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- â€"-^^at^MH^ "iiHL^. ^. -___- ^j. •>^ fl Dv • ♦ V nidi I and V y J of the lack Arrow I Rolling Wave L 5 r CHAPTKU XXIi. Not for long was I to revel in the luxury of fueling that treacherous Bend's life obbing under the pressure pf liiy thumbs. Mclntyre's rough frasp fell upon my shoulder, while j Jhe two attendant seam<'n liung ' themselves upon me an<l dragged me : (.way. As I was huslUd to tl>o com- | ^anion-atairs Kenuaitl appeared, j loming hurriedly iroui the saloon, 'j "For God's sake, speak a word to j Urn, General Waldo." appealed Mc- j tatyre, ' 'mayhap it will quiet him. j Vho poor young lady has passed j V" away, and it has clean lifted his | senses. lie has nearly killed the ] was the time wlien the passengers re- tired of their berths at hand, and he had given no sign. From the sailors who had me in charge I could gather nothing, for ihey ob- stinately refused to speak. It must have been half an hoftr after the hush on deck had told that the passengers had retired for the night, that the door was gently opened and Kennard stole into the cabin. I had not been trusted with a lamp, lest in madness I should set fire to the ship, but a ray from the electric arc outside falling on his showed that even his steadfast nerves were strung to highest ten- i sion. He came close, and, drawing ^°'^*°''- ' me up to the light, read the agony I had been enduring in my sunken ch.eks and heavy-lidded eyes. •Bah! and is it as bad as that?" 1 he m.urmured. 'Why, man, you ncv- But all the •'word" I got from | Kennard as he brushed by us toward the state-room where Zavertal was picking him.self up was the whisper: I er give a fellow credit for anything. "Don't be a fool. you will spoil everything!" . j So you really thought-eh?' Heaven knowH, now that the mad ,.^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^,., ^ ^^ied. al- dehght of choking Zavertal was de- | ^^^^^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^^^j ^^^^^ ^i^^ reaction there was no need to quiet me. | ^j^^^ j ^^j^ ^^^ coming. nied They led me -back to the cabin on I deck half-dazed with grief, and ! thrust me in. Mclntyre showing by 1 hid dejected manner that he sorely \ repented the rash kindness which , had provoked such a scene. He had I probably had a taste of his medical : CfHcer's quality already, and dread- , ed the consequences of his having ' taken me below â€" too lat<' â€" for a last word with my dying love. | How long I rcnmlned in that j stricken state I know not, but as j my numbed brain cleared, the brief j sentence Kennard had spoken was | still ringing iu my ears, and to my j calmer judgment it began to present i vague possibilities of hope. True. I I was in the position of one who I clutches at straws, but there the i straw was, all the same. "Don't be â-  a fool," he had .said, "you will spoil 1 everything." Despite his calling, ' Kennard was a kindly and sympa- thetic man, and these were hardly j the words he would have used to one so bitterl.v bereaved if he had known that Aline was dead. It would, indeed, have been the height of selfish egotism to describe his eagerly-desired detection of the crim- ; tnals as "everything." when their '. rrime had robbed him whom he was ' addressing of more than all. Again, ; if ho had known that she was dead, ; aurely the time would have come for ' aedusation and denouncement, but in place of that he seemed a.>! keen on preserving secrecy as ever. On the other hand, to discount my vag^c .hope, there was the fact that he could not possibly know that she was not dead. He was coming from i the saloon flinner-table, whence his watchfulness must ha\ e prompted . him to follow Zavertal on the lat- te'3 being summoned to his patient: and he could not therefore be sure that some laxity on Mrs.Binkworth's ; part bjtii not yielded an opening i to the HKuy in the interval since he > last held couinumicaLion with her. . Then, too. there was the doctors , pronouncement that the death was unmistakable, and Mrs. BrinUworih's i frantic grief. So. as soon as the clouds had lift- ; ed, they began to lower again, and ' I longed eagerly for the coming of i Kennard. who alone could solve the ! mystery. Looking at my watch I found that it was close on eleven o'clock, and I wondered that he had not been before. Ho must have , known my nc-cd of l.ini. and yet nere ' You ought to have known that 1 could not be more explicit then." he replied. '"I should not have spoken roughly to you if you had had real cause for grief. I could not get to you before, because for us to be in communication might have given the whole thing away; but if I could have foreseen that good-hearted idiot Mclntyre's move. 1 should have found means to warn