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A House of J^ystery ii.tontion to leave at elovon o'clock ; tliorefore I packed, and leaving slightly earlier, wus euabl.ed to fol- low her cab to Victoria Station, vhonce she travelled to Brighton, putting up at the Metropole. 1 pursued similar tactics to those I had aduptcd in London, staying in the- same hotel and yet contriving iicver to be seen hy her. She went out htit Heldoni. iSumetiines in the morning she would stroll beneath •♦• 2 '^ ^''" I"*lc niauvo sunshade along the - f\n THK niDl IM Fll ITP » King's Road, or at evening take an IOR, Tnfc: (JIKI- IIN BLUt; X airing on the pier, but she appar- 2 ently lived an aimless life, spending __^.^___«««„â€" ^_«»«â€" ^ D i he* lime in reading novels in iier tt>0*«>OV<H«>0+ft*«-*'0+0*^0'^0-»-&f«+0>0+0.*»-f«^«'f«Hp j J^^n apartment. As far as I could t^-T*^-ry^^w.Tj^-ry^ w ^ loarn, she met no one there, and It was a wearisomw task waiting only appeared to bo killing time for her in Bishopsgate Strcat, but and waiting. After a fortnight she I lunched in u neighboring public- 1 moved along tn Hastings, thence to CilAl'TER XXVll.-(C'ont'd). My vigilance on the morrow was rewarded, for about clew^u o'clock in the morning I saw Edna emerge from the room dressed to go out. She passed my door and descended by the .stiiirs, while 1 took my hut and swiftly followed hrr at ^ safe di:<tance from oiiservation. The porter called her a hansom, and I saw her n^it, black-robed hgure mount into the conveyai)ce. Kht- had a, letter in her handj and read the address to Jho porter,^ who in turn repeated it to the driv- er. Meanwhile, I had entered another hanaotn, and tethng the •'man. to house off a glass of sherry and a biscuit, while my cabman partook gladly of the homely 'half-pint" at my expense, until at length they both oaine forth. Gedge called her a cab, and then took leave of her. while I followed her buck to the Midland, having auc'cossfully accomplished my first essay at watching her movements. CHAPTKiiXXVllI. For two days the woman I was watching did not go out. I learut from the chambermaid who, like all Iv^r class, 'was a'lfienable to half a keep Edna's cab in sight we drove [ sovereign in her palm, that she was along King's Cross lload and Far-j unwell, suffering from a slight cold, ringdon Street to the t'ity, passing. Then I took tjle servant into my r.loag Ore.sham Street and Loth- bury. Suddenly the cab I was fol- lowing turned into .Vustin Friars (tnfidence, and told her that I was Ilfracoinbe and afterwards to Hull We arrived at the North-f^astern Hotel at Hull one evening towards the end of August, having travel- led by the e.xpress from London. Thr<jugh nearly a month I had kept close \. atch upon her, yet none of her movements had been in the "Ah! at present no one knows, ' iie responded. "What do you think thoy say?" "â- What?" "That some of your precious friends in London have exposed the whole thing." "My friends? Whom do you mean i" "You know best who are your fi lends," he replied, with sarcasm. "But no one is aware of the whole facts." ^ "Are you absolutely certain ?" "Absolutely." "And the loan for the Prince?" he said. "Have you raised it?" "No; the thing is too dangerous iu these circumstanCjBs. I have made a full report. You received it. I suppose"" "No; I must have left Sofia h,e- fore it arrived. Tell me." â- "That very useful fool narr.cd Heatv'jn has suddenly gone out of his mind," "Insane?" "Yes," she responded: "At least hf- seems so to me. I placed the mattpr before bini, but he refused least suspicious. She lived well, i to have anything whatever to do always having her own sitting-room with it. His Standing in the City although she had no maid. Those days of watchfulness were full of anxiety, and 1 had to resort to all B<,rts of ingeuioDB devices to pre- vent observation aUd recojgnitiqn. The station hotel at Hull is com- ..fortablo, but by no means a gay place of residence, and for several days I wondered what might be her object in'- visiting ' that York3hira in the hotel in tirder to watch Mrs. [port. The rooni adioining her bit- Slade's luovements. giving , her to | tir.g-roqm on the second floor be- while iny driver, an int^illigent understand that anj-.assistance she came vacant on the .tl|ird day after young fellow, pulled up at the cor-' rendered me would be well paid for. our arrival, and I forluiiately' suc- ner of Throgmorton Streetv opening j I had an object in view, naniel'y, ^iBeeded in obtaining' it. She eiiter- Ihc trap in the roof, and .sayingâ€" to <Miter her room in her absence, "We'd better wait here, sir, if' and ascertain tHe nature of any Ict- you don't want the lady, to notice, .