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While these thoughts were facing :En'ough Hyla’s brain, and he was cmsidering them, a. strange thing happened. To the struggling brain of: the serf, all unused to any subâ€" tle emotion; Nature made a direct aesthetic appeal. In the middle sky :1 lark began t1 trill a song so loud and tuneful, so instinct with Freedom, that it seemed a direct message to him. “Supposing,” they said, “that y( u did this, that you killed Geofâ€" floi for his sins, and to show that the down-trodden and the poor are yet men, and can exacta penalty. 30w much better would your com- panions be? Fulke would be lord then, and he is even as his father. let it go, hold Grauch in your armsâ€"you have that jo , you know. And work is not so badl They have not beaten you yet; there are some- times good things to eat and drink, are there not? Mind when you took home a whole mess of goose and garlic from the hall door? Of- tea you snare a rabbit, and the mmter is not ill-disposed to you. You are the best of his men; to ytu it is given to drive the die and hammer the coin, to beat the die into the silver and to bul‘nish it. It is possibleâ€"stranger things have happenedâ€"that you might even gain freedom, and become a villeâ€" ia. Lewin might speak for youâ€"â€" who knows? ' These things have happened before. Is it indeed worth while to do this thing? This man Cerdic was a born agi- tator. Without the dogged sincer- ity of Hyla, he had a readier tongue and a more commanding presence. Hisown injuries were the mainspring of his actions, for he. had once been a full ceorl, with boo-land of his own. From yeoâ€" man to serf was a terrible drop in the social scale. As a oeorl, Cer- dic had a. -freeman’s right of bear» iug arms, and could have reason- ably hoped to climb up, by years of industry and fortunate speculation into the ranks of the Gesith or Thanes. Speculation, indeed, proved his ruin, and debt was the last occasion of his downfall. He was nearly sixty now, and a slave who could own no property, take no oathtcomplete no document. The promptings of self-interest, which spring from our lower na- ture, and which are pictorially perâ€" sonified into a grim personality, ,began to flutter and whisper. - While the little dog struggled and yelped as its bleeding paw was thrust in measurement through the metal ring, a. new man was being hcrn. Hyla’s sub-conscious brain tn ld him that nothing that had hap- pened before mattered a shred of straw. He had never understood .whet life might mean for a man till now. An ideal was suddenly revealed to him. But to accept that ideal? that was hard indeed. It meant almost certain death and torture for himself. “It’s a sure thing, then?” he said to Hyla. “You are certain in purpose, Hyla? You will do it inâ€" deed? Remember, eftsoons you said that it was in you to strike a. blow for us all; but it’s a, fool’s part to fumble with Satan his tail. Are you Afirm'l As Hyla sat in the sun he saw Candie coming towards him, fol~ lowed by a little {risking crowd of puppies. The lawer of dogs sat him down beside his friend, and, taking out his knife, began to whet it upon a. hone. Hyla saw nothing for a time. He seemed thinking. His intelligent eyes were glazed and far away, only the impassive, hairless face re- mained, with little or no soul to brighten it. And yet a great strug- gle was surging over this poor man’s heart, and such as he had never known before. To his rough and animal life an emotional crisis was new and startling. Something seemed to have suddenly given way in his brainâ€"some membrane which hitherto had separated him from real things. He took one of the little dogs_ beâ€" tween his knees, a pretty frisking little creature, thinking nothing (.f its imminent pain, and holding one of its fore-paws in his hand, picked ur. the knife. The puppy whined piteously as the swift scalpel di- vided the living gristle of its foot, but its brethren frisked about all unheeding. FREEDOM AT LAST CHAPTER II.