you somehow. As it was, I had taken careful steps to prevent your being troubled with bad news til, I had told you the programme. Za\ertal and Vizard are closeted together in the lattcr's cabin below, but rt is- well to pre- serve caution to the end. Listen " â€" and he whispered in my ear half a dozen short. crisp sentences that nearly sent me mad with joy. "It is to be performed outside here at midnight â€" an arrangement promp- ted by gratuitous malice for the purpose of harrowing you and snatching a palti-y revenge." he con- cluded. "And now I must be off to see that there is no hitch. Vizard, of course, will have no reason to be present, but he is nearly sure to make an excuse for being on deck at the time, it only for the pleasure of gloating over you. I am ready for him either way." He left the cabin as quietly as he entered, and looking at my watch I saw that it w^anted ten minutes of midnight. Half the time had elaps- ed when I heard a whispered con- clave outside. Directly it ceased, one 01 my gu:irds put his head in at the door and said,â€" •'Begging your p.ardou, sir, for the mistake that's be<.'n made, and for our part in it. but it is Mr. Mcln- tyre's orders that the door is un- locked and you free to leave when it suits. Meantime, me and my mate is to remain â€" seemingly on guard." "Right you are. my man, ' 1 re- plied: "least said soonest mcnd'd. I'll stay here for the present." He went out, dosing but not lock- ing the door. and I stationed my- self so as to command a view oi the deck through the window. The night was dead calm, and there was no motion on the ship except the vibration of the engines. At last the silence was broken by the clang- ing ol eight bells for midnight. Hard!/ had the last stroke died away when the sound of footsteps coming from ait reached ir.e. and aiiis in ips and Spine. Creat SufTcrlng and loss of Weight- Gcctcra Could Kot He!p Kim- A Splendid Tribute to DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY LIVER PILLS â- n'hon you road such letters as the K^llowing from well-known ai\d high- ^ respected i>oople in all parts of aie country you need no longer won- Jerw hv the sale of Dr. Chases Kid- ;,ey Livei- Fills is so far in advance of any similar remedy. When the people nnd ovit the virtue of this great medicine they tell their neigh- bors about it, and so the good news fpreads. , Mr. James Clark, Consocon. Prince Cdward Co.. Ont . states: "Kleven Toar-^ ago I wos taken with pains in jiy back, settling in my hios and fxteriding up my spine. The pain jva-! very severe, and at times ol- most v.r.cndural.K>. and many days i wn.^ not able to do an hour s work. Mv weight w.is reduced from lOO to IfiO pounds, and though I had ronsultod many flrpt-cli.ss ph.\-- Bicians and tri. d scvprel ndverttsert isdirir"'!* T co'ilfl gel no r*Mef- "At this time lur father-In-lRW ! told me to try Dr. Chase's Kidney- i Liver Pills, and said he knew the.v j would cure me. I secured a bo.x. and I p-eat was my surprise when 1 began to feel better after using only the one box. I continued their use un- it il 1 had taken about four boxes, which made me a sound man. and 1 also regained my usual weight. 190 pounds I cannot say too much in favor of Vr. Chase's Kidney-Liver i Pills, which have done so much for me. 1 have n-conunended them to a I number of my friends, and have nev- ' cr met with one case where they did not meet with good success. My ! daughter. Mrs. Chas. Fhilips, has ' also been cured of a. severe stomach [trouble by the use of thei:o pills." [ Dr. Cha.'»e's Kidne.v-Liver I'ills, one pill a dose. '2'> rents a box. 5 boxes i for 9100. At all dealers, or Bd- mar.sou. Bates A Co.. Toronto. To ! protect you agcvinst isnitations the I portrait ant) signature of Hr. A W. [Chase. ».h'.> famous receii>t hook «u- 'thor. ar« oa •very box of hl« rem*- |«M. peering closer yet I saw Mclntyre walking slowly at the head of a lit- tle procession, which halted and ranged up at the ship's side oppo- site my cabin. There was no doubt about the na- ture of the ceremony that was to be performed. Immediately behind Mclntyre, who led by virtue of his position as acting captain, came four sturdy sailors carrying a coffin, that for obvious reasons was evi- dently heavily weighted. In its rear followed Zavertal and Mrs. Brink- worth, while after a little interval Vi/ard strolled up, as if attracted to thi- scene by chance, and took up a position whence he could see my window as well as the business in hand. At a motion from Mclntyre the sailors put the coffin down close to the side, and drawing back a little, appeared to wait respt-ptiuUy for Mclntryro to commence reading the service. The two men who had been guarding my door also loung- ed f.)rward a little, the effect