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so the New ten over all inner, No. 2. [our 1° and whole npflSO ‘ Mk III mat the ’ED MY CHOP; gems ! ement Agems! STON. mâ€" now PY9P*"9d nick despatch and Terms. 93‘ ‘.‘_"‘ llu‘y-- ,blc' employment. panv. w'én'mgwn' learn Kb" ”r “luvâ€"v at block-8 of ice and frozen snow 5" he upper reaches. and on an. from I . fund in adense black fog. So in-t p) 1 tom W n.00n W the .11th Stenll.‘ as it that, looking through the : mdow, it was impossible to see I wharf light a few feet away, and suddenly it had crept 1 through the winter’s day, has“, enveloping everything like the mible embodiment of some dread- fu plague. Denser and darker it grew 3 u zhe night closed in; wreaths of it I mod and eddied round the dim street ' unps' it crept under ill-fitting doors, use through the tighw-closed win- do“ until even in the snug saloon cube Primrose it made the lights :m 1633 briskly, and the polished rm work glint a little more dimly . J the firelight. é "Curious thing,” said Mount, break-g a; 4 luxurious silence â€" "curious: tun-l how that fellow Dortheim manâ€" | 3.34 {0 get away 2" l Eh.” said I drowsily, and waking? my. to tell the truth, I was halfi men when he spoke, "0h, ah!â€"yes,i my. 3 __.~ “I heard from Ca rter's again toâ€"day," low continued. “The police have m Weir very utmost; but they saw can't get. hold of the faintest 3,; was ztprOpos of the breaking wet the river Swindlers’ gang, of m Dortheim was the head, some fcmght or more ago. On the infor- mon with which Mount and I had '1!!! Able to supply them, the police Id raided Dortheim’s store, and ef- iley broken up the whole crew. of mm. besides recovering a. large an- mzof Stolen property; but Dor- Mhimelf had managed to mm He last moment through a sliding M and got away. 1310 way," I asked, "did they find more that emergency exit of has led to!" in it was rather a cute contriv- f” 3‘ Lave into an old-fashioned. jichimney. with a ladder in it. ~38th of the ladder was; crude muff-I ohould thipk Dorthein had two tall standard lamps ini Wat’s 3310011 on board the Prim cheerful light on the cosy aur- ndinfl A fire was burning brisk- roa rate at the further and. mate the sense of enm- wnv :53}? “38 .ln Africa. There are ”5‘“be different. exits from tie in"? Its little wonder they missed lam-‘1“ .“hat I cannot underaand 5"”. 1‘: “flint they've heard .055- m 1m sauce. It’s all very well, is?“ maple. talk and any, that it“. ”“3“ thimr in the world todis- new . . .1. and than it mmple disgniaaand v.1 kw. 19 “FAA... n . ‘0“? "5 HO one cares two- We wh 7 A mgcdy 0f 111C Thames. "iuundrei as ever bmtb- lust he kPeping precious ‘16 3‘1"?! an exhaustive ’5' 3” making for him.” YOU think he’s probablv yum Imagine Ihlâ€"thoiln Me inventor.” enough. Give the doâ€" gnpt, that the III‘I " [articular variety of ref}. “And as hug as of ey'xding ti} gentle uni of game when U» of Scotland Yard ply tearing their Mr 1. when your descrip- s. :u-quaintancen am! duly entered on the “hen a. slight anil- d. flat to the hang-v I leaut forward in my chair and touched Mount on the arm. I saw him start convulsively at the pressure, and I could not say how long the noise might have been going 011, nor when it began. I simply remember that gradually, quite gradutlly, I became aware of it, and than 0.11 of a sudden, with a start, I realized the manning of it. Mount”s two boats were I knew, land up for the winter, under canvas on the upper deck, but the noisd was un- mistakably nude by a boat scraping against the barge. Andâ€" twefil, and there was Dortheim! a. faint, regular noise, like the gentle scraping of a boat’s gunwale against the side of the barge as it swayed geptly 9n the tide. an hour. Anyhow, after a. certain lapse of time. I bgcamefiimly conscious of â€"' -V‘I“.v Ill the end is loss of nerves. I felt quite shivery as I sat there watching Mount. Everything was so deathly still, and over everything and around everything and through every- thing there lay that horrible, dark, un- clean fog. It lurked in the corners of the saloon, making the shadows deep- er. It got into one’s throat and into one’s eyes and depressed one like an evil dream. And as I sat there, 1is« tening vaguely, I shuddered; and, re- membering Dortheim’s face as I had last seen it. I ahuddered again. How long the intense silence had lasted I don’t. know; It might have lasted five minutes; it might have been it. You can’t give 1t 3 name, and you t quige explam, but the result in tell ur courage ooze out. of I, there is nothing like ek or two in constant you don’t know ex- f Presently Mount shouted: “Knock it out of his hand, Lasoelles! Knock it out of his hand! My leg is giving l”and then for the first time I realized. why git was Mount struggled to hold his .adversary’s hand so high. .Dortheim lhad got a second glass bomb filled , with vitrol, and Mount daren’ t release .1 his grip. . Dortheim~for he it wasâ€"was fight- ing like a demon. I could see his broad shoulders heave and strain with every movement. But Mount was mad with rage and painâ€" a considerable quantity of the vitrol had splashed over him. and he was in horrible agony from the burning acid; and so the two swayed backward and foreward. so closely intertwined .that I could not render assistance. ness, I saw that Mount had got one hand twisted in his assailant’s collar. while with