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“Good "again; 'I recognize the fighting ring in your VOICC. Now, somebody who is very dear to me is at present in Brighton, not very far from your own. house. She is in dire need of assistance. You also are in dire need of assistance, 'We can be of mutual advantage to one ancthcr.” ' ' “I ail). waking; yim to do no wrong. You may naturally desire to know why 11)! friend does not some to you. ' ‘ 1:; must remain my SPCl‘ft, our scorch are. trustâ€" ing you because we know you fat; he a. gentleman, but vie have. enemies who are e 0120.] a. vatch. A!‘ rd . fl- - ...-v w wu- WI. uulaflv nut-u r:. .91". run: voids. heals one ule nn‘l hugs. - V- - /25 cents. *‘Lct me put. the matter on a bu- siness footing. ,I wont you to help my friend. and in return I will help you. If you will prcmise to go to a certain addrewfi in Brighton to- night and ace my i'ticnd, I promise that before 30.1 sleep the sum of £1,000 in Bank of I‘lnflaml notvs Well, he’ had sign'ed judgment, and toâ€"morrow he could levy eXecu- tion. Within a few hours the bot- tom would fall out of the universe so far as Steel Was cqrnerned. Within a. few hours every butcher and baker and candlestick-maker wouldAcome abusiver f-orihisi bill. Steel had not told anybody yet; the strongman had grappled with his trouble alone. Had he been a. man of business he might have found some way out of the difiiculty. Even his mother didn’t know. Shé was asleep upstairs, perhaps dream- ing of hen son’s greatness. "’13 that you; “Mr. _.§teel? Are you quite alone ‘2'. «Eon are not busy to-night ?” ’ ' ' “Good; ' ‘Sq, your mother is asleep? Have you told her what is likely to happen to you before many hours have elapsed ’2" “I have mid: 'nobcgdy as yet,” Steel said. "‘M’hd are you?” “That in good time“ But I did not think you were a. comma .i’ v “No man in»: ever told. me soâ€"-~ face to face." ' ' v» “What do you mean by that?” Spec) whicpered, David lighted a, cigarette and paced rest-lessly round the dining- mom, then sat down to think. The clock had just struck twelve when the telephone bell rang. Jeffries of the Weekly Messenger, of course. Jefiries was fond of a late chat on the telephone. Steel wondered grimly, if Jefiriee would lend him £1,000. He flung himself down in a deep lounge-chair and placed the receiver torhis ear. By the deep, hoarse-dang of the wires, 3, longâ€" distance message, asspredly. “I’vm not very busy itsâ€"night,” Steel replied., “Who is speaking tome?” ‘ “I am, quite/alone. Indeed, I am the {July Que up in the hpusef’ _And all this because he had be? come surety for an. abscondin‘g broâ€" ther. Steel had put his pride in his pocket and interviewed his cre- ditor, a little, polite, mild-eyed finâ€" ancier, who meant to have his money to the uttermost fax-thing. At first he had been suave and sympa- thetic, until he had discovered that Steel had debts elsewhere, and then“ And yet he was ruined. Within twenty-four houns everything would pass \out of his hands. All for the want of £1,000! Steel had earn- ed twice that amdunt during the past tWelve months. Within the next twelve months he could 'pay the debt three times over. ‘ “From Londfinrr evidently. Hal- loa, London i’.’_~ “That for the presentmxe need not go intofi? said-the voice. “You are quite alone E”? ’ David Steel dropped his eyeg from the mirror and shuddered as a man Who sees his own soul bared for the first time. Steel’ had seen murder in his eyes. Now he was the most popular n0- velist in England, living in most luxurious quarters. In two years he would be rich. Three years before David Steel had worked in an attic at a. bare deal table, and his mother had £3 per. week to pay for everything. 551791533 Gum uule'flv Aim-I rtmnlu. rung rams. henli PI’iIiBBL Rupert’s Bing ;‘ CHAPTER I. OR”, THE HOUSE OF THE SILENT BORROW; . x "Cm along; the sea. front- and turn into Brunswick Square. Walk along; the right side of the square until you reach N0. 219. You will sea-d the number over the fanlight. Open the door and it will yield to David walked swiftly along, his mind in a, perfect whirl. Save for an occasional policeman the streets were deserted and nobody saw him as he hurried on and took a posi- tion in the shadow of the. statute. From the dark foggy throat of St. James" Street came. the tinkle of a cycle, bell. s Then the. cycle loomed in sight; the rider, muffled and humped over the front wheel, might have been a man or a, woman. As the cyclist flashed by something White and gleaming dropped into the road, and the single word “Come” was spoken. _ Steel would have said more, but the tinkle of his own bell told him that the stranger had rung off. He laid his cigar-case on the Writingâ€" table, slipped his cigarette-case in- to his pocket, satisfied himself that he had his labehkey, and put o_n a. dark overcoat. He closed the front door carefully behind him and strode resolutely into the darkness. It was only la. plairi white card that lay in the road.