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fllM'lKR MI -( ontlnar I. F.ellenden a- now, she tol l herself, 1 ss ttiau nothing to her. She eouid i .eet him ua t he most perfectly ea.-y i.nd ua' tw.l'ng. and so (at- fro u be l.'ig da Ifil by his perfections, ar.d 111111111.' for his police, she iouiI now oo.ly re oicc in any op; ortutiiu whi h o.lerel ior dia. oueerting an 1 perp.ex jng ber child. sh hero. She bai hardly hoped to have met with one at her aunt's U had been a b'irprise to her when he had walked in, and astill pre .te one when he had oii'ored her his arm. Oh, what that o ier would once have meant. Now, she had risen, as self-pososs"d as any woman there, and had rip ic 1 lorwarl across the room, an 1 downt e broad stair, ase. looking her prettie-t. and smiling her gayest, and laughing within herself at the merry t.me t-he meant to have of it. For she could see that he was grave and ralher anxious. That meant that he would be sure to stu.iible on to dangero ,9 ground presently, and then and then she would lead him gaily mi. wily, witching Will-o'-the-w spinal she was.' until sJie had got him fast in to a quagmire, hopelessly fait an ! Iwund. when she would mock him to his face, leavinz nothing but darkness liehind She could bide her time, she wo.ild , not hurry any bo ly. Very do-nureiy passed the first courses. Miss Campbell was eujfaed with her soup, her hsh, the pretty flowers on the table, the heat' o! the evening, tne forthco I'.ing reception at the for-; eitfo em has -y, the concert slie hal been to in the afternoon Sir Frederick was i uietiv list -ninjr. arid when ne i-a.y resn.miFn. ."si fur he had not afforded any sjort .Vi r did lie by anv means seek to en irross he-, as she had s miehow laneied he won .! nave don: on t:;e cou'rary, he !ule . ed lo ijf int'.-rva's to elapse without six-akirijjr at a 1. and wnen tires j w re si ed upon and made us of by en., arm's jfarrulous neiurhboron Hie oth si'ie, stie was ro ok'-d to lind ho- indifferent he H -eme , to 1 e tow.u-i. tainsj up the reins aain. li :t ic tii.n.' tie nejile t. il utterly, and th. .. of which he til self seemed alisoiutelv uncoTiscioii-. was tak-n nf tieo u tier al once he entirely omit ted th', necessary civiities toward- the la Iv on his ot cr ban . If aodre sed l he -, he wo ;id roii-e himsu'f with a start, as tlio i.-n unaware o' the pres ence of any on so tiea . an 1 w hen he had : :dedto er overture, he wouid liron the sub e-t. .v ! nlh she j.'ave t . :! inz n -tif e .' him, unci t.eral i ne mark. -a tins also. "1 won c-, I vrviTi.i'-li wonder what 1 : is thinUin an ut , o ,e the little i .t . hers; - i ' a Is. Sa i pel iia'w lie louden hardly knew himself. Almost "roin lii-; !:rs! .i;o;nent, from his t.rst. A. lit of lier on icr jiresenta t on day i;e had b a n ro ;s -ious of a new le'lin;f abo it tir lovely urirl. T, ere had b -en br.tof i eeoileetion, of tendering . an . of remive. lie wo nd renew i he o.d friendship, make u i lor the a-t. ui:d a ake his vvav in the I;. tare. Then he ha i been thrown back on the very threshold of til.- jiretty ca tie Jn the a.r, :md liad loan biniseil shut out from en.e.-lnir at e cry point. Hal (He been one whit le.-s eaut.ful, less thar ming. less tan'ai..iriL'. he would have turtle 1 his bactc and Is.-eu oJ. hi-nr(finuf his shoulders hut Oeraldine had pla.ed. and was still jilaying her part too we I. She was ntver euite cold enough to drive him from her. She never was gentler thin when she was loveliest, and most sought after. And. at times, now and ayrain it had so happened that when with velvet hand ehe had delt the little stab, the wound which had been meant to rankle and tester presently, and had jieen him turn from her tibite his lip. and flu h with mingled shame and vexation, her heart had so smote her for the light, cruel est, that she had sought him out, and set to work to undo what had been done so humbly and wistfully tnul for the moment he had almost been happy enough to believe anything. tor be was now in love with Oeral dine. and knew it. 'Jt is because I know that she is as good and true as she is beautiful." he would sigh witb regret all unavail ing. 