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i \ CLOSE QUARTERS ; â- ^N }i^= OR, THE HOUSE !N THB RUE BARBETTE J I H.VrTKU IV. Ill less confident t nes inspect tr Walters resumed his narrative : "On Monday e\eiiing, sir,'' I'C «ai<l, "about eight o'cliK'k, his Ex- cellency aiu! the twu secretaries were dining downstairs, and mat- ters had, thus far. gone on with the tame routine as was uhserved every jireceding day. The workmen ipiit- ted Work at si.\ o'clock. Tlie three gentlemen went out for a drive as »ixin as everything was locked up, and came in again at a (|uarter to eight. They did m-t change their clothes for dinner, to there was no 4K:casion to search them, as no one had gone upstairs since they had descended soon after Ri.\. They had barely started dinner when Bome one calle-d at the front door, and 1 was sent for. The door bell. I ni.iy explain was always answered by one of the house servants, and he, if necessary, admitted any per- son who came, closing the door ; but the visitor had to be vuwmined by the policeman stationed in the passage before he was permitted to ionie any further. On this occa- Bion I went out and found three genrtlemen standing there. They were Turks, as could be easily seen by their attire, and appeared to be persons of some consequence." "What do you mean by the words 'their attire I' " interrupted Brett. "W<'re tliey dressed in European clothes or in regular Turkish gar- ments?" â- Oh.'' said the inspect<jr, "I only meant that they wore fezes; other- wise they were (juite accurately dres.sed in frock coals and the rest, but they were unmistakably Turks by their appearance. Two of them could si»oak no English, and the third, who acted as the lefider of the party, first of all addressed me in French. Einding I did not un- derstand him, he used very broken, but fairly intelligible English. Wliat he wanted was to be taken at once to His Excellency, Mehe- raet Ali Pasha. I said that his Ex- cellency was dining and that per- haps he had better call in tlic morning, but he replied that his business was very urgent, and he could not wait. He made me un- derstand that if I sent in the cards of himseif and his comf)anions they would certainly be admitted at once. I did not see any Iiarni in this, so 1 took the three cards and gave them to Hussein, who was cro'^sing the hall at the moment." â- â- .\s the cards were prititcd in Turkish characters you could not of course, tell what the names were," said Brett. A look of blank astonishment crossed the inspector's face .is h<> replied: "That is a good guess, but it is so. The hierogly|)hics on the piece of pasteboard were wor.sc th.Tn Greek. However, Hussein glanced •t them. He appeared to be sur- prised; he wont into the dining room. Of course I had nothing else to do to let them in, which I did, accomjianying them myself to the door of the dining-room, and making sure, before the door was closed, that their jiresencc wi>s cx- pect-ed." "How did vou do thati' said Brett. â- Well, although they sfxike in wh.it 1 sup)>ose w.is Turkish, it is not very difficult to distinguish by a man's tones vvhctlier his recep- tion of une.v|)t'cted visitors is cor- dial or not, and there could be no doubt that the visiting cards ha<l convened such names to his Excel- lency as warranted the introduc- tion of the party into the house. The .six gentlemen rem.-iined in the dining-room until 9.17 (I have the time noted here in my pocket- bo')k). They then came out and went upstairs in a body to the ante- room, wiiere they all sat d(jwh, as I could tell by the movement of the chairs overhead, and in a few min- ntes Hussein was r\ing for to bring cigarettes and coffee. This was at 0.21. Hussein was searched as he came downstairs after receiving the order, and again at 0.30 when he relumed after executing it, I was relieved at ten o'clock, and beyond describing the three gentlemen, 1 know nothing more about the busi- ness." "They were well dressed " in- quired nj^^^"thcy impressed you as Turki3P|(entlemen by their fea- tures, and they wore fezes I" "Yes," said the iioliceman, with a smile; "but there was a little more than that." "It is of no importance," said Brett. "But really it must Vie," urged the inspector. "One of them, the man who spoke to me, had a bad nword cut across his right cheek, whilst another S'i'"'"t''<J horribly; "Well, now does it not strike you that the perjietrators thereof, who were not afraid to be scrutinized by yourself and by several