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| ’:“ | id +8 LW "t 2R. MART M. BRANDE JAMIB LOCKIE, « % rems0l )iseases of wamen and children a : y. Calls promgptly atiended nigbtl's:;. Si02nCC, maervHorr, Priceville. M. D., C. M., M. C. P. & S. Ont. HYSICIAN, 8U . + h_IL}.:I(I«\\Z Eb KGE‘:OV Ete. .Honol{ {CENSE HVUCH McKAY. ML we xt u + feetl leading reléable?ock and mutâ€" ange dompanios. â€"Â¥ire and Lite~ s Ish Jat lowest ratos. ”:t- pourâ€" ‘mey inveated for Faruas sold «ov, no sale, no char@ PTABY PvBLiC & y â€" asiford faaâ€"well im _ â€" to Lamlash _ _ og222 002 1°0°8%, COn= eyancer, Commissioner &C. ®wmn without delay. _ Colloctions unpa.y‘ made, llnunez effected. NKY TO LOAN at lowost rates of Interest x oue door north Of 8. Seot‘s Store, Durbura J. T. FOSTER. MDornoch, Ont. ‘ISSIONER IN HIgg tojrt or JUSTICE (inll LOAN A4GENCY, D VALUADRS, C)INVEYANCERS, ©»INESS DIRECTORY a‘s Rig Loney ! ¢ Pr LICI su.ted abr ty of fey. Sales stionded to promp f rates. Residence Dorkam Ont ‘NTISTRY. m. .. S.W.T. id 8. Road, im â€"50 acres gin bush. ,, 5, Melanctinâ€"83 acres MORKTGAGES, Lkagzs wED TO PROMPTLY, CHFAPLY, * l7-&Bjcl(ENZIE, G. HOLT, L. D. S. 'u-o for Sale MONEY To LOAN. * _â€" â€" Lowkn Tows, DURKAM araduate of the Royal College Jmus of Outario. Teoth exâ€" min by the use of nitrous oxicde ad air. Purticulbar attention sdd to â€"e nntural teoth. Office and Resiâ€" or West of Post Office. y.614 .audsome Hearse DURHAM. 20 C "Hn ie B vnu, y ; 1. OR IN SUPREME coURT, fZ \”y Â¥ "ll.ll’.‘o--hdouv.fle.. â€"r MONEY To Loan. \ YOVY me e se Fonemu e lellls s entinck, Kheres known CoN VEYANCER, MEDICAL. «co. 4 S.\T. and 8. _ â€"__ Te VA UG aud England,\ .0 thoge favormgy ith, their UXNDEET 4x (yoyt s ,.gg JAKE KRESSs, ssued ang â€" TELFORD TO DAN cou. 34 W.T. and ip Menethonâ€"174 es at lices Asked : â€"100vcres a bush fosale or exâ€" UII(EUTOR + aterest allowes a.. .. "': Rtnshmatentedinbitnide ie ELTLT M â€"â€" AT, eÂ¥ t : Tomers )i , Pricevilie. Pricevilie. in Ontario 8, WILLS, ETC., , NEATLY AND OoUS. Agent, Conâ€" sr:cis:tf:l: :f:::ggrml SM*ELWANTED. Q@wen Soumd muve Chateworth, e (rangeville McLEOD‘S System Ranpvator! Mt, Forests Palmerston Guelph, Toronto. London T .OT 5, con. 1, W G R, Bentine«, 100 «41 scres, more or less, good land, wal watered, good dwelling hows« and stable on remises. ‘Terme very reasonable. Apply to ALLAN NcI’ARLALé: Exccutor, Darham. (. \b Roy., The undersaigo«\ has par dased a yeung thorougbbred boaria .m the noted herd of Mr. Meyer, of Watedoo, whigh be will keep for service. Terms $1, étrict‘y Durham ,July 1st 1888 Thanking all for past favors and hoping for & continuance of the same. K4"Remember the place. ‘ Spldicate Foundry Durharns Repairs for machines made in Durham, kept on TESTED REMEDIES HERE I am again Axlanted atthe North Eind ofthe bridge Garatraxa s. Durham Hopiug to meet all my old vuntnn‘fv; and as :r'l’:ny new onesas may be pleased to { me for REPAIRING of REAPERS, NOWERS, THRESHING and all other ‘Machines willendeavor to the utmost of my ability to give satisfaction in all cases. 6y : > ; f GEORGE RYAN: Rob Roy, Glansig, Dec. 83. ’ Ir You Desime To Gzt 4 Gcon Bustxe®ss Enpucario®. Hundredsof young men and womenhavete} on a business course during the past tem years who fare now suecessfulin business or flling lucrative positions. The business course of un% is bi faa the most through and complete in Canade. Therc is as much in the jfenior aos.nunem wein the onâ€" tire courseot many of the soâ€"culled. business colleges. The )ban‘nd course is tharough and somunlete. Sâ€"ad for acopy of the Anmmual Anâ€" | noune‘,sut containing full pmpuu. It is sont jeto any addross© 4 C &.FLEMING, Principal Thorough. Grand Trunk Railway. TIME TABLE, F‘arm for Sale. | Vol.XVI. No. 27 * Head Gfi-o:TTwonto- CAPITAL, Authorized _ $2,000,000 "*_~ #"5 77 Hurrah you Jolly Farmers. QOwWEN soOUND, ONT .. > worrnen GENTS in all prineipa! points in .. Ontatio, Queb##, Manitoba United Stetes n Pacific Railway TIME TABLE. AND OTHER â€"â€"â€" wrive _ 1055 aotNGNORTH 1145 a. m. GoING NORTH 10.35 aolNg soUTH 7:15 a. o â€"TO ATTEXNDâ€" =â€" also â€" Berkshire Boar. OV "orlz=. 