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l s s c kim L Ey esd form, and I saw him start gervously| ‘ms "he felt Larry‘s eyes on him. "4% think, sir, 1‘d better take . anâ€" othe ‘look at the outer gates," _ he emarked to me quite respectfully. _His dis bed air aroused my old ntagonism . Was he playing double ; the \:,2:*!? e;,iid he seek now | an | buse for conveying. some . message : theâ€" eneimy? n . _‘ **Â¥ou‘ll stay where you are," I said arply, and I found myself restlessly igeting myâ€"revolver. | . ery good, sir," & and the hl.ll“;l EuP retin ; Pva Pl\e â€" â€"* *‘Bati fiwf"fl‘ Lary declarâ€" ®They‘ve xdy tried to murder‘ -‘nl Stoddard,â€"I‘m in for letting with the elephant guns," proâ€" test the Irishman. * _#!Stand to your clubs," admonished a Qm ‘d, whose own weapon .. was Bompakable to the Scriptural weaver‘s am. "Possession is nine points of ‘Btoddard, with a pile of clubs withâ€" | i reach, lay on nis back on the long eat l ',‘eou&. placidly reading. his Greek Testament. Bates, for the first time s my arrival, seemedâ€" really , mervous and anxious. He pulled . a j sllver watch from his pocket several imes, something I had never seen him ‘3 ore. He leaned â€"againstâ€" the table, looking strangely . tired -xulI Vdatâ€"< d cnegell d "Latry roared my name through the ywer floors. â€" 1 wont down with no h in my heart but to even matters 6 _‘v ering ana ‘be done with my randfather‘s legacy for ever,. "#WThe cherif â€"and Morgan have back toward the lake,"‘ reportâ€" it d cce ons N in . oo d h c hn nan i ie dotrrne %’Tifi emphasis that was meant i m ‘Faith and you HAUIEL [nd ('~ hea d !)' , that fatâ€"he s es ‘ t was nearly eleven o‘clock when the attacking party returned. after <a" tley on the ice beyond the boatâ€" ‘Rouse. The four of us were. on the Nerrace ready for them. . They eur: smartly through the the sheri a j;,;z’ forgan slightly {n!bé:e- of 6 others. 1 expected them . to slacken their pace when they came to ‘the opén meadow, but they ‘broke in 4 "“ trot at the waterâ€"tower and came toward the house as. steady ‘as vete! an campalgners. . °. _ @$Shall we try gunvowder?" . asked E‘, these women!*‘ And Larry ‘ ‘the cornef from a ~ cartridge g{" CHAPTER XXVIL /‘ The Fight in the Library. Mflfloop_ing_ faster this time," «CWe‘ll Jet them fire the first volley, ever known. Ef'rmi. ®I wish . Pickering "*#hh own battalions: _ It id givé social prestigeâ€"..to the atked Stoddard. : ‘Theit general has been them right heartily for reâ€" ting ‘without the loot.: He wants ;_‘tln;op-hlmd:od-donur autograph pction,‘‘ observed Larry. Nhy® doesn‘t he come for it himâ€" P aâ€"man?" Iâ€"demanded. ‘a man, do you say(~‘â€" ejacuâ€" ifi”&m.‘xg‘.' this â€" ieaonooe dor the day forth, L up to ‘the Anâ€"| wummbl::'li :'“; emy‘s full streng $ --n..um-.lou. bevond * the m strength. 1'“1 the -é"*’ tower,: the roois of Agae | ~Ahar moment, looking . oYver '.“,xnmnowlml ite of lake white and ing under the sun, I felt unâ€" . of strite. It seemeda . thousâ€" ears ago that 1 had walked and | with the child. Olivia; and ten ; and years more since the gir} in ut the Aunandale station , had ied in â€" me a higher aim, and | med a better impuise than I| 4€ 4P \ Surprise in Biscuits :| ‘ y box of Mooney‘s Perfection \were smashing the small â€" panes . of â€"Sodas you you will {m Fronch windows." We could hear new delight rv.h.cdd-ty ‘the jglase ctack and tinkle above ‘the E. » ":E“:: hi e "was : sert ‘”m.m’“ . was ainky m a y man who held to> his . weapon a ~'|"*‘“'“ ',ma after the door tumbled in. I x Mazed at the sherif with my revolver _ Mooney‘s : = "As he stumijed and haltell at _ the ® threshold, #o that the ball passed (“.m gvet him, but he gripped me by the t x t hv-fl-u-w-l-w«fl mvesece by the rap of my on the floor, * y l. 5 _Larry, grinning. + ie | > 3 o id oE ho. the Au w W » ie the potato céllar and we could haz :fifi-\wm and ‘pursing below. .; â€" . ‘‘Looks tike busibess \Whis _ time!" exclaimed Latry» "Spread out now and the first scald that Sticks Nover ie baiustcrade geus a dose ofâ€"â€" micâ€" When twentyâ€"five yards from â€"the terrace the muohilm divided, half halting between . usâ€"and â€" the waterâ€"tower and the remaimaer swingâ€" ing around the house . toward _ lue entrance. . _ "Ab, look at that!