other Iiolicemen, and to be searched and further scrutinized by a different set of officers when they came out again, would be very unlikely jier- son:: to bear about them sucti dis- tinguishing characteristics as would lead to their arrest by the first youthful police-constable who en- countered them? I do not want to be rude, or to indicate any l.ick of discretion on your jiart, but, from my point of view, I would vastly l>refer not to be furnished with any description of the.se three perso;is, nor would I care to h;ivc seen thorn as they entered or left the house." "Well, that is â- < ?ry curious," said Inspector Wallers, dropping his hands on his knees in sheer amazement at such an extrat)rdin- ary statement from a man whose clearness and accuracy of i>crcep- tion had been bo fully justified by the hicident of the window-bliiid. "And now, Mr. Shari)e," said Brett, "what did you (jbserve ?" "I came on duty at ten o'clock; posted my guaixis, and received from Inspector Walters an exact account of what had taken jilaco before my arrival. Inspector Wal- ters had hardly (juitted tlu* house, when one of the junior members of the mission came d'lwnstairs with a note which he asked me to send at once by a constable to Mr. Tal- bot." "You are cjuite sure he w.as one of the members of the mission?" said Brett. "Perfectly certain. I have .seen him every previous night for near- ly a month, as the gentlcmnn often went out late to tlie Turkish luu- bassy, and elsewhere. I sent vhc note, as reqiu'sted, and Mr. Talbot came back with the constable in about twenty minutes. Mr. Tulbot went upstairs .accompanied by Hus- sein ; Hussein came dcjwii, wu.s searched, went down to the kitchen, brought up more coffee, and never appeared again. The next time I saw him was about noon yester- day, when wc broke open the door, and found his dead Ixjdy. At 11.25 Mr. Talbot, actomiwinied by one whom Inspector Wallers has de- scribed as the spokesman of the strangers, came down the stairs. Mr. Talbot looked Koincwhat puz- zled, but not specially worried, and submitted himself to the searching operation as usual. The other man seemed to be surprised by this jiro- ceeding, but offered no objection when his turn came, and said some- thing laughingly in I'rench to Mr. Talbot, when he liiul to take his boots off. The two gentlemen wont outside iind called a cab. Mr. Tal Eight Years of Bad Eczema on Hands The four belies were carried to the mortuary in Chapel Place, and the fourteen workmen were conveyed to Scotland Yard, not because w« have any charge against them, but the Commissioner thought it best to keep them under surveillance un- til the Turkish Embassy has set- tled what was to be done with them, in the matt«r of paying such wages as were due and sending them back to Amsterdam. The men them- se'.vcB, I may add, were quite satis- fied with our action in the matter. That is really all I have to tell you." "It is quite clear, then," caid Brett, "that two men succeeded in murdering four and in getting away with their plunder and arms without creating the slighteMt noise Cured by Culicura Soap and Ointment i or exciting any suspicion in your mind." "That is so," admitted Inspector Sharpe ruefully. "Then," said Brett, "there is no- thing el.se to be done here. Will you come with me, Mr. Winter?" "Where to, sir?" inquired the detective. "To find Mr. Talbot, of course." "Easier said than done," re- marked Inspector Walters, as the door closed behind the visitors. Inspector Sharpe was less scepti- cal. "Pie's a very smart chap is Brett,"' he said. "Neither you nor I thought of punching that wire screen, did we 1" (To be continued.) * Mis9 Sfary A. lu-ntley, 0.3 Vnlversity St.; Hontreal, writes. In a recent letter: "Some nine years ugo I notired small p niples break- Ing out on the hack of my haiiils. They became very irritating, anrl i;ratlually l>erame worse, so that I conUi not sleep at nii?lit consulted a physician who treated rne a long time, lint it got worse, and I cuiild not put my hands in water. I was treated at the hospital, and it was just the same. I was tola that it was a very had ra-se ol ecrerna. "Well, I Just kept on ii.siiii; every thiiiR that I could lor nearly eight years until I waa advised to try Cuticura Ointment. I did so, and I fountf after a few ai>plicalion.s the burning sensations were disappearing. I roiild sleep well, and did not have any it< hini; during the night. I began after a wliile to u.se Cuticilra Soap. X