the other he held the man's left wrist high in the air. v W â€". -. Two figures were struggling and twisting in the blackness on the edge of the upper deck. I could hear their hard breathing.and see aconfused mass whirling about perilously near the edge, but which was friend and, which foe I could not make out at first. As my ey_es got accustomed to the dark- the rest of his days.. He thrust the door Open sharply.a:nd itepped out into the darkness Wlth heard a yell of rage from. Mount and saw him spring forward. “Vitrol!” he said. And with that I. too, sprang out, with my head low. and covered by my arm. I fimfle a grab at the man’s arm, in- "I At Sonlec, in Geacony, 3 cross was discovered projecting ebove the and. a. well-preserved church d the thir- teenth century wee excented. he churchisnowinm= \ Heâ€"I thought of giving you a ring with opagn and diamonds. But perhaps yon «sounder opdn unlucky I 830 (01pr with man Two men lifting a half-ton fish into «their boat is the exciting feature of sturgeon fishing. The sturgeon. if not fastened in his thick hide. is apt to resent it. He shakes his head in em- phatic dissent; and a head three feet long and as big as a log. when vigor- ously shaken by a half-ton body, is a thing To be avoided. The tail. too. is a source of danger, for it not only slaps with energy. but can cover a large surface with one application. The man new at the business is apt to get hurt. the first time he helps to coax awrig- gling sturgeon of standard size over a gnnwale. On the floor of the cannery the stur- geon is a great inert mass of fish. The first Operation of the butcher is to chap off the head and tail with an‘ axe, and for these free gifts of nature the Indians and Chinamen are eagerly, waiting at the door. The fans are cut} off with a knife. and these are not al- lowed to go to waste. As the refuse is shovelled along the planks to the river there is little allowed to pass the coast native and his cousins of the. braided hair. Chinamen potter around ‘ the place and help to clear away the re- , fuse for the sake of what they can glean I and have a weakness for taking parts} not intended for the river. When such , Mongolian tricks are discovered the! Chinamen are all driven out withl more noise than ceremony. but they take their expulsion with Oriental in- difference. and in a few minutes are] I all back again. Dortheim's body was picked up the next day in a fearful condition,. How it happened exactly I cannot tell, but I imagine that the sudden release of his wrist caused him to grip the frail glass vessel so tightly that it broke, and the acid fell straight on his up- turned face. blinding him instantly. I shall never forget the poor wretch’s screams as he fell. It may have been retribution. but it was none the less horrible, and I can’t think of it with- out shuddering. (‘apturlng llalf-‘l‘on Fishes Is no Pinhook Recreation. I saw a sturgeon in Victoria. on the cannery floor, measuring twelve feet by the tape and weighing more than six hundred pounds. says a correspond- ent of the Globe. Any one wishing to deceive the public by] aid of a prevari- eating camera should pose beside this twelve-foot fish. The men who skilfully and laboriously reduced it to sections with an axe said it was not an un- common fish. though the biggest on the floor; that they often found him far larger and weighing as much as twelve hundred pounds. However, suéh was the death of one of the cleverest sooundrels of the per- iod, and the leader and organizer of Dortheim Co. DANGEROUS STURGEON FISHING. Mount had escaped permanent injury by a miracle. As it was, the' devilish acid had scarred his temple and hands badly, but owing partly to the fact of the door opening outward and part- ly because he had naturally emerged in a stooping attitude (the doorway be- ing a low one), the full charge had missed his face, and, beyond the awful pain at first he was comparatively lit- tle damaged. or break his wrist. BBF'TquT'Zs°i did so I heard a cry from Mount. and saw him go down. His wounded 188. Which had burst out bleedinz 315F981). had given under him. Dor- thelm’s arm naturally jerked back. and I missed my hold. At the same instant he gave a horrible scream. and. 9043th his hands to his eyes. fell head foremost into the river below. I heard his body strike a projecting corner of the lower deck. There was a. splash and in an instant he' was whirled away out of sight into the black fog. With a word to Mount I hurried to the boat. which I found moored to the stern. and casting loose pulled fran- tically down stream. but after ten minutes it was evident that there was no chance of finding him alive or dead in that inky darknessâ€"in fact, it was with the greatest difficulty that I was able to get back to the barge. in safety. ' tenglingfl either to make ANCIENT CHURCH EXCAVATED. COULD NOT BE. him sleave gg unsung“ mom by m thodimdmmanhdahln- lid; Amman-u. Walton-hm“. submit...“ The chronicle is tho I.“ wide .J meli Waxwowmzuammm Dealers in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Spectacles, Silver and Flat Ware of all descriptions. Repairing a pecialty. Upper Town, Durham. County of Grey. including a valuable W Power. Brick dwelling. and mnny olsgible building lots. will be sold in one or more lots. Also lot. No. 60. Con. 2, W. G. 8.. 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