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argB _ | _ Stolen Pleasure _ 1â€" ‘The thildren will show you i. § merits of Mooney‘s biscuits _ _ | Mooney‘s Perfection _ 1 â€" â€"ACreaimm Sodas â€" ‘ And theif tho tbught of cscape oc curred to his mind. Might ho not even â€"â€" mow be in time perhaps to carry his â€"_ own message? Who were these men * wwho had seized him? And where were # fiy taking him to? Full of curiosity, ._. he peered out of the windows. the open country, broad plains with @lumps of woodland and the towers of ‘eastles pricking out from above the gwoves, On the left, but far away, lay he glimmer of Paris. ‘They were leayâ€" Ing it rapidiy behind. Whatever his ~Aestination, it was nceither the capital «mer Versailles. Then he begainto count nm of escape. His sword bad een Ftemoved, and his pistols were stil} In the holsters beside his unfortunate borsg, "He was unarmed, then, even if Jfidc.nld free himself, and his captary ‘were at Jeast a dozen in number, There Wwere. three on abead, riding abreast mong the white moonlit road. ‘Tten there was ons op each side, and be shouid judge by the clatter of hoofs that there could not be fewer than baif & dozen behind, That would make exâ€" geuy rwelve, Jncluding the conchmanâ€" and the moon was shining brightly, bathing the whole wide landscape in its shimmeting light. To the right lay the open country, broad plains with A bhorsemanâ€"was riding close up on either side, but there was glass in front of the carriage, and through this he could gain some idea as to his whereâ€" Mbouts. The clouds had cleared now, mnd the moon was shining brightly, But then came a return of tWat com:â€" mon sense which lies so very closely beneath the impetuosity of the Celt. The matter was done now, and he must see if it could not be mended. Amos Green bad cscaped. ‘That was one grand point in his favor. And Amos Greerâ€"had heard the "kirig‘s message and realized its importance. It was true that he knew nothing of Paris, but surély a man who could pick his way at night through the forests of Maire would not be balked in finding go well known a house as that of the archbishop of Paris .‘The unfortunate gutardsman had now entirely recovered his senses and found himself with a strap round his ankles and another round his wrists, a captive inside a moving prison which Tumbered heavily along the country road. He bad been stunned by the shock of his fall, and his leg was badly bruised by the weight of his horse. His mind, however, pained him more than his body. He sank his head Intc his pinioned hands and stamped madly with his feet, rocking himself to and fto in his despair. What a fool, a treâ€" ble fool, e had been! He, an old solâ€" dier, who had seen something of war, to walk with open eyes into such a trapt / s "That is true. He cannot be far off," cried De Vivoune. "He has neither ‘horse nor arms. You, Despard and Raymond de Camyac, guard the other, that he play us no trick. Do yoldoh- Aour, and you, Turberville, ride down the road and wait by the south gate. df he enter Paris at all he must come in that way. If you get him, tie him before you on your horse and bring hilm to the rendezvyous. In any case, Jt matters little, for he is a stranger, this fellow, and ouly here by chance." ‘The two borsemen rode off in purâ€" suit of the fugitive, and De Catinat, ‘still struggling Gesperately to escape, was dragged down the St. Germain road anrd thrust into the carriage, awhich hbad waited at some distance while these incidents were being enâ€" meted.. Three of the horsemen rode mhead, the coachman was curtly orâ€" dered to follow them, and De Vivonne, having dispatched one of the band with a note to his sister, followed after the coach with the remainder of his ‘desperadoes. & "He has done it in his death strugâ€" gle!" gasped the viber boarsely. "He eannot be far off." "You lying dog!" he cried. . "Is this your skill? The man has fied, aud we are ruined!" De Vivoune caught the faise doctor by the throat and, burling â€"him down, would bave choked him upon the spot had. the others not dragged them apart. The lantern threw but & amail ring of yellow light, so that when it had been curried over to De,Gatinat Amos Green was deft lying In the shadow. Now they brought the light ‘back to where the young man liy, But there was no sign of him. "He was gone. the dying man to the carriage," CoOPYRLGHT, 1303,.