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THE STOLEN BIX D4~0+0+0-*~<X>04-0*0 4-0+0+0-* "I wish I had a afe," said Colo- nel Burkley, gloomily. "A thou- sand pounds in gold and notes is a big sum to be responsible for - " "But there are no burglars in Brambleleigh," laughed Eve. "Sometimes I almost wish there were "So that Bob could defend them, I upposo," retorted her father, smiling. "Bob's been so strange, so differ- ent, lately," she began impetuous- ly. "He looks so worried; almost haggard." "His father seemed uneasy this morning, I fancied," observed the colonel. "I dare say he's glad to be rid of the money. Thank good- news it's shared out to-morrow." He H'ted the little oak chest in which the Brambleleigh Thrift Club stored its cash on drawing it from the bank and slid it under the sofa. The dub was instituted to provide a seaside holiday fond for the work- era in the factories in the neighbor- ing towns of Woodhampton. One midsummer day its members called at the Knoll, were there entertain- ed to lunch by the colouel and his daughter ; and then attended the sharing out. Godolphin Terrison, Bramble- leigh's one and only solicitor, acted M treasurer of the fund had done so for twenty years past. Bob Terrison, his only son, was a barrister with a small, local prac- tice in Woodhampton. Though there was no engagement between him and Eve, it was generally un- derstood that he only awaited mod- erate success in his profession in order to propose. Eve had gone to bed, the colonel had stumped about his dressing- room, smoked a last pipe, and pull- ed the sheets about him, when he fancied he heard a slight noise. He sat ii'p in bed listening; then with a grunt, condemned hU uerves and lay clown aeain. It was another sound, a sharp n<>iM>, which occurred at least fif- teen minutes after the first, which arousrv! Eve. She lifted her head from the pil- low, her eyes staring into the dark- nosn. A tremor ran through her liinbs. Wvine her chill, as that mys- terious sound again broke the sil- tious movement. It was too late to rouse her father. Her flesh was tingling in innum- erable pin-pricks, her cheeks were damp and shaking, but suddenly she flung wide the door. She saw a figure bending down by the sofa. He carried a little electric torch. It flickered out. making the dark- ness more impregnable to her daz- zled eyes. She screamed twice very shrilly and then pitched forward in- to the room, her shivering knees giving away beneath her. A minute later, the colonel, re- volver in hand, had bounded down the stairs. "Great Heavens ! Eve !" The thrive words escaped hi'n as he stood there aghast on the thres- hold of the room. The window stood open, unshuttered. A dark fisure was running swiftly across the lawn. Colonel Burkley raised ' his revolver and fired twice into the darkness. At the second shot he saw the livine target swerve, but the burglar did not slacken his speed. With an oath the colonel turned to his prostrate daughter. Kneel- ing on one knee he raised her head, staring into her face. Two terrified maidservants flut- tered across the hall and shrank back at the tableau in the study. The colonel dispatched them for the brandy decanter and for water, looking anxiously at Eve's closed eyes. When at last her eyelids flickered, he helped her to her feet, support- ing her, asking eager questions. Discovering that oho was unhurt, he heaved a sioih of relief, and then, recollecting the^ chest, ran to the sofa. A loud cry escaped him as he groped beneath it. Ho fell on his knee*, peering under t'>e chintz flounce, staggering at last to his | 'eet, running his fingers through : his orrnv hair. "Gono!" he gasped. "By Hea- vens ! It's gone !" Mr. Terrison, senior, called early the next morning. He strolled into the dining-room soon after break- fast. Colonel Rurkley l<i"kcd up from his newspaper. "Ah, Terrison !" he said, awkwardly. Ho was ashamed how preposterous. You're shaken, as you might well be. Besides," and he laughed grimly, "I taw the fellow -winged him, too. I hope. He was young, slight " "I thought you might think it wns me," muttered Terriaon. "I don't know why. It was silly of me. Can you trace the thief t Have you got a clew '(" The colonel shook his head. "1 searched the lawn before break f'ist," he said, "and found nothing The gardener's looking about now.," As he spoke the man c/xmr running across the lawn. He blun- drrry.l in at the French window, h: c heavy boots rasping on the polished flooring. "Oi f ound this 'ere!" he bawled. "Look at un ! Down bv the road in the long grass. You hit un, colo- nel." Excitedly he waved a blood-stain ed handkerchief, (shouting almost incoherent observations at his mas- ter while the colonel examined it. Very swiftly Burklev glanced at Terrison from under his gray eye brows. "There's a name, an initial, a laundry mark, something by which we can identify the rogue?" the so- licitor was vehemently exclaiming. "We'U run him to earth yet. though" he shook his hed sorrow- fully "though I fear he'll have got rid of the money by now. Is there a mark, Burkley?" The colonel shook his head. "Eve first raised the alarm," he =a:d. and his voice was constrained and * founded. "I want to question her Will you wait here for me, Terri- son?"' The colonel went slowly up- stairs. Knocking at Eve's door, he entered, his eves falling on a letter which lav in her lap. "You're uppet crying," he said, so'tly. "What is it. Eve?" She turned her head away, drop- pin a her eyes. "Is that a letter from from Bob?" askd her father. Slif nodded, brimming tears fill- ing her eyes and rolling down her checks. "I.'