***<*• •*1 ■
C H A P T E R X X I I . — (Continued.)
Another moment and the door was'
stealthily opened. Once again the broad
golden bar shot out across the lawn al
most to the spot where the confederates
were crouching. In the center 6f the io n «
ot light there stood a figure— the figure
o f the girl. Even at that distance they
could distinguish the pearl-grey mantle
which she usually wore and the close fit
ting bonnet. She ha<^ wrapped a shawl
round tbe lower part o f her face to pro
tect her from tbe boisterous wind. F o r a
minute or more she stood peering out into
the darkness o f the night, as though un
certain w tother to proceed or to gp back.
Then, with a quick, sudden gesture she
ch-sed the door behind her. The light was
no longer there, but they knew that she
was outside the.,house, and that the ap
pointment would be kept.
W hat an age It seemed before they
heavd her footsteps. She came very slow
ly, patting one foot gingerly before tbr
other, as if afraid o f fa lliiw over some
thing in the darkness. O n w o r twice she
stopped, altogether, looking
round,
no
doubt, to make aura o f her whereabouts.
A ; tbe instant the moon shone out from
behind a cloud, and they saw her dark
figure a short distance off. The light en
abled her to see the withered o i f , for
she came rapidly towards it. A s she ap
proached ah* satisfied herself apparently
that she was the finri on tbe ground, for
she slackened her ¿ace once more and
walked is the listless -way that people as
sume when they are waiting. The clouds
vrefe overtaking tbe moon again, and the
light was getting dimmer,
i
{* *;
“ I can -see her still,” aaid. Esra fn a
whisper, grasping his father’s wrist in his
excitement.
,
The old man aaid nothing, but he peers
ed through the daYkness
with eager,
straining eyes.
'f
“ There she is, standing oSt a little
from tbe oak,” the .young merchant said,
pointing with a quivering Unger. "She’s
not near enough fo r him to reach bar."
•“ He's coming opt fro rathe shadow
now,” the other said huskily. ' ‘Don’t you
see him crawling along the ground?”
“ I see him,” returned «he other
same subdued, awestruck voice,
has stopped; now he goes on again 1 H e
is cloak behind her! She ip looking the
other way.”
“■
,
’ A thin ray o f light shot down betweba
the clouds. In it « silvery radiance trio
W stood out hard -and black, that o f
one
crouched like s beast o f prey behind‘ her.
H e made a step forward, which brought
him within a yard o f her. ffhe may have
heard the W avy footfall above the shriek
o f tke storm. Cor she" turned suddenly gad
faced him. A t the same instant she was
struck down with a crashing blow. -There
w as ift> time fo r a prayer, no time fo r a
scream. One moment had seen her a mag
nificent woman in all tbe pride o f her
youthful beauty, the next left her a poor
battered senseless wreck. T h e navvy hadv
earned hia blood money.
J it the sound o f the blow and the sight
o f the fall both the old man and ;tbe
young ran oq j from their place ¿of conceal
ment, . B art was standing over tbe body,
•Us bludgeon in- hia band.
“ Not even a groan,” he said. ^VVhat
d’ye think o f that?”
r
Girdlestone wrung hia hand and con
gratulated him warmly. “ Shall I light
V
lan tern ?" he asked.
“ Don’t ! ” Esra said earnestly.
“ I had no ides that you were p (lin k
hearted, my son.” the merchant remark
ed. “ However. I know the w ay to the
gate well enough to go .ahere blindfold.
W hat a comfort it ie to know that there
is no blood about! T h at’s the advantage
o f a stick over a knife.”
“ You're correct there, g g v ’nor,” Burt
said, approvingly.
“ W ill yeu kindly carry one end and I'll
take tbe other. I ’ll go first, if yqj» don’t
mind, because I know the w iy best. The
train w ill pass in less than half an hour,
so we have not long to wait. W ithin that
time every chance o f detection w ill have
gone.”
