1
■oRd up the price«.
They little know I ho Incited Farintoeh to greater
bought «tout's all the way alone, but not that worthy divine with hla two ogtinia
very valuable one*, for we tuuat husliand worked ao energetically that in lean litas
our reoourws.”
a week there waa little left of live and
One day new« nrr.ved of the great dis thirty thounand |>oumla.
covery of diamonds among the I'ra l
Kira Oirdleatone had allow u hi« powet
Mountain«. The fir«t intimation was re ot reading character when he chose the
4 -------------- — - - r - - - : —
ceived through the Central S ew « Agetvy ex-clergyman a« Ilia aubordluate.
It la
in the form o f the following telegram :
IMtaalhle, however, that the young matt'a
“ M om - ow , August 'JJl. It ia sported J judgment hud been luferior to hla power«
ftom i<?>oisk that an imitortant discovery of otmorvntiou. A clever mini ss a trusty
o f diamond fields has been made amongst ally is a valuable article, but when tbs
tht spurs of the I'ra l Mountains, at a said cleverness n ay tie turned against hi«
IHiint not very fa r from that city. They employer the advantage I mvoiiicm a ques
are said to have beta found by an Kngiisii tionable one.
geohtgist, w ho has exhibited many magnifi
It was perfectly evident to Fnrintonh
b r
cent gems iu proof o f his assertion. These
that though a stray capitalist might rtak
stones have been exugiined at Tobolak,
a thousand |*»und* or so on a speculation
A. C O N A N D O YLE
4
and arc pronounced to be equal. If not of this «or!, Hothschild himself would
«Ulterior, in quality to any found ela
hardly care to Invest such a aunt as haJ
where.
A com|iauy has been already
S a r a a t a b a are Hi»«t'. SanaMrilla In
L Hick ford. Ons.vlllo, N H., sar«.'
passed through his bands without having chiK-olsWd
tablet ferm. Thrj
liUnlir ally “ K Mrs.
In'r have
have l.lanil.
rcry aprlng I wea completely prontralait.
formed for the pur]«tse of purchasing the
the
some ground ou which to go.
Having
rim
down,
from dyapnpala and that tired feel-
nloii
land and working the mines.
formed this conclusion, and having also no leas by evaporsUas. break ago, nr linkage.
ng. Hut 1 bava found Hood'e Hareaparllla
The crisis at the African field« was even
iclpg
me
front the fire» done, ouatpleivly
|ir<nii|itly of n*by
uaVy mall.
mall
turned over in his mind the remarkable 41. of Jn.ggi.u or iiromoUÿ
t' 1 lliimi t'o.. Lowell. Maaa. re e ■tot
to re e g o o d h ea lth and n trrn g th ."
more
acute
than
had
been
anticipated
by
C H A P T E R V II .— (Continued.)
coincidence that the news of this discov
The old man was pale and nervous. the conspirator«. Nothing approaching to ery in Russia should follow so very rapid
it
had
ever
been
known
in
South
Africa
The one weak point in his character was
P r e p a r in g to K aro It A lo n e .
ly upon the visit of the junior partner of
T h e M o S tra W ay-
his affection for his son, an affection before. Diamonds went steadily down in the House o f Girdlestone, the astute cler
“ Children,”
hastily exclaimed
Mrs.
“ F ifth grade nest year, JohnnyT**
value
until
they
were
selling
at
a
pr«-®
wh.ch he strove to hide under an austere
gyman began to have some dint i>ercep- »kintinerhorn, “ your fsthsr la coming!
“ Yea. air.”
manner, but which was none the leas which no dealer would have believed pos tion o f the truth. Hence, he brooded a Run out and play aw hile!”
“ Ah. you’ ll be In fractlona or dart«
sible,
and
the
sale
of
claim«
reached
such
genuine, lie had never before parted with
“ What do you want us to run away
gins) deal aa he went it Unit hla work, and
mala then, no doubt?”
bint for any length o f time, uud he felt a climax that men were glad to get rid of cogitated deeply In a manner which was from paps for?” asked ths children.
