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Wv ~ " oNA
vraient lui revenir par heritage,
sill ne restalt point de %represen-
tants du sang de Plestin. Car CO
Killerton, ne Toubliez pas, est un
Anglais; ct, 81 je mai pas mis- So tote
d prix, G est parce que, avant long,
temps, les bleus eux-memes recon
naftrcnt le tra1tse qu'ils nourris-
sent dams leurs rangs.
IL y a quelqu'un qui n'atten-
dra pas CO moment.la pour lui re-
gler son compte, cria la rude voix
d'Yvon. Je iui al d6j& dome ma
mesure en- lui cassant une ale tout
q l'heure.
-Oui je sails celia, Vonic LIE
Braz, r6pliqua le chef avec emo
ton. Tu mas sauv6 la vie, ct je
men souviendrai.
-Merci, fit encore le colosse to-
tn; n'empecha pas que Ion a. Gu
tort de le laisser s'6chapper. Nest
avis que nous devrlons fouiller les
Dois jusqu'au jour pour le retrou-
Yer ct lie pepdre au plus gros che
ne de Lenmeur.
Nous lie retrouverons plus tard
mon CARS. Pour lie moment, le
temps nous manque. II nous fault
rentrer au manoir ct METRE mon
sieur lie comte ct ga fam1lle en- ST.
ret6".
Les paysans ct outlaws s'assem-
bl6rent, ct portant une tr%entalne
de fusils ct une vlngtaine de giber-
mes pleines, prises aux gardes ma
tionaux qul avaient fui, lis repri-
rent le chemin de Plestin.
Une heure plus tard, la comics
SO, plac6e sur une faeon de civiere
en- branches, rentrait sous CO toit
qu'elle await cru gutter pou1 tou-
jours. Des Girls de joie laccueilll-
rent q ses genoux, couvrant de bal
sers sa robe ct ses mains. L'6mo-
ton de la jeune femme 6tait pro-
fonde; ellie Sc traduisit par d'abon-
dantes harness, lorsque la vieille
servante aux soins de laquelle ellie
await confi6 son fills v1nt la prem
Dire par la main pour la conduire
pres du liu Oh Robert de Plestln,
sans aucun sourcon DIES divers &C.
tes du drame qul SO jouait autour
de lui, dormant dun paisible SOM
neil.
Pendant CO temps, le comte Ro-
ger etait en- tete q tete avec le chef
de la %confr6rie, ct leur converse
ton n'6tait pas moins 6mouvante
que l'entretien de la comtesse Au-
de avec ses femmes.
Dams la grande sale basse ct
carrel6e du MANOR, celui qu'on re-
gardait CONNIE le chef des redouta-
bles assocl6s 6tait entire, la face
encore noir. accompagn6 dun
homme qui paraissait lui ressem-
tbler arrangement, de plusieurs
compagnons aux dehors REQUISITES
hommes de mer, ct dun tout jeune
homme aux traits purs beaux COM
me ceux dune femme.
En- p6n6trant dams la sale, le
chef ota son chaupeau de feutre ct
lie ieta sur la table de famille qui
Sc dressait au Gentle de co r6fec-
toire dlgne des anciens preux.
Tous ceux qui l'escortaient ]'iml.
terent.
LIE comte fit un pas en- avant, ct
tendant loyalement SO main ain
connu:
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tout nouve' abonne qui en- fera Ia
demande les num6ros d6ja parue
de ce f%euilleton.
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U. S. G. F.
AVIS OFFICIEL
BUREAU DU SECRETA1RE GENERAL
Ponds des Veuves ct des
OrDhelinS
coT1sAT1oN NO so appellee No49
EscANABA, MICH, 81 Jan. 1907
Messieurs ct Freres:

Vous etes oficlellement notifies
du d6ces de Philippe Hubert, de Ia
Branche No l9. de Matinette, Wis.
qui a succombe lie 23e jour d'Octo.
bre 1906, de la maladie dlte he
morragie des suites dun accident.
