0
l
Nature’s Balance of Power-
It Is a new purchase o f mine, and It
“ ’You can be quite easy on that -WAR PENS” HIGHLY VALUED
happens to be a remarkable stone!’
point. Professor Eudlcott,’ he said.
In view of facts, one is almost will
"H e pulled a green case from an in ‘Prince Peter was, unfortunately. In Those Used in Affixing Signatures to
ing to accept the statement of a well-
known French scientist, who has as-
side pocket, flipped It open, and there volved In the late Dolorouskl conspir
Peace Treaties Command a Big
lerted that without birds to check the
the thing was as big as a walnut. The acy, but had time to slip across the
Price From Collectors.
of insects, human life would
lights were on, it being dull weather, Russian frontier before the police
But Pa and Ma Stubbins Had a ravages
vanish from this planet In the space
and the stone blinked and sparkled could arrest him. I bought the dta
The pens with which peace treaties
of
nine
years.
But for the vegetation
Long Journey Before Them,
like the sun on dancing water.
mend from bis agent In Paris.’
are Bigned Invariably fetch high
the insects would perish: but for the
" 'My word, Julius,' 1 said. 'But
“ ‘ You Interest me deeply. Mr. Tau
and It Was Their First.
Insects the birds would perish, and
prices, if they happen to find their
that's a risky bit of stuff to carry bery,' struck In Sir Andrew, speaking
but for the birds vegetation would be
way Into the market, and there are
about with you.’
very softly, though we could all see be
Nature
has, therefore,
many people who would be willing to
Mrs. Melvlna Stubbins threw up destroyed.
" ‘It’s going to the bank this after was In a devil of a rage. ‘Even I was
formed a delicate balance of power
noon,' he answered. 'So if you want not unaware of the existence of the draw a check for 61,000 or more for both floury hands In horror. Pa had which cannot bn disturbed without
to examine the pretty pebble, gentle Pavaloff diamond. If my memory does the pen which will be U B e d to sign the fallen over something in the wood bringing great loss and uuhappln,ess to
men, this Is your last chance."
,
not fall me. It Is slightly disfigured by treaty of peace between the Balkan shed. The cat shrieked In pain. Then the world.
states and Turkey.
another crash added consternation to
"And with that be took It Iron! Its a flaw on the eighth facet?'
TO CtJHR A COLD IN ONE D A T
It Is Interesting to know that when the startled woman.
case, as proud as a young husband
*' 'Certainly, Sir Andrew,’ said our
T a in L A X A T IV E BKOMO Quinlna Tablets,
Mrs. Stubbins rushed Into the Drugiriata
of his first baby, and sent It round the host; 'If you examine the Btone you It became public property that peace
refund money i f it falls to cure. E. W.
had been proclaimed between Russia woodshed. Pa was down on the floor GROVE'S signature la un each box. 25c.
table.
will see that such is the case.’
and
Japan
pen
manufacturers
In
all
with
a
load
of
stove
wood
about
him.
"I was sitting on Julius' left. Be
“ 'There Is no such blemish on the
For Protection Against Autos.
tween us was a fat old boy, who was a diamond I have before me. Therefore parts o f the world sent supplies of His nose was bleeding and the water
That, pedestrians on rural roads wear
umbTy suggest'that 7o~u have been ^ e lr pens to those engaged In draw- from the overturned pail on the wash
stranger to me. He took a long stare
treaty, hoping that the doc- bench was dammed against his over white patches on the back of their
at the stone, whistling softly between deceived by this Parisian agent as to ln* up
ument would be completed by the alls. The cat cowered under the clothing at night and that the backs of
his teeth, before he passed It on. It Its origin ’
wagons be painted white as a protec
went from hand to hand, never out of
"Professor Endlcott climbed to his «Mtency of ‘ heir wares
In order to washing machine, licking tenderly at tion against automobiles has been seri
sight, so far as I could notice, until it feet with a grunt of dissatisfaction. avold aQy unfalr discrimination be- her bruised tall.
ously proposed In England.
