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THE STOZEN GEMS. Croski orawic! and thua thud fmplash) aplaah and a horrible echoing, whispering and, as the water drawn up by the two man at the winch ross some 10 feet higher, where each bucket in Lorn was caught by a check and reversed to your it's contents into a haga cistern to supply the drinking water at the castle..

I was satisfied with the look of the Jack. langhed to avzeli sa I thought what a farmer, bailiff, and general man of basices I was grow ing la dear old Dink's interest, and then bad gono round so us by pass through the gardens Cand let the men and I was about.

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“I ought to have gone right to the bottom,?” |wit now with short langtha of line to sia round] [hoersely, and the glass tapped against the bottle

ni he poured out some water and drink it I mid to myale as I was draming,, Who the anaes to form a hand's, and praclining, U1 “Wank drink's more than is good for him-kawa hat what, tho jowoli may lines bres could come wistons, plunge in wit it, and lat excepting the sold at from the wall wvery thrown in there F Not end hiding plaas," Itdingmarsplay tatas bottomy whole morning to steady his persen." I said to myndi sedutan, nat likely

my grup after trying how In Taould stay: as soon as Brayson and gosse, Wall. I hope walked back ebarply, and at et old, the rash sad toward the last aftar fading that I would he will turn out all right, and that I have made for and splash is the wall honas salated measily at lows a minata. I always moss with

1 broad the yel, thinking that if it had vot some em al stores'oen haddŝal of pobbles from. a felend."

bom for my old friend'a hsday los I should the bottom. Vajad hare peranstid him to let mad sige do e ohinary for raising the water supply as it

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CHAPTER IIL ··

To jasa ma in bilf that time, dashing into the library exaltedly.

Charley, old mau sold."Quick, there's something wrong?"

Brayson's words, had do: Dupreswyl 'na

Ho

"We were only fast in time, Charla Chieght the sonundeal with thì khifalin “hin homễ had fost oa! thanh thx49

"Wheeft. Ieriet **Why, Mesyuan, dlasiteve 1*2.

en he was the thief!" oried excitedly, "and the female sms there.” dows Down the them !!

lion when after

Castaken I told him ell. 7ell," ha all mi.Efnahal (me bristinne

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Never mind that." I said, "18, Lady Flores It was a mal plas, and I know I felt that gate biok bergm

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Bat Bearson was not hunzai, bɔ only had a I had stolan out about is with avery nerve treta of pros antitali fur to robbery of the strang to the highest pitch nad s horrible fool jowls and alas of emi vikublu plite, tim 1ng of drawd sanding & skivor theragh mus: bat packages, sadared in fia with ustiat, haing 1 houstic balieve that. If at that moment the brought an aftar proper dredging arzongamesti ingen of my, buk had boon, trico is grout had hinn medo, the bulldog, obatiasoy within ma would have sarried me through.

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I own go must and tara" pairlylijän" I mið, I. Clarion Later, had alimbed the down after

The months guided on, and after a great deal

with the molinos Boqtiraft By my skill in die * If wearylbing alss Balls", nad quite načisť »ä my arty-morning visit to the sea beneath the

AF, where a plangs down into the clear topths of anxiety I anuid honestly feel that I wat grote ad sent on sleotris thrill through as Tare the Garileigh's Bittle kingdom into Este state, had grown into a habit to taka my glass of onlding, I prep wat one night for a vontues which bad awam and dived for 10 minutes, dressed in when one night we had a shock. I was in the water after my bith, and one was kept on a rating abillid ma as the tima approached. the warm sunshine and tramped back over the little library, poring over me paprs went down shelf on purpose for my, use, ose of the mo aliff slope where Lord Gartleigh's fook of by his lordship'a aliitor, about which a reply thrusting in the winal-wing when a buöket was. Scald was were albbling the short dowy borban aeeded. I had boss' speaking to Disk about), and Elling the gin as a matter of course ugo and giving their matton a guy Bavour by it over dur coffee and he bad replied:Well, I was on creating the yard.

That morning, as I stood in the wall-house, aranshing up the thousands of tiny snaftchells as you know best. Don't bather me. Go and get

is done and then wa will have a quiet oigne, sipping the clear, cold-fi and Hstening to the wolk.

join in

triokiing and excing splashing of the falling water, I raw quite a start, and involuntarily) He

peared down into the horrible-looking black inte.