‘ yelled â€" Larry. "It‘s a batteringâ€"ram tney have. U man of peace! have I your Majesty‘s eou-:s to try ‘the erephant» guns now?" Morgan and the sheriff carried: be twunthen.ul&olm_lmn‘ which the branches had been cut, and with a third man to belp, they ~fan it up the steps and agginst the [ door with a crash that came â€" ~booming back through the house. w } Bates was aiready bounding ‘up the front stairway, a revolver‘ in ms hand andâ€"a look of supreme rage on his face. Lehzvin; Stoddard andâ€"Larry to watch the linrary windows, I was after him, and weâ€"clattered over the loose boards in the upper hall gad inâ€" to a gireat unfinished chamber immeâ€" diately over theâ€"entrance. Bates had the window upâ€"when 1 reached him and was well out upon the. . coping, |yelling a warning to the men below. He had his revolver up to nho& and when I caught his arm he tur to me with a look of anger and inâ€" dignation I had never expected to see on his colorless, masklike face. "My God, sir! That door was his pride, sir,â€"â€" it came from a famous house in England, and "they‘te wreckâ€" ing it, sir, as though it were comâ€" mon pine." He tore himself free of my grasp as the besiegers again launched their batteringâ€"ram against the door with a frighuiul crash, â€" and his revolver cracked smartly thrice, as he bent fat out with one hand clinging. toâ€" the windowframe. His shots were a signal for a sharp reply from one of the men . below, and I felt Bates start, and pulled him in, the blood streaming from his "It‘s all right, sir, â€"all right, â€" only a cut across my‘ cheek, _ sir,""â€" and another bullet smashed through the glass, spurting plaster dust from the ‘wall. A flerce onsluaght below caused a tremendous crash to echo through the house, and I heard firing face on ‘the opposite â€" side, _ where i the enemy‘s reserve was waiting. . Bates, with a handkerchiel to his face, protested that he was unhurt. ‘"Come below; there‘s nothing to be gained here,"â€"and I ran down. to the hall, where Stoddard stood, leaning upon lfls club like a Hercules . and coollywatching the door as it leaped and shook under the repeated blows of the besiegers. f Meanwhile the blows at the front continued with: indreasing _ violence. Stoddard still stood where I had left him. â€" Bates ‘was not in sight, but the barking of a revolver above showâ€" ed ‘that he had returned to the winâ€" ‘dow to take: vengeance on his enemâ€" ies. hok s man had fallen and Jay howlingâ€" in the ravine, his hand to his m&, while his \comrades paused, demoralizâ€" ‘‘Serves you right, you blackguard!" Larry muttered. _ on I pulled him in and we jammed a tabinet against the door. Stoddard shook his head in depreâ€" ‘‘They fires firstâ€"we can‘t do less than get back at them," I said, beâ€" tween the blows of the batteringâ€" TABL | / » ' _A pane! of the great. oak door x‘w splintered: in, but in theit . fear t we mighw use the opening as a loopâ€" hole, they scampered out into range of ‘Bates‘ revolver. ‘:lot return ;: heard a rain of small on upper wxvl. and a few . seconds later Larry shouted‘that fi: fankâ€" ing\ party . was again at the terrace. ‘This movement evidently; heartened â€" the . sheriff, â€"for, under . a fite from | Batés, his men rushed up and the log crashed again.into the door, shaking 1t frée of the upper hinges. The lowâ€" px;umzm wrenched â€" loosé w ter, and the . men camet tumbling into the hall,â€"the â€" sheriff, wad: four others I had never ; seen before. Simultancously the flank> woto smashly m“.:-n““‘“ xx] Priv rfm«n We could â€" hear | and we‘ve got the house."" i prisoner _ of war," . said monkeys!" he muttered. re hit that thap!" One n and lay. howlingâ€" in is hand to his thigh, f nasciin . / sawt C PCT Hows spinning into. a cotner, _ . . fiuwfimvl” Larry, and Bates, l“h)% ' to my feet, dragged me + lmfi,M‘ 6 % ‘blood trom the seratch on his coursing â€"down his cheek ‘ and , "his shoulder. His coat and heen torn away and the biood ‘smeared over his breast. â€" ‘Tue and indignation in his face was & "thing I hope not to see again lp & human countenance. 