41040 p m ‘1‘“‘ m Yours Truly em 531. k of Canada WM. INNIS 11539 10.00 p. m #:1 200 p. m 6 46 p. m 110 " 810 Cashier, 550 on Vlot 26’: Con, 2, W. G. R Bertinek Terms 75 cgats per cow, payable in January ‘Thoroug on lot 26, â€" Will be kept on Lot 26 Con. 1 $.D.R Glenelg for the season of 1893, Terxsâ€"§1.00 to insnre. THOS. JACKSON, March 18t, 1893. Bunessan P.O. A Thorsughbred Shork Horn Bull will be kept for service on Lot 10 Con. 1, 8. D. R. Glenelg, for the seagon of 1898. Terms $100 payable 1 Feb, 1894 whither in calf or not. e t Teryxs â€"â€" $1 at time of service. Pedigree.â€"Fomyan [1062], Furrowed Apr. 1399, bred by J. G. Suell & Bro«, Edmonton, Ont. 8+ cond owners A. & J . Sealey, Durham ,Ont., Sire Perry Lad (1354) ; Dum, Mowleford 55th [1664] by Buron Von Bismarck (126) 4 Moulsford 52nd, imp. [997) by Swineford (65), Moglegford 36th Sl.Jam) by Watchman (485), Moulesford 7th t) son Mowlesford 4th by Stoke Lad : Monlesford the b Worman : Mowlesford 2nuby Nigzer,â€"Meuld f1s The undersigned keep on theirpremises, Lots 4&242ndcon.8. D. 1t. Glenelg, a Thoroughbre Borkshire Boar for the senson of 1890 THOROUGHBRED Berkshire Boar. "FOREMAN. A.&J.SEALEY, â€" PROPRIETORS The property of A. & J. Sealey Lot 23 & 24 Con. 2. 8. D, R. Gienelg dor service season of 1891, TERMS â€"8:. Banessap &. 0. April 6th, 1898 Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to. ALLAN MeFARLANE, Proprietor. Theroughbred Helstein Buil YOUNG LORD WOLSEY Handâ€"made Waggons April 6th, 1893. In the old stand. All handâ€" made shoes. Also BULL FOR SERVICE. Horse Shoeing Shop, frea.d \ We aite the only ALLAN _ MeFARLANE * se GEORGE RYAN. March #9th, 1898. Has opened out a firstâ€"class be Gren Reviet. Ayer‘s Sarsaparillia~ Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowel!, Mass, Cures others, will cure you past, to remind mo of the good Ayer‘s Sarsaparilla has done me. I now weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and am in the best of health. I have been on the road for the past twelve years, have noticed Ayer‘s Sarâ€" saparilla advertised in all parts of the United States, and always take pleasâ€" ure in telling what good it did for me." DURHAM BULL. to try Ayer‘s Sarsaparilia. I took three bottles, the sores healed, and I have not been troubled since. Only the scars me no good, and it was feared tlut- t;; bones would boe affected. At last, my good old zpwm, POTEERROUGK WOODWORK _# Bays Hexry HUDsox, of the James Emith Woolem Machinery Co,, Philadelphia, THOROUGHBRED Mother Urged Me in connection. A firstâ€"class lot of NING and for sale cheap. Only the Scars Remain," RED. A. & J. SEALEY, Benessan P. 0 bull will be kept A.&J SEALEY DURHAM, Co. Grey of the subject of their conversation might be.‘ When the stout man bowed and speke to her the girl looked so surprized that it #ras evident she had not seen him before. Fhen find out who you ure." C t # Despite his intent listening he could .‘ hear a word spoken by the stranger or Gipsy. Allhe could doâ€"was to judige by their pantomime aud countenaces whut the As each newâ€"comer entered _ Gipsy would tremble, and Fanferiov would say : *‘This is he : Finally, as the City Hall clock was striking nine a man enutered, aud withâ€" out going to the ticket window walked directly up to Gipsy, bowed, and teok a seat beaide her. Mcanwhile the office was pradually filiâ€" ing with people. _ Every minute a wan would shriek out the deâ€"tination of an omâ€" mibus which had just.atrived, and the heâ€" wildered passevgers would rusih in to get tickets, aud inquire when the omuibus would leave. ‘‘Singular place for a conversation," he thought, as he watched the young woznan. *‘Who im the worid could have made this appointament in | a busâ€"office? . Jadzing from her evident curiosity sud timessiness 1 could swear she has not the leintest idee for whoin she is waiutng." _ At Chatelet place she strolled up and down several times, read the theatre bills, and finally took a seat on a bench. One minate before a quarter to nine she enâ€" trred the stageâ€"coach office and sat down. as he feared that Mme. (iipsy might recogâ€" nize him in spite of his heavy beard he took a seat at the opposite end of the rooin, in a dark corner. She was walking with the uncertain gait of & person who, impatient to be at a renâ€" dezvous, has started too soon, and is obliged to occupy the intervening time ; she wauld walk very rapidly, then retruce her footâ€" steps, and proceed slowly. Mme. Gipsy