-t me rend it." he *.iid, grave- lv. "Ye, Fvc. I must, I insist. Oh. my little girl, I'm sorry for you, but She sat upright, listening intent- ly. Then fhe slid her trembling ffr-t into her slippers, drew on her ilrc-sing K<iwn, and tiptoed to the door. All was i!-Mt, except for the click-clock in leisurely, measured udences from the grand'athor clock in the hall. She began to think sho had In-en mistaken, that Lor nerves h.nd tricked her. She drew buck, pretending to feel reassured. Then, as if ashamed, lie slipped out into the passage, going to the head of the stair* and looking over the bannisters. She, crept down with thumping hf-art. Once she thought she heard a faint .mil. and it sent her back a step, her quivering fingers to her lips, which were wide to her shuddering breath. Silence again, and she plucked up courage, slowly descending and flitting softly across the dark hall. They had spent the evening in the colonel's study- the chest was hid- den there. But the door was closed, and nhe scarcely dared open it. She stood outside, her fingers on the, handle, her head bent. Unmistakably there was someone in the room. She oould hear cau- "I > think yu ought to ON TIP-TOE-WKA1UNG S110F.8 WITH HIX-INHH 1IKKLS. Fashions in feminine gait and modes of progression change with the shape of woman's clothes. The hobble skirt, for instance, brought in a peculiar stylo of walking. If the six-inch heel becomes popular, woman will have to walk on the tips of her toes. A Treat Anytime Crisp, delicately browned Post Toasties < Ready to serve without further cooking by adding cream or milk. Often used with fresh or canned fruit. 'The Hemory Lingers Oaoadlan Poslum Oreal Co., Lid Windsor, Ontario. =, of the story he had to tell ashamed that he had taken no proper pre- cautions. "I want to apeak to you, Burk- ley," .-aid old Trrrison, "in pri- vate." His voice was harsh and his eyes haggard, hut In- li"-t did not seem to notice. "We're private hero," said the colonel. "Eve is havinR, or pre- tending to have, her breakfast up- stairs. I've a an appalling story to tell you. Rut I went to set your mind at rest about one thing; the fault was mine, and tho hrunt of it must fall on my shoulders. I shall, of course, find the money for the shareholders. Wo had a burglary lust night. Terrison " The old solicitor collapsed into a chair, clinging to the arms of it, stuttering. "The chest was stoler," went on the colonel, and, of course, its con- tents. I was fool enough to leavo it in the study ; I felt so secure, so cer- tain. There hasn't been a burglary in Brambleleigh for twenty years or more. It is terribly inconvenient for me to raise such a large sum, but I must face the consequences of my own folly." "Stolen the chest stolen I" fal- tered Terrison, loose-lipped. "You don't mean it; you can t mean it, Burkley! Stolen! Its not truel" "It is true, old friend," said the colonel, slowly. "I'm ashamed to say it." Very suddenly the solicitor broke down. He threw out his arms across the table, his head sinking on them. "I brought it up sa'o," he qua- vered, raiaing his haggard eyes to Burkley's. "It hasn't been my fault. LaHt night I stayed with Judge Purvis at Woodhampton wo played crihbage till nearly one. Ask him; if you don't believe mo; (vsk him ! He'll tell you the truth." Colonel Burkley put his hand on the old man's trembling shoulder. He saw that the oolicitor was strangely upset not himself. "My dear old friend," he. said, gently, "an though anyone would dare uspect you I How absurd, She turned to him very suddenly, her face aghast. What nho read in his faco made her let him take the lotter. "... Everything has changed," read out the colonel. "I feel I shall novnr be a success in England; I am going to Canada. Of course, I don't ask you to wait for me. You will meet and marry some one far wor- thier. For a little, perhaps, you will hato me, despise me. I pray God that one day you'll think of me a little more kindly. R. T." "R. T.," repeated the colonel, and his eyes gleamed and then went dim. "Eve, you don't know the reason of his going; it's my duty to tell you. For months he has con fidod his despair to me he fancied he wasn't making progre-ss. I en- couraged him. I liked the boy. I was fond of him. I never thought he was capable of this." Very slowly he drew from his pocket the handkerchief, staring