- A few lines were typeâ€"written on the back of it: ~ ‘ “Containing the notes. It; is the same cigar-case you admired so much in Lockart’s the other day. VVeH, we have given you an in- stance of our sincerity. But £250 is of no use to you. Beckstein would not agceptit on accountâ€"â€"he can make far more money by ‘selâ€" ling you up.’ It is in your hands to procure the other £750 before you sleep.’ Now, are you going to place yourself entirely in my hands '3” ' “Spoken like a man,” the voice cried. “Come, time is getting short, and I have my risks as well as others" G0 at once to Old Steine. Stand on the path close under the shadow of the statue of George IV. and wait there. Somebody will say ‘Come,’ and you will follow. Good- night.” , . : ‘ fl. “You can hang up your receiver for five minutes,” the voice said. “Precisely at halfâ€"past tweTve you "go and look on your front doorstep. Then come back and tell me what you have found. You need not fear that I shall go away.” The novelist fastened the front door and staggered to the study. A pretty, artistic thing such as David had fully intended ‘to pur- chase for himself. He had‘se‘en one exactly like it in a jeweller’s win- dow in North Street. He had point- ed if; out to his mother. Why, it was the very one! David had had the case in his hands and had r-e- lugtantly declined the puréhase. David took down the telephone receiver. “Are you there '2” he asked. “I â€"â€"I have fopnd your parcel.”‘_ “I will do exactly what you tell me,” Steel said. ' He pressed the spring,. and the case lay open before him. Inside were twentyâ€"five Bank of England notes for £10 eachâ€"£250! have todo is to go to a certain place and give a. certain woman inâ€" formation. Are you agreeable?” The voice was almost pleading. “You have taken me at a disad- vantage,” Steel said. “And you knowâ€"” ,“I have anticipated that ques- tiop. AWhaJt timeihave you?” Steel responded that'it was five- andjwenty minutés past twelve: Steel hung up the receiver and waited five minutes, then went to the front'door step, Some black object with shining point-s lay on the white marble breadth of the top step. A gunâ€"metal cigar-case set in tigy diamonds. “Everything. I am trying to save you from ruin. You know that Beckstein, your creditor, is abso- lutely merciless. He will get his money back and more besides. On the other hand. you have but to say the word and you are saved. You oan go and -see the Brighton rep- fesentatives of Beckstein’s lawyers, and pay them in paper of the Bank of England.” . “if I wag assured of] yOur bonaâ€" fides,” Steel murmured. CHAPTER II. The question. came eagerly, alâ€" most imploringly. 'David could hear thq quick gasps u‘off his chuestioner, could catch thef‘ru’stle of the 'silken corsa-ge as she breathed. ' - ' “Thank HQMQQ! ; _Mr. Steel, I am placed in exactly the name, posi- tion as the woman whose story you are going to. write. For the love of Heaven hold out yourlhand to save a lonely and desperate woman whose only crime is. “fat she is “Never mind, that, because 'I am not going to tell you. That woman is in a. frightful fix. There. is no- thing strained about your heroine-’3 situation, because I-havq heard of people being in a similar plight before. Mr. St‘ee}, _I Want you to tell me truthfullyi‘and candidly, can you see the way clear to. save your heroine ‘l” » r V “Yés-,” he said, j“1_can see a bulliamt way. But £91147??? “A fortnight ago la-sfo Monday you _pcsbed to My Yapstone, 'edi- tor of the Piccadilly Magazine; the synopsis of the first. four or five chapters of a, proposed serial for the journal in question. You open that story with a young and beauâ€" tiful woman who is in deadly per- il. Is not that so?” ' ‘ ‘ “Yes,” Steel‘said, faintly. “But howâ€"â€"” Click, click, click. Three electric switches were fisnapped off almost simultaneously butside, and the din~ ing-room was plunged into pitchy‘x darkness. Steel instantly caught up a chair. He was nocoward, but he was a novelist with a. novelist’s imagination. As he stood there the sweetest, most musical laugh in the world broke on, his ear. He caught the} swish of silken drapery and the subtle sceht that suggest- ed the fragrance of a Woman’s hair. “I make no further apology for dragging you here at this time. We knew that you were in'the habit of sitting up alone l‘atefzit night, hence the telephone message, ‘ You Will perhaps wonder how we came to know so much of your private af- fairs. You see, we were not quite certain that you would come‘to our assistance unless we 'could find’ some means of coercing you. Then we go to one of the smitttest in- quiry agents in the». world-and say: ‘Tell us all about Mr;- David Steel without ‘ delay.’ In less than a week we know all about Beckstein.