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W ariegt of all was the prisoner, who had not left the dock, in Which during the‘pasc few hours he had sure- !y passed through the utmost extremes 3t despair and joy possible to a human being. Cairn. moraily and physically cap. able of bearing the lot‘ he, had deliber. {sly chosen. ha had entered the dock And when will ye come hame again, Dear \Villieaell to me?” “W hen the sun and moon dance on . you.- green, And that .will never be.” The jury were long absent. and those who waited in comb had become we__a_,ry and ceased to talk. _ _ - â€":-v quarvu “DLUU :1 he came on, stand aside as {roman avengxug fate, or a pitllese power that ls baund to fulfill Itself for the good or 8 on his breast: Others that a iighLâ€"not 0t hell, but Heavenâ€"shone in the steady. eyes chart seemed to look on something afar off, to which his wing- tee't were hearing him. Bui: when he reached the road he stood still, and allied to the first cashman that he saw. Daffy did not understand the in- structions, given, but he stole out from under Janin’s coat, and laughed for joy aa'they drove" rapidly‘away. CHAPTER XV. “Jan-ny!" in; going to b- sil "Janny!" he cried. “Janny! [3 you going to b- siCk Loo-1ik- p005 moth- er,” Janin sprang up, the child in his arms, and waiked swiftly across the grass in the direcgion of the gate open- mg on Park Lane. People stood aside 4..- I.-. -â€" â€"~ ' But the man evidently meant no harm to the child who clearly rejoiced in his compel, chattering nineteen to the dozen; so they reached the park in- safety, and presentiyisat down not far from the Serpentine to rest. The cloudless sky, the: warm, brisk, Sweet. air, the seine of liberty, and a vague suspicion that he was very naughy aff~ cel Datiy Do exhilarainu; he laughed, he rolled on the dry grass, and he'talked in his own delightful way to his heart’s content. Thus an hour passed; then his spirits suddenly flagged, and he drew in close to Janin, who had been sitting with eyes that looked straight before him, and face cold and still as marble. When that soft little figure stole under his coat. and nestled close to i he shook like a reed: in the grasp of a moral and physical convulsion that terrified Daffy. The mews were deserted; it was only when they go: into the street that led to the square, midway to the park, that people noticed the oddly-matched pair, and stared and wondered ‘ "Tie a handke‘mher on,” said Daffy, jumping down; “never were no ’at in the country!” Janin go: up slowly; and went to a coat that was hanging up, drawing {Km its pocket a very large white silk handkerchief, far too fine in tex- ture ‘Lo batong to a shoemaker's assist- ant. This ne tied round\ the child’s head. and: tucked the ends into the bosom of his iittle pinafore, after which he mm on his coat and hat, and like one in. a dream, suffered himself to be led 311:5 by Daffy, who trod on' air. “But you have no hat,” said Janin, who felt Lndeed that horses would not drag him to the. door of that house where Eiizabeth lay waiting for the message of Jack's iife or death . I “13 you angedy?” he said, flipping his hand into Jaanin's; “don’t take are '01:): yest yet! Let’s ’ave a little walk m the park!” he added, with a sudden burst of jnspiration. Janin shivered as he looked down on the drooyed golden head, and seemed to see the mold being heaped above it. “Curse her!” he said between hm set teeth, and Daffy looked; up alarm- “Then me will die too," said Daffy, with "a gleam of hope on his sad little face, “mother ’ud want somebody to take care of her. up there! You seeâ€" poor mother’s a little deafâ€"and she might lose her way, if she hadn’t got tellér!” " He had listened impatiently as the But there was not the usual lively trial. proceeded, for were they not pride and joy in his voice, when speak- gkeelpmg him from Elizabeth? And mg; of his pet. 7 igradually, and with what cruel, relent- .. Mother never looked the door on me ,lesstoldness, .the conviction had: come before,” said Daffy, looking. up earn- ito him. that 1118 folly had tied the knot estly at Janin, “th never. I called- Itoo firmly about 1118 