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AS N gifgy~4 ans "‘You are not alove in your batred of this girl, the heiress exclaimed bitterly; ‘whe has come between you and your forâ€" tune. but she has dore that toward me which is a thousandâ€"fold more painful to bear; ahe has robbed me of my love, and what is life worth without the love of the one whom we idolize? 1 will help you to your vengeance,‘ she cried" hot‘y. ‘She is in this house now, and in my go'or. Why not taxe the girl away from ere? put ber in a convent, an »«#um, any w here m'prannt Perey Granvillie from fnding her if he is mad enough to search for her. Thna you would drain your A!! â€"wf the cup of vengeance. a-nn that the cirl who stepned between vyou and a fortune would never heve the satisfac tion of enjoying it with your enusin, whor vour nuncle made his he‘r. As for De. whet keever trinmph could thore be ® the knowledge that I had comp‘etely her from my lover forever? | i# not all," she went on excit "Who in the world is this, Haprota*~ ahe cried, taking a neg or two forward; then she recoiled with an exclamamon of the most (ntense hate as her eyes fell am the white, upturned face of Little aAy . & ies o uratiacs "What have she hissed in ed rage that frm fallen in aet * here in sccordance with Mies St. Claire‘s wellâ€"Isid plara. Hark! hear me out," he evclaimed, sa she interrunted bim with a scorr1.1, incredulons laugh. "Â¥You knew yveaterday that the gover mnor had thrown me over; well, I went to WA the heireea goodâ€"byeâ€"" "Were vou going on a journey?" asked 1 N Sss dn e e t e e on e t o mt HUUSC, J CU 5C the girl breathlesaly. :-lttern‘(! a succession of piercing screams,| chile, an‘ de cappe He orushed back something like an oath | until at last, weak and spent. she wes| ha ar in his arms V‘r\"“‘b.lwmn bis white teeth, at his | forced to desist from «heer o_xhuutzlnon.! A ery of horror b thoughtless alip of the tongue | but not one oflrh\«fe h”‘“'“l cngi: ngcrmd hr‘;. "I was coming here," he arswered l‘h' muffled walls of her prisonâ€"house. | Mad God forsake: y uld never have dared to have | When you find out how nseless it is to‘ gel mother whom . ® ml,"â€",- sWind," che said meaningly. expect help to reach you here, you will look down upon th 4-'» w ml:l. not bave played me ar frleo | Sit duw'n and listen to reason. It d‘l?)‘:gd-u tion of her orphan That" I know 106 muck about you. If | unon )f)uriuel!. * prlem'y Gay, h6 er|ling at the great W l ,'a. nole had but mistruated the h!n.-"“fi’ ever _k“l'? I, l:hD a(emor n;J- + ts ar_lfir Drotec}mn lgr Tou" were leading" when pou receiveg hi | . He struck a, mo th on the sole ot his | "iirou ‘atrieas m :g;monn to come to hil‘fl*l !);“"h“,g;'lmn)z to light a ci‘nrp"an& /wau’;hrnt ber :e: :\v’vay. 'The;eu i: you would never have atood the chanc Ithrn: «h the rings of smoke that curled‘m.v loss keenly; t for a single day of owing the Paesait ) }/,ng pim. I T ith colemy J o Cotton Mills, which your fortunate ©Q1, | _ In an agony of fear and incrersirg horâ€" | help to get away 1 sin has wreated from you at last. h"lror. Gay wheeled around and faced him,| "Chile, I wouldn‘t believed you a reapectable clerk in the | per praye young face paling and fiulhmllf‘hloe. "T‘se _powe overnment engraving burean at Washâ€" with each emotion. T Treeâ€"he‘s a reg‘la f-;u,n‘ andâ€"â€"** ‘"What have 1 ever done, gir, that you ) when he left de ro "Much!" cried Tremaine, pale to the|should torture me like thi@?" she cried. ter leave dat gnl u very lips, his eyes gleaming luridly into|"If you have one spark of human p ty |I don‘t find she a her own. _ "By Heaven! you know to0 |in your breast, you will listen to theib.cx I wouldn‘t f mach about my affaire to suit me. You . prayer of an unprotected girl, and htlb]ack hide, {ou mir are determined to ruin me yet with your | me go free. dones" ie honey, T‘se too asccursed woman‘s tongue, I can aee that." | W}uthun "_‘von ‘evio: one hremhr'r (;h * t igy "I will be true as steel to you as londgllhmd rem; r;'ie:l‘l’ x trom“ ‘o:me 5 “ To ;}svenl.‘ l’dl â€"you atill love me," she said, and nacing hu ’“Ef a 2 I n?- t;e wh the '-n a‘ ce ons "orile Peduedty "priiiing on Het hob sho es nase dent old Bs bp ‘Phile cag "But," she cried suddenly, dbrld:'in_‘cn h:g,tner;:gokr ?ol?bne changed the ivholog:‘il'l not aet ne'h;c with something very like a demo: h as |Ccourse of my life in a few ebort hotrsâ€"| than that I should i oniniie onl o is eale. And done what no other girl on the face of| of the man who b thi‘~ of loving any ano "",'_h.‘-n * !