Girdlestone raised up the head o f the
murdered girl, and Burt took her fedt.
Ezra walked behind as though he were in
some dreadful dream. H e had fully rec
ognized the necessity fo r the ranrder, but
lie had never before realized bow ghastly
the details would be. Already he had be
gun to repent that he had ever acqui
esced in it. Then came thoughts o f the
splendid possibilities o f the A frican busi
nce». which could only be saved from de-
stturtion by this Roman's death.
How
could he, with his luxurious tastes, bear
the squalor and poverty which would be
his lot were the firm to fail. Better a
rope and a long drop than such a life as
th a t!
A ll t h e « considerations thronged
into bis mind as Re p lo d d ed along the
sM|p>ery 'footpath which led through the
forest to th e wooden gate.
C H A PTE R X X III.
When Toot and the major arrived at
W aterloo station, tbe* latter in a breath
less condition, they found tbe German
w aiting for them with his tw o fellow ex
ilea. Tbe gentleman o f N ihilistic probliv-
ities waa somewhat tall and thin, with
a long frock coat buttoned almost up to
his throat, which showed signs o f giving
at the seams every here and there. Hia
grizzly' hair fell over hia collar behind,
and he had a abort bristling beard. H e
stood with on« hand stock Into tbe front
o f his coat and the other upon his kip, -as
though rehearsing the position in which
his statue would be some day erected In
the streets o f bis natiye Husain, when the
people had their own, and
no mete.
I s spit* o f b
th e n was snsmfhlsg noble and striking
snout the man. Hla bow, when Baum-
ser introduced him to the major and T\jm,
1 would b av« graced any court in Europe,
Bound bis neck he had a coarse string
from which hung s pair o f double eye
glasses. These he fixed upon his aquiline
nose, and took a good Ibok at the gentle
men whom he had com# to serve.
Bulew, o f K iel, waa a small, dark-eyed
cleaa «haven fellow, quick and energetic
in l|is movements, having more the ap-
p< a ranee o f a Celt than o f a Teuton. Ha
seemed to be full o f amiability, and as
sured the m ajor in execrable English how
v« ry happy he was to be able to do s ser
vice to one who had shown kindneas to
their esteemed colleague and persecuted*
patriot Von Bsnmser.
Indeed both o f
the men showed great deference to tbe
German, and the major began to perceive
that hia friend was a very exalted Indi
vidual in socialistic circle«. H e liked the
look o f the two foreigqgra, and congrat
ulated himself upon having their co-op-
eiaton in tbe u a tfe r on hand,
kc- 111 luck was in store fo r the expedition,
however. On inquiry at the ticket office
they fpund that there was no train for
upwards o f two hours, and then it was a
slow dhe, which would not land them un
til eight o’clock at Bedsworth. A t this
piece o f information Tom Dimadale fairly
broke down, and stamped about the sta
tion, raving and beseeching the officials
to run a special, be tba coat what it
might. Thia, however, could by no means
be done, owing ta thh press o f Saturday
traffic. There was nothing fqy it Rat to
wait. The three foreigners went off In
search o f something to eat, and having
found a convenient cook shop they dis
appeared therein and f e l t e d royally' at
Von Baumser’s expense. M ajor Robins
Clutterbuck remained with the
young
roan, who resolutely refused to leave the
plgtform. The major knew o f a snug lit
tle corner not far off where he could have
put in the time very comfortably, butTie
could not bring himself to desert hie com
panion even for a minute.
Indeed, it was well that day that young
Dimadale had good friends at his back.
Ilia appearance waa so strange and wild
that the passers-by turned back to Jiave
another look> at him. H is eyes were open
and staring, 'giving a fear-inspiring char
acter to his expression.