“Joslah Stubbins, what be you a-
came to Sir Andrew Carillon, who fan and leant over the table, thrusting out ‘ ween the penmakers It was eventual-
cles himself an expert on gems. They his podgy fist to receive the jewel. He & decided to use quill pens for the doin’ ?" shrieked Melvlna solicitously,
grasping the prostrate man determin
say that when Lady Carillon Is In the remained standing, with his body sl&ning o f the treaty,
stalls, the play Is finished to the wo swayed forward, so that the electric
^ was a
Pen that was used by edly by the shoulder ard striving to
men sitting behind her, for they can't lights above the silver center piece the Spanish commissioners when they raise the groaning heap.
keep their eyes off her pearls. Sir might shine the brighter upon what he Put their signatures to the treaty of
"I wuz— Jest a-thlnkin'— about that
Munyon's Paw-Paw
Andrew pulled out a magnifying glass, held. Presently he dropped his hands peace drawn up after hostilities had trip of oum," he panted, gaining his
Pills are unlike all oth
and began examining the diamond.
ceased
between
this
country
and
er
laxatives or cathar
feet,
"an'
stumbled
over
th’
bootjack.
to his sides and stood staring about
” 'I congratulate you, Taubery,’ he him like a plowman lost in Piccadilly. Spain. This particular pen, by the Then the gol-darned cat got in my
tics. They coax tho
liver into activity by
said, after about a minute. ‘You have
" T h is Is not the stone I examined way, sold for 6125 some time after way, an' I went down."
gentle methods, they
acquired a historical stone!’
ward.
Mrs. Stubbins waved her hands des
five minutes ago,' he stuttered.
do not scour; they do
"Old Julius leant back, with a smile
The pen used by the plenipotenti pairingly and sighed.
“ 'Nonsense,' said old Julius, with a
not gripe; they do not
half-way round his head, but he didn't shadow of fear In his eyes. ‘Nonsense, aries In signing the memorable treaty
"I'm so fidgety now from Jtst think-
weaken; but they do
say a word.
of Paris fell Into the hands of the ln' of goln' travelin',’* she admitted,
Endlcott; look again.'
start all the secretions
’’ 'This stone,’ said Sir Andrew, In
‘Can It be that two such famous Empress Eugenie.
Apart from Its "thet I ain’t good fer nothin'— an'
of the liver and stom
the heavy, pompous way that he has,
experts have made a mistake?' sneered historical interest, this pen is of con you're wo-se,” heaping It onto Joslah
ach in a way that soon
tapping It with his magnifying glass
Sir Andrew. 'Can It be that a humble siderable value, for It Is mounted In mercilessly.
puts these organs in a
to attract attention, ‘this stone Is the
"Sometimes I reckon It ain’t wuth
amateur like myself Is right and that solid gold and encrusted with dia
healthy condition and
celebrated
Hyderapore diamond, to
monds.
th' candle— all this fussln' an’ stewin' corrects constipation. Munyon’s Paw-Paw
they are wrong? As I told you, gen
which first historical reference Is
The
English
home
secretary
occa
an’ packin' an' plannin'," he walled, Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver and
tlemen, the Hyderapore diamond— ’
made In the year 1584. It was cap
“ 'Hyderapore diamond be d— d !’ sionally receives an application from wiping the blood from his hickory
tured by the Rajah of Hyderapore squealed the fat man. T h is thing is a a relic hunter for the pen with which shirt and looking dazed. "Folks would nerves. They invigorate instead of weaken;
they enrich the blood instead of impover
from a ruling chief In the Deccan after
fake, a clumsy Imitation. Taubery, he has signed the actual order of a be better off, I reckon, If they stayed ishing it; they enable the stomach to get all
a battle. In which four thousand men
reprieve.
When
Viscount
L
lan
daf
home whar they wuz comfortable.”
the nourishment from food that is put into
lost tbelr lives. In 1680 it was stolen you have been robbed!
