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un tema de vital importancia, que fue
'Ausencias Tardanzas".
Entire los aplausos arrancados por ell
joven Lucena aparecio don Ramon Oil
veras, quien pronuncio un hermoso dis
curse sobre La Educacion actual =.
Una vez terminado ell discurso del Sc
nor Oliveras, fuimos obsequiados con
dulces refrescos por dos galantes pro-
fesoras, las sehoritas Nazario y Torres.
cerro Ell acto, ell professor especial de
Agriculture del distrito escolar en- Yau
co-Guanica, osvaldo Morales Salgado
quien en-, breves Y concisas frases discu-
rri6 sobre la Agriculture EN- Borin-
quen.'
Y al compass de nuestra Borinquefia sa
lamos de las aulas, quedando en- nues-
tras mentes gratas impresiones de cul-
tura, civismo, companerismo, a la vez,
solaz, en- nuestras almas.
J. M RossY
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Sc DEsEA UN MEcANICo para re-
paraci6n de maquinaria pesada en- las
plantas del Salto de Comerto. Sueldo
por meses y casa por cuenta de la com
pafiia. Yea al superintendent General,
Division de Alumbrado, Porto Rico Rail
way Light and Power Co., Marina, San
Juan.
vENDo UNA GUAGTA en- perfecto
estado con varias piezas de repuesto o
Sc negocia por una casa Informara Ma
rio Melendez, calle valdes 8, oarada
8, Box 1S4, Telefono 1139, Puerta de
TERRA.
coAsfoNl solo 5 dias Trajes de
Casimir:- $500 $500 - S35 90
LA GLORIA. Fortaleza 17-vicente
Arrivi.
cRISTALEs y espejos de todas clases
fabricados por HIRES TURNER
GLASS co Los n:lyores fabricantes del
munIo los venden: Dfaz Hermanos,
Cruz 10, San Juan.
PoR NO PoDERLA VIVIR su dueho Sc
vende una casa de concrete acabada de
construir. Entire las dos carreteras con
entrada por dos GALES. Informara Car
mona, Puerto Rico Elegante.
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A'IAla DIA COMO HOY 4
- E=vsJ
"Recordar es vivir-- -Dsnte.
m rnTrTrN ne
"Recordar es vivir--Dsnte.
8 DE DIc1EMBRE DE 1889
eAYARRE PIERDE LA voz

zos canto bail6 como uno de tartos;
su voz produjo primero curiosidad des
pues asombro en- la concurrencia. iQuien
era ell de la boina azul?
"A instigacion de una bella aldeana
(dice ell antes citado Castro y Serrano),
Julian Sc adelant6 la ermita y enton6
ell zorcico de Iparraguirre
ALTA SAN ANToNINU
Urquiolacoac;
con tales brios, melodioso acento am
plitud de forma que hizo enmldecer a
los alborotados cantores, quienes, con
movidos, prorrumpieron en- enthusiasts
vitores aplausos. Una vieja que hacia
frituras en- un tinglado cercano, abando
no las sartenes para escuchar al mozo,
embelesada, y al concluir, tocandole en-
ell pecho, lie dijo esta hermosa Erase de
adivira: TIL, teatro debias andar' aeon
paiiando las palabras con un vase de SA-
GARDUA, que Gayarre bebio de un
trago, como en- sus mejores tiempos de
PASTOR
Aquel mismo verano, en- Zaldivar, ha-
blando con un fraile y lamentandose
este de que runca lie oiria cantar por
prohibirle su regla asistir al teatro, Ca
yarre Sc apresuro a decirle:
-Pues bien, padre; yo, que no quiero
cantar para esos sefiores, cantare para
usted cuanto ne pida
Y, efectivamente, al rayar Ell alba,
cuando nadie Sc habia aiin levantado, lie
dio un verdadero concerto al regocija-
do anciano fraile.
Amos despues, y tambien en- verano,
apareci6 Gayarre en- Ell Gran Casino de
San Sebastian una madrugada, a cosa
! de las dos. LIE esperaban ALI unos GUAM
tos amigos centre los que Sc encontraba
ell que esto escribe), para acompaharle,
como todas las noches, su hotel Sc hos
pedaba en- ell Continental
Al ponernos en- marcha> nos cont6 que
habia pasado la velada en- Ell hotel de
una marquesa muy popular, donde lie
habian pedido que cantase, y, como de
costumbre, Sc habia negado en- redondo.
Al llegar a este punto, va en- pleno
bulevar, Gayarre comenzo cantar a
toda voz una de sus romanzas favoritas;
como por ensalmo Sc poblaron los bal
cones, y los rezagados del cafe de la Ma
rina Sc lanzaron, a la calle. iMagnifico
espectaculol
En- 10 meior del canto, como por es-
cotillon, surgi6 ur serero, el cual fun
cionario, incomodadisimo, energico y fu
rioso, increp6 duramente a Gayarre por
que icon sus voces (textuaD despertaba
y molestaba a los vecinos, cosa terIni-
nantemente prohibida por las ordenan
zas municipales''. Intentamos hacer la
apologize del cantante, y subieron de pun
to la energia y en- erfado de la autori-
dad nocturnal suponiendo que AQUE-
LILO fuera cantar, ell canto estaba tam
bien prohibido tales horas.
Entonces lie hicimos al serene una ova
cion ruidosa, enthusiastic la altura de
su cello y de sus merecin.ientos. La cues
tion era pasar ell ratio. ailn a las tres
tde la mafiana
Francisco FLORES GARCIA.
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COmpraS.

81 QUIERE listed CoMPRAR o VEN
DER BoNoS y Acciones de Bancos Cen
trales y otros valores. hncas rhsticas y
urbanas. colocar tomar dinero en- hi
potecas o pignorar valores. dirfjase
N LLAURI & CO.. Tstnan No. 6. Tele-
fOno 2s7. SAN JUAN. p. R
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FL sublime, incompatible inolvida
BILE artista que en- vida Sc naD,5 Julian
Gayarre,, idolo del p1blico, asi en- Es-
pafia como en- Ell extranjero, fuera de
la escena era tan extraordinario como
en- la escena misma, destacandose su
personalidad con marcado relieve aun
en- los actos mas sencillos. De el ha di-
cho Castro Serrano:
"Gayarre fue NAL comprendido de las
gentes Sc lie tuvo por interesado, y era
pr6digo; Sc lie creia rudo, y era sensi-
BILE; Sc lie calific6 de instrumento fist
CO, era alma de artista.'
Es mucha verdad; bien Sc We que el
exquisite literato conocia perfectamen-
tie al cantante insigne y saba que este
no era, como creia la generalidad, una
voz con dos pies, que debia tan solo
a la naturaleza las seducciones de su
canto Era, aden:as, un gran talento.
FL hombre valia tanto como Ell artis-
ia. Sc lie calificaba de rudo en- las classes
elevadas de la sociedad porque no las
adulaba nj Sc prestaba, como otros, los
poetas especialmente, ser un numero
del programa en- las fiestas de los salo-
mes aristocraticos Decia que el no can
taba mas que en- Ell teatro. Por consi-
guiente, perdian ell tempo los que lie
invitaban con la esperanza de que DI
VIRTIESE la reunion. A un empin-
gorotado duque, que al terminarse una
comida invitaba al tenor, como Ia cosa
mas natural que cantase ALGUNA
COSTA, hubo de decirle:
-IEs que me quiere usted cobrar Ell
cubierto? En- este case, me resulta ca
IA la comida.
ESQ, que era un rasgo de altiva inge-
nuidad, Sc tomaba por una rudeza y has
ia por una groseria, creyendose icito
correcto convidar conner a un arts
ia con ell deliberate prop6sito de cobrar-
lie la comida-como Ell decia-obligando
lie lucir su habilidad. Siempre Sc ne
GO hizo bien, a tan abusiva exigen-
cia
Este hombre singularisimo, altivo con
los poderosos sencillo, blapdo v ase-
quible con los humildes, cantaba para
estos con la mayor complacencia STEM
pre- que Sc 10 pedian, y veces esponta-
mean snte, como vera ell que leyere.
En- cierta OCCASION hallabase tomando
las aguas de zaldivar, y, huyerdo de
los bafiistas desde que 10 habian conc
cido, buscaba la compaiia de sus anti
guos camaradas los montafieses. Lleg6
la vispera de San Antonio, Y Gayarre
levantose a media noche para subir a
la Gina de la montana, donde Sc eleva
la ermita del santo. Su afan era negar
antes de amanecer al alto de Urquiola,
donde sc reunen dicho dia los romeros
de las tres provincias, por ser la cfspi-
de de un monte que casi divide Viz
caya, Alava v Guipuzcoa
ReGnense alli mozas y mozos de las
tres procedencias ci itadas para gozar
del sublime espectaculo de yer salir el
sol, y despues de DIR misa con ell mayor
recogimiento, Sc come, Sc bebe, Sc canta
y Sc baila. Gayarre, gozando del encan-
to del anonimo, Sc confundi6 con los mo-
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ESPECTALIDAD EN- TRU
TRU a maquina. Carretera
247, Parada 25, Santurce.

Aft, dI dud AO, 6dIlbu1 Co.
PAPEL de envoiver de la mejor clase
en- rollos de nueve, doce, diez ocho,
veinticuatro cuarenta ocho pulga-
das a precios de fabrica Diaz HERNIA
nos, San Juan
PARA Los QUE vIAJAN tenemos com
pleto surtido de ropa de abrigo, inte-
rior de lana para sehoras, caballeros y
nifios, trajes, sobretodos y demas prem
das necesarias para protegerse contra
ell frio Gonzalez Padin Co.
CARBONATE DE CAL garanti7ado no
menos de 95 por ciento de pureza. Entire
ga Immediate $14.Oo tonelada sobre niue
lie en- San Juan. Porto Rico Commercial
Corporation Tel. 980-252
DULcEs cUBANos para Navidad.-En
viamos por correo, porte pagado, al re-
cibo de su importe:-Una GAIA de cinco
libras crema de guayaba mechada por
dos d6lares. Una GAIA de dos hbras pas
ia de guayaba superior por rs centavos.
Una GAIA de libra y media pasta de ma
rama superior, por setenta y cinco cen
tavos. Esta oferta la hacem.os solamente
para dar conocer la caldad de los dull
ces marca EEL SOIL, los mejores que
Sc fabfican EN- Cuba Envie su cheque
o giro postal hoy mismo. La cantidad es
limitada JOSE oRTEGA y Co. Allen
TO- Apartado 93s, San Juan, P. R.
GRAN OCCASION: Sc arrienda una
finca con buena casa a medic kil6me-
tro de catafo conteniendo Go cuerdas
de terreno, entire elias tres cuerdas fin
cadas de cana v frutos memories; tiene
cocos y la casa posee todas las como
didades necesarias para familia. Tam
bien Sc venden A vacas recien paridas,
una cabra parida, una crianza de GER
dos con algunas cerdas paridas Y por
parir y una bicicleta sin uso Infor-
mes telefono 712. San Juan o Eduardo
Canej,a Catano.
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Sc Alquna.

I'm CATANo.--Se alquilan unos ba-
JOS propios para almacen Precio
m6dico. Informaran: San Justo IL.
10 B. San Juan.
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CUANDo listed desee comprar saba
mas, Fundas, Toallas, Manteleria y de-
mas articulos para la casa, acuerdese
que los mejores y mas baratos Sc ven-
den en- Gonzalez Padin Co.
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UNA COMA

FL captain Schettini envi6 al Alcal-
de una gonna de automovil, que fue
encontrada en- la calle por un guardia.
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Ell MEJoR TRAJE de "Palm Beach
que Sc vende en- la isla. 10 tenemos
nosOtros a S11.9O, pidalO.- Gonzalez
Padin Co.
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lAPoPLETICoSl LEGO el acreditado
producto catalan lANTLHIPERTEN-
sUs del doctor sugrafes. Gran Premio
en- el Concurso Nacional de Hygiene &C.
lebradO en- Barcelona. combate el His
ter1smo, la Neurastenia y todas las al
teraciones del sistema vascular y nervio
30. De venta en- las mejores farmacias.
Para muestras y pannetos ]. @. Peyork
Apartado 162, San Juan.
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PARA EL sEXo FUERTE:-CApsulas
GoNosAN cOmpuestas de Kava-Kava
y skndalc. Remcdio encacisimo. Riedel
2 Co., Brooklyn. De venta en- las acre
ditadas farmacias. Concesionario exclu-
sivo para Puerto Rico. j. c. Peyork. Ed
Bouret, San Juan
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ST SURE del est6mago y desea po-
nerss bueno, tome el famoso stomalix
saiz de Carlo. Fijese que sea legitimo
fabricado en- Madrid (Espaha) Con
zAlex Padin Co.
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CE vENDE:-Un piano KNABE
GRAND en- excelentes condicio-
mes: Gaia de caoba. Sra. H. w.
Dooley, Kings Court, Santurce.
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CREMA sIRENE.-Destinada a sus-
tiuir vulgares cremas. Embellece
cults aspero, desapareciendo arru-
gas y grietas Producto completamente
original De venta en- los buenos estable-
cimientos.
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TODD Ell QUE DESEE tener exitO
en- amores, ser afOrtunado en- juegO,
desarrollar facultades latentes, solicite
ell Tesoro de los "Lendus". valor del
ejemplar $1.OO. Al por mayor gran
descuento. Para informes, San Jose 45,
tercer piso.
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NlLUUtsfA5 OlLCasiaIlaB. .--Osaft onv,
BeIleza. Ehcas resultado en- dos me
ses. I2T amos de exito mundiall De
venta en- la Porto Rice Drug" Blan
CO. CencesionRr1o exclusive para PIER
10 Rice. J. O. PeyOrk. Apartads l62'
Ban Juan
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81 VENDE una hnca de diez cuerdas,
con una hermosa casa para familia, con
ochocientos arboles frutales en- produc-
ci6n, en- la carretera de Guaynabo.
Para informes Angelo Cafe, San Jo-
I'd numero
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" ufTeCe

BANos DE CoAMo.-Hotel alberto to
do ell afo. Aguas medicinales, termo-
sulfurosas. ALI encontrsrA "confort" >,
salud, descanso y distraction. visitelcs.
ToCINo PENoUITAs.-HARINA DE
TRIGo.-clases selectas. Pida precios
para importaciones directas, cadierno
Hermanos
Sc vENDE una casa concrete de dos
plantas en- la carreters Nueva esquina
calle Europa, stop %, santurce, con So
lares para tres casas EN- los lados conti-
guos Informes, Phone. So rojo, Santur-
ce.
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I'll JARABE DE HIPoFosFITos
n ,sALUD, rosbutece las naturalezas
debilitadas por ell abuse la vejez
De vsuta en- las acreditadas farmacias.
Representante J. Peyork. Ed. Bouret
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TELAREs para bordar, redondos y
cuadrados, todos los tamafos de S1.OO
en- adclante.-Gonzalez Padin Co
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TABoN DE vERBENA CalenduladO.

sIEMPRE que necesite comprar algo,
acuerdese que nosotros vendemos los
mejOres articulos a los mas baios pre-
clos. Gonzalez Padin Co
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hours and a half to reach the
metropolis.
Perhaps little of his annoyance
showed in his face, for the man at
the next table leaned over to him.
You'll excuse me, sir; perhaps l
can help you-I saw you looking at
the London trains"
Robert turned to him with a
smile.
Yes, I've just managed to miss
the three-thirty-I see the next is
eight-and that's a rotter"
"Oh, we're not served ve1y we'll
at Barchester. You'll be Quicker
driving over to Mayfield, if you're
in hurry-that's on the main
line; you'll find there's a train
nearly every hour.
Baxenter thanked his informant,
and while he waited for his tea
they fell into conversation, in the
course of which the solicitor men,
toned his visit to the Towers,
thinking perhaps to elicit a little
useful information from one who
was evidently well acquainted with
Barchester and Barcastrian mat
ters.
The other man was interested
Immediately.
you know Mr.. Dartin, then, sir ?"
"Oh yes; not very well, butt
Then perhaps you know why he
has hurried off like this? My son,
sir, is head gardener up at the
Towers; or, rather, he was, because
he's been shot out suddenly. All
in a minute. Here's two months
money Mr.. Dartin told him; and
he did the same to all of them,
women as we'll"
Robert appeared to be mildly in
terested.
Then he has closed up the
house?"
or tail Of 1t. They all had to leave.
night before last-that is, them as
hadn't already left during the day.
The carrier went up and shifted
their things in batch. Mr.. Dartin
and another gentleman motored
through here shortly afterward.
They say he's sold all his horses
to the vet for next to nothing.
Well miss him here in Barchester
an open-handed gentleman, and
the life and soul of the market.
dinner at the Lion"
And the Barcastrian went off, his
head shaking dolefully, leaving
Robert to his tea and toast.
(To Be Continued Next Sunday.)
Copyright. 1890. by Intern stionsl Feature
Service, Inc.
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Charming Love--Surprismg Mystery--Exdting Adventn

been held in check Dy the light and
were now advancing on his stock
OF biscuits. He made a movement
and heard their scurrying feet AS
they scampered across the cellar
floor. Then they became bolder.
and the man felt one great fellow
as he ran across his ankles.
He called out at the horror OF
the thing, and the echoes took his
cry and sported with II among the
arches Of the roof, and Robert bit
deep into his lip rather than that he
should cry out again to bring those
mocking echo-voices into play.
And then his attention was taken
by a small, vague patch OF gray
high up in the wall-elusive at first
but gradually growing in bright
ness until he saw that II cam,
from a small grating let into the
wall and evidently on a level with
the ground outside.
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Pure face powder cannot iniure
the most delicate baby skin. The
trouble is, too many powders are
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rice powder Rice powder is starchy.
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clogs the cuticle, swells in the pores,
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and pimples. A specialist makes a
harmless powder by using an ingre.
dent doctors prescribe to heal the
skin. Every time you apply this i'm.
proved powder you give your com
plexion a real beauty treatment
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40 9A~o1amtoAd
'Hha amd Aoh,4YQAa,

There is thousand dollar guarantee
of purity printed on the box, certi-
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rice powder or any harmful sub
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der is called La-may (French, Poudre
L'Ame). Because IL is pure and
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II is now the most popular complex
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is also a La-may Talcum that pre-
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anu Wltu
thought the solicitor turned to the
timetable on the desk. There was
az train which left Barchester at
$3.50 that would just give him time
to bathe, and change, and walk
down to the town.
He never forgot the luxury of the
next half hour, the cold lave of the
water Of his bath and the clean
comfort OF the shave. His kit-bag
had ben rifled, but his clothing was
intact; he missed only his writing
. case with the "Dartin dossier," and
Robert smiled as he thought what
pleasant reading 1t had made for
the finders. The damage to his
chin was slighter than the blood.
stained first view had led him to
believe, and, as he stood in a suit
Of gray flannel before the pier glass
in the bathroom, there was little to
point to his having passed through
any adventure or experience such
as his Imprisonment in the cellars.
He packed all Of his clothes and
possessions into his bag. with the
exception of the dress suit and the
linen he had worn in the cellar. He
glanced at the clock as he passed
through the hall and found that he
had barely time for the train, as Il
was, and snatching up his cap, ne
hurried down the gravelled drive
to the lodge gates. Everywhere
was desolation; there were no ser.
20 40 hn .Nok
came no sound of life. and the
lodge was as silent and deserted
as the house.
How quickly Dartin had moved
In the matter when once he had
seen that the game was up! Rob.
ert almost felt an admiration for
the man who could so quickly and
thoroughly adapt himself to changed
conditions. He felt a distinct sat.
isfaction that Dartin had elected
not to kill him when he had him in
his power, but the elation he ex
perienced at having unmasked the
man who bad caused his cousins
death was tempered with the
thought of the hours in the cellar,
the indignity of his cords, and the
cool insolence of Baptiste Dartin.