down at one corner of it. "R. T.," he said gravely. "R. T. Eve. The gardener found it not ten mimitcs ago." He expected her to flare up in the boy's defence, expected recrim- ination, protest, argument, en- treaty, tears ; but she only turned her ivory face to his, looking at him very mournfully, anguish in her eyes. "I knew," she whispered, bury- ing her face in her hands. "I knew ; I saw him." The colonel himself drove to Bob Terrison's rooms. He did not hope to find innocence, but he longed for explanation. He found silence. Bob Terrison admitted his guilt when he found escape impossible. "Come back with me," command- ed thn colonel curtly. Old Tcrrisou 'lookcxJ up in sur- prise when the colonel and his son entered The dining-room at the Knoll. Bob caught the colonel's arm. "Don't tell him, don't let him know," ho said swiftly in low tones. "Vromise mo that." Hut Burkley shook him off. "Old friend," ho t>aid quietly to the soli- citor, know- "Stop I" cried Bob. "Stop! do you hear met For Heaven's sake, colonel !" "I will speak," retorted Burkley. "I love your father too well to prosecute. You shall escape scot- free. You can go to Canada or where you please, so long as I ne- ver see you again and Eve never hoars from you. You're escaping disgrace imprisonment, but you ha'n't cheat your father. He's go- ing to have the truth. Terrison, :hore was a mark on that handker- chief. It belonged " But Bob moved swiftly forward. Fie went to his father's side, put- ting both hands on the old man's shoulders, speaking very fast, in a whisper, which the colonel could not hear. Old Terrison's face went white then flushed very. red. For a moment he listen^, then flung up his hauds, shrugged his shoulders free. "You sha'n't, you sha'n't," he almost Ecreamed. "Your young life, Bob. Bob, how did you know? How did you find out? Burkley, for the love of Heaven, listen to me! I came to you this morning to confess the chest contained papers, not money ; memoranda of sums I had embezzled. I didn't keep the pay- ments up into the bank. I'm a thief, Burkley, an old thief ! I came to tell you to throw myself on your mercy to beg you to aid me. But you told m<! your story, it opened up a way of escape. I never guess- od never for a moment imagined Bob knew that the valueless ac- counts of an unfaithful trustee were all that the chest contained !" "I hoped to pay you off, sir, some day," said Bob, miserably; "I meant to go to Canada. You were- n't to lose, colonel." He went to his father's side, nnd his voice was broken as he added : "He's been all that a father could be to me. He's held his ^ead so hiprh born so honored, so trust- ed. I wanted t<> save him. It was :i mad way, mine, but I could not think of any other. I discovered by hii private ledger hojv hopelessly \vrori7 things were with him." The colonel put both hands on the solicitor's shoulders. "Don't despair, old friend," he said. "Only four of us know, or hnve to know. You and I and we l> t!i understand and Bob and Evo " "Y.Mi'd you'd irive her to me now?" muttered Bob. The colonel held out his hand, "l.'-ave us alon n ," he said. "Let UP talk it over and bury it. Call Eve, Bob ; Bob, call her down to you." Two hours aftorwnrds the mem- bers of the Brnmbleleigh Thrift Club wore drinking the health of their ar>c ; ont and honored treasur- er, Godolphin Terrison, nnd, at tho colonel's request, cheering to the echo the armonncempnt of the en- eagr-ment of his daughter to Bob. LuiK.1 m Saturday Journal. T Gained in Weight, Digestion Restored, Health Renewed Here I- More Proof of Quick Cure For All Folks That Arc Weuk, Ailing, Nervous. More Praise for Or. Hamilton's Pills "For a period last summer the thought of food excited feelings of nausea," writes Mrs. C. A. Dodge, of Bloomsbury. "The heat had made me listless and the distaste for food reduml me to a condition of semi-starvation and brought me to the verge of nervous collapse. Tonics were useless to restore an active desire for food. The doctors told me my liver and kidneys were both at fault, but the medicines they gave me were too severe and reduced my strength so that I had to abandon them. At the sugges- tion of a friend who had been cured of blood and skin trouble, I began the use of T>r. Hamilton's Pills. The difference I first noticed was, that while they cleansed the system, in- stead of feeling weaker I felt better after taking them. Indeed their activity was so mild it was easy to forget I had taken them at all ; thev seemed to go ri<rht to the liver, and in a very brief time not only did all source of nausea disappear, but T began to crave food and I digested it reasonably well. Then I began to put on weight until within three months I was brought to a condi- tion of good health. I urge Dr. Hamilton's Pills for all who are in poor health." Get this best of all medicines to- day and refuse a substitute for Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Mandrake and Butternut. Sold by all druggists and