Tho pazt minata I had tomad off the remains What dried as excitedly, Ladynt way drought and hurried away trembling last

uy excitement should have been noted by the But the danger was great enough. I all Florry"

"Yok” hu panted, “went up to her dressing man; tr, Ilke an in-piration, thiaght kaw, as I set down on the hamid floor the loa room. The door was leaked. There must be--"ome to The jewls ara hidden down I had brought and then 10 ha lantern and pinced it on the the framework of the great * Burglars!" Toried"Quink, call the ser- there

Instead of turning into the gardens as 1 gen-winch. Then lighting a 'pinee of wax osadle, 1 antel Go up and guard that door, and vend some one round to mɔ,” ka

erally did I buryiod in and up to my own room are fast on the other side of the woll by touting to Anish draming, bat with my cheeks burning a little of the wax dein on les stout rail.

*So far, so good,” I mid to mysalt, ni I. rear- and temples throbbing, calling ayself fool. mad man talling myself that it was imposible, letely drom back horrible anggestions, and g improbable to a darren; that there was a wil-tools, and three off the pisteve I wore, to stand on more likely places for the jewals to lave tently in an old football jerny and drawers.

I hul thonghitout my plans to the stallst been hidden that to three them down there was to past thou away forster, at

fatim, and made all my ontoulations; so that, You don't ass all yourɛims to alyvikaze. Voit THE VORTH GERMAN FIRG INSITE 1% os Atraucas against Goolia Privata G Bt all thao arguments were fa vain egalnat feeling that my only chance for carrying out the hourly growing feeling that I had at last my task salally was by going straight on hit upon the spot where, the stalen gous were without hesitation, I raised the load I had brought and by me- pmple of 50-pound hilden.“

Why had I not thought of that place before weights-nad after seeing that the stop was in I don't know. Perhaps it was too simple, per- the winot, plan the realy in one of the baps too impossibla Bules it, 1 nover had till buckats which I had drawn as level with the now, and the idea had suddenly become a fever, fail Then, fastening a string to the lantern which wout on increasing for quite a week, amare it down till it was alus are fost from when, unable to combat the fooling longer, the water, fastand the string, and taking ont

the stop, let the deat basket run down with the gave way.

wirbta till I bewed it kiss the water with a hollow, cobaing splash. As the soamilarosa I thrust the stop isto the cors of the winch once more, and the bucket was stopped, as I could see. half in the water.

* Where are you going PV -

"I know they'll call me a digger-driver." I mid to myself, "but they've all" kad top easy a tion of it during Dake minority, and things have been shamefully neglected.” And then I masad my plans respecting the management of the catate an I wont bank" to the castle, making Buy coind that as Gurtleigh hul placed every thing in my hands, I would have done but good

"Under Fone windows,” I added, throwing mans about this place. Everything should be open the one at the end of the room; and, spring honest and abovebeard; am so it fell not that 1ing out. I rau round to the front of the house, was walking back to my roem, through the yard, fully expecting te ne one of the farm ladders at 7 o'clock that bright samler morning, mon reared up against the bread stone balcony whicb ing to do a couple of hours writing and accountreu along the Bret Bcur. There it was, in the canding, when I beard the rgneaking and orakdim. light, which was sufficiently strong for me

g of the wheel in the wellcase with its high to use that the window was open. pitched roof.

I turned sharply, interiar the great stena paved wat plice, where a man was grinding away da either side of the opening, aud came plum, thage thngorrect word, and his appeamuos justi fed-upon Brayson, the batler, standing there, slowly sipping a Lamblor of water, and looking dianshaven and smooth ar if he won by the alboard in the dialar-roon, waiting at one of

the meals.

Good morning sc" Morning, Bmyeas. Shop! Look bere, my men, why, in heaven's name, don't you grenan that wheel ?"

The man ceud turuing, and the one Bestel touched bis foreland.

I did not hesitate a moment. "Bargises are elkapu cowards," I reasonel, and I ran up the laddor sad dashed to the window, thinking. though, that I should be arkwardly situated if

our visitern bad revolves..::

But no shot welcomed me as I stepped in, took little match-box from my peokst, struck a light, and bell it shore my hand. Nothing to be seen, so I stepped forward, it the caudles on the toil t-table, and peered abest.

"Hullof" oried a voiar behind, and Lord Gurtleigh sprang into the room. Aay on there'”

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Bosh! Ste Toming!" you . "It is impossible. It wo could as that we might bank tuun sungle to turn us into sya nos gidle

rain.

