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‘ â€" BIRDS PAROID "It was a mysery which has since been explained to me," Rex said. "Let it stand a moment!" 5 "But if a human hand did that it was murder," interposed the shockâ€" ed Trascott. "It was deliberate, d ,bolical murderâ€"the easiest method | of killing you by cutting off yonrrl means of egress from that frozen: wilderness!" ‘ "It‘s probably Gubbin,s the butler, seeing if the outer building are safe. He‘s very nervous about lightning. Be patient, Ainsworth! I am coming to the end. The North Samson proâ€" ject didn‘t pan out, but we hung on there till a drunken Thronâ€"Diuck Inâ€" dian came into the camp one night. He was one of a tribe who had discovered Five Mountain deposit, and he sold us the information, toâ€" gether with an cightâ€"ounce alluvial sample which proved the truth of his assertions, for my solitary flask of whiskey. #ound good goidâ€"signs, so I took him dnto my camp, and we moved to the locality in the morning. His outft was very meagre; he had no tent and a minimum of poor food; my Offer wasablessing to him, but I wanted to give him something in exâ€" change for the information, even if it proved valueless." Briton paused a second time, as if seeking to condense the massed details ahead of him. Ainsworth turned his face towards the curtainâ€" ed doorway,. "I feel a draft," he complained, "and tha tapestry is swaying. Is there a window open?" He made a movement to investigate, but Britton stopped him with a gesture obseryâ€" Ing: "That ‘bottle of firewater brought me two million dollars! It was, yon say, a good bargain. But you are wrong. Jt was the worst barter I ever made. 1 wish to God I had mever seen that Indian!" Britton‘s voice sounded with a. passionate, piteous vehemence.. ‘"‘Lessari and I went up the Klonâ€" dike River," continued Britton with out answering the curate, "toward the region of the five hills as I bad mapped out the way. Never mind the details or the hardships, but listen to some points which are esâ€" sential parts of what I am trying to ?When we passed through the londike Canon, we heard a dog train coming after us, but it never appeared to our sight. Lessari fainted from fatigue and exposure within six miles of our destination. I made camp and nursed him that night. In the morning our dogs were poisoned." ‘"Why." cried Trascott, in wonder and sympathy. "Why?" . "‘Poisoned?" echoed _ Ainsworth "Great heaven‘!â€"how?" ~M. WEICHEL & SON; LIMITED. The Big Hardware Store" WATERLOO, ONT. of ground could be had. . Ou h Samson L burned holes in the el mnad prospected in the freea a former Government cour~ im 1 ud pulled out of Lake The base of BIRD‘S PAROID is a rag felt which is thoroughly saturated and coated with asphait, mand fireâ€"safe. 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We kept to the river as a guide, dragging our precious food and outfit on the sled, and entered the cup of these five blocked our way. We searched for a path around it, leaving our sleigh at the top, after having first placed a slab of granite before the runners so that there was no cluloo{t it slipping into the abyss. "Yes," Britton said, "In the midst of that ejcitement 1 heard a sound like the commencement of an avalâ€" ‘‘The means of circumventing the precipi¢e we found . by following along the edge ill we descended into a cavern which ran through the bedâ€"rock of the riverâ€"" "‘The cavern where you, made the strike." Trascott asked, fo interrup tiou * ‘I saw the mark of a dogâ€"pad on a bit of snow," Rex said. "The granâ€" ite had been removed from the front of the runners and the sled pushed into the three hundred toot abyss, The rushfng noise of its descent had reached us in the cavern. It was a second, surer atâ€" tempt at my murder. The destracâ€" tion of food meant death. You see there was a hand in the dark all the way!" anche. It startled me, but the noise ceased, and my assurance reâ€" "Whose was that hand in the dark?" cried Ainsworth, . savagely. "I believe you have found it out." "The hand of Morris," said Rex. "J captured him stealing from caches and he was flogged. 