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E 'jrt',1t' 'tui, 'jr,, PM"! 33% The week following, Knigh Malta, owned by Simon Ca Esq., of Porchester House, I Lane, won the Derby by a npd a scene of intense excitement, Mandarin being second, and Filibuster third. It is a strn fact that to this day not a men of the racing world has been l to solve the unsteyy surroum the disappearance of one " Next morning an advertisement appeared in every paper of comm quence, offering "A reward of Fir- Hundred Pounds for any informs tion that might lead to the convi tion of the person or persons wh on the morning of May 28th ha stolen, or caused to be stolen, frox {he Pitman Training Stables, th Derby favorite, Vulcanito, the pro perty of the Right Honorable th Earl of Calinpis'Urth." "The Derby favorite stolen-Tu] caqittt missing from his stable !". reat excitement. The streets re wasp - ' ',"'Ar-==retzzutau-siadtysuvu e the newsvenders: An hour later the Jessie Branker Was steaming out to sea, and a mili- tary-looking individual, not at all to be compared with the industrious nneclnanic who had shipped the fur- niture van on board the vessel bound for Spain, stood on the plat- form of the station waiting for the express train to London. On veacl1- ing the metropolis he discovered it surging beneath the weight of a Once it was safely transferred from the railway truck to the deck, Came was accosted by a tall, swarthy individual, who, from his importance, seemed to be both the owner and the skipper of the ves- sel. They went down into the sa- loon together, and a few moments later an observer, had one been there, might have seen a cheque for a considerable sum of money change hands. re L west _ "Much obliged," said the horse- man, and, when he had turned off into, a side road, the van contihued its iburnéy till it reached the rail- way station. A quarter of an hour later it caught the eleven o'clock goods train and set off for the small seaside town of Barworth, on the south coast, where it was shipped on board a steamer which' had ar- rive-d that morning from London. “Sorry said the start his to you." "The horse has bolted with him off the Downs, back yonder," air swel‘ed the manw "The guirnror has sent us out in all directions to look for him." "No: we ain't seen no boy with sandy 'air, ridin' of a thorough- bred 'orse seven stone weight," said Came. "What's 'ks, been an' done?” "A youngish boy,” was the reply" "seven stone weight, with sandy hair, on a thoroughbred.” “What sort 6f It boy, and what bit of a horse y' asked the man on the van. "Have you seen anything of a boy on a horse?” asked the man, who was so much out of breath that he could scarcely get his words out. “What’s the matter?” inquired -tluclatter, as he brought his horses to a. standstill. 'Wave we dropped anything tl" and the van continued its journey along the high-road towards the Junction. But satisfactory as their attempt had so far proved, the dam ger was by no means over. Searcer had they proceeded three miles on their way before Came distingu- ished the sound of hoofs upon the road behind him. A moment later a young man, mounted on a well- bred horse, came into view, rode up alongside, and signalled to the driver to stop. l When the horse was comparative- ly dry he was led into the van which Jfas to be his stable for the next few hours, and, in spite of his pro- tests, slung in such a fashion that his feet did not touch the floor. This business completed, Carrie bade the frightened boy get in with him, and take care that he did not, on any account, neigh. After that the mask of furniture was replaced, and the doors closed and locked. The men mounted to their places on the box and roof, "Jump off,” cried Came, catch- Ing at the horse's head, "and re- move the saddle. Now be quick with those cloths; we must rub him down or he'll catch cold.” CHAPTER IT1---(Chont l V3331 in tht Night; we can't oblige you," driver as he prepared to team again. "Good-day “ICE OR, A SERVICE TO THE STATE 1t trans wnabe ad) th; that -very day arrival in En obi-“Idiome , "To do that, I must explain that at the end of January of this pre- sent year, my father, who was then Tii" Chicago, sent us a cableau‘am lo say he was leaving t'ovJ:crg'ra)rg "Indeed?" said Klimo. "Now, perhaps you had better proceed with your story." "Never any downright quarrel," said the girl. ' "But I am sorry to say they were not always the best of friends. In those days my fa-. ther was a very difficult man to get on with." erica l" "Was there ever ariy quarrel bet tween your father and your hus- bandhprior to your leaving Am- "Mostly Irish, like ourselves," ansrered_Mrs. Jeffreys. "But very few people came to us at all. We had scarcely any friends." "Ot what nationality were the friends who did come y' "Did no business men ever come to see him?" vate resources?” - "None that I ever heard of," re- plied the girl. , "That was rather strange, was it not?” said Klimo. 