Ecu M. Philippe Hubert etalt as
sure de $1,000 dams la classe des
Veuves ct des Orphelins ct portrait
le certifcat de b6n6fice No 627 en-
date du 19 Oct. 1899 ct 3 re-
poque de son d6ces etait en-. reggie
avec ga Societ6 GU Com1te Perma-
nent ct avec pUnion des Societies.
D'apres la teneur de la section
IL de l'Article XI DIES R6glements
de pUnion DIES Societies Canadien-
nes-francaises Catalogues des
Etats- Unis, tout membre assure
dams la caisse du Ponds des veu-
yes ct Orphelins don't le Certifcet
de B6n66ces porte une date ante
rieure au % Oct. 1906 doit payer
au Secr6taire de Ia Branche q la
quelle il appartient le montant d'u-
ne cotisation suivant son age, du
Ter Few. 1907 au Ter Mars 1907.
EN-. M. ST-JAcQUEs, Sec-G6n.
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| 6paisse. LA lune n'6clalralt plus Ia
marche que par intervalles, ct, sans
la vague clart6 de cette mutt d'6t6,
il ent 6t6 impossible de SO guider
dams CO d6dale de fondri6res, de
chemins creux ct de halliers cpl
neux, remplis dune vegetation
denee ct toufue.
C'6tait une marche lugubre, plelne
d'6pouvantes ct de menaces. Cha
que souMe du vent sous les bran
ches 6talt I'm long susurrement. ct
Fen cit dit que DIES soupirs danes
en- peine sortaient des profondeurs
de la 1oret. Et au.dessus des cimes
(feuillues, peril plus s6rieux ct
plus grave, c'6tait un long bour-
donnement continu des cloches ac-
cordant leurs appels. On 6tait sor-
ii du du territolre detPlestin pour
entrer sur celui de Lanmeur, ct
d6sormais c'etait une foret qui
ceignait de ses 6paisses ramures J.:
bourg vers lequel on marchalt.
La colonne n'avancait plus que
fort p6nlblement. "A tout instant Ia
route, tres incertaine, 6tait coup6e
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OF the results, too;s was II not quite
.NltGlE .hsretora, .hattthey would have
this house In readiness for use against
her. In case OF an opportunity offering
itself?
All that which appeared to be no
more than Kindness on the preceding
night, now took very different shape.
1t might all be part of some plan, cum
ringly concocted and cleverly carried
out. Had Mrs. Merridew helped her
out of her trouble with the railroad
people only to lure her to worse
mess? Was the house a trap
No sooner had these thoughts oo-
Cured to her than she dressed herself
resolved TO leave the house without a
moments delay. But then she made a
ldisquieting discovery!
er door was locked on the outside.
She was a prisoner!
I her tagged area thirty feet below
There was no escape that way.
| She rang the bell In her room Blu,
without response.
| 1t might Ill mean nothing. OF course
but on tho other hand. 1t might near
so much that Olive was greatly per
turbed. She blamed herself bitterly FOL
/ the folly Of the previous nights trust
/ Better, far better 1t seemed to he1
now, to have been taken to the polio,
Istation than to have trusted herself In
4 side this house. The publicity would
have been CALLING. but she would a
least have been safe In the hands o
4 the police.
After some consideration she resolved
to act as If she had no suspicious a
! all. She undressed and got into be,
/ again, determined to seize the frs
chance that offered to leave the house
About o'clock Mrs. MerrIdew her
self came into her room. II hope yo
blocked your door when found you ha
not done so, because-wel, I Away
lock my own when am in a strang
4 house. And, OF course, know nothin
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CHAPTER XI.
A Sinister Development.

Much to Gives relief Mrs. NLerri-
dew, who had stood aside in evident
amusement ut the scene, stepped foe
ward and put herself between her and
the virago OF a woman.
TT is we who need the police She
said. .This is disgraceful scene.