3 "It was Mr, (Glenarm‘s pride," _he muttered, and sprang upon a . burly jeilow who had eome in through one _ irmy God,.this roomâ€"this beautilul room!‘‘. I heard . him cry, as . he pushed me before him into the library. of ‘the library doors ‘and was climbâ€" ing over the long table we had set up as a batricade. A 5 We were now pbetween two . fires. ‘The sherifft‘s party bad ‘guht valiantâ€" Iy to keep us out of library, and now that we were within, Stoddard‘s big shoulders held the door haltâ€"cloged against the combined strength of ‘tbn men in the hall. This pause w “.lg» tunate, 1orupnulumoc?_ ¢ to deal singly with the fellows who were climbing in from the terrace, Bates had laid one of, them 1::wm. aâ€" club and> Latry> dis \! &Bâ€" â€"other, who mmmm effort to stick a knife into him. . 1 was with Stoddard against the door, where the sherifi‘s men were slowly gaimng upon us. _ se t C aÂ¥g _ : Morgan had directedâ€" the attack against me and L was driven . upon the hearth before the great ~ fireplace. .‘The sheriff, Morgan and Ferguson hemmed mejin. It was evident that I was the. chief culprit, .and _ they | wished toâ€"eliminate me from the conâ€" test... Across the . room, Larry, Stodâ€" dard. and Bates were engaged in & lively rough and tumble with the rest of the besiegers, and Stoddard, seeâ€" ‘ing my plight, leaped the overturned .table, broke past the trio and stood at my side, swinging a chait. "Let go on the jump when I _ gay three," said Stoddard, and at . his word we sprang away from the door and into the room. _ Earry â€" yelled with joy .as the sherif and his men pitched forward and sprawled . upoit the floor, and we were at it again in a handâ€"toâ€"hand confli¢t <~to clear the room. fs P 5 At that moment, my eyes, sweeping the outerâ€"doors, _ saw. the face . of Picketing.. He had ; come to see that. his orders were obeyed, and T _ teâ€" member yet my satislaction, as, hem> med in by the men he had hired to kill or drive me out, I felt, rather than saw, the cowardly horror deâ€" picted upon his face: $ Thenâ€"the. trio pressed in upon me. As® I threw down â€"my club and drew my revolver, some One across the room/fired several shots, whose roar through the room seemed to _ arrest the fight for an instant, â€" and. then, while Stoddard stood at my â€" side swinging his chairâ€" defensively, . the great chandelier, loosened or broken, by the shots, fell with a mighty crash of its crystal pendants. _ The sheriff, leaping away front Stoddard‘s club, was stm*mon the head and borne down . by _heavy glus._ j Smoke from the firing floated . in clouds across the room, . and there was u,mwent': silence save for the sheriff, who was groaning and cursing under the debris of the . chandélier. tM the door Pickering‘s face appeared again anxious â€"and frightened. I think the scene in the room and the slow progress his men . were making against us had baltâ€"paralyzed him. We were all ‘getting our . second wind for a renewal of the fight, with Morgan in command ol the enemy. One or two ol his men, who had gone down early in the struggle, ‘were now crawling back for.revenge. ‘Iâ€"think I. must have raised my hand "aund pointed at Picketing, for Bates wheeled like a flash and / before (I realized what happened he had drag» ged the executor into the room. _ "Hold. that position, | sir," ‘You â€" scoundrel â€" you ingrate!"" howled the servant. ‘The ‘blood on his face ~ and bate chest and the hatred in his eyes made him a hideous dbject; but in _ that lull of the storm while we waited, watching for. an advantage, I heard off somewhere, above or below, that same sound of footsteps that 1 had !remorketl before. Larry and _ Stodâ€" dard hgard it; Bates heard #t, and his eyes fixed upon Pickering with & \glare of wm'cfl;st‘f < | ‘There comes our friend, ~the ‘ ghost," yelled Larry. _ <"_ > C . "I think you are quite right, sit," i said. Bates. He threw down the,. 