throat for the fin- ed to her through the keyhole, and gem of love td loose it, and that in- aaid I was welly lonely, and mothe’1'2110('*ento suveof his deadly wrong to always hears rutâ€"does you :hink mo 11- Eht‘fl‘» he must die, leavingf her With a "'3 dead, Janin g" Estzgma attached to her rtp‘utatiou that “Master Daffy,” cried Janin, start- 'hlS. had .b'een the hand. .tO affix, and ing up suddenly, and setting the lWhICEhIS death would but make the child down. {more indelible. But there was not the usual lively pride and joy in his voice, when speak- ing; of his pet. ”Mother must be wally bad," said Daffy. shaking, his head; "she ackshal- ly forgot to feed the Pink unâ€"oniy fink of that! You see, I was so very busy, I forgmed him too. Dear little teller!” “Mrs. Chick' s saxagely. “IL's very miserbul, Ja-nny,” said Daffy, sorrowfully, “Daddy's goneded away, 0’ this ever and ever so long, and mother says p’r’hâ€"aps he’ll go away {umberâ€"she don't quite know how far â€"nd mother, she never laughs and plays now; and Mrs. Chick she said to Rose she ’spected,” Daffy’s lips quiver- ed convulsively', "they'd talke mother away in the black box soon!” “Dcm't cry,” he saidfhuazkiiy, and than Daffy iooked up, and the blue and the brown eyes met. Janin sat perfectly still, something picking and working at his own heart, as if that were breaking too. Janin lifted the child with trembl- ing hands, and set him on his knee. He “13‘? that Daify' 8 heart was aching and felt like lead in his little bosom, and it is a miscaka to think that a child’ 3 heart cannm bnea'k, it can, and does sometimes. The Mystery of N00 13. a fool,” sa‘id Janin and my only chance at at, without being caught. wa slept down stairs, as she did, and usually at: the 8: Rise. On that particular a cu uuu Lus Latuer's arms with a about of joy. and rapturousty kiswd him. "My lord.” said Jamin, dimctly ad- judge, “in is I .who vâ€"v‘. wuvm. No one» had let or. hindered the since Janin had said a few brief v to an usher, words that out-ran and passed from lip to lip, till reached even the judge, frowning ani perplexed, the blue] forgotten. and awry on his head Janin rook-3d- up at Jack He clutched the rails before him, and Mr. Lemaire. started up, and the judge. in not of adjusting the black cap, paused and leaned forward to father with the 021m, laughing for joy, as they came: nearer to him, so near that by stomping down, Jack co_u_ld have touched them- . waiting fox her fall, to h dict?” The Jury havinl names, in the mid the quesrioa was "Have you 321“ st _ _â€" _ v- u;~¢“\ “V VI Vagueiy they feltâ€"these people Who had come to see a play.’ â€"- that yonder was no puppet, 'but a creature of human flesh and blood. with ears straine'i for the sound of footsteps that herald a message of life 012‘- death. was no puppet, but a creature of human flesh and blood. with ears straine'i for the sound of footsteps that herald a message of life or} death. They came 21L Jast, those steps, and immediately the court was Lhronged. The judge sat down" in‘ his place, and tbs prisoner stood up, the crest; of his dark hair riszino’ n“an'a rkn ..,.I. w.â€" -' The sun shone brightly in on the court, the notes dancing flippantly on the duszy seats and the people, who had grown curiously quiet, all with eyes turned to that bowed head in the doe‘k, which had not moved a hair- bfféyadth‘ since it first sank down. As that death stole nearer, and life receded, all Jack’s lusty strength’ and manhood, now the cause for self-sacri- fice, was swept away; cried. out in him againsL annihilation, against the part- ing from Elizabeth, from Daily, 1mm the many good and pleasant) years they three might have spent hand in band together. Then, indeed, honey-sweet life had smiled to and beckoned him; and .drenched with joy, and the knowledge of Elizabeth 3 innocence. it had seemed to him an easy. thing to walk out of 1h: do k free, to go to he1 on his knees to bag he: forgiveness, and in her arms to forget this awful inter mic that had ma: red the whole and perfect fabric of their love Such was his attitude when Mr. Lamaire’s cross-examination of. Rose revealed a probability