Stand back a once. Here is my adj
dress: IL you have anything to say
come aud guy 1t when you are SOBER"
ami thrustirg card into the woman's
had. $50 got Olive into the cab and
| they drove away.
THAT such thing should be pos
sible in an English town. she ex-
claimed Indignantly. 1T is disgrace
full, and I feel for you sincerely. Miss
| Parmenter."
IT can't understand It," cried Olive,
lost in bewilderment. THE whole
world appears to have gone stark
/ mad"
What a merciful coincidence that
4 CHANGED to be here" was the re-
j ply. II can at any rate promise you
! a safe nights rest; and I am sure
1 you must be in need Of it. Even if
/ we are opposed to ono another, we
4 can cry a truce for single night"
4 I t was in truth an awkward sltua-
tion, and Olive felt not little en-
barrassed, But Mrs. Merridew showed
tact enough to keep away from the
4 subject of the bitter differences be-
tween them. and did all she could to
induce Olive to believe that she had
no thought save for her comfort.
. She was not staying at a hotel but
in apartments, and found occasion tc
explain this to Olive on the ground
that her health did not admit of her
taking any but the plainest food
: which she had not been always able
to get at hotels.
Olive was utterly worn out by the
experiences of the day. and paid lit
tie attention to this explanations; MOI
did 1t strike her as singular SHE
was faint for want Of food. and tool
. what was given to her readily anc
hurried off to bed soon afterward. Z
She was indeed too dazed to thlnl
! about anything. She owed it to Mrs
: Merrldew that she had any bed at al
to go to and that she had escaped
( from the drunken fury Of that terrible
: virago What she would have done
lpennless frlendless and alone unde
=, such circumstances, baffled her mag
nation; and size fell asleep in tn
comfortable bed with feeling O
y gratitude for Mrs. Merrdew's help,
: But in the early morning when sill
: aWokc refreshed by her sleep and abb
9 once more to thinks calmly, she bega
J. to take a very different view of wha
!, had occurred. Certain questions force
q themselves upon her. How came
Q thai Mrs Merridew was In Sheffield
:, so opportuholy? And was il no NOR
than coincidence that she appeared a
tho station Just at the moment whe
!. Olive would be In such sore need q
y help?
II II the attack in the train had reall
n tccn planned by Gilbert NIerridew-
y and that payer left little or no ROOF
y for doslt-might not this further Dc
yelop,nent naye been also CAREFUL
- schemed. S III
u II, her sleepy state overnight 1t hi
> not seemed singular that Mrs Merr
" dew should beHin apartments instef
a or at a hotel, but was It nota vel
ID cuYious step? The Merridaws had pr
III baby known from the first that Oil
N would come to Sheffield to prosecu
Ee her Inquiries; they were greatly afra
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with your friends. what are you GO
Ing to do2"
y am pennlless for the time. said
olive, dolcfuliy. II cannot even tele-
graph to Mr.. Easement"
No money" exclaimed Mrs. Merri-
dew. throwing Zip her hands. "poor
! child! It Is past o'clock. No message
can reach the lawyer tonight In a
little place like Frampton. MEANWHILE
what will YOU do. and where will you
go2 Let me make suggestion. Bury
tho Ratchet between uB until to-mor-
row. and come to my rooms The first
thing in the morning we Will wire to
Mr. Easement"
II would rather go to hotel. I
hnvo my luggage
Eut this turned out to be wrong.
| BY q mistake her luggage had not
/ been left Mt the station. Nothing was
| to be found, at any rate.
| olives only alternative was there
/ fore to accept Mrs. Merridew's offer
Y or pass the night in the workhouse
| or the streets. Unwillingly, she
| yielded.
4 Some inkllng of the facts had mean
! while leaked out, and q small knot
4 OF people surrounded them as they
i were about to leave the station, and
some jeering remarks were made at
4 olives dress and dshevelled appear.
ance.