There must be Kounothing in it." I said to myself; "or i should not be haunted in this shion Suparetition? Perhaps, but whather il is that, or madness, or folly, I shall never ret till I have sodrohod that well”

As I had made up my mind to this my sad that we turaod to the door, which was awe- first thought was to mult Lord Gurtleigh, i to what was to cozte, as mounting the r, and your zone time, then don't waste it. fully bolted on the inside; and as we throw it but I cast that out at onse.

-"No,” I said. "wo are too late.”

A minate's search, proved that I was right,

Be no gord, sit. Her soul again dreak vely, all. Hevour the water.

apan, there stood Bearson, the footman, and a Hall ridicule it." I said, "I can't make him Then grase it again, orol it, r sathing.souple of rooms, while volses behind no told feel as I do "; and, although I would have god. Nover havo beon grensed," and the man on that help was below, the gardeners and stablemanly given anything for a confidant. I felt that I

having been called up.

aust act alone, and koop my actions hidden-De the other side, skinly, and in a way wirich seasted to any,What bedtem is it of yours?"

"Mind!" I ahexto 1, running to the window rasy tank-from every one about the pinov.

It way like a fit alimenu ty, quite a monomabía; Then let it be done before to-morrow wenKeep back on the grass; there may be fool ing," anid. sbarply. "The whole of the machine prints thara; I shall want to eximiz

bat I was determined. nati from that our began is Anton up with rost. Whore's your common

to think out my planes.

gees, co? Why, your work will be a easy aguio. Do you do this often, Brayson I aid Every morning, sir," bezsplied, obsequiously. Winter and sommer, I always have a glass of this water first thinet Finest drink in the world for your health. W you try a glass, sir?”

Well-yes."

There, sir," he said solemnly, and be hanged it to me as if it ware a glas of his for lip's choicest champ gae.

I took the glass nad drank its contents. "Capital water, Braynon.

The next task was perilous, but nothing I felt dining out on the apparatos. I sized ese rope remobing ont, caught the other twisted my lex rond, hung for a moment over the sust, which booked, if anything, more leible from the Eeep light balow, und los myself glide down rapidly.

It was the task of a very few moments, but long buongh for me to be attasked by thoughts such asuppose the raps Broke-suppose the sir was foul down balsuppose I could not at back to the surface-answara to which came at onen, for I knew that the cups would bour double my weight; that the lantern would not

Thon I stood thinking for a moment before issuing my lorders as promptly as I could, The simplest thing would have been to empty seading grooms off mounted to summon the the well, but that was impossible. No amount police and then rile on to the railway station if drawing water had the slightest effect for the and ask for help to detain any suspicious-to-kine diggers had tapped the huge risarvoirs extend people, while the gardeners weat to scour theng beneath the mighty shall range running have barned in fol air and that as to rolarning grounds and rouse the keepers, watchers and east and west of the vast spur upon which the T had but to stand in the bucket who I reach people at the nearest forms,

astle stood dominating the sa. There could bed it and done myself up by healing the other It all proved labour in vain, sud toward move to draining the well, and had it been pos- rope.

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Now. isn't a man wasting time when be gata! 17 "Oh,” you say, “but he can't bilo it,” That's wores aos than the Time Bisk. Yes, bo nam haly it. Line times ont of tan.

Here's a man who goes Look for a second, on to talk like this: "The woy ever, he says, "a stronger manio England thus I wisp. to December, 1894 I agak-per, and about this time wo bad deal of tremble with a gang of poachera Thad to keep watch all night long and was spamaly arar in bed, and often slept in my damp clothes. At but we ushbed the pouchers and landed them in l. Shortly after this I was taken bd At dgh I erly felt rod and dal. I had a bat taste in the oth with slime covering my tongus and teeth. I could est little or nothing, and what I did ont Before had ishod sporting he was ríusing The tumblor in a freally Alled tub; thu Laking ang I wat fagged out-ftor dlasatebing a toluble, I should not have felt disposed to pro- No-imposible I had is the mashiner me great palu. Ifits if hd in a riges my brasthing was laboured and short, and I spit clean napkin from his pocket he wiped and gram to the county town and another to London as such, a thing; for I wanted to kosp my with the stop. The tunnght unnerved on for ap a great deal of phing. I hui Arnful polished it. Finally, as one of the baskets rare talking to Lord and Lady Gartleigh.

