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mes. 899 d? A aiietiii,itt, :2: iirud o.' - m but. t" M Mr- my -iGi%itktetr, when I was sitting all-e. In 8mm. to whom the un- my 11 “arch“? “(mm-e. named sic laughed. and held out her hands to the warmth of the tIre. She wan Mainly a coquettlsh little person. and we were both entlrelv charmed by no: manner. With a child’s nuick mum one knew she had fallen (Honda. and her tun had ER,iiii?i place to merriment. In- Mrs. Snow had pathet- to In}! its!“ quite bright. happy "My uncle gave me that on my htrthdar became I was a gool girl." doe explained. In response to my in- qulry. .. lvn't it mttv r" and who held It to the light. admiring the glitter ot a 'ndr in good circumstances. for the child's dress was. 1w Mrs. Swansea pointed out. unusually rich. while on her tiny wrbrt was a beautiful little bangle set with 3 cipher ot two "CU" In diamonds. " is not often that ehii- dren poun- such a costly ornament " that. _ _ veg-i pfom! o!. It." and tthe Inning v the shop. vacant hustling crow! tit ms" "is. Then turned Into the 1 demo on until I I I handed her over to the mm of my lam] dy, a n.|;l- had od h-md ~11 stsiat person, who. it not of "muthvrly" dis- pnultion, Nimrod n motherly interest in the pretty bundling. Nursing her baton- my fire, Mrs. Simian numtionml thn mwtorions Clssle w' o wh,lt a In H's timpli icy, told us that her nurse had taken her out to a party at the house uf sum! person named Johnson. and that on the way there she had been left out, side a shop while the nurse entered to mice some purchase-trom her de- ncriptlon ot the street thin must have occnrfe" in High street. Nottlng HUL- and she hming wandered away from the shop. beeame, lost. in the may. MN": crowd doing their Chrhtmaa uni-luvs. Then she Ind appurtntly turned Into the side street and 'raw. dered on until I (uncovered her. -adamother.attetottit- b5 Into tears at will! of her. but no lather. Evidently yr, mother T?" chin ente DOW m t r HQ .idligll bolls 01 Remington. burs on; peal, my war as into Pembri. nick W Iown t " " xt " mat Ti m {can «923 m St ”You ought to be ton: - A Christmas Story by William Le Queue. rt 18 M Into step! A CLUE TO CRIME. b th m The “Thu unexpected meeting thin ovum in.” I said " sufficient reward for any little trouble I've taken. It was perhaps tortrtnates that I found her, or mine thin! or other “in have Mien hm- diamond bangle.” _ _ - _ " . _ "Oh. my date:- has bean Imagin- ing the mart dreadful all“! all day," her brother laughed. “I felt curtain. Invent, that the pm» on and. nut tum up “do baton "1 many don‘t know how to trut. Cciently than}: you, sir. To-darhtus been a must anxious and terrible any tor us. It is the first anniver- Bury ot my dear husband's death. and I had lost my only child. You have. Indeed, made my curl-tuna.- a happy one. for I have roenvnrnd my darling Club." and she stroked the chnd'o no". golden tthir with a mother. tender hand. tsrieGy I explained how I had tovnd her crying in Pembricke an-ure, and of my visit to all the (T'i'wn tomb in London. whoreupon Mm. Madman. with tears of Joy in her eyes. can: (‘rnmplml w part of an had found no In Ink was feminine h tttr without thanking yo." 1 mm ravenousiy hungry. there- lure the sunny mail of roast tur. key decidml me, and dimming my- Hélr ot hat mu coat. I followed my Mum Into the warm dining-room. " was a well and mbstantiully [unlinked apartment, tastefully do corutod. the. tame shining with ail- Ver and pretty with noral decom- tions. At tho hotvl sat a smart. well groomed man, about AG, in evenlutg drum. who was and greeted me. be- ing lntroluced by Mrs. Mammalian Mr. Pauli. her brother, and quickly a place was laid tor me and I sat down to a plate of very excellent soup, _ __ Gisele sat. next her mother, little worse for her adventure. and we were quickly a. very merry quar- tone. "Oh, a long way from ewvrml. out. in respons mostlons it was plain tt tnow tho whereabouts ~ughmro." t I-.ugPrly I took down m " "Oh d, enthusiastically. to the child, “he trntered the room at that m Tts. “It's in Hilton road." ‘Oh. yes," tulle laughed, "Ot course It's the ttttme. What " stupid 1 nm." 