H e could not
sit still fo r an instant, bat paced up and
down add backwards and forwards under
the^ influence o f the fierce energy which
consumed- him, while tbe major plodded
along manfuHy.at bis side, suggesting ev
ery consideration which might cheer him
up, and narrating many tales, true and
apocryphal, most o f which fell upon heed-
the bora« was put In It
i u
clone o o to
"D riv e as bard aa you can go to the
Priory, roe man,” »aid the major. *
The sulky ostler made no remark, btlt a
look o f surprise passed over bis phleg-
made couutenance.
F o r years back aa
Kl
,j.g g
#n *
f\ 1 ^
* )/ * \ !
J j
"
forgotten in Bedsworth.
Now, whole
.—
t e n # -w»»: %
troops o f Iiondoners were coming down in
J ty
B y y jjjT \ ‘
succession, demanding to be driven therg.
w l* j( * J n V l N f l < j | a f t .
Ha pondered over tbs strange facta as I m
>—
lu 'N M
diove throhgh the darkness, but tba only
ns\j-sw u-.rurjw ^
conclusion to which his bucolic mind could
» -
corns was that it was high time to r a t e
* * , * * 7 '. ' . . .
tbs fats to that particular point.
A a tb s result o f testa o f a lfa lfa , red
I t wea a miserable night, stormy an# d o T e r * nd r * " • * « * •
1» the
wet and bitterly cold. None a f tba five , °P®n m arket C h ie f G a llo w a y o f the
men had a thought to apart for the weatb- j bureau o f plants lnduary makes a re
ar, however. The two foreigners had bsan port th at is c e rta in ly o f Interest to
so infected by the suppressed excitement farm ers.
o f their companions, ,or bad. ao i d e n t i c
B ed C lover.— O f th e 1.217 aamplea o f
themselves with their »«n re d ra ’ eadrn. ^
d (fr e r ^
i06> o r one_
T h . „U
>ji ».
. i u « ut th . ,ud «■ tb , l m
'
,«& | and 185 bore evidence o f h avin g orig-
I f g iven b efore the hoge g e t past
tb e eatin g and drin kin g stage, tbe fol
lo w in g la claim ed to be an Infallible
cure fo r bog c h o le ra : T o a barrel o f
good slop add on e pint o f Venetian red
and one pint* o f kerosene oil. M ix well.
THE W E E K LY
■ T b e ' first ru le fo r gettin g a good
p rofit fro m pou ltry la to g e t tb e ctaicka
batched ea rly, aud the next Is to keep
tboee chicks g ro w in g ao fast that they
w ill reach la y in g m atu rity before the
com mencement o t cold weather.
T b e garden should contain most ot
a ll o f tba common m edicinal and flavor
ing herbs. M ost o f these can be grown
w ith very little trouble, and tbe berb
p la t should Include such useful plants
aa sage, hoarhound, caraw ay, saffron,
pennyroyal, tansy and others that wiV
suggest themselves.
T h ree H s r w D e s M s t r s * .
A doubletree attachm ent to binder
o r 's u lk y plow can be made seconding
to tb s plan shown. T h e dimensions
“ Don’t pull up at tba gate, but take ue inated In Chile,
a little past It.”
; | A lfa lfa .— O f the 899/samples o f al-
‘“Th ere ain’t no way in e x c e p t',15« fa lfn need secured 101, o r about one-
gate,” the driver remarked.
’
| half, ¿ontalned seed o f
dodder, ISO
“ Do what you’re ordered,” s a il the contained a tra ce o f
y ellow tre fo il
the o s t le r «
face betravad
120 CODtalnWl *
tr* ° *
ot
“ I t i. loikely that th e, have a watch r l ^ 1^
■* th e sam e tim e, It to 1m-
at the gate,” aaid the major. *’ W e must P ~ b a b le that m ature aeed o f Canada
keep away from there. This w all is a blue grass w ould
be h arvtoted w ith
great hoight.
W e’d best keep on until K en tu cky blue grass
seed.
In 110
we And the aisiest place to scale it.”
