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_ iii, _,iri'ilg jiif,% On reaching the stables he tapped along the wall with his stick, until he came to the gate. Then when he was asked his business bv the head lad, who had been called up by one of the stable boys he stated stand?” - - C U W", “Perfectly, sir.” "That will do then. I shall go down to the village to-morrow CV~ ening, and you will not hear from me again until you meet me at the place I have mentioned. Good, night." "Good-night, sir.” Now, it is a well-known fact that it you wish to excite the anger of the inhabitants of Exbri-dge village, and more particularly of any mem- ber of the Pitman Training Estab- Jishmeht, you have but to ask for information concerning a certain blind beggar who put in an appear ance there towards sunset on the Thursday preceding the Derby of IS---, and you will do so. When that mysterious individual first came in sight he was creeping along the dusty high road that winds across the Downs from Mar- ket Stopford to Beaton Junction, dolorously quavering a ballad that .wgs-inteh,ded to Se, though few would have recognized it. "The Wearing of the Green.” "It is quite ready, sir." “All the furniture arranged as I direetedp' F “It is exactly as you wished, sir. I have attended to it myself." "And what about the 'man C" "I have engaged the young fel- low, sir, who assisted me before. I know he's quick, and I can stake my life he's trustworthy." “I am glad to hear it. He will have need to be. _ Now for my ar- rangements. I shall make the at- tempt on Friday morning next, that "is to say, two days from now. You and the man you have just men- tioned will take the van and horses to Market Stopiord, travelling by the goods train which, I have dis- covered, reaches the town between four and five in the morning. As' soon as you are out of the station‘ you will start straight away along the highroad towards Exbridge, reaching the village between five and six. I shall meet you in the road alongside the third milestone on the other side, made up for the part I am to play. Do you under- “It’s a strange thing, Belton," he said, "and you may hardly be- lieve it, but if there were not cel'- tain reasons to prevent me from be- ing so magnanimous I would give this matter up, and let the race be run on its merits. I don't know that I ever took a scheme in hand with a worse grace. However, as it can’t be helped, I suppose I must go through with it. Is the van pre- pared?” That night, when Belton waited upon his master at bedtime, he found him, if possible more silent than usual. It was not until his work was well-nigh completed that the other spoke. V When he got there, he found Lord Calingforth had stated the case very correctly. The report, that Knight of Malta had been stolen had been widely circulated, and Came discovered that the animal was, for the moment, almost a dead letter in the market. The presence of his owner, however, was "dfiei, ent to stay the panic, and when he had snapped up two or three long bets, which a few moments before had been going begging, the horse began steadily to rise towards his old position. “I think you are right, Anyhow, I'll act on your advice. '* Now what do you say to coming along to the Rooms with me to see how our horses stand in the market? Your presence there would do more than any number oi paper denials to- wards showing the fallacy of this stupid report. Will you come?" "With pleasure," said Carms, and in less than five minuteerhe M) sitting beside the noble Earl in "s _ mail Phaeton, driving towards the rooms in question. “Only on one oeeasion," the other replied. “I consulted him on behalf of the Duke of Wiltshire at the time his wife’s diamonds were stolen. To tell the truth, I was half 'thinking of calling him in to see if he could frnd the fellow who broke into the stables last night, but on second thoughts I determined not to do so. I did not want to make any more fuss about it than I could help. But what makes you ask about Klitrror" "Well, to put the matter in a naeihe1l, there, has been a good deal of small pilfering down at my trainer's place lately, and I want to get it stopped.” "If I were you I should wait till after the race, and then have him down. If one-excites public curio- sity just now, one never knows what will happen." 