erinas secret in case it was all fave as gender- the moment, and then I langbed, I realled bioting cough, antall to slgap at night; how often I had climbed a ropa. Than I was for after ten mintres' sleep I would wake up and -ont of the black, reperans depths of the opening

I wanlda't arra twopence," asid the formor,d by the sight of the place.. enelosed by the framework of the wince. Le but they's got jonk that are prices. All That night, with a feeling of markainty that I level with the swinging. lantera, my fast touchong for two or three bars at napali. Nich! signed to the men to wop and tipped the glass poor Florry's pearls, which cams from the Gul- hand as good ne found the jawels which had beened the water elose by the parily enbmerged «fter night I heard the clock at Ike erary hou

"When he bad attieks me on I fi fall, bolding it for a few minutes in the opor cower of Badjar Aman, and the old family din hidden there for the reasons I had leady settled lower wheel, and I choked male to foal about doorway willes frosty dow rapidly formal" on ends."

I made my way to the well-house after every and find, as I had anticipated a broad restits- should anffocate, and had to be bolstered ng is

plans, just holow the surfão,composed of slippery iad. I was coughing and spitting up matter the outside of the tumbler.

"Don't fret, Dick, dear" and Lady Ortone had retired for the night.

I bad provided mysalf with a lantern, matches arcs barms. afgh, qulatly; it's a great pity, but I will not

and thingy all night long. Fully 1 gut Here I stopped for a few moments thinking-wak 1 conlia't misx across the dịch, ual if 1 mind. I daresay Charles Lester will get them and a real, upon which were a hundred yards of

salmon line from Lord Gartleigh's tankis, and oot hesitating to which aide I should de vantarnd ear my breathiur was bad that I lastly a heary plummet, beneath which I bunga ai. And now to spite of the logged coarne had to stop and reshevery few yards. Ofer little gepal forms of books secaroly bound within mo. I felt in full for the terrible risk II was obliged to gits up my work, and for sich back to back.

was about to run. It was one thing to plunge mouths I did nothing. I was under the dialer The place lankawy grim and repellent as I down into the apona brod daylight hold-sil this timen, and Fm the fist heard mye

was a bad one. After whi'n hosil to my carefully closed thedars. All was sifont anding one of those boulders, another to take a

mita. Your husband is in a consumption, and blok, and when a drop of water dripped from 56-pound weg at front that bucket close by ms.

he great cistern overhead it fill with a splash plant it by ma on the bases, thrust my foot will never get batter far below, which echoed from the sillmy, sides of through the ring right up to my Instop, and the well in a peculiar way that was almost start-the lower myself off and let that weight drawin same time dit Iwuld din. Abt ling, But I was too hot open my project, and me down into those borrible cold, black depths.this time I read in a Livarpind piper of a medi rially Sghting my lantern in one corner, 1? I shuddered with the shock of dread which aine called Morther Size Curative Sprep tried to keep it covered til I had attached then through me, and then snapping my teath and Panuisd I abell like to try it. og and of the line to the lantern-ring, and swang it togather like ez angry dog. I uttered a low who lives in Lispo got ma two boltes. laugh, which started me again, is in tng desperate and before I hod sind up túa seond one my down over the side inte the well."

Nobody je likely to be watching the place." It şant

bough was all guney my breathing was easy, and bought as I lowered the light for tea or s ezen sh, what a poor soldier Ishould have made i

I could eat anything. I som gột bướt to my feet; and then, as I looked over the rail. I be Common works go through such riska ocery work, and have enjoyed gasit sound kalih sver gan in search for what I expected to fad, ti wit,} day as a nutter of conme. The jowels or

sinde. When I began taking the Strap I was Iid not buish my sentenos, but bent down as I don't oshere I could have held ngt. string attached somewhere, to the side. string that I had auttled in my own mind would as I held on by the rope, and took me of the much longer. I have lived all my life in this be attached to the pocket towered down-

hackets cices by qu; the water washing about darkt, and in my presuhen e fete goats

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Marek: 29rd, 1991." My foot gliled along bear the oakon beam on

What are we to lasen frem. Mr. Bateman's, which I stood, but I hold on by the rope and experience? First that he End no maxi con recovered myself, planted the weight down in somption. His cough al te wilting up f the water by my fat and holding up the rice matter were symptoms of a thr ng dyonder

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Agjuts. holding it than-keep your hands over your case of this kind there are a hundred in which heal i eve yon me up noder the bum, and the avil might hava ban avartal. then hurrah for to-morrow."