of the grouping, which was carried out in the most nati-ral manner, being that both Zavertal and Vizard, though standing apart.. Can each three or four seamen in their im- mediate vicinity. In the ordinary course everything would have been rea'iy for com- mencomcnt. but Mclntrye hesitated, turning over the leaves of his Pray- er-book as though he had a diiliculty in tindiug his place. This is not at all an unusual occurrence with a captain called on to read the burial service, but Mclntyre was shooting glances in the direction of the companion-stairs. They escap- ed the notice of the mourners. whose heads wore decorously bent: but I. watching every n.ove. saw them quite plainly, and burned with feverish anticipation. At last a quick flash passed over the Scotchman's face, and he drop- ped his book with a bp-ng on the ccUin-lid. Knowing what was to happen at that signal. I gazed from Vizard to Zavertal and back again, not to lose a fraction cf the ven- geance which they had thought to wreak on me. but which, after ail these tortuous windings, was now to be turned against themselves. The coffin-lid was raised with a jerk, and out sprang young Lord Darranmore, his face aglow with excitement and boyish impudence. "You've got tl.e wrong one, Ooc- tor, and not dead either," he piped in his shrill boyis.n treble, pointing at Zavertal, while the sailors edged up closer. "So nice of you to change the turns and give a poor boy a chance. You had better have stuck to the programme, and settled Darranmore on the run from Italy to Alexandria, eh'.' ' And he kept on vociferating till I stepped quiet- ly out of the cabin, when even his e-xu'oeranco yielded to tile coming clima.x. At the lirst sight of the little Earl. Zavcrtal's broad face had broken out into beads of perspira- tion: and Vizard, scowling deiiance at iiie. now muttered a startled oath heard by all. The suddenness of the grim jest sprung upon them had. a.s was intended, caused them to "give themselves away " in the presence of witnesses, but their cup was not yet full. As I advanced to join the group on one side, from t.hc other came the sound of Ken- nard's natural voice, and all eyes were turned that way to see the -American detective, stripped of all disguise, coming from the compan- ion-house witli Aline on his arm. At the sight. Zavertal folded his arms and groaned as one who admits that hope is gone. At the same moment Mclntyre touched his cap to jne and said. "YcMi are in charge again, sir. Thank God. my part 's done." 1 merely nodded, for I was watch- ing Vicard narrowly, gxiessing i hat he was made of sterner stutT than his fellow-criminal, and now a ;ur- tive motion of his hands caused me to act prom.ptly. "Seize that man." I cried to the sailors behind him. and so well drilled had they been by Kennard and ilcliityre in the part ttiey had to play that six brawny arms were rouml the villain before ho could get to his !>istol. Simultaneously the other sailors took possession of Zvertal's portly form, and the ca[>- ture was complete. At a gesture from Kennard Mrs. Urinkworth joined Aline, and to- gether the two ladies left the deck â€" glad enough, as they told uie af- terwards, to be released from the glare of Vizard's burning eye. He made no attempt to struggle with his captors or to utter speech, but his silence, aided by that snake-like glitter, was more terrible than woitls. "So." said Kennard. coming in front c<i him. "my Kuropean trip has led to business. I had heard of the Ke<i Heart and Black .\rrow â€" as who of the inner circle of my trade has not? â€" but I never thought that a six months' holiclay was to lead to the KreoJiing of the gang and the arrest of its chief. I have to thatik the taint of an old scent, left by your friend Zavertal there, for the lucky chance. You made a false step. 5lr. Viznnl â€" to call you b.v your last known nam'.' â€" when you allie<l yourself with a gentleman of such a nototious record." It will bo leinemhored that Vi/.ard had never si>en Kennard in his own character, aiid he had excellent rea- sons for not suspecting his identity The stranger's taunt stung him into curiosity. "'Who is this fellow?" 'he ground out between his clenched , teeth, shooting a furious glance at : his trembling coUeaugue. I "It is Kennard; you must have made a mistake, ' the wretch re- plied. I "Then I have met my match; we I are fairly beaten," was Vizard's comment, murmured in tones that â-  had changed to the quiet chagrin of 'a beaten man; and when at the .