â€"*Lfhe sarth could hare done â€"made we love "Lor‘, chile, don‘ will kill you and x:n.'n:".lobo"." haq | v0u." hbe cried, with uuionromoorwnt- cm%. wouldn‘t to'eh _‘"Come, gome, Lydia, #4 NATE .."Al |ness, lowering ‘hir volce to a whisper. â€"|ty brown head fer marily. ! grow so excited that T vowed vengeance against the girl in the white heat of my passion. _ e sA f "There is twirling . ner thick, â€" black here in #coe Widh WV TD TTE e En Ree! "Come, come, Lydis, we have had smough of this highâ€"tragedy scene," he said, with an effort to affect a gayety he was far from feeling. "you and 1 canâ€" not afferd to quarrel over such nonsense; be reasonable.". & L aet W"Y.oo -;;-'y;u‘re not in love with that girl," she said buskily, jorking her head in Gay‘as directionâ€""swear it.". y "Py all the oathe that ever were utâ€" tm‘. it you like," he returned moodi‘y. "If you can bridle your jealous tongue long enough to listen, I will etplain to you how 1 happened to bring her here. "As 1 was telling you, 1 called upon Mias St. Claire to bid her goodâ€"bye, telâ€" ling her that it was all that miserable little loomâ€"girl‘e fault yonder, that my uncle cut me off from his forture so sumâ€" "Never mind mzking comments: attend to your own affaire," exclaimed Tremaine, aharply; "set about resmrinf her if you can. The deuce and all would be to pay if 1 were obliged to call in a dector." At that moment the door of an sdioinâ€" ing room opened and Lydia Moore, whom our readers will remember was poor Litt!s Gay‘e bitter fos in the cotton mill at _She turned on Harold Tremaine like a fNash. 4 4 es "Ob. Lor‘!‘ she cried out in astonishâ€" ment. gasing down into the white, upâ€" turned face, npon which the Biful rays of the candle glimmered. "Why, Marso Tres, this yourg girl am as lovely as a born angel. There‘ll be a fierce old time of it aâ€"‘twaen her an‘ Miss Liddy. She ;m-'l let her stayâ€"here, ‘pen on it, Marse ree." tered the room, threahold as her girlish fAgure on black Chloe was greet he Ton wen don‘t Harold Tremair strode to the 0 CHAPTER VIIL On through the donsee starless darkneas rolled the coach with the speed of the wind stopping. at length, before a dingy red brick structure on the bank of the river; and, too thoroughly tn%hu-"ed to moke any reaistance, Gay was lifted hurâ€" Plediy from the vehicle. Great overarching trees and a bigh wall of briars completely concealed the brick Louse from the main road, and a wayâ€" frrer struggling thron’h that unused :)ma that akirted the river would never reem of â€"a human habitation in such elose proximity as no path marked the wev to it e gave a quick, pec the notes of a woodâ€"b si¢z=nl thrice. Phere ssemed no sign of life about this mysterious habitation, so near and yet so far removed from the busy factory village. A terrible deathâ€"like oppress:on piace. Harold Tremaine seemed no stranger in that locality; he made his way through the dense foliage in the intense aurkâ€" ness with little dificultyâ€"G#y had fa~ len beck in his arms in a dead faint he BLACK, MIXED_ or) NATURAL GREEN! "A TRNIUMPH® m to queuny El m â€" (e t io Eo » § 9 ‘ A e 3 4) -1,':‘3‘ 4 L 4R .l~ F ed undisturbed around the isolated t« hi For Weal or for Woe: veat ir @tory le ine turned on liis heel an« other en4 of the apart iloe set about with alac the alender form of the *k and the thick veil he cried out in astonish w brought her here volce of auch conce appaled even him. "lla\'el ve with her baby face at lwppinf swhort on the eyea fell upou the alim, the couch, over whom bending world is this, RHapsta*~ a step or two forward; OLEANLY PREPARED AND DELICIGYUS « anad. hastily en Or, A Dar‘t Temptation iliar whistle, like rd; repeating the arse ‘Tree, ‘ quick ‘nuff. ‘faire." is heel and the apart with alacâ€" rm of the upon the ge abode e!* _ cried ve some with all 1d n the im ' with a piercing ery she s LC her | plied feet, remembering in a fash w she! f is bappened to be here. & t her|_‘Sit down, my dear," Tremaine mld] aire‘s O00!y: "and now that you find yourself | AITE s io my power, let us talk the matter over | i h ® amicably. The treatment you receive at ; ith @/my hands rests eniirely with youn.ell."‘ | "Let me @0," cried Gay, franticaily; EO%®Tâ€" \ "how dared you bring me hereâ€"I e2ali went oery out for helpâ€"eurely some one will bear me and come to my rescue." asked | And suiting the action to the word, she | uttered a succeasion of niercing seream=. for? the OPFP| Free Samples mailod on enguiry. Y | Aggress: *‘*RALAMA.‘" Toronto. "Vaur wife?"" ghe criedâ€"*‘never!â€"never!" "Van abo!! he my wife. Gav," he cried, white to the ling: "wou shall never leare this nlace alive until yon do" _ _ "Merre vou!"‘ fir eves h‘> â€"!