“An’ never seeln' nothin' at a ll!" it. Price 25 cents. All Druggists,
"W e were all on our feet In an in was home secretary, during the reign
from the rajah's palace by a Spaniard,
of
the
late
Queen
Victoria,
he
received
agreed Mrs. Stubbins, turning the
who escaped to Bombay, where he was stant amid a clamor of tongues. But
several hundred such applications.
wash bench right side up and pouring
robbed and murdered. The stone dis there was one man amongst us that
Driving Belt Long in Use.
Queen
Victoria
always
retained
pos
a liberal helping of water Into the
kept his head; one man who realized
appeared for about sixty years.
A driving belt in an engineering
session
o
f
the
pens
that
were
used
to
basin. "W ash yerself. It looks like a
" 'It subsequently came Into the that his honor was in peril; that Im
works at Smethwick, England, has
set aside death sentences. One o f murder.’’
possession of one of the East India mediate action was necessary. His
been in continuous use for thirty-two
these pens which was studded with
Joslah went out to the barn, feeling years, and has “ traveled” a distance
company's agents, who was stabbed to name— if I am not too egotistical—Is
jewels and worth several pounds, was ruefully o f his nose. It was evident equivalent to seventy-four times round
death In his bungalow near Calcutta Theophllus Gunton.
Fortunately I have a voice of some presented by her majesty to Mme. Al- that htese were perilous days In the the world.
about 1760. The diamond, which Is
Stubbins cycle. Getting ready to go
held to have Inspired the attack, was power, and a manner that, when my banl, the vocalist.
Mme.Patti received a “ reprieve pen’’ traveling was sadly Interrupting the
saved from the robbers by the appear feelings are strongly moved. Is per
When Your Eyes Need Care
ance of his guests and servants. The haps not unimpressive. I commanded from ex-Queen Isabella o f Spain, and even tenor of life on the farm. Half
E ye Rem edy. N o S m arting— F e e l»
widow brought It to Europe and sold and obtained silence I begged them for many years the diva carried It the countryside knew of the proposed T F r in y e Murine
— A cta Q uickly. T r y It fo r Red, W eak,
trip by this time, for the local corre W atery
with her wherever she went.
Eyes and G ran u lated Eyelids. Illu s
it to the Due d’Alembert, who lost his to resume their seatB; they obeyed.
Pens which have’ been used by fa spondent of the Advocate had chron trated Book in each Package. Murine 1»
” ‘Julius Taubery,’ I said, has your
diamond and Incidentally his life In
compounded by our Oculist«—not a “ Patent Med
mous authors often fetch high prices icled the news weeks ago.
icine” —but used in succHMful Physicians’ Prac
the French revolution. It turned up diamond disappeared?’
fo r many years. Now dedicated to the Pub
As the gala day approached. Pa and tice
lic and sold br bniggists at 26c and 60c per Bottle.
again at the court of Napoleon III.,
"H e answered that It had, looking at when put up for sale by auction.
Murine K y « Salve In Aseptic Tubes, 26c and 60c.
being then In the possession of Henri the Imitation stone, which they had re- Charles Dickens used a quill pen to Ma Stubbins packed and unpacked. In M urine Eye R em ed y C o., C h ic a g o
Marvin, the well-known financier. Un turned to him, in a silly, scared way. write part o f “ Hard Times,” “ Little creasing the tension until neither of
til today I thought It was still In his
” ‘Julius Taubery,’ I continued, ‘we, Dorritt” and “ Bleak House" at the them slept at night for apprehending
family.
your guests. He under a stigma, an Im V illa Les Montineaux, and this was train wrecks. The train was due at
Can Write His Name 394 Way*.
8:40 In the morning, but, in their
" 'It Is one of the very few large dia putation. W e cannot leave the house sold some time ago for 611.50.