that had. never occurred to him, insanely preoccupied as he had been with Elizabeth’s guilt, 1h: Long ago he had acquitted Elizabeth in his mind of any taint of wrong- doing with his friend; in' the silence and meditation of his clays- and nights she has! gradually resumed the like- lness in which he knew her, and for that one mad moment born of fierce faithfulness to him, her husband, in which she had snatched the pistol from Barry’s hand, and slain him. he had forgiven her. that morning, anxious only that the formality of Dis trial should be over as quickly as possible, and the closing scene of all fixerj for; an’ early date. â€"v-uvbllur5 :sually at: the suggestion of that particular day.» she sent the AA avxng answered to their mxdst of a dead suence was asked: agreed upon your Ver‘ hedthofil ..__ ' t 0:. hindered the pair said a fe“ brie f words \fi-) ,- J- ‘â€" stdod! at home lame and set- ‘he Suggested >81 them. Her are for the master hated ack‘ cap jump. with- The young man. making a call, found himself in a 13 ting room. surrounded by a bevy of dear, delightful creatures, ‘who pro- ceeded to assist the base burner to 'ma’ke’it warm for him. In fact, it was altogether too warm for thgyogng man. mu- ' soci'al 'leasant sit- “You'u'k‘iéé 35¢, Master Daffy?" he said, in a. lower voice, looking up at the boy; "p’r’aps it’ll be for the last time,” he added. but Daffy did not bear him. ~ ’ When his father held' him down to the pale man he clasped Jpnin’s neck nowâ€"mine and see you" t’morrer!” he said, “and we’ll ’ave ”(N ”mu Iongouen them. I only wanted; to get away from that -- and B slipped! out of thu room. and ran .down stairs and out! of the house so ‘fasti that Rose wasn’t. quick enough to stop me as she came out of the dining- room, so she thoughu I’d got the stones and didn’t know anything about the murder till the next morning, “I went back to my lodging" Ikep/r on at the old life. I. knew if I ran away I should be suSpected. and I believed I. could hold out till a cap!" and he pointed: his forefinger, at» the ju‘ige. “I pick-ed .up the pistol and tossed it; awayâ€"it fell between the bericlo-Ihes and the wall, and the poor young 11111}. Sl'en'f gnnnlnv nn Inn‘v:m~ _ - a cap!” and he 1f: the ju {ge “‘There’s somebody here,’ he said, grouping about with his armsras if he didn’t know the place very well, and then he came close to the foot ofâ€" the bed, which was a very Low one, and stopped short staring down at the lady: as if he Wore struck silly or as if wondering how she came to be there. "i Samv ‘then that, he 'had a pistol in his hand â€" a mere toy thing-but not knowmg how he might use itâ€"and sure that he would see me when he took his eyes off the lady, 1 sprang up meaning to snatch: it out of his hand and all taken- by: surprise as he was, he pointed it- at' me,‘ and I struck up; his hand, and it went off on the instant, and he fell over with his head on the [00: of- the bedâ€"dead.” Janin paused, and wiped "the sweat from his brow. “Jenny’s tellin‘ a story,” said Daffy, in an awed voiceâ€"“what’s It all; about?” adding, in the same breath: .' “0! Look at that} funny ‘ole man in n nnmn')’ A a v--- -v.‘ V'VL V‘l‘u la loudv crash. :The very next}. mom- lent I heard some one running quickly down stairs, and opening the outer door; so, not knowing when”: to hide, I turned to the recess, where Mrs. St. George lay asleep, and.tried to pull the folds of her dressing-gown round am as I crouched behind the chair. . There was very little light in the room, but enough to Show me the folding! doors flying open and! a man coming in in his shirt. sleeves who made straight for me though I could see hlm far better than he could see “A- “In getting through the window at last, I wtruck againm a small taple or songethigg tha: fell over whh .