'The woman whom 1 marry must lie unspoiled by all the lolly and heart lessness of this miserable world of lashion. What is it to a man that his wife knows how to dress, and dine, and parade herself from house to ) ouse, if t-ha care-t nothing for him. nor her home and children and the things that irood worn m lovei' Who wants a fash ion plate for his daily com anion and the mother of his little ones' I am ick cf seeing girl arter girl brought tampering out. and instructed how to tlance. and chatter, and show o t her points, and trot out her acompllsh- inents.' One is exactly like another. They all dote on country life, on gar dening, and riding, and old women's cottages, and the next moment it lit) out that there in adreadful fright lest paia stiould hurrv them home be fore the season is quite over, aud that they thought it o cruel of him to stop iown in the shires so long at raster and Whitsuntide. Not one but would v eh an ire, a countrv home with flee for lloraburg. or Monte Carlo, or expected, ueramine nao expressou Brighton, or Scarliorough. Hut I no surprise, and on his own suggestion knew onco a girl different to that,' of an ad ournment to one of the rooms Bellenden would say, with animation, -a suggestion wnlch experience had vhen with some intimate on whom taught him to believe would be accept ui h reviling had been vented, "1 1 able under the circumstances -the had knew one child (he is a woman now obstin .tely held her gro md. It wan who, If be be not utterly change 1, j too hot to go inside, she had alleged, would make any man. any home happy. nd the crowd was too great, and she f'ihaw she is not I r me. I should was sure granny did better whore ahe liave but a poor chance, even if L was. nent to go In for one, I tell you. And Geraldine'i eye, meanwhile, bad -- , I dou't mean it. Hut the man who wins her " and the speaker wo la hero break off abrui tlv, and hi aud. lor wou d know what to thin with toler able accuracy. lie would tell the neU person ha met that Hellenib D wa.-. hit at ,a.-t and that fhi! poor (.-1 ow was erv fur gone, i but wouhl ifive no hint in what dire tion. Had the speaker been present at Ldy llivmond's Thur.-day dinner party he wou.d not have needed much o! a hint. llelienden's silence, his aln-'raction, the . uic.i glan ea he cast io.in i from lime to time i- h.s ar partner lo ked towa iN him or moved toward him. the linger. ng ga e which still hung uoon her U) s after si-e had c a.-d to speak all meant the sumo thing, he was anxious I u'.ziod. ;i ;ou. ill at ease ij t he wou'd not ha,e bee any- ju re but where be wai 'or the world. The ci'sto !i of hal!i.,' fi-t lie -orations or the dinner tab. e had not ! tamed at tiie time wo write of. arid in trout of i. l. raid nc a;id in r partner lai-fe Coweriiitf (liairs formed an ef fe liia', .e n !rom the eye of those Ot); O.-i'e 1 like a lot o.' i'owers " olmerved he once. -1 Ties', lire prettv arcn i iiiey "Veri rreitv li.it," amended the bea.ity afrai l that her voluble iriena i on t ne o'ticr ie wa-s al out to B'rike 1 in l""ore she co Id continue, and tie- ) trinu ii' to Ik; a iittle de-irons f..r one j of tlioe encim ters Oi wits whi -ti had! always a lertaiti exhiluratinjf sRect ! iiKin' her, espeeiall, when tliey left j liellerxleu lOOKiiiK blank ant per tur d. but for u;y own part 1 love the sweeter scented flowers. These are very thowy, very handsome but! like ' The u she caught his eye and stopped. He knew what she liked, and she knew that she was thinking ,he Oi l so. '.My irrandmother had our window boxes lilled with larre ox eved daisies be'o e 1 knew anything alio.it it, pro- reeded tjcrala.ne, going on al an Haz ards "1 did feel vexed when 1 lirst saw them. di no it is not that 1 dis like iiuis es, only I wanted to have had uiignoin tie. and - and " "it-.. 