~#â€" "eve diznantly, "I would if I was sure of your love," she answered slowly; ‘but if you ever made love to another woman, I would run your neck into the halter before I wonld surre=der you to her." * He laughed at the lowâ€"breathed threat; but there came & da{ when he rememâ€" bered it all too wellâ€"a day when he atoned at a fearful cost for the darins erimes he had committed; and the ban that dealt out such terrible justice to him was the white hand of a woman. the words had scarcely left her lips ere there was a low moan from Gay, which heralded the return of consciousâ€" ness beneath Chloe‘s vigorous runbing, and by the use of her strong cord.als. Tremaize thrust both Lydia and the negress hurmiediy from ihe apartment, whisnering to the former that on no acâ€" mhnmt must ahe be seen or recognized there. atoned at a erimes he h that dealt « him was the the words Uhloe was hurriedly dispatched to put what was called "the red room" in readiâ€" ness for Gzy at once. A moment later Gay opened her eyes, and the first object upon which they restâ€" ed in the dim, uncertain, ni\kenn‘r Canle dleâ€"light was the face of harold Treâ€" maine. to hate in a single inetantâ€"I have experiâ€" enced the reverse of it: yes, I love you, Litt‘e Gov. love hes triumnhed over ro ver@e. ard 1 mean to make you mine." He saw the look of horror in the @‘ariona dork eves raised to his. and the doepenins nallor of the heautiful young face. an be addod hostily: "Do rot misunderstand mo, my prette Litt‘s (G>v. T inte=d to moke you what I rever thonoht 1 should care to make any womanâ€"my wife." & fear _‘*Then," retorted the eirl will stav here a lifeâ€"time. "That‘s all nongense," retorted Treâ€" maine, sharply; "you know you could1‘t bate me, Lydia, no matter how bard you tried. You would obey me if it ran your neek into ths halter, and you kbow it." upon yourself, my pretty Gay, whetber you ever leave this place or not." He struck a m:tch on the sole of his polished hbaot as he spoke, coolly rroceed- ing to light a cigar and watch ng ber thro: «h the rings of smoke that curled around bim. "When I foreed you into the coach so unceremoniously. at our unerpected and onnortune meeting on the high=a~ I did so out of pure motives of revenge upon voumâ€"I believed thet I hated yor. "As the coach door closed you fell back in my arms in a dead faint, ard there I held vou With the weisht of voâ€"r dark curly head resting so heavily against my hreest occurred to me the sweet porsiâ€" bilitiea of whot micht hays hee~ T bon* mÂ¥ head »rd kissed vou, Little Gayeand with that kiss was born the mort n>sr4 A r*e love that ever thrilled throuch a mer‘s heart. I have heard of love tnrnin= Ro great was Gay‘e astomishment, she conld not find word« to anawer him; sheer amazement held her fairly epe!llâ€"bound. _ As no word fell from the @irl‘s white lips he wert on triumpbantly: & "I‘ll keep my word with vou this time. 1 promise you," he replied, and, woim»nâ€" like, even while she miyluud him, she blindly believed him. Promises with Harold Tremaine _ wore cheap commodities, casily given, and, like glass, easily broken. "Heaven help you if you play me falss, Harold," she whispered. "If 1 thought you loved Gay Eaterbrook it would make a Aend incarnate of me, and my pass.onâ€" ate love for you would turn to the deadâ€" liest hate." her jealoue anger than from any feeling of affection. He gave her a strange look that boded litt‘e wood. It wae we!l for the girl she did not know the dark thoughts that were surging in his brain just then. "Bee that the girl does not escape, and you shall not regret it, Lydia," he anâ€" awered evasively. "How can it benefit me?" she asked, reâ€" garding him fixedly. "As econ as I can bring my aff>irs inâ€" to shape 1 will marry you, and we wi‘l go far away from here. Have patience a little longer, Lydia." ‘"You‘ve promised that often enough beâ€" fore," she replied bitterly, "ard when the time comes you keep putting me off. Y u can rever find any ore who loves you as well as I do, Harold," she went on huskily. "I love you so well I could die "I hope it‘s as you eay," replied Lyvdia, watchine him still with her keen, susviciâ€" ons eyes. "If I thought you had broutht her here because you had been uaken with her pretty face and babyish ways I‘¢ murder her, and you, too. Love can drive a womaso madâ€"yes, madâ€"always remember that, Harold Tremaineâ€"heed "It was a glorious scheme for a double vengeance," concluded Tremaine, "and when 1 attempted to put it into evecuâ€" tion, we lound’ that our bird had fown I wee fortunate enough to meet her on the highway, however, some balf an haur later, and despite her attemnts to frusâ€" trate our wellâ€"laid scheme I succceded in forcing ber into a coach, and here she is â€"where she must remain for the present until I can think my way clearly out of this affair. S8o that‘s the long ara tne short of the whole story over which you have made such a fool of yourself." . in= this girl Gay‘s writing, stating that she had _ voluntarily gone with youâ€" eloped. Then all his love wou‘d tur~ to i~difference, for Percy is too migh@piritâ€" &~ to love one who had fled with a more {avored rival. He would tear her imaze out of his bosom, if he had to tear his heart out with it! edly ‘It would be a glorious revenge to leave a note addressed to Percy. imitatâ€" intense anger quite overcome her "Lor‘, chile, don‘t talk like dat. O‘ Chloe wouldn‘t tech one ha‘ar o‘ yer put« ty brown head fer all Marse Tree‘a illâ€" gotten mld‘fuosa not. This am his own room he‘s given ng ter yer, chile; but let me rive you a bit 0‘ adwise. For de Lor‘s sake, chile, don‘t rile him. You | dunno Marse Tree like 1 do. ‘Member | old Chloe‘s warning, Marse Tree am a fierce debbil!" | The turned abruptlr and hobbled out | of the apartment, leaving. Gay aloneâ€" | Heaven help herâ€"a Ezisoner in the mysâ€" fte:igul old brick use by the river | road. , "I will not remain here quietly eubâ€" missive, to that villain‘s _ outrageous | scheme," she cried aloud. beafi:: upon | the li.