'Wad he Inu- vate resources?” "Yes, he preferred to remain in America." "May I ask his profession?." "That, I'm afraid, foolish as it may seem to say so, I cannot tell ymr," answered the girl, with a slightly heightened color. “His means of earning a, living were al- ways kept a secret from me." "In saying godd-bye to your old home, you left your father behind, I presume?” "Two years," answered the girl. "Two years next September. My husband and I met in America, and then came to England to settle." " "My name is Eileen Jeffreys," she said. “I am the wife of an English Bank Inspector, and the daughter of Septimas CrGrady, of Chicago, U. S. A." “I §héll remember," replied Eli- mo. "And how long have you been married '2” The girl sat down as ordered, and immediately commenced her tale. "Pray sit down," he said, "and tell me in as few words as, possible what it is you desire that I ahould do for you. Speak as clearly as you can, and, if you want my help, don't hesitate to tell me every- thi 'She was young, not more than t,wenty-four at most, a frail wisp of a girl, with light brown hair and eyes that spoke far her nationarity as plain as any words. She was neatly but by no ferns expensively dressed, and showed evident signs of being oppressed by a weight of trouble. Klimo leaked at her, pnd in that glance took in everything. In spite of the fact that he was we- puted to possess a heart as hard as any fline, it was noticeable that his voice, when he spoke to her, was not as gruff as that in which he usually addressed his visitors. on which Simon Carne, presented by the Earl of Amberley, had made his bow beforethe Heir Apparent at the second levee of the season, that Klimo entered upon one of the most interesting cases which had so far come into his experience. The clock in his consulting-room had just struck one when his elderly housekeeper entered and handed him a card, bearing the name of Mrs. George Jeffreys, 14 Bellanper Street, Bloomsbury. The detective immediately bade his servant admit the visitor, and, almost before he had given the order, the lady in question stood before him. [1mg ,y, and t nglandf ' C) i} h ad £0 HO Cloves arc the unorqmmled fl.vr- er-buds of a Lrr1utiful cx‘ergz'ucm tite which grows only in 5%);in countries. The buds al'C at first a pale (Mar. and {:11qutu bosomc green, after which they duet“: in- to a bright rod, when they are ready for cvl0ct/:ng. During thc drying process they are exposed tr) the smoke of a worvcl-iire, and then to the action a: the sun, which 'ac- counts for their tlcirk-brov,n color N ready for the market. The CIC, which attains a height L is a native of a small {glands in the Indian, His decision had been too much for her fortitude, and before he could prevent ie," humuhead was down upon her" hands and Shewhad begun to weep bitterly. He at- tempted to"comfort her. but 'n vain; and when she left him,\tears were/still coursing down her cheeks. It/ti-as not until she had been gone about ten minutes, and he had in- formed his housekeeper that he would see no more clients that clay, that he discovered that she had loft‘ her precious cablograms behind her. ’ i "I regret exceedingly that I am compelled to disappoint you," he answered. "But my time is more thanAoccupied as it is, and I could not give your case my attention, even if I would." "You will not help me now that I have told you my miserable po- sition? Then there is nothing be- fore me but despair. Oh, sir, is your decision quite irrevocable? You cannot think how I have count- ed on your assistance." "My dear young lady," he said, “I am afraid that it would be saf- er for you not to tell me any fur- ther, for I fear it is not in my pow- er to help you." Uneasy-Alpha-Omega __.... Nine- teen - Twelve-to-day-five-lace --arrange---seventy -eight .