5. CHAPTER Jve----(Conr'd) hyisitihthtliight; OR, A SERVICE I “I'll do it," said the lad Ell]- 1'lenly. as he crumpled the bank- Itrote up and put it in his pocket. g“But now I must be off. Since ithere‘s been this fuss about Knight; [of Malta, the guv'nor has us all in "What do you take me for 'l" said the beggar itrdignantly, at the same time putting his hand in his Coat pocket and producing what Jorked like a crumpled piece of paper, “If you doubt me,ihere's something that may help to convince vou. But don't go showing it around 1.o- night, or you'll be giving yourself away, and that'll meorhthe Stone Jug for you, and ‘Amen' to all your hopes of a fortune. llnu'll do as I wish now, I suppose E: ) “I know him well enough for all , practical purposes," replied the _ beggar. "Now, if you’ve got any i more objections to raise, be quick I about it. If you haven't, wen I'll talk to you. You haven't? Very good then. Now, just hnld'your jaw, open your ears, and listen to what; I've got to say. What time do you go to exercise tomorrow morning T” "Nine o'cloek." _ "Very good then. You go downl on to the Downs, and the boss sends you off with Vuloauute fur a center. What do you do? Why, you go steadily enough as long as he can see you, but directly you’re round on the other side of the l-ill you stick in your heels, and nip in- to the wood that runs along cu your right hand, just as if your horse was bolting with you. Once (in there, you go through for a half- a-mile until" you come to the ‘stream, ford that, and then cut in- to the next wood, riding as if the devil himself were after you, un- til you reach the path above Hang- man's Hollow. Do you know the place?" "I reckon I ought to.” _ "Well, then, you just make tracks for it. When youiget there you’ll find me waiting for you. After that I'll take over command, and get both you and the horse out of E.2'sr-) land in such a way that nobody will} ever suspect. Then there'll be five hundred pounds for your trouble, a safe passage with the horse to South Africa, and another five htrn- dred the day the nag is set ashore. There's not as much risk as youl could take between your finger and thumb, and a lad with a spirit like yours could make a fortune with a thousand pounds on the other side, Why have you to say now?" 'Ut's all (my geld?" -ireiried the lad, "but how am I to know that you’ll play straight with me?" “Because I don't see my way," replied the other. "It's too dang- erous by a long sight. Why, if the guv’nor was to get Wind of what you want me to do, England itself wouldn't be big enough to hold.us both. You don't know 'im as well as I do.” "And a fine young cockerel you are to be sure, to crow so loud chat it can't be done," said the old fel- low, with an evil chuckle. “How do you know it can’t?” "I don't know that, I've got any- thing to say," replied the boy. "But this much is certain, what you want can't be done.” “So I have," said the old 1',11S- cal, "and it's wonderful when you come to think of it, considering my age and what a poor old blind chap I be. But I'm glad to frnd ye've managed to get away, my lad. Now what; have ye got to say for your- self?” 'Wullo," said the new-comer. "So you managed to get here first?" For some time he enjoyed the beauty of the evening undisturbed by the presence of any other human being. Then he heard a step behind him and next moment a. smart-look- Jeg stable lad parted the bushes and came into view. How he found his way, consider- ing his inhrmity, it is difficult to say, but that he did find itwas proved by his presence there. It might also have been noticed that when he was once under cover of the bushes he gave up tapping the earth with his stick, and walked straight enough, and without ap- parent hesitation, to the stump of a Itree upon which he seated him- se f. After tea he went out and gat on the green, but towards eight o'clock he crossed the stream at the ford, and made his way to a little copse, which ornamented a slight emin- ence, on the opposite side of the village to that upon which the training stables were situated. that he was starving, and, with pe- culiar arts of his own induced them to provide him with a meal. For upwards of an hour he remained talking with the lads, and then wended his way down the hill /to- wards the village, where he fu.rther managed to induce the rector to permit, him to occupy one of his outhouses for the night. TO THE STATE Before marrying an inebriate to reform him, a girl should learn the gentle art of chasing soiled linen up and down a washboard. sWullie--Weei, if I dinna gie my auld wither onytbing, what sort o' chance dae ye think you’ve got? Donuld-That's strange. Because yer mither told me ye never gre her onything. Wullie (feigning regret)--Man, .I canna. A' my spare shullin's I gle tae my auld mither." Donald (who is seeing his more prosperous cousin off by the train --Ye micht like tae leave me a bob or two tae drink ye a safe journey, Wullie. The nervous tension produced by the waiting soon became almost more than the men could bear. Minute after minute went slowly by, and still the eagerly expected horse did not put in an appear- ance. Then Belton, whom Carne had placed on the lookout, came fly- ing towards them with the report that he could hear a sound of gal- loping hoofs in the wood. A few seconds later the noise could be plainly heard at the van, and al, most before they had time to com» ment upon it, a magnificent thor, oughbred, ridden by the stable boy, who had talked to the blind beg/ gar on the previous evening, dash- ed into View, and pulled up