f!kt 5i A aft tit Ok & A A & ? A A A STUDY IN SCARLET BY A. CONAN DOYLE. CHAPTER VL Our prisoner'! furious resistance did not apparently indicate any fe rocity In his disposition toward our selves, for on nndng himself power less he smiled In an affauie manner, and expressed his hopes that he had not hurt any of ua in the scuffle. "I guess you're going to take me to the police station," he remarked to Sherlock Holmes. "My cab'a at the door. If you'll loose my legs I'll walk down to it. I'm not so light to lift as I used to be." He rose and stretched his legs, as though to assure himself that they were free once more. "If there's a vacant place for a chief of the police, I reckon you are the man for it." he said, gating with undisguised admiration at my fellow lodger. "The way you kept on my trail waa a caution." "You had better come with me,' ' aald Holmes to the two detectives, "I can drive you," said Lestrade. "Good! and Greg son can come in side with me. Ton, too, doctor; you have taken an interest In the case, and nay as well stick to us. I assented gladly, and we all de scended together. Our prisoner made no attempt to escape, but stepped calmly into the cab which had been his, and we followed him. Lestrade mounted the box, whipped up the horse and brought us in a very short time to our destination. We were ushered into a email chamber, where a police inspector noted down our prisoner s name and the names of the men with whose murder he had been charged. The official was a white-faced, un emotional man, who went through his duties in a dull, mechanical way. "The prisoner will be put before the magistrates In the course of the week," he said; "in the meantime, Mr. Jefferson Hope, have you any thing that you wish to say? I must warn you that your words will be taken down and may be used againat you." Tve got a good deal to say," our prisoner Baid, slowly. "I want to tell you gentlemen all about it" "Hadn't you better reserve that for our trial?" asked the Inspector. "I may never be tried," he an wered. "You needn't look startled. It lant suicide I am thinking of. Are you a doctor?" He turned his fierce dark eyes upon me as he asked this last question. "Yes, I am." I answered. Then put your hand here." he said, with a smile, motioning with his manacled wrists toward his chest. I did so, and became at once con scious of an extraordinary throbbing and commotion which was going on Inside. In the silence of the room I could hear a dull humming and buzzing which proceeded from the same Source. "Why," I cried, "you have an aor tic aneurism!" That's what they call it," he said, placidly. "I went to a doctor last week about It, and he told me that it was bound to buret before many days passed. It has been getting worse for years. I got it from over-ex posure and under-feeding in the Salt Lake mountains. Tve done my work now, and I don't care how soon I go, but I should like to leave some account of the business behind me. I don't want to be re membered as a common cut-throat" The inspector and the two detec tives had a hurried discussion as to the advisability of allowing him to tell his story. "Do you consider, doctor, that there Is immediate danger" the former asked. . "Most certainly there Is," I an swered. "In that case, it Is clearly our duty, In the Interests of justice, to take his statement" said the inspector. "You are at liberty, sir, to give your ac count which I again warn you will be taken down." "I'll alt down, with your leave." the prisoner said, suiting the action to the word. "This aneurism of mine makes me easily tired, and the tus sle we had half an hour ago has not mended matters. I'm on the brink of the grave, and I am not likely to lie to you. Every word I say is the ab solute truth, and how you use it Is a matter of no consequence to me." With these words, Jefferson Hope leaned back in his chair and began the following remarkable statement: I can vouch for the accuracy of the subjoined account for I have had ac cess to Lestrade's notebook, in which the prisoner's words were tak en down exactly as they were ' ut tered. "It doesn't much matter to you why I hated these men," he said; "it's enough that they were guilty of the death of two human beings a father and a daughter and that they had therefore, forfeited their own lives. After the lapse of time that has passed since their crime, It was Impossible for me to secure a convic tion against them in any court. "That girl that I spoke of was to have married me twenty years ago. She was forced into marrying that same Drebber, and broke her heart over it "I took the marriage ring from her dead finger, and I vowed that his dy ing eyes should rest upon that very ring, and that his last thoughts should be of the crime for which he was pun ished. "I have carried It about with me, and have followed him and his ac complice over two eontlnents until I caught them. They thought to tire me out, but they could not do it If I die tomorrow, as is likely