storekeepers, 25c. per box or five, for $1 00. Sent postpaid by Tho Catarrho7xne Co., Buffalo, N.Y., and Kingston, Canada. ^ ^ m^ After taking the bread from the oven it should be removed from the pans and put bottom side down on a wire bread cooler. If you wish the crust to crisp, do not cover it. If you wish a soft crust, cover it with a clean towel while it i cool- ing. Put it into a tin box and cover closely. INTERESTING BITS OF GOSSIP FROM THE QUEEN CITY. Ramlnlscances Of a Politician Toronto and Normal Sohool Square Harbor Commissioners' Plant. The publication of a volume of reminis- cences by the late Sir Richard Cart- wright has caused something of a sensa- tion m political circle*. Sir Richard deulB with the men and events of his tune with grea. fraukneas and hie book contains more than one surprise. A particularly uiguificant chapter i one In which he i aya a tribute to th.- intelli- fence and ability of thu Ontario farmer, n part he nays: "No one thing has oueu made -e clear to me during my you- tical i .rience than the extreme ignor- ance ol a van number of other wne in- telligent and well-informed professional and business men of the political doings of the day. There is, curiously enough, in Ontario at least, a very great dual more interest taken, and a very great deal more accurate idoa of the aim* and proceedings of the several political par- ties, among the be ter class of farmers than among- the so-called more highly educated claeses. I am myself a city man, more or less of the public school and university type, but I have always represented agricultural constituencies, and fro- the very Brat I wad immensely struck with the attention and intelligence with which many of my auditors would listen to and discum political queHtions. They were very critical, and by no means given to enthuse on any subject, but they would listen for houn> to an analysis of the public expenditure or an explana ion of the reasons for adopting a particular line of policy, and. what is more, would consider and remember wh.it yon fa-ld them. Many a time, and sometimes after the lapse of twenty years, I have been re- minded of statements made by myself in times pas: and called on for explanations '1f they thought there was any discrep- ancy between my then and former posi- tion. Ontario of Scotch Origin. "Of course the percentage of such men would vary in different ridings But taking the farm populations of Ontario as a whole yon would have found in most constituencies) a considerable number of just inch men as I h-ve described ear- nest, thoughtful, intelligent and we'.l- read men, at leant as far as the political history of Canada was concerned They had their limitation*, no doubt, but as a [ whole they stood for honest governmen'. If they had a fault, it lay In their starnch devotions to their respective p.trt -. which sometimes made them condo"e con- duct which at the bot'om of their henrts they really condemned. Once they had | taken a side it was a matter of extreme .1 rti.-ultv to induce thorn to charge it. In ' some reefWM'ts they answered very near'y to the class of old English yeorrn In the j days when they owned the lands they cultivated. They were largely of Scotch origin, nnd as von know Ontario is to a prcat extent a Scotch colony. At any rate the were a class of whom any country might be prond. and the men from wh'im -n>ost of our leadlntr public nnd profes- sional iron have sprung. They wmild = :udv our blue books, and even nneh a formidable document as the Audf'or-Gcn- prut's rei>ort. with a. zeal which very fw of our members of Parliament ever be- stow upon them." Criticism of Blaks. Perhaps the most surprising thing about Sir Riohard's book Is his criticism of Kd ward lilake. He rarely .Mentions Bh'ke excent to rennure him. Ho afcnnes him of disloyalty to Alexander Mackenzie and f repeatedly ruining the prospects of the Liberal party in the House of Commons and in the Province of Ontario bv his bungling politics. His conduct in tryii'g to publish his famous West Durham lec- tor previouH to the election of 1391 is de- scribed a "treacherous" to Laurier and Cartwright. the Dominion and Ontario leaders respectively in tho House of Com- mons. Hist resignation of the Liberal leadership in 1887. one is led to infer, was the act of a quitter, when vloto. / was within sight. One of the most serious charges again <t Rluke is :hat he deliberately and need- lenslv estranged the Orange Order from the Liberal party, particularly by his at- titude on Kiel and by his direct attack on the Order In Parliament. This. Sir Rich- ard affirm*, will take generations to counteract. Of Sir John A. Macdonald he speaks vehemently, but with some mellowness. Kcpeutedly he declare* that Bir John's Pacific deal and his subpequent re-ondor- satlon by the country did more to de- irrade the public Ufa of Canada than will be overcome for generations. Of Laurier. Of Lanrler he speaks cordially, but with- out any apparent enthusiasm. No doubt