beside the van.' The poorest observer would then have noticed that in almost every particular these articles were dum- mies, adixed to a screen, capable of being removed at a moment's notice. The remainder of the van was fitted after the fashion of a stable, with a manger at the end and a pair of slings dependent from the roof. It was close upon nine o'clock by this time, and as soon as he realiz- ‘ecl this Came gave the order to put the horses to. This done, they turned their attention to the back of the van, and then a strange thing became apparent. Though to all appearances, viewed from the open doors at the end, the inside of this giant receptacle was filled to its ut- most capacity with chests of draw- ers, chairs, bedsteads, carpets, and other articles of houSehold furni- ture, yet by pulling a pair of handles it was possible for two men easily to withdraw what looked like half the contents of the van. a grey wig, a short grey beard and moustache, and a bowler hat, changed his identity completely; indeed, when his rags had been hidden in the hollow of a tree it would have been a difficult matter to have traced any resemblance be- tween the respectable-looking workman eating his breakfast and the disreputable beggar of half-an- hour before. As soon as his hunger was ap- peased he disappeared into the wood, and dressed himself in his new attire. Another suit of clothes and an apron such as might be worn by a furniture remover's foreman, Once he had got rid of the youth, Game (for it was he) returned by another route to the reetor's out- building, where 'he laid himself down on the straw, and was soon fast asleep. His slumbers lasted ttill nearly daybreak, when he rose and made his way across country ito the small copse above Hang- lman's Hollow on the road from Ex- bridge to Beaten Junction. Here he discovered a large"van drawn up apparently laden with. furniture both inside and out. The horses were feeding beneath a tree, and a couple of men were eating their breakfast beside them. On seeing Carrie, the taller of the pair-a re- spectable-lookirtg workman, with a big brown beard-rose and touched his hat. The other looked with as- tonishment at the disreputable beg-l, gar standing before them. "So you arrived here safely," said Game. “If anything you’re a little before your time. Boil me a cup of tea, and give me stomething to eat; as quickly as poszijble, for I am nearly famished. When you have done that, get out the clothes I told you to bring with you, and let me change into them. It wouldn't do for any of the people from the village back yonder to be able to say afterwards that they saw me talking with you in this rig-out." "Good-night, and good luck to you." "Well, good-night to you, and don't you forget about to-morrow morning; niggle the horse about a bit just to‘make him impatient like, and drop a hint that he's a bit fresh. That will/make his bolting look more feasible. Don't leave the track while there's any one near you, but, as soon as you do, ride like thunder to the place I told you of. I'll see that they're put off the scene as to the way you’ve gone." "All right," said the lad. “I don't like it, but I suppose I'm in too deep now to draw back. GOOd-night. I? before eight o'clock and keeps the horse under lock and key, with the head lad sleeping in u. box with him.” (To be continued.) SCOTCH LOGIC At Brandon I laid eyes on the i'1rst (Northwest Mounted policeman I ever saw. They wear red coats, just like those li, the dragoons we saw in Toronto, and ‘cow-boy hats. It is said that the red coats were made part of the uniform of the police by Sir John Macdonald because the Indians among whom the police had their most dimcult work always looked on the soldiers of the Queen as their friends. A red-coat would be trusted where anyone else would meet only dis. trust and suspicion. The most promin- ent building, from the Brandon station, is a seed warehouse, and this is another indication ot the character of the West. And the fact that they go in for agti-j culture wholesale is showy by the adver-l, tisements to be seen offering "plowing engines“ for sale. The plowing is done 1 Out from Winnipeg the country is as flat as a table, and the horizon is as straight as the ‘edge of a ruler. It Bur. prised me to find out that between Winni- peg and Portage La Prairie, which is fifty-six miles west, there is a rise of 100 feet. Portage has a population of 7,000, and is quite a town, and one of Manitoba's principal grain markets. There are elevators there, of course, and from there west tor a long way there are elevators at all the stations. There will be two or three elevators at each station, belonging to different companies. To a t1eW-C0rt1tV from Ontario these ele- vators, so many of them, are strange, and they are all the more noticeable because the country is so fiat and there are no big trees. The elevators can be seen for miles. I It's funny the way the towns out west