- | samples, how ever, Canada bine grans
*‘ I could get over It here,” Tom said seed w as found In qu antities exceed-
eagerly, •
! Ing 5 p er cent, 32 o f these being Can-
“ W a it a bit- A few minutes can make ada bIlje g ra s « w e d
misbranded as
no different« one way or tbe other. - Ould K en tn ck r blue rra se seed
S ir Colin used to say that there were * * “ « > < * * blue g r a s , seed. ..
more battles lost by over haste than by
T h e P o t a to Bow.
slowness. W hat’s tbe high bank running
T h e p otato bug, o r Colorado potato
along on the right here?”
beetle, panaes the w in ter In the ma-
On« with It.
love
believe
“ •Do you
G eorge r
“ O f course It la.
la
)665— 1
I l»e principle o f the apprypriatlou
set adopted by the Commonwealth
and definitely established.
1747— W illiam
of
Naaaan
appointed
8tadtbolder o f the Netherlands.
can be v a rie d s lig h tly to accom m odate
horses o f d ifferen t sixes.
SeeS U erm leattoa.
I t requires fro m 20 to 30 days fo r
asparagus seed to germ in ate; beans,
5 to 10 d a y s ; borecole, broc-coll, Brus
sels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflow er,
5 to 12 d a y s ; carrots, 14 to 21 d a ys;
celery, 14 to 20 d a y s ; corn salad, 14
d a y s ; corn, 8 to 14 d a y s ; cress, curled,
3 to 5 d a y s ; cress, w ater, 12 to 14
d a y s ; cucumbers, 5 to 10 d a y s ; e g g
plant, x 8 to 20 d a y s ; endive, 3 to 7
days ¡/lettuce, 3 to 5 d a y s ;
melons,
cantaloupes» 5 to 10 d a y s ;
melons,
w ater, 8 to 15 d a y s ; mustard, 3 to 6
d a y s ; onions, 7 to 14 d a y s ; parsley, 20
to 30 d a y s ; pa m ips, 8 to 14 d a y s ; peas,
5 to 10 d a y s ; pepper, 8 to 20 days.
----
W ood
A sh e s.
1776— Rhode Island declared itself free
o f Great Britain, the first o f tlie
thirteen American colonies to take
such action.
1779— Norfolk, Va., occupied by the B rit
ish.
V
1794— U. 9. Postoffice Department estab
lished by Congress.
1799— Bonapqrte defeated at 8t. Jean
D ’A c r e ., . . 8eringapatam taken by
tbe Britiab and the empire o f ilyd er
A ll extinguished by tbe death of
his son, Sultan Tippoo Sahib.
1894— -Dutch surrendered the island of
. Surinam to the British.
*
1806— Robert Morris, the financier o f tba
American revolution, died in I*hila-
delphia.
1813— Americans evacuated York, Can
ada, after setting fire to the city.
Ashes m ade fro m h ard Wood are
1814— Oswego, N . Y „ taken by a com
more valuable than those m ade from
bined fores o f B ritb h and Canadian
so ft wood.
I t la claim ed th a t some
troops.
ashes from s o ft w ood have not enough
*826— Ex-Empress Eugenie o f Francs
valu e to m ake It w orth w h ile to bother
bora in Granada.
w ith them. I t has also been discovered
1828— Teat act repealed by tbe British
that the valu e la la rg e ly governed by
Parliam ent
the part o f the tree fro m w hich tbe
1840— Many lives and much property loot
ashes a re made.
I t la declared by
by tornado la Adams county, Mis
sissippi.
1846— Gen. Taylor, in command o f the
army o f sccnpation in Texas, march
ed to the relief o f F ort Brown.
1
1852— Charles W arren Fairbanks, Vice
President o f the United States, bora.
1868— T h e Geneva, the first Atlantis
steamer at Quebec, arrived at that
port.
1854— Sultan o f Turkey gave a banquet
la honor o f Emperor Napoleon.
1857— T h e Indian mutineers seised Delhi.