stuck to the Cuticura treatment, and thought if I could use other remedies for over seven years with no rcxult, and after only having a few applications and linding ease from Cutiriira lllnlmeTit. it deserved a fair trial with a severe and stub- bom case. I used the Culicura Ointment and .Soap for nearly six months, and I am glad to say that I liave bands as clear aa anyone. It is rr.y wish that you pul>lish this letter to all the world, and if anyone doubts it, let them write me." Cutleura Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. For a liberal sample of each, with :i_'-p. book, send to I'otter Drug Si Cbem. Corp., Dept. 6Pt Boston, V. a. A. NA-DRU-CO Headache Wafers stop the nneanest, nastiest, most persistent headaches in half an hour or less. We guarantee that they contain no opium, morphine or other poisonous drugs. 2Sc a box u' /our druggists', or by mail from 29 NdtfMMl Drac anJ Ckamieal Co. of Canada. UmUad. . • . . Mm»>mI. /T =^ LETTERS OF A SON IN THE MAKING TO HIS DAD. ^= -By REX McEVOY -^ hot got in, and the constable at the do(jr heard the foreigner tell the driver to go to the Carljon Hole He rejieated the address twice, ho as to make sure the man would make no mistake "Then tliuy drove off, and there was no further incident to report until five minutes past twelve, when the other two foreigners came down- sl.iirs. Then wc had it hit of a job. They knew no English, and one of our men, who could si)fiak Erench, fouiul that they did not understand that l.mguage. However, at last in dumb show we got them to per- ceive that everybody who «'.ime <lownstairs had to ho searched. They submitted at once, and 1 took special caro that the investigation was complete. There was nothing upon them to arouse the slightest suspicion, no weapons of any sort beyond a, small pocket-knife car- ried by one man, and not much in the way of eith<'r papers or money, liefore, going out one uf thcin pro- duced a small card on which was written, 'Carlton Hotel.' "1 took it that this was their re sidence, so I instructed a ctmstablo to see them into a cab and tell the, driver where to take them. I also showed them how much money in give the cabman. IS'olie of the gen- llenien iipst.iiirs put in an apiiear- ance, nor did I hear them retire to rest. To make i|uite .sure that all was right, I and a sergeant who looked ill 11 little, later went up stairs and tried tlic door of the ante room. This was locked and ever.N thing was (juiet within, so we returned to tlu liall, and the night was passed in tlie usual luaiiner. Hussein always made his appear- ance about eight o'clock in the morning, when he came down to procure coffee for his E.xcollency and tile others. .\h he did not show up I w<piidered what had become of him. When nine o'clock cime, 1 determined to in\esti!?ate matters. Hy that time the diamond cutters had init in an appearance, and were besideii, they wtre all elderly men." .gathered in the liall, undergoing a ' Pardon me, inspector," said Brett, "but you admit, no doubl, that this is a very remarkable eiii'o 1 am investigating." ' 'hoiilii just think it is, sir," 'oe aurvcf slight search ipreparatory to their dav's work." ''How many of these men were there (" broki' in Brett. "Fourteen exactly. They were mostly Dutchmen, with, I think, three Belgians. Taking a con- stable with me, I went upstairs, and ascended to the second story, where I knew his Excellency's suite was situated, and where 1 expected to find Hussein asleep on a mat in front of the bedroom door. The mat was there, but no Hussein. Thei I went higher up tci the moms occujiied by the two assistants. I knocked, but received no an.swer. One door was locked ; the other was open, so I went in, but, the room waa empty, and the bed had not been slept upon. This seemed so strange that I knocked loudly at the other dcMir, with no result. I returned to his Excellency's floor and hammered at the door, which was locked, sufficiently to wake the soundest sleeper that ever lived. This again was useless, so I re- turned downstairs and sent off two messengers post haste â€" one to Mr. Talbot, and the other to the Com- missioner of Police at Scotland Yard. The man who went to Mr. Talbot's house returned first, bring- ing the startling information that Mr. Talbot h.ad not been home all night, and that his uncle and sis- ter were anxious to know where he was, as they had received no mes- sage from him since he quitted the house the previous night at 10.15. The Commissioner of Police came himself a little later. By that time Inspector Walters had reached here for his turn of day duty, and after a hasty consultation we decided to bre.