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Always the same, sir, winter or smarmer. Come from so deep down. It's just a hunted

fset."

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Spor alter, at just keeps to the vine height, and there's about 80 foot of water down thera -never-Eling supply."

Huopa! Cut right down the solid ebalk” I said, as I gurd into the black depths of the big shaft, which was about 10 feet in diameter, und breathed the sool, fresh sir which roza,

"You, sir, and she's never cool, and the men Dearest to me. Tro been down when they mended the bottom wheel. Can't do that at Sir Romney's place; two men chotted there only last

Year afore," growled the other aze. "Oh, woor It? Bo it wor." Then the winding went ou as I poeren down ints the gloomy plana, listening to the dull, has plange of the baskets us thog roached the

* Well," said my old collega sham, giving the tablo, rap with his txt, wonderful or no, I do any this, if any one can get them back it's dear old Charley here.'

Isdaed " I said. "Then, my dear Lady Florry, try and be resigned, for your jewels are one forever aloes the detectives esa ran the scoundrela down."

"What, have you east for the detectives?" cried Garleigh.

Hor delightful," oried Lady Gartleigh, clapping her bands; "it will be like re-ding a roses."

Hamph" efsonlated Gartleigh; "she's not going to broads her heart stout the jerein."

"I should think not, indeed dear." the dried merrily. They have wild us to get the nuaty things. There now, you two poor, tired creatures are to smoke a cigar cock, and I'll bring some coffee."

She rang, and Braysca apparod, looking sadly troubled and bouing a tray,

any.

“I took the liturby, my lady,” he began. "Oh Brayson, how good of you ! ** "Yes," mid Lord Wardleigh; “bat, Brayshn, you should have brought the brandy "I dd, my lord; I have it outside bare on-s

too

But I walked slowly reind, examining care fally and specially about the massive oak arogbears which supported the broket wheel, and there was no reedt. I could see 'cothing 1bat the stent rope, which run ap from the dark- ness, pemand over the whed from the pistern, and went down again into the back deplin wo repos, as it were, three feel pret. ab the cestra of live great shaft, nothing wars.

I drew the lanterna tela higher, ben lower-inle ed it and again more and more, but there was

water, and then to the mohoing, splashing and hollow manitosl connd as the water at-wamed and dripped back when they re

Camey Arrangemat." I said, as I turned away with a sandfer; for the place was creepy and terrible and stage. There enght to be

forospump tarned by a pour or a donkey, as keng. at Carlsbrate. (16! by the way. Traynon," T

All your doing, Charley," sald Gurleigh as ticed, as I was crossing the yard toward the Boon as we were along? ikat obup's getting quite a moral, as they my down here. Here's to you, gated. "I want to go over the wine-callar."

"The winelar, viri, and his fat dear bag, and I Lopa Florry is right." faen ohanged colour:

The police were on on the spot, and at onna aid at inst the soloing sound seamed so load "Yos, to take stock. Your lordship talks of forested a revolution on the servants, who that I twisted the line about the railing and laying down a fresh supply Have your caller threatened to leave it a body on ficding that stole to the door and listened. book rundy, and we'll begin at once, brze they were suspected, the upper boussessid being ag dew on the man's face, or I faueied partiuslarly demonstrative and full of angry de mands that the police sergeant should have there was, aal 1 said to myself as I went round

Bezrobed her box to the front:

Master Bravos bus bans helping himself to

few bottles of port, and I've got to find him unt. Deised applessant, all this running til at the sorrauts. I wish I had gone on reading for

the law,"

·CHAPTER II:

After breakfast I rang for Brigson, and gau me inspection of the wine-collar...

valuabio collar of wine which has been shamefal

But they did not trace the thieves, neither did they make any discurries through the para- brokom.us dismond marsbents, and the south rolled pa and it was sommer case agato.

All wasatill, nnd I went back to peor down at the lanturn swinging to and fro fully 50 feet dowo. And now, after loosening the line, I let it ran out with the lantern descending, put the buckets, till I caught a falet gleam just beneath it. ani thea I could just as part of a wheel standing out of the bleek water, the ass wblo held it being beneath the surface, the light bursing early and shoving that there w

As I rapidly wound the I tera up I saw once!