__v 1. was struggling with those difficulâ€" tzes that Mr. Ross came in, and passed 3p: the stairs without my hearing “1 concluded Rose to be down stairs, waiting for me, and keeping guard, “After a little while I decided to get into the house. “It was more difficult than I ex- pected, and it must have been while {and at woven o‘cxock Rose sxoie out to me. through the staircase window to tell. me that all] was safe; and as (soon as I saw Mr. St. George’s light pass up: the. Staircase, i counl go' in. “Soon after eleven the cook and housemaid went up stairs. a “At twelve demo}; 1 saw, being close now Lo the staircase window, Mr. St. George turn out: the gas .over the. drawing-room door. and go up stalrs. ' "My room was won the ground floor overlooking a back yard that opened on some mews and: I easily, go: out by the window unobserved and slip. fled into Trubshoe’s place. I let my- self noiselessly on to the leads of Mr. St. George’s dining-room. and watched the‘ houae. It was a dark night, me a note saying she meanQMISq St. George to sleep down stars that night, that 1 was to be on the leads by- eleven, watch the house, and: When all was quiet, elimlbi through the sec- ond drawing-room .winnow, whlch was easiiy reached from below, take the sapphires out of her dressing-gown Poke: when, would be hanging beside her on a chair, and then go down the front stairs, where Rose would foe waiting to let me’ out. The only danger I had to avoid ‘was Mr; Ross’ 'return, but. he was going to a 'ball, that night and would probably be very late. I was then to go straight home, regaining my room in the same way as 1 had left it. f'All fell out as she had plannedâ€" With one exception, We had not . Planned murder, yet it was done. “I just went Vbéck 5to my lnging, had tea. and put my boots outaude the (190}; as if retiring: to! _bed 6111‘15’1 A‘ MADE FOR his b'roié, m I’m afraid Pl] .he wiped _ever got 1 ran and 1 '. till didn’t \Vyckeâ€"Exactly. That’s undergtgng his wealth. "- . ’v â€" vv- guv UV I 1U“ Wytt';VVell, you harm}, he was born aboard ship, and lived there near-Ly all his life. W yokeâ€"I can't understand how Sta'rbord became so rich. "' - - -""â€" It wasn't that, the miserable young woman answered, he came home and told me that he had had his 'life in- su-red. \Vell? Well, if he really loved me, wouldn’t he have had mine insured instead of selfishly going and having all this pro- tection upon himself? Oh, my poor child," the mother ex- claimed, what has, happened? Ah, I see it all. You found a letter in his pocket I? No, mnmma, sobbed the unhappy young wife. George doesn't love me. I {quad it out Ias_t_night. As “the Duke of Athol said, Gen. Macdonald rose from the ranks. His father was a small crofter in Ross- shire, and the future soldier tended the few cattle on the croft in his ear- ly boyhood. At thirteen he was a dra- pe'r’s apprentice. He enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders at nineteen, and joining that regiment in India distin- guished himself by his judgment cool- ness, and gallantry in the Afghan campaign. He took his South Afriâ€" can work, including that notable ex~ {pexrlence at Mnjuba onzhis way home; and afterward served in the Nile ex- pedition for the relief of Gordon. He made soldiers of the Egyptian army, and led them. in the way we have seen at Omduman. He is Still only forty- seven, and as much a “ Fighting Mac" as ever. ; “ bred up- _-__â€"â€"'â€"â€"v “â€"â€"-â€"_~-“y ed, and the Boers approached to cap- ture the remnant. The first Boer thought the sporran of Lieut. Mac- doneld, as he then was, would be a pretty piece of loot, but he received a kick in the stomach, which convinced him that his opponent came from a land where football was not unknown. Another Boer was about to shoot the gallant Highlander; but the first, gen- erously forgiving the kick, struck up his com'rade’s rifle, saying: “No, he is a hrave munâ€"too good to kill.’ " “It was a remarkable career, that of Col. Macdonald, beginning at the lowest rank of the army, and on the point of reaching one of the highest.â€" that of brig‘ldier-general â€"- without having skipped a single grade. In his conduct during the only unlucky figh; in which the guest had been engaged. that. of Majuba Bill, the Duke, found subject for praise and fun. 