‘ “Pray be seated, Mr. Steel,” the silvery voice said, “Believe me, had there been any other way, I would not have given you all thia _trouble. The room was most brilliantly. lighted both from overhead and from the walls. On. the shining deé sert of the dining-table lay a small, flat parcel addressed to David Sibel, Esq. The novelist tore off the covâ€" er and disclosed a: heap of crackling white. papers' beneath. fRapidly he fluttered the crisp sheets over ~â€" seventyâ€"five Bank oi England notes of £10 each. It was the balance of the money. ' > you; there $55,110" to knock. The first Ain‘fiide the hall leads to the a dimpg-mom. Walk into there' and7wiit.~.D2:op this down thg gqfiter- jgnt opyéuit‘g yéu.” not of 219. 7 After that he flopped the card. down the drain-«€er nar- 6313 at hand. A little way ahead, at him he the fade Ml trillin , as if in approval of his lad-fan; mg as ,he V hurried p. . Northnfitgfi, along Weiitern~ "adz ' and; He passed into the diningLroom and looked eagerly about him. The room was handsomely furnished, if a little conventionalâ€"abig mahogâ€" any table in the centre, rows of ma- hogany chairs upholstered in moâ€" rocco, fine modern prints, most of them artist’s proofs on the walls. AA big marble clocli, flanked by a, pair of vases, stood on the mantelâ€" shelf. There were a. large number of blue vases on the sideboard. 'down Preston- Sueefp, he would the tinkle of the cycle hell: "But poi once did he catch of the dowy rider. His heart was beating a little futer as he turned into Blr'rqnswick Squat-c, Da'vid raid thre'dircctiofis once pr twice paref‘ully. He made a. mental He walked up the marble steps. The door opened noiselessly and St’eel closed it behind him. A Moorish lantern cast a. brilliant flood of light upon a. crimson liar- pet, a, chair and an empty oak umâ€" brellaâ€"stand. Beyond this there were .no atom of furniture in the hall. It was impossible to see beâ€" yond the diningâ€"room door, for a heavy red velvet curtain was drawn across. ' ’ He finally stopped before one of the big houses where electric lights were gleaming from the hall and dining-room windows. The rest of the house lay in utteAr darkness. .‘gl‘here was nothing abnormal about the house,- nothing that struck the adventurer’s eye beyond the extraordinary vividness of the crimson blind. The two side-win- dows of the big bay were evidently shuttered, but the large centre gleamed like a flood of scarlet over- laid with silken’ sheen. It is better to misunderstand some people than to understand them. ' > It is for this reason that farmers who are in the‘ habit of applying pbtash salts in liberal quantities to their crops, such as regular grow- ers of potatoes and maugolds should be careful every fewf’eans to give a. dressing of lime, other- wise \the crop may suffer from a. deficiency of this constituent. ‘ In addition to being a- necessary plant food, lime also exercises an important ameliorating influence on the physical condition of the soil, breaks up stiff clay soil, and helps to bind light open soil. It neutralizes the action of acidity of soils, and helps the disintegration of’organic substances. Lime dis- ciously employed, is one of the most useful friends of the farmer. When potash salts are applied to a- soil the potash enters into com- bination with the soil lime, and is converted into a. form in which” it is available for the crop, butdt is also a. form in which a, portion of both that potash and the lime .is apt to be lost in the drains. Hence it has been said that potash uses 11p lime, and lime uses up potash. my heroiner's husband out of Eng- land by dangling the’ forgery and its consequences over his head. What is to be done?‘ .H‘ow is the rufiian to be bullied int-b a. false sen-5e of security by the one man who desires to throw dust in his eyes?” “Daily your books are more widely read. My, enemy is a great novelyread’er. You' publish, that story, and what results“! You not onIy‘tell that enemy my story, but you .show him my. way out of .the difficulty, and show him how he can checkmate my every move. Per- hapsufiuer I have escaped from the netâ€" , “You are right,” Steel said promptly. "The story shall not be published. And now you want me to 'show you$rational and logical, a hyymp way out. “My heroine parts with a docu- ment which the villain knows to be a. forgery. Money cannot buy it back because the villain can makb as much money as he likes.‘ by re- taining it. He does as he likes with the‘fami‘ly-property; he keeps 4“Well‘l” the ‘swegtv voice in the da'r’lingss said, iqlpa’gifmtly. “We are wasting precious time,” she went on, more calmly. “I had better tell you my history.