1e« volver he held in his handâ€"and leanâ€" ed upon the ‘edge of the long hble| that lay on.its side, his gaze still bent on Pickering, who stood with his ovÂ¥erâ€" coat buttoned close, his derby". hat | on‘ the floor beside him, where â€" it . had fallen as Bates hauled him into. the room. $ n The sound of a measured step, of some one walking, of a careful foot on @ #tairway, was quite distinct.. I even remarked the Ml lflwml 1 had noticed before. We were all"so intent on . tuose stops in the wall that we wore of guard. .n\t‘:m-’nn at . me, and Larty Stoddard rushed _ for Pickering. He had drawh .a revolver zon‘fliomwfinflfimdm up ‘to ‘fire at me when Stoddard :‘fia;umwm the x4 a moment now, gentictmen fl‘ud‘-flafi I tace. He was"looking past me â€" t by yelled ny . imen. . Hs bas, had bilions‘ satticksy ever.since B8 was three years old, und since he began to take " Fruitâ€"aâ€" tives" be has been #o well." * Fruit.aâ€" tives" are the ideal medicine. for chilâ€" drén. &s well as grown folk.. They are pleasant to take andg mild in action= being made of fruit julces and tonics. 50c a box. . At all dealers. ward the right end of the fireplace, There . be in the air 4 feelâ€" ing of impending. _ Even Morgan and his men, balfâ€"crouching ready for a rush at â€"me, besitated, and Pickering glanced nervously from one <to the other of us. It was the calim. before the storm;, in a moment we should be at each other‘s throats for the final strugele, . _and yet we waited. In the wallâ€"I ‘heard â€"still the sound of steps. They were clear his toâ€" toâ€"all of us now. . Wesstood there for what seemed an eternityâ€"I â€" suppose the time was really not more than thirty secondsâ€"imert, waiting, while I felt that something must happen; t? silence, the waiting, were intolerâ€" able: I grasped my pistol. and. bent Jow for a spring at Morgan, with the overâ€"turned table and wreckage of the chandelier between me and Pickering; and every man in the room was inâ€" stantly on‘the alert. & All but Bates. He remained rigidâ€" that. curious smile on his" bloodâ€" smeared face, his eyesâ€" Weat toward the end ofâ€"the great fireplaceâ€" ‘back oft me. ~ * ly upon its hinges, then down â€"into the room stepped Marian Devereux. She wore the dark gown in which I had seen her last, and a cloak / was drawn over her shoulders. f | She laughed asâ€"her eyes swept the room. Te Mf Thatâ€"look on his face held, arrested, numbed me; I followed it. I forgot Morgan; & tacit truce held us . all again. 1 stepped back till my eyes fastened on the broad paneled chimâ€" neyâ€"breast at the right of"the hearth, and it was there now that the sound of footsteps in the walt; was heard ‘again; then it ceased~utterly, the long panel opened slowly, creaking slightâ€" _.‘Ah, gentlemen,‘" she said, shaling her head, as she viewed . our . disâ€" order, â€" ‘‘what wretched housekeepers Steps wers;gfln heard in the wall, and she turned to the panel, held it open with one hand and put out the other, waiting for some one who folâ€" lowed her. you Then down into the room stepped my grandfather, John Marshall Glenâ€" arm! His staff, his cloak, the â€"silk hat above his shrewd face, â€" and his sharp black eyeés were unmistakable. He drew a silk handkershief from the skirts of his frockâ€"coat, with a charâ€" acteristic flourish that I remembered well, and brushed a bit of dust from his cloak before looking at any _ of us.â€" Then his eyes fell upon me. "Good morning, Jack," he said; and his swept the>room. A “God‘h?lzeul"‘" ~ ‘1t .was‘ Morgan, J think, who screamed these words as he boited for the broken door, ~but Stoddard toircht and held him. dught and held him. ‘"'%-.nk God, you‘re boomed forth in . Bates‘ sepulchral voice. s 7e Tt seemed to me that I saw all that happened with a â€"weird, unnatural distinctness, and one sees, beforeâ€" a storm,. vividâ€"outlines of far Jheadlands that the wsual light of ~day scarce discloses. ~ » I was myself dazed and spellbound; but I do not like to think, even now, of the effect of my grandfather‘s apâ€" pearance on Arthur Pickering; of the ghock that seemed verily . to break hbim in two, so that he â€" staggered, then collapséd, his head falling . as though ‘to strike " his knees. . Larry caught him ‘by the collar and (dragge« him to a seat, where he huddléd, his twitching hands at his throat. . ‘"Gentlemen," said my grandfather, â€"you seem ‘to have been ~enjoying yourselves. > Who is that person?"‘ He pointed with his stick to the sheriff,â€" who was endeavoring to crawl out from under the mass of broken cnm v» 2 & Liulume ay ‘That, sir, is ed Bates. "A Â¥ery disorderly man, 1 must say. ~Jack, what have you been . doâ€" ing to cause the sheriff so muchâ€" inâ€" convenience? Didn‘t &:u know â€" that the chandelier was likely to kill him? That thing cost a thousand dollars, gentlemen. You are expensive visitâ€" orfe. Ah, Morganâ€"and Ferguson, too! WetH; wellt I thought better of both of you. @ood morning, Stoddard! A little work for the Church militant! ‘And thisgentleman?"‘â€"~ he indicated Larry, who was, fof once .in his tife, without anything to say. ',"'lx. Donovan,â€" a friend . of... the house,"" explained Bates. s * ‘‘Pleased, I‘m sure," said the old mflamn. "Glad the house chad _ &A d.‘ It seems to. haye had enemies enough,"" he added doletully;. and he # the wreck of room tuefully. good humor in Ris face reassured me; but. still I â€" in. : fongueâ€"tied wonder, staring at. ) rolnass 6e Ww _‘And Pickering!" ~ John.. Marshall Glenarm‘s voice broke with a > quiot mirth that I remembered as the prefâ€" .;Ffiy of something .unpleasant. "Well, ‘Arthur, I‘m gt: to find ~you on guard, defending interests . of my estate. At the risk of. your life, too! Bates!" "You ought to have called me ear« ler: 1 really prized that } And J w we all that are!" 8, «Mr. Glenarm u ought to hay the sheriff;" answerâ€" here, sir!" for Motann and Abe Femt or e Too ie crawling ‘and , "mut tering, as e awid of heaven an evil spirit, . Pickering sat silent, not sure wheâ€" ther. hessaw ..t:;ar'ted * fesh and blood, and kept close to him, cutting off his retreat. I think feeling of children who â€" are caught in mischie{ by a sudden parental visitaâ€" tion. â€" My grandfather .. went . abouk pecting at the books, with a tranguil air that was disquicting. He paused suddenly belore ‘the . deâ€" sign for the memortial t,; which I had made early in my stay ‘st Glénâ€" arm â€" House.‘‘ I had "sketched _ letâ€" tering with some care, and pinned it against a shelf for myâ€"~more leisureâ€" ty study of its phrases, Theâ€"old genâ€" tlemén pulled out his glasses _ and stood with his hands behind his back, reading. When he finished he walked to where I stood. 3 "Jackt"" he said, "Jack â€"my, boy!" 1-?1 voice shookâ€"and his hands tremâ€" bled as he laid them on my â€"should~ ers. .‘‘Marian,"â€"heâ€" turned, seeking her, but the girlâ€"had vanished. "Just as well," be said. ‘‘This room â€" is hardly . an edifying sight for a .woâ€" man.‘" I heard, for . an‘ instant, a light burried step in the wall.. Pickering, too, heard that ~Azint, fugitive_sound, and our eyes met the instant it ceased. The thought of her tore my heart, and 1 felt that Pickâ€" ering saw and knew aml was glad. â€"*They have all_gone, sit,‘" reportâ€" ed Bates, returnmg to the room. . ‘‘Now, gentlemen,"" began my.grandâ€" father, seating himself,â€""I owe you an apology; this little seeret of mine was shared by only two persons. One of\ these was Bates,â€"he paused as an explanation broke ~from us all; and he went on, enjoying our amazement, ~â€""and the other was Marian, Deverâ€" eux. ;I had often observed thatâ€" at a man‘s death his property . gets ‘into the wrong hands, or becomes a bone of contention. among lawyers.