'Dn you, know what part of Lon- We‘ve tc d. onthu '1) wn inuhh written uld. th It bl out when mom-um, evidently ta label, which telttt ide the child‘s dream. en. in an educatad the words, “Chute (‘Iiftun road." ; where you lch." I to furth " "tttt did tt Pt' custom account ot tutr straying new. ed quite correct. for the nun-wry gov tel-mm was called. and explained how she cuter-ed the shop in Higit street. Nothing um. and when she came out mum to (thinner her charge. Dinner was half way through. when xu:Manly I hoax-Ii the sound ot wheels auntie. as though my mm was go ng on. I romarkm upon it. when Mrs. Matheson, with another glance at her brother. said: "Oh. I'vo, sent him away. It is un- nwt-mtry to keep him here all the ovening. You Won't, go tor an hour or no yet." for I have spent many a night alone ln an African {oven . yet by some indo- ucrlbame Intuition i felt bonndent of lmgengllng danger :9”me unionism! "But I hope you haren't paid h'm t" I traid, reoollectim; that his tare would be at least a mverelg'n. "ttt course.” she Bald, politely. "I couldn't think ot allowing: you to pay the vxpaursea of finding out where I live." Mrs. Maths-0n exchanged a quick glance with her brother. and the latter. In a rather curious volce,am swered: I laughed at my misgivings. Never- theless, I was hound to admit that the whole affair was mysterious - ex- tremely mysterious. By the tickle light of the flame my watch showed that It was two o'clock; therefore. having locked the door communicating with the dressing room, after searching In vain. there for matches or candle. I half dressed, recolved to spend the remainder of the night in the con-tort. (this armchalr ot th: "trrtutdttattetr" type. with Its high hack and aid“ to up on we dramttrta. F I met myself into an armchair and reflected. The darkness had somehow unnerved me, and the mom I thought the stranger the whole affair seemed. That my cab had been sent away without consulting me was curloua. and stranger still were the look" mC- changed betweon Paul! and his ulster as we had sat at dinner. Now that I was alone every detail of that evening recurred to me, and many of the inci- dentc seemed very “range and unac- countable. . Cam not natural!” a nervous man. for I the amt 'Putt night page (up never board ot again.') “Yes. thath 90. Hundred. yearly. I've heard it Bald." more was every reason why she should show me this hospitality. Nev- erttteletm, there had crthst upon me a strange, indcrinite tuning of insecur- ity, and; I stood in the darkness hesi- tntlnp: how to act. There were two winduws, evidently overlooking the quiet suburban road. I (wont to them, nut! felt behind the blue curtains that they wore strnnzly shuttered and ttttr. toned. That I stirred the embers and succeeded in creating a fetrb% flame which gave me greater freedom of ac- Moet. the. meter. Calmly I reasoned with myself. My Innate“ was an eminently respectable may, and, even though we had only been acquainted such tl short time, yet there was every reason Why she mould show me this hospitality. New ertneleas, there had chpt upon me a resolved on getting! decdned. Their inw- was nor pregsmg, lurd train mun) nouns! gamed mo- the pretty logs were lump w th turn corne F brother. layswater 'e atleast find one, M prev tl ti 10118 was ow ' '[bt' In ut m It was cold and cut-Ions to the touch. and as I bent to tho fire to I examine it I let It fall from my grasp I with a cry ot horror. It was a dead I tinzer--tue third tInger of " woman's l hand. The discovery appalled me. There was evidently more mystery in that house than l had imagined. Again I picked up the finger and carefully examined it. It was slim, well formed, with a carefully kept nail, white and delicate. but had been amputated at the base by an unpractised hand. I gazed upon it in horror and amazement. The fire had almost died out, and as I sat m the datutno,s I contemplate 0d the advisability of dressing and escaping from the hum-m. 11owctver,on reilvction, l romhed “rat. to thor. oughly ticrtrNt the room, and tlwnre mnin until morning and invesaigute the lmuse of mystery. 