- In your story a woman commits a crime; she is guilty of a. serious breach of trust to save the life of a man she loves. By doing so she places the future and the happiness of many people in the hands of an abandoned scoundrel. If she only manage to regain the thing she parte from, the situation is saved. _ 115 via; some time before Steel spoke' r . ' "If you publish that story you go far'gnuthe way t9 ruin me. David was silent for some little time. “Believe mé, {will 'gi'zre you all the assistance possible. If you would 0913} turn up @he lighfrâ€"” ‘In my sifuMion, I hastened ev- erything and risked the happiness of many people for the sake of a little child. rich and beautiful; I have helped yoglrâ€"be’lp me in peturrn‘” “It shall be as you wish,”- he said. “I will tell you how I pro- pose to save my heroine. Her sufferings are fiction; yours will be real. But if you are to be saved by the same means, Heaven help you to bear the troubles that are in front of you. Before God, it would be more merciful for me to be silent and let you go your own Way.” . The spefiker stopped, with something like a sob in her throat. “Oh, I dare not: Some Hay, per- hag-S_,’ POTASH USES UP LIME. (To be continued.) CHAPTER III. The Rayo Lamp Is a high grade lamp, solid at, glow price. There lamp: that out, more, It there I; {a better lam mad. at any price. Constructed of aolid brass; mckel pahdsnglly optgolnm n ornuupnt to any room in any house. There is nofibiu’ known to the us of Quip-making theta.» add to the value‘of thrRA 0 Lamp“: light- '¢iv a? device. l‘wor‘i dealer everywhere. If not at you", writ. for d.- Icr p ivoroiromntoj o holy-u} “33:01 gt 1 ~ - The~Quc¢n City Oil Company, Unified, Toronto. The pro and con Qf wig‘question will last 'for’a. long“ But‘ Board’s Dairyman'thinkathat in a,- dimth when the coWs'Ahavle to be stabled and fed 200 days’fin a year, the paramount questian is, which is the most sanitary, which is the best for the-‘purposes-of ventila- tion. On this pointwe have no hesitation {o declare out preference for the facing'out system. Under the King system of yentilation which is ths most periect the fresh air comes direct to the cow’s rimsâ€" trils and the manure is most reind- ily removed daily, as it ahould be. Th3 harm or stable should be 36 feet in \vidth.‘ This gives the most economic use of lumber and a‘râ€"w' rangement of feeding 811163;,3121111 r-uom and driveway between the cows. It» is well to'b-e governed in this particular by‘the paramount gucrstiun, ventilatioh and case. of keeping the stable clean- and' whole- 50mm Them is on: type, of woman whim: thought of self is almost heroic. Sho’ is the one who, seeing a Song line of persons waiting at a window, goes up to the head of the line and edgés has way ip. I have sometimes asked such women if they would like thepnight 0:3 suffrage, and they have said they» would not. so it does not always inf rlicate a “strong mind.” But think how easily such a woman could vows? even though the polls were crowdeda’ She would seize a ballot, brush ask” the mere men who were in her wéy and, marching into the booth. depos‘; her voteâ€" as inevitable as the sin. rise or sunset or any of the phenomen? 7 -__.._ v “nu. WV ' ' quickly stops coudha cures colds" hr' - tho throat and [unis . - - - ‘ 25. Chi The ordinary dairy eahf (of the Shorthom type), it is asserted, fed on skim "milk; hay, and grain, should, acrording to the beast; inâ€" vestigationu yet made, reach a live weight of 500 lbs. at five months, and the gain should be made at the rate of from‘ 4c to be a. day. The nearest substitute'to this fond in point of cost per dailyvgain, pro- duce a, gain U)? 1 1-4 lba. per day at. a. cost of GC to 61-20. This was dried skim milk powder, fed as a substitute for Skim milk until the calf was five months 913:1. > “Bowel troubles are a, source (sf-much bo- ther and loss in calf-roaring, and in these experiments}. they were en? tii-ely prevented by giy’ing a'table- spgonful of rwluble blood meal with each feed. This, we am. told, is really blood fwm a Bhug'htveiu house, dried and ground to a pow- der. Since this is wmparatively inexpensive, it is ‘bgliemd that a wider use of it might be profit-able. of nature. A bulletin issued by We Cornell. Experiment Station gives the re- sults of two years’ experiment with substitiflies for milk and skim mill: in calf feeding. The report states that during the test the natives were first given whole milk, but after a couple of days this was to laced by skim milk, with which a ,y were also fed a mixture of maize, oats, bran, and oil meal, of which the' Were given as much as filmy woulil clean up, hey being available all the time. At the end of thirty days the calves were able to do without skim milk at all,‘ and this point is emphasized in tlie report as Mng the lesson taught by all the American reseanch' into the subject. But; While it; is perfectly possible to 'do_ without any skim milk after the calf is a month old,‘ when. the milk is available it forms a. leading portion ’Of the best and most economic food int rearing calves. " {0n thc‘Farm g Omwmwo §fi170b3 Cam soumimml CALF FOOD SUBSTITUTES . FACING COWSAIN ORV OUT. Une Type of Woman.