Probably no surname has undergone
anxiety not to be late, the couple ar so many changes as that of Sir Harry
monds that Is absolutely without a under such circumstances. Some one
rived at the depot before 7. flustered Stapleton Mainwarlng
flaw, and Its value In the open market must have brought the Imitation stone
(pronounced
Europe's
Smallest
State.
and fidgety.
today would be approaching thirty with him for a purpose that It Is need
Mannering). At Peover hall, his Che
The
centenary
of
the
Napoleonio
“ Better to be a little airly," com shire borne, there Is a paper showing
thousand pounds. Any one who takes less to define. The real jewel must
an Interest in historical stones might be In his pocket at this moment Let wars calls attention to the existence mented Melvlna, fluttering into a seat the name written In 394 ways.— Lon
of
the
smallest
state
In
Europe,
the
au
in the big, barn-like station, where don Mall.
be tempted to give even a higher us, therefore, be searched.’
tonomous republic of Moresnet, on the the drum stove valiantly gave out its
price; for there has been enough blood
“ They all sat silent as mice under
W n tn o n
r 'o lfm n n ,
split over It, gentlemen, to fill the my eye, save the professor, who grunt boundary between Germany and Bel redolent coal-smoke odors.
Patent Lawyer.Washington,
gium. Moresnet has an area of bare-
D.U. Advlde and hooks free.
bath of Its fortunate possessor.'
Joslah took up his stand before the Rates reasonable. Highest
ed as If In dissent.
references.
Best
services.
’ ly one and one-quarter square miles,
"H e laid down the diamond on the
closed ticket window and waited lm
“ 'Do I understand that you object
and
a
population
of
3,500.
A
bound
table and looked at bis host with a to my plan, sir?' I asked him. 'Do
patiently. As the minutes passed and
Mosquitoes Attracted by Music.
malicious grin. But all connoisseurs you refuse to be searched? And If so, ary commission settling the frontiers the agent busied himself beyond Its
In some parts of India, where mos
after the fall of Napoleon in 1814 was portals, their nervousness Increased.
are alike; they are as covetous of may I ask why?'
unable to agree upon the ownership Joslah looked apprehensively at Mel quitoes abound, it is impossible to play
each other's pet treasures as so many
‘He gave me an angry look, but he
the violin because the music attracts
of this tiny piece of land, and finally
cats.
vlna and shifted his big form onto the Insects in great numbers. When
had not the courage to contest the
left the question for future settle
"A ll the time that Sir Andrew had point.
the first notes are heard, the mos
the other foo t
ment. Meanwhile it was to be admin
been speaking, the fat fellow next to
“ Gittln' most time, ain’t It, pa?" quitoes swarm in clouds around the
Then, I may take It that we are
me had been snorting and swelling all agreed. Taubery, you have a li istered jointly by two states. The joint asked Mrs. Stubbins, wiping her player and make the movements of
until, ’pon my soul, I thought he was brary upon this floor. As I passed the administration soon resulted In an ad sharp nose with a polka-dot handker the hand Impossible.— Harper’s Weekly.
In for a stroke of apoplexy. 1 am the door before lunch I noticed that there ministration by neither state, and the chief.
best-tempered of men, but I have my was an excellent fire there. Professor community became self-governing un
Joslah consulted his watch.
limits, and the old grampus was one Endlcott and myself will retire to that der the protection of Prussia and Bel
"I wish this here window would
gium. In 1841 the two guaranteeing open up,” he complained restlessly.
of them.
,
room. I will search the professor; the
“ 'Are you In pain, sir?' I asked him. professor shall search me. A fter that countries gave the district itB own in "W e ain't got more'n 45 minutes.”
‘‘ ‘Yes, I am, sir,’ he said. In such a the rest of the guests will come, one dependent administration. It has no
Finally Josiah could hold himself no
high, squeaky voice that all the table by one. Into the room, where we will courts, but litigants can choose be longer. He stepped determinedly up
could bear him. ‘I object to listening search them In turn. Let us have no tween the Belgian and Prussian tri to the ticket-shelf and rapped loudly
to the definitions of so-called experts, delay. Professor Endlcott, I am very bunals In beginning litigation, which on the window. The sounds from be
are relieved at once by an applica
is subject to the laws neither of Ger yond stopped. The afcent approached
who cannot tell a diamond from a much at your service.'
tion of Sloan’s Liniment. Don’t
many
nor
of
Belgium,
but
of
the
an
glass msrble. Experts? Humbugs,
“ I went through that party, gentle
and threw up the saBh.
rub, just lay on lightly.
cient
code
Napoleon.