1858— Minnesota a d m ittA to statehood.
1864— B attle o f the Wilderness b egan .. .
The Danes defeated )he Alliee In a
naval battle off Heligoland.
1865— Last fight In th* C ivil W a r a l P a l
metto Ranche, Texas.
,>
PLA N OF A
P IG G E R Y .’
1868— Argument in the impeachment
trial o f President Johnson closed.
1876— T h *
ironclad
A lp
Ismerair*
launched.
^
T fie above diagram shows a cross section o f s p iggery building th irty-fou r
1885— Battle at Batoche.
fe e t w ide, w blcb m ay be o f an y desired length. T b e foundation la o f stone,
1886— S ix policerben killed by anarchists
bat m ay be built o f concrete to. be in ' keeping w ith the floor and the piers,
in the H ay market riots in Chicago.
w b lcb a re concrete. T b e floor Is in tw o layers, the low er th ree Inches being
1000— Peary discovered the northern
comprised o f coarse gra vel seven parts an<h-cement one part, the upper Inch __
coast o f Greenland.
being m ixed three parts abarp sand to one o f cem en t T h e a lley running
1902— Revolutionist* in 8an Domingo de
throughout tb e cen ter o f tbe building la six fe e t w ide, w ith a crow ned floor
posed President J1 mines.
one-half Inch high er in tbe center, to inaure its being kept p erfectly dry.
1904— T h e Japanese captured Fengwang-
T h e floors o f tbe pens a re given a fa ll o f tw o inches from tbe a lley to tbe
cheng, th e ’Russians retreating with
outer doors.
out giving battle.
T b e partition s a re constructed o f one and a quarter-inch boards cut into
1906— More than a score o f lives lost in
three-foot lengths. These are placed In an upright position, tbe bottom ends
a tornado near Marquette, Kan.
restin g on a tw o-b y-fou r and tbe topsw apped w ith sim ila r m aterial. T b e lo ft
1906— The Dominion government took
above Is about eigh t feet high at top posts and furnlabes an abundance o f
over the defenses at Eaqnlmault.
room fo r storage o f straw , crates, crate m aterials, etc. N o m eal fee<l should
1907— Ernest W . Huff cut, legal adviser
be stored here, aa It la lik ely to become contaminated.
to the Governor o f N ew York, com
T b e Illu stration «b o w s tb e ropes and pulleys by w b lcb the doors and
mitted suicide........ Gen. Kuroki o f
ven tila to rs a re opened and closed from tbe feed in g alleys. On tb e rig h t side
Japan and the Duke o f Abrussi vis
ited Washington.
the door and ven tila to r are o p en ; on tb e le ft aide dosed.
tu re form .
A s soon as the potatoes
a re up these bugs begin feedin g and
la y in g eggs on th e young leave*. .T h e
you n g th at batch fro m these eggs, as
w e ll as the n ext brood, are tbe ones
th a t d o the dafqage. T h erefore, It la
necessary th at treatm en t should he be
gun as soon as the young beetles ap
p ea r on the v I b A l Dust tbe plants
w h ile tb e dew is on, w ith a m ixtu re
m ade o f 1 pound P a ris green to 10
pounds o f slaked lim e or cheap flour.
A n oth er good method la to spray the
plants w ith a com position o f 2 ounces
o f P a r is green i n . 50 gallons o f B or
deau x m ixture, sprayin g the vines tw o
o r three times, ¿ o r this purpose the
B ordeau x jn lx tu re should be made out
o f 3 pound# o f bluestone and 5 pounds
o f lim e to 50 gallons o f w ater. T h is
m ixtu re w ill not only k ill the beetle,
but also preven t the ea rly blight from
d estroyin g the leaves and stems o f tbe
vines.
jg
" ',
Farm Hates.
W hen tbe w heels g e t so d r j that
th ey ra ttle, have the tires properly s e t ;
d o not try to chink up tbe spokes.
chemists that the ashes o f young tw igs
are o f m ore va lu e than tb e aah o f
tbe tn fh k o f tbe tree, w h ile th e ash
o f the leaves is s till m ore valuable.
