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CLOSEJUARTERS ; OR, THE HOUSE IN THE RUE BARBETTE ( HAI'TKR XVII. -(Cont'd) They sped across the waves to- wanls thf Chateau d'lf, and drow up alongside its small landing- stage. Tint island supplies an all-thc- ycurround resort for the towns- people. Every fine day a stc.-iMuT runs at intervals to and fro be- tween it and the inner hnrlmr. The good folk of the south of France, whether Marseilles or viKitors to the city, find a constant delight in tak- ing the short marine excursion and wandering f >r halt an hour about the rocky pathways and steep tur- rents of the famous prison, whilst they listen with silent aw to the words of the guide when he tells thrill how the Abbe died, and shows them the hole between the two walls excavated by Monte Cristo. Tln-v wandered round with the crowd until Edith looked at her watch. "It is past twelve o'clock," she said. "Should we not be going back to the hotel to lunch 1 You will come with us, of course, Mr. Daubeneyt" "I am famished with expecta- tion,' 1 answered the irrespressible Jimmy, "but before we go away you certainly ought to climb to the leads and get the paii'iramic view of the harbor which the tower af- fords on a clear day. It is a sight to be remembered. .So they mado the ascent, Daub- eney leading in his capacity of guide, though he was quite breath- less when they readied the top. Edith followed him, and to her alarm i>erceivcd that he was pur- ple in the face. He tried to smile, and indicate by a gesture that he would recover in a minute. Mean- while he wan speechless. Fairholme was the. next up. Ho had hardly set foot on the roof bo fore he exclaimed "Well. I'm darned !' Kdith turned round quickly. "What on earth is the matter!" he cried. "Why are you using Buch horrid language ? Mr. Dau- j hiMiev only hurried a little too fast, that is all." Fairholme dropped his voice to a whisper. "Look," he said, indicating with his eyes a distant corner. Kdith followed his glance, and in- stantly comprehended the cause of his startled exclamation. For in that quiet spot, far removed from watchful police or inquisitive hotel- Kcrvanta, stood four men, whom she could not fail to recognize as Gros Jean, Humin-ul-Mulk, and the other two Turks, although, of course, until this moment she had never previously set eyes on them. .She instantly understood that they must continue to talk and act in the guise of ordinary tourist R. In this respect the presence of Dau- heiiey was invaluable, for he natur- ally could not guess the community of interest between his aristocratic friends and the mutely group in the coni'.'r. As oi>n as he regained his breath, Kdith and he commenced a lively fniversation. Hir Hubert joined them, and in the course of their casual stroll round the tower they parsed cliii-e t>> the Frenchmen and Li* companions, attracting a casual frlam a from the former, who in- BtnntK set them down ns English pr<>|>lr bound for the East, and whiling away a few bourn in Mar- willes prior to the departure of their liteamer. Hut another suronse awaited them. A email staircase led to the top cf the turret, which, ai already de- scribed, formed part of the angle that sheltered the group of men. When Edith and the others' trolled past the door they glanced inside and caught sight of a shab- by-looking Frenchman, who had paused halfway up the ntairs, and was leaning eagerly forward through an embrn/ured loophole, obviously intent on hearing every word uttered by the quartette be Math, Fortunately, Edith, who was nearest the door, was comnlnlnly hroiidcd from Gros Jean's obser- vation, c\a? that ruUit- gentleman might have noticed her inv .luntary start or suprise. For the .habby- looking Frenchman was her brother. The instant Talbot '.xard foot- F Winter weather rougheni uid reddens your ikln, causing chap*, chilblains and general discomfort, try i NA-DRU-CO Witch Hazel Cream The creamy Ingredients soolh ... it Aolien the outer tkln, while the Witch Hurl penetrate* ind heali the deeper ttasur.s. 'Jr!i|;l.rlul tiler (having or welling. 25c. a buttlr, at your druggl.st'n. RATIONAL DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED. IBS steps ho naturally turned to see who it was that approached, ovi lit also was amazed <-j find IW.'th's wondering eyes fixed up->n him at a distance of only ;i f^w feet. She nodded her head and placed a warning finger upon her lips. As it happened, Daubeney caught htr in the act, and for tne next . f cw moments that gentleman's emotions were int/cnue, not to say panitul. "You seem to be preoccupied, nlr. Daubeney. What has happen- ed I" she inquired. "I I really <!on'.t know." His distress was so unmistakable that her quick woman's wit divined the true cause. They had now sauntered some distance away from the part of the tower th.it might be marked "dangerous," so