had tem minutes start of him; but he ran up the street he knew she must have taken, and overtook her near the Change Bridge. And withofiz',wuiting for his wife‘s reply, who cried out, "Good luck !" Fanferlot «darted into the street. "Yes, yes; make haste and put that letâ€" ter to M. de Clamerau in the postâ€"office, andâ€"and keep good watch." ‘"Have i’on your nippers!" asked the solicitious Mme. Alexandre. In a few minutes Fanferlot was completeâ€" ly disguised by a thick beard, a wig, and ane of those long full blouses worn by disâ€" honest workmen, who go about seeking labor, and at the same time hoping they may not find any. i8 attempting to eoncesl ? Cuin;,w immake haste and help me, so that she won‘t recogâ€" nize me." "1t makes no difference," interrupted Gipsy. "I wm so unfortunate already thit 1 have nothing more to dread. Auy charge would be a relief." Aund, without waiting to hear @ny â€" more she went out. ‘The door had scarcely â€"clos> ed_ upon Mime, Gi beforg> Fanfeflot bouteed cott 9f the ctabe. "**** e The mild detective was white with rage, and swore viplently. * t: . "‘What is the meaning of this ?" he cricd. *"‘Aim I to stand by and have peopie" walkâ€" ing over the Archangel, as if it were a pubâ€" lie street?" AMme. Alexandre stood trembling, and dared not speak. *‘Was ever such impudence heard of beâ€" fore*" he continued. "A messenger comes into my bouse, and goes up stairs without being seen by anybouy ! f will look into this. â€" And the u{u of you, Madame Alex. andre, a sensible woman, being idiotic enough to pursuade that little viper not to keep the appointment !" "But, my dearâ€"â€"" *‘*Had you not sense enough to know that 1 would i:)llow her, and discover wihat she A moment after Fanferiot entered, but "‘And you are going to this readezvous * "Certainly, madam." "But it is imprudent, foolish ; it is a snare to entrap you." . "A friend of Trosper, who can neither recerve you, nor preseat himself naour house, is very. anxious to speak to you. . Be in the stageâ€"coach otfice, opposite lfw Saint Jacques Tower, toâ€"night at nine precisely, and the writer will approach and tell you what he has to say. 5 ha 10 0. _ " CC ®1" approach and tell you 'whu l;l has to say. "I have nproinwd this public place for the rendez vous as to relieve your mind of all fear," "What !" cried Mme. Alexandre, perfectâ€" ly aghast ; "a messenger enter my house, and go up to your room !" ‘‘Is there anything surprising in that ?" **No ; oh, no ! nothing surprising." ""And in a tone loud enough to be heard in the closet she read the nowe : "I am obliged to do so, madam, and I eanme to ask you to tell any one thut may call during my absence to wait until I reâ€" turn," ‘‘But where in the world are you going at this hour, sick as you are ?" For a moment Mime. Gipsy hesitated. "Oh !" she said, ‘‘you are so kind that I am temped to contide in yousaread this note which a messenger just now brought to me," On seeing her Mine conceal her surprise, "Why, my child, Ahe poor girl was sadly .c was pamng hollowâ€"cheeked were red with weeping. mUsc% 1 P Fanterlot rapidly disappeared into a dark closet. He had barely time to close the door before Mme. Gipsy entered the room. The boor visl was iedate i cdel. .1 ~ jad Fanferlot was delicat letter, when the door of t abruptly opened, and the pered : "Hist 1 Fanferiot ravidiv Ai. you t He FILE NO. 113 child, you °C, PVECUGET OR is hidingâ€" i oo ’;,",,,d“'. iY | !%..i.- mfh: x aces what the (a4s Clambran to meet l might be.‘ does vot swait for him," d and speke 60 (| »‘ghe avidentiv mists sadly changed. She cheeked, and her eyen ,‘Ahxnndro could not â€"_mtNile CGratboriau. boy twice whis are not going "Nixa Givay," _*‘Yes, i"}; bundles came g you ; here they are. I supposeâ€"you saw M. Dertomy‘s friends *" * ‘‘Yes, madare ; and his advice kas so changed my plens that, I regret to eay, I must leave you toâ€"morrow." . Poor Gipsy‘s appearsace had striki changed ; she was very yad, bus mot l’ fore dejected. _ ‘Fosher mmslanchaly o last few .days had sacceed¢1 a firm and erous resolution, which betrwd-h s parkling eyes and gesolute step, ~ ‘‘Thanks for your kind interest, madam. Has a bundle been sent here for me * ‘‘Here you are at last, my dear .child !" she eried. _ "‘Oh, I have beer so uneasy, so afraid lest