,
B a t a t a * kkakarfe,
Rhubarb requires s deep and vyry
fe r tile soil. T h e g rea t secret o f suc
cess In raisin g it is high manuring. I t
is a gross feeder, and requires a lib
eral application o f manure e v e ry year.
A g ro w e r whose sm all patch produces
rhubarb o f enormous alse explain s his
success from bis practice o f th ro w in g
soapsuds o ver the ground on w ashing
days. H e had sold $S<£ w orth from a
patch o f tw o and oq e-b a lf rods in a
single season.
WSS&tNDS,
Roseben, once a peerless «printer, waa
badly beaten at the Aqueduct track la
his first «ta rt this season.
The two Cornell
four-oared
crashed Into each other on the
both were put out o f commission.
There seems to be every probability
that an English lawn tennis team w ill
play in America during the coming sum
mer.
C ream eries a n d Factories.
Many turfmen believe that a hard fight
T h e re are now In M innesota 825
w ill be made In the Tennessee Legisla
cream eries* and seventy-six cheese fac
ture next winter to repeal the anti-pool
tories In actual operation, n ea rly ail o f m iiing iaw a
them being operated and owned by t haj
farm ers, using the same system
of
bookkeeping that Is given In the abort
course In the d a iry school, ^nd every
cream ery In tbe state is using tbe Bab-1
nd is
la mairing
m aking first class
Cock m ilk test and
hotter.— P residen t N o rth ro p o f Minne
sota U n iversity.
<.
t j , . fmrmer, at A mes. in their track
iqnad, are developing some men In th*
weight event* who may make a showing
'n the conference meet in Chicago,
Tom Jones leads the first basemen o f
the American League with .991; William s
W ith all classes o f stock thq valu e o f
tbe feed is tb e same, whether It la sup
»n r iir n
» in iB iiifg ,
plied to the scraw n les or the best o f
T o m ake tbe garden soil w arm drain
Notwithstanding the »»tl-re c s t n *
't h
o
ff
nil
the
surface
w
a
ter
possible.
U
s*
J
?
"*
i
n
n
' Team s th at b a y * been p a rtia lly Idle
f 0f som e tim e should come Into w ork under r
a d overdrains.
I|n(a P a rt, respectively, the homes for rnn-
|
grad u ally and th eir shoulders
K b e best w a y to secure v e ry ea rly a in « sad trotting horses at Memphis, w ill
bathed w ith aalt w ater.
plants is to s ta rt them in the seed box remain open as homes for the horses,
Indians university is to have another
T h * cutworm Is the la rva e
of
a o r hotbed, then transplant to two-inch
m o th ; tb e worm Is o f a brown color, flow er pots as soon as the sCedlings are ’ ror,d'* champion If present prospects
la rg e enough.
prove s success.
“ Long John
Miller,
fa t and tldgglsh, about an Inch long,
blind, and foods only du rin g th# n lg b t
I F o r bum M e-foot In p ou ltry l-alnt the
'c o r n liberally w ith tincture o f iodine
T h e n w h at good la thia gadNght tq .d a lly f t * •
I f th is la dotw In
a*r
1471— Edward, Prince o f W ale«, eon e f
Henry V I. o f England, killed at th«
battle o f Tewkesbury.
“^eet
the oetler * ^
° * ? ^ * * clover seed, and 16 contained a trace
unbounded astonishment. H e slewed nail
# .
.