Full Of his thoughts Robert, on
reaching the outskirts Of the town,
took the wrong road, and the time
he lost recovering his bearings
made 1t impossible for him to catch
the train. BY the time he reached
the cathedral the great clock was
showing the half hour, and from
the distant station the whistle OF
the engine came clearly through
the afternoon calm.
Robert slackened speed and.
looked around him. A little down
the road the oak-timbered archway
Of the Grown" yawned invitingly.
The sun was hot and, after all,
there were many worse places in
which to consult timetable than
the dim GOODNESS OF the panelled
smoke room. He stopped at the
post office and sent wire TO the
theatre at Cardiff, a message that
would still any fears Stella might
feel for him.
There was only one other occu-
pant of the room when the solicitor
entered II and took from the hook
the local timetable. He crossed
to a table by the window and, or
dering tea, looked up his train. To
his annoyance he found that there
was none until o'clock, and then
only a local, which took some two
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CONTINUED from Preceding Pd0e)
He refreshed himself with few
OF the hard biscuits and a drsught
OF water; then fell again to his
strained listening. Hour followed
hour-or were they minutes that
were passing with such leaden feet?
Steadily he watched the candle
burn lower and lower, and SO at
last fell asleep.
When he woke again he was in
darkness, and now the silence
seemed the harder to bear, and was
broken at long intervals by trivial
sounds which Robert knew were,
rats. Doubtless. the animals hads
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remains of a cold chicken, some sal
mon and bread and cheese. AS he
sat on the corner of the table, en-.
joying his impromptu feast, he
saw for the first time the state he
was in. The square mirror tilted
over the mantlepiece above the
range showed him the figure of n
young man, indescribably dirty,
and with chin and lips scored with
cuts on which the blood had dried
in ugly little brown patches.
His evening dress, torn and
stained with plaster and cobwebs,
would have disgraced a scarecrow.
On his fashionable soft-fronted shirt
the blood had dripped from his
chin, and he was without collar or
tie. Evidently his jailors had mer.
cifully removed them. Robert
paused in the act Of eating and re.
viewed himself.
81 think, Robert" and he nodded
to his reflection, "a bath is what
you want-and three days growth
of beard does not suit your particu-
lar type of manly beauty" -
He slipped off the kitchen table
and returned to the dining room,
where he opened a bottle of Mo-
selle. New life seemed to flow in
his veins as he drained a glass of
the sparkling beverage. Then, en-
tirely refreshed, he set about max.
ing a search of the premises. He
chose Dartin's study first as being
the room most likely to yield any
information that might be useful to
him. Here, as elsewhere, were
signs of hurried evacuation. The
drawers Of the desk had been ran
sacked, and in the wide hearth a
tall heap of ashes showed how the
late owner Of the Towers had spent
his last hours under its roof. Rob-
ert did not even glance through the
papers left il the drawers; he
knew too well that any incriminat-
ing documents would have been
6urnt or carried away.
The windows of the room were
close shut and curtained, and two
candles, which had stood on the
table, had burnt completely out.
The air was acrid from tobacco
smoke and the smell OF charred
paper. Evidently the men had
stayed long at their work Of destruc-
tion. There we're glasses and a
half-empty whiskey bottle on the
desk, and the little silver clock had
stopped few minutes after ten.
The other rooms Robert did not
worry about Falling on his knees,
he carefully sifted over the heap
in the crate, blowing upon them
gently with a pair of brass bellows
that he had found beside the fire.
place. The black, charred paper
scattered to left and right, leaving
those which had in part escaped
the flames. There we're not many
Of these-Dartin Lad done his work
TOO well for that--but, such as they
were, the solicitor placed them
carefully in an envelope to examine
on his way to town. The words
written on the scraps Of paper we're
in French and English, but to
Roberts casual glance they af-
forded no light on the secret of the
Chauville inheritance.
II was a telegram which he found
screwed into a ball and tossed into
the wastepaper basket that decided
him to lose no time in reaching
London. II was addressed to him
and was from Cantle, dated the