â€"-(Cont’d) History of a Man Who Lived in Misery and Torture GUS strokes sent them gliding to- wards the further rushes. Lewin pwmted skilfully, skirting the reeds, which rose far above his head. until he came to a, narrow opening. They got into a flat-bottomed boat and pushed off across the stream. The water was too deep to pole in the centre, but one or two vigor- “I am late,” said Lewin, as he came up; “but I have been hearing news, and have much to tell you. We had better go at once.” “Whiles I fetch my staff,” said the other, and soon they were walkâ€" ing through the village, down the road which led to the fen“ Dom Anslem came into the court- yard, and sat him down upon a. tench by the draw-well. just in the fringe of the long ’violet shadow thrown over the, yard by Outfang- thef. There was a bucket of water, full of cool green lights, standing by the well. Very little was doing in the easâ€" tle. Some of the grooms lay about sleeping in the sun, waiting the long return of the hunters in idle- ness. From the armory now and again the musical tinkering of a chisel upon steel sounded intermit- tent. Soon this also stopped, and a weapon-smith, who had been en- graving foliates upon a blade, came out of his forge yawning. The Pant- lor, a little stomachy man, descendâ€" ed from the great hall, and, pass- ing through the court, went out of the great gate into the village. Time seemed all standing still, in the si- lence and the heat. He stared at the tiny speck from which these heavenly notes were falling down to earth, and his doubts roB‘ed up like a. curtain. The sun, though still very hot, had begun to decline towards his western bower, and the quiet of the afternoon already seemed to fore- shadow the ultimate peace of even- mg. ~ While Cerdic and Kyle sat in the field weaving their design to com- pletion, Lord Geoffroi, Lord Fulke, Lady Alice, and Brian de Burgh, the squire, set out; after forest game. They were attended by a great hunting train. Very few peo- ple of any importance were left in the castle, save Lewin and Dom Anslem. He saw that it was his duty to kfll Geoffroi for the sake of the others, and, come what might, he said to himself that he Would do this thing. The clumsy medium of the print- ed page has allowed us to\ follow Hyla’s thoughts very slowly. Even as his resolve was taken he heard Cerdic muttering that it was “ill to fumble With Satan’s tail.” The passer-by would have seen two serfs, ill-clothed, unwashed, uncouth, eating bread and cheese under a wall. He would never have put a thought to them. Yet the conference of the two was fraught with tremendous meaning to those times. For a hundred years Hyla was remembered, and a star in the darkness ‘to the weary; and after his name was forgotten, the influence of his deeds made life With awlingering memory of the form in which men swore oath of faalty to their lords, he said, “I be- come true man to this deed from this day forward, of life and limb and earthly service, and unto it shall be true and faithful, and .bear to you faith, Cerdic, for the aid I claim to 11016. of you.” Eek}? Exitifit’é not the Div'ell,“ he repeated, :3. little at a. loss what further to say, “Ehâ€""db it}; he said, “and it’s nr‘rt the Divell that will 3134! sweeter for the pqor. __ kiysséd him, enteiing into the spirit of the oat-h, for it was the custom to kiss a. man sworn to ser- vi e. He did this in seriousness, be- yond all opinion; but the importâ€" ance of the occasion, and the draâ€" ma of it, pleased him not a. little. The new toy of words was pleasant. "‘7And I also am with you to the end,” said Crerdic, “and may all false ribalds die who use poor men The drama. of this history may ncw be said to have begun. The lamps are trimmed, the scene set, and you shall hear the stirring story of Hyla the serf. 50. H CHAPTER III. many generations of In a. half pint bottle get three ounces of essence of pepsin and three ounces syrup of rhubarb. Then add one ounce compound es- sence cardiol, shake and let stand two hours. Then add one ounce tincture cadomene compound (not cardamom). Take a. 