\--ll:a and wringing her hands franâ€" . tically. â€"my fair Gaynell," he said, bow! g himâ€" selt out of her presence and closing the heavy oaken door after him. "If 1 only "I would ex or whatever "What power do you preie.d to hold over me?‘ cried Gay, spiritedly. "I am only a young giri, and very ighOfr@Nnt of tne ways of the world, 1 admit, but I know this muco, no man can force a girl to marry bhim against ber will. o minâ€" ister would marry an unwiliing br.ae," sne pauted; "me could notâ€"1 would fiing myseif at bis feet and toll bim ail, erying out 1 wasâ€"I wagâ€"â€""* o * ‘You will do nothing of the kind," he interrupted, a satanic frown flitting over his dark, handsome face. "1 would have preferred winning you by fair means, it possible," he went on steadily; but if you make it impossilue, I shaii be forced to a dosperate measure in care you prove obstinate. Permit me to explain wuat I shall do to prevent you from making the sugatest outery." . " C "1 snall simply hold this toy to your pretty forehead to prevent a scene. The minister whom I shall secure for this litâ€" tle aftair will be none the wiser, tor he is blind. "Do you think," he continued, "that I am a man to give up what 1 have set my heart upon possessing? How little you know me. Au revoirâ€"not goodâ€"oye ile loitered a moment in the room where Chioe was, then Gay hear) the qu.ck riug of his footsteps in the corridor withâ€" out as be passed down to the stairwuy. Had God forsaken her? Could her .fi gel mother whom she had never know lock down upon the misery and persecuâ€" tion of her orphan child without appea}â€" ling at the great White Throne for mercy and protection for her poor Little Gay? "You, at least, have a good, kind heart," she sobbed. "You will surely h«lr me to wet away. There is one who will mourn my loss keenllv; he would reward {ou with plenty of gold if you would but help to get away from here quickly." _ 1 We L en Oe Perentd‘s "Chile, I wouldn‘t dare do it," declared Chloe. ‘"I‘se powerful ‘fraid of Marse Treeâ€"he‘s a reg‘lar debbil, an‘ says he when he left de room, ‘Chioe, I‘se gwine ter leave dat gal under your eye, an‘ ef 1 don‘t find she am ha‘ar when I cum back I wouldn‘t give much for yer o0 black hide, frou mind my words!‘ Bo yer 5':6 honey, I‘ee too ‘fraid ter opin dat ar F." _ Oh, Heaven!" gasped Gay, wringing her The old black woman looked cautiously around to make sure they were quiie glone, then hesitated a moment before she answered her. bext ccog ic ue s e e es misery. "the fates have conspired to ruin me. Oh, Chloe, Chloe, Pi" me! If you will not aet me free, kill meâ€"better death than that I should faH into the hands of the man who brought me here." For a moment Gay stood as if rooted to the spot, but she was a brave, daring girl, and in a trice she had qniclli reâ€" covered her composure, the love of adâ€" venture, which was keen within her, leadâ€" ing her omn. _ . " & _ Atafeg* _ Whither did escape orâ€" _ As he spoke he drew from his pocket a emall revolver, heavily inlaid with pearl and silver. Gay fRew to her, finging hereelf on her knees, clinging to the old woman‘s wooiâ€" en skirts in a very traneport of grief piti« fui to behold. "If th.s is your house, I let me go free," she sobbed "On yer life don‘t tell what I‘se tel‘s yer. chile," she whispered. ‘"The isi‘t my hbouse; you‘se in a den of thieves, chile, an‘ de cappen hissel brought yer ba ar in his arms in a dead faint." Eoo Es t PR Remey PeRh AgmZ y Gav drew her hand trom h:is clasp in bitier resentmeni, cresting her beautiful head and giving hirma the fuil beie..t of tue fasning scorn in her glorious dark eyes. 1e raised his hat with a mocking bow. "I leave you, fair Gay," he sard, reâ€" treating toward ihe door, "but 1 warn you to make no attempt to ercape; if you did, I should put my pian imwo exeâ€" cution at once. 1 swear I shall use my power over you without mercy." hepwb C emmnevineds o ol n ie n en t At that moment the herovy silken eurâ€" tains were paried and Chioe came into the apartment. hv? ery of horror broke from Gay‘s white 8. It was t:{y the merest accident that her herd suddenly came in contact with a hidden spring skillfully concealed in the paneling of the wall, and to Gaynell‘s grert conslernation, the panel slid noiseâ€" {o:;l,vdbaeh. disclosing a dark aperture ond. And signaling Chloe into an _ inner apartment, he turcred again to Gay. "I ask you once more, will you marry me and leave this place within the hour? Let my love infuence you." "I will never marry you, 1 could not," retorted Gay. "I love another a thouâ€" sandâ€"fold more dearly than you love me." "My rival shall never win you; 1 would shoot him at the very altar first," exâ€" claimed Tremaine, venemently, a danfer- ous light sparkling in b.s eyesâ€"the lite under his thick, curling, black mustache working convulsively. "I see it is ueeless to argue longer with you in your present state of minrd," he said. ‘‘Time must effect the change, it seems! 