-;ame moment I signed to the seamen to take the prisoners to the place that had been prepared for them, he gave I no trouble. I shall always believe that this ; sudden submission was only a ruse j of his subtle brain, working towards some fresh scheme for revenge, lib- ierty, or both; but if so, he was moved by a short-lived hope. The procession had taken only about ihalf a dozen steps, when the wild figure cf a man, bari>foot, and with I nothing on but trousers and shirt, I rushed from some lair where he had ^ lain ?t>ncealcd, and stabbed Vizard .again and again, all helpless as he I was in the grasp of his guards. ! Kennard, Mclntyre, and I. sprang . forward and .seized the assailant, to find that ho was Dicoy â€" the skipper of the Miranda â€" relapsed into rav- i ing delirium. I We handed him over to the men I of the watch who crowded round. [as quiet as a lamb now that his j purpose was gained, and exulting that he had "got square" on the man who had tempted him with fair j promises, then shot him, and after- j wards abandoned him in the doom- 'ed vessel. "Any one of the wounds would I have been fatal,'" pronounced Ken- nard. rising from an examination of the great criminal's dead body. "Be- ; lieve me. I am not spiteful when I I express the wish that t"hat miserable j tool of his could have permitted ma the lux-ury of seeing him hanired." (To Be Continued.^" I f ^ j V.TEl.^vLY CHILDREN. I Stunted, weakly children ai'e thosa trhoEe food does them no good, be- rause they do not digest it proper- ly. Keep the child's digestive or- igans right and it will grow up strong and healthy, and it will not; cause mother much trouble while it is growing up. It is the weals ifhiidron â€" the puny children â€" that I wear the n.>«ther out caring for thca day and night. XW this is changed ' when Baby's Own Tablets are used. They pro.note digestion, they givo ; sound, natural sleep, they keep babj* bright and cheerful. They are good for older children, too, and cur© all tl;eir minor ailments. It costs only 25 cents to prove the truth of ; thvse statements â€" and \ ou will ba thankful afterwards. Mrs. Archi-* bald Sweeny, Carleton. K. S.. saysi I "I have given my little one Baby's I Own Tablets, and f.ni more than pleased with the re.«ults I can I recoiumend them to every mother." That's the way all mxJthers. who i have used the Tablets, talk. That's '. the way you will talk if you will try them when your Uttle ones are ail-l ing. You can get the Tablets fronj ; any dealer, or they will be sect by mail at 25c. a box by writing thi Dr. WUiams' Medicine Co., Brock ' vlUe, Ont. STHOITG PEAISE. From One Who Has Prored tfc« Value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "We have used Dr Wlllianui' Pini Pills hi our home for the past eight years .for various troubles, and have I always found them sujccestful." Thus ' writae Mrs. H. Htevenor, of West ! GTavenhurst, Ont., and she adds; '•At the age of eight years, m^- lit- tle boy was attacked with la grippe, j and the trouble developed into St. i Vitus' dance, from which he sulTared i in a severe form. H>; was undci ! several doctors at different times^ but none of them helped him. Then , I decided to try Dr. Williams' Pinli Pills, a.nd they restored him to per- fect health, and there has not since been any rerum of the trouble. More recently I have used the pills my- self for nwiscular rheuatatism. and they were equally successful In ef- fecting a oire The pills have saved us many a dollar in doctor's bills, and I would like every one who is sick to try th"m " Dr. Willian-.s' Pink Pills cure al! troubles due to poor or watery I blood, or weak nerves, and that is the reason why they are the moei ; popular medicine in the world, and have a much larger sale than any other rerrscdy. They cure SMch trou- bles as rheumatisir. . sciatica. par- tial paralysis. St. Vitus' dance, an- aemia, indigestion! neuralgia, heart : troubles, arid the aJlrrjrnts common to wom«n. simply be<:auEe they ntake new rich, rod blood, atrnn^hen thi nerves and thus drive disease from the body. You can get the pills from any medicine dealer, or they will be sent port pauid at 60c. pe> bo.x, or six boxes for $2.50. by Bid- iressing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. BrockviUe. Ont. See tiiat tha full name "Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. " is printed on tht I wrapper around evei-y box. : seemed to have come there by a sil- I ent understanding. Y'et wiien they I got there they were a littl* confused '. by being there, which was the Strang est part of all; because thure is no- ; thing naturally confusing in a ioun- ] tain. i "" 'What a good old place it wai!' i John said. With quite an earnest af- ; fection for it. "A pleasant place, indeed.' said Ruth. So shady.' â-  Oh. wicked httle Ruth! Oh. little Ruth! Why tly that tiny, precious. blessed little foot into th.e cracked corner of an insensible old flagstone in the pavement, and be so very an.x- ious to adjust it to a nicety?" I