some misfortune bad happenâ€" C abuge Fanferlot inlt;;xiil;vâ€";l-i-ppod into the closâ€" et, and Mme. Alexandre wain‘ io the office to receive Gipay. M iniciginc ut They talked the matter over, anc. fipally decided that they would not go to Led until Mmue. Gipsy, from whom Mine. Alexamdre was determined to obtain an explanation‘of what had happened, returned. At ong o‘cloek the worthy couple were about givâ€" ing over all hope of her reappearance, when tb:y hmu;d the bell ring, Ned e recsco l Miviai sns 2 P **It is incredible ! This girl writes to M. e Clameran to meet ber here, and ther es vot wait for him," ‘‘Bhe evidently migtrusts us ; she knowr boâ€"! am." _‘ _. ; "Ihen ‘this frleed of the camhier mug But onee st bhome, confrouted with a new faet of a nature to negative all his conjesâ€" tures, his vanity disappeared. He contessâ€" ed everythingâ€"his hoper so nearly realized, his strange mischance, and his suspicions. } ‘‘No, but here are two large bundles which have come for her." _ Fanferlot hastily opened the bundles. They contained three calico dresses, some coarse shoes, und some linen caps. ‘‘Well," said the detective, in a wexed tone, ‘‘now she is going to disguise herself. Upon my word, 1 am gelting puzzled! What can she be up to!" When Famferlot was sulkily wtlki:! down the Faybaurg St. Martth he b fully made up his mind that he would not tell his wite of his dissomfiture **Has the little fool returned ?" he inquirâ€" ed of Mme. Alexandre, the instant she opened the door for him. , Thursday, July 5th, 1894. But what ceuld he do now, at this time «f night. He.could not imagine. He walkâ€" ed dejectedly back to the quay, and it was balfâ€"past eleven when he reached his own â€"BYâ€" ’ He suddenly interrupted his msonologue as the idea struck him that he had better attempt to find out something from the driver. Unfortunstely, the driver was is a very surly mood, mg not only refused to anâ€" awer, but shook his whip in so threatening & manuer that Fanferiot deeinec it prudent to beat a retreat, "‘Oh, Lord," he muttered, ‘‘perhaps he o e d sn ue 108 : "‘Oh, Lord," he muttered, *‘perl and the driver are one and the same "Evidently," be muttered, "this fellow and (Gipsy entered one door and get out of the other ; the trick is simple enough. _ If they resorted to it ‘tis because they feared beini watched. _ If they feared being watched they have uneasy consciences ; thereforeâ€"â€"" In a moment his q'ui'cl{ mind had run over the gamut of possibilities, probable and imâ€" probable. _ _ "‘Tricked !" he said, "‘fooled ! won‘t I make them pay for this !" M w ceemtomntille uimshie Anbatcer iss h s. burst forth in & volley of oaths, loud enough to rattle all the windowâ€"panes in the neighborhood. Five minutes passed, and still there were no signs of them. "\%’hn can they be doing all this time ?" grumbled the detective. With great precautions be approached the cab, and peeped in. Oh, erue! J:;ption ! it was empty. Fanferlot felt as if someone had thrown a bucket of iceâ€"water over him ; he remained rooted to the spot with his mouth stretchâ€" ed, the picture of blank bewilderment. ‘The detective also left his uncomfortable post, and crouching in a doorway waited for Gipsy and her eompanion to get out, with the intention otf following close upon their heels. Finally the â€"-c;.b":.wpped wineâ€"store, and the driver froln his seat, and went in. But Faoferlot, who, at cight years of age, had been familiar with every street in Paris, was not to be bafled ; he was a man of resources. He seized the springs of the coach, raised himself up by the strength of nis wrists, and hung on bebind, with his logl resting on the aflÂ¥â€"tree of the front wheels. He was not quite comfortable, but then he no longer ran the risk of being disâ€" tanced. *‘Now," he chuckled behind his false beard, "you may drive as fast as you please, jarvey." The man whipped up his horses, and drove swiftly along the Eilly street of the Fanbourg St. Martin. By the time he had reached the v-.n{ St. Denis he began to get 1 less and stiff from a stitch in his side cabman abruptly turned into the Ru bourg St. Martin. The hack went up the Boulevard Scbasâ€" topol. 