“ No, a ir; I'll lie In beadwork and
” 1 don't wnnt you to hear what ha will
the wrench keenly. As to Kzra. he was them for the mere price of the plant an 1 once again distinctly undesirable In so
say when h* finds that his safety razor perforated aqunres.’’— Pittsburg Boat.
Hushed and excited at the thought of the machinery erected at them. The offices of vtry Intelligent a subordinate.
new soeues which lay before him and the the various dealers at Kimberley were
Theta brooding« and cogitations culmi rass haa fallen on the floor, spilled ths
««. VUn*> !>*»<-« and all Nervous Dtaeowe
daring speculation in which he was about besieged night and day by an lmportunare nated in a meeting, which was held by bitdes out and mixed them all un.”
in i •iiii/ i tr«'«i \‘f !»r. Kiln«*«
torn. H*m«l |»<r rllKK
to euiliark. lie tluug himself into a chair crowd o f miuers who were willing to sell him with hla two sub-agents in the private
Ilia V ie w n f Thera.
in^UN. l>r. 1 l II.Klinc, JtaL.iW Ar« n HL.» LUn.,1**.
ai
any
price
In
order
to
seve
something
and stretched hi« thick, muscular limbs
imrlor of the Digger's Retreat. It was a
F irst Vlaltor— Most Interesting coun
from the general ruin which they Irnag
out in front o f him.
low-roofed, smoke-stained room.
Round
W
rl I f .
ined
rasa
about
to
come
upon
the
indus
try
round about here. H ave you seen
“ I know as much about stones,” ha
a solid, old-fashioned table in the center
Ryera—
Beetna
to
me
fura are priced
try.
Some,
more
long-headed
or
more
the
ruins?
said exultantly, “ as any man in l*>ndon.
o f this apartment sat Kzra'a staff o f as
Second Vlaltor (w h o hna Juat paid excessively high,
1 was pricing a hag of rough ones at desperate than their neighbors, continu' d sistants, the parson thoughtful, but self-
Van Helmer's to-day, and he is reckoned to work their claims and to l^eep the satisfied, the others sullen and Inquisitive. his b ill)— Y ea; I sup|s)se you mean the J Simplelg!i Yes, the fur trade la ad
a good judge,
lie said that uo exjiert stones which they found until prices might Farintosh bad convened the meeting, atifi gucata leaving
this
hotel.— D etroit < m ittedly a good deal o f a akin gum*.
be better.
As fresh mails caine from hie comrades had an idea that there waa News-Tribune.
could have done it better.”
"You deserve great credit for your the Cape, however, each confirming and something In the wiud. They wattl'd for
K rh o ra o f th * P ast.
quickness and perseverance,” replied hia amplifying the ominous news, these Inde bim to speak.
Mothers will And Mrs. Winslow*. Soothing
Aristides was lamenting the ingratitude Syrup the tei.t r.ntwlv »•• UM fuc tn.ir > liUUtea
father. “ Your knowledge will be inval pendent workers grew fewer and more
“
W
ell,”
the
ex-clergyman
said
at
last,
luring
the teathiug peril*!.
of ths people of Athena, to who*« service
uable to you when you are at the holds. faint-hearted, for their hoys had to oe
the game Is nearly over, and we’ ll not be
paid
each
week,
and
where
was
th
bs had devote«! the best yeara of hia life.
You will promise to be careful and to
money to come from with which to pay wunted any more. Girdlestone’e off to
Th e M adera W a y ,
“ Still,” bs aaid, ” 1 want it distinctly
avoid quarrels aud bloodshed.”
Kngland
in
a
day
or
two.”
understood that 1 am not going to mak*
Scribbles—-How
would you go about
” 1 won’t get into any rows if I can them? The dealers, too, began to take the
Hurt and W illiams groaned sympathet-1
help It,” his son answered. “ That's not alarm, and the most tempting offers would ioally. Work wns scarce in the diggings a noise tiks an unappreciated philanthrop getting a play os the «tage?
hardly induce them to give hard cash in
ist ”
my game.”