> BYâ€" HMARPE® & â€"â€"assotur®s nselves ‘famous in & very short m tasty . y other cracker Autbor of "The Beturn of FUC By A. CONAN DOYLE, had never much lore for old but I have emptied a cup of ¢ . "A thousand thunders!" cried ons, "And this is the man whom that devil‘s brat Latour would make out to be Gead!" "And how came he here?" "And whore is EtQenne Arnaud? '."Ilo hbas stabbed Etioune, and taken t a Nt": :s *% nfim %h we wore al) within stone‘s cast?" * it them, not a hundred paces away, was the Sceine, running cold and still in the moonshine. The bauk on either side of the highway ran straight down withâ€" out any break to the water‘s edge. There was no sign of a bridge, and a black shadgow in the center of the stream showed where the ferryboat was returning after conveying some belated travelers rcross. The driver never hesitated, but, gathering up the reing, be urged the frightened creaâ€" tures into the river. ‘They hesitated, however, when they first felt the cold water about their hocks, fnd even as they. did so one of them, with a Jow moan, ;;ld qver upon her side, Desâ€" pard‘s bullet bad found {ts mark. Like a flash \the coachman hurled himseif from the box and plunged into the strearm, b:t the pyrsning. Borsemen were all rou him before this, and half a dozen\hands had seized him ere he could ll‘ob deap water and bad dragged to the bank. [Ils broad hat had been strick of in the struggle, nnd De Catinat waw his face in the moonshine, Great hearens| It was §mos Green. . HB desperadoes were as much I astonished as was Pe Catinat when they found that they had recaptured in this extraord!â€" bary â€" manner. tho messenger whom they had given up for lost. "BRy my soul," cried old "Ayo, there is no other way out of But now the road turned a sudden curve, and theré, right in front of the fierce, face of Despard and the | _ "It is as much as your lives are worth gleam ‘of a brass pistol, to touch him," said he. ~ *At the borse, Despard; at the horse!" "But he has slain Etienne Arnaud." cried an authoritative voice from be | "That score‘ may be settled afterâ€" hind.. s +, ward. Tonight he is the king‘s mesâ€" The pistol flashed, and the coach | $80&er. Is the other all safe?" furched over as one of the horses gave| "Yes, he is bere," _ a convulsive spring. But the drivor| "Tle this man and put him ib beside still shrieked gnd lashed with his whip, | bim. Unbuckle the traces of the dead while the carriage bounded onward. borse. Eol Now, De Carnac, put your And now they had come to a spot where the main road ran onward, but a smaller side track wound away down thh steep slope of a hil}, and so in the direction of the Seine. The adwance guard had kept to the main road and the two bhorsemen on either side were trotting in the same «lirection when, to De Catinat‘s amazement, the carriage suddenly swerved to one side and in an instant plunged down the steep inâ€" cline, the two stout horses galloping at their topmost speed, the coachman standing up and lashing furiously at them and the clumsy old vehicle boundâ€" ing along in a way which threw him backward and forwird from one seat to the other. Behind him be could hear a shout of consternation from the esâ€" cort and then the rush of galloping hoofs. Fast as the conch went, its pursuers went faster still. The rattle of their hoofs was at the very back, and suddenly at one of the windows there came into view the red, distendâ€" ed nostrils of a horse. Slowly it drew forward, the muzzle, the eye, the ears, the mane, coming.into sight as the rider still gained, and then above them the fierce, face of Despard and the gleam ‘of a brass pistol, At the horse, iek: eA ~ Di m ?;, C / The man was evidently desperately wounded. It was strange indeed that he could still sit there and fiick las whip with so terrible an injury. Jn the back of his groat red coat, just unâ€" der the left shoulder blade, was a gash in the cloth.where szome weapon bad passed, and al} round was a wide patch of dark scariet which told fts own tale. Nor was this alt. As he raised his whip the moonlight shone upon his Land, and De Catinat saw, with . a shudder, that it also was splashed and clogged with blood. The guardsman craned his neck to catch a glimpse of the man‘s face, but his broad brimmed hat was drawn Jow, and the high colâ€" lar of his driving coat was raised, so that bis features were in the shadow. too many, surely, for an us tean to bhope to baife, Aflhmdtb coachman he had glanced through the glass front at the broad back of the man, agd he bad suddenly in the glimâ€" mer of the carriage lamp observed something which struck him with borâ€" FOF, CHAPTER XI Despard at the horse!" trees and was beside the carringe he fore ever they knew that I was goue./ saw in a flash that there was ouly fl;p way by which I could be of use to gou. The coachman was leaning round, Avith his head turned, to seo what was going en behind him. [ out with my ‘knife, sprang up en the front whee} ang stopped his topgue," . "And thep 7" "I pulled hinr dotwn into the ditch, and I got into is coat qnd hjs bat. 1 had hardly got tne relns before they were all back and bur:dled you Intn the coach. I was not afraid of their see ing me, but I was <«ared lest F should not know which read to take, and sa set them on the trail But they made it Then they all got round you, and I ralled into the ditch, crept along it, got on the crossroad in the shadow of the "My dear friend," cried De Catinat, taying his manacled hands upon those of bs comrice. "how nobly you have stood by me! But how came you there? Never in my life have I been so astonâ€" Ished as whey I saw your face." Anmos Green chuckled to himself, "I thought that maybe it would be a surâ€" prisc to you if you knew who was driving you," said be. "When I was thrown from my horse I lay quicg partly because it seemed to me to be more healtby to lie than to stand with all those swords clinking in my ears. The changes were rapidly made. Amos Green was thrust in beside De Catinat, and the carriage was soon toiling up the steep {ncline which it bad come down so precipitately. The American had eaid vot a werd since bis capture and bad remained absoâ€" lutely stolid, with his hands crossed over his chest. while his fate was unâ€" dor discussfon. Now that he was alone once more with his comrade, however, be frowned and muttered. "Those infernal borses"‘ he grumâ€" bled. "Why, an American horse would have taken to the water like a duck. Orce over the river, we should have bad a cleor lead to Pariz," "Tle this man and put bim 16 beside him. Unbuckle the traces of the dead horse. Sq{ Now, De Carnac, put your own‘into the haruess. You can mount the box and drive, for we hbave not very far to go." Beveral pairs of hands were already unbuckling the barness of the dead horse when De Vivonne pushed his way into the little group. _ round the reow s ueck and hang him upon this tree." Wetâ€"Prootâ€"Coldâ€"Proofâ€"Almost Wearâ€"Proof > m) Duck NeverBrear|=<>: When you want a pair of rubbers that will last until g‘m tired of W.luail‘l keep m boneâ€"dry : though in snowâ€"rubbers tl\dw&oum like &'fi’nd& like Pn.'-um‘:lfi-w-’r&-.m So do who want tubbers stand pretty much abuse. h-np" :\pâ€"ih fltmuh\vp-:MNa'Mâ€"h'tp&: to make stuumcher, or iny more wearâ€"proof. made :anl'n-ni- servics, Get ‘\ -p&nd-.hwap'-dnd!y;r:“u-h "Duck Never Break " on the soles. Up in the Jumber gamps they swear by ‘Duck Nover Break Rubben. \M. ~, _ Not one person in a thousand knows that Fruit is really a wonderful medicine }? Double Wear In &very ralr‘E“,;‘:L: Tell your dealer you want those better rubbers made by [d , Imide i hoe o o Snaier s and buy apair ntegnd i1 Fruit â€"aâ€"tives act on the three great eliminating organsâ€"the Boweis, Kidneys and Skin. ‘They arouse the sluggish :iverâ€"enable the ‘iver to give up more bile, which regulates the bowels and cures Constipation (or nonâ€"action of the bowels) Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives strengthen the kidueys and induce vigorous, healthy skin action. For Headaches and Backachesâ€"for Indigestion and Disordered Stomachâ€" for Irreguiar Bowelsâ€"for all Kidney and Biadder Troubiesâ€"for Skin Eruptionsâ€" Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives are without an equa; in the worid,+ 5oc. a boxâ€"6 for g2.50. Sent on receipt of price if your druggist or dealer does not have them. + FRUITâ€"A TIVES LIMITED, «_ OTTAWA, Ort T ‘ A s 8 oA e Oe en e L9 on 2E aiee goodâ€"second, eating‘ excessive quantities of ‘fruit would upset the "?rm“h, on account of the indigestible pulpy fibre found in all fruits, ..__An Ottawa physician overcameé these difficulties when he discovered the principle which brought forth "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives," ««FRUIT Aâ€"TIVES" are fruit juicesâ€"not: 4s they occur in fruitâ€"but with their medicina. activits greatly intensified. . Aftes the juices are extracted from the fruit, a chemica. change is made to take place in which one atom otd:ebim; principle in fruit is repiaced by oneâ€"of the sweet. ‘Then tonics and antiseptics are added and the whoue pressed into tabiets. There are two {eat difficulties in curins yourself of Kidney and Bladder Troubles â€" Rheumatism â€" onstipation â€" Skin Eruptions, etc. by simply eating fresh fruit, First, the minute quantity of medicinat principal that you would get by eating a normal amount of fresh fruit would be insufficient to do any real giu in‘ amaunk of esn fFWHt y 6 1nSUIMmCient &Al Not rare fruitsâ€"but the common, everyday fruits that you can bug in the fruit shops, c > APPLES act directly on the kidneysâ€"increase the flow 6gm'ne. ORANGES are excellent for the skin. FIGS and PRUNES are splendid bowe! laxatives and liver tonics, ___ _ â€" A great archway hung aboveâ€"them, and the Iamps ghone on the rude woql: on gate studded with ponderous clymps and nails. In the upper part of the door was a small square iron grating. and through this they could catch a glimpse of the gleam of a lantern and of a bearded face which lookg:l out at them. De Vivonne, standing in bis stip rups, eraned his bead up toward the grating, so that the two me» most inâ€" terestoq conld hear little of the conâ€" versqtion which followed. ‘They saw only that the horseman held n gold ring up lu the f@ir fnd that the face above, which had boguno by shaking And frowning, was uow nodding and «iniling. An Jnstant latér the head disappeared, the door swung open upâ€" Jn screaming hinges, and the carriage drove on Into the courtyar| beyoud. leavring the escort. with the exception of De Vivonne, outside. As the horses pulled up, a knot of rough fellows ctus tered round, and the two prisoners vere dragged roughly out. In the light But at that moment the carriige be gan to slow down, and the clank of the boofs of the riders in front of them died suddenly away. Peeping througb the windows, the prisoners saw a huge, dark building stretching in froht of them, so high and so broad thot the night shrouded It in upou every side. "Biess you, it‘s the first thing they teach the papooses in an Indian wigâ€" wam! Put your hands out." With a few Cextcrous twists le loosened De Catinat‘s bonds until he also was able to slip his hands free. "Now for your feet, if you‘ll put them up. They‘l) find that we are easier to catch than to hold." & "Elso maybe they won‘t find us when they want us." +s.% i "What do you mean?" y _ For .answer the American, with o twist and a wriggle, drew his two bands apart and held them in front of his comrade‘s face. "I do not know who these men ard, and I do not know whither they are taking us. I*fancy that they are takâ€" Ing us to some place where (ht_.'{_can shut us up until this business blows aver." % it‘ "And what now?" asked the Ameri; car,. | The guardsmar» again pressed his comrade‘s bands "You have been tm true to mg as hilt to biade," said he, "It was a bold thought and a bold deed." ® casy to me by sonding some of their riders in front, so 1 did well urtil I saw that byâ€"track and :saade a run for 1t," s "Why?" ':\Vell, they‘ll need to be smart about Y DUCK â€"Charles Tow, of Port Dover, _ a deat mute, over 60 years old, was killed by a train while walking on the track. to £800,00. The very latcst designs in cases Louls XV ‘ard «Corinthiin in Heintzrman & Co., now ard artisâ€" tic designs of cases, executed in th highest style of art, richly *‘ carved double truss:s, handsome carved pilâ€" asters and swing music desk, the inâ€" terior being constructed on principle ol the Grand Piano. Mhis stuck . of pianss anpd extensive warcrooms preâ€" sent ap Appearance equal to any in the large cities. ~ of the torches which fared around them they could see that they were. hemmed in by high turrete® â€"walls upou every side. A bulky man with a‘ bearded face, the same whom they hadâ€" [seen ot the grating, was standing in _the center of the group ‘of armed men issuing his orders. Mr. F. G. Gardiner, Qurea _ St., the popular plano dealcr, is receivinz a large shipment o# planos this week. from the wellâ€"known makers, Heintzâ€" mn & Co., Bell & Co., and Dominâ€" jon Co., in all about twentyâ€""ite plaâ€" ros, with prices ranging from $175.00 It was in vain that Do Catinat rave? and threatened, invoking the most terâ€" vible menaces upon ail who were conâ€" cerned in detaining him. Two stout knaves thrusting him from behind and one dragging in front forced bim through a narrow gate and along A stone flagged passage. They made their way down three successive cortlâ€" @ors and through three doors, each which was locked and barred bebind them. ‘Then they ascendsd a winding stone stair, and finally they were thrust into a small square dungeon, and two trusses of atraw were thrown in after them. An instant later a heavy key turned in the lock, and they were left to their own meditations. LARGE "By 86E Denfs! If y muster piey ie king a trick, it will be but tie and tle," the stout man answered, with a grin. "But no more talk! Away with them, Simon, and you answer to me for their safe keeping." ~**To the upper dungeon, Simon!" he tried. "And see that they have two bundles of straw and a loaf of bread antll we learn our master‘s will." "I know not who your master may be," said De Catinat, "but 1 would ask you by what warrant he dares to stop two messengers of the king while iruveling in bis servige?‘ Bc w2t the. @rucios SHIPMENT OF PIANOS t ‘The Gocigian is | Mrs. Hayfork _ (inâ€"country post oftice)â€"Anything Jot me? Postmasterâ€"I don‘t see nothin‘. 3 mlmn. Nulot‘:: 'wn exrug;’“.“- , ef got pos rom Aunt | vellin‘ what day whe was comin‘, Rural postmaster (calling: to his in mt Bally. . d t . Haylotk s 1m g"j’ 1k C | The death took place Monday _ at the Hamilton city hospital of Willâ€" iam Kerner, who for over hall a cenâ€" tury has been an esteemed resident of that city, He was 61 years ol age, and was borm in Wittenberg, Gerâ€" many. _ Going there when he _ was ten years of age, he settled and made his home in the city, where he has lived for 51 years, to enjoy the esteem of a Wery largeâ€" nummbet _ of warm{riends. By trade he was a confectioner, and for 25 years acted as travelling reproesentative <tor the and was a member of Crescent Lodge late Z. Patterson, biscuit manufacâ€" threr. He was a . veteran ol 1886, 1.0.O.F., and also of the 1.Q.F. He is survived by a sorrowing widow and two daughters, Mrs. J. Mason, : De troit, and Miss Georgina, at . home, to whom much sympathy is â€"extended. My. Kermer was well and favorably ‘1»” in Preston, Berlin and Watâ€" @rl09. THE JOY$ OF THEs PO8T orrICE What Toronto‘s amateur society has accomplished may, by way _ of summary, be indicated in the _ folâ€" lowing facts:â€"In the period of eleven days, commencing the 4th inst., they have given seven concerts, four in Toronto, one=in Buflalo and two in New York, in addition to attending several rehearsals. They have sung before a total attendance of 19,400 people, viz., 12,400 in Toronto, 3,600 in Buffalo and 4,000 in New York. And they gave programmcs that tepâ€" resented an immense amount of prepâ€". aration, ranging from the tremendous: choral symphony of Beethroven _ to airy trifles like _ ‘"You Stole My Love," and covering every recogniz ed â€"school of music, every sclectio; being rendered with fidelity and feliâ€" city and appropriateness of interpreâ€" tation. _ ~ KERNER, OF HAMILTON DEAD superhuman chorale finale as it has seldom if ever been sung here _ beâ€" fore. Surely a virtuoso choir. A remarkablfe body of singers covered itself with glory in the Ninth Symâ€" phony." What Was Accomplished. The Globe: "It has remained for a visiting chorus to sing the almost 20 me vety Drst rank. ‘The Mendelsâ€" sohn Chorus is as perfect _ in _ its way as the Boston symphpony Orchesâ€" tra. To hear this choir sing the most stirring â€" choral music ever written would alone be worth _ the price of a box." The Evening Post: "If a _ dozen of the favorite artists of the Metroâ€" politan and Manbattan opera houses bad sung in Catnegio _ Hall â€" last night there could not have been more enthusiasm, Such choral singing has seldom i#f ever been bheard in that hall. ~Mr. Vogt is evidently a trainer of the very first rank. The Mendelsâ€" sohn Chorus is as perfect â€" in _ its The World: * choir, rousing in climax and surp licate episodes." in alma«g . _.2 CPICB §o surpassed in almost every respect â€" any body of singers that we have ever heard, that the listener gasped. The singâ€" ing was superb, overpowering.‘ ~ The American: "It must be te membered that in coming to sing lor us the Toronto choir dellbentcly invited compatison, for New York has one or two pretty good â€" choirs of its qwn, that of St. Bartholoâ€" mew‘s, for example; the _ Oratorio Society, the Musurgia, to say nothâ€" ing ol the Music:] Art Society. But it is to be writtcn to the credit of the Canadian pilgrims that _ last wlehs: sha 100008 se au cA 10 ERED night they were hceartily praised their splendid work." e The World: "It is a â€" remark P Wb Feaocact‘s 4B ks more pleasure than they . there been a more delicate ment of dynamies." . The Press: "IL was with 1 delssohn Choir, which so & in almost every respect | a of singers that we have â€" eve is ilustrative of its ;; vities." Such vigor, comt such precision, is not of choral organization. Mr the alu‘geu would have | UOPF BP uhi ic c. #d to be attained at the « quality .‘ Tribuse: "Choral music glected in New ‘York, but single society which cultiv so many phases «s does t organization if iast night *7Cr010: . ‘‘New â€" York hag not heard in a decade such u.fi p Lisit‘s "Thirtecath P3 Jm‘ od .the choir‘s title to consideration as one of ‘i“ mcst .flu'm'nl.n“ bodies of singers ever C SBun:=‘‘The Mendelssohn Choir has madeâ€"a place for itself in the _ favor P" 9Ve\ detr is A ow NF iql"_ 17â€" 9L 40 _ HEYOE ol Ahe" New York connoisscurs. t mumbers 220 voices, and they â€" seem to be @ll g00d ones. Ceftainly : they PicCted In6t night & big."" sonorâ€" mmyflllreshm vital ~~ tone, P “gwuofthcm'lellonl.n- ",“: : attained at the expense of una ie + 7 by 1. uty oc td an . m‘ Mr. / A. 8. heing ‘a native of Elinirs, . It is pleasing to note tha musical eritics of â€" the Thhe unite in praise of the choir‘s fil’m, as the '0“9"‘ ‘ from . notices show; Merald: : ‘New . York hag no in a decade such . .chorus l‘““" "Thir teenth â€" Dasius. C The visit of of Toronto, to (Titâ€"Bits.) g in its mouxéx;;---;t' & surprisingly tender in deâ€" ~hofal music is not neâ€" w ‘York, but we have no which cultivates it in T' «s does the 'Mflu { iast night‘s program : of its m:mry actiâ€" vigor, combined _ with Wwas with the Menâ€" not often met in a . Vost and given _ even ‘ _ did has remarkable that for The Leading Commercial Schoo of Western Ontario. â€" Ofles=â€"Post Offce, .St. Jasobs, Ont. Z Painter and bazer Hanging, W aertake contracte for painting and paver hang ag in 'Ibwq and Oountry First.class wor‘ residence corner:of Queen and Pringess & EXPERIENOED Visite Bt. Jn 0e MOuth, branches, . § HOkEL L. DiB. I Royei voikecel bomt For mutual convnumémfig from a distance are {:nlc arly se buested to make appointments. ¢! Uffice: Over Bank of Hamilton, Berlii, W. R.Wilkinson, L. D. S., D. YHRIHTOPHER WOLFEy»s| F G. AUGBHES. â€" *â€"q Dentist. 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