1 think I know what. I saw some charm ng window gardening to day. The best I have seen yet. -Have you any Ixt.xcs yourself?" "At my rooms on yes. laitti my rooms are full o. the scent to da v. It ; was delicious ji.st, to. I know you j would have lik'-d it Tnen he, J too. stopped, warned by her fa -e. -Indeed May I a-k what the scent ' was1.''' said (leraldin bgiitiy. "1 dou't j like every s'-eut. you know. ' j 'i know.' I "Tlien why g otild I have liked j yo iVr v bat is it' What have you I got in vo ir lm.ii;-.'" j "Am 1 to ted you truly'" sai 1 he in , rat her a low vo ce, remaps 1 ha i no right to say that.' 1 meant no harm ' j "Then tell me," an 1 her von e was ( almo-t an e ho of bis h'- eo ild not j help it, stie toi.l herself a'terwards. "They are lull of ; ur le beliotroj e," he ai.swerod, and turned his la e away from her. i IIAI'IKR XIII. LADY KA V.MoNu'.S .STAWIJEKUV TEA. Cecil told his mother that she had manage i very Paaly. l oor Ikjv. he feal-y had some cause for eoiUidaiiit, for, as he did not a 1 to siint out in sp te of the defee ion o;' Lady iiuwlish. liebenien ctuld still hae handed in his sister hthcl, whi.e the deserted Mr. Le Masserer would have been e ,ually. if not still better pleased to have had the pret'y heiress. He did not aid that in th'u case he wou.d have been satisfied on his own account, laying a 1 ttu stress on his lrietid s having been separated fro u hi3 sister: but l.ady i av o.id under stood him jwrlectly, ue.erthe ess. The poor woman had no: a word to say 'or herself. I .if course, she too coul 1 ha' e seen) the bjtter arrangeineiK had one in n- j uie's time la-en given her to th-nk i alsj.it it. but how could shi;, or how j could anyone have been expe ted lo j tas:e in all the bearings ol the lase in the buzz ot a full drawing-room, with the dinner imminent, an 1 a husband signalling the one thing; ol imsirtani-e, to which a'l Oesidea must give way.'' She had not en oyed h-vown dinner, that she Knew: and whether the turlsit were fresn or stale, or the whitebait ill or well done, she had not cared an atom. She had only eyea for two things, Cecil's unha py, and Kthel's discontented faces and neitherof thera ought to have cast a stone at her, the was go truly penitent. Now, Cecil would not have minded one half as much had it not been for a certain increase of spirits on Bellen den's part, visible after the meal. Bellenden usually somewhat grave and distrait of late, had on the recent occasion been almost merry after the ladies had gone upstairs, and had shone forth as one of the talkers and enter tainers of the room. Lord llaymond had told his wife afterwards that Sir Frederick Bellenden had been a great success: Mr.Le Masserer had expressed his pleasure at meeting him: they must have him again. Wnere had he dis- appeared to when the gentlemen came up to tne arawing-room. He had disappeared, certainly, and - oh, he had g. ne to the foreign re ception, had ho ' With Cecil.' iSo: Cecil had gone with the Camp bell - r ellendeu by himself' B t I ady Haymonddid not know. and Cecil did not tell her, that the further shadow on the young man's brow after mat evening was uue to nuuuini- imuio beside that ot the disarranged dinner table, namely, to what had transpired during the small hours that followed. Bellenden had appeared at the em bassy soon after he and his grand mother and cousin had taken up posi tion near the head of the grand stair case. They had seen him coming: and he had felt a Hash of conviction that by one at leas', of the party he had been . , ... -i i teen fullonun Ilellendcn slow'y mak ing hi way up the stair iw, a though impatient of bin lard' progres. Jet khe had not spoken his lame, our told her g anaiiioiher of hit proximity. He bad come straight to them di rect! v It had been (mi le. Still there has been nothing definite, nothing tangib.e. noth'hg that a rival could take hoid o. tamp eil had received Sir Fre ieri k courteuuo lv. but still with something of the stately dignity lately a.suiijed in his presence, and craluine had merely onored him with a casual remark or two, such as m grit have been ma e to anyone. Ihere had been no cbatter- j ing, t o fl rung, no p.i k.ng u of threads diopeU at the dinner-table. He would have toid himo If he w as a j fool for bis i.neasiriess. had it not been j for what took place pre-ently. ileilendeii had ! en with them for a'Kiut a m.ar er ol an ho jr. ,.ui'-tly as suming his pla e as one of the paity in, a manner ho had never done U-fure. hen some acquaintance of the Kay monds had ilaimcd (Veil's a'tentioii. : and had 'or s. uie minute, ioi ple'cly ; diverted it from h.s ion-ill. He had had to te I lio.