Drlbbiea— I'd first w rite a novel.
" "
an?, their atfvucl(“ “ * d
Ricking up one of th* current maga
“ But if you thiuk that there is no mis exchange for stones which might prove to ;,urin*
been paying them well.
Everywhere
zines hs looked it over to see whether or
take, if your opponent is undoubtedly be a drug on the market.
Shahs lots Vaar Shoes.
“ Yes, he’s off," Farintuah went on, not Tom Iaw son was still throwing fits.
about to proceed to extremities, shoot hitr> there was misery and stagnation.
4 lien'. Foot r.M*. It .ure. painful, .wollen,
glancing
keenly
at
hia
companions,
"and
Kzra Griddlestone was not slow to take
wnsrUng, .«reatfas (rat. Make. n«w shoe. May.
down at once, my dear lad, before he has
he takes wth him five and thirty thousand
n a tu ra lly .
t»ld by all f'rtissl*!* sod Hboe Ntoraa. Im .'t
time to draw. I have heard those who advantage of this state o f things, but he
any .uhatltul*. Hami-I« FKEK. Addrras
pounds’ worth of diamonds that <ve
Rivers waa walking ths floor with ths o-rept
have been out there say that in such cases was too cunning to do so in amnnner
4. H. Olm.tvd, Im Hoy, N Y.
1*night
for
him.
We
have
to
do
the
work,
baby.
everything depends upon getting the first which mlgh call attention to himself or
and then are thrown aside as you would
” 1 wish,” hs muttered sleepily, “ thi*
A lw a y s T a lk in g .
shot. I am anxious about you, and shall hia movements. In hia wanderings he ha I
“ My w ife tells me everyth ing she
come across sn outcast named Farintosh, throw your pick aside when you are done youngster wasn’t so— so blamed egotis
not be easy until I see you again.”
When he sells out in London tical.”
man who had once been a clergymnn with it.
does.”
said
the (»enedlot,
proudly,
“ Blessed if he hasn’t tears in his eyes I”
” 1 guess you'd b* egotistical, too,” aaid > "Mhe Is Hke au n ien book.’*
and makes his pile, it won't much matter
Kzra exclaimed to himaelf, much aston- and a master of arts of Trin ity College
Dublin, but who was now a broken-down to him that the three men who helped him th* Indignant Mrs. Rivera, “ if yon were
'shed at this unprecedented occurrence.
" I wish mine w ss
like
an ofien
cutting your I teeth !”
gambler
with a slender purse and a still are starving in Grlqualand."
“ When do you go?” his father asked.
book,” sighed the mock little man with
W
on’t
be
give
us
somethin’
at
part»
“ My train leaves in an hour or so. I more slender conscience. He still retain
M a k la f Kmcn.ee.
the chin whiskers.
In'?” asked Burt, the navvy. He was a
reach the steamer at Soutiianipton about ed a plausible manner and an engaging
“ Republics.” said the disappointed
"Y o u do?"
savage
looking,
hairy
man,
with
a
brick-
three in the morning, and she starts with address and these qualities first recom
" Y e s ; If she w ss like an open booh
oclored face and overhanging eyebrows. statesman, “ are u n gratefu l."
mended
him
to
the
notice
o
f
the
young
th<> full tide at six. Well, good-by,” «aid
“ W ell,” answer.si Farm er Corotoenel, perhaps I would be able to shut her
“
W
on’
t
be
give
us
nothing
to
remem
the young man, rising up and holding merchant. A couple o f days after the re
"fit’a ao hard to tell a patriot from nn up."
out his hand. “ Keep your eye on Dims- ceipt o f the news from Europe, Ezra brance him by?”
“ Give you something!” Farintosh sa il offlre-ar-eker that I don't blame a re
sent
for
this
fellow
and
sat
with
him
for
dale and don’t trust him.”