-ik in all the doors that were locked, commencing with that of the second assistant. His room was empty, and so was his I.\celleiicy's, neither apartment having been oc- cupied during the night. We then returned to the first floor and forc- ed the door of the ante-room, which, wc discovered, was only se- cured by a spring latch, the lower lock not having been used. As soon as we entered tlie room, we found the four dead men. Hussein, the servant, was nearest the (kior and was lying in a crumpledup jiosition. He hnd been stabbed twice through the back and once through the spinal column at the base of the neck. His Excellency and the two as.sistunts were fieated in chairs, but had been stabbed through the heart. The instrument used must have been a long thin dagger or stiletto. There was no sign of it anywhere in the room, and most cert.'iinly none of the men who came <iut the previ<iu» night h.td such a weapon concealed upcjii him. "Doctors were at once sent for, and the first me<lical ge'itleniaji to arrive said that each of the fotir h.'id lieen dead for many hours, but they also imagined that the coffee, the remains of which we found i/i Some cups on the table, had been drugged. So, before disturbing the room and its contents in .tuv way, the Commissioner sent for Dr. Te?i- nys<in Coke, .\fter careful investi- gation Dr. Coke came to the same conclusion as the other gentlemen. He believes that his Excellency and his two assistants were first stupe- fied by the drug and then murder- ed as they sat in their chairs, whilst the appearance of Hus.sein and the nature of his wounds seemed to in- dicate that he had been unexpect- edly attacked and killed before he could struggle effectually or even call for assistance "Of course, the diamonds had vanished, whilst in the safes or on the tables wc found the keys which had evidently been taken from his Excellency's pockets. We were all puzzled to account for the disap- pearance of the diamonds and the dagger, hut you have clearly shown the means whereby they were Cvn veved off the premises. Dr. Coke took away tlic coffee for analysis. A HIT. What She Gained b; Trying Again. A failure at first makes us esteem final success. A family in Minnesota that now enjoys Postum would never have known how good it is if the mother had been discouraged by the fail- ure of her first attempt to prepare it. Her son tells the story: "We had never used Postum till last spring when father brought home a package one evening just to try it. We had heard from our neighbors, and in fact every one who used it, how well they liked it "Well, the next morning Mother brewed it about five minutes, just as she had been in the habit of do- ing with coffee without paying special attention to the directions printed on the package. It looked weak and didn't have a very prom- ising color, but nevertheless father raised his cup with an air of ex- pectancy. It certainly did givo him a great surprise, but I'm afraid it wasn't a very pleasant one, for he put down his cup with a look of disgust. "Mother wasn't discouraged though, and next morning gave it another trial, letting it stand on the stove till boiling began and then letting it boil for fifteen or twenty minutes, and this time wo were all so pleased with it that we have used it ever since. "Father was a confirmed dyspep- tic and a cup of colTee was to him like poison. So he never drinks it any more, but drinks Postum re- gularly. He isn't troubled with dyspepsia now and ii actually growing fat, and I'm sure Postum is the cause of it. All the children are allowed to drink it and they are perfect pictures of health." Name given by Postum Co., Battle. Creek. Mich. Bead the little book, "The Ro.Td to Wellville,'' in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. Thev are genuine, true, and lull of human Interest. * C.\HE OF CHICKENS. ,\11 the old birds, and young, too, should be examined frequently during the hot month;, because! then it is that the lice and mites ! thrive. | If cut bone or chopjied meat is fed during the summer, extra pre- cautions must be taken to have it jK-rfeetly fresh. Many birds die from eating bone and meat scraps which have been allowed to lie aroiind exposed Uj the heat and the flies. In feeding chickens always re- member that they are provided for to produce fresh eggs for human food and, therefore, their own food should be just as pure as that we eat ourselves. The hot sun will cause young gos- lings and ducklings as well to top- ple over and die. Provide shade for them until they are strong on their pegs. [Mr. McEvoy will write for this paper a series of letters from the we.st. They will appear from time to time un- cle,' the above headinj,', and will give a piclure of the great Canadian west from tlie standpoint of a young Ontario man going out there to make his way. These let- ters should be full of iiite.est for every Ontario father.] ONE PIE FOR 70 GUESTd. Seventy guests banqueted on a single pie at Gorleston, and there was plenty to spare when they had finished, says London Sketch. The pun â- jsn.u ipui 00.11(1 putj Old weighe<l a hundredweight and a half. It was made in three sections or water tight compartments and ! each hold had a substantial bulk- head of crust. Its interior was j packed with six rabbits, six kidneys, twenty-eight pounds of beefsteah , and potatoes, turnips, carrots and sprouts. The sea pie, as it is call- i ed, is btiiled, not baked, and its ' builder. Skipper Harman, made the i cooking process un eight hours ' watch. 'This three decker provided : a savory meal which more than sat- isfied the guest.s. and its wrecked j and dismantled null provided ten • gallons of excellent soup that was i gliidly welcomed by tlio «% )m- of Qcn-.. ! lestoUk No. 5. Kamloopn, Scot. 14th. 1911. My Dc=r I>a(I, - Although this letter is dated Kamloops wo have junt left that place and am get- ting further from it every minute. 1 am writing this in a corner of th« ob- servation car on the Imperial Limited, the name tho C. P. R. gives tho train that rune through from Montreal to Van- couver. The obtiervation car has a deep platform behind where you can eit out on camp stools and watch the Ecenery without and glass or window framen to interfere with the view. You get the real mountain air too. aa the train elidee paet the silent peaks, and while going through one of the mile-long tunnels to- day I heard the splash of an underground stream, and felt the drip of the water. Just where I am sitting there is a writ- ing deslt. and elose beside it is a book case with a couple of hundred books to choose from if you want to read. I notice that they arc not used much. I didn't see anyone reading them, the scenery is too attractive for that. The magazines, however, which belong to the library, were much in demand. Well, it has been a wonderful day for mo. I waa up early, for the train leaves Calgary at 3.15 a.m. right on the dot. That s one thing that has surprised me on this trip. While a local train in On- tario may be anywhere from half an hour to an hour late, these trains which make a run for nearly threo thousand miles pv.U out of the station right on time. Of course, they must lose in win- ter when the snow drifts. Then a train may be excused for being a day bchiud time. Wo ran out of Calgary in the dark, but it was daylight by the time we reach- ed Exshaw, when you are right close up to the mountains. Here I noticed a num- ber of long, dusty-looking buildings. They are part of one of the largcut cement works in Canada. Then we wont through what is called "The Qap," right into tho heart of the mountains. It was at Canmore that I first realized what mountains were. I simply cannot deacribe tho feeling of awe ihat is ex- perienced in looking on them for the first time. The other side of a level valley, perhaps some five miles away, they rose up, up, up, grey, silent, majestic in the grey light of early morning, with the mists still clinging about them. They seemed to lift themselves above and out of the world, and to be altogether apart from man and the little things that busy him. They were solitary, remote, and there was no sign of living thing near them. And in between the solemn, grey peaks, miles beyond, a glimpse might be caught of another, higher peak, snow-covered, gilded with tho bright, fresh sunlight of early morning. They were grand. I Just hung on to the rail- ing at the back of the observation car and gazed, and gazed, and gazed. All the time 1 was drinking in the wonder of the mountains I was think- ing that I had never before realized what a mountain was. Pictures givo you no idea at all any more than a portrait of a person can apeak to you. And I was thinking, too, what a pity it was that all my folks could not be with me to sec and appreciate