__ .
way round in hi. mat and took as good a o f b“ r d ° 7 r *ef d ‘
_
,
look as was possible in the uncertain light
» « » m u a Inertnls.— O f the 58 samples
al the faces o f his passengers. It had oo-
Brom us Inerm ls seed obtained 15'
curred to him that it was more than like- contained seed o f cheat, o r chess. 28
Ij* that he would have to swear to them at contained fro m 2 to 3 per cent o f se^d
some future date in a police court. “ I ’d o f * the w heat grasses, several
con-
know that thick ’ un w i’ the red face,” he taint'd seet\ o f m eadow fescue and one
muttered to himself, “ and him wi’ f t * contained m ore than 24 per ceht o f
ycller beard and the "tick.”
| m eadow fescue and rye graaa aeed t o
They passed the stone pillars w ith the
weather-beaten heraldic devices, and drove
„
afoug by the high park walL When they I
K en tu cky Blue G r a s s .- O f the 429
had gone a hundred yards or so the major « ® P lw> o f K entu cky blue graes aeed
ordered the driver to pull up, and they obtained only 8 w ere found to be free
all got ddwn.
The increased fare was from an y trace o f Canada blue grass,
paid without remonstrance, and the ostWr Ip moat o f Jhese samples tbe trace .of
rattled away homewards, with the inten- Canada blue grass found was imma-
titm o f pulling up at the county police ture seed, show ing that it w as harv-
station and lodging information as to the M t#d w )th ^
K en tu cky blue grass
suspicious visitors whom he bad brought
^
Qf ^
tw # pIanta not
E ir e Girdlestene had four hours’ «ta rt
o f them. Th at was the thought vlhich
rankled in Tom ’s hear* and outweighed
every Other consideration.
He
knew
K ate’s nature ao well that he was con
vinced that she would never have express
ed such fears to Mrs. Scully unless she
had very assured reasons for them.
In
{mat. apart fro A her own words, what
could this secrecy and seclusion mean ex
cept foal p la y ? « A ft e r what he had learh-
ed 'about the insurance o f the ships and
the manner in which the elder Girdlestone
had induced him to cease corresponding
with M ate, he «sold believe anything o f
his employers.
Q e knew, also, that in
case o f K a te ’s death the money reverted
to her guardian. There was not a single
link missing in the chain o f evidence
wfliefa showed that a crime wu« fn contem-
platioB. Then, whe was that butcher; I ike
Tom- caught the coping o f the waU, al
assn whom Esra -was taking down with
though the broken glass upon tke top cut
him?
\
The major has putNit on record that deeply into hie hands. W ith a great heave
was soon
those tWb hours appeared tb him the long ho swung himself up, and
est that ever he pasaed in his life, and astride upon the top.
“ H ere’s the whistle,’ said the major,
Tom, no doubt, would indorse the eenti-
meat. - E verything must have an * end, standing on tiptoe to reach a \Jownst retch
however, and tbe station clock, the hands ed hand. “ I f you want n s give a good
o f which seemed several timrii to have blow tat it. W e ’ll be with you in a brace
stopped «hitogether, b ega n 'a t last to ap o f shakes. I f we can’t get over the wall
proach the hpur'at which the Portsmouth we’ll have the door down.
Tom was in the act o f letting himself
train was timed to depart. Baumser and
his two friends had come back,-all three drop into the wood, when suddenly the
smoking cigarettes, and looking the better watchers below 'saw him crouch down
motiotyeas as
fo r their visit to tbe cooksfaop. The five, upon the wall, and lie
got into i-first-class railw ay carriage and though listening intently.
“ H u sh !” he whispered, leaning over.
waited. W ould they never have done ex
niukiinir tickets and stamping Inggage and “ Some one is coming through the wood.”
T # wind bad died away and She storm
going thrqngh all sorts o f tedious, form ali
ties? A t last comes the phrill -whistle o f subsided. Even from the lane tW y .could
^he guard,-«the answering snort Trom the hear the sound o f feet, and of muffled
They all
engine,»snd they are fa irly s ta te d upon voices inside the grounds.
crouched down in the shadow o f the wall.
their mission o f rescue»
<*•'
,
Tom lay flat upon the glass-studded cop
’ There was much to be arranged as to
ing, and no one looking from below could
their plan o f get ion. Tom, Von Baumser
distinguish him from the w alH taelf.
aud the major talked it ovre in a low
( T o be continued.)
voice, while the tw o socialists chatted to
gether in Gorman and-consumed eternal
H aas)
cigarettes.