â€" Someâ€" times," and the old gentleman laughâ€" ed, ‘‘an executor proves incompetent or ~dishonest.â€"Iâ€"was thoroughly foolâ€" ed in you, Pickering. The money you owe me‘is a large sum;, and you were so delighted to hear of my death that you didn‘t even . make sure that I was réally out of the way. You were perfectly willing to accept Bates‘ word for it; amd I< must say Bates carried it off splendidly." g â€" Pickeringâ€"rose,‘ the blood surging again in his face, and screamed at Bates, pointing a shaking â€" finger â€"at the man. ‘‘You ‘imposter, â€" you _ petJurer The law will :15.1 with your &e.”_ "To be sure," resumed my grandâ€" father calmly; ‘"Batesâ€"did make false affidavits about my death; but posâ€" sibly=â€"" > "lt was in a Pickwickian _ sensé, gir," said Bates gravely. s â€"Egypt.â€" Your cablegram called me home before I got the letters.. But, thank God, Jack, you‘re alive!‘"" | There wasâ€"real fecling in these last words, and I think we were all touchâ€" ed by them. | *Amen to that!"‘ cried Bates. _ _ , ‘"And now,â€"Pickering, before you go ‘I want to show you something.. It‘s : mbout this mysteriohs Areasure, that has given youâ€"â€" and I hear, the whole countrysideâ€" so much concern. I‘m disappointed in you, Jack, that you couldn‘t find the hidingâ€"place. I deâ€" ‘signed that as a part of your archiâ€" ‘tectural education. Bates, give me a chair." "And in a ri_atcous cause,"_ deâ€" clared my grondiather. . "I â€" assure you, Pickerin@. that I~ have every intention of taking care of Bates. His weekly letters giving an account of the curious manifestations . of your devotion to Jack‘s security and peate were alone worth a goodly sum. But, Batesâ€"" > > The old. gentleman was enjoying himsel{ hugely. He : chuckled now, and plac& his hand on my shoulder. ‘"Bates, it was too bad I got those missives of yours all in & bunch. 1 was in dahabiyeh on the Nile . and they â€" don‘t have rural free doll‘vex;y in The man gravely drew a chair out of the wreckf and placed it â€" upon the hearth. My ‘grand{father stepped upon it, Seized _ one of the â€" bronze sconces avove the mantel dnd gave it w"Sharp turn. " At thesame moment, Bates, upon another cHair, grasped the companion bronze and . wrenched it sharply. Instantly some mechanâ€" ism creaked in the~ great oak chimâ€" neyâ€"breast and the ‘long oak panels swung open, disclosing a steel _ door with a combination knob, . _ ‘"Gentlemen,‘"‘â€"_and my grandlather turned with a qlaint touch of humor, { a merry : twinkle in his . bright ~eyesâ€"â€""gentlemen, . behold the % ty! It has proved ~ a â€" better ace than I ever imagined it would. There‘s not much here, Jack, »q‘gmh to keep you going for a We were alt staring, and the old gentleman ~ was "unfeignediy enjoying our mystification It was . an ~hour on which he had evidently counted much: 1t was the triumph of hs resâ€" urreetion and homeâ€"coming, and . he chuckled as he twirled the knobâ€" in the steel door. Then: Bates stepped forward and helped him pull the door bpen, W::' a natrow steel chest, upright and .n place by. heavy ‘uuwg'hm ot . the mw.fi‘_“&w (To be continued.) with s peou» , Larty "‘rests upon the wife, who hy mote at stake, to care for, pretending _ "And how ill equipped 4or the perâ€" m-'ol_‘:il‘lhi-t. however 'el, intentioned, average . woman Practically all she knows is that milk is good {for babies, and all she thinks is that grown men must have much food to feed the furnaces® ol their physical organism.