(ers or papers which might he in us. She's going into an oflSce at bpr possession. ThisI managed to rumbcr 14, opposite the Dutch' affect, with the connivance of the church." I el ambermaid, Qn the following af- "Oet down, " I said, and try and •lcrno<.n. Indeed, the chambermaid f.nd out whose uflicc sh tained- no 8i«pir«ton that-I was fol- loA^ing hor,. although I dogged her q.iov^ments everywhere. In Hull sf>e onl.v went out twice, once t'o a stationer's in Whitcfriar- gate. and on' the oth(rr occasion to the tolegranh otRoc .â- Xs at Brigh H-,, OUT wnose umcc sm- s g.ne ,„.: assisted me in ,ny eager search, but ; ton and Ilracombe. she still ap- o." and I added a nromise to aive' '^'^yo'"' ^^ f^'*' tradesmen's bills and pcare.! lobe wating in patience for him an Ltra gratmtv Tr soT| ""« <-"' two uui.fl,.o.Unt private let- 1 the arrival of s,.me one whom she from friends aMdr^-ssed to her 1 found ing. j ters "Very well, sir," he answered, " the Royal Hotel at ll.vde, 1 four and commeacod U, back his horse! "'tl'inK- The despatcli-box w>th tl ii:to a position where the cab stand- ing there would not interfere wjth bus been utterly shattered by all sorts of rumors regarding the woithlessness of certain of the con- ce.ssions. and as far as we are con- cerned our hopes of successfully ra'sing tbj loan have now disap- peared into thin air.'' •What:" ho cried. "Have you utterly failed ?" "Yesi," she answered. "Heaton ai'sisted us while all was square, but now, just when we want a snug little sum for ourselves, he has sud- denly become obstinate and refuses to raise a finger." "('ur.se him 1 He shall assist us â€" by Heaven! Illâ€" I'll compel him!" cried her- mysterious companion, furiously. (To be Continued.) WILL DKPICT IDEAL HOMK. the traffic, nor bring down upon liiin the peremptory order of the police. , • A^ "he was backing his horse on omnibus passed on its way to Liv- erpool Street, whereupon the red- fa<-<-d driver, quick to detect auy diffietilty with horses, and ready to joke at the discomfiture of others, cried out in his Cockney dialectâ€" "Naw then, Soapy-feet, mind what ycr do with the there Bath chair and fishin'-rod !'' Whcroftt all drivers in the vicin- ity laughed, and contributed many forcible remarks in passing. Hut the young cabman descended, and while I sat back, hiding my face in a r?wspapor for fear of be- ing recognized in that great higli- way of business, he went along .Austin Friars to endouvor t<j dis- cover whose iifhces she had enter-! tiently ed. cl'-rk. Some ten minutes later he re- Inriicd with the information that the lady had entered the oUice of a money-lender named Morrison. The til 'ught occurred to mo that slit was perhaps still endeavoring to raise the loan for Prince I'^erdiii- and. If so, however, why had she h ft tli<> Ihith Hotel and endeavored t I conceal her identity under an- oi'iier name! .\fter twenty minutes or so she came out rather Hushed aril excit- ed, stood for a moment in hesita- tion upon the kerb, and then giv- in(i her ciiliniau an address was diiven off. I, of course, followed, but judge my astonishment when the cab pulled up in Old Broad h'treet and she alighted at Winches- ter House. .After a few inonients she found the brass plate bearing my name, and ascendi-d to my of- fice, for what purpose 1 knew not, and. fearing to reveal my presence in London, 1 could not ascertain. 1 sat there in the cab in full view .of that row of windows, with their wire blinds bearing my name, an exile anil a fugitive, wondering what Jiiight be the object of her vis- it. It was not, however, of long duration, but when she descended again she was accompanied by my teeretary (icdge, who handed her into her cab and afterwards took expected About nine o'<;lock one evening, aftor she had remained nearly a _ ^^ ^ c.,ronet was locked, and she car^-|^we«k iu Hull, alwavs taking her j tj^^J^ ^'.f,i^.