On
reaching
mil
that’s what I call them!’
men, as our Transatlantic cousins
" I —er— could ye wait on us?” Jo
“ Sloan’ s Linim ent has done more
“ ’Do you refer to me. Professor En- would express It, with a fine-tooth itary age, the youth of Moresnet have slah asked apologetically.
? ;ood than anything I have ever tried
or stiff joints. 1 go t my hand hurt so
dlcott?’ began Sir Andrew, leaning comb. And I feel It my duty to say the choice of serving either Belgium
"Which way you goln'?’’ queried the
badly that 1 had to stop work right in
forward, with a very red face.
the busiest time o f the year. 1 thought
that not one of them raised the small or Germany.
agent, none too affably.
at first that I would have to have my
“ ‘Most certainly I do.’
est objection to the severity of my
“ East," replied Josiah.
“I wuz
hand taken off, but I got a bottle o f
” 'Then I must ask you for an ex methods. They were like lambs, gen
Sloan’s Liniment and cured my hand.”
afeared It wuz gittln' -late."
Astronomical Discoveries.
W i l t o n W h e e l e r , Morris, Ada.
planation or an Immediate apology.'
tlemen, they were, by thunder! But
“ Huh!” grunted the railroad man.
The particular universe o f stars In
” ‘A man who can make so ludicrous I obtained no result. The Taubery dia
Good for Broken Sinews
which we dwell Is half again as large "Plenty o f time! Where to?"
G. G. J o n e s , Baldwin, L . I., writes :
an error deserves neither the one nor mond had disappeared.
"How fur Is It to Harpersvllle?"
In
scale
as
the
world
has
been
sup-
—“
I
used Sloan's Liniment for broken
the other,' cried the professor, In great
sinews above the knee oap caused by a
"Poor old Julius was quite broken
questioned Mr. Stubbins, looking the
fall and to my great satisfaction was
excitement. T h at stone has been In down about it. He placed the whole posing. Our own sun is still youth
agent In the eye.
able to resume work in less than three
the possession of the Princes of Pava- matter In my hands. On my way to ful, and keeps traveling northwardly
weeks after the accident.”
"Eighteen miles."
loff for three hundred years. Prince Scotland Yard I remembered what an through space at the comparatively
“ At two cents a mile?"
leisurely
pace
o
f
tw
elve
miles
per
Peter, the present head of the ramlly,
old friend of mine had told me about gecond, or oniy two-thlrds the average
"Yes."
kindly allowed me to examine It when you. It you are ever In a hole. Gun- Bpeed of 8tar8 o f Ug own cIa88 The
"A ll righ t Gimme two tickets—an’
I was In Moscow In 1894. I was not
ton,' he said, get Addington Peace— North 8tar lg not reaiiy a single star, return,” with the air of a man about
aware that be had sold IL I trust,
he Is the man. You were off duty I but triple, consisting o f three suns to take Niagara. “ Melvlna an’ me air
Mr. Taubery, that you obtained It from Inquired youi• address^, l am here; And revoM n g about
a common center. goln' travelin’ !"
a respectable source; If not, I should now, what are you going to d o r ’
Globe-trotting is only relative, after
Fine for Sprain
These are some o f the recent discov-
be no true friend did I hide from you
"Can you remember who It was eries o f the Lick observatory, the all.—Judge.
M r . H e n r y a . V o e h l , 84 Somerset
my belief that It had been stolen.'
8t., Plainfield, N. J., writes : — ” A
that Introduced the subject of precious
friend sprained his ankle so badly
“ If a man had said such a deucedly stones at your luncheon party?” asked famous graduate astronomical depart
that It went black. He laughed when
ment o f the University o f California.
Insulting thing to me I should have Inspector Peace.
Early Siege of Turkish Capital.