- Bra- zils-one---twenty-nine. NERO. Klimo read it through, and the girl noticed that he shook his head over it. "Let me look at the last cab1e- gram," said Klimo, putting his hand from the box, and taking the slip of paper. The first and second message were simplicity itself; this, how- ever, was a complete enigma. It was worded as follows: Reply immediately, or remember consequences. Time presses, if do not realize at present price, mar- ket will be lost. NERO. "Following my previous line of action, I placed this communication also in the drawer, anduetermined to let Nero wait for a reply. By doing so, however, I was incurring greater trouble than I dreamt of. Within forty-eight hours I received the following message, and upon that I made up my mind and came off at once to you, What it Means I do not know, but that it bodes ill to my father I feel certain. I had heard of your fame, and as my husband is away from home, my fa- ther unable to protect himself, and I am without friends at all in Eng- land I thought the wisest course I could pursue-would be to consult you.", l “Of course, it was impossible for me to tell what, this meant. I was not in my father's confidence, and I had no notion who his mysterious correspondent might be. But as the doctor had distinctly stated that to allow him to consider any busi- ness at all would bring on n, relapse and probably kill him, I placed the message in a drawer, and deter- mined to let it remain there until he should be well enough to attend to it without danger to himself. The week following he was not quite so well, and fortunately there was complete silence on the part of his correspondents. Then this second message arrived. As you will see it is also from Chicago and from the same person. of doing She took a paper from her pocket and handed it to Klimo, who glanc- ed at it, examined the post-mark anfl the date, and then placed it upon the desk before him. It was from Chicago, and ran as follows: O'Grady, For close upon a, fortnight I con- tinued to nurse him, until he was so far recovered as to recognize me once more. The day that he did so I took in at the door this cable- graln, from which I may perhaps date the business that has brought me to you." taken, and that if he could once consider himself safe again would be quit of _the whole thing iorever, ll' h y 14 Bellamer Street, HOW C LOVES GROW (To be continued.) London, England. q answer? Reply chances business. NERO. called the 'th all tl the Jove we lsr. nturies warm- »s were .ipices i "Though improper food,' imper- Ifectly digested, my health was com- (pletely wrecked, and I attribute my recovery entirely to the regular luse of Grape-Nuts food. It has, " assure you, proved an inestim- {able boon to me. _ ', "Almost immediately after be, lginning the use of Grape-Nuts I {found a gratifying change in my écondition. The terrible weakness (that formerly prostrated me after a few hours of work, was percep-l )tibly lessened and is now only " memory-it never] return; _ A lady lecturer writes from Phila- delphia concerning the use of right food and how she is enabled to without the strain and wear and tear of her arduous occupation. She says: A LADY LECTURER Feeds Nerves and Brains Seientig. cally. Do not go into sheep breeding. Grow into it. Begin in a, small way. You will find many unexpected problems constantly coming up and if you go into it largely at first you will find a great deal of trouble and disappointment. There is much that has to be learned by long and thoughtful experience. Hothouse lamb is now as popular as baby-beef and an up-to-date flockman does not keep his lambs until they are fully matured unless for breeding purposes. No female can expect to trans- mit to her offspring better quali- ties than she possesses herself un- less she is mated with a sire with greater prepotency. It is the gains that the lambs make during the fall that deter- mine the feeder's profits. Many a bunch of promising feed-. ers go to the country and return with indication of being half starved. Sheep are comfort lovers and the man who neglects to provide them with good, dry shelter makes a costly error. A cow is a milk machine it is true and we want to get all-we can out of her, but like machines made of steel and wood, she must be giv- en time for repairs or she will wear out all too quickly. Not much use arguing with a man like that, but experience shows that it is much better for the health and usefulness of the cow, especi- ally heifers, to give her at least a month's rest during the year. A woman asked him if he did not rest on Sunday and ' he rather shamefacedly replied that he worked every day in the week, par- ticularly during the summer months. We one-e heard a farmer at Coun- ty vInstjtute defend his practice of milking his cows, up to the last mo- ment on the ground that he worked every day and wanted his cows to do the same. ’ Too many fal'nt‘ers milk their cows from calf to calf. In some states the law forbids the selling of milk of cows within two weeks of calv, ing or five days after. This rest is none too long and in fact young heifers would do better if they were given a longer rest before calving, The ultimate end of the hog is pork and the quicker the growth to market 'maturity the more pro- fit there is in it for the feeder. Oats for the brood sow will pro (Inge betty muscle for the pigs. It is a good plan to soak shelled corn for the hogs and if it is ground before it is soaked so much the beta ter. NOTES OF THE SHEEPFOLD While there is considerable irr vestment in the brood sows, will it pays better to keep the good ones because they will produce more uniform pigs, more of them and will raise them matter. Too many farmers kill their good brood sows because of the tempta- tion to sell for the high prices. This is a mistake. ‘ N Too much corn ion the brood sow means small litters. . Oregon Experiment Station shows that one acre of good clover for growing hogs represents a value of $44. _ If pigs farrowed early in March do not reach 275 pounds by the first week of November there is some- thing wrong about the feeding. 66m mag“ QM a COWS MUST HAVE A REST ‘mesmw FOR THE HOC, KAISER. ()rtht farm he Rand Where‘s " Quite ar few people are going in largely for growing sugar beets in this y district. They grow a good quality and can sell all they have at $5 a ton any- where in the irrigation block. This block is no small thing. It is forty miles north and south and 150 miles east and west. There are 1,500,000 acres in it. You strike the irrigation canal on the train a couple of hours before you get to Cal- gary, and it certainly looks a big work. They any it is the largest in the west- ern hemisphere. It cost $3,000,000, and ‘there are 2,900 miles of ditches-imagine! If they were put and to end they would reach from Toronto to Vancouver and stick out into the ocean at that! And] it is said that the company intend tol spend $12,000,000 more in extending the‘ irrigation system, l Mr. Charleton, who has a place near Strathmore, says that 1910 was the dri. est season for many years, yet all the people round there had some sort of a crop even without irrigation. With Er- rigation in the fall they are sure of good crops. People differ as to when the water should be let in from the irrigation ca- nals. P. J. Umbrite, who has a place near Gleichen, says some people dorr't believe in putting the water on newly sown land, but he never cut finer oats than where he did this, He says that the best time to irrigate is late in the fall when 1lyy_y-airs are off', and in the spring.» - l The winters here are quite mild-so Mr. Renwick knew Some people who have located here, and that is why he came out. They say that the irrigation is like insurance against the loss of the crop through lack of moisture at the growing time. In 1908 cats were over 100 bushels to the acre, wheat CO bush. els and barley 91. i' You will see I am still in Calgary. ‘It is not that I am particularly taken ‘with the town, but I have been knocking [about with Mr. Renwick and finding out something about the country. You know I told you in my first letter that he and his three sons were on their way out tif take up some of the C. P. R. irrigated lands. I was out to his place last Fri- day and stayed overnight with them. It is what is called a ready-made farm. The Canadian Paeifie will break, barrow, seed and fence from 50 acres up, will put, up buildings, and bore a well, so that you can go right on the farm with the crop growing and move right into your house. ot course they don't do it for nothing, but as you can pay for it in ten an- nual instalments along with the ten in- stalments for the land. it is spread over pretty well. Mr. Beawiek reckons the farm will carry itself after the first year. He is all enthusiastic over the district. The company has demonstration farms close by, and they have pure bred sires of 'drst rate breeds of live-stock, which are free for settlers' use. The Canada Sugar Refining M., Limited, Montreal My dear Dad c- [Mr. McEvoy will write for this paper a srwies of letters from the west. They will appear from time to time un- cltw 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 inteest for every Ontario father.) This explains why it is so generally used during the Fri Season. far See that you get it from your Grocer for it means "Preserving ' Satisfaction.” They tone up the liver, move the bowels gently but freely. cleanse the system and clear the brain. A new, pleasant and reliable laxative, prepared by a reliable firm, and worthy of the NA-DRU-CO Trade Mark. 25c. a box. If your druggist has not yet stocked them, send 25c. and “an we will mail them, BrrlltMBMM ‘ NATIONAL DRUG & CHEMICAL COMPANY ”33‘ E in . ' OF CANADA, LIMITED. MONTREAL. 21 © "ltilA-DRU-co" Laxatives LETTERS OF A SON IN THE WARN!) T0 HES MI. EXTRA GRANU LATED su Established in 1854 by John Redpath Calgary, Sept. 4th, 1911, who get little exercise an occasional dose of No. l --By REX McEVOY BRAIN WORKERS IS A?i0THIER NAME FOR at ' , f r, E f f, - " h " ' ',," ' tE a t' , i a" ' , 4 .9 i f g 5 B , i. 'Al A . E , "ceiiuCiC1tf.1DC,LUrs"'h'i2 It is accepted that cancer on the tongue is very commonly associat, ed with, and preceded by leuoop-y lakia, but (says the “Hospital")the occurrence of the leucoplakia does not seem to bear any constant ree lation to indulgence in excessive smoking. People who smoke from morning till night often have healthy mouths, and on the other, hand some quite moderate smok- ers have a white patch on that part of their tongue where smoke has constantly impinge-d. Irritation caused by jagged tooth, or by some condition of a stopping is 11‘ doubtcdly an important facto which has to be reckoned with. Well, it's getting late now, and I must close up. I shall be going on to Yaw couver to-morrow, so that I-shall be glad if you would send the paper on to Unck John's address. Thanks very much fol sending itr I have always been giad get it. Love to everyone at home. . a bit of real estate dealing going on in that square, too. You can judge that when you know that there MB 200 lieeme ed real estate dealers in town, to say IMh thing of the hundreds ot people who an interested in "deals." There 'seems to be a real estate fever about. Three door tors who came out this year to practict hare caught it and are in real estatq instead. = [ a million on the new station. The bailde ing is a handsome one, and one that etrerg one of the 60,000 population " Calgary and. its suburbs can be proud of. In the last ten years the city hat increased its population by seven times. It is six miles square, and there is quite l The cities, of course, are growing , 'as quickly as the country. Why, 1:. years ago Regina had a, population " only 2,000, and" now it has 22,500. Regina is the centre of a district of about 60,000 square miles with a population of 400,000” Amongst other things the town is the distributing point for arrica1lt,r1ral implef meats, threshers and engines. Last year the agricultural implements distributed through this town were valued at $20,-| 000,000. In 1910, two new towns were in-. corporated in Alberta every week. This city of Calgary, sometimes called the "Sandstone City," because of the amonnt of building stone that is right here and is largely used in the stores and church as, was only founded in 1882, yet it har grown so rapidly that tile C. P. R.dies, found it necessary to spend a quarter of [of 400,000, and when you go through it on! Ethe railway you wonder where it is tel [stowed away. You would think that, there would be more houses along the railway than there are But when you: think that Alberta is bigger than either" France or Germany, and twice as big the British Isles with their milliona,‘ is easy to underzmnd that there is ple'mJ ty of room for 400.000 without overtyrowd( ing, But just to show how the country is developing-in 1900 there were not " acres in the Province sown to winter wheat, while in 1909 there were 305,00( acres. That's going some. Last yeal\ 20.000 acres were settled every day, in Ah berta alone. They say that 200,000 Ami ericane came into Canada in 1910, bring ing with them in cash and aettlere’ eh feats as much as $250,000,000. The“ were about the same number of settlerl from Great Britain and Europe. Tht Western provinces keep pace, with the growth of population in the matter ot', schools, and the people here say that the rural schools are in no war' behind those in Ontario. 1 The country is building up 'at a we: mentions rate. Alberta has a, population are wintored out. Alberta is still quite', a cattle raising place. The cured orhrtii) gras- puts on a finish, so they say, ar? most as good as grain. There is a bit. trade in cattle with British Columbia{ and the Yukon, as well as a big expor4 trade. I mild that they don't go in for any sport), at Calgary that require snow. Horsey feel better all round for SMOKING AND CANCER P. R. Aer quarter of The build. JIM?