|, ^^^gj^j. 'y'|j'^"g|.""j|^'J p^^^'^^^jj ' "° age of her .Majesty the Queen at Fxhibilion in London Inder Pat- riiiinge of the Queeu. Extraordinary interest is ^ "•.::â- â€ž displayed in the ideal home exhibi- ried the key upon her bangle. I nieals in her own room and pass made careful search through all ing her time in reading, I had rc- her belongings, the chambermaiil' turned from the coffee-room, and standing £Uard at the door tin* I v as about to go forth for a stroll, while, and in the pocket of one of; when suddenly I heard a waiter rap her dresses hanging in the ward- i at her door and announce a visitor, robe 1 discovered a crumpled tele- A locked door separated her sit gram. I smoothed it nui. and saw that it had been dispatched from IMiil- ippopolis ill Bulgaria, about three ting- room from miuo Olympia, on Oct. 9. In a year which v.ill be memorable in" Lon- don for splendid e.xhibition'^. this promises to be in every respect one < f the most popular, appitaling as , . ,. , ii does to all classes of the coni- and standing !„„|„j^^. by it. listening eagerly, I heard the; Pi,t'hrie|ly. the exhibition is the sound of nisthng paper, the burn- ,-„.j,t attempt by practical demon- ,,,<"' closing of a box, and her per- â-  i^^tj^n j,, portray the ideal home wea'ks before, and was addressed to I mission to birow the visitor up. Leption. construction and equip- "Mrs. Oraingcr, Royal Hotel,] A fmv niiuites passed in silence. I n,p„^ Hyde." Its purport,' however, 1 1 Then I heard some one enter, and: 'on entering the amphitheatre the was unable to leain, for it wa.s ei- .j man's voice exclaimed with a dis- j ^.j.^^j^j. ^^ju ji„jj ]^],nne\f in the sec ther in cipher, or in the Slav Ian- |tii,ctly foreign accent- itions devoted to construction, de- guage, of which I had no knowledge "Ah, my dear ^-dna ! At last 1 1 ,., ..^^j^,, ^„^, sanitation. Every v^hatever. . feared that you would have left be- ^yp^, ^^f ,„pj.^, work, flooring and Again baflied, I was about to ro- fore my arrival. ^^ j building material, wood c.irving linquish my search, when, ui the! "I expected yuu days ago. she pocket of a long driving-coat of i answered, and I knew from the light ilral) cloth I found a letter eddrcssod to hor at Hyde, and evi- forwardod by the hotel his feeat beside hor. By his manner it wa's -vident they were not stian gers, ahd it became impressed up- on' me that, in those lost days of mine, I must have had considerable dealings with her and her princely employer. They drove to the Liverpool Street l{aiUvay Station, where she despatched a telegram; then they Itinchod at Crosby Hall. I fearrd, of course, to approach them siiiBciently near to overhear man's sigh that he had sunk wear- ily into a chair. "I was delayed," he explained. 'I had a narrow escape. Oustrom- oft ^las guessed the truth." "What!" she gasped in alarm. "The secret is out?" "Yes," he answered gruffly. "Impossible !" "I tell ,vou it's the tr>ith." he answered. "I escaped ovei thai I caught sight of my own name, and read it tlirough with interest. "I suppose you have already heard from your friend Gedge, who kreps you in touch with everything, nil the most recent news of Hea- ton." the letter ran. "It appears, that h*- was found on the Hoor of | fi ontier by the inerest chanc one of the rooms at Uenbury, with a wound in his head. He had sud- dfiily gone out of his mind. The iloctor said that the case was a serious one, but before ar.