1t went pretty fast, but it was not for nothing that Fanferlot had won the name of "Squirrel." _ With his elbows filued to his sides, and holding his breath, e ran on. Hy the time Ahe hald sencbed ut 4n < 2o (While the conchman was gathering up kis reine Fanferiot prepared his vegs; and when the hack sarted by foriowed iu a urisk hoi, determined upon following it to the end of the earth. Reaching the door he saw the fat man and Gipsy eross the pavemeut, approaci a hack, and enter it. ‘"Yery good," muttered Fanterlot, "I‘ve nailed thein now. There is no use of hurry» ing aoy more." biting his nails. _ ""What an idiot I am to have stationed myself so far off 1* He was thinking how he could manage to approuch nearer without arousing their susâ€" K:’gunl when the ‘stout man wrose, offered aritfto Wipsy, who sccepted it without hesitation, and together they walked toâ€" ward the door. They were so engrossed with each other that Fanfezlot thought he could, without risk, follow them, and it was well he did ; for the crowd was dense outside, and he would soon have lost them. n‘core.rsul his wits sufbciently to he had reached the Boule , "‘fooled ! _ Ah, but wing it to the end of the Boulevard Schasâ€" to get breath in tront of a juamped down his side. ‘The the Rue Fauâ€" did you folow the empty <ase, patron ?" _ _ ‘Pr have, but:* * have overlp fi4 hdence. Take a se_ : y8k know." This exact inforn teils of all his mn; thoughts, ao upset not t{aink where 1‘11 tained thera. â€" Fir dll *Yo§@nust hay cil "Ata disthnce the W .0 an _ nute. @bused and defied M, Leewg ; Pre presence, he vielded to the intlue, . the « !hiaaxuwtdimrz man exercised upy. . whe approached him. k _’{'hn’ exact informution and flxu@e,d.- Fanferlot listaned with oper amouth to #his explanation. At the last word« |> wiolentiy slapped his forehead with ».â€" haund, and cried qut : ‘Idiot !" **You have rightly named yourseif," aaid ! M. Lecog, â€" ‘‘Inis proof stares you right in the face, and don‘t seeit! This scratah is the sole and only clew to mwark the cuse upon, and you must go aud loge the traces ot . IfI findlg.hcuuikg party it will +; by means of this scrawh ; and i' am 40 .. miuned that J will tind hire 1 O Was M. Lecog really angry, or pretending to he * Funffi?lqot. who knew him well, was puzzled to know whether all this indignaâ€" tion was real. } ""I should say," he stammered, "I should B&Y ~â€"â€"" **You would say this man ought to be punished, and dismissed from his employâ€" ment, and you are right. The less a proâ€" fession is honored the more honorable should those be who belong to it. And yet {ou have been false to yours. Ah! Muster ‘anferiot, we are ambitious, and we try to make the police force serve our own viows. We let Justice stray her way, and we go ours, One must be a more cuuning hlotgl- hound than ?'on are, my friend, to be able to hunt without a huntsmun. / Yoq are too selfâ€"reliant by half." "Dut, patrop, I awearâ€"â€"" _ ‘‘Silence ! ‘%o ou pretend th say you did your duty, A.m{',old all to the judge of instruction?" While others were workin agnminst the cashier you undertook to I'ol‘E against the banker. _ You watohed his movements ; you became intimate with his valet," Was M M. Lecog Arose? and walked up and down the room; suddenly he confronted Fanâ€" ferlot, and said, in & * me of scorniul arony : “\y\’ hat would you think, Master Squirrel, of a man who ubuses the confidence of those who employ him, who reveals just enough to lead the prosecution on the wrong scent, and sacritices to his own foolish vanity the cause of justice and the liberty of an unâ€" fortuzate man 9" ‘‘Ah, here you ate, young man, Well, it scems you haven‘t made much progress in the Rertomy case." "Why, murmured Fanferiot, "you know thatâ€"â€"" "I know that you have muddled every. thing until you can‘t see your way out, so that you are ready to give up." ‘‘But, M. Lecoq, it was not Jâ€"â€"* ‘‘Well, M. Fanferlot," she said come in time for once in your life. governor wants to see you." The door was opened by Janouille, M. Lacog‘s old servant, who had the manuer and appearance of a grenadier. She was as fuilhlum her master as a watchâ€"dog, and always stood ready to attack any one who did not treat him with the august respect which she considered was due. But by the time he reached the Rue Montmartre, where M. Lecoy lived, his courage had vanished ; he pulled his hat over his eyes, and haung his head, as if