he will have more to say on thin sub.lect In a second volume, which the publishers promise later, the prescul one stopping short at the year 1896. Alexander Mao- keiuie la praised for his personal quali- ties, and his weaknesses as a politician pointed out. McOreevy Is described a an honest man. but a ecapegoat. Of courde. Sir Richard, during a long life, came In contact with all the prominent men of an interesting era, and he gives his esti- mate of most of them. His views on public questions were made known pretty thoroughly during his life- time, but he leaves a succinct account of them for fu'nrc generations. The depo- pulation of Ontario and the issue of pro- tection receive the fullest consideration. There is little doubt but that the book will have influence on future genera- tions. Hir Richard had undoubted abil- ity, and a turn of the wheel of fortune it at more thnn one stage In his ca- reer have made him Premier of Canada.. Doubtless he would have made a judici- ous Prime Minister, but In that case h would have scarcely left u his delight- ful reminiscences. No Clft for Toronto. Blr James Whitney haa replied In char- acterintic fashion to the request of the city of Toronto that the Normal School grounds should be turned over to the city as a civic park. The Square Is worth probably a million dollars now. though it was originally purchased by the Qov- ernment for a few thousand. Tho argu- ment that the increaeo should be handed over to the city because It was the city's growth that gave it the Increased value Is knocked into a cocked hat by the Pre- mier, who points out that "the Province an a whole ha* been unquestionably the chief factor in the increased values of property and of the givat increase of wealth In the city " The Premier dictated his reply, but It was not delivered until he was on the middle of the Atlantic on his way to Englnnd. where he and Dr. Pyne are I upending a flying visit preparatory to the session. The Minister of Education in one of Sir .Tames' strongest personal friends, ' dating from long before Sir James was called to the Premiership. They are both fond of an ocean trip nnd will no doubt manage to get some enjoyment out of it I oven during the chill davs of December. Toronto'* Harbor Plant. No proposed oivlo Improvement has ever created more, perhaps not as much, en- thusiasm as has tihe plans of the recent- ly appointed Harbor Commission. They call for a total expenditure of S19.000000, of which $6.000.000 Is to be contributed by the Dominion Government, and most of the ! rest will be raised by the Commission It- j self bT the aalo of bonds on which tho I interest will bo pnld by revenues from i do>ks and rentals. Doubting Thoninsea smile when member* I nf the Commission declcre that, the whole expenditure will he made and the Bctip~o carried out within ton yesrs. But 'he OimmlsHlon Insists that It meano It The Dominion novernmr-nt. wnrk. ,>onei!itlng chiefly of riVednlne. will begin at. owo, n'"1 nlans for fr.? fonimlssions' own expend). 'nrn are well under way The chief effects of the linni-ove"""^ plan will be to make Toronto prnctlcallv an ooean port, to turn the vast area of THE STANDARD ARTICLE SOLD EVERYWHERE I||lll!l. |i many other purposes llllllllllllllVlllllllllllllllilli'lllHII'f Illlllltllll E.W.GILLETT COMPANY Ul M I TED TORONTO.ONT. Ashbrtdg* Bay, now chiefly waste, into exceptionally deeirabl.' induxtr.al sitoa. and to beautify the city by 11 ten-mil* waterfront boulevard and driveway ex- tending from .he Humber to ih Don. The remain of these changes is hard to foretell without some imagination. Tha Ashbridge's district can easily support an industrial population of 100,000. and the eHtablihuint of real shipping facilitiea will giro Toronto a stronger grip :han ever on the distributing buaincna of Can- ada. It may bo that after all, Toronto'i dream of a million people may not be so far iii the distant future. IS AS IDEAL PORT. Only World Harbor That Has Dou- ble Tides Daily. The position of the port of South- ampton is that of England's pre- mier passenger port, and no further evidence of- this is neod.-d th.-in the fact that 304.015 passengers and '17,- 9C8 troops, giving a total of 052,013 persons, arrived in the port and do- pa rtt'd 'rom the docks in 1910. The geographical position of the port is not only unique, in that it is situated almost midway on the coast line of the English Channel, and within easy access by rail to the Metropolis, but it is blessed with the unusual natural advantage of double tides, which gives it virtual- ly four hours of high water twice a day an advantage enjoyed by no other port in the world. The har- bor itself is landlocked, but for the east and west entrances, and the very moderate tidal range with a slow flood tide, is a boou that can- not bo too highly valued, for it not only makes the port very accepta- ble, but minimizes the cost of dredg- ing. Caasier's Magazine. 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