1 found at last a. piece of wood, the handle of a small broom used to sweep up the: grate; and after some dit. ficulty lit it, obtaining light. there. by. Then I searched "rr'rywhere--in tlu- wardrobes, cupboards, beneath the bed and overywhcrt- elee, until Ieame to the dressing; table, prettilydrnped with muslin "bt't' pale blue Mum. I lifted those drawings, and what I ever. ot black cloth: very unusual. like a. funeral pull. Lying upon It I suddenly noticed. revealed by a. aud- den burst of flame, something whlch attracted my attention. It was (1080 by the dressing table by the window, and. rising, I stooped and picked it up. . with muslin mar pale blue with lifted those awnings, and what saw held me horror stricken. Beneath that table, hldden be] a mm” chest. was the body of young, fair-haired woman. One l hand was raised above her head, I saw that the third Singer missing. It had been smered In (Inr to obtain her rings! NWKWU‘K a very “PODS spring Itt A man called upon a lawyer the the howl of the ehair--he quickly be. other day and announced that "his caunu interstate]. and took down my rich brother had drawn up a will awry in minute detail. and died, and that---" "Ah! I see!" Half an hour Inter. with a. couple interrupted the lawyer; "and you of detectivm. I assisted to search want me to get it set aside. Very tho place from gal-mt to cellar, and well, air; we'll plead insanity." "Oh, in tho latter place We dimovered un- mr-hs wasn't insane. You Bee, the doubted traces or more than one will leaves everything to --" " To terrible Prime. Beneath the tlag- his second wife, or some charity or stones. buried in quleklime, we college. Have no fear. my dear u. found a quantlty of bones. as Well I can do the buaineu Iliad-y. We'it as the body of the tair-haired girl plead undue infitgeatee." "But I in- wmch I had discovered on the buerused him myself." “Ah! that " previourr night. The further result tar: the can noenewhat;Hrut PH ot our Search made it evident that prove to the jury that he was unlice- n number at penan- had been on- ad with softening of the brain." "No, need the”, tummy done to pray, don't do that!" "But I nut death. their cloth. bolus bumadln and nhnlhinvalldhto tho will." “no. the furnace of the “an copper. I sum have to thad 1 lawyer who and Sti,i,",',tt,i,'e, buried In a mat tft for if: 11:316.: 3h", tang: method!“ . a.“ van 0 V or ”I. How I 'ilvtl'i't"tiiie, Q't'gthe, "Ah! Cortghuylg t atttimtr cl- hy.thepalr mummy» he mucosa-[way ", SPA, tm that early on fltrt yrttireH'tit of tho 2,tt Wmfl m-ws%mm 's,ritiMri4Fee'r"ij't fr B, . .V :'t', at had been mntilnbr rings. This ghastly me. In an instant been vnt-rappmi. I watch and chain. t which was worth a Half an hour later. with a. couple of detectives, I unlisted to search tho plane from gun-at to cellar, and in tho latter place We dlm0vered un- doubt/ad traces of more than one terrible Prime. Beneath the flag- stoues. buried in quleklime, We found a quantlty of bones. as well as the body ot the {Mr-haired glrl which I had discovered on the prevbm night. The further result ot our search made it evident that a number at penan- had been en- tlced the”. tummy done to death. their olothcl bolus burnodln the furnace of the um copper. and their remin- burled In a mall: new“! mm. skull. For a single install sparks of light dancing beorc and felt. myself falling ' the ground. Then the blatskm mum-lawman fell upon me an no more. How "ma I mined in a. On gaining the street. I wandered ubuut tho new. mnim-ntly respecta- M0 roads, until. in the Lewisham liighmnl. I found a policeman, who dinx'tctl um to the station. where] detailed my experiences: to the in. spm-tnr on duty. At first he seemed im-rc-lukms and irwlined to believe my wound