1 will woo you and win you here at my own eweet will. You saall be my bride, fair, defant Gay, and that, too, ere the mouth wanes, whetser you will or noâ€" 1 come of a race who have never known dereatâ€"especiaily in love &0 AAES. be.ore she was aware of his intention, he had eeized one of her little white hands and pressed a passiounate k.ss upon it. "Fromise to marry me this very night, and I will tzke you away without an hour‘s delay. You shall have jewels, si ks and laces, all that the feminize herrt hoids dear, for 1 love you more passionâ€" ately than any man ever loved a young girl before." Tremaine caught one of Gay‘s cold hanas firmly in his own, forcroly comâ€" pe.ling her to follow him. The apartment into waich she was conâ€" ducted wes a magnificent one. Tremai e did uot enter; standing respecif.lly on tre thresho.d hat in hand. "These tour gilded walls are to be your houme until 1 exact from you the promie I want," he said elow.y. "You will live and die here unless you comply; escaps is impossible." 5 w "1he red room wur too badly tore up, Marse Tree," she said. "1se don goue an fixed up t‘other one ‘crors de hall. That‘s all ready." ue . (as "Do not repeat ore word of tue conâ€"| versation that has taken place betw.en | us; if you do it will be at your peril," ; he whispered burriedly. | The re.t moment Ch.ce put her black, woolly head in at the door. _ | "Aho ore would believe *fim clever little story, my fair Gayneil. e wor.d saows women little mercy when the breath of svardal atiacks them. who would believe that you did net come here toâ€"nigat of your own freeâ€"will it 1 cnouge to g.ye it out so? A man can always find plenty of fmendas to substantiate such stctemenis, where the voung girl is obiuged to battle wich the world for her living, and has no protector to vindicate ‘her. "God can take care of v.e unprotectâ€" ed. and I deiy yo«.. Li there are any young girls in your familyâ€"t: ke careâ€" beware. Heaven may lay its curse on youâ€"through taemâ€"in its own goou t:me _A low, taunting laugh anewered this outburst of inaignant rieeking. . _ The sound of Chloe‘s ap Nt;af:fiin‘{- fling foousceps cuts short his reply _ 1.* girl‘s face paled, but she answerâ€" ed bravely: _ _ R Wl yie t Te yR "1 woud tell how I was forcibly brought here, and the whole wo«ld wo.ld rise up against you and punish you IOr ta.s ds lug outrage." _ f j P91 "li that was your design in bru}‘ln' & me here, you have utreriy fw.led. de spie youâ€"words fail w exprecs how much," she panted. He gazed at her steadily, at the lovely, frowuing, averted face, the ssorn.ul, curiug lips, and angorâ€"dilcied c,cs, t.o Suuue never leaving b.s hanusome iiuo leut face. "Your obotinacy and aversion make you all toe more cuaarming, my préetty Gay," be acswerea coolly; ‘but let me ie.1 you tuere are more ways tian one to br 2z you to terims. Why, if any ole kuow of {:ur preseuce here your reputation would be blccted forever, my denaut liit.e unt the dolicate fingerâ€"nails bruised the beauty tender pink paims in the most abject aproaching souf pray you to 1 C FMCOE] M OTWET OTT C scene. The| With one bound he lead? . to l A zine rod or plate is attached to a wood handle so as to dip it into lthe bath between the carbons. A | small, lowâ€"voltage â€" incandescent 'lnmp is connected to the carbons | and the zinc. The current given by the battery cell is very small, and | the lamp will hardly glow. Removâ€" ing the zinc, he puts a small flame under the vessel so as to bring it about to a boil. Putting in the zinc | again it is found that the lamp now i;_tlows brightly, and the inventor ’claime that the current, which he measured by instruments, is six times as much. His method is the subject of a French patent. In a eingle instant, as if pandemonium had been suddenly let looge, each man wre on his feet with a volley of oaths. | Their masks were down over the:r swarthy faces in a t,winkling. and & score or more drawn revolvers flashed in the garish lamplight. | _ *Some spy has tracked us down, boys!" cried the chief hoarsely: "Remember. every man of you, our oath, that a spy | is to be shot down on sirht, even though |he be a father or brother," |_ "A few are here, the rest have gore [for a litt‘e trip." arewered the man with | an expressive ln:‘fh. |_ Tremaine peps into the apartment, barging the door to after him. o gandian s n e DR Ave. eV NOUF+ his followers at his hee‘s, _ With o~6 wrench he tore it from the litt‘e white fingers that were striving with might and main to hold it back. flung it open wide with a terrible imgrmatlon. to behold Gay standing before him, prie as a marble statue, ber dark eurle falling in