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Henson forced a smile to his face and a hand from his side as he ap- proached Merritt and the rest. It was not until the- two found them- selves alone that the mask was dropped. “I didn’t come» on my own ’ook,” Merritt whined. “That young lady came and fetched me, and there’s to be high jinks ’ereâ€"a bazaar for the benefit of pore criminals as can’t get no work to do. And I’m goin’ to make a. speech, like as I used to gull the chaplains. Lor’, it’s funny, ain’t it?” “You infernally insolent swunâ€" drel,” Henson 3am, between his teeth. “How dare you come here?” Henson faiied to see the humor of the situation. He was uneasy and suspicious. Moreover, he was puzzled by this American girl. “You liar! The picture is in the corridorat the present time_.” "Liar yourself! 1’Ve got the picâ€" ture on my mantle in my sitting~ room rolled up as you told me to roll it up and tied with a piece of cotton. It was your own 'idea as the thing was to be left about casual-like as being less calculated to excite suspicion. And there it is at the present moment, and I’ll take my oath to It.” ' “Not a bit of in,” said Merritt, confidently.) “She came to see me; she had 116 eyes for anybody but your humble servant. Where did she get my addreus from? Why, didn’t you intrdduce -me to the lady yourslf, and didn’t I tell her I was staying at Moreton Wells for “I wish you were at the bottom of the sea before you came here,” Henson growled. “You mind and be careful what you’re doing with the champagne. They don’t drink by the tumbler in the society you are in now, remember. Just one or two glasses and no more.” Apparently the hint was not lost on Merritt, for dinner found him in a chastened mood. His natural audacity was depressed by the splendor and luxury around him. Henson said very little. He was too busily engaged in watching his confederate. _ “Did,” said Merritt, curtly. “Got the picture and took it home with “Bell suspects nothing. He is absolutely friendly to me. He nould not disguise his feelings like that. Upon my word I was never so utâ€" terly at, sea. before in all my life. a time? I’m goin’ to live in clover for a, bit, my pippin. Cigars and champagne, wine and all the rest of it.” “Why didn’t you do as I told you last night?” 150 “you suppose Miss Lee n'oticed anything when §h_e galled toâ€"day?” The dinner came to ‘an end at length, to Henson’s great relief, and presently the whole party wanâ€" dered out to the terrace. Bell dropâ€" ped behind with Chris. Henson fairly gasped. He had solved many ingenious puzzles in his time, but this one was utterly beyond him. . “some trick of Dr. Bell’s per- haps,” Merritt suggegt‘ed. Chris returned to the library and soon she was busy at the telephone. “Are you there?” she asked, quietly. “Is that you, Mr. Steel 2” “Yes, answered Steel.. “Who Ire you 2” “Can’t you guess 2” Chris reâ€" lied. “This is not the first time have called. You have not for- gotten 218 Brunswick Square yet?” “So you are my fair friend whom I saw in the dark?” he said. “Yes, I recognize your voice now. You are Miss Chris. I hope you are not going to get me into trouble again." I kl a raw... 2211?: “No, but I am going to ask your advice and assistance. I want you to be so good as to give me the plot; of a. story after I have told you the details. And you are to scheme the thing out at once, please. because / 7! delay is dangerouo. Dr. Be]1â€"â€"~ 311170113 6.11m ‘ CHAPTER XXVII.â€"~(Cont‘d) {ulclgly gong goujhlfiunlvcorflg. “Now is ‘our time ” he whis erâ€" 5 Prince Rupert’s Hing, OR, THE HOUSE OF THE SILENT SORROW. '53 {oat-V "' l V Chris hurried back and told her ‘story to David. _ “I should think so,” Steel ex- claimed. “Please tell him at once that the man who was found here half dead got up and dressed himâ€" self in the absence of the nurse and walked out of the hospital this morning.’ ’ “What’s that? Will you tell me where you are spealfmg from?” “I 111375}, preseAnt located at Lit~ .timer Castle. Yes, Dr. Bell is here“ The voice was urgent, not to say imperative. Chris dropped the reâ€" ceiver and crept mto the darkness in the,direction of the terrace. “He suggests that you should go down to Brighton w1thout delay.” “All right, I’ll make some exâ€" cuse to take the first train in the morning. We’ve got: a fine start of Henson, and that’s a good thing. If Van Sneck comes within his net Do yet} Wfipt Bell seemed to know by intui- tion that Chris required hirp.