It was a childish way of addroosing myself, perhaps. But I felt bound to treat the matter lightly, so as to closk, the peril from my too active brain.

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5-8811 "It isn't your fault, old man," Gurtleigh said

dowly and deply, preparátory, to taking the te me one day when they were down at the castle no foul Kir

lone, deep, lasting breath. again, after spending the winter in Baiy, “and,

"Yes." I said mesatully, and banging my P look here. I taboo the topic. Whoever we meet more the two buckets about half way down.bold to the other rope, I was about to lower my- yon bagin going on abnt thoers confounded Them, as I went on winding, they seemed to be self into a sitting position on the be un, drawing That took up the graster part of four days jawols I don't mind row, and Florry don't descending, bat of arm it was the lantern that deep breath the while, when, like lightning, Lesuit. I bud Rayas into the littls library mind, un let them rest. Ang na would think coming up, and directly after I had it in my as the thought, "Suppo it is your last 1 which was given ny to me as my office. Lord they were yours you make endhi a fuss"

liant, untied it, and attacked, my grapaul. This for a tarill shot down my fati sem zight to my startling having mistely reserved to himulf tho But I could only think about those fost stones, I held over the well, and the weight rau it out heuch, and I sprang back to my eroot position right tee of an sraming and swaku a pipa. aat Lady Gartleigh's words that if they were rapidly. I heard it stake the water, and then wondering as the thrill, went on.

Bay as in looking very poly sad sadden. toond it would be by me. How I pondered over on and on it went to what seemed to be a trummon Wore my muscles quivering tika that ? No: In four days he had lost fle-band no ho their lo, and suspected different people, but dous depth before it touched bottom.

it was the rapo which I bell in my hand. tore the mix walls wretch perspired only to feel guilty afterward of misjudging them. Then I bagaz to drag here and there, pull iterally thrusting. I lacked up, and there, for profusely and was trembling

For again and again I had felt coneinoad that the ing it in all directions, expecting every moment above me, dimly visible by the light of the candle None. Jook here, Bragen," I said gravely, theft had been committed by some one who knew to feel a check, and show at last I did my heart I bad loft barning. I could soo soothing dark **you are aware that Lond Bartinig less pisced the place and our habits; hence I argued that it seemed to leap; but as i lifted, it was only to reshing out from the woodwork to the rops arviking in my hands."

most have bess one of the outdoor spreapta God that a hook had caught against the bottom. The throbbing west on violently, and before I Au Yra, sir, his lordship bold me so

I kept this up about a couple of hours, passing could grasp what it meant the rope gave way in groom, garlsner, farm laborarer, er perhaps Brotly. Well, I am very sorry to have to even a konpar. I grew more souvinced of this from one side of the draw wheels in the other way haud, there was a pesullar rushing in the

ESTABLISHED IN 1852. azeri ay pragative eo soon, but I must as time glided by, for it was to us that thus after hauling up, bal my efforts wore in vain I water, I lost my balance, my foot in the Iron rings Werk staals unrivalled. All the ne

P. FISHER'S NEWSPAPER AD. make su exampa

You were in the fate Lord jewels must be buried or hidden somewhere, with booked nothing, and at last, in despair at my ill felt us if suntourd off the slippery hem and I words which the Chinese are of latey says best

VERTISING AGENCY, Gartleigh's serrien 15 years, and for the past the thief waiting his time he could find ano, I wound gasing to put the work GE was cushing down through the blank water rapid-campelled to onin to express the minerous p

jests in machinery, photography, telegraphy, HOONS 20 AND 21, MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, seven years you have had sole charge of that opportunity of disposing of the safety. I for another night, when all at once there was a ly toward the bottom.

CALIFORNIA STREET, 5. F. ind in soisines ganeally, which the rapid adrance don't know how it was, but the gardener excited sharp check, which nearly snatched the whol

NB-ADVERTISING SOLICITED for all Nows- af foreign relations has imposed upon thup, ar most of my suspicion, and I need to go about out of my hand, and I know that I had sanght- the grounds at all hours pondering upon against me of the cross-beams that supported I suppose I usust have struck ont invatan-here given in extenso. Esch and every word is papers published on the Pacific Coast, ths Sand. wish Talans, Polynesia, Moricon Ports, Panama, likely placas where they did bave been the lower wheel broath the water. After a torily, and in the eo, as the water thuadrad in fully flustrated and explains, forrsing oxi

vin great deal of hatching and tagging the line my ears and literally jarred me as if blows had for students of most tustructive astare. Boti Valparaiso, Japan, China, New Zealand, the baried under nowy planted teas. in vis, under faring frames, in pots er tabs in was free, but at the expos of my yards be boon struck over my head. the weight glided the Court and Tanti prenuciations as rises Australian Colonien, the Eastern States, 'wad have yon presented, but you must leave here the conservatories. Then the Labourers, the low, and my plames and capoel left stioking from my foot at Iros to the surface, choking, the scene being carefully marked on the has Europe. Files of nearly every Newspaper pub- and Loan only say how could you be as mad men who could be handy with laders, had their in the baza.

peating and grasping wildly at the Bret object orinsiple hitherto attained. The typography lished on the Parife Coast are kept oustantly

MALL TABLES NOT READ to throw away a good a post p

tara in my suspiciona and, with my monomania "Enough for to-night," I said to myself, open I touched. It was rope and gats way beneath lisplays the success of an attempt to mato the hand, and all Advertisers are allowed fcAIL TABLES NOW READY. Tepr "Ou, for God's saka forgive me, mr?" ba cried inermusing. I wendered about hayatuche und arming my lantern and blowing at the cundis, my grap I ought at something again. It Chinese and English type correspond in the size access to them during business hours.

The "HONGKONG DAILY PRE8s" is kept an Daily Press Books, passionately, and prying now like a child. I'll buildings, peered under thatcher and eaves, and Then throwing back the doors I stood listen. was a wheel and it turned round, but, as strange of body, thereby affecting a vast monany of confess everything, sir. The plats is all right, pondered over the tiles autocer or Boces. ing. ftaeging I had heard a tej but all was oond shoots and cries reached my ears. I get mace, achieving a plearones o pravimsly lo at the Oos of L. P. FISHER, who is autho

I swear it is, air; bat I did'tako a hídlé Thon jewels nover reached London" I silent, and I erased the yard, let myself in and hold of the sheam and somehow, by help of stained, and dispensing with thono rast margizarised to receiva Advertisements.

aged to declaro to mysalf as I wandered about want to led, but not to sleep. For I lay tossing the wheel, manged to reach my old position, and vacant spaces which have heretofore charne "A litte, mau hundreds of duwars are miss with my walking-stick (one made of steal, heavily from side to side, mare varied then ver that bat prosobing down and bolding on for dear life. terised Chinese pablontiers

Below there!" skoutal a familiar voice, bat To illustrate the vast soone of the work the icy."

varnished, and in sharp at tim point that I could the jowe lay it the bottom of that well

Why PI don't know. I only tell you what hellor and strange, "who is it?".

following funts are exbmitted forœnsideration: Yes, sir, it's true, sir; but have tester on use it as a probe to thrust into the ground

Chalmers Vocabulary contains out 10.00 o, si X'll turn over a new leaf, air, and be the among the roots, or into steks or. thateles, in thought, and though I had dragged so unsuccess

Chinese characters, and Medhurst's Earlish | CA tervent kis lordship could have, sir. I did the hope of discovoring the hidden gems Three fully and felt that I was not likely to recover

and Chinese Dictionary about 100006, whils, bear from the 31st year of the 75th Fran leb January, 1891 to Rat December. well some wine, sir, I tempted ar. No one wore times when I told myself it was all imagi them in that very primitive way, fooling as I

this work contains more than 30000 En±3d over wanted to know about it bef r in all the nation, specially when I was wearied out and but the basms would prevent me from

words, and upwards of 100.000 Chinees cara Creio to the S0th year of the 7th Celu felt that I had Bearched everywhere, and one thorongly searching the bottom, I was more

ters. Again, despite all the may und Price $1. Sewa. 22.00 Cloth night I thought that I world follow Lurd determined than ever, sud by sunrise had made

op my wind what to do.

Hengkong: Pablished at the Daily Preos other elementary works as yet mablished, the "Yes, sir, bet I will mind, air. For heaven's Gurtleich's autics, sad give the matter up.

See at evig werect bears our Trade Mark, student of this difficult laugare absolutely re Olies. Sold by all Bookcller

1200 thn Crawn. Heerkone. th November. 1390 quires examples, to display the varions appli ostions and equivalents of different words lib have one general mosting Océtose aramples Then came cheer, and he shouted to me; this work contains more than 76 tiuos s "Hold on, lud ! Rope'a haing rigged aver the many any other Dictionary biterte pab.

