The Abergavenny Mail

I REPORTER" RAILWAY GUIDE. Hereford and Ledbury to Worcester, Birrainsrham. and London Sundays. tm?mfimamaniampmpmp mfp n> p m ?jiTp*t).p mp n)p m p mlP m'. mP m Hereford dep 7 30 8 44 9 35 1130 1250 1257 2 20 3 10 4 205 86 20 8 258 35 19 is Withington 7 39 9 45 1 7 3 *2 5 19 8 44 9 55 Stoke Edith .7 46 9 52 1 14 3 30 5 26 8 51 in 1 I Ashperton .7 53 9 59 1.. 1 21 337 5 33 8 58 Ledbnry .8 1 10 8 1132 1 30 a 3 4m 20 4 43 5 4^6 41 7 45 9 9 ima Colwall .8 139 101021 114712 2 b 1 41 2 583 58 i 33 5 540 50|8 7 2 09 35 in<?»K4n 57 9 21 iinX.??a? ?1-7 Malvern Wells 8 22 1031115 2. 1 46 i 1 4 i 37 5 59 d 8 2 9 26 ifvulj 23 Malvern, Great 8 299 181037115512 9 1 301 51 3 64 104 425 06 56 588 109 9 35 1038!) 30 Malvern Link 8 32 1043 1 56 4 14 4 46 6 9 I|s 8 15 9 40 lo? BrMsfordR?ad 1050 4 22 24 10-IQ 2 kT7 1050 422 824 Henwick 9 50 joS?  Worcester S.H.S 479 521110 1255 1 472 133 35 4 365 55 306 27 7 358 40 ?10 3 n ? '? Wolverh'rapton 10 51025 1 27 4 22 615812812 1017 ii-? ka2 Birmingham 104411101 22 1 58 4 20,4 38 6 47|8 138 42 1140 ?io??n!' 9 14 105311147 3 12 ? 5 23 6 2 7 is| 11231123 Evesham 1030124511 40  4 20 186 7 5 9110 0. $J Oxford 7 1 l?9 1() l .?. 8 i ll I Oxford 7 11 9 10 t J* Heading 11101 3,2 12 251 4 155 521 59100. ?. ? Q?? London &rrlll02103 5 4 155 52i 8 58 l05o' 9 ?2 42 a Calls Tuesday at 2-45. b Calls if required te pick up for London. c Calls at Colwall to set down from Hereford and beyond on notice to guard at Hereford, d Sets down from North of Shrews- bury and from Cardiff, Bristol, and beyond, on notice to guard at Hereford. London, Birmingham, and Worcester to Ledbury and Hereford. Sundays. ¡Ii m A ma ma mla ma m a ma ma mp m p m[p mp mp mp mp RlI-P mp rop ma. mp m8, m London dep 5 406 45 9 501033 1 40 1 45l 4 45 4 557 30. 1020 Reading 6 40 10431120 2 30! 3b07 35 11 8 Oxford 8 5 8 35 112512 0. 3 8- 6 20 8 55 12 0 Evesham 8 2 9 10 9 47 1156 1231 1 40 4 17 7 13 7 30 1029,9 23 1 33 Wolverh'iripton 7 10 9 10 l? *8 1-156,12311 40 i. 1 17 7 1317 30 1&2919 23 1 33 Wolverh'mpton 7 10 9 10 10 81120 12 01 30 3 37 5 35 5 356 38 9 151045 3 40 Birmingham 8 5 9 33 10151135 1145 1&10 4 05 50 5 50 5 9 201150 3 20 Worcester S.H. 7 25 9 35 9 50 1030 1039 12281 2 2 22 3 30 4 0 4 15 4 50 6 35 6 55 f¡ 4818 181120 2 3516 30 Worcester F.S.7 289 389 531052 11..2. 41 1 g 1 72 243 .32 4 17?5 26 377 7 8 88 24 11241 0 2 386 33 Worcester F.S. 7 28 9 38 9 531052 11241240 1 7 2 24 3 32 4 17 5 2 6 377 7 8 88 24 11241 worcesterF,s'172893819531062. 