enough, I die knowing that my work in thi3 world is done, and well done. They have perished, and by my hand. There is nothing left for me to hope for or to desire. They were rich and I was poor, so that it was no easy matter for me to follow them. When I got to Lon don my pocket was about empty, and I found that I muBt turn my hand to something for my living. "Driving and riding are as natural to me as walking, so I applied at a cab owner's office, and soon got em ployment I was to bring a certain sum a week to the owner, and what ever was over that I might keep for myself. j "There was seldom much over, but I managed to scrape along somehow. The hardest Job was to learn my way about, for I reckon that of all the mazes that ever were contrived, this city is the most confusing. They were at a boarding house at 5 !k sW&s?WW!fci!??W&!W5?WSii!i5 Cumberland, over on the other side of the river. When once I found thtnn out I knew that I had them at my mercy. "I had grown my beard, and there was no. chance of their recognising me. "I would dog them and follow them until I saw my opportunity. I was de termined that they should not escape me again. "Sometimes I followed them on my cab, and sometimes on foot but the former was the best, for then they could not get away from me. "It was only early in the morning or late at night that I could earn any thing, so that I began to get behind hand with my employer. "During two weeks I drove behind them every day, and never once saw them separate. Drebber himself wai drunk half the time, but Stangerson was not to be caught napping. "I watched them late and early, but never saw the ghost of a chance; but I was not discouraged, for something told me that the hour had almost come. My only fear waa that this thing in my chest might burst a little too soon and leave my work undone. "At last one evening, I was driving up and down Torquay Terrace, as the street was called In which they board ed, when I saw a cab drive up to their door. rresenuy some lumraee was brought out and after a time Drebber and Stangerson followed it and drove off. I whipped up my horse aud kern within sight of them, feeling 111 at ease, for I feared that they were go ing to shirt their quarters. At Euston station they got out and I left a boy to hold my horse and fol lowed them on to the platform. I heard them ask for the Liverpool train, and tne guard answer that one had just gone, and that there would not be another for some time. "Stangerson seemed to be put out at that, but Drebber was rather pleased than otherwise. I got so close to them in the bustle that 1 could hear every word that passed be tween them. Drebber said that he had a little business of his own to do, and that if the other would wait for him he would soon rejoin him. Hia comDanlon rpmnnstratpd with him, and reminded him that they had resolved to stick together. Dreb ber answered that the matter was a delicate one, and that he must go alone. "I could not catch what Stanger son said to that but the other burst out swearing, and reminded him that he was nothing more than his paid servant and that he must not pre sume to dictate to him. On that the secretary gave It up as a bad Job, and simply bargained with him that if he missed the last train he should rejoin him at Halli- day's private hotel; to which Drebber answered that he would be back on the platform before eleven, and made his way out of the station. The moment for which I had wait ed so long had at last come. I had my enemies within my power. To gether they could protect each other, but singly they were at my mercy. I did not act, however, with undue pre cipitation. My plans were already formed. "There is no satisfaction in ven geance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution had come upon him. I had my plans arranged by which I should have the opportunity of mak ing the man who had wronged me un derstand that his old sin had found him out "It chanced that some days before a gentleman who had been engaged in looking over some houses in the Brixton road had dropped the key of one of them in my carriage. It was claimed that same evening and re turned. But in the interval I had tak en a molding of it, and had a dupli cate constructed. "By means of this I had access to at least one spot in this great city where I could rely upon being free from in terruption. How to get Drebber to that house was the difficult problem which I had now to solve. He walked down the road and went into one or two liquor shops, staying for nearly half an hour In the last of them. "When he came out he staggered in his waf?, and was evidently pretty well on. There was a hansom just in front of me and he hailed it I followed it so close that the nose of my horse was within a yard of his driver the whole way. "We rattled across Waterloo Bridge and through miles of streets until, to my astonishment, we found ourselves back in the terrace in which he had boarded. I could not imagine what his inten tion was in returning there, but I went on and pulled up my cab a hundred yards or so from the house. He en tered it and his hansom drove away. Give me a glass of water, if you please; my mouth gets dry with the talking." That's better" he said. "Well. I waited for a quarter of an hour or j more, when suddenly there came a j noise like people struggling to enter the house. Next moment the door was nung open ana two men ap peared, one oi whom was Drebber and the other was a young chap whom I had never seen before. "This fellow had Drebber by the collar, and when they came to the head of the steps he gave him a shove and a kick which sent him half across the road. "'You hound!' he cried, shaking his stick at him. 