attributable to (flu-lat- nms festivities; but when he uccom puma-1 me to the house., and I shuwe] him the dead finger and the mechanical device for the commit- tal of murder-which we found was worked from an adjoining room, where there was a. small hole tor othervntlom. the electric current releasing a. very strong spring In the head ot the cttair-he quickly be- came interested. and took down my sung-yin: minute detail. raise" the druplnga to make that my growsume discovery reality. But the body was no there, ulchough there still lay tho “our the hideous evidenm am‘ered finger. worked by an electric wire some- where outside the room a small steel axe. with spiked hand emerged from the high back of the chair and descended with crushing toree full upon tho head of any unfortunate man-Mi Hitting there-a truly devil- ish crmtrivanee. First arming myself with a heavy iron bar. which I wrenched from the shutters. I want to the door. It had been re-iocked, but using the bar at! a lover. I soon wrenched it open. The hour. I afterward found, wax; .'t o'clock in the afternoon. The house Was in siience. The interest- ing widow and her brother had flown. am‘ered finger. I carefully examined the ch which I had amt. and found by n. cnnnlnmy contrived I l: lt, dealt me right on t "or " single instzn llght 11aneing bI-lort myself falling like id. Then the bluckn ghastly discovery appalled instant I saw that I had ppmi. I hml a valuable chain. a diamond scarf-pin, worth at least titt.rpourtdm rlit7/2,iTt,'a7fEeg?iii, was no longs wire some- f a small id emerged I chair and force full titt In) no doubt 1 my pir hair, and ay out of n. of a 1nd swift my nycs. a log to m of un- t I knew behind of a tiwlft ushing ot the I saw tir In that ieviee, u pun the ":32! Much attention has bm wag lutnto What we nmy can [ or- case of Clipperton Island. more than three miles In rnty. once, and it ”as in the we.“ hired .nmethlng like 800 miles w trose no. In the wide expanse of mm- ovum it looks like a mm been mall as to he ot no value, her save an a mluga for a few 1 ongh of beach cmnmm, “who hit' ands bounds of [Inuit and haw n. As late as July last a vessel tlu w named the Moonlight left Altuta. a Mexico. on a voyage In march of am li. this latest mysterious island and wh n. I spent G'..', days ot fruitless labor to- Lq to Ward this end. [Iot- captain tailed "M in I to find the place. and fearing that nal al his provisions and water would run hm g- l short. returned home to report “int k11l ed either the mud; charm of old Capt. aut at Martin and his mandates were in left lg error or else that some strange' It m seismic phenomenon had caused thel dill n, lost isle to disappear years angels?“ 'Y perhaps. for all that mortal soul t a 1 're. knows. Spice is added to this ro-l fen Id malice by the tact that another not re 'Frlsco captain locate] the place d.- gal a finitely a year or two before and f mo er found a small colony there, which l pta m colony is still on the island. shin-g“o {to ping guano in their own schooners. t mannod by numbers of their own [-9, In party. to the leading ports onthe L" " Pacific slope of North and South w 'e, America. a: e Quito a number of expeditions 'lt' ill hare of late been made with the! -- - |m\'ery. tor many your: eh: ie all ottdeavortt to locate them a ttin. It has now born. as it were. naflczi down in one particular spot in the otN0tt- that ii to any. its o.SttCt position ins been finally determined by wnmhips snnt out for the express purpose of man‘hing for It and settling all doubts .03 to its exitrtentras-and the only thing 'mmnining now ls that the question of [ownership should bo Hattie-l. It Imp- ,lv'ns that there is another islnn'l Mom. .400 miles southwest of Clipperton, and rieh in the sum deposits that mttito that place worth panning. for whit-h adventurous minors are at this moment looking. " Into an July last a vessel named tho Moonlight left Altata. Mexico. on a voyage In march or this latest. mysterlms inland and liment 52 days