Then a dirty. disreputable looking
hag pushed her way through the res,
ribowinl: them aside, and with lout
cry. rushed UP to Olive and seized her
4 "'Ullo. my girl, come back at last
Il ave you. And a fine beauty you look
Z too"
Olive tore her hand out OF that Of
the old crone and drew back in dis
Gust.
How dare you? don't know you
never saw you in my life"
1;rc. come of of it. Not 50 mucl
oe your don't know YOU She's m,
: mad daughter, she Is" she called II
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CHAPTER XII.
Mad n.y. GunA

"Mow, my dear young lady ! have
no doubt all this matter can be cleared
up without any difficulty began the
great specialist, very kindly. al he
turned to Olive. with the telegram from
MI. Easement In his hand. II wish
you TO feal perfectly assured In your
mind that DIR. Larkhall and myself are
your friends, and have only your best
interests at hearH"
"Certanly," assented his colleague,
Now | understand that YOU tele-
graphed to this gentleman, Mr.--er---
Easement, In the belief that he knew
you, and would come down here to
meet us?"
"Mr, Easement has known me for
years. and had he received my message,
would have come at once" replied
Olive. my message has not reached
him. and that telegram does not come
| from him."
OBVIOUSLY not, II you are correct In
your belief.'' was the answer, And
what does he know Of youG"
"IIe was my fathers solicitor for
eight or nine years, UP to the time OF
| his death. a little more than g week
ago"
Your father?"
] "Mr. Richard Parmenter. the million
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time an innocent man Is In prison as
The result Of charge brought by her
against him. She IL not safe to be at
large. There must BIO a proper medi-
cal examination. Fortunately. Sir An
thony Browick, the great expert, Is In
Sheffield. I will arrInge for him to
be here this afternoon, with another
DOCTOR This Mr.. Easement will be
here by that time, and the thing can
be investigated thoroughly. Do you
agree to that, madam"
II agree readily" declared Olive.
"Mr. Easement will put everything
right"
1t was arranged In that way, there
fore, and the lawyer and the woman
loft.
olive laughed at the whole matter
as ridiculous, and without any serious
appreh ension awaited Mr.. Ca sements
arrival Not only would this prepos.
ferrous blunder be explained, but she
herself would be released from Mrs
Merridews custody.
She passed the time in writing on
detailed account Of the previous day:
experience in the train, the task being
interrupted now and again by (gues
tons from her companion.
II suppose you are quite sure al
that happened, Miss Parmenter?" asket
Mrs. Merridew, who knew what sh
was doing
"If were not, sh ould be an insan
LAS this miserable old woman declares.
"It Is certainly very extraordinary.
was the dry comment. and YOU ga;
there was paper left in the carrlag
signed by YOURSELF"
"A paper with my name forged to It.
''It would not be possible for YOU t
have written such a thing wthou
knowing It, OF course, would it?"
IT think we will not discuss 1t an
further" said Olive CURLY.
She did not like her companion
manner at all; and when hour afte
ilhour went by and no reply came fror
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Mr.. Easement she began to grow un-
easy. She was so positive he would
send a prompt answer to her urgent
message, and would come down at
once in response from fears of further
treachery.
But she did her utmost to maintain
a calm front and to hold these rising
fears In check; and when the lawyer
and Mrs. Tlsley returned In the after.
noon. and there was still no response
to her message, she met them with
unfinching confidence.
HAS Mr.. Easement arrlved?" was
Mr.. Mathers's first question. II hope
so."
unfortunately not" replied Olive.
IT do not understand the reason; but
presume my message has not been de-
litvered to him.
you do not suggest 1t was not sent,
dew. II can answer for that posi-
lively.
This is Sir Anthony Rrowick. mad.
am. and this is DR.. Larkhall, a we'll
known Sheffield practitioner"
with the lawyer and Mrs. Tisley
bowed, and both directed their gaze
earnestly upon Olive. while Mr.. Math-
ers explained the nature Of the Gaze,
eve must, of course. speak to this
young lady alone" said the London
specialist, with glance at his young
colleague. who bowed In answer.