'I'll teach you to insult an honest girl!' "He was so hot that I think he would have thrashed Drebber with his cudgel, only that the cur staggered away down the road as fast as his legs would carry him. He ran as far as the corner, and then, seeing my cab, he hailed me and Jumped in. '"Drive .me to Halllday's private hotel,' said he. "When I had him fairly Inside my cab my heart jumped so with Joy that I feared lest at this last moment my aneurism might go wrong. "I drove along slowly, weighing in my own mind what it was best to do. I might take him right out Into the country and there in some deserted lane have my last interview with him. I had almost decided on this when he solved the problem for me. "The craze for drink had seized him again and he ordered me to pull up outside a gin place. He went in, leav ing word that I should wait for him. There hs remained until closing time, and when he came out he wss so far pine that I knew the game waa in inv own hands. "Don imagine that I Intended to' hill him In cold blood. It would only have been rigid Justice if I had done so, but I could not bring myself to do it. I Had long determined that he should have a show for his life tf he chose to take advantage of It "Among the many billets which I have filled in America during my wan dering life, I was once a Janitor and sweeper out of the laboratory at York College. "One day the professor waa lectur ing on poisons, and he showed his stu dents some alkaloid, as he called It which he had extracted from some South American arrow poison and which was so powerful that the least grain meant instant death. I spotted the bottle In which this preparation was kept and when they were all gone I helped myself to a little of It "I was a fairly good dispenser, so I worked this alkaloid Into small, soluble pills, and each pill I put In a box with a similar pill made without poison. I determined at the time that, when I had my chance, my gentlemen should each have a draw out of one ot these boxes, while I eat the pill that remained. "It would be quite as deadly, and a good deal less noisy, than firing across a handkerchief. From that day I had always my pill boxes with me, and the time had now come when I was to use them. "It was nearer one than twelve, and a wild, bleak night blowing hard and raining In torrents. Dismal as It was outside, I wss glad wltuln so glad that I could have shouted out from pure exultation, - , "If any of you gentlemen have ever pined for a thing and longed for It during twenty long years, and then suddenly found it within reach, you would understand my feelings. "I lighted a cigar and puffed at It to steady my nerves, but my hands were trembling and my temples throbbing with excitement "As I drove I could see old John Ferrier and sweet Lucy looking at me out of the darkness and smiling at me. just as plain as I see you all in this room." All the way they were ahead of me, and one on each side of the horse. until I pulled up at the house in the Brixton road. There was not a soul to be seen. nor a Bound to be heard, except the dripping of the rain. When I looked In at the window. I found Drebber all huddled together in a drunken sleep. I shook him by the arm. It s time to go out' I said. " 'All right cabby.' said he. "I suppose he thought we had come to the hotel that he had mentioned, for he got out without another word and followed me down the garden. "I had to walk beside him to keep him steady, for he was still a little top-heavy. When we came to the door I opened it and led him into the front room. I give you my word that all the way, the father and daughter were walking in front of us. "'It's infernally dark,' said he, stamping about "We'll soon have a light I said. striking a match and putting it to a wax-candle which I had brought with me. 'Now, Enoch Drebber,' I contlnu ed. turning to him and holding the light to my own face, 'who am I? (To ba connnned.) ONE CROWN AT A TIME. Why King Edward Did Not Take Flying Ship Trip. King Edward VII, as is well known-, is much interested in all matters relat ing to flying ships, and especially is he interested in Santos-Dumont and hia efforts. A few weeks before the coro nation it was extensively rumored that the king had qnite made op his mind to accompany the clever yonng Brazil ian in one of his aerial flights; that he had, in fact, made all arrangements for his travel through the air. A certain well known scientific peer asked his majesty one evening after dinner whether the rumor concerning the royal aerial voyage was really trne. 