1 heard afterâ€" wards he had sworn to kill me. He thought be ran no risk in operating that way, but the hardship of that revengeful journey was fatal,‘ He died in the spring, as I told you, Ainsworth, two days before you came to Dawson." "I sent Lessari upâ€"for a spade, and hbis cry of consternation made me join him in haste. Our sled was down the crevasse!" Ainsworth swore, °_ The â€" curate half started fromt dis seat. "Only one of us survived." Britton answered | steadily. _ "Lessari had been acting queerly for two days. I think cold, vicissitude, and fear was gradually driving him mad. The loss of our food completed his upsetting, and he started to jump down the three hundred feet after the provisions, which were dust by that time. 1 say without conceit that very few men can hahile me, but I was only a child in that delirious, demoniacal strength." An extraordinary â€" loud crash of thunder made Britton pause. The lightning zigzagged across the room as he continued: "But you and Lessari " exclaimed Trascott, excitedly, "How did you manage to survive?" â€" "I pulled him back, and he turnâ€" ed on me with a savage wildness â€" "In three seconds he had me on the edge of the cliff, forcing me ovâ€" er. It was then by chance that my hand touched the revolver in my Gelt. I drew it and shot." "There a three hundred foot chasm The curate and the lawyer uttered simultaneous exclamations of helpâ€" less astonishment. Revelations were coming with such amazing rapidity and dramatc â€" unexpectedness that speech failed the two men. "She did not succeed in her inâ€" tended _ intimidation," â€" Rex _ said, "but she unwittingly taught me the true course to pursue in regard to this case." cott was tremulously saying, "let us understand this thing aright. You fred?" ance drawn and haggard. ‘‘There will be no trouble in that wayé im quietly observed. "Morris witnessed the struggle and the outâ€" come from an upper peak, but he died on his return to Samson Creek without informing anyone but his wife. Maud Morris followed me from Dawson, and toâ€"night threatenâ€" ed to expose me." "I trust that you had alréady reâ€" cognized the true course," burst out Trascott, in an excess of eagerness. "I too trust that same thing," Ainsâ€" worth hastened to add. | "Contrition!" safd the curate. "Indemnification!" the lawyer said, Britton held a band to each of them across the table. ‘Trascott arose suddenly fromâ€" his chair and leaned upon the table. . "My God, my God," he groaned in intense commiseration, "this is terrâ€" ibleâ€"to have such a thing thrust upon you!" ‘ ‘The lawyer had sprung from his position of attentiveness . against the wall to the curate‘s side, and he.Too, leantd toward Britton, who sat‘ motionless like a carven statue. But Rex checked him with an elâ€" oquent glance, reproving the proâ€" fessional instinet. "How toâ€"night," ‘Trascott wonderâ€" ingly asked. "She was the â€" Mahatma womanâ€" the beosophist, at Lord Rossland‘s!" "Selfâ€"defence!" he exclaimed forâ€" cltily. â€""Was there any trouble? If there will be anyâ€"" 1 ‘Thank you," he said in a chokâ€" ing voice, "thank you for that conâ€" fidence." "Your own survival," Ainswofth inquired, "â€"how was it accomplishâ€" ed ?" « "I told you Pierre Giraud killed Simpson for insulting his wife," ob served Britton. "He escaped the police and made for the mountain fastnesses, _ near â€" the Klondike‘s headwaters, with his dogâ€"train. He found me half dead from starvation on one of the high plateausâ€" ‘"Providence," Trascott broke in, "God‘s divine providence!" "Yes," was the answer. ‘"The mounted Policestook him on sight. Giraud‘s doing three years | for manslaughterâ€" beastslaughter were {ruerâ€"â€"but he‘ll be rich when he comes ont. I have taken good care of that." y "To certain arrest." cried Ainsâ€" worth, in â€" profound â€" astonishment. ‘"He gave up his freedom for your sake?" "It could be nothing else," Rex ugrvml,.“hut Giraud‘s sacrifice was »s hbeautiful as any act of Proâ€" vidence. He put me on his sled and drove straight for Dawson City and the "It was beauiful, beauifil!" mur mured the curate in rapture. "That‘s the sort Northland breeds, "They are men to But jn the maiter indtmnificationâ€"" "Indemnification Ainsworth, solidly. nize any guilt." "But still he must feel contriâ€" tion," argued Trascott kindly. "And 1 know what remorseful penance has been yours," he added, to Britton. "Failing that, it belonged to his heirs," the lawyer supplemented. "I iook that. view," said. Britton. "I am glad you uphold it. Is that your opinion also, Trascott. 