4 The rest rose and as they We're leav-
Ling the room a servant brought in a
/ telegram and handed 1t to Mrs. Mer-
ridew,
ct Is for you" said the latter to
i Olive; but she herself opened and read
HIT. 1T Is from Mr.. Easement; and Is
\ certainly extraordinary. had better
4 read It. as we are all concerned. Your
message photographed to me here;"-
"It is from London" interposed the
j llady.-"You arc evidently laborlne
! under some strange hallucination.
, know nothing of you at ALL and never
|heard your name. Richard Easement
! The lawyer shrugged his shoulders
and smiled Significantly
!, This is extremely interesting" salt
} the great specialist. Perhaps you vii
; Ileave me the telegram. / should like
to discuss 1t with this young lady"
Olive saw clearly enough now thai
7 there had been foul play indeed; an(
although deeply affected and culver
sling with Indignation. strovc resolutel!
! to maintain her self-control for tn,
coming interview AS soon as tn
others had left the room she turned
! With quiet. confident smile to tn
| two doctors OIL whose word her Yer!
q libcrty now depended,
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CHAPTER XIII.
,Jnc!> to the Rescue.

Any one with heart less hard than
a stone would have been affected by
the sight of Olives distracted misery,
but Mrs. Merridew was utterly un-#
moved. She seized and held her
tightly until the nurses came up.
II dare not interfere with the law,
Miss Parmenter" she declared cold-
~.
But Olive chung to her, and a strug-
gle followed. olives hands We're
roughly torn from the Others dress,
and she was once more In the power
Of her captors and hurried back to
the train.
There was q difference now, how
ever. Just as the Gocr was being shut
pulled aside. and Jack Fenwick
jumped into the Commandment.
Jack cried QiiNe, oyecjoyed. "Oh,
thank Heaven"
This is private commandment You
can't come In here, sir" said Or.
lLarkhall, angrily-
/ "A little LATE Isn't H. seeing | am
already In. Whats the meaning OF
! this internal 1utrnge?"
4 "rhey are taking me To mad
\ house, jack" cried olive.
The doctor called TO the porters to
4 turn Jack out. This y my patient,
/ and ain taking her where she will
be duly cared for" he explained.
''Then you'll have TO take me as
4 well." was the cool reply,
4 This guard and sone porters came
4Eround the carriage. You must come
Iout, air. please said The guard THIS
y carriage Is reserved"
4 Fetch the station master,n he rsp-
4 bed rack curtly. IAN right. olive;
don't worry We'll soon he out OF this.
land then I'll settle matters with this
i ldlot,"
Il The station master came mp then 10
sec what was the matter. and INNS,
\ diately recognized OLIVIA,
rro 30 Continued Next sunday.t II
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the people here

about the people here.
Olive madeasome commonplace reply,
and addressing herself as quickly as
possible, stole out of the room intend
ing to leave the house.
But Mrs. Merridewi met her on the
stairs. How quckiytyou DIRE she
said with smile This Is my sitting
ROOM and she barred Olives passage
and led her into a room on the first
fEoor5at the back of the house. where
breakfast was already laid for them.
II have left my handkerchief up
OF the meal. To her relief Mrs. Merri-
dew let her leave the room. and she
ran down to the front door to gain
the street.
But to her infinite chagrin and con-
cern the big door was locked and the
key had been taken away; and while
she was standing there, Mrs. Merridew
appeared at the head Of the stairs and
saw her.
My dear Miss Parmenter, whatever
| is the matter?' she exclaimed.
st felt needed breath Of fresh air"
replied Olive, feebly.
.'And you, found the door locked.