__ we shall have a deal of trouble. I had hoped to get permission to opi erate on Van Sneak, and relied upon him to solve the mystery. And now you had better go back to your telephone.” “S686thing has ‘happened ” he whispered, as he came up. “Here is the plot in a nutshell,” David answered. "Your sister has lost a diamond star. She gives a minute description of it to the police, and drops a hint to the ef- fect that she believes it was taken away by mistake~in other words, was stolenâ€"from her in London by a chance acquaintance called Chrisâ€" tabel Lee. The full description of the star will be printed in the Police Gazette, a copy of which every respectable pawnbroker alâ€" ways gets regularly. Butter and 00., will see the advertisement, and they will communicate with the police. The Reveiend James Mer- ritt will be arrested at the castle. Knowing his antecedents, the police will not stand upon any ceremony with him. You will be filled with remorse. You have‘plunged back into a. career of crime again a be- ing who was slowly climbing into the straight path once there. You take the blame upon yourselfâ€"it was at your instigation that Mer- ritt pawnecl the star. “Va-n Sneck has gone,” she an- swered. -“You save Mr. Mprritt, there is a bond of sympathy between you, he will regard you as a great light in his interesting profession. You saved him because you had appro- priated the star yourself.” “Not a bit of it. The star you deemed to be yours. You had one very like it when you saw Miss Henâ€" son, when you were staying in Lon~ don at the same hotel. By some means the jewels got mixed. You are confident that an exchange has been made. Also you are confident that if Miss Henson will search her jewelâ€"case she will find a valuable star that does not belong to her. Miss Henson does So, she is dis- tressed beyond measure, she offers all kinds of apologies. Exit the police. You need not tell Merritt how you get out of the difficulty, and thus you increase his respect for you. There, that would make of very ingenious and plausible ma- gazine story. It should be more convincing in real life.” “Gone!” Bell gchoed, blankly. “Steel wants me, of course 2” Chris rang off with a certain sense of relief. It was some time later before she had a chance of convey- ing to Bell what had happened. He listened gravely to all that; Chris had to say. - “And go to jajil instead of Mr. Merritt?” “Capital!” Chris murmured. “What an advantage it is to have a novelist to advise one! Many, many thanks for all your kindness. Goodâ€"night I” “Just the sort of feather-brained idea that would occur to ~apnove- list,” he said. “For my part, I should prefer to confront Merritt with his theft, and keep the upper hand of him that way.” “And he would mistrust me and betray me at the first opportunity. Besides, in that case, he would know at once that I wanted to get him?” to the bottom of his connection with Reginald Henson. Mr. Steel’s plan may be bizarre, but i}: isisafrei’r’ Chris was down early the followâ€" ing morning, only to find Bell at breakfast with every sign of makâ€" ing an early departure. He was very sorry, he explained, gravely, to his host and Curis, but his let- ters gave him no option. He would come back in a day or two, if he might. A moment: later Henson came into the room, ostrentatiously studying a timetable. “And where are you going?” Littimer asked. “Why do you all abandon me’l Reginald, do you mean to say that you are going to refuse me the light of your counâ€" tenance?” “Business,” Bell said. “I came here at great personal mconvem- ence. And you?” Chris said nothing; she appeared to be quite indifferent until. she had a chance to speak to Bell alone. She looked a little anxious. “He has found out about Van Snack,” she said. “Truly he is a marvelous man! ‘And he had no letters this morning. I opened the post-bag personally. But I’m glad he’s going, because I shall have James Merritt all to myself.” “I always felt that our Reginald was a great scoundrel,” Littimer said. “And if you succeed in ex- posing him thoroughly I shall wafcl; the performance with-pleasure "' There was a brightness and mat- lessness about Chris toâ€"day that! considerably added to her (harms. It was nearly a week now since “Is Dr. Bell going too 2” Henson asked. “London,” Henson replied. “A meeting toâ€"day that I cannot get out of. A couple of letters by this morning’s post have decided me.’: On the whole, Mr. James Merâ€" ritt, ex-convict and now humani- tarian, was enjoying himself im- mensely. Still, there is always a crumbled lose-leaf somewhere, and Merritt had his. A, few days after Henson departed so‘hurriedly for town the stolen Rembrandt disappeared from Merritt’s rooms. Perhaps Merritt would have been less easy in Littiâ€" mer’s society had he known that the missing print was securely locked away in the latter’s strong room. He declined to worry over the matter until Henson’s return. It was not for him to know, yet, that Chris had. actually gone over to Moreton Wells, and, during the absence of Merritt’s landlady, calmly walked into the house and taken the picture away. “You are goin‘g‘Ato; see some fun presently,” she'said, coolly, to the astonished Littimer, as she laid the missing picture before him. “No, I shall not tell you anything more at present. You shall hear the whole story when Reginald Henson stands in thegpillory before you. You know now that Henson was at the bottom of the plot to destroy Dr. Bell’s character?” CHAPTER XXVIII. 