Hahed. and carried theus to the top of the rook off which wheel. I'm coming down,”

ly plundered. What hate yon ta say P’ His lips morel, bat no words came.

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"And now the day of reckoning dla orme.”

sakes forgive me, sir. Fra wife and family. Result: I woke the next morning, and went 'sir 1 and it'a ruin to me. Yen know it is. I ear down to the sun for my plunge in the deep Lole never never get another place with a obaracter beneath the offs, determined to proceed, and like that. I'll be the best of errota. air. It with a peculiar belief that sooner or lator I by your love, sir, and 1' ocnfese versthing, should find those gens

siry and show you what's been guleg on in the stebleri and at the farin, and in the garden, ned about the bareg god tezyana, eit.”

en bad out for myself." I said, abornly, and Lord Gertleigh wants an honest baller, zot a contemptible tale-bearing spy."

CHAPTER IV.

A great change had realtad from my manage moot. I must own. The people about the pince

bad found out that I was not to be trified with

|

CHAPTER V.

I res that morning on for earlier than usual

and went down for my chekmary bath.

As I resobed the shore I searched about till I buy) foglal i comple of obalki koulders to my tanto,'

CHAPTER VI.

Belp help I gasped, now thoroughly nerved

Right Can you hold on till we send you down a topo P."

I did not uewer for a few moments as I strove to re diss by abanose.

Yus," I said, hoarsely Don't be long." It seemed an age, before the rope came, and darlag the terrible waiting time I listened to ward of encouragement mingled with stern order delivored in Lord Gurtleigh's voice.

I regalarly made my plange and laid them there! "No, no shouted, rousing myself now For practical purposes, the areangamont of An Englishman ought to be as clever ass from the ppathy into which I had been ast the work is so completo, that a reference to its nigger," I said as I undressed, and 1 stoped and sicking. Sond it dove and I'll make it fust," pages enables a person who understands English and it was quite cheating to Bud how they picked up one of the stones and gazed down into. Soon after autora began to descend, and by to communicate effectibily with natives who "Of course, sir, of course. Het Mr. Later, settled down to the work. But I did not relax the deep water. Seems and thing to do its light I me i loop of a rope, gradually glide lerstand nothing but Cheese. In this post sir. In ve heroy on ima air. Indeed I'll tara my vigilanes. I was eat early every morbing muttered; and then, Teeling that if I hesitated lower and lower fill it reached me, when I was so the work will be found indispensable to all over a per leaf”

and about the place, fine weather foul, and for ebould fall, I took my lap, struck the water med and ramps that I bad hard work to Baropeana residing in China, and to the catioN Then go and turn it over, mans, and don't months past bad esosuntered smiles bere with a frumendous splash, and theù, want down get it over my head and aros But I ancneed themselves it explains subjects futly with which groval before me in that way. Let me that there used to be acpole. One bright Joni like an arrow, lower and lower, till quite m disad, and it must have spor 'round and tightened vary few indeed of them are perfectly acquainted yon do repot Bat wind this, if the slightest morning I depend d the cliff and reached the may 1 unelssped my handle from the stems and about my chest as was hoisted up, for I was To parties resident in England and interested: at of dishonesty comes to my kez there will be great chalk rock, where I undirsed. For a tow rose rapidly to the surface. "It's easy snongh,"quita unable to help myself, nad inneusible by in China it not but be invaluable cension-

woments with the early avashine falk apon me I thought, as my head abot into the simskina; the time Frenched the top. God bless you, sir; thank you, sir," He sabbed and reflected from the high dif, as I gazed down and, climbing back. I took the ather stone, coo vat. "I

into the dark depths of the alear water before triving to glide off from place to the surfeds will He could say no more, but broke down and making my dive. Then I leaped right out the weight, zipped between trat till the water stood with ble face working.

parted the cool, bracing fluid and dived right This time I went Bit down, Brayson, till you are more comdown to see how long I could stay below before began to grow dark, when the store slipped, and used." mia, quetly. There is cold water rising again, and repeating the performance, again shot up, rather breathless, but year in that cafe; take some. Don't let the wor feiing for the moment what an excellent diver and be my access. I tried in experiment vante seelyou ik hie conditiou."

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