1 askâ€" ed you both here for the purpose of wbtaining adv,icp, fauitiess, and imâ€" personal jndgment." "Half the gold of that Five Mountain strike should haye been Lessari‘s," Rex declared, . "I tis my opinion," the curate anâ€" swered. "It was undoubtedly your duty to effect any reparation within your power." surgeon, nourishing me all the a different opinion, (To be Continued " _ said â€" Britton. the very marrow! of contrition and of men the great only," â€" objécted "I fail to recogâ€" in a fair amount of this world‘s goods, wasn‘t inclined to expect the beauty of a peach in a potato. After his marriage ‘he telegraphed to the eldâ€" erzt of the children, a girl of fifteen: "Have won a prize. Am married. Will be home toâ€"morrow." ond child, a boy, nudged bis sister and whispered: â€""Bay Nell, that must have been the consolation prize that pa got!" what opened /s * the door thought I was pess of heart, would be spoken of even by her friends as "plain." The man believed she would be a kind mother to his two children, however, and, as she was also possessed of â€" When the bride and groom arrivâ€" ed the children were watching at the door, and at sight of their future mother gave a little gasp. The eecâ€" A young dady who had returned from a tour through Italy with her father remarked that her father had liked all the Italian cities, but esâ€" pecially he liked Venice. ‘"Ah, Venice, to be sure," said the friend to whom she was relating some of the adventures of her trip. "I can readily understand that your father would prefer Venice, with its gondolas, and _ St. Mark‘s, and Michael Angelosâ€"" A clerk in a clothing store had an amusing habit of using, on all sorts of occasions, the expression, ‘"That helps some." If a customer came in and found a suit of clothes of the right pattern, even though the price was too high for him to think of buying,. the: clerk would utter the consoling words, ‘"‘That helps some." If the clothes were cheap enough but were several sizes too large or too small, still he would remark, ‘‘That helps some." very dark on our stair, an‘ 1 I‘d reached me own door, b door of his consultationâ€"room, said; "Next patient, please. Who has been‘ waiting the longest." ‘ Aulbr'nhdnn“wm‘ his bill rose and said: "I have, Docâ€" tor; 1 delivered your «iothes to you: HIS8 PRIZE A widower, while away from home ca & *business trip. says "Harper‘s CONSOLATION FOR THE WiIDOW "Oh, no," said the young lady, "it wasn‘t that. But he could sit in the hotel, you know, and fish out of the window." One day a lady came into the store and asked to be allowed to see an assortment of neckties and while she was making her selection the clerk ventured some commonâ€" place remark, which led the woman to explain that she was a widow with but little money and with sevâ€" eral small children to support‘ "‘My husband," she said at last, "has gone to a better world." "Well," said the . clerk, . deeply moved, "that helps some." The guests at a large dinnerâ€"party did ample justice to the tempting viands as coursé after course was served. They were loud in the praisgs of the Chinese cook of whom the hostess was justly proud. They declared they never ate more delicâ€" lous or appetizing delicacies. Finâ€" ally the Chinaman (brought in the last course, | a hbuge cake heayy with frosting. He was a converted Chinaman, apd, desiring to honor his religion, he had put a miotto on the cake that satisfied his conscience. It read: "Prepare to meet thy God." "Madam," began the pedler, as he opened his red satchel, "can 1 seM you something this morning?" | "No," snapped the elderly matron, raising her broont ominously, "and you‘d better move on." "Just as you say, madam; I was going to offer you the greatest wrinkâ€" leâ€"remover on earth, but 1 see you don‘t need it." "Ah Jâ€"â€"" : "Also this wonderful remedy for restoring gray hair to its natural color, but you have no use for that efther." .utltmldhn‘.fihnmofir it to you, Good day, madam." ‘Come back here! Come back here this instant. I do not need them as you say, but 1 will buy them m-m-n-.m.:uvg "And this little yolume, entitled, ‘How to Remain RBeautfful Forever.