-aiige- ments could be made for placing him under restraint he had esi-aped, and nothing since has been heard f hlhi. The coninion idea is that Ou and turning, beautiful picturv^s, en gravings, hangings and draperies, aitificial Howers and ornaments, fascinating new methods of light- ing, in town and country houses, all types of goys'ers. stoves and ra- diators will he displayed. In the section devoted to ventil- ation not only will tliere be all sorts of patent windows, fans, and other devices, but u completely fit- ted billiard room will h? filled with tobacco smoke at intervals, and clearing it ' OH Tl FURIl BKAIN Oil BRAWN! As one goes about the country, he can readily pick out those farm- ers who are always behind with their work. Their number is legion. You will find them now a fortnighi behind with their wheat-seeding. In a Couple of months they will ho caught short on fall plowing. "Freeze-up" comes before they get ni'.'cly started. Next season it will be the same, and the season after tiiat again, and so on right along. They are always behind, and seem never able to catch up. It is doubt- ful whether they ever will, or whe- ther tb-jy would be able to keep up if they get even. It requires some thinking and planning to d» so, and lilt man who is habitually behind hasn't time to think or plan. He can only hustle. A man requires some system of doing his work in order to have it done on time. System and organiza- tion count in agriculture as in any- thing else. Farm work has to be I'erformed properly and in season, if the bu.siness is going to succeed. It needs 'to be planned, and the plan worked. One has to think, as welt as act. That is what he ha.s thinking apparatus for. The days ol farming by brawn alone are pass- ing, though some refuse to believe they are almost gone. Science and invention have advanced so much in the last twenty-five years that a mail does not need to be plodding eternally to gain a livelihood. The hours of labor in all industries are being steadily reduced. So they arc iu agriculture. And the pro- ducts of labor, instead of diminish- ing, are steadily on the increase. „.-,,,, , ^ ipiactical methods for stromoff 8 bloodhounds were at my i ii,.,„„n.strated heels. Tluy followed mo to Vien- ! .r,,^,^,'^ ,^|,y ^^^^^^ interest in the in- na, but there I managed to e'jcape j^ p, i^,^ ,.j,^y,„ „{ ,,^„„. ,,.;„ i|„ia,tle8S them and travel to Iterlin. I knew|,i, . ;„ ,he furnishing sections. that there was a warrant out f"r |-|.|,^.r^. (,„. ,.i^.|, ^„j ^,,,,^g „f in„„i,i^.r meâ€" Roesch sent me \vord that or-' ^p^^^^ .^ij^^. ^.j,, ,,.j,,p (|e„„)nstrat dtrs had been issu(>d by the Minis- l.j ,,.,,^1 art refinement, science and ter of Poll e- therefore 1 fearetl to : ;,„ eution have accomplished to cross to England by any of the mail ^ j,,^^^ ^j,^ ,,^„„j. i,eautiful and com hr has committed suicide owing to [ nnites. I knew the police would be . f,,,.^j^j,,g Leading firms will ex- IniHiness coniplicutions. They are. to tell the truth, beginning to smell <i rat in the (Hty. The Prince's conce.ssions have? not turned out all that they were supposed to be, and by a side wind I hoar that your friend's t'uKincial status, consider- ably weakened during uhc past few weeks, has, owing to his sudden and imaecountahlo dii-appenraiue, drop- ped down to zero. If you can find him, lose no time in doing so. Re member that he must not be allow- ed to open his mouth. He may, however, be (still of use, for his cre- dit has not altogether gone, and 1 hcjir ho has a very satisfactory bah anci! at his bankers'. But find out ill from Oedgi^ ar.d then write to me." There was neither signature nor address. Th lust not lie al- ( n the look-out at Calais, Antwerp Ostend, Folkstone, and Di.ippe. Therefore I travelled to Copenhag- en, then by steamer to Gothenburg, and rail to Christiania. I arrived by the weekly mail steamer frimi there only, an hour ago." "What a journey !" exclaimed the woman I had been watching so long and patiently. "Do you actually mean that you are unsafeâ€" here, in England V â- 'I'nsate! t)f cuuise. Tho Min- i.-try have telegraphed rny dcscn-ip- tioii to all police centres, witii a re- quest for my e.xtradit'on." "It is inconceivable," she cried, "just ut the moment when all seeni- id safest, that this eatastropi fhoiild f What of Roesch, lowed to open his mouth," were, in llicinselvea, ominou s. Who, 1 won- their conversation, but 1 peered in- to tb restaurant and saw them hitting at a table in earnest conver- Bfltion, the snlijcct of which was evidently myself. Icred, was th: writer of th'it lel^ ter ;' The postmark was that of "London. E. (.'