'FEghLing Mac’s ’ company was almost annihilat- Gen. Macdonald has seen South Af- rican service before. In fact, he was at the battle of Majuba Hill, and the Wonder is that he survived that bat- tle. This fact was referred to in a highâ€" ly interesting; manner at a dinner giv- en in his honour. The Duke of Athol, who was in the chair said :â€" Hopes to Complete. In South Africa a C reer Brllll. mtly Bxgnn. Gen. Hector Macdonald, who is to go out to take the place in the staff vacated by Col. \Vauchope’s lament- ed death, must be known by name to every reader of the newspapers. His name in the army is “ Fighting Mac.” Where all are fighters, what a mean- ing that fact has! He was, after Lord Kitchener himself, the hero of Omdur- man. Some indeed would have for him no second place, and say’ he saved the army from :1 great chance ,of disaster. He certainly held a critical position with his black regiment. RETURNED A HUNDREDFOLE Sold by all dealers or post paid at 50 cents a box or $2.50, by addressing the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co.. er Mrs..R. Doxsee, Gravenhurst, Ont. writes :-â€"“I believe that Dr. Willi Pink Pills saved my life. \Vhen I began their use I was so Weak that)?!“ scarcely able to be out of my bed. and showed every symptom - \as . _ Of 0m ' a decline. I was pale, emacxated, suffered from headaches andgncrgelgto haustion. I used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for a couple of months, and thx have completely restored me.” ey THE SELFISH THING. GEN. H. MACDONALD. why I can’t .the-time-fl :11 her eye. The Opinion is fast gamma 0- tha'L field artillery must carry shieidg if it i: not t‘) be drivezrf DOSitiorz by he fire of a few 513‘ shooters. Brnck-cnbury argued Shields fully 10 years ago. The curacy of the Boer infantry 2111‘i 31‘ nel fire is lending additionalh w».‘...v V'- v-aâ€"vâ€"_ _ bury seem to have been. {Wyatt/0?”; az'tiilery officers, in So years ago as Iik-siy to happen 1:1 C pondltwns has been rui . b {y m, recent engagamems; u bzlieve-d with Prince Krak, 0 find many, that artiilery must b3 13055;” well forward with infantrf- 10 Brackenbury warned! arti . all have a care -‘for the proteLtl-on horses. A: the action of the ”ml River Long's artillery was 10$L C“ to the decimation of the 'ning g.‘ The opinion is fast gal 1' ht LL...‘ :LJJ “.44”an must carry jg.“ at ranges of 3,030 yards. however, was fought after bury’s statement was 1112158 5.41118 of these lessons of bur-y seem to have been. foré artiilery officers in South oritie; In arriving at comparative, data the French employed 10;} infanbry and a. battery of six field guns of ninety- millimcter caliber. The ir‘iantry fired m» volleys, by half S-L‘CLiufi-S and inde- pexrdentiy, Similar targets werc em- ployed. .Thc ranges varied from 880 to 1,800 yards. The artiilery used shrapnel. Starting at 800 yards and up to extreme ranges the killinE powers of the artillery were found superior to that of infantry, rising fnoqm dou’bie at 8% yards 00 sevenr told at 1,801) yards. r L - lls Furnishing Sonar Excellent Lessons In the South Afrévan War. l Military men. who are closely watch. 1mg events in South Africa declare that never in its history was artillery Inn-re efficiently served than in the present campaign; Reports of experiments had with modern. French field gqr, in mlpariso-n with intan‘lr)’ fire,shov that four French bxumies’ possess,at ra ages of 1,030 to 1,200 yards, the man- killing effect of a full? division of in- fantry. This esximu ,2 holds good, the French [cull-Ll, \xhtlher baied on the nlumbsr of rifles which a divis’lun can :at. any momcni. put in line, 01‘ the amount of ammunition carried by the Lnfantry and ax‘Lillery respectively. 50 cents a box or six boxesf. ’ Medicine Co., Brockville. .to-buv enga’lfi‘me 7 nt ringS MODERN ARTILLERY. 