~A failing appetite is to her‘ a ‘signal of danger, and, forthwith, anxious and well meaning, she places before him tempting â€" viands and pleads with him to try to eat more. if only to please her, with the inevitable â€"consequence â€"that he, beâ€" ing: weak and chivalrous amd hating to be hectored and wept over, luguâ€" briqugly yields and adds fuel, . often fatal, to a lurking disorder." | ‘"Carnaro," says Mr. Harvey, "ate of all kinds of food, animal as well as vegetable, but in small quantities, and he drank moderately of the light [tinea of his country, diminishing his slender rations as age increased. He finally died without agony, while comâ€" fortably seated in an armchair, at the |age of 104. The mere fact that ong, never heard of an old stout man estâ€" ‘ablishes the wisdom of the method ‘proposed for the aged, but it is _equally applicable to middle life. Reduction in the q@antity of food Consumed"and intelligent _ regulation of its character are declkretll’f\: be abâ€" solutely essential to the longevity of the husband. In proof of this are the writings of Luigi Carnaro on the subâ€" ject of diet. ‘‘What folly, then, for a woman to emdeavor. through the concoction ‘of special dishes and by means of catnâ€" est pleadings, to tempt the appetite of her bilious provider! Better far deprive him of all food till the natural expenditure has exhausted the income, and then resist rathér than encourage the ravages of nature." ‘Trial Catarth treatments are being mailed out free, on request, by Dr. moop, Racine, Wis. These tests are proving ‘to the peopleâ€"without a penâ€" ny‘s coftâ€"the great value of “} this scientific prescription known to drugâ€" gists everywhere ~as ~Dr. Shoop‘s Remedy.> Sold by A. G., Hathnel, Waterloo. â€" MET DEATH IN GuelpK, __Nov. 20.â€" This afternoon John Stewart, a young Scotch paintâ€" er about 26 years of age fell from a*scaffold behind. the altar in the Uburch of â€"Our Lady, a distance . of about 12 feet, and sustained a fracâ€" ture of the skull, from which he died in the hospital toâ€"night. 5 ‘The unfortunate . young man onl tour moiths ago, left his home . i Motherwell, Scotland, where" a wil and a fourâ€"months‘ old child wil mourn his lamentable death. He was employed by the CButc Decoration Co., of Toronto «lt been working here far some > hi Harveyâ€" Cites Carnaro Wilful Ignorance GUELPH CHURCH only in wile will M# WO S Eraistory, Holicttaee, Drgnor. aeme. Tologh. neuy d4%. (E: M. ORA M, son‘s ".. fidfl! , P :3 * sagaiimt ‘af iz d ie DL W. x; x;‘xr:.:%‘- Â¥v t a“ i mact asneses cuctent Apne . ttention given to the use of the i aasest . 1Hies on Aibert fifrect, near _ Public Library DR. Be C J ~B. HETT, PHTSIOHKIO AY \ ‘. .n am F G. HUGREs8. se Dentist. ‘O¢3fellow‘s Blook: _ Waterloo. All branches of dentistry practised. Uffice in * Irasn t thooks Deuln, pre. ons Bees W. R.Wilkinson, L. D. $., D.D. 8 Forâ€" mutual convenience patien . from a distance are {:nien.luly reâ€" quested to make appointments. e Ofics: Over Bank of Hamilton,Berlin}] . W *4 »hus. o.D Waterioo, . Will yim Simin W visl> ursday and Â¥Fr %'m.finuudu 1 p.m. to 1p. m. OD painieas of hfli ohice will be closed every cBRIDE & FLINTOFT EXPERIENCED VETERINâ€" ARY SURGEON .~ ~ JOBN L WIR:.;AJ ; Offlseâ€"Post Ofice, St. Jacobs, Ont. By being the best this school has be come the largest business training school in Western Ontario. Our en« »olment again exceeds that of a year ago. Why? Because our courses sare 0. . W by?. Becaume out Lo Ho ‘:‘ammhwdrm O(')‘V:. w .c of our ullon'l‘anln and m‘n t departments. You may enter Write for our free entaiogue, g RLLIOTT & Mo LACHLAN _ _ * Largest and Bost Specialty, Nose, Thrcat and Kar. _ The first annual ~meeting of Schierholtz Furniture Co., was held here Saturday, Nov,. f and the following Boazd of w nient elected: ~President, Emil â€" holtz; Vieeâ€"President, T. Wentel; Seoâ€" tore, V .. Wenzel fi L. Lisber, _ The retaryâ€"Tréaburer, . Robelaki; Direc« buildings are now being fitted up the new company expects to beâ€" rea to commence n-m w in two weeks, PWA Wt s Sutd X â€" Ray and Electric CUrreSts __. ;IS-ME% Office Open Daily xis«, 14Quseq 84 MEDIOAL STRATFORD DENTIST w\