.,'' showing that it liiid been posted in the City. I read it through a second time, then replared it, and after some turthcr search leturnod to in.v own room. When the maid brought my hot v.ftter next morning she told that Mrs. Hliuh^ had announced her Blumhardt, and Schaefer?" "S<'haefer was arrested in S«>fia on the day I left. Klumhardt es- caped to Varna, but was taken while embarking on board a cargo- bout for England. I l^dl you I had a narrow escape- a very narrow es- cape." "Then don't speak so loud," she urged. "Some ono might l>e in the next room, you know." He rose and tried the door at which I stood. 1' was locked, and lliat apparently reassured him. 'Whom di think mtornind the Ministry of Pulico?' bibit complete rooms furnished in various styles. Near by there will be a remarkable display of antique and historical furnitureâ€" one of lO most original ever arranged in Lon- don. But the exhibition will be notable in another direction. Furniture and equipment, such excellent ad- juncts, do not constitute a home. Hence the prcunoters have arranged that all that tends to make home life social- its music and its recrea tions- shall have place in the fore- giound of the siileiidid display. 'There will bo a section devoted to nuisic and indoor' pastimes. Every woman will seek the "baby DURLM WHEAT. The American Department of Ag- riculture, during 1899 to 1903, brought Durum wheat for seed fruHi Russia and .Vfrica. The grai?i is specially adapted for regions/.f low rainfall, and in 1907 corered an area of over 3,lX)0.00 acres, many «f them valueless befo're the advent of this new crop, it yielded an av- erage of about fifteen bushels per acre. It has spread throughout a wide strip of country, extending from North Dakota to south-east- ern New Mexico and south-westero Texas. This variety of wheat may be mixed with other wheat in making tiour for bread. It is especially, however, a maccaroni wheat, and for the manufacture of that article IS used at home and exported abroad. SEND RICH CREAM. It pays to send rich cream to the creamery. Cream is not pa.id for by weight, but according to the amount of butter-fat contaiii':"d in it. as determined by the Bab:;ock or, in certain creanieries. by the antiquated oil-test cluirn. All cream us composed of two general Kubstancos, butter-fat and milk serum (skim milk). The more but-* Itr-fat and the less milk serum a patron can manage to deliver to his creamery, within reasonable limits, the better he is off. He has more skiin milk to feed, and there n less weight to haul or ship, as the case may be. It is econoiuical to skim a rich cream. It should never test less than 30 per cent., and 3,5 or even 40 per cent, is hot- ter. Keep as much of the skim milk as possible at home. COOL THE MILK PROMPTLY. The prompt and thorough cooling of milk is generally recognized to bt of prime importance in prevent- ing the development of bai'taria, which, under ordinary conditijns, are always present in milk as soon as drawn, and to which the souring r>r curdling of milk is due. land' section, w ith its model cre- jdel wa*d in a children's hospital, children's furniture and games and toys of every descrip- tion. The practical iu)Usel;eoper wi ill exam variety o ine with interest the infinite f cl caning materials, car- pet sweepers, brushes, brooms, laundry appliances, washing and knife -leaning machines. EXTREMES LV LIFE. Extulant Young Father-- My baby has just cut his first toot'i I Despairinn; Old 'Irandsire My last tooth has just cut lue ! WHAT MICHT HAVE BEEN. "I (i dare, I d'khow w'at to make of ma wife. She'll ruin me a-spend- in' all de money there is," declared Jim, when his old employer inquir- e<i for Mrs. Jim. "She do seem reckless about money," continued Jim. with a so- ber face. '.Mways askin' me tor a dollar, or fift.v cents, wantin' iru iiey al! de tini;'. like I could pick it up in de streets." "Well, well, that is hard," re- sponded his questioner; ''but wh.at di.cs she do witli so nuich money?" "I duimo I ain't ever give her any yet " + ^ â€" A PLAIN CONCLUSION. â- 'Why did Mrs. Youngmothcr ci.ino down to this farm to rusti- c'Uo';" "1 tiiiik it was for tho beficSt ol ;i litt.ie r.m and !r;r " Xl: