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Deane did not go to the hotel, but kept. along the main road which ran ciose to the line. Ont of sight, and at some distance from the sta- tion, he leaped the so arating fence. and got into the sixâ€" oot Way. He Walked along till he reached the onetu‘med distance signal close to the garden of Graync Hall, and here he examined things very close- ly. With his magnifying glass he Went. to work on the earth beside the signal, and carefully examined the hedge over which he could look Into the garden of the Hall. "Give me a line to the Gwyne- wood station-master, will you?” 'he said, "directing him to let, me see the working of the signal-box at that. station.” "Certainly." ' It. was done, and, armed with that letter, Deane journeyed to Granyne- wood. Production of the letter from headquarters ensured all the attention he required, In the sig- nal-box he inquired into the work- Ing of the home and distant, signals, and exa incd the time-book kept there. Then he departed, leaving the signalâ€"man and stationâ€"master wondering what could be the object of his inquiries. It may not be general knowledge, but Deane knew, that when a. man applies to a. loan office for an ad- vance, he is “put through”â€"â€"thnt is to say, an inquiry is made. That particular inquiry is registered, and the next time the would-be borrower makes application] to any loan of- fice, that, registered information stands against him when he is again inquired about. It is a. marvellous system. 'Deane cast his eyes down the long list, of applications to loan offices "A flck un this, Mr. Deane. Up to the neck in loans,” And the Jew handed over the Inquiry Oflice report. .fi _..-D..v mu.“ uvmv- finished, back to Finsbury Pavement and the moneyâ€" lender's oflice. The >85“, clay son of the bank “I’ll send a clerk at one, Mister Deane; always glad to ’blige you." Deane's cab took him to Guy's Hospital, and he had a long inter- tiew with the nearly convalescent \cy. She told him all she knew: the conversation she had listened to; of the attempted murder of the gipsy; how she had caught the last train up because it was late; of her seeing the Frenchman get out of the Uuin at Waterloo, and Ashley’s be- ing on the platform with his bicycle to catch the midnight train home. -1“ -_ --...v., u. Auyuyulg mu. "Jumpin’ Moses, Mr. Deane! I'd do anything in the world for you! You saved me nearly five 'undered quid. Do you \\'mit:a11ything to that amount, nowâ€"on a. slip of paper without sureties even '2” “No.” replied Deane laugliingly; "I did not, know your gratitude could take so material a form. No, I do not. want to borrow anything; I want some information which you can give. or gain for me.” "Anything in 010â€"" "You are a, subscriber to Perry’s Inquiry Oflice, aren't. youâ€"loan oifice section ‘7 I want a list of the loans a certain person has obtained. Will you get it for me ‘2" "With pleasure.” "There's the name and address. then," said Deane, as he pencilled it on paper. "I will come back for the report in an hour if that will suit you.” "Isaacs," he said to the proprie- tOI‘. "I went cut of my way to ren- der you a service once. I don’t agree with the judges of the High Courts that because you are a mon~ rayâ€"lender you should be altogether denied common justice. On that, parâ€" ticular occasion I saw you got it. You then said you hankered after an opportunity of repaying me.” When Deane reached Waterloo. he took a cab to Gray’s Inn Square. He entered the office of a firm of solicitors there, and, sending in his card, was at, once accorded an inâ€" terview with one of the principals. That interview lasted about five minutes, and, coming out, his waitâ€" lng cab took him to Finsbury Paveâ€" ment, 'to the office of a. moneyâ€"lender [hero "Burton," said Deane, as they were seated at. breakfast next mornâ€" ing. "1 am going to London by the express, and I shall have a. day in town. It would be a trifle dull for you, the investigation I have on hand. The river runs close here, and the fishing is goodâ€"I sampled it some two or three years ago; amuse yourself with a rod till I return, will you 7" WWmmmmamus CHAPER XL- under the hedge showed the marks irton,” said Deane, as they of boots, and, as they led up the seated at, breakfast next mom- bank in the direction of the Hall "I am going to London by the gardens, they were sufficiently in- 55. and I shall have a. day in toresung to Deane to make him do- ]: would be a trifle dull for Sire a cast, of them; being sheltered, the investigation I have on the rec‘ent light rains hurl not aflcctâ€" A The river runs close here, and ed their clearness. Greed For Gold Or, The Sign of the Arrow “Certainly a. liard thing.” replied Burton, "because the thieves have had so long a. time in which to cover their traces. At the same time, I do not; quite see how it is to be avoided. You cannot expect that an expert. in drugs is to be appointed to eVery little police sta- tion, or that the active and intelli- gent twenty-two-shilling-aâ€"week con~ stable is to be selected for his brain power!" “There’s a remarkable instance of police intelligence,” 55131 Deane as he sat at breakfast next morning, "I've read in the Telegraph. A man found insensible in the streets is taken to a. cell as a. ‘drunk.’ kept there all night, and in the morning it; is discovered that he has been drugged and robbed of securities he had about, him to 'the extent of £5,000.” with for that night: he knew Donne‘s moods. Once he buried a. subject no living- conversationalist had pow- ervto exhume it. “I doubt if that, will happen." "You surprise me! And yet you said there was no doubt 9" , 6 WW “There is, pardon me, no doubt 7" "Absolutely none.” "I congratulate you; but you must be tired of hearing me say that. It is a. satisfaction 1.0 know that the real murderer will hang for the crime.” “Yes.” "Arrested 7” “No.” "When '2" “After toâ€"morrow’s examination before the Graynewood magistrates. I must let. things go to that, length. “There is, pardon me, no “You have been clue ? Have you one ?" "Haven’t tasted foo'd since break- fast, forgotten it. in fact," "You have been absorbed, then. A clue ? Have you found the guilty ,An” “You will spoil your dinner," said his izicnd; “you are commencing at the wrong end of it. Are, you so hungry ?” Deane rose instantly, and accomâ€" panied his friend to the room be- low. On the sideboard was abunch of bananas. Deane seized it, tore one off, and, hurriedly peeling it, started eating it as if famished. He sat there hour after hour, dead to the world, the only movement he made being the refilling and lighting of his pipe and an occzisional upâ€" Ward glance at the rings of Smoke which issued from its bowl; and even the pipe went unattended to at last, so deep was the train of thought upon which he had embarked. "There you are, Deane,” said Burton, as he entered his friend’s room. "1 wondered what on earth had become of you 1 Dinner is just on the point. of being served." bolster from their proper positions on the bed and Sat, his own parti- cular Way, in and amidst them, bringing into play that brilliant, inâ€" cisive reasoning power which had enabled him to solve so many curâ€" ious problems. Regaining the road, and with his light coat over his armâ€"whth he had found, beneath itâ€"Deane entered the hotel and his own room unnotâ€" iced. He pulled the pillows and bolster from their proper positions By 'the time he had descended, his plaster cast had set. Wrapping it catefully in paper, he put it. in his pocket, and, coiling the rope and things he had found attached to it into a compact mass he journeyed back along the line. ’I‘wo pieces of rope two or three yards long gave him food for thought. It had always been an ‘nxiom of his that little things were infinitely the most important. He stood with the pieces of rope in his hand some minutes; then further away he saw another piece. Picking its end up, he found it, to be much longerâ€"many yards. He did not pull it. but followed its course. A gleam of triumph came into his eyes as he saw to what, it was attached Up the iron step-ladder he climbed till he reached the semaphore and colored glasses worked by the lever from the station signal box. He ex- amined that carefully, and what he saw satisfied him, for the gleam came into his eyes again. ‘ Deane had come prepared. From one pocket, he drew a flask of water, and from another a. packet of powâ€" der; these he mixed in a. folding rub- ber bow], and carefully poured into one of them indentations made by a. boot. He left, it to harden whilst. he continued his investigations. CHAPTER XLI‘ The prisoners were remanded again AL mum o’clock in the hotel the Jansen was visibly perturbed. He did not like the turn aflairs were taking; he had been so emphatic in his opinion of the Frenchman’s guilt. The proof had seemed so positive. Still, Deane was a. factor to be reckâ€" oned with. "I’ll dine wit-l1 you to-night." “Good. You will not be sotry, I promise you. I have in my posses- sion the proofs which I will then hand over to you. For the present. goodâ€"bye." “I should want strong evidence.” "Dear Jansen, it shall be served you; and, lost even positive evidence you should doubt, from the murder- er's own lips you shall hear confes- s‘ion of 'the crime.” "You are going to point out some one else as the murderer in two days ?" “In less time than that.” "Oh I" '".l‘oâ€"night~W’ednes‘dayâ€"is the thea- treâ€"train night. You can leave here for London as late as 10.25. can’t you ‘7” "Yes." “Are you able to stop 'down till then? I Want. you to dine with Mr. Burton and myself, just we three,” “I can, of coux'seâ€"” "But ydu are doubtful of the good of it, eh? Well, mistrust is naturâ€" al. I Suppose. Still, 1 have never led you a wildâ€"2005c chase. have 1?” "Charging, my dear Jansen, is in your line. I merely point out the individual, I press the button, as it were, and you do the rest.” "You speak confidently, Mr. Deane,” he said, "and 1 don’t deny that if you say a. thing, it‘s likely to have a bottom. Do I understand that within this two days you proâ€" pose asking for you are going to charge some one else with the murâ€" der ‘2" Janson listened to the request and promised not; to oppose the applicaâ€" tion. For the first time he felt nervous. No man likes to be cov- ered with defeat, and somehow that positive manner of Deane’s told; that, coupled with Causton’s con- tinually pouring his suspicions of Evelyn Westcar in his car, was shaking his belief. say, only for two days, rather than suffer a committal for trialâ€" Once committed, difficulty in liberation would arise, where as before comâ€" mittal the thing was in the magis- trates’ hands. To Lawyer Causton he said the same thing, and urged him to pray the court for another adjournmentâ€" Burton and Deane went out toâ€" gether. Deane’s object was an in- terview with Reginaid before the court sat. As a matter of fact, he did not stay for the Court’s sitting. But before he left he had set Reginâ€" ald and Vere’s hearts beating the faster; he had told them that before another twenty-four hours has passâ€" ed the prisoner should be free. When Deane said a thing, he had such a way of speaking that people believed him, hence that accelerated beating of hearts. “I shall go with you to the court, after all, Burton. This letter is from Reginald Grayne. It throws no light on the matter, but it in- troduces an amusing and sentimental element. The allair, so far, has lackâ€" ed humor. I suppose one should welcome it.” tor." “Thank you.” Deane read it and shrugged his shoulders, game the boy Sixpence, and dismissed him. At this moment ayb03'lknockcél grid entered the room, and, inquiring, said : "Well, boy,” inquired the detec- tive, “what is it ?" “Are you Mr. Deane?” "I am." "Whilst. you are so occupied, I shall pay one morphmy finalâ€"visit to the Hall. All the servants are witnesses, and I shall therefore, practically, have the place to myâ€" self." "You think to disc0\'erâ€"â€"-” "Merely a confirmation of What I already know. Still, the police are ever reluctant to admit a mistake. They have made one with Dubois and Grayne. They will need the strong- est of evidence; they shall have it." "A House which sees as far as its nose onlyâ€"if houses have noses. How ever, to our muttons. The examin- ation before the magistrates is at eleven o’clock; they are sitting earlier toâ€"day. You will go 7" ‘ “Oh yes, I am interested; I shall ‘go with you." "No, my dear Burton, you will go alone. You are interested, I am not. Go by all means. There will he a litLle performance in this room Lhis evening which will give you an insight. into the methods of What Jonson is good enough to call my ‘iads’ and ‘theories.’ ” 14Herc 7'! "Yes. Attend the police examina- tion by all means. The matinee will sharpen your appetite for the even- ing Bill." "And you ‘2” "Whilst. you are so occupied, I shall pay one mor%mv finalâ€"visit "Yet. you think I run signing for Utopia '2” “1 think anything which entailed greater outlay in the crime depart- ment. of the country’s administra- tion would raise a storm in the Commons?" "Mr. Deane Was to give you this ‘erc let- ‘ ‘I have com for the murder Grayue." things end in émoke." Presently there came 8.;knocking at the door, and the waiter entered. "A lady to see you, Mr. Deane." Evelyn Westcar entered. She came straight into the centre of the room, and, addressing Deane, said : "I have come to give myself up “My dearszson,” he said, "there is a. time {or all things. We have dined. We now enjoy our cigars. Let us continue to enjoy them unsullied by the mental odour of blood. Preâ€" sently the murderer will come here, by appointment, then let us have an atmosphere of gore; till then, let all things end in smoke." Most of us think we never can spend the time to do it, but is not this part of our business, to look out for the bodily comfort of the stock? We spend far more time at things that dornot amount to a tenth part I do, and What is more, I know it, for I have tried it. For several years I have followed this method of caring for my cows in winter. It has cost me something to do it, of course. It does take time to go ovâ€" er a lot of cattle regularly every day with comb and brush. A man must stick to it until the habit is firmly settled upon him, and after that it will all come easy enough‘ And the cows do look so much better! Any farmer will admit that. th'ree men sat. 'down to dinner. Janâ€" son tried in vain to draw Deane on the subject of the murder. But can-not we do something to assist the. cows in keeping clean? Suppose, for instance, that We have a good drop behind the coWs. Sup- pose we put the stanchions a little diagonally across the floor, so that the space above the drop will not, be the same» all the way, and that we then stanchion the cows where lthe floor is longest above the drop ‘and so on along down to the short space where the YOUNG STOCK WILL STAND. Suppose we strew along in the drop, horse-manure to take up the liquid manure. Suppose we bed the cows well with straw. Suppose we take the time every day to curry off every cow, yearling and calf that stands in the barn. Does any one suppose this Would not do much towards helping the cows to keep neat and clean? ion, no one who could see the cat- tle in their places would doubt. Now, if we are compelled, or think We are, to use the old way of confining our stock, We surely ought to do all we can to make them as ‘comfortable as possible while so shut ‘in. There are some things we might do to this end, but which many of us forget to do. Look at a. large percentage of the cows of this coun- try when they come out of the stable in the spring. They are fairly load- ed with filth that has accumulated during the Winter months. The cows can not help themselves in this re- gard. They are by nature cleanly animals, but as long as thev are animals, but as long as they are tied up by the neck firmly in one place how can We expect that they shall avoid the filth of the stable? There are toâ€"day some fine devices for fastening cows Where they can not have a separate stall. These ‘are not expensive nor difficult to put in. And I believe it would pay big returns to us all if we would make the change to these Ways of fasâ€" tening. I am using in one of my barns a stanchion that we put in ourselves, consisting of a light wood- en frame that rises and falls as the cow lifts or lowers her head to eat, from which a. chain comes up to snap about the neck. That this af- fords a. high degree of comfort com- pared with the old fashioned stanch- __ “a- o. world in most parts of the country. But it is a fact. that not many farmers think they can afford the expense of giving their cows such a. stall. It does take more barnâ€" room. It costs to buy lumber when hemlock boards are worth from $15 to $18 a thousand, as they are in the section where 1 live at the pres- ent time. So that more than nint,L tenths of the coWs of the country are confined all through the long winter, fastened up so closely that they can not even reach their sides until they are let out after hours of imprison- ment. Notice how often the first thing the cows do upon being let out is to turn and lick themselves. This shows how they have SUFFERED WHILE CONFINED. BOX STALL FOR COWS. Speaking practically from the StandDOint of the inmate, E. L. Vin- cent on‘ers these admirable sugges- tions as to the stalling 01 cows in 1Winter. It is a pity that his excelâ€" lent ideus are not followed throughâ€" out the length and breadth of the land. He writes: I would like to give every one of my cows a separate boxâ€"stall to live in through the long winter months. It seems to me there would be for more comfort in having such a home, where the creature could turn about at will, have the free use of her body, and thoroughly enjoy herself. Without doubt she Would do better for herself and for her owner than if she were shut up tightly by the neck, in the rigid stanchions We find even in this day and age of the world in most parts of the country. But it is a fact, that not many farmers think they can afford the gTo be Conti Sir 11110 : don your Don’t get sick. If you think you are sick, whistle or turn somer- eaults. This is nature's cure. Don't. go to law. Choose the luna- tic asylum. Don't get excited. Keep ice in your mouth. Don’t read. It may aficct your eyesight. Don't fret, ‘don’t cry, don't iautrh. 01d. Don’ are Lemptu: on a. divorc Don’t get Don't. try to say anything when you 'talk. It consumes brain power. Don’t eat. anything. Your stomâ€" ach may get out of order. Don't wear clothes. They retard the free movement of the body. Don’t; marry young. Don’t mal'l'v old. Don’t many at all. If you Don't drink. Y0] again. Don't remember an ly your debts. Don't work. It; is health to tire yours Don’t lend-borrow Don’t. want any should want anythix; beg or steal it. Don't. try to say All wood that is years old should be currants and goes»), produce more fruits are not so large. The soil from roses should be rich and of such tenacity that it will hold together when pressed. Sandy and Clay mixed is good. All wood that is more than two Budding on certain slow growing and somewhat incongruous stock is the best Way of dwarfing. In some Eausc of moss appearing on the stems of apple and other fruit trees is wet, cold, undrained iand. Hints That Are as Rational as thl Average Free Advice. Low headed 'tx'ees resist thé wind better, and the fruit is more easily picked. In grafting a. large tree it is best not to try to graft the whole tree in one season. It never injures an orchard to ma- nure it. Judicious annual pruning is essen- tial with the peach. Co-operativc butter-producing es tablishments are increasing. Thu producers have come to recognize the efficiency and advantage of co-opera: tive associations, and many private butter-making establishments are joining the coâ€"opcrative associations. In order to disseminate the know- ledge of modern and improved ap- pliances in the business of butter making in Western Siberia. the gov. ernment is opening free courses or the subject, Last year the government was rush- ing the manufacture of refrigerator cars, but the demand therefore is still much greater than the supply. D01 in villages and at several railroad stations. All but one of these firms are Danish. Among the exporters there is not a. single Russian firm. The first foreign butter-making firm made its appearance in Kurgan in 1896. The firm imported the nec~ essary machinery and started busi- ness of buying up butter. At pres- ent there are in Kurgan alone about twenty export offices and as many in Omsk. They have branch oflicel Owing to the lack of experienced managers and workmen the butter is not of an entirely satisfactory quality. Its value in London is less than that of butter coming from Denmark and Finland. The govern- ment is assisting the manufacturers by sending special butterâ€"making inâ€" structors, who not only show the people a more efficient and satisfam Qtory way of making button but in< duce them to form co-opcrative as- sociations. In former years only melted butter Was made, Which brought only $4.12 per thirty-six pounds, and the price of milk aver aged 10.3 cents per thirty-six pounds. Now, when butter is pre pared in the new manner for export. the price of milk is tWenty-threo cents per thirty-six pounds. or which 18,056,000 pounds are exâ€" ported, value at $10,300,000. The Siberian railroad promptly onered inducements to this business, and within three years of its completion one thousand butter manufactorics were erected. At present there are about two thousand butterâ€"manufacturing esâ€" tablishments, the output. of which is over 90,270,000 pounds per annum, The time may never come when ‘lumber will be cheap again. The prospect for that is decidedly dark. With our iorests being cut. up so'rap< idly and burned down by the million feet every year, it is not likely that We will ever see prices where they were even ten or fifteen years ago. So that it is not at, all likely that any of us will ever live to see every cow have her own stall; but we may in the ways I have suggested, and in others perhaps more feasible, be a great deal to make up for the want of the roomy stall. Suppose we try it. as much every day of the year. It Would pay well from a. money point. of View and most of us need to keep that in mind. anti SIBFJRIA 'S BUTTER INDUSTRY HEALTH AND ECONOMY FRUITS AND FLOWERS t fret, ‘don’t c buy, don't 52 love, don't pl: all" in anything t. eVen be dis; many at all. If 5 to marry, attend co anything ‘thinn', d‘ You'll get, thirsty is Very bad for the more than two cut. out from the ni'rics. They will . even if the vines try, don't laugh, :1], don't, grieve, 35', don’t humor ', don’t breathe. pleased. If your tapped on, say hingâ€"especial- lg‘ If you don’t buy it; 11'