‘ HIS OPINION OF THE DINNER ‘"Why how kind of you to think HOME PLEASURES ABROAD BUILDING UP TRADE wWOULD LKE T0 SHOUT FROM THE HOUSEâ€"TOPS Metagma, in from Giasgow and Belâ€" fast, arrived at Quebec on August 1 with 1,460 passengers, 382 cabin and 1,078 third class. In the cabin there uq.lulhcun“w'q’n‘fi-tq superior class of Scottish and Irish settlers were lost to Canada. Among the new Canadian settiers who arrived on the Metagma were 100 women domestics,, who came out under the auspices of the Salvation Army Empire settliement system. "When I went to Parliament 1 had but a dozen grey hairs. Now I Have tutu\nt grey at my temples, caused by worry about what was best to do for the farmers and their wives," declared Miss Agnes MacPhail, MP., in addressing a U.F.O. garden party at Britton last week. _ clearing out the stream of settiers for the United Sta 100 women domestics,, who came out! Constable Samuel Black, traffic “'| under the auspices of the Salvation|officer, was exonerated of blame in|* P Army Empire settiement system. wconnection with the fatal shooting| _ rmmmmwenrmmra of his wife, Sarah, on Thursday, July ; AGNES MacPHAIL, M.P., SAY8|26, at their home, 68 Inchbury| â€" ATMOSPHERE IN PARLIAMENT Street, by a jury which was emâ€" _ is CoLD vanelled under Coroner Rennie at|p Central Police Station on July 31.| . "When I went to Parliament 1 bad|1;â€"was found that death was purely| but a dozen grey hairs. Now I Have acculen'ul. Coroner Rennie urged| . tufts of grey at my temples, cC208®0)tpat greater care should be exerâ€"| by worry about what was best t9| ciseq in the handling of firearms, do for the farmers and their wives," pointing out, however, that he was| ® declared Miss Agnes MacPhail, MP., not in any sense referring particuâ€" in addressing a U.F.O. garden party larly to this individual case. es ‘‘The atmosphere of Parliament is so cold that when you" get up to speak you feel you are talking to icebergs, If members rose and said what they meantâ€"that is, if "they spoke as honestly as they do in privâ€" ate. conversationâ€"it _ would _ be interesting to listen to them." she "I was sent to Parliament by two parties, Farmer and Labor, and reâ€" "He has no right either in council ® or out of it to put his hands on anâ€" other member. This is a very unâ€" fortunate occurrence. I would hope That is how Mr. Hurndall feels| to see the two mempers shake hands about Dreco, the famous|and be as brothers, but I have my health _ builder, that gives| auty to ao, and the fine will be $20 him the results he had been| ana costs. mechanics seeking entrance into the Western States. In the third class there were 600 out of 1,078 passenâ€" gors destined for settiement in the United States, all British artisans of understand that expert mechanies were not required in Canada. ‘These in physique, health and intelligence year, and port officials who visited them and their accompanying famâ€" Mr. Arthur F. Murndall, a salesâ€" man of Long Branch, Ont., gives all the credit to Dreco for his relief from terrble suffering caused by stomach, kidneys and liver that would not function proptrly. Here is they would have preferred to have his story, which he says he himaseif would like to shout from the top of the tailest building in Toronto, so that people might hear and profit thereby. T ‘"My stomach was out of order. After eating, my food seemed to sour and I would double up with cramps. I had so much gas on my stomach that 1 would gasp for breath, My liver became stuggish and I was very restless, arising in the morning tired out after a night of tossing around. 1 had noâ€"energy or life to do anything. Catarrh in my nose also troubled me and causâ€" ed me much discomfort and emâ€" baryassment. My blood jwas im« pure and I often had pimples. Conâ€" stipation kept my systemâ€" in a poisoned condition and I became so runâ€"down that friends commented on my appearance. "My case was of several years standing, during which 1 tried alâ€" most everything . without â€" results, until I heard about Dreco. Have improvement is noticeable. I lael‘ like a new man. 1 can eat anyâ€" thing and digest it without being troubled with cramps or agonizing gas. My system feels clean and I feel and look nfuch healthier, I also sleep Hike a baby now. | "I am trying to maka plain what my troubles were and what Dreco has done for me, for the benefit of other sufferers and only hope that they will give this wonderful mediâ€" cine an opportunity to help them as and improves health generally, wn‘ suffer when this reliable medicinie is at your albow. ‘ Dreco is baing specially mm-z in Waterioo by A. G. Haechnet i .~ls sold by a good drugglst everyâ€" arouses a aluggish liver, strongthons roots, bark and leaves. It Aots on On being interrogated they said seeking for years. ticket booths at the A+. only actually representing those who put him there. 1t is only the tarâ€" mer who really takes up the cause of agricuiture. ‘The U.F.O. political crash justly came. 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