she grasped Jimmy's ponderous arm, and whispered with a. smile "You saw me make signs to that Frenchman, didn't you " "Wcll-cr I-er "Oh, yes, I understand. Of course you were surprised. But don't jump now, or say anything ; he is my brother!" She need not have warned Dau- heney as to any reamrks he might feel inclined to make, for her an- nouncement again rendered him speechless. "It is a mystery," she whispered, "a deep secret. We will tell you all about it at lunch." CHAPTER XVIII. Sublimely unconscious of the ex- citement raging in their breasts, Sir Hubert Fitzjames could not un- derstand why they each and all an- swered him in such a flurried man- ner when he dilated upcn the beau- ties of the bay. Finally he turned to Kxiitli with an air of apprehen- sion. "I fear," he said, "that your expedition of last night has upset you. Have you a headache?" Then she could contain her news no longer. Drawing him close to the rampart, and bending down so as to apparently take a deep inter- est in the laughing excursionists beneath, she murmured "Listen to me carefully, uncle. Don't look around. Have you no- ticed the party of Turks and a Frenchman grouped together in the opposite corner?' 1 "Yes," he said. "You do not mean to tell me that they arc tho people whom Mr. Hrett met this morning at the station?" "Yes, unquestionably they are. Dut the most marvellous thing re- mains. You know the turret, clone to which they are .standing 1" "Yes." "Well, in the staircase leading to the top, and leaning out through a window, trying to hear what they are saying, is Jack !" "What an extraordinary thing," ai<l the major-general, who was really very annoyed that such a meeting should have taken place under his very nose and its signi- ficance remain hidden from him. "Can we do anything?" he ad- ded. "Nothing save to remain here a little longer and be most careful not to appear to have the least knowledge of their identity." They were joined by Daubeney and Fairholme, and Kdith knew by a single glance at the expressive expanse of the former's face that should he be again brought into close proximity to the Turks and her brother it was quite possible the quick-witted Gros Jean might detect the look of interested amaze- ment which must inevitably appear upon his honest British counten- ance. "Bobby," she said at once, "I want you and Mr. Daubeney to go down to the launch. We will join you in a few minutes." "Certainly," was the reply, for Fairholme knew that some motive lay behind the request. "You can not do much by remaining here, con you, so I suppose you will not be long?" "No; uncle, and I will survey the view until it is firmly fixed in our minds. After that it is full steam ahead for the Hotel du Ixiuvre." The two young men disappeared down the Ktairs leading to the courtyard. At this moment, the siren of fie small pleasure steamer at the quay announced she WHH about to make her hourly trip back to the town. Whereupon Gros Jean and tho Turks, having apparently ended their consultation, crodsed the roof and disarpenr<*d. Instantly Jack Talbot strolled af- ter them, hxit no sooner hid the hnlkv form of Gros Jeanwho w.-is the last of his party vanished than Tulhot ran towards hia uncle and "fi< i . and i.v.l r.ipidlv "Dubois and the girl have g ( .'i- to Palmrro. Oroa Jean find the Turks have been in <Mminunir.iti<>n with the Rultan, and there is A move- BOVRIL BUILDS SOUND MUSCLE C-2-1S A FORTUNATE GIRL. Thirty million dollars, just be- cause he was beautiful ! And a poor girl working girl- got it; not because she was beau- tiful only, but because she was a poor working girl and also because she is the most beautiful working girl in all Austria-Hungary. The girl is Ilona Vardis. She is 20 years old, and until she became a great heiress she worked in a fancy goods shop in Budapest, the Hungarian city so famous through- out the world for the beauty of its women. Ilona's parents were of the great masses, and nowhere are so- cial distinctions more closely drawn than in Austria-Hungary. Ilona had to toil twelve hours a day in the shop, and if she dreamed of Most Grocers Will Give You KG At mil! Ceylon Tea when you ask for it, but there are others who would rather make a big profit than serve you well. Ask for "Salada" and see that you get it. BLACK, rniXED or GREEN. old Only In Lead Packets. By .-..1 Oroccra. est heiress in Europe; and if she the fairy prince who seemed beyond 'has not been wooed by all the cli- reach she did not allow it to inter- fere with her work. Though she earned only $5.20 a week, that is good pay for a shop girl in Hun- gary, and her parents Deeded the money to help keep the pot boil- ment on foot to buy .tho diamonds. That is all that I can tell you now, but let Mr. Brett know. When I have seen these chaps safely home, I will at once como to the hotel." Then he, too, vanished. Edith felt a thrill of elation that her good judgment Bh.