ot fruitless labor "o- bounds or far away" ward prog Clipperton elairutd by tries--Mexl Frttnee an Hm'mnfnl. nucceeded Mr. PM!" ha [rm (1* It Sumo m TIN-m Sn Small They Hard to Locnte u Stu-0nd Time HE sign-n that it exists slum-where about 400 or GOO miles southwest of C'llpperton, in a low coral atoll, revered with the riehert of phos- phntas. The place also has its let onds ot pirnm' treasures. which may or may not have had any 'ott+ dation in fact. One of the .x- petitions of recent date which luo'e been titted out to look for the im land was the Vine cxpeditiom Tum. vmoi’a owner claims to have so- catNyl his knowledge ot the place from an old man captain named Mar. tim above referred to, who died some years ago. and left an old chart am his batongings. whieh told of a. small island in the south ern Pacific not down on the regu- lar charts. enormously rich in trututo.--Now Zealand Herald. “\V'l‘l‘IRIOIX-i P.hCiFiC ISLAND havo of late been made with the ufjoct. of wrestling this valuable se- erot from the handful of men in whose possession it b, and of par- tieipatimt in tho trpoi'a, and one of these days we Will no doum hear of a sanguinary tltrht for the suprem- acy between the prmrent unionist- and a party of mamuders. Although the sun-lee told about the unknown Island vqry considerably. they all way" it pro$trr A Lawyer's Comwieners. ltmntlou has bum given of ill " l5 mm mm trt eu NOTED LIVES ENDED THERE citizen In: that It. on: existed the ole llil $lllllllllli AT IEWEITE Legal Executions to Cease at the Famous Prison. In: that the prison is .un stadium it, ext-rilmn. repair. As a nu " III- cxistod on the present. uncover“!!! the claw-nth century. and that, " lawyers know, is 400 your! earner than the period “beyond which the memory of man runneth noc to tho contrary.“ But the Navy!“ ot the PlittttagtuteU, in which Robert Bultlock. the great tettanceiittr ot Ed. ward IH. died, disappeared m- ics ago. It was In M19 um m Itamotts Dick Whittington, to will: the bells of Hiahqate sun; I) pet- suuslscb': lawyers than tl memory contrar. the Piu Turn again. Wbtttintrtms. Thrice Lord Mayor ot London built the " New Gate" ot ttes Old Bailey of the city. That and the buildings which grew on to it inane Connie of ages were destroyed by “no in the reign of Charla U. 1110 prev ent building is in the main tint which was recmmtrut‘wd on the ite 0' Whittington'" gate tower and duet. goon in the yéar WTO. IMMORTALIZED BY DICKENS Ten 5mm Inter than um data I Public feeling seems to have boon un- q usually Htirred by the, murder ot Briggs, and the appeal of the King at Prussia to the Queen in behatt of die c. murderer only “in!!! In more mm l indignation. " in Lilo "tettte6id that I j seam at window,.3‘ivin¢ . good ' _ 1 of the great tuition hold hr 'la, 31‘ apiece. Bat even In thi- . - - r ’ -f , lar humor could and . EE .13 laugh at: the emu-uh! _ V 1 frp'. hat into which Indian-d, ‘ .. g, 'KT. his victim'q heath-u mm , $1. ‘ 'ttttSt/tthttp/ttf, ”A- 'N us. being mien-I: ”I -, n,_;2_ In cut-down. .-Nrw M - .1 REF, out! ”(in math M. It of Fnuntehurvy- for Merle. on Ftuustbrrety Was In the mmeadin; were only two same mine. and to be a capital i1 him RIXJALLING A FAMOUF one ot the most memo:- tlonu that have taken pia gate within the memory now “Hug. and one of the ' ' Newgute this. howe' l of a new Rummage that m scaffold mttaide, 1 Lndow was the e! ry-not the ttttt l a matrnlC'rtent scale. I lmnxed in 1831. and g thirtam yea-nth"! hanging” [in tho 1 than {omen-y new offence. , FAMOUS MURDER. ' than this date the "tretrt of Nowguw be- Uordon now. famous "Burnaby Rouge." prisoner in I!" time. "r, hardly help. the. "ttt' country to real- {In sun "ttdisyr {ad London mm 1mm m the that primitive civilised out at m an: “In; 0- IV; Ttii I helm" of an '. "y 3;. p more r . T r _ l' I . t v " " now [or a ’33 .2 M l E iN W , "t _ "‘9' lil fl) - M 3" '.U"".4 E 115 - ar- " I r, "e. ‘ at New- l of the emf tout , that m. execution tr, lord- ent scale. 18:21. and terrible o all