'Jiow, Lord , answered King Ed ward, laoghingly, "is it likely that I would take this flying ship trip? The coronation has not yet taken place, and I can assure that I wish to wear my earthly crown before I put on the other.!" Medicine of Dog Barks. Little Ethel, aged 4, and her grand mother were great chums. One day the old lady was taking a dose of medi cine and the child inquired : "Grandma, what's 'at?" "That is medicine, my dear." "What is it made of, grandma?" "Out of leaves and roots and barks." replied grandma. "Oh, grandma," said Ethel, as her big eyes opened in wonder, "is it made of little dog b&rks?" A Funny Moon. One summer evening a little girl was out doors washing ber feet. After a while she happened to look at the moon, just under a cloud. She jumped up and ran into the house as fast as she could, and said: "I'm not going to stay out there and that moon elipp'n' and slid'n' 'round like that." Pa Knew. "Pa, what does . 'absent-minded mean?" "My boy, that's easy. Did you ever stop to think?" "Yea." "And your thoughts ran on?" "Yes," "Well, that's it." Indianapolis News. Proof Positive. Lady You say you were a soldier and a hero in the late war? Tramp Yes'm. Lady How can you prove braverv? your Tramp Give me a match and I'll light your gasoline stove for you. De troit Free Press. Takes it Out In Trade. Ascnm I notice that Mr. Kloseman has " become a regular attendant at church. When did he get religion? Brownie He didn't. It's just busi ness with him. He loaned Rev. Mr. Gassaway $10 some time ago, and he's had to take it out in pew rent. Phila delphia Press. Impossible. Brown Do you think she is a clevei girl? Smith Um-ml Rather too good looking, don't you think? GOVERNOR linn. T)r ii nn $ uacs ru-i u-ua gpm for boms s,-. tars CAPITOL BUILDING, k.jvTTi it II ill , 4 I . - ' i n trw 1 1 il It lit A Letter From the Executive Office of Orcjjoa. reran is known from the Atlantic to the FaciUc. Letters ot congratuls I tion and commendation testifying to we menu oi te ru na as a catarrh remedy are pouring in from every state in the union. . Dr. Hartman is receiv ing hundreds of such letters daily. All classes write these letters, from .the highest to the lowest The outdoor laborer, the indoor arti san, the clerk, the editor, the states- j uiau, uie preacuer ait agree mat I e- , rn-na is tne catarrh remedy of the age. I The stage and roetruni, recognising ca- tarrh as their greater enemy, are eg-! says he has not had occasion to une Pe pecially enthusiastic in their praise and j ru-na for other ailments. The reason testimony. for this is, most other aliments begin Any man who wishes perfect health with a cold. Using IVm-na to must be entirely free from catarrh, promptly cure colds, he protects his Catarrh ta wnll nloh nnlu.,..! . n.. 1 f ....tl.. .i . . . ( -- biuiwo. omnipresent, rwru-na is the only ab- solute safeguard known. A cold is the beginning of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catrarh out of its victims. Te-ro-na not only cures catarrh, but prevents. Every household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds and to i v k . I. i . ! forth. The governor o! Oregon is an ardent The Remark was Ambiguous. "That young man has a brilliant future before him," said the phrenolo gist. And the little Boston boy who was having his bumps examined polishsd his spectacles and exclaimed: "Pardon me, but you open up a very interesting field of Inquiry. Where else could my future be if it were not before me?" raw It Is the right ot every child to be well born, and to the parents it must look for health and Great responsibility, and no taint of disease to be transmitted to the helpless child, entailing the most pitiable suffering, and marking its little body with offen sive sores and eruptions, catarrh of the nose and throat, weak eyes, glandular Swellings, brittle bones, white swelling and deformity. How can parents look upon such little sufferers and not reproach themselves for bringing so much misery into the world? If you have any disease lurking in your system, how can you expect well developed, healthy children? Cleanse your own you have not only enlarged your capacity for the enjoyment of the pleasures of life, but have discharged a duty all parents owe to posterity, and made mankind healthier and happier. There is no remedy that so surely a purely vegetable medicine, narauess in us euects, ana can oe i&iten by both old and young without fear of any bad results. Write us about your case, and let our physicians advise and help yen. This will cost you nothing, and we will also send our book on blood and Skin diseases. THC TWITT 1 'ii:.7ir is, tM ' - For - 9W OF OREGON . in His Family and