advertise. You frequently come to towns where sign boards have been erected at the stations telling of the advantages the towns have to otter settlers. Back at Port Arthur they had an attractive little one-story brick building, what is called a. kiosk, which is a bureau of in- tormatiot1. At Fort William there was a big sign: “Fort William the Pulse oi the Dominion: the bulk ot East and West trattle passes through this town." There is another big sign there, but there is so much crowded on it, and the print was so small that I could not read it ‘from the train. Indian Head is another iplace that advertises in this way. On one side of the track is the sign: "In- dian Bead, Saskatchewan's Beauty Spot.) Good land $20 to $50 per acre." Across‘ the track on the other side is a sign: which reads. "Dominiou Government forest nursery, 480 acres. one mile from town: Distributed annually, 3,000,000 trees tree to settlers. Visitors can inspect at any time." You would think that if these towns wanted to advertise they would do it in Ontario papers. of course. thousands of people read the signs by the railroad track, but by the time they see them they have tickets to their deg. tination and are not likely to stop off. Say, Dad, if you saw the threshing machines that were round the railroad sidings at Winnipeg waiting to be ship- ;ped to the prairies you wouldn't wonder that people in the west boom their coun- try, These machines, loaded on iiat cars, or standing like batteries of guns wait. ing to be shipped, reminded me of the South African war pictures of shipping guns and ammunition to the front. There is just as much hustle here. At the sta- tion, all along the line, are more ma- chines waiting to be unloaded, and empty box cars are being collected on the Bid. ings to move the cr0p out. Everybody says that it' is to be a bumper crop this year, and bigger than ever before. What you can see from the train certainly looks good. They have got cutting well, under way now. i l Since I wrote you from Winnipeg I have left the prairies behind me. lo. day, about tortydive miles before reach- ing Calgary, I had my ftrst sight ot the Rocky Mountains, They lay low along the Western horizon, like clouds. The only way you could tell they were not clouds was because they did not change their shape. On the prairies I saw In- diana, looking very civilized with their |Bait: waggons, cowboys, and mounted ipolicemen, but I must tell everything in its turn. Before I go any further, I want to ask you to he sure to send me the newspaper from home. I feel just like1 Bill Dodson, whom I met in Winnipeg. He was telling me that whenever he got a paper from home, it was just like meet, ing an old friend, because it told him all about the folks he knew. His father gave him a subscription for a year as a Christmas present, and he said he couldn't have had anything that would have pleased him more. It I decide to stay out here, and anybody at home should want to give me something for Christmas, they might think about this. Don't wait till Christmas to send me the paper, though. please. [Mn McEvoy will write for this paper a series of letters from the west. They will appear from time to time un- dew the above heading, and will give a picture of the great Canadian west from the standpoint of a young Ontario man going out there to make his way. These let- ters should be full of inte.est for every Ontario father.) My Dear Dad I-- K. LETTERS 0F A SUN IN THE MAKING Til HTS DAD. Calgary, Aug. 27th, 1911 --BY REX McEVOY {An Episode on Board a Steamer l Bound for Smith Africa. A fancy-dress ball in celebration of "crossing the line," given on board a steamer bound for South Africa, is described by Lady Elizabeth But- ler in her book, "From Sketch- Book and Diary." On this occasion the passengers of the second-class cabin were invited to join those of. the first on the gaily decorated promenade-deck. Before quoting directly from her diary the account of the "catastrophe," the author in- serts some words of'eXplanation. May love enrieluthe gifts we give And cleanse our gold from sordid dross .' The life of service may we live And always glory in the cross. T. WATSON. He honors those who for Bis sake Unto each urgent call attend: He knows the sacrifice those 'make Who seek His kingdom to extend. Beside the treasury to-day There sits the Lord of earth and heaven ; To those who do His"Word obey The riches of His grace is given. Then to Bis own said Christ the Lord, "Their gifts which seem so great are small; They gave what they could well " ford ; But this poor widow gave her all.” While some brought gifts with boastful air, As it they gloried in their rights, A widow, 'with a silent prayer, Brought, all she had-two single mites. _ And He whose hand the veil 11p- lifts That He may hidden things 11n- fold Perceived amongst their varied gifts The worthless dross and purest gold. V Against the treasury sat He Who is of heaven and earth