5‘ your Stable interior is of wood. you'll do well to tear down those old, unsightly stalls and mangerkâ€"and {build new ones of Concrete. » In fact, the entire Stableâ€"inside and outâ€"- [should be built of Concrete. This is the modern materialâ€"it has the merits of sightliness, endurance, and economy -â€"and is sanitary. The farmer himself can, ’by its use, make many little improvements that, with any other material, would require the employment of skilled labor. Which of These, Pictures Best 'Represents ‘Your Stable ? Ents any 1111115611 away DUKMUU LIIU LLUIUS. lre the employment of “What the Farmer Can Do With Concrete" will not only inform youâ€"it will also interest you. “What the Farmer Can Do With Concrete? Tells you how to use concrete In constructing: Farn. Hens’ Nesta Stables Claterno Hltchlng Posts Sta!" Dalrloa . Horse Blockl 5‘3"; rout! Dipping Tank. House: it”; m” "n Foundatlona - Poultry Houm Tiguah. me a “my Fence Pom Root Cellars Wan“ °‘ “Wha! FOed'ng F100" SUD! Well Curb. III: Favmer Can Gutter. Shelm Walla E15,, e‘c" gm, ' Do With Concrete." Name "uncounuunn: Canada Cement Co., Lide ' 30-35 National Bank Buildind MONTREAL Add,“ .ooo-Io-no-cucoouo. OQIOOIOIIUOCCDIOOIOOIOOICIOCOOOII. Farnl Claterno Dalrloa ‘ Dipping Tank. Foundatlona Fence Poul Foedlng Floor. Gutter. ‘ “Indeed I do. And I am inâ€" formed that they may come here and arrest; you at any moment. I‘ ,fear there is no escape for youâ€" 'you pawned the thing yourself in your own name. What a. thousand gpities you yielded (,0 sudden temp- itation.” Bell and Henson had departed, and in the meantime Chris had heard nothing from Longdean. Half-an- hour before a telegram had am-ived to the effect that a. gentleman in a blue coat might be expected at Littimer Castle at any moment, “Come on the terrace,” she said, when Merritt arrived. “I have something very serious to say to you. Mr. Merritt, you have got us both into very serious trouble. Why did you do it?” Chris bent her face lower to conâ€" ceal her amusement. “I have telegraphed to the lady, who is more or less of a. friend of mine,” she said. “I have urged her'to take no further steps in the matter. I fancy that she is a good “Ain’t done nothing,” Merritt said, doggedly. “What’s up ’1” “Erâ€"it’s about my diamond star,” said Chris. “I lost it a. few days ago. If I had known what was going to happen I should have' put up with my loss. But I made inquiries through the police with out saying a word to anybody, and now I find the star was pawned in Moreton Wells.” ‘ "Oh, lorg” Merritt gasped. “You don’t mean to say the police know that, Miss “I” “I had thought of it,” Chris said. “But, butâ€"Mr. Merritt, I have a terrible confession to make. It was not I who started the police; it was somebody else. You see, the star was not my property at all. Iâ€"I got it in London.” , “But I found it,” Merritt whined. “I’ll take my oath 1 found it under the terrace.” Chris shook her head sadly. “And just as you were getting on so nicely,” she said. “That’s it,” Merritt whined, brokenly. “Just as I was properly spoofing everybody as 1â€"1 mean just as I was getting used to a bet- ter life. But you save me, miss; you can say as you were hard up for money. and that, knowing as I knew the ropes, you got me to pawn it for you. 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Nowadays, for a farmer not to know how to mix and Use concvete. Iis to confess himself away behind the times. “ What {he Farmer Can Do W'z'th Concrete" will not only inform youâ€"it will also interest you. In this book you‘ll find complete instruc- tions for the construction of almost every- thing you can think of, in the way or farm buildings. floors, vats, troughs, etc., etc. Chris smiled meaningly. Merritt’: delusion was distinctly to be’ fogs tered. “You shall help me then,' pres- ently,” she said in a. mysterious whisper. “Help me and keep your own counsel, and were will be the biggest job you ever had in you: lifel” “I dare say they’ll let you down easy,” Merritt said, disconsolate- 1y; “but it’ll be hot for me. I’ve copped it too many times before, you see.” "Yes, I see,” Chris said, thought- fully. ”Mr. Merritt, I have made up my mind; if I had noHrâ€"bor- rowed that star, it would not l1an been lost, and you would not haw found it, and there would have book no trouble. My conscience would not rest if I allowed you to be dragged back into the old life again. 1 am going to save youâ€"I am going to tell the police you pawned that star for me.” kind girl and thatâ€"but a. reply might come at any time.” There was' a reply on the wax now, as Chris knew perfectly weH. The whole thing had been careful- ly arranged and planned to the mo ment by Steel and the others. ulckly flops con E‘rcmes'colds: t 1:“qu andlun 3.. - I - “Do that, and I’m your pal for life,” he said, huskily. “1}fnd I never went back on a pal yet. Ask anybody as really knows me. ’Tain’t as if you weren’t one of us, neither. I’d give a trifle to know what'your little game is here, eh '2" Here’s a Home Dye ANYONE always been more or less of a difiicult under- taking-- Not so whon you use . JUST THINK OF IT! With DY-o-LA you can color either Wool, Cotton, Silk or Mixed Goods Perfectly with the SAME D e. No chance of using the WRONG Dye or the Goods you have to color. Can Use. 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