this wonderful bit of our Canada. Perhaps one of the things that makes the mountains impreesive ia that they help you to understand tho vast scale of creation. These tremendoui monuments of rock have been toancd about at some time as the plaything of some tremendous power. Their very mana and weight compels thought of the incom-' prchensible violence which has of old torn' them from their place and reared them' up on end. At one place where we came along to-day, right at the foot of Mount' Macdonald, the rock rises sheer up from the track a mile in the airâ€" as far as, from our place to tho school-house set up on end. I was oat on the back of the train till we got to Field, when I went in to the dining car for dinner. The mountaios all the way were unutterably grand. In places they were a series of peaks, with snow gleaming like crowns or necklaces about them, in other places they were in broken piles. In one place, for instance,' there is what looks just like a castle cut' out of the rock, with doorways, turretsj and all. It is on a tremendous scale, Eome eight miles long. After passinif that you run out along the side of the mountain with a valley below you and n river running through it. You sea bridges and tracks some distance below the track your train ia on, and running, parallel. Then you run slap bang into a tunnel and run along for. a mile in the' dark. When you come out you find that you have turned right round with the track you were on before above you. Then into another tunnel, and you find that' you have turned again, the track looping round in the solid rock. This whole gianl "S," some seven miles long, cost $1,500,000, Seventy-Sve car loads of dynamite coBtinK $250,000 were used in blasting the tua> ncls. The wonders that the engineers have accomplished in putting the rail' road through is next to the wonder ol the mountains themselves. After yon have been running in the maze of hills for a whole day, you wonder that any- body ever found their way through, let alone build a railroad. ) When the tunnels are left behind, y»u' come out along the Kicking Horse Elver. The track runs along a narrow ledge cut in the side of the mountain with the' river far below, hundreds of feet. Gra- dually the track gets lower and lower, till it is running close beside the leaping, dashing, greeny-white water of the river.j» At Glacier I got my first fine view of one of the glaciers that feed thepe mQini- tain rivers. It was sweltering hot Where we were at the station, but up on the side of the mountain lay a great oxpanso of snow that glistened in the sun. You and mother should come through hers* and see this country, but if you do, b«' sure you bring a dictionary with yon,' or you will run out ot adjectives before' you have been in tho mountains very, long. In the evening, after passing Sicamous' Junction, where the line branches off to' tho Okanagan Valleyâ€" the peach and grape uclt of the provinceâ€" we ran alonif^ beside .Shushwap Lake, and the sunset; lights and reflections in the still calnJ water were very peaceful, and contrast-I ed with the rugged beauty of the mQUit4 tains. The lights were lit when we ran( tuto Kamloops, and the town was out^ liued with bright dots where the street lights stood in the darkness under thm. shadowy mountains. Goodbye now. Dad. I have qait« piece to go yet, but I'm not tired travelling, as I expected to be, as then'll always something to see. Your loving son, Jill. i COLOR-BLIND. A form of detective vision ivhich will impair the usefulness of any- body, no matter what his employ- ment, Ls touched upon in this pithy conversation : liuiuisitive Passenger â€" What has become ot Stokes, who used to be a Conductor on this line? j Conductor â€" Why, the company laid him off some time ago. Inquisitive Passenger â€" Laid him off I What for? Conductor â€" It was found iipon investigation that he was color- blind. I liK|uisitive Passenger â€" Color- blind? What difference did that make in a conductor? I Conductor â€" A good deal. Ho couldn't tell the difference between the color of his money and th« company's. i I WHEN PRESERVING USE EXTRA GRANULAT -^ ^ THE SUGAR OF NEARLY S(f»l^ milDiMQ." Since 1854 this prime favorite has made the preserving season a fruitful source of pleasure in thousands of Canadian homes. ORDER FROM YOUR GROCER. L THE CANADA SUCAR REflNINC CO., LIMITED, Montreal tlBtablished in 1854 by John Redpath, 'm J ( [ t 1 * . / iTl < t ,,. J. ... â- â- 'i<>i,j,i, .» < -*."*