There I. more Catarrh In th l. M e llon of ths
some time on the verandah o f the hotel with a sneer. "W h y, tnan, he says you public fo r g**ttln’ kind o' suspicious.” —
“ Good-by, my son, good-by!”
country tlian all other d i e - u n put t<'g*tt>*r,
are too well paid already.”
W
ashington
Star.
talking
over
the
situation.
The old merchant was honestly moved,
and until l b . last few rea r, wn* .upp<i.od to bS
Does he. though?" cried the navvy,
Incurable. For a great many yrar* doctor,
and his voice quivered as he «poke. He
You see,” Raid Kzra, “ I have the name
H o r r . r i o f «h e S anrtara.
pronounced tl a local d l w a * . and prescribed
lurihmg even redder than nature had
stood motionless for a minute or so until here o f having a long parse and o f know
local rumwdlc. and by r on.ta ntlv T allin« t.
Rivers
was
writing
a
caustic
review
of
made him. “ Is that the way he speass
cure
with local trra tm .n t, pronounced u In
the heavy door slammed, and then he ing which way the wind blows. I f I wera
cur.ttl«, Hcti-nc I i u proven catarrh to be a
after we makes him?
It ain’ t on the the political field.
threw open the window and gazed sorrow to be seen buying, others would follow
"Brooks,” he said, "give me a new con.tttntlonal dlMsmo and thereloro require«
square. I likes to see things honest an’
con.lltiiUonaltraatmant. I l s l l ' a r . t s r r h < n r«
fully down the street at the disappearing my lead, and prices would soon be as hign
above board betwixt man an’ man, and name for these chaps that go around the manufactured by F. 1 . Cheney A Co , Toledo
cab. His whole attitude expressed such as ever. Now what I purpose is to work
country presaging all aorta of financial Ohio, I. t h . only con.tltutlonal euro on tl-s
this, pitchia' of them as. has helpe ye
market. It 1« taken Internally In d o.c. from 14
dejection that his ward, who had Just en through you, d'ye see? Y'ou can go the
dlsaatera.”
over ain't that.”
p, to * t*»«poon fu l. It acta directly on the
tered the room, felt more drawn towards round o f the camps and buy in stones on
"Calam ity's
presagenta,”
suggested dro
blond and muenua .u r fa re « of the . r . t . m
Farintosh lowered his voice and bent Brooks.
bim than she had ever done before. S lip the quiet without attracting much atten
T he y offer o n . hundred dot lar* for any r * » « 11
fall, to our«. Send lor circular, and l e . l t
ping up to him, she placed her warm, tion.
Beat them down as low as you fnrther over the table. His companion«
motilals.
A
a
A
w
f
u
l
M
l
a
k
.
tender hand upon his sympathetically.
can, and give this hotel as your address. involuntarily imitated bis movement, un
Addre..: F. J. CHK.VKY A CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
G yer— I hear your friend Mntchctn
Sold by Druagtata. 7.V.
“ He will soon come back, dear Mr. Gir
When they call here they shall be paid, til the three running, cruel faces w-re
Take Qall'. Family 1*11 la for eon.tlpatlon.
Is m arried ngaln.
dlestone.” she said. “ Y'ou must not be which is better than haring you carrying looking closely into one another's eyes.
Nobody
knows
that
he
holds
those
M
yer—
Yes
T
h
is
Is
hla
fifth
w
ife.
uneasy about bim.”
the money round with you.'
On the T e a P a r ly M a e.
G yer— W ell, ns a friend, you should
As she stood beside him in her white
The clergyman scowb-d as though he stones,” said Farintosh. “ He's too smart
Suddenly the alarm clock went off.
to let it out to any one by ourselves.”
dress, with a single red ribbon round ner thought it was anything but better. H
advise him to be careful.
The sleeper, half awaks, listened.
’ Where does he keep ’em?” asked the
neck and a band of the same color round did not make any remark, however.