-uld havo led her to remain sufficiently long on the tower to glean Bitch important information. When Brett heard tlie news it seemed to annoy him. "I feared as much," he said. "I ba<l not much faith in the p.itro- i tism of the Young Turk;;. I wonder how much the Sultan has offered. Howe\er, we must possess our souls in IM-:U", until Talbot cornea hero and tells us all that he has learnt. At this moment 1 cannot help mar- velling at the strango coincidence which should have led the Turks and yourself to select the Chateau j d'lf for a morning stroll. I fully expected that Gros Jean would be in bed. He must have received some startling intelligence to keep him away from the rest after a long journey. Meanwhile, I have not been i'.ile." Every one awaited with interest his next words, for Urett seldom made such a remark without h.iv- j lift' which meant the change in the ing something out of the common to ! whole story of her life came communicate. "I telephoned to Paris," he ex- plained, "to tell the Prefecture. ! buy some needles. Like many other that (Jros Jean and tho Turks had men. he was fascinated by her arrived at Marseilles. The police .beauty, and he came there again were surprised, and perhaps a lit-! and again, each time buying some- tie sore, that they had not diseov- thing as a pretext for his visit. w* 1 1 t. \ 1_ _* gible men she soon will be courted by most of them. Kronyl's reason, as given in his will for his strange bequest, was that he wished to enable the pret- tiest shop girl to marry whomever she desired ; for he said that it was unfair that she should be deprived of a suitable husband for lack of a owry. SACRIFICED TO SCIENCE. Many Animals Killed Every Vcar in the Pasteur Institute. At the Pasteur Institute, Paris, in all some 50,000 animals ar sacrificed yearly on the altar of science at the Pasteur Institute. LOW COLONIST RATES TO THE PACIFIO COAST, Via Chicago and North Western RT . on sale daily. March 1st to April 15th, from, all points iu Canada to Los Angolan. Sao rr.ir:.'. .-'. Portland. Seattle. Victoria. Vancouver and many other point). 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Kronyl made through detec- it Ilona was as was beautiful ; and set when he learnt that I had le.ft. <lscct >n<iuines He went straight to the commissary tivcs, and to inform him that, contrary to expectations, the Turks were acting in complete accord with mademoi- selle's father. This naturally puz- zled the cominisKary a good deal, and the affair became still stranger when an attache from the Turkish Knibassy tailed a little later and urged the police to do all in their jxiwer to discover the whereabju'.s of Hussein-ul-Mulk, as he was pai- ticularly anxious to have a fr!nd- ly talk with him. "Close, on the heels <.f lh<* Turk came a confidential messon^T from the British Embassy, requesting the latest details, and, whe i ques- tioned by the, commissary, this man admitted that he had in the first, instance called to ne me at the Grand Hotel. "In a word, Miss Talbot, I had suspected the existence of the ne- gotiations, which your brother's smart piece of work this morning has confirmed." Whilst they wore talking Fair- holme took Daubeney on tne skit., and with Brett's permission gave huu a detailed account of the whole aff.i.ir. The Honorable James Daubeney was delighted to be mixed up in this international imbroglio. H' told the earl that the Blue Hell was at his disposal at any moment of the day or night she might bo required, and it was evident that Daulwuey, if nothing else, was a man of action, nnd his yacht mi(?ht become very useful. H<' hail hardly quitted the hotel when a waiter announced that a jeune Feancais wished to see Mr. Brett. "Show him up," Haid the barris- ter, and H moment later Talbot en- tered. He stood near the door twiddling his hat in his hand until the waiter had gone. Then lie told them what hail happened since he took up his quarters at the Hotel dcs Jolien Femmt'K. "When 1 reached there," he said, "I watt under the impression that Gros .lean and the Turku were in led. I hired my room; sent my tin box there, and then settled myself in the cafe to mnokf- cigarettes and read these vile Marseilles jifws- pa-ix'rs until lunch time. You may judge my surprise when I saw the three Turks and Gros Jen'i come out into the street and ask the way to the post- office. (To be i'MUi'Uifd.) ;. f/ofr'9 Cure OUICKIY BTOHR I OUN*. CURES COLDS. ~ THNOAT AND LUNO8. ES CIMTB) good she then began a remarkable quest. He travelled all over Hungary modest- ly. Quietly he poked around in ob- scure corners of Budapest, and he even went to Vienna. He had few friends, and they did not know the object of his journey, which did not leak out until after his death. 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