I told him that I would have him out
People who learned their astronomy
in a week. I applied Sloan’s Liniment
knocked him down there and then. 1
Constantinople has been threatened
" 'Pon my life I don't know,” said
and In fonr days be wan working and
would, 'pon my soul, without thinking the colonel, polishing his eye-glass twenty years ago, or five years ago, before by the Bulgarians, the most
said Sloan’s was a right good Lin i
ment.”
mors about It. But Julius lay back In with a red silk pocket handkerchief. will have to change many o f their memorable of the early attacks haring
his chair, smiling all over bis face. 1 “ It was one of the fellows at the other Ideas o f the universe In the light of been made In 813, when the barbarian
P rice 25c.,
50c.. and $1.00
suppose those collector^ get accus end of the table, but I can’t say which the Lick observatory's newly achieved Krum arrived before the city’s walls.
Sloan’s Book
knowledge as to how the heavenly The siege. It Is related, was begun
tomed to each other’s little ways; of them.”
on horses, cattle,
bodies are born and live and die. No with high ritual, but before more than
they're a queer lot, anyway.
sheep and
«C H R O N IC L E S TO B E C O N T IN U E D .)
poultry sent *
where in the world la so much being a demonstration bad been made, the
Add
done to alter and expand man's knowl Byzantine emperor came to terms.
edge o f the stellar universe as on While the negotiations were going on
Mount Hamilton, under the direction Krum was nearly killed, a peril which
o f Dr. W. W. Campbell, the famous di so enraged the founder of the Bul
rector of the Lick observatory.
garian empire that he laid waste the
suburbs and retired with a host of
captives.
Fortunately for Constanti
Pearl Rope Broke.
WATER PORTERS OF QUITO never detaches himself from his Jar The Quesn’s
nople. when the Bulgarian prince re
accident
which
recently
befell
either to fill It or to transfer its con
the pearl necklaces of the queen turned to take a fuller revenge he waa
They Carry Big Earthsn Jar, on Thslr teats to that of hts customer.
seized with apoplexy and died.
He turns his back to the fountain dowager o f Italy, when the string
Backs and Bowing, Croats
broke
and
the
priceles
little
spheres
eo that the Jar comes under one of
■ Cataract.
Parcel Post.
the jets o f water, listens to the sound were scattered in every direction, re
"W hat Is that chirping sound In the
Around a fountain In one o f the of the water In the jar, and his ear calls a similar mishap to the splendid
U .3 .A .
principal squares of Quito assemble Is so well trained that he always fivefold rope which used to adorn the closet?"
"Young chickens," gasped the bus-
«vary morning the city's aguadores. walks away at the ezact moment neck o f Queen Alexandra on certain
state occasions, the Pall Mall Gazette band guiltily.
Thee« water porters differ from the when It Is filled to the brim.
**I knew I t You forgot to mall that
Arriving at the bouse o f a cus remarks.
lesa energetic ones of some South
On stepping Into the gilded coach dozen eggs I gave you three week/
All Taught Markmanshlp.
American cities In carrying thetr Jars tomer, he goes to the household Jar,
upon their barks Instead of on ths makes a deep bow. and disappears be on her way to a state opening of par a g o "
Every town of any Importance In
backs of mules. Their earthen Jars hind a torrent of water. Foreigners liament In the last reign her necklace
the Port Elizabeth district of South
Mutt Be.
are deep, have a wide month, sod can never receive, without laughing, caught In the ornate door handle and
Africa has its rifle range, on which
“
Is
he
making
good?"
hold about 40 liters.
the visit o f their aguador, the respect the pearls fell In m shower and rolled
military companies and school cadeta
"N o qu.ation of I t He can get coal practice. Even boya 11 years old are
The porter carries It on his shoul ful little man who bows to one be from the crimson carpet onto the mud
M
cred
it"—
Detroit
Free
Presa.
supplied with rifles and allowed to
der fastened with leather straps He ( hind a cataract of water.
dy ground.