lookâ€" r ing for refi:f among the paving stones. He slowly ascended the steps, pausing several ::m' nflnd lookingâ€"mround as if he would ke to fly. * Fin.l&v he reached the third floor, and stood "before "»> door decorared with the emblem of the fa:zn: detectiveâ€"a eock, the symbol of vigilanceâ€"and his heart fail ed him so that he had scarcely the couraye to ring the bell. i The door was opened by Janouille, M. qeanda uhi ul Ey 120 1 Fanferlot started back T have discovered nothin neither has he. Bat if he undertakes to L domineering it won‘t do ;for if he shows his insolence to me I will muke him know his place," } Notwithuudin‘ this brave speech the detective passed an uneasy night, and at six o‘ciock the next morning he was upâ€"it was nocnanv;o rise very early if he wished to catch M. Lecog at homeâ€"and, refreshed by & cup cf strong coffee, he directed his ateps towards the dwelling of the celebrated detective. The "Squirrel" certainly was not afraid of his governor, as he cailed him, for he lt«uug:ut with his nose in the air, and his hat cocked on one side. movements, and#Bven ind that@he .could . Lecoq had obâ€" ' id, humbly : ag with a frightened @Bven â€" , \DeLL ; 9 coul; ' "Well reasoned, I“A_swei‘ l ob. | eupposition the banker would be « : nocent ; pefleat a little," e nusoay,. . Fanforlot reflected, and all of hX "Aren‘t you astwm . â€" % ing you m&ct have me civf:r‘""d every minute?" A } enthusissm. _____ lence 0f a . *There yeu goo‘ :e him, he 'mdw goodâ€"hum«o se, which had |groet d AERR® conderness in It, *"* id sace appeared at the) chi looking toward the apple tree.i "M Father, I‘ll be there in a miâ€"| _ all« o daint)‘ ~Cros$ ntl# Sall 7 am :.'1'1“- id en «afe . utnever he » led wa, her mot likely that he woud ha air, witness when he intended f», j theft." .. t > oT |w _ T" were present _ "",. . wish« *ake 1 _ .â€"ery limb to preves ery cluster â€" of certain." y + 4 Milun as ariiu _ _ L Ee q |and, walking to the door communicating |with his bedroom, took the key from the look, and holding it in his hu:({ said : *‘Come here, Fanferlot, and stand by my wide ; there ; very well. _ Now suppose that I want to open this door, and you don‘t want me to open it ; wher you see me about to insert the key, what would be | your first impulse ?" | _ *‘To put my hands on your arm,and draw | it toward me so as to preveut your intro. ducing the key." "‘Presisely o. Now let ms try it ; go on." Fanterlot obeyed ; and the key hl{d by M. Lecog, pnllm{ aside from the lock, |IÂ¥pped alouyg the door, and traced upop if a diagonal scratch, from top to bobtow, the exact reproduction of the one in the photogragh. ~ _ _ CC ol Emm COP TTE TW "t.hreo days, and fnly yesterday did J come to a concluffon. Let us examine together, and see ## our conjectures present enough chunces offprobability to establish a startingâ€"point." ; _ Accustomed 1 «‘Very hard, my friend, et that on !the n(:yil still harder I.r I.h{uker. So you see the soratch discovered could ’ not have been %ho u'e'Lnbhng hand of a thief latti V fttbigiy Bas in cccm * Whew I"ufxeldm Fanferlot, stuâ€" pefied ; "I never shghld have thought of that, Itwcertainly refuired great forse to make the deep ser on the safe," **Yes, but how that force employ ed * liblve been#racking my brain for (hOc eadi® uce I i SE Emm We 8““ ©xactnese. 4 "‘Now," said M. Lecog, ‘"here is our scratch. | It runs from top to bottom, startâ€" ing from the hole in the lock, diagonally, and, observe, from left to right ; that is to say, it terminates on the side next to the private stairouse leading to the barker‘s lsputmenu. Although ‘yvery deep at the {keyhcle it ends off in a scarcely perceptible ‘nurk" *‘Yes, patron, I see all that." | “Nunrnllg' you thought that this seratch was riade by the person who took the money, Let ns see if you were right. I have here a little iron box,‘rlnu:d with green varnish like M. Fauvel‘s saie; here it is. Take s key and trv in sseatah s » t No "The duse take it p eral uwmpu, "‘this p to move __OUn this was photographed the door of M. 1-‘.'::21'3: -leP Thgtnunpn-bn of every detail was perfect. There were the five movable buttons with the engraved letters, and the marrow, projecting brass lock. ‘The scratch was indicated with great exasthons PE eC mmP PB L ES P‘ tron ?" I know no more than you do, #nferlot ; and you seem to have made up {'05 mind, whereas I am still undecided. 