the King: His all-discerning eye could see All those who came their gifts to bring, Here I must interpoiatce the state- But on that day they little knew That Be who owned the house was there: Of Him they did not seek a view: To Him they breathed no word of prayer. Mark 12: 41-44. The Building was admired by all Who in their father’s footsteps trod : It was the house they loved to call The Temple of the Living God. WHEN BRITANNIA RULED . Iona, Station, Ont, 1911. My, the look from wide swee Imps them by engines on the big farms. Out on the prairies I saw great big galvanized iron tanks. which I thought must be for hold. has stood the searching test of preserving time. possible because of ics consistent high quality ' - 3..ng '. ar -' a! E " , FROM YOUR (RROFER. The Canada Sugar RefinTng co., Hm Established in 195' H: T. I,-, "M“, EXTRA GRANULATED SUGAR THE PRESERVllNG TEST THE TR EAS CRY. l)ih-u,ilfiriji'i'""iiiii'iiiiiai"iiiie Wafer A New 25c. a box at your drum National Drug and Chemical Ctr., FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS Exchange that aching. for a clear. cool. comic JIM. Head In 30 Minutes Ever read the above '.etterc'- [new orft appears from time to time. They an genuine, true, and full of human interest “There’s a reason," and it is ex plained in the little book, "Th: Road to Welhjille,” in plrgs. - "Leaving off coffee and using Postum did this, with no help fron drugs as I abandoned the use d medicines when I began to use tht food drink." Name given by Post tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "So I gave up coffee altogethex and began to use Postum. In ten days I found myself greatly improv ed, my nerves steady, my heao clear, my kidneys working better and better, my heart's actiondap- idly improving, my appetite im. proved and the ability to eat a hearty meal without subsequent suffering restored to me. And this condition remains. __ achine. throbbing, suffering. muddled head V comfortable ens by taking a "Finally I began to suspect that coffee was the cause of my troubles. I experimented by leaving it off, except for one small cup at break- fast, This helped some, but did not altogether relieve my distress. It satisfied me, however, that I was on the right track. "Our physician's prescriptions failed to help me and then I dosed myself with patent medicines till I was thoroughly disgusted and hope- less. "Palpitation of the heart took unto itself sick and nervous head, aches, kidney troubles followed and eventually my stomach became so deranged that even a light meal caused me serious distress. "In 1890 I began to drink coffee. "At that time I was healthy and enjoyed life. At first I noticed no bad effects from the indulgence, but in course of time found that various troubles were coming upon me. "I went back to hang over the bulwarks and lose myself among the stars." “Later on I saw Britannia, danc- ing in a small set of Lancers, hand in hand with the Marehiorress. Shall I ever get her harnessed now?' tt 'Who is it p asked Lady---"--, turning to me. it 'My cook,' I faintly answered. "The last speaker knew her South Africa, and all the possibilities oi the future might have spoken in my face, to judge by the choking laugh- ter that caused her precipitate withdrawal. Each time she ventur- ed back within sight of my smileless face, the fit seized her again. "First a high brass helmet with scarlet crest, then a trident held in the other, and the folds of the union jack draping her commanding form. She stepped on deck. - Lt 'Who is it y you. Heard on every side tt 'I say, said. a voice, ‘this js fake sugc§§§nof fake gvening. Who It it l' "Tho ball is over and I feel de- cidedly limp. I thought 1 was go- ing to have a pleasant evening. I was sitting with Lady--and all tho, others who were not masquerading, enjoying the sight of the figures in all kinds of extempore costumes ap- pearing on the deck fromhelow and} muster-mg prior to setting to, the band playing a spirited waltz, when there slowly emerged from the Saloon stairway, as if rising from the waves she rules-Britannia! I could not persuade my cook at Dover Castle to undertake this or patriation, her courage failing her at the last; moment, and I had to find an untried substitue. She was a Dane with the bloodoi genera- tions of bellicose vikings coursing through her veins, and from afar I had watched her daily on the other deck with apprehensions. ment of certain faots which will em-' able you more fully to sympathize with me in the catastrophe that closes this haid~ocean episode. You must know that white serv- ants were impossible to find at the Cape, and one must bring all one's staff out with one, "for better,' for worse," it may be for three, four, five years. If any turn out badly, it is true you may send them home, but-WI?? is to replace them? FOUND RIGHT PATH. After a False Start. xzeism' or by mall from ', r. of Canada. Limited. Montreal. 'tr, ted, montreai This is on} 28