Tom
was
for
marching
T h e leap y e a r g ir l had Just proposed.
straight np to the Priory, and demanding
“ But I don’ t ea fn enough to support
that Girdlestone shonld deliver hia w ard'
a
w ife ,” protested- tbe R f t l o u s young
up to them. T b the major and the G er
man thia seemed an unwise proceeding. It man.
“ Oh, th at’s a il right/* xssused
the
» a s to put themselves hopelessly whong
from a legal point o f view. Girdlestone m aid « eagerly. “ W e can liv e on bread
had only to say,, as he assuredly would, and Cheese and klqpes.”
that the old story was a ridiculous mare’s
B u t the cautions young man abook
nest, and then What proof could they' ad
hie
hia head.
<
duce, or what excuse give for their inter
No,” be replied, “ that w ou ld never
ference? However plausible their suspi
cions might be. they were, a fter all. only do.- I f yon baked the bread it would
snspicions, which other people might not k ill me, I could n ever endure cheese,
and there are m icrobes in ktaate. Good
view in as grave a light aa they did.
“ W hst would you advise, then?” Tam n lg b t ”
ssked, passing bis hand over his' heated
A G reat Idea.
forehead.
>
. M m B ow ers— H ow do yon persn ide
“ i ’ll tell yon bow ,” the old soldier an
swered, “ and I think me friend
Von you r husband to ,bny you ouch expen
Baumser w ill agree with me. I under s iv e hhts?
stand that this place ii surrounded by a
Mrs. Jackson— I tak e him «hooping
wall to which there is only one gate. Sure w ith m e and w a lk him ahout nntll he
we shall w ait outside this wall, and one
*?an 't stand, and (h en w in d up in n
o f us’ ean go in as a skirmisher and find
shop w h ere th ey sell bdnneta.
H e ’ll
oOt bow tbe land lies. L e t him ascertain« a
buy
a
n
y
thing
to
get
Rom
^
from th* young lady herself if s h e . r e - * '
quires' iimnadiate help, and what sha
H a rd to l ' * a l i « T « r t .
would wish done. I f be can't make his
“ H a § yon r fa th er g iven you that nu-
way to her, let him bang about tbe house, toihoblle yet?|‘ -
and see and hear all that he can.
We
“ N o ; It is 'ao d!fflcn ]t to o v e rro d e
shall then have something solid to work
his objections. H e aays that the gaso
on. I hate a whistle here on me watch
chain.
Qur skirmisher could take that lin e , cars are In bad odor and that
with him, and if be wants immediate help tbe }ie c tr lc ones are sim p ly shocking.”
one blow o f it would be enough to bring — B a ltim o re Am erican.
tbe four o f us over to him. Though how
•n ito fo i.
tbe devil I am to git over a w a il," cbn-
Mias R id e r — I ’m havin g Jnst the fove-
cluded tbe m ajor, ruefully, looking down
Heat gow n made. It 's tan cloth with
at hia own proportions, “ is more than I
o ld . rose trim m ing.
D on’t yon think
can tell.”
*
g
“ I hope, my vriende," said Von Bautn- thdt w ill be becom ing?
‘ M is* Chellne— Yea. tb e W
rose will
ser. “ dat you vill allow me the honor o f
bq especially appropriate
going first.”
• , “ Th at is toy pises," said Tom with de Philadelphia Preea.
cision.
'
It was nesriy eight o'clock by the time
t&ey reached their desttngtiou. Tbs sta
tion master directed them to tbs F ly lq g
BalT, where they secured tbs vary vehicle
In wblcb K ata sad bar guardian had beea
srtgiaally drivaa a »
B y tbs time t b #
A.