04 Aeclare‘ the cashier to be inpoâ€" cent, &83 the banker guilty. _ I don‘t know wheter you are right or wrong. I Etarted after you, and have only reached the pnlnmnu-z. of my search, J am cerâ€" tain of but one thing, and that is, that a seratch was on the safe door. We start from the scratchâ€"see * As he spoke M. Leo: desk and unrolled a large puna» But this unexpected affability made Funferlot feel uneasy. . He was afraid that something might be coucealed underâ€" neath it. ** Do you know who the thief is psaâ€" UA z0 Boey "OETee ho | Arghangel, why she does not wait for AM. de Clameran, and why she bought calmwo dresses 1" **She is following my advice." *‘That being the case," said the detec. tive, de‘ecudly, *‘there is nothing left iop me to do but to acknowledge myself ap ass." ‘‘No, Squirrel!" said â€"M. Lecag, | kindly, ‘"you are not an #84. _ You mereiy did wrong in undertaking a tusk beyoud your capacity. Have you progress. «d one step since you started in this athain * No. That shows that although you are in. comparable As & lieutenant you go mot poss fl-lmuniq of a pnen{ Ifam going to »t you "with an aphoris ; rememâ€" ber lt,l’d let it Wasyour guide in the future. | ‘A man can shize. in "Whe second fir:x'I's: who would be totally eclipsed in the Neverhad Fanferlot seen bis patron so talkative and goodâ€"natured. Finding his deceit dsoovered he had expested to be overwbe/med with a storm of anger; where» as he bad escaped with a little shower thet had cooled his brain, Lecog‘s anger disup. pearel like one of those heavy clouds which threacen in the horizon for & moment, and then are suddenly swept away by a gust of wind. wWhole No. 826. OO P Ety "‘Then," said Fanferlot, elinging to his idea, ‘‘you have been more successful than M. Alexandre; you have made the girl confess* . You knovg why she leaves the & Whinnvent on e E2 " les in neing able to change the eye is the secret." This theory of disguise explaine the lynxâ€"eyed Lecog never appeared policeâ€"oflice without his gold spectac abandoned the photograph * N# see if you were right. I little iron box, painted with h like M, Fluvoll: safe ; here s key and try to soratch it." i With an air of being able t< peared at the! chase dozens if he chose, the apple tree, ) ‘Miah asked. "What do they « there in a mi-l "I‘ve only got two left," replic l-tnnger, "so J‘ll call these * daintis ~cross downs‘ and you acn have the ty l ‘men fifty cents apieceâ€"cost me A < * [L honor bright! â€" Don‘t hurry. T x 24 «. }¢" | over but just romember you‘re g would en a Daneainl" ed #&s, & He fanned himself with hi alone under tence of a exclaimed Fanferlot, i 1 1" hé llid. after sev» paint is awfully hard sw "Country people aiways have a pail ‘u,.“ of good .spring water, standing in & sal puace, and a wlipper handy," he "“ id. _ "Can I get a drink?" Uncle Nehemiah began to rise from in a / his chair to pay his entertaining guest the courtesy of a glass cz water but lthe salesman â€"stopped him. . "I‘m n for| younger tluwou are," he said. "Let n my| me help myself. _ T‘d just like to do took from his eet of drawing. "®"The strangit cookt, She uoaned her small n];lron, made |_"*~ %Uy Je cloth, white. etreaked wi . b= », 19 the apron were attached black strings. "There‘s more than one use to which it can be put," he said. . "Of course you old folksâ€"no offense intendedâ€" kit out here a good deal and someâ€" times it must be damp. . Now you can wear this apron just as well backâ€" to as front.‘" â€" MHe turned to Sally. "And it will keep the wrinkles out of g‘our skirt and make it wear longer. hen being black and white it will do for mourning or half mourning of no mourning at all." eared at the Pl'::cucles. That why «2200 OHARIMing Jeliers; it 4s really ds dightial to sead them." h A fow daye subscquent to Miss & soliloquy, on a veautdif@l, Hhig‘ j» y M" cook t, She uoaned bher = s be .. whni made â€" _ **~ %*4y Je ® »O«!" murmured Miss Sophis, "ob, dear! what shall 1 do? 1 am ai. in a Auyy ter to think * seeing uim so +oon, for i wants ime to appoint @ mooting, apd a? course 1 must. . ‘As gaon «e possivle," hy gays, . Deur me} how apgiou . he 16 bo wag ‘uus own Augelica," us he galls me, and I‘lJ own to myself I‘m just as qngious t kee him, Jd{)wudu wenat he is ikeg e mmust he uice, iny way, for he «vrites guch chigmning letters; it js really ds bightial to sead them. * e Te a% s Pm . IK yathor stitl, uunatural hand, she thought, but then her curmespondent migut be disguising his hiandwritmg, as # .