M yer— C a refu l?
“ It's only uns ring,” k* said. “ Ours is
her waist, she was as fair a specimen of
You can get one or two fellows to help Welshman.
G yer— Yes. Some day he’ ll m arry a four rings.“
English girlhood as could
have been you,” said Ezra. “ You know who would
In a safe in his room. This,” said woman who w ill
live to become a
Whereupon he went to sleep agsin and
found in all London.
The merchant's be likely men. I can’t expect you to work Farintosh, taking a small key from bis w idow.
missed bis train.
features softened as he lookttd down at all the camps yourself. O f course, if you pocket, “ is a duplicate, and will open he
her fresh young face, and he put out his offer more for a stone than I care to giv-, safe.
I took a moulding from bis key
hand as though to caress her, but some that's your lookout, but if you do your while I was speaking to him.”
unpleasant thought must have crossed his work well you shall not be the loser. You
The navvy laughed hoarsely. “ I f that
rnind, for he assumed suddenly a darker shall have a percentage on business done don’t lick creation for smartness!” ho
cried. “ And how are we to get to this
look and turned away from her without and a weekly salary as well.”
safe?
I t would serve him right if we
a word. More than once that night she
recalled that strange spasmodic expres
collar the lot. It'll teach him that if he
sion of something akin to horror which
I'm not particular,” Ezra answered. ain't honest by nature he's got to he
had passed over her guardian's features as “ I f I do a thing I like to do it well. 1M when he dealt with the like of us. I like
h i gazed at her.
He
go the length of thirty thousand pounds.” straightness, and I'll have i t ! ”
Farintosh was so astonished at the mag brought his great fist down ujion the table
nitude o f the sum that he sank back in to emphasize this commendable sentiment.
C H A P T E R V III.
I t ’s not an easy matter,” Farintosh
The anxious father had not very long his chair in bewilderment. “ Why, sir. ’
ty wait bfore he heurd tidings o f his son. he said, “ I think just at present you said-thoughtfully. "W hen he goes out ho
locks his door and there’s no getting In
Finally there came 'a long epistle from could buy the country for that.”
Ezra laughed. “ W e’ll make It go as at the window. There’s only one chance
Kimberley, the capital o f the mining dis
trict, in which the young man described fat as we can,” he said. “ O f course you for us that I can see. His room is a bit
cut off from the rest of the hotel. There’s
his eight hundred mile« drive up country may buy claims as well as stones.”
“ And I have carte blanche to that a gallery of twenty feet or more than
and all the adventure« which overtook
leads to It.
Now, I was thinking that
amount?”
him on the way.
if the three of us were to visit him some
“ This place, Kimberley,” he Raid in his
“ A ll right. I ’ll begin this evening,” said evening, Just to wish him luck on his jour
letter, “ has grown into a fair-sized town,
though a few years ago it was just « the ex-parson, and picking up his slouch ney, as it were, and if, while we were in
camp. Now there are churches, banks, ed hat, which he still wore somewhat the room something sudden was to happen
.OUNCES/
and a club in it. There are a sprinkling btoader In the brim than his comrades, in which would knock him silly for a minute
or
two,
we
migTit
walk
off
with
the
o f well-dressed people in the streets, but deference to old associations, he departed
stones and be clean gone before he could
cannot
the majority are grimy-looking chans upon bis mission.
Farintosh was a clever man. and soon raise an alarm.”
from the diggings, with slouched hats and
“ And what would knock him silly?”
W e insist upon refunding your
colored shirts, rough fellows to look at, choee two active suordinates. These were
though quiet enough as a rule. Though a navvy, named Burt, and Williams, a asked Williams. H e was an unhealthy,
money if a trial does not con
Kimberley is the capital of the mining young Welshman, who had disappeared scorbutic-looking youth, and his pallid
vince you.
complexion
had
assumed
a
greenish
tinge
fields, it ia not there that the actual from home behind a cloud o f forged
MAS** r
t C mi CA««»
mining is done. That goes on in a lot of checks, and having changed his name had of fear as he listened to the clergyman’s
*OlM| KAMT
little camps, which are dotted along the made a fresh start in life to the south of words. He had the makings In him of a
Yaal river for fifty or sixty miles. The ths equator. These three worked day and mean and dangerous criminal, but not of
stones are generally bought at the camp night buying in stones from the more a violent one— belonging to the jackal
Immediately after they, have been found, needy and impecunious miners, to whom tribe rather than to the tiger.
and are paid for by checks on bonks in rendy money was a matter of absolute no- brought his great fist down upon the table
Burt laughed again in his bushy n d
Kimberley. I have, therefore, transferred cessity. Farintosh bought in the stock,
our money to the South African bank too, of several small dealers whose nerves beard. "Y ou can leave that to me, mate,”
here.
Keep your eyes on that fellow had been shaken by the panic. In thG be said.
Dimsdale, and let him know nothing o f way bag after bag was filled with dia
“ Meet here at etghl o’clock to-morrow
what is going on.”
monds by Ezra.
night," said the lender. “ We can get It
He wrote again about a fortnight after
He was becoming somewhat uneasy In over by nine, and we will have the night
wards, and his letter, as it crossed the his mind as to how long the delusion for our »-»cape.
I'll have the horses
Atlantic, passed the outward mail, which would be kept up, or how soon news ready, and it will be strange If we don’ t
M tM BC R OF TMC FAMILY,
bore the news of the wonderful diamond might come from the Cape that the Cral get such a start as will puzzle them.”
MCfS, BOVS. WOMEN, MISSES ANO CHILDREN.
find made by an English geologist among find had been examined into and proved
So having arranged all the details of
the I'ra l Mountains.
to be a myth. In any case, he thought their little plan, these three gentlemen
M s s m v S fh s e m m n u fa o fis r . r is th m ^
“ I am now on a tour among
the that he would be free from
suspicion. departed In different directions, Farintosh
w p e td .
bm om um m ih m y h o ld
M s f r “YlJ
camps,” he said. “ To-morrow I push on Still, It might he as well for him by that to the Oriental Hotel to give Ezra hi«
m hm nm . f h b m t f r . s s s jr to n y m r . a n d
■»
s
e
e
o
r
o
rm
m
lm
r
r
e
f
«
,
t
h
a
n
a
n
y
s
f i w »
to Delparte's Hope and Larkin’s Flat. I time to he upon his homeward Journey, evening report, and the others to the min-
mn m a a G th m a r o r f d t o - d a y .
TH
n»*4
am well received wherever I go, except for he knew that If by any chance the true ing camps, which were the scenes of their
M srluêfêiw .
Shoes Csnnot Bs Equalled At An; Prim
by the dealers. They hear that I am a facts leaked out there would be no hope lakors.
*w l pH«« 1« Mampmt on bottom. T a b . N o S a N t l M a .
London capitalist, and fear that I may wf mercy from ths furious diggers, lienee, ]
Sbra. m w .^frr
( T o be continued.)
j The Firm of
Spring Humors
Impure or effete matter» accumulated
in the blood during the winter cause in the
spring such disfiguring and painful troubles
as boils, pimples, and other eruptions, also
weakness, loss of appetite, that tired feeling.
The hest medicine to take is Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, which thoroughly cleanses the
blood, and effects permanent cures by giving
healthy functional activity to the stomach,
liver, kidneys, bowels and skin.
I Girdlestone
I
^ -U -3 v <
\
I
— K ansas C R / Timern.
Quality^
How much money do you care to Bl
est?” asked Farintosh.
The Power
Behind the Dough!
Purity
BAKING
POWDER
“Certainly."
23 Ounces for 23 Cents
A real power that raises and sustains
the dough with absolute certainty.
No failures. A cake made with
K C
fall.
W.L.DOVGLAS,
jg s
i