3': an! i) bra? Br‘acken’ 1 cm. h pro' from bar? {ion 88 the ' mgvn unpiumvc UL W. gfitish army. Lyddite is not uswi fCl' charging shrapnel but is lightly packed into thin cylindrical boin‘os (-f forged steel. These burst imo hum- dreds 0! fragments, which fly in every direction with incredible Velocity. Tm bursting of a large lyddite slivl. means almost certain death to every living thing within 50 yards‘ radius, while absolute safety cannot be ecum- pd upon at a less distance than moo yards. ; The fumes given oil are deadly within a twentyâ€"foot radius. PACKAGES 0i“ DEAT ll. Six different kinds of project iies are known to modern artillery Officers. They are common- Shell, Shrapnel. (ruse. palliser, segment and star shell. Only the three first-named, however, are like!) to be used extensively in the present war. Common shell is a hol- low, elongated, conical pro jectile, hav- ing at its head a percussion fuse, which ignites on imp-am. The inter- ior is filled with cordite. it is used against fortified or intrenched c;1nl;:.s and towns, and agaiiiSL mass s of troops in the open. Shrapnel, on the other hand, is used almost exclusively against troops advancing in extended order. The fuse, as well as the burs - lug charge, is situated as the base of the shell, the whole interior of rim forward part being filled with from 200 to 630 half-inch bullets, according to the caliber of the gun. The {use is a_“time one, and can be “seL’ lo explode the shell at; any time between five and thirty seconds after it has left the gun. It should eXplode, by rights, about 20 or 31} yards in front of the enemy. The bullets (Len spread out fan-wise, doing fearful. me- cution. Case is only used at close quarters. It is merely a hollow me» tal canister, in appearance not un- like a small oil-drum or a large yr;- served-meat can, filled wi-‘h a nuniinr 0f bullets. The shell is burSi and Um, bullets scattered by the guns: disâ€" charge. )9 Guns are either m(-ru;x1.uin, field, gar- rison or sia e. The former are, gen- erally spea ing, the lightest and smallest of all; the lager are the, heaviest. Among the former :m: “tour-pounders”â€"tha1 is to .5-1\' guns throwing a shot, of four 1011:1'19’ Weight. Among the latler are. {bunk gigantic 1104011 pitcvs of ordimmuu capable of throwing a 52ml i‘m. Weighing three quar‘ers of :1 Inn to ed With artillery, but Shel; fire (11‘? :;_ "’ Plays havoc with i', besidus 52a}, i‘ _ _deadly splinters of iron ran-d m ; among the defenders. Trained {rm 5‘ ’ rely Principally Upon ezn'thwor'ks. ‘V'nmlemented by a more or in“. v1».- y borate system of wire-entang’emomt. :45th latter is constructed of tdogrnyh Wire, crossed and recrossed. and {5:91- 9‘“ firmly to pointed stakes (inn-n ,9 the ground at a height of about 13 111°11‘88- To the advance of cavairy g‘mperly-constructed wire entzzng'e- '7' ’ , offers a well-nigh insugwra‘n‘fe -- ‘3 ”'1' While even to infantry H 1“ es sometimes very annoying. es.- [fly at night-time, and when. as ‘ " cted by the Spaniards in Cuba. is made of barbed wire, it is the 73593â€"2“; ‘ troublesame 010g to the enemy s ' *8 that could be devised. Earth- w‘ are usually strengthenedfiy ,"'"'"‘ ’i ylindrical baskets havmg 5,; “-1‘ top nor bottomâ€"and sand a“ a distance of nearly 1;} milus. (Bursa are officially claeaiiied :u‘CJr-liuj; Lo “-1; the weight of the projectile; (b) :r.‘ Weight of the gun; or (:5) the diumru-r 0: the bore. Thus, the. pieces 0i Luau; ordnance which were used by the l3??- tiSh at. Ladysmith “"1‘I'U spok 211 of as 43-inch guns, meaning, of enur'sw, In they measured 4.7 inches across :br- m- terior of the bore at the muzzle. 'l‘l’fis Prticular type of gun, by the Wu)". 13 about the best all-round weapon. for it is a quick firer, a breach Ina-hr. and can take indifferemly Shula charged with either lyzldil‘e, cordize. or ordinary black powder. Its larg-r ““813 the 6-inch quick-firing gun. is “Fable, of course, of throwing a heavier projectile, but, on the. other hand, it is infinitely more. cumbersome and cannot be fired so rapidly. SAFEGUARDING A POSITION . EA Permanent position, once twk. u up. 38 safeguarded by the defux‘ler.H .3 Various ways. ' i-c. Boers "go 311m 1.338913" which mans. in plain ling- huh, that they surround themselws W1“) 3. sort of zeriba, or wall of wag:â€" m- This is an excellent defenw “aha-'0 the attacking force :8 ungrm i - w Guns “’or;.!‘ ['36 9 "U t-e VARIETIES 0? allth JECTILES AND EXPLOSIVES gow BEING USED. re Clamfllrd a : Known-Sow I Manors That in the South RIFLE PITS. “we”. £00, the defenders of fled and Dcfcnslw Iâ€"Some Inicrc'slln: nThal Are “cation South .Urican {h- a bé strut MLSJ usu t w 0V are; and' \N'O!‘ Vet 1D a!" whll (‘m I‘t )T