Come upstairs and Will tell you, the
reason. / did not intend to tell you
tyet. The truth Isl she continued, when
they We're again seated at the table,
"a very unpleasant thing has occurred,
| That woman who insulted YOU at the
1 station came here early this morning
ana fold the neonle OF the house that
syn,, we're n dangerous lunatic, They
made me- promise to be responsible for
you or course I did so immediately,
and T had ia give nv word that YOU
should not leave the house until the
4 matter was cleared up. Sc propose
5Ethat Won telegraph at once to Mr. Case
nent md ret him to come down here
1 What do Won save"
"With ali my heart" was olives
ea ger reply.5and she at. once wrote out
nessaee and gave 1t to a servant who
Innswere1 The hell.
Eve shall nave ; reply from hin
Fl very soon of course and then shall
know what 10 do,n said Mrs. Merridew
aGdinp With n reassuring smile: "In the
,,,a,ntjma yo,, must ,ry to anuse your.
4 snlf as Nest Won can here They won
4 hear of your going out, you know" =
When the servant came to clear ava.
the breakfast. Olive observed, not with
.lout a tendency TO smile, that she mad,
haste TO but the knives out of he
reach. and altogether appeared yer,
n eryous and III at ease, casting glanc
after glance Of star,led scrutiny in lie
direction.
About an hour later there was fur
! ther development, The old woman
looking less disreputable than on tn
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gathering In her dress with the ut.t
most care SO that nnt 81 vestigc OF ~
siiould be seen. Then she lay as still
AS death.
The man swore horribly and first
felt all along the seats TO make sure
she had zone; md noxt leaned out Of
the carriage to see that she had not
crawled along the footboard.
Suddenly the engine whlstled shrilly
and began to slow down.
With fresh set Of oaths the man
closed the door and 'coked out Of the
window to ascertain the OF the
stoppage Tho train was now near to
the end Of the tunnel and travelling
at "a low rate Of speed: but another
whistle sounded, and the train COM
menccd to quicken
Tearing the cover from the lamp,
he gave last look around the COM
partment opened tho door on the fur
Their side, stepped dowit on to the foot
board paused there o. moment to close
the door after him and then dropped
on to the rails Just before the train
ran into daylight.
With a feeling OF intense thank
fulness olive scrambled out from
under the seat and fell back on the
cushions, almost fainting from the
strain OF the terrible experience.
She had been very near to death.
she knew, and for some minutes she
could do nothing but seek to still her
beating heart and recover her dazed
wits.
Now that the danger was over and
her life safe her nerves threatened to
fail her altogether. She seemed to see
the mans coarse face staring into
hers to feel the touch OF his vie
mtlfacine grip and to hear tho Ehru tai
words In which he had threatened hci
with that cruel death.
She could scarcely persuade herseli
that she was really safe, and rushed
to the window of the door by which
re had made his escape to assure her.
self that he was not still waiting Il
return and renew his desperate ct-
forts.
Then she looked all round the car
riage, and even under the seats in ar
almost hysterlcal desire TO be sure n
was not lurking there. And In do!ui
TINT she made discovery.
The paper which he had throw
under tho seat was lying In a cornar
ana she took 1t out and unfolded It.
AL the first glance she started 81
YinlGat.y that the 4aprr almost fl:
tered out of her grasp.
To her utter amazement the writ
INK closely resembled her own; an
the signature was hers-"oliye Par
moHter."
T'hc blood rushed to her heart 6
she SAW this. and when she read wha
was written she uttered a cry of tn
deepest bewilderment. A great ligh
broke in upon her as to the full sin
lister meaning OF this attempt upo
her life.
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loud voice to the rest OF the peo-
pie. ifad Sally. She's of her ,ut. .'le
IL. I'vo got you at last. ave I? You
don't givo me the slip again in a
hurry:" and with that she seized Olive
again ana called loudly for the pc.
lice. -
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But he shook his head. II have al
ready sent one message. I cannot send
another to meet with q similar re-
suit. will communicate with him;
but meanwhile I cannot keep YOU
longer In the station; and, If your
story is correct, he will no doubt take
steps to have the matter put right be-
fore the proper authorities"
.What do you mean?" she asked