'teaspoonful be- fore and after meals, and weigh be- fore beginning. The géneral health and strength is greatly improved in anyone from the age of sixteen to sixty. W0- men soon get plump, with well rounded arms and full bust, and men become straight, strong-look- ing and _heaflth_y. For womenâ€"~and men too, for that matterâ€"who can never appear stylish with anything they wear, be- cause of abnormal thinness and an- gularity, this remarkable prescrip- tion is destined to solve the probâ€" lem .As a beauty maker for the figure it is simply wonderful while it adds brightness to the eyes, and color to the cheeks and lips. It requires no particular dieting, but acts as an aid to nature by its pe- culiar action on the nerves and blood supply. The blood and nerves distribute over the body. all the ncurishment or flesh building ele- ments obtained from the food. The .trouble with thin people has always been that they do not absorb or re- tain enough of the fleshy matter to make them gain in weight even to a normal extent; but this new dis- covery of blending certain harmless drugs is a revelation to science, and hundreds have gained from ten to forty pounds in a few weeks. There is no danger of becoming too fat. When you get the right weight then stop using. The water-way was little more than two yards wide, and the reeds grew thick and high, so thatvthey cauld only see a. little way in frant. At last, after many turns and twists, they came to a still, green pnol, a hundre‘l yards across. In this stagnant evil-looking place they rested, floating motionless in the centre. “This will do as well as an- other,” he said, and turning the boat down it. “Geoffroi himself, were he in the reeds, could not hear us now,” said the priest. The priest took from his girdle a line, wound upon a wooden spool. Baiting the hook with a, piece of meat, he dropped it overboard, and settled himself comfortably in the bottom of the boat. “True,~but drop a line to give a. reason for being here.” “Now, Lewir,” said he, “you may go? rinth the mgtrteir.” “I will tell you all I have heard," said the minter, "and we will set- tle all we purpose to do. You have heard that Roger Bigot has taken Norwich, and assumed the earldom of the country in rebellion to the king. Hamo de Copton, the mon- eyer, is a correspondent of mine, from London, and we have been interested together in more than one mercantile venture. From him letters are to hand upon the dis- posal of four chests of silver triens in London. You know our money is but token money, and not worth the face value of the stamp. We are making trial to circulate our money through Hamo, and in re- turn he sends I 0rd Geoffroi bars of silver unooined. Now, the letter bears a post scriptum to this end. "I'he king is sick, and indeed was taken so before Whitsuntide.’ The talk is all that his cause is losing, and that Wise men will be nimble to seize opportunity. Hamo urges me to consider well if I should seek some other master than Geoffroi, who is the king’s friend.” He stopped suddenly, alarmed by a great disturbance in the water. A pike had swallowed Anslem’s bait and was beating about the pool five or six yards away. leaping out of the water in its agony. They hauled the line in slowly, until the great, evil-looking creature was snapping and writhing at the boatâ€" side. Then, with a joint heave, it lay at the bottom of the boat, and was soon despatched by the min- ter’s dagger. “Go on,” said Dom Anslem. “Yestreen,” resumed Lewin. “John Heyrown was privy with me 501: near two hours. Becomes ped- dling spice from Dentown, hard by Norwich town. I have known him privin these six months. From him I hear that Roger Bigot is in the article of setting forth to come upon us here to take the castle. New Accidental Discovery Gives Startling Resultsâ€"Puts Flesh on Thin People and Rounds Out Im- perfect Figures. HOW THIN FOLKS CAN GET FLESHY Simple Prescription Given. Geofiroi has great store of fine ar- mor of war, eke fine metals and jewels of silver and gold. Hilgay would extend Roger’s arm far south, and make a fort for him on the Eastern road to London. He is pressing to London with a, great force and inventions of war. Now listen, John Heyrown is neither more nor less than in his pay, and he comes here to see if he can find friends within our walls. Roger knows of me and my value, and of- fereth me a high place, and also fcr my friends, do I but help him. What do you say 2” Dom AnVSlem’s‘thin face wrinkled up in thought, weighing the chances. Cool Kitchenâ€"Perlecl Cooking Successful Operations at the Mine Which Make the Property a Coming Shipper. has a Cabinet Top with a shelf for keeping plates and food hot. There are drop shelves for coffee pot or saucepans, and nickeled towel racks. It has long turquoise-blue enamel chimneys. The nickel finish, with the bright blue of the chimneys, makes