trees were plentifully garnished with seats, and constiâ€" tuted the principal promenade of the city.. The marketâ€"place stood about the centre of the triangle, and the main streets diverging right and left respectively from the gates ran into it. At the obtuse angle of the apex was the third. and by far the least important gate ol the city. Further, if I say that ill the better part of the town lay to the south or bass side of the triangle, and that the apex or north side was ‘the poorer quarter, I trust you may have some general idea of Zweidorf. _The two princiâ€" pal gates, I may add, took their names from the points of the comâ€" pass, and were known as the Westl ; MADAM JOSEPH LIRETTE No. 111 George St., Sorel, Que. ‘‘For seven years I suffered from womb disease and dreadful torturing pains, and I had constant Dyspepsia and Chronic Constipationâ€"the latter so bad that sometimes I went ten‘days without action of the bowels. Six different docâ€" tors treated me and for a year I was in bed, constantly facing death. Then my husband coaxed me‘to try ‘"‘Fruitâ€" aâ€"tives" and this medicine, and nothing else, cured me and saved my life." (Signed) Mme. JOSEPH LIRETTE. soc. boxâ€"6 for $2.50â€"or trial box 25c.â€"at dealers or from Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives Limited, Ottawa. 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Her black silk bodice open in front displays . an elaborately worked chemisette. and, fitting clesa to her form, exhibits her suâ€" perb bust to perfection ; a scarlet petticoat, French grey stockings, and ‘buckled shoes complete her costume, and many an eye is turnâ€" ed edmiringly to note the slender ankle and â€" wellâ€"arched in‘step of Papa Sydow‘s daughter. She is of medium height, and has to look up to her companion in her ‘talk, an advantage which he seems dispovsed“ to make the most of. Theré was a part of the Linden which, thrown rather more in shade than the rest of the promenâ€" ade by the immediate vicinity of the city wall, was much affected by lovers. A pair are strolling there now engaged in earnest conversaâ€" tion, who are worth looking at. As the girl turns her face to the moonâ€" light, one can mark the rickh masâ€" Thor and Ost Thor respectively. The third gate had acquired the na‘me of Hinterpforte, or ‘the back door, for so it was_ deemed by all the frequenters or inhabitants of Zwerdorf. _ It was little used exâ€" cept by the country pzople who lived upon that side of the city. It is a lovely summer night, and the townsfolk young and old are sitting orâ€" sauntering under the lime trees in considerable numâ€" bers. (To be continued.) Branches : Toronto St. John, N.B. Winnipeg Calgary â€" Vancouver For General Farm Power Our farur engines have all the principal features of the wellâ€" known Fairbanksâ€"Morse Engines, and are made in Vertical or Horizontal types to meet the various requirements of the farmgr. Their simplicity means long life, and satisfactory service. The Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. MONTREAL Gasoline Engines The Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. 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In the midst of the mines is the McKenzie, a group of five properties on which work was begun last Janâ€" uary. They have been fortunate from the start and soon hope to rank with the shippers. P. S. HAIRSTON, EWFeimitarmg masep oo C C CC 0. °C SECOereeemnemeemeens orecaimemamemrmeme on en comurmmmenrreme rmomopnmmnranes S e se e oo oo es oo t omm es w 7 E es ons en o sek Reminns ain oo in esn EDRIREDRET Eesw The Moose Horn mine put in a new plant this spring and are now sinking a winze at the 125â€"foot level on a vein which has shown values from the surface. a The district is likely to become anâ€" other Cobalt and the veins run to depth with values. Among the shipâ€" pers and properties bagging ore are the Lucky Godfrey, the Borlandâ€" Thpmpson. the Devlin and the Moose Horn mines. ELK CITY, May 4.â€"With the openâ€" ing of navigation, which is now in full swing, the greatest of activity prevails at the various mines and prospects in this vicinity and the city is rapidly recovering from the recent fires. wW. P MeKenzic Mine at Ek Lake â€" â€" Has Started Bagging Ore The Daimler Motor Co., aseo Limited, COoOVENTRY, ENGLAND. The New Daimler engins has now been in the hands of the public for nearly 18 months, quite long enough to prove its merit; owners are sending in testimonials by every post and we should like to forward to any person or persons interestâ€" ed a complete set of literature fully explaining this marvelâ€" lous new motor. Send also for our ‘new illustrated bopoklet, ‘"‘The Dewar Trophy and how it was won,‘"‘ a history jof the Greatest Engine Test on Record. f The Dewar Challenge Trophy is awarded yearly by the ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB for the most meritorious perâ€" formance of the yéar under the general regulations for certiâ€" fied trials. 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This company is under good manageâ€" ment, and it is the opibion of the enâ€" gineer in charge und those who have seen the property suat it should be brought to the ghipping stage in a very short time, 600 pounds of good ore having been bagged by May 1, and the work in this regard being pushed raâ€" pidly from day to day. â€" Application is being made to list this Stock on the New York Curb. where the new 7 inch vein crosses, Mr. McMaster states that in his opinion this week will result in the placing of the value of the mine beyord question. The necessary builaings have now all been erected, including bunk house, cooking camp, manager‘s dwelling, blacksmith shop, powder house, and the necessary machinery is being inâ€" stalled. A good wagon road has been built from the main road which parâ€" allels the road from Elk Lake. The Transfer Agents are The Trusts and Guarantee Company of Toronto and the Guarantee Security and Transâ€" fer Company of New York. 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