-iu how he la l e to be j there, and how his "-e;; e were not j there, w hat they were al on. w here 1 ' hey were to be met, i 11 1 wii re they , were not to b ; im t. He La i had to j'.it some questions on his ow n hcc tint I i'he new-, olio rs w -i e gre..t .oiks w h in I i e did no", oltcii i h;il) e to i.o - t peo- pie whose.iioin fre uen'.e J fiish.onab e ' resorts, but who would e noied wi.er , ever seen: the sort o. a- ouaiiitaiiees. 'in short, that young Kavnumd tip i prove d of, an I w.t h w hom he woiod - not for the world have i ut short an in- tor icw. ror lull five minutes he had been thus ompl. tey oiigros-ed. ami when he had looked uro lid at the expiry oi that periirtif neither lli-llen.ien nor his cousin had Ix-eu anywhere to l e seen. "lhey have only gone to hear the band. ' .Mrs. CampPell bal -aid jila id ly. "1 told them that 1 should remain here, and that yo.i wou d taKO care of me." How long the -trainsof the l and hi t) b!en heard thereafter he could not have told. It tnul seemed ages, and must really have ln-eu during a con siderable length of time since directly deraldine had reappeared, it had been time to go. ( lei-aldine had seemed hurried and ajiologetie, and the e had Is en a good deal said about the ire Is, a id th--numlier o.' rooms, and the di ) cnlty of making way through them but all the talking had been done by p-r. liel endeti had said nothing, but hud stood by w ith a sort of a suiile on his face, wh'c h it had not cheered Poor Cecil s heart to see He had. indeed, left all the excu-es and explanation- to his lair corupan on: tint there had ixeu that in his iir which had sail,' so pla i:iy us wo ds could have done, that she wus her-ei,' his excuse, an l one sullcient for him or for any man. No wonder the son spoiio sharp y an I sulkiiy to the parent w no had, as it w.-re opened the wav to s.j mu h tor that 1 eiletideu had. by si ne- mean or other, how enntri . ed to breakdown the i arri'-r which had ex isted lor so long ls"te"n him and his ijiiondam "Utile friend, '' an i when had. up to the present, seemed so im pregnable, was only too otv,o is. (jeraidipe her-cif was bitterly indig nant with hor-cif during the summer morn whi' h had set in ere the party (juitted the festive hail, and which.; gathering strength and g.ory. was hi a, ng oi'tn in its full tide o light an l li e as the weary girl sought in Vain the siuinber that had lied lit pillow. she wondered what she hal been thinking of .dream ing of bo had gone on so well null! how. Never ..n til this evening ha 1 she reaily faltere i scarcely ever ii vi she ls-eii tempted to falter. She had. inde d been aware of being ever more constantly on ttio iook-o t or him but what of that l.e had had nothing from her but gay, mo king words, and sharp, two-edged ests. Oniv once or twice, oniy wii.-n i she had been leally too unkuni. too barefaced, had she wheeled about and I murmured the gentle after-word and I c 81 ihe. soil gianco which had undoro I the rest, tint to night To-n ght II ere had Is'en nothing to undo. She had tiied to be sarcastic, hipptiht. and iinleeling. and had baled, and hal failed uilerl,,. tor tho future she must beware. And there was yet something fur ther. Bellenden had offered a box at tho otiera, and she had almost accepted t. II jw should she now escape the ' on se jiienee of su h imprudence' "The only thing will bo to make granny refuse," s .eratninated. toss ng hither and thither on her fretful, fe verish cod h: -Granny must ust say we have not an evening, or that the weather is too hot or theaters. I cun show her that 1 do not care to eo, and that wil. be enough to make her not care. Then 1 can tell Sir Frederick what she says." But when it came to telling Sir Frederick, the message, somehow, took another form. Granny was e y much o liged.and would like immense ly 'to go. and either Tuesday or Wednesday woul 1 suit her. as they had no engagements for those even ings. Now, how was this? Ix.t us hearken to the preceding dialogue, and judge to whom the apparent incon-istency is duo. Granny Well, my dear. Sir Freder ick is very kind and I dare say wo shall en oy it. , Geraldine It is tho ono opera that I have not seen, which I should really care lo see. Granny 1 am told it is verv g'xid. Geraldine The I aymond girls say it is boau'i ul. Lven Lndo t aymond has been to it. Granny Well, what night shall we fix Geraldine Why, if you really think of going Granny My dear. I am ready to go or not, as yo i decide. I thought you would certainly wish to go Geraldine - e - es Granny -Do you not wish It? Of course if you do not Geraldine - Oh. but I T I I do. Granny smiling'- Then let us say Tuesday or Wednesday, for we ought to give him a choice ol days, as he may not lie able to got a box lor the lirt. T0 UK CONTINUED. The better men and women know each other, the less they say about ideals. Tub only social occasion at which married men are allowe I to assist, ii a funeral. a WOMAN OF FORTY SUMMERS. ' Full of uutliue and fair of farr, Swiiiu.g her tan with Imiguid erae, White Brm glemuiuu through fuld. of la . A woman of forty summer. No thread of white in the aubnrn bir. No hue of in the forehead fair, A life uniimrred by touch of care, la pite of her forty miuiniers. A husband lover nd children weet. I'leaur- to i harm ud friends to greet. Uoses eatterei l-fore her feet. Through each of her forty nuuimer. Suumiers all. for winter bold Have siiMteUe.1 her suijshiue ana maue hit , cold; Have killed her roses and left her old; Nothing she kuows hut summers. Nothing he knows of laden cloud, If freezing air and tempests loud. t)f sin. uh that weave for H"pe a shroinl: ller lite bus bs-u only summer. So calm she sits in the balmy air. No sorrows to tret. Ho cross to bear, A summer id I, a vision luir. Tins ttoiuan of forty summers. Vet cold and lilast but innke n strong, Alter the snow the robin's som;; IV, the I idlest lire by right belong The w inters as well as summers. And they w hom fame shall carve in stone. The women whom men would fain en throne. The women whom God has stamied His own. Lire w inters as well as summers. Jeimess Miller Monthly. howtiieiunk was K()I,i;ei. I V E yea rs a go, I n certain good- slue! t o w n in Itlnnkshire. there lived a family whom 1 will cud Mitchell. The family consisted of husband, wife, and two children a boy H-od ," ami a girl of 7. Mitchell was ;l private bunker, know n to be hon est. I'espertll lile. and worth a char twenty thousand pounds. I knew little or nothing about the family until certain inelih tits ciirred. One day his w ife wus fatally Injured In a railway collision at a point litty-eiglit miles from home. When he reached it. In response to a telegram sent by a stranger, he found sin- had been removed to a hotel, iin l was Oe Ing tenderly cured for by a woman v. ho gave her natuejis Mrs. A. li. Gray. She was in the train, but suffered no in jury. Mrs. Gray, I might ns well tell yoi, w.'is petite, good -looking, a good talker, ,'ind. In a general way, captivating. The fact of her taking charge of M -s. Mitchell lis she had dime proved her tender he.-irt. She told Mr. Mii.-h-l) she had been n widow eighteen months, and wus practically iilotie in the world. and though he w as burdened with crl -f find anxiety ti l il not forget to thank her for her great kindness .-unl to take her address. He would have oflereil her money for her service, but he saw that she was a lady and would feel hurt by any such action. SJ(. resumed her Journey and he took his wife home to die of her injuries. It was three weeks after her death i that I came Into the case. After every- j 'liing was over the husband suddenly J discovered that his dead wife's Jewelry was missing. She hud with her whoii the accident took place nbout two hun dred pounds' worth of diamonds. They hud disappeared, and when he came to run over events In his mind he could not remember thnt they hud come with her. Mrs Gray bnd handed to him Mr. Mitchell's purse and a few other tilings, but a pair of diamond ear drops, two rings and a pin were missing. I was employed to proceed to the scene of the late accident and seek to trace the Jewelry. The collision had occurred close to the station of a small town. Teople about the station and at the hotel assured tne that Mth. Mitchell had her Jewelry on when tnken to the hotel. The landlord's wife and ihe doctor who was called in were positive aud when I had worked the case out I returned home to report to Mitchell that nobody but Mrs. Gray could have taken the Jewelry. He was astonished and Indignant, and not only vigorously repudiated the Implication, but dismissed rue from the case with the assertion that I was a novice in the profession. I went about other business, and It was about four months before I saw Mitchell again. Then he sent for me In an official capacity again. No refer ence was Hindu to my previous work, but fresh troubles had come to him. A month 3ft the death of his wife lit bnd opetued correspondence with Mrs. Grsy, and the result was that she had come to take charge of his house He was without relatives, or, at lenst, without those who could aid him In his situation, aud she claimed to be free iu her movements. You will sppect. Just as 1 did, that she had captivated hlin, but he fought shy of any nckiiowIeiU meut of the sort. She wa In his house, he said, to care for his children, and to manage his domestic matters, and that wna no one's business but his owu. The bank owned by Mr. Mitchell was situated exactly In the rear of his pri vate residence. The house fronted ot one street and the bank on another, and there being no street between., the back garden of the house led up to tho buck door of the bank, and Mitchell used to come and go through the gar den. In the rear of the banking rooms, divided off by the usual railing, were the private offices and vaults. A bur glar alarm was connected with the frout door aud windows, but none with the back. A large and savage dog guarded the Ir ' n 1 1,, i ii - rear, UTin kennel crr to the door. hat the banker wantc' tc -' Uk about thl.. He had not only mUe1 money from bli wallet at DlKht, but on one or two occasion consider- tde sum. of money bad been tak-n from a mnall aafe which Hood In hi offl.- ouuide the vault. One of the mvsterie. wan In the tnkin of th" I money, lie employed a teJh-r and a h.iWks-, neither of whom had , ker to the :ir or vault -uiik-w i a diipli'-ate made without bis knowl edge. Neither had the word of combi nation of the vault, and It seemed Im possible that they could have taken th" u.otiev ever, if so Inclined. Hoth were w. tfecllv honest no iar a "i knew, and Mitchell was all at sea over the invstery. He had not been talking 1o me five minute when I would have declared .1 ... II- tleit Mrs. ilriiv aan me n'l"'.1 i 1 did not drol a hint or ,y Mispieions to him. When it came , P." my turn lo ask opiostlotis I found out j that he was u (cry sound sleeper; that : he .seupied a front bedroom with his M.u- that Mrs. Gray and the girl occii- , pie.i one at the r-ar of his. with an en- j trance to both from the hall, that the , kevs of the bank safe and vault were ulwavs kept under his pillow lit uight. In -addition. Mi. Gray bad won the hearts of his children, if not his own, mid it was only bv the strongest argu ment that she had b-eli Imidced to ac cept a salary of two pounds a week while i-cmpying her posl'iou. It was as plain as daylight to me that Mil. hell meant to marry her iu due course of time, but it wasn't lit all plain as to w hat sort of a scheme she was engaged upon. I took charge of the case, told Mitch ell I hud a theory, and then began to studv Mrs. Gray. I found her to be a ! sweet fiml Innocent looking little wom j ii n. seemingly devoted to the children. As It was summer time she was out a great deal, mid I determined to follow ! her. It seemed to be time thrown away, however. 1 had been engaged a rnoti'li on the case, and made no discovery, w hen the outside safe was robbed again. A de sit of some deeds had come In nt the last moment, and had been placed there for the night. The whole lot amounted to about two hundred pounds, mid deeds and bank notes were missing next morning. The safe had not only been oM'iied wl'h n key but the bunk I had been entered by unlocking the hack I door No one could have entered by : the front without sounding mi alarm. , No stranger could have entered by the ; back on account of the dog. who was wide nwtike and on the alert. When Mitchell sent for me to give nie the news I was perfectly satisiicd lint Mrs. Gray was the guilty person. I believed she had the tiefve to enter his room III the night, secure tile keys, and then slip through the back garden, enter the bank, and open the safe. When I learned that the dog was n great favorite of hers, this belief was a certainty. I couldn't, for reasons al ready given, say n word to MiP In 11 all uit this. lie wanted to suspect his two employes, but when wo had dis cussed the matter he was made to see that It tvn altogether unlikely that either of them was guilty. Indeed, he was alone In the bunk when the deeds lind money came In. and he alone knew where the deposit was placed. After thl,s I turned to Mrs. Gray ngaln. and in about a week something happened to prove that 1 wus on the light trail. ( (in of the tram-car lines of the town ran down to the railway station. It was Mrs. Gray's habit of an afternoon to ride on this line with the little girl as far as the town park, and to sit near a fountain mid read, while the girl romped n bout with other children. (in the third afternoon after the rob bery, she occupied her usual seat for nn hour without anything happening. I snt on n bench behind her, about thirty feet away, mid by -ami by I observed that rIip was w riting a note with a pen oil. 8 lie did It so deftly that one siting In front of her could nut have guessed what she was doing. Iteslde her was a large, shady tree, and as m-nr as I could make out she disposed of the note when folded up somewhere about the tree. When she left I followed her for a short distance, and looking back I saw a young and well-dressed man occupy ing the place vacated by her. An hour later, when I was able to examine the tree, 1 found n hollow In the trunk Just on a line with her shoulder as she sat on the seat. My theory was that slip had an ac complice the young man whom 1 had seen. The hollow iu the tree was their postofllce. Next day I was nt the park half an hour before her usual time, and behold! the young man was occupying the bench. As she appeared he got up and took a seat a hundred feet away, and by watching closely I saw that she took a note from the tree. liefore leav ing she wrotp one In reply, and after she had gone I saw him remove It. I was now certain I was on the right trail, and went to Mitchell to secure some particulars I wished to know. I told hlin I had n clue, but would not revenl which way It led. I learned from him that the combination of tho vault door liHd four niuiilsTs, and he alone knew It. It had been changed about a month after Mrs. Gray's nr- rl'f.l, and he hesitatingly owned that tf.4 word was "Almee," which was her Christian name. He would not, how ever, admit that this fact was known to her. For two weeks after securing this information I hardly ever saw Mrs. Gray. For sums reason she remained at homo. I!y dint of Inquiry I discov ered from Mitchell that the money needed to pay the men at a coal mine and also at a large factory wus de posited with blm on the fourteenth of every month. It was simply passed to blm to be locked In the vsiilt over night, as It came from London by me- jiiifr.,1. 1 PMifinnil thnt (pa rip. would fel Id. lnf.rm.tloo out of W Ill ..I.. lu, H.llll.l would llcowr r(, ,be probably make a" 'foarteentli. bank on the n.at o . ,n the twelfth da S on exchansed ledes at I the thirt.uth. u I shadow ed f . L id w. hours. Anion, the tutu ' M p. go ... the jun- um" ., ,lB,f one w hb h pilsset O aioo. -- -- un hour after uddni:hu t ,.r MiP hell that a climax .......1.1 -.li be reached. and then Make.) t.,v all "t. hat might bapi-eu en the night of the fourteenth- t ..vioek of that cvtiing I threw, . .1... f ".t,,sed" Ill'llt to his " ' . i ... in r ,, ,i ..!..). H.rllnf garoeii. 1 , Oil. ..... - - ..1.1... 1 softly cliinU' canine in bis ,1 the fence. Pi tin l leiuiel. ami IU '""! ,,, -cumin there. 1 ;iy (lon Wmiiu p. f.-e't of him. Is hind a hii-h. and it was nn loir and a haif b f-r- any thing happened. iherb'-h was in b-d by that time. I I ..s',,.,1 ereatlv surprised when a female ligui'o. which I g'"'s Mrs. Grav. passed within li , to U feet "f me. going toward t'" She sP.pped ,-lt th' hank. ei, m l to s-ak to the dog. thell opehe I ihe bii' li door and entered. 1 did let move from my hl-ling I'hice lllltil Sl. reupi-nred. aU'tit twenty . . r.,llv 1i.t l.eil I iidlilltes Ilfp-r. Ml'1 '"""'' . il... I. Milt 1111,1 IIS she I.scd I. on In-r u:iv lo the house, I foil ue'l ipuchljr. ..i i. i The kev she laid n th- bio k steps. u,.nl,. .,i,ei,e,! Ihe side gat". HU'i I let her roach lit- street b' f Te I llT'llJgllt matters to a cliiiuix. She hud only just got "tit of the gate when she was Joined by ii num. but when I rushed to seize them he be came alarmed, and was off Is-fore I could s-i.e him. I detained the wo man, however, and found she had a bundle under her arm. which. I t""k charge of a bundle containing about three thou-aiid iu:ii'ls In notes. What a fcailcss woman she was. She simply laughed us 1 h d In-r up Un stop and'ralig t!"- bell P. ar.ttse Mit chell, and !"'U I had told him all, nml cave him the ni'.iO and the keys to prove the ri.lil'ery, sin- ju and said : -t smiled. 'Well, what The "What "f It?" of it -P. elide d led bank .'" "lid 1" 1 I.--, n i Ier II I I me. to let .lid U have ihij-d ehs'll- Mitchell, however. !-: the public l-.ii"W licit l.i so .-isily robbed, ti' r v socielV know th.i! lie I : by an tlltioll. fifty p she sp lo i!;v gi. w III W ill' U lih 1 !-, lull l i' l', I..!.::- .;!. . .- I Mice 111 ;, a w liter dig with an 'l, eli of Ihi, i i i ill' Imu, Hi ill the Vil- III the ( Ulllook. I "le- '1 '. . old farmer, and son,.' ; iieighboi'h"'"! came uii'b si" liking "i a proiiiini-ni i. lag". I ask,.): "lie 1- a man of menus','" "W. 11. sir," the fai ii er replied, "he ain't get much nciicy, but u, ' i;siv rich." ' He has a gnat ileal of hind, then?" ,1 u-kod. "No. sir, he ain't gut much land, nei ther, but still he is mighty rich." The old fanner, with a ph-ascd smile, observed my puzzled look for a mo ment and th'-n said: 'You see, he ain't got much money. ' nnd he it In t got much land, but Mill he j Is rich, because he never went to ls-d ! oning any man a cent in all Ids life, j 11- lives as well as I," wants to live, j and he pays as he goes; ho doesu't owe j anything and lie ain't ni l aid of nny ! body; he tells eery lii.ili the truth, nnd I docs Ids duty by himself, his family and his nelghbois. his word Is as good as a bond. Mini every man, woman and child in the town looks up lo hint nnd respects him. No. sir. lie ain't got much money, and he uiu'l got much hind, but still le- is a mighiv n-h m-ui i because he has got all he le i-ds and all he ants." I assented to the old man's deduc tions, for I thought them cutlrely cor rect. When a man has all he needs a, all he wants he Is certainly rich, and when he wants these things he la cer tainly poor. An Kleclrlcalljr lleuteil (Juill. A new Invention, called by Its li, vetitor the thermogen, con dm i f a quilt containing a coll of wire Is-nt , tho fashion of a gridiron, Inclosed Iu Insulating and non-conducting mute rial, nnd omliediled lu cotton wool or some other soft substance with a silk or woolou covering. ' The reslsiaiieo offered by the coll to Hip flow of an electric current through the wire pr duces heat In the same way that heat and eventually light are produc-d In the lilament of the glow lamp, A mil form temperature of about one lllri. died and fifty degrees Fahrenheit I thus maintained, but in the event of the temperature rising -yuiid 1llt point from increase of pressure lu elec tric mains, a fuse Instantly melts ,u,d automatically shut., ff ,, ,.urrp,lt The quilt may he rea.llly 4niU.1(,(, t) ordinary Incandescent lump terminals In describing this device lm,m '. cot says that the most Important med ical uk. of sue), ,,n Invention would be on the operating table, )(.r , lengthened oiM-raiioiis or in :wJ at tended with hemorrhages, wh-re nrtl flolul means to sustain t. pa,),.,,,., temperature are reipUr..,!, h.lllkt, mid hot water an- a decided miUsnee Iu such cases this (pint wp. u. .' valuable as a soft, dry, wllnn convenient covering, Again, ra of chronic rheumatism, umhng senile lowness of circulation, ,Ur! s appliance would Is. iiv.f T, , na "" """ '"ecivmg trial at cf. crai large Kngllsh. hospital. An Kipens.vB G,JWtl 1 he Lmpres, Joseph,,, 000 for , drJ nBered lb! vZ peror that be ordered th. CnSi to be scut to prison. """"" V t'i xrrrs: - NSMH0 ;- ft i- - XT' ll''" i.!MI?1 t-