the stove ornamental and attractive. Made with l, 2 and 3 burners ; the 2 and 3-burner stoves can be had with or McKenzie Mine at Elk Lake Has Started Bagging Ore The district is likely to become an- other Cobalt and the veins run to depth with values. Among the ship- pers and properties bagging ore are the Lucky Godfrey, the Borland- Thompson, the Devlin and the Moose Horn mines. The Mooaq Horn mine put in a new plant this spring and are now sinking a winze at. the 125-foot level on a vein which has shown values from the surface. The engineer in charge, Mr. Harry McMaster. reports that the vein on location 846 of the company's group at a. depth of 50 feet continued stead- ily the whole distance and showed free silver all the way with the exception of four feet. Several hundred feet of stripping has already been done, re- sulting in the discovery of two ad- ditional veins, one of which is 7 in- ches wide, cutting at an angle of six degrees. It is the intention: to con- tinue this shaft to the 75 or 100 foot level, then drift to the McKenzie vein, ELK CITY, May 4,-With the open- ing of navigation, which is now in full swing, the greatest of activity prevails at the various mines and prospects in this vicinity and the city is rapidly recovering from the recent fires. In the midst of the mines is the McKenzie, a. group of five properties on which work was begun last Jan- uary. They have been fortunate (rem the start and soon hope to rank with the shippers. without Cabinet. 7 CAUTIONARY NOTE : Be sure you get this stoveâ€"sec that the name-plate reads " NEW PERFECTION.’_ Every dealer everywhere; if not at yours, write for Descriptive Circular to the nearest agency of the P. S. HAIRSTON, New Perfection A- meat diet is' too heating The Queen City_0il company, mafik- stow Shredded Wheat is the natural summer food. Cooling, yet full of rich nourishment. All the strength-giving elements of the whole wheat. A biscuit covered with fresh fruit is enjoyable. Serve with creun and auger. Sold by all noun. 130. I «non. two for 250. W14] Toronto. The housewife with years of experienceâ€"the woman who knows how to cookâ€"finds, after practi- cal tests and hard trials, the New Perfection Oil { “I think,” he said at last, very‘ slowly, “I think. that we must throw our lot in with Roger Bigot, .and be his men.” Cook-Stove is her idea of what a' good cook-stove really opght_ to be: She finds it requires less attention, costs less to op- erate, and cooks all food better than any other stove she has ever tried. She finds the New Per- fection oven bakes and roasts perfectly. The A girl isn’t necessarily an angel becau- e she’s fly. “I also,” said Lewin. “And I have already been preparing a. to- ken of our choice.” * Some animals multiply rapidly and some snakes are adders. T A genius is a man who trles to bmrow money-and gets it. He pfilled a. piece of vellum from his tunic. where the new 7 inch vein crosses. Mr. McMaeter states that in his opinion this week will result in the placing of the value of the mine beyond question. The necessary buildings have now all been erected, including bunk house. cooking camp. manager's dwelling. blacksmith shop, powder house, and the necessary machinery is being in- stalled. A good wagon road has been built from the main road which par- allels the road from Elk Lake. The McKenzie company are in a, very fortunateposition, owning a, group of five properties which have been thor- oughly tested. Six assays made from the veins on which the company am now working hue shown results of from 400 ounces of silver up_as high as_}5_,000 ounces to the tan. This company is under good manage- ment, and it is the opinion of the en- gineer in charge and those who have seen the property mat. it should be brought to the ghipping stage in a very short time, 600 pounds of good ore having been bagged by May 1, and the work in this regard being pushed ra- piqujron; dqyfiq day. ' Afiplication i5 brerinzmx'fiade to list this Stogk on the New York Curb. The Transfer Agents are The Trusts and Guarantee Company of Toronto and the Guarantee Security and Trans- feg Company offlNVerw York. I am offering 50.000 Shares of this. Stock at 250. per share, subject to prior sale. Write or wire me your subscription at once. (To be continued.) Manning Arcade Toronto, Ont. ', Limited.