pioturâ€" esque disorder around her, proudly erect, facing death in the werpons the enraged counterfeiters had leveled at her breast. Power Increased Sixâ€"fold by Boilâ€" ing Liquid in Battery. An inventor in Paris has demonâ€" strated that by boiling the liquid in an electric battery he has devised, the elettric current becomes six times as strong. A porcelain vessel is taken which stands the heat of fire. This is filled with a weak acid solution, or a biâ€" chromate battery solution. Two carbon plates are put in this, a midd‘o space being reserved. Another thought forced itself upon her contused brain: Would not a man who was capable of perpetrating such a darâ€" ing fraud be caprble of any other deadly sin, and ezpecially against a weak, on {m;t«-c!ed «+! #&hom cruel fate had placed n his power? Gay clutched the door with her little white hands and moaned aloud. Her captor, whom the man had addressâ€" ed as "chief," nodded approvingly as he examined the plate carefully, comparing it with the genuine bill he had taken from his pocket. 5 She had despised Harold Tremaine enough before; but now that his true character ard occupamtion were revealed to her she loathed him a thousand times worse it that were possible. _ From the onen crack of the doorway Gay gazed upon the strange scene with wild, dilated eyes. Chloes words returned to her with an awful shock _ ‘"You are in a den of thievesâ€"the captain himself brought you here"â€"yes, they were thieves and counâ€" terfeiters too. iwo immense safee occupied oppcs.te corâ€" ners of the vault; their doors stood open, and to Gay‘®e intense astonishment abe saw that one contained great heaps of shining gold, the other wrs siacked high with new, crisp bankâ€"rotes. A large printing pross stood in the cenâ€" ter of the cavern, and umon this two men were lcaninfi, one with a narrow steel bar in his hand, the other was holdins his lamp down Jow. Several dark{ace men were lounging about on the benches that were placed here and chore, their maeks pushed back over their foreheads, as was also Harold Tremaine‘s now. As Gay pecred in she saw him take a bankâ€"roie from the prece and proceed to examire it minutely. There was a scowl on his dark, handsome face which preâ€" sently gave place to a sinister emile of satisfaction. "It‘s a fine piece of work, chief," broke in one of the men, "and"it would fool a pretty clever expert to discover that the bill was counterfeit. We can run off a good many on these dies before the ofâ€" ficiale ‘drop‘ on the game." . Bhe reached the door and pushed it open ever so slightly to gain a good view of the interior, and this was what she B&W : _Gay was left in total darkrers save for the narrow strip of light visible from the crack of the door. _A large vault, paved and walled with stone, to which there was but one enâ€" tranceâ€"the door at which she stood. He proceeded leisvrely to open a woodâ€" en door with a skeleton key, but the rustv lock would not yvie‘d :o the key, so he gave a @uick, impatient rap, and a moment later a small, heavyâ€"set man opened it & _Bhe crept boldlv toward it, feeling ber way along the slimy walls. . Omesii Lamps were placed in bracke‘s about the walls, their reflectors throwing . m white, garish light over the cavern. ‘"Where are the rest?" asked Tremaine, pausing on the threchold and gazing sharply about the room. Gay saw that he wore a mask, vet that did not conceal h.s identity from her, for at the first glance, Gay had detected the form and quick, springy walk of Harold ‘Tremaine. He hurried along as though familiar with the underground passage, aud Gay with breathless interert glided as ewiftly as a shadow after him. ©li.@Piimc@il pebiage B s aik 1t.u 10â€" treeqom. There seemed to bgeuveral passageways opening out from the main one. _Buddenly, from one of these, a man emerged, errrying a lantern in his hand. He entered a wineâ€"celler, and she saw him set down his lartern and lift a heavy rick aside, upon which lay a few bottles with their mealed corks visible. _Gay shrurk ctill further ba« th?a derse shadows. r back sarmong IT STRENGTHEXS CURREXT IT SATISFIES MILLIONS OF PEOPLE Worth your while to test it LIPTON‘S 71 EA Sustains and Cheers. (To be continted.) YERSIBLE. won‘t have my daughâ€" ttentions from & low er set foot on my doorâ€" reached the door, her with an | AbDPle Snowâ€"Stew or steam three 1bl‘(a)ud§: :‘: large apples, cored and quartered, 5 and coun. but not pared, drain them and rub d Trems! e;t.hr'ougl\ a fine sieve. _ Beat the lat hie trug whites of three eggs stiff and add ere revealed haif a cupful of powdered sugar and uSAHC $40088 ; heat again ; now add the appies and Bif aP 3:; beat until like snow. Piue lightly such a dar. in & glass dish, garnish with jelly other deadly | around the edge and serve with cold 1 top. 1 s just as With ove | oi the three eggs that were left. { Apple Pudding.â€"For this pudJingl you will need one quart of flour, one pint of milk, one pint of chopâ€" | ped apples, one saltspoon{ul of | salt, two tablespoonfuls of butter [ and three teaspoonfuls of baking | powder. Make a dough of the flour, milk, butter, baking powder and salt. Roll out in the board andl _spread with the apples, roll over and over, pinching the sides and ends, Place in a baking pan with , oneâ€"half cupful of butter, two cup-f fuls of sugar and three pints of| water. Bake an hour and a half. Ic' | makes its own sauce. Apple Charlotte.â€"Line a mold ’with lady fingers or sponge cake. ; | Soak a third of a box of gelatin in . a third of a cupful of water (co‘d) until soft. Pour over it a third of a cupful of boiling water and stir till dissolved. Aad one cupful of sugar and the juice of a lemon toâ€" gether with a cupful of sour apple sauce drained dry and put through Porcupine Apples. â€" Pare and core the apples, and make a syrup by boiling sugar and water in equa. parts. As soon as the fruit is pared, before it is discolored by standing, immerse it in the syrup and cook until it is easily pierced with a straw. Then take out the apples and ornament the sides of each by sticking blanched half almonds in all around. Fill the centres with jelly, preserved fruit or marmalade and serve hot or cold with cream. With the remaining syrup and the skins and cores, apple jelly may be made. a sieve. Cool in a pan of cracked ice and when the jelly begins to harden, beat until light. At the last add three whites of eggs well boiled custsT@â€"@Â¥de with the yolks of the three eggs that were left. Linger _ Apples.â€"Pear and core some good apples, greenings or pipâ€" pins. Fill the cavity in the cenire of each apple with a spoonful of chopped preserved ginger. Stand them on a bakingâ€"dish that is not tin, and pour over them a syrup made either of sugar and water flavored with lemon and with a piece of dried ginger cooked in it, or if there is enuugh ginger syrup this may be used with the addition of a little water. Bake until soft and transparent but not broken, basting _ occasionally _ with the syrup. Serve hot or cold with a little whipped cream garnished with some pieces of ginger. Seame cce s cecccc eanstrt Rerving the Avole. Apple Custard.â€"Take apples of med.um size azrd rather mellow. Pare, core and bake until tender in a slow oven. Press through a sieve. To each cupful of apple pulp add a half cupful of eream, two level itablespoonfuls of sugar, lump of buiter size of an egy aad two stiffly beaten eggs. Put the butter in the apple pulp while it is still hot. Heat the sugar untii it is a syrup and add first the yolks of the eggs, then the cream and beat all strongly. Pour into butâ€" tered cups and bake in a moderate oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and quickly pour over it the stifflyâ€"beaten wh:tes of the exgs, return to the oven to brown. When cold set in the ice box. Serve with cream. Apple Custard Pie.â€"Strain apple sauce and beat smooth. To each cupful add a half cupful of cream and two stiffly beaten eggs. Beat in half a cupful of sugar, and flavor with vanilla and nutmeg. _ Bake with under crust and put a thick meringue on top. ; HOME j It is not the first cost of a road that deter= able ro convince your neig mines it‘ s real cost; nor is it d:efuuux?fllh * Make it your busines of service that determines whether it‘s # good < * We have a special depay road or a poor one. i * _not only give you the fact ‘The only sure way to find out what a ._â€" supply valuable assistance has cost, is to add to the first cost all thatie ~tmunity desiring to build spent for repairs in fifteen‘ortwenty years _. 0 <roads _ . _ i It used to be that there was little choice. Macadam for the country and smalier cities was the only material used. ‘Then, twenty years ago concrete was introduced. And for these twenty years concrete has been proving Itseiy. It is now acknowledged to be one of the best known materials tor roads or for street pavementsâ€"to be as far superior to ordinary macadam as macadam is euperior to sand, > There‘s no need to point out the advantages of Use Your Influence f Concrete Roads _ SeAÂ¥ecsesse q Estimating the Cost. TORONTO ' If a spoonful of borax is put into the last water in which white clothes are rinsed it will whiten them very much. The borax should . be dissolved in a little hot water before it is added to the rinsing . water. For removing old paint make a lye with one can of potash and half a gallon of water, apply ‘with an old paint brush and do not touch with the hands, as it will burn. Wash off and dry well. A yeil rolled each time it is taken off will keep neat much longer than when folded ; gloves pulled out and smoothed will wear twice as long as if they were crushed and tossed into a drawer. Mayonnaise dressing will separâ€" ate when too much salt has been added to the egg yolks, or when the oil has been dropped too fast, or if the ingredients are not thorâ€" oughly chilled when used. When it is necessary to measure any liquid by the drop one may dispense with the pipette Cut a small notch at J:o edge of the cork, just large enough for a drop to come through at a time; push the cork in tight and pour. nitlie water. Cover the eatire top of the dish with crust and cut slits ur prick holes at intervals in the crust. Do not remove the cup unâ€" til the pie is served at the table, when you can insert the blade of a knife under the edge of the cup, which will allow the air to go in and reiease the juice of which you will find you have a cupful, and the fruit will be deliciously steamed. This kind of a pie will not hurt the digestion of anyone; and it should be eaten cold. beaten, and then beat all together until stiff. Pour into a mo‘ld and when cold and stifiened turn out on a platter and serve with a sauce made from the yolks of the eggs, a pint of milk and sugar to sweetâ€" en. Boil like a custara. beep Dish Apple rie.â€"Use a pud-';’ ding d:sh of crockery or enamelware and place a teacup without a handie upside down, in the centre q(.'t«flo dish. Cut up some apples r&her fine and heap up the d:sh upifl as little above the cup. Sprinkle a few raisins over the top, ,,t'wjet.e.n] and add some spice, eithex"‘}v'n.lueg‘ or cinnamon, and put litcle plecesl of butter all about the tgn‘ and a~ little water. Cover the eatire top of the dish with crust and cut slits Apple Dumplings.â€"Make a rich biscuit and separate it into as maay parts as there are dumplings to be made. Roll each piece into a round big enough to cover an apple a~d put into it a peeled and cored apâ€" ple. Then bring the sides of the paste around the apples, pinch them into shape and steam or bake. The above may be added to by a mixture of raisins and nuts or with jelly. Two cupfuis of flour wi} make two dumplings. _ Drop a few small nails in the boitle of ink. The acid in the ink will then exhaust itself upon the nail‘s, and the pens will not corâ€" rode. Jars in which lard has been kept for some time can be purified and A piece of rubber may be cut more easily if the scissors or knife used be wet first. Home Hints. We wish to convince you first th:g ;‘vben yfim are ‘:b::od up" which we wi M ablcroconvinc:mndgbhztl Make it your business. We have a special umbdnm&efi supply valuable assistance to any C actually becomes stronger with age. ., «_ How You Can Help. =© Yumhdpymmmmn’q“ a wise decision the next time the : roads comes up. . Ygur influence factor in providing yourself and your with thoroughly satisfactory h F )\ The kind of ; 35 however, is o) matter, _/ MED FOR MAKING SOAPR, SOFTENING WATER, REMOVING PAINT, DISINFECTING SINKS. CLOSETS, DRAINS.ETC. 5OLD _ EVERYrWHMHERE REFUSE SUVBSTITUVTES _ Suometimes a m; becase he knows | theâ€"truth. whes |Boys|i To remove perspiration . from silk waists sponge over your hand with a rag wetin clear water; completely with powdered #d chalk. Let it dry ang hyush off carefully with cleansed of all odor by t!liz k. skim milk and letting stand 0 night. Piace on the stove and h slowly until it reaches the boil point. Scald with soda water. Prof. Highbrow was typically ab sentâ€"minded. 1t was quite surpri®â€" ing, however, even in hi & him come down the str@St carry a joint of beef in his @Arms. * * ness me!‘‘ exclaimed the prefessor on being interrogated as to this strange state of affairs. "1 knew something was wrong. My wife told me to put her Sunday hat on the bed, to place this piece of meat the oven and to tute the and the dog out for a walk.‘"‘ **Yoq not put the baby in the oven ly !""‘ said the normal put something in it,"‘ said. fessor, ‘"but 1 don‘t kno For bruised furniture wet part with wharm water, double ® piece of brown paper five or y times, soak,it in warm water, lag it on the place, apply on that warm flatâ€"itron till the moisture evaporated. If the bruise gone repeat. aHlre ;xr\?;gush For sore throat get one te ful of common baking soda, d: it in a glass of hot warer and gle three times a day. 1t is alwo good preventive, Do this once twice a week and you will not tract any complaint that may in your locality. A few drops of tincture of my in a glass of water applied daily ® the gums will keep them hard “ A few dr in a glass the gums in good co in good condition. 1 Asparagus, cabbage, cauli and celery are chiefly valued their mineral salts and for bulk, variety and relish they to the diet. Honey is excellent in throat and lung affections. sharp tickling throat cough, spoonful taken every few will quickly allay the irritati The cleaning of feather p% not a task to be dreaded. P} couple of pieces of buard a four tin coftee cans and set bottom of the boiler. Put inches of water in the boiler, the pillows on the board, co builer, and let the pillows s for an hour and dry in the su it was the baby or the . out delay they hurried fessor‘s house. The fl the bed, also the fessor‘s wile‘8 i‘s% QGirls |â€": He Was Absentâ€"Minded, ____ ypically ab» i o lite surpriÂ¥â€". hi carrying ms. ‘‘Goodâ€" * * 1e projessof a as to this a . *"1 knew P 1y wite rold hat on the of meat e baby j |