Grip r "Hi n SALEM, OREGON. admirer ol Te-ru-na. He keeps it ton tluually in the hou e. In a recent let- ter to Dr. Hartman he says: State of Oregon, Executive Department, Palem, May 9, 1808. The reruns Medlclue Co.,Colombns,0.: Dear Sirs I have had occasion to use your re-ru-na medicine in my fanu ily lor colds, and it proved to be an ex eel lent remedy. I have not had occa sion to use it for other ailments. Yours very truly, VY. M. Loid. ti Ml V. .1 a . a . . i win oo noticed mat tne governor - lauinr agninvt oiner aiinieuts. ill IS IS exactly what everv other famllv in the . ,. . . . . . . : United States should do. Keen Pe. ru-na in the house. Use It for coughs, colds, la grippe, and other climatic affections cf winter.and there will be no other ailments in the house. Such families should provide themselves with a ronv of Dr. Hariman'a fru Knrk on, (titled "Winter Catarrh." Address I Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. Genuine Philosopher. "Craps all burnt to flinders?" "Yea." "No rain in sight?" "Not a drap." "Tootally mint, ain't you?" "letotallyl" "Well, what air you a-smilln' over?" "I'm smilin' at the prospect of the sheriff com in' to levy on nothin!"- Atlanta Constitution. happiness. How incon ceivably great is the parents' how important that is left in the blood blood and build up your health, and reaches deep-seated, stubborn blood 1 m 'Air V.lllVT? troubles as b. S. fc. It searches out even hereditary poisons, and removes every taint from the blood, and builds up the general health. If weaklings are growing up around you, right the wrong by putting them on a course of S. S. S. at once. It u SPKCiriC CO., Atlanta, Cm. isUrxjIy Syrup of Figs appeals to the cultured and the well-informed and to the healthy, because Its com ponent parts are simple and wholesome and be cause it acts without disturbing the natural func tions, as it Is wholly free from every objectionable Pennine J9 f tr AUFORNIA fifi ym .S&n FV&rcieo. Louisvill Ky by ell drui-sts, Price Getter Than Name Canned. Mm fwople think that the only really good canned pea ha, apricots, cherries and the res! are the ones which are canned at home. The reason them people think this is that they have never tried Monopole canned peaches and apricots and clurrles. If you will buy a can from your grocer and don't in ins iney are even bettor than your "U1" ever put up, we'll not have an other word to say to you about Mono polo. If your grocer doesn't handle Aionopola groceries send us his name. adiiams A Kerr Bros., rortUnd. May Not Dt. M'l - . ... iKir iijonos nas patented a new pocketbook. Wagg There oucht to he mnnn in that Mothers will find lira, fHnilow'i Sooth. K?i V w5 th b"t " to un lor their "" uurwg ins uwuiiug pvnod. Certainly Seemed Strange. "Yes," she explained to Johnny, "we have sited Uod for a little baby." Hoi long alter twins arrived. Wall l ....I tl a ll vii, iviuuinHicu UIIIIDT to nlS - . 'a,t,1,er' ' dWo' ! mini,!. .1 - . i. iuuuj mat yon now how big an order vou gave." For conirhs and coldi Ihsre it ne better medicine than IWt Cure for Coiuuiuu Uou. Trice 35 cu u. Dividing the Blame. "I see It stated (hat the Alps have coat 301 lives in the past ten year." "Yet It doesn't seem quite right to put all the blame directly on the Alps." "Why not?" "Don't vou think most ol them wore killed by the climb-it?"' CASTOR I A For Infants and Children, Th Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of Cf&ti Few Savers In Sheffield. Not 10 per cent of the large warn earners In the English cntUury trado save a farthing, declares the Lord May or of Sheffield. For front-bite, chilhaina, sore and lame Joints, utiffncusof mum-Ira try Iluinlin' Wiaard Oil. It won't disaK)lnt you I Simple Rule la Harmony. A mingling of the two colors s green veil disposed over a blue hat. or . k"0 ol !lvet ribbo of th combined ouauoa, girca wine to wie simplest lol- lotto. FITA J"""'r Curat o fltn ar mimm 2!-S2,ii K K 1 ' M. la.B.U. Hnn.. I.q ui ...ti ,i-i-.(.rhla.r Mind Over Matter. Mrs. Jenke How did you manage to keep cool )esterda? It was so hot. Mrs. Brown Why, I went out shop-ping- for Christmas things. Detroit Free Press. f7 iH:"hiaieprT . J inb araa. TaMaa ijuul. Vm f I.J In lima. .!! br lruiMa. M DIDN'T HURT A BIT! We extract, crown and bridge teeth without Indicting (lain, Our inolh.nU are modorn and meet with the approval of the nioet exacting. Call and tee us. Examination free. Feci reuouable. Both 'phone.: Oregon South 2!9I: Co lombia Kg. Open evenings till 9. Hun days from 9 to 12. WISE BROS., Dentists. I ORTXANll, Acts GerUj cts pie'&saivClyt Acts Beneficially as a Laxative quality or substance. In the process ol manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal virtues of Syrup of Figs are obtained from an excellent combination of plants known to be medicinally laxative and to act most beneficially. To pet its beneficial effects buv the manufacturer! hv the Cal. 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