■boot
I
I
TRIP MADE TROUBLE
We
Chronicles
sf
Addington
Peace
By B. Fletcher Robinson
Co-Author with A . Conan D oyla o f
•"Tb» Hound o f the B*akervillea,"atc-
J. by W. G. C h a p m a n )
MR. TAUBERY’S
DIAMOND
"HI, young fellow ! Does Inspector
Peace live here?"
He spoke roughly enough, and I re
turned his stare with equal Irritation.
When a man may not Indulge in day
dreams on his own doorstep the state
of society wants mending. He was a
big bully of a fellow, with a red face,
a curled, white mustache, and a single
•ve-glass, through which be regarded
me with an air of extreme 111-temper
“ The Inspector lodges on the third
floor." I told him coldly.
"Do you live here too?"
I had a mind not to answer him, but,
after all, It was not worth while mak
ing trouble over an Impudent ques
tion.
"Yes," I said; ” 1 rent the grouno
floor and the studio behind. My name
la Phillips. I am an artist. For the
past four years I have studied abroad.
I f you would like to see my birth cer
tificate I will go and fetch It for you
To my surprise, he burst Into a
shout of laughter, swaying bis body
from side to side. It was quite a time
before be recovered himself.
"Good, lad—good, lad," he chuckled;
“ Oad! but I deserved It. Allow me to
Introduce myself. My name Is Gun-
ton, sir— Colonel Theophllus Gunton—
and I'm very pleased to meet you."
He held out his hand, which I shook,
without any great degree of enthusi
asm.
“ Is this Addington Peace at home,
do you think?” he continued.
"I don’t know," I told him. "I should
walk upstairs and find out If I were
you.”
"There I recognize the practical
head. You know him?"
"Yes."
"Then, we will go together. You
can Introduce me.”
I was offended at the noise and
bluster of the man; but he had
grabbed my arm, and I didn't want a
scene at my own door. I led him uy
the stairs, his voice growing silent as
his lung capacity weakened. The In
spector's voice cried an Invitation to
my knock, and I entered, with the col
onel puffing at my heels like a loco
motive on a stiff Incline.
"Sorry to disturb you. Peace," I
said; "but this Is a gentleman by the
name of Gunton, and he appears anx
ious to make your acquaintance."
The little man rose from his easy-
chalr, and stood looking at the stran
ger with an expression of gTeat good-
humor.
For myself. I was about to withdraw
when the colonel's hand dropped heav
ily upon my shoulder.
"Don't you go," he said. "A cosmo
politan. a detective and a man of the
world, as I sm. form a unique combi
nation. And. by Gad! gentlemen, we
shall want all our brains over this af
fair."
I glanced at Peace, who smiled and
nodded. So I stayed.
The colonel kindly consented to
take the most comfortable chair,
sighed, stretched out his legs, lit a
cheroot and then, without further In
troduction. plunged Into his story.
"Perhaps you have heard of Julius
Taubery? No? Well, It's a name as
well known throughout India as the
viceroy's. He Is the head of one of
the richest Arms In Calcutta. Went
out there as a young man, worked
well, married well, and ended well In
all things, save his constitution, with
which he played the very devil. In
1900 he returned and took a line Lon
don house In Portland place, together
with an old hall down In Devonshire.
A month ago the doctors ordered him
out of England for life. Rough on him,
wasn't It, seeing that he had spent
two-thlrds of his time out of It al
ready? But the south of France la hts
only chance, they tell him; so, like a
wise man. he la selling off bis sticks,
and settling down at Mentone, with
out squealing to show bow much It
hurts him.
“ Julius and hts wife— she's one of
the
kindest-hearted
women— have
been giving some farewell parties to
their old friends. They bad a lunch
today, one-thirty sharp, and a lot of
people turned up. After the ladles
had left us. the talk, as luck would
have It, fell on precious stones; and
Julius Taubery Is a crank on them If
there ever was one. His wife wears
the finest jewels In London, and the
old man Is supposed to have many
thousand pounds’ worth more locked
away, which he won’t trust even her
with the handling.
■ 'Gentlemen.' says he, T w ill show
you something that may Interest you.
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CONSTIPATION
PATENTS
Stiff Joints
Sprains,Bruises
SLOANS
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