A DICKENS GRIEVANCE. Tom Pinch's Seats Removed From Fountain Court. Dickens worshippers are lamenting the mysterious disappearance of the seats from Fountain Court, in the Temple, says the London Express. Always numerous here, they have a real grievance to discuss, for this now violated sliriiie had hitherto been held sacred to llie memory of lovers' meetings and Martin Chuz- zlewit. It is ea.sy to imagine that Ruth Finch and .John Westlock â€" John so bold and- Ruth so shy â€" may have sal oil these identical seats. And what would Tom Finch, who so loved this fountain refuge, have said to the gratuitous impertinence of their re- moval? Some of the most delightful senti- ment in all Dickens is associated with this spot. Here it was that John Westlock's secret assignalion with Ruth was stumbled upon by ingenuous Tom. â- ' What an extraordinary mov'ting!' said Tom. 'I should never have dreamt of seeing you two together here.' â- ' 'Quite accidental.' John was heard to murmur. " 'Pjfactl.v,' cried Tom: 'that's what I mean, you know. It it wasn't accidental there would be no- thing remarkable in it.' " 'To he sure.' said John. " "Such an out-of-the-way place for you to have met in." pursued Tom. quite delighted. 'Such an un- likel.v spot!' • And so on. until Ruth masiaged to get round on the further side of her brother and squeeze him. as much as to sa.v. "Are you going to stop here all day, you dear old blundering Tom? " ".Vfterwards came another, and a more fateful meeting. "Why they came toward the foun- tain at all was a mystery, for they had no busine.ss there. It wits not their way. It was quite out of their way. They had no more to do with the fountain, bless yon. than they had withâ€" with love, or any out-<>f-thi.'-way things of that sort. "However, there they found them- selves. And another extruiirdinary part of the matter was that they E'URGLAE.S' S'UPERSTITIONS. Strange Beliefs oi the Professional . Thief. The liabit and repute thei:'. born and bred in the city slums.is always superstitious and cowardly. He be- lieves in the power uf witches, omens, and the protecting properties of amulets, talismans, and charms; and when searched at the police-of- fice I here is usually found in ins pocket, or concealed about his per- son, bits of coal, rusty horse-shoe ': nails, lucky stones, and rings. 1K» ; I.>arts with these articles, on which j he relies for safet.v iu the hour of peril, with the greatest reluciance, and stipulates with the turnkey to ha\e them returned either lo him.- self or friends. â-  The burglars greatest eiviuy in his nocturnal wanderings* is a dog, whose presence he even dreads more than the polieensan or detecti\e To protect and safeguard himseli airainst canine attacks on his person he car- ries about with him a sprig oi the grey limewort. which, when M.sed as an aiuulel. is an absolute preventive against the bites of dogs. This plant when used iiiternall.v is said, on the authority of Bacon, to re- move hydrophobia. There is also a curious sufvrsti- . tiou common amomg all classes ol ' the genus law-breaker regarding the power of a candle made from the body of a young woman. The K» : lief is that such a candl'> not on!? renders the perpetrators of robberies invisible, but that it throws the vic- tim or victims into a state of deep somnolency. Within the last two [ yeais four ignorant Russian peas- ants murdered a girl and made can- dles out of her body. Delore the niurders were eX'C'Ued th«'y confessed that they committed the crime to , make themselves imisiblo while per- petrating a robbery tht-y had plan- ned. In the Stcotch Criminal Code oi the .eighteenth century there are express p<^nalties against this h.ideous candle .superstition. The thiei has implicit j reliance in the foreknow ledg>' claim- ed b.v gipsies and other people, and he has hcvn known to pa.v blackmail , to jirofe.ssed exponi nts of ihe "bhics iarl" who threatened him with all ' manner of perils. A thief who has the misfortune to be arresietl two or three times r<>d-hatided in company with a chum is set down as ' un- endly." and is carefully avoided and shunned as if he were sulTeriuu from some coiitagiou.«; disea.se. It i< thi»,se ostracized thieves in the eon :non- wealth of crime that aiv utilized by i detectives in their explorations. Piles T;> XTore to jna th.^t T>f. ChAw'B Oir.tmsnt is»^'«rta;a and »b«olute cnro for vncli and fvf-r forTT» of Itchins, b;e.dlt'i'<r'l;-rotniii;nei>i!e^ aie mannfiotarer* haTeptt.-.r^nt«edir. Sicvteii. tnioniiN In the I'.ixi'y rn''-^ BD'! ask ^^)^!^ neigh- bors wh»t>h?T t!- nk o':\ You can Mat'.t aod pfTt Tcnr inciHf»T ba.-'t if net c*;re.l. fy'^c a box, at ! »U d«aJ-»r» or Et>iiAVSv.';:.UiTKS Je Co.,TuroDt« i Dr. Chase's Ointmsn'? 1$ â- i. «S<M^ mf