« had hers, Niw Bophia now miude freq ueng vXCursiuds to the postoffH¢«, and one «ay ehereturned home in quite a Sver, and ran up to her poom at unce, whepre wig again perused the letter wiuch Chag im y read while woalkeing alowly homes ajoug the quiet country road. 6 Lue words which had arrested her atten ton : ar "I guess hat will do,*" an old fool 1 am! But will over know J did it * The very thing! why didn‘t J think ot it Lefone !" le sat down before his desk, ang drawing pen, ink and pu,-r toward hin, #ommenced wiiting, and after freq neng pauses and much reflectuon, fualiy daid down his pen, und read over what n# bad written, BHe sat a moment thinking deoply on this importapt rmatter, then a light broké wver his face, Mr, Allen, in a passion, told her to do as gue liked about it= it was lw to him whethâ€"r she weart or Bo she departed, without even bmn: her future address ; but her urother ha no fears on her mosount She had relatives to whom she could go, and pleuty of money, and she was ceriainly old enough to take cage of herself, The ©ook, who had lived in the family for yeuisp loit when Ngs gyplite flé deâ€" Clariog t at she "*~ould not be by a man." Mr, Allen, tiuking it ensy to fill her place, had taken five c00+s in succession from the intelligence officé, with what success we have seen, "lum," mused Mr, Alien w limself; a habit he had when aione; "Jf 1 knew where Sophingwas, J ‘d send for hor, oven PeC TW AU W 4 P en css /s 1 and ed, and ended by calling hor blul‘lrl:“. "cruel wretch," and other endearing rpithets, and declaring she would not remained in a house wherse she was so abused affair. His ‘Fun! fun{ fine funt" shouted Polf pausing a moment in her work of deâ€" etruction, and cocking np one ey# | maliâ€" giously at the intruder, Yes, Pl anake it ('fl for you, y6u« you»â€"" sputtered" Nr. Alien, using nome, I‘am airaid, not very refined exâ€" ]ressious, and suzing Poll unawares ho thrust her into the opge, and rushing out on ine sipeet, soid her to the first person he met, Mis« Sopida snon came home, and, mi ming nor lurd, made inquiries, when hor br thor at once related the whols cdrawers, while over what few remained untouched by her bill, streams of ink were pouring from the omerturned stand. ' memmer, Twenty years pfeviousiy, woeR Bophia was a girl of mxteen. They had ulways lived peacably enough until about two mouths since, whesn Bophia jook mortal umtruge at her brother, Miss Sophia had a pet parrot, a beauti« ful, talnative burd, of which she was very fond, But one unilucky day she unthinkingly igft the cage door open,and wenut out cuiling, _ Her brother aame irom the offive before she returned, and a sight met his eyes which set his quick temper in blaze at onpe, for there on his table sat Poli, uusily engaged in tear» ing into minute bits some of his most important papers und documents, which whe â€" had _ pulled from the halfâ€"open Â¥el," mused Miss Sophia, drawi y breato, UA nsally uLuT Jare "3.‘, There can‘t be suy harmn in «rying, . % way, _ Wouldn‘t Auron ve gstouis â€" *A _4 should get anaurricd, atter all ? 1 duov‘t snow wi y 1 snouldn‘t, 1 uzy m " she said, torsthg nep heacd,as muca .: hy , MA no dure comtradior her 1 Ap. Jater found Miss Hopinma on her w\ { e postoilice, with a Jetter hiddm‘{ * ocket, which made her heart throp, *f oule aapare tlmn eda h iescs ce al T have a Sally. out f longer. jt will ) purâ€" Uncle 0," he aaid. *"What "t!‘. then, mo one hat pai sion dispatched to C: teers for the Briws armies. During the dierGeneral W. A. Colonel J. 8. Dennie Expeditionary Force the recrulting progri Btates. _ BrigadierC making a tour thro an effort to stimala eruiting. The pictures ac article Mustrate the being carried ou in Mission. Brigadier4 Colonel Dennis hay Their ambition is to secun from the Uuited States,, before the verms of the tion between the United Great Britain become e Ing the eight montbs the6 been at work in the Uni has secured 22,000 vglugt Hritish and Canadian examined about m 20000 Three R W t1 * D Q(I O