11241240117224332; 417:ó 26377 ,888241124.102381633 BraBsford Road7 399 50 3 4 .i 28 6 48 1136 ..248 Malvern Link 17491°011011;11 5 1211.24235 4371. 6 Z6 7 22 8 3911491 17 2 576 48 Mal veru, Great 7 5610 5 10171112 11401258 1 27 2 48 3 59 4 22 4 42 5 26 7 3 7 32 7 43 8 22 8 441152 1 233 1655 Malvern WeHs'8 010 9 1021 1116 1 31 2 524 4 4 461. 17 8 7471 8 491156 3 5 7 0 Colwall S 7 101510281123 1 3712 594 9 4? 4 52 5' *?-91 7 8 7 47 8 491156 3 7 0 Colwall ..8 710151028,1123 1 372 59 4 9 4 525 29 7 54 8 5512 3 3 117 6 Ledbury 8 21 103010391134 149?3 9422 5 2 5 391 8 7 9 51212 1 39 3 207 17 Ashperton S" 1046 ? 1 56 3 16 5 I 01. 8 15 Stoke Edith .8 34 1O211 2 2:3 2'2 ,I. 5 16 8 2?"! "i 2 2';3 2!2 7 O Withington .8 39 1058. 2 8 3 27 5 2 1 558 18 318 40,si4?. 737 Hereford arr8 52 11101153 1220 1 30 2 22 3 39 ?4 5,515 30, 8 32 54 ?? 2 0 7 50 W A train leaves Wolverhampton at 7-15 a.m., I Birmingham 8-5, Worcester F.S. 9-4, Malvern 9-18, and arrives at Hereford 9-50. a Saturdays depart 1-23 p.m. b Reading West Station depart 5-5 p.m. c Stops if required at Colwall to set down from Birmingham (Snow H). Ledbury and Paddington (via Worcester). ma ma ma m p m|p mp m p m 1& m¡a mla m¡& D1]P mlp DI[p m¡' m Ledbury 18 1 1 a m- I'D r13 Paddinton 1110 3 5 4 15,5 50,8 58 11050 Snndays-Ledbury 5.5 pm, Paddington 9-42 pm la mja mla m p mlp m p m p mjp in PaddiingtoDI5 4019 5011040!p l Ledbujy.ll341493 9?5 2? 89 18 7,9 5 Thursdays and Saturdays only: Paddington (dep) 7-30 p TO, Ledbury (arr) 12-10 pm Sundays-Paddingtou 10-20 am, Ledbnry 3-20 pm Ledbury and Paddington (via Gloucester). am a. m p m p m p m Ledbury lamlamjPmjPmlpm Paddington ]240 2 35 6 0 18 30 j 3 30 am am|amlpni|pm 7 11155 315 p Paddington I 1 l 30 9 0 1155 | 3 15 Ledbury 1123 115 | 420)745 Hereford, Boss, and Monmouth. a ma m a mjp m[p Dl!PinIP m Hereford dep 6 9 53 12552 5 4 10 6 25 Ross arr 6 50 1026 1 2912 28 4 456 58 „ dep 6 58 8 18 1035 1 *35 2 555 07 5 Kerne Bridge 7 682710461*473 65 97 15 Lydbrook 7 10 8 32105211*53 3 125 147 20 8 ond's Yat. 7 15 8 3710592 03 19 5 197 25 mouth, M B 7 25 8 4911112*13 3 305 297 34 „ Troy 7 298 511117 2* 111 355 3317 38 Tintern .1 1237? 4 231 Chepstow arr 1252 4 89 a mama mp mp mprapm Chepstow dep.- 7 911302 48 \6 88 Tintern 7 2511463 4 6 54 5 Monm'th, Troy 7*30,9 3012253 386 2 7 408 15 M H 7*33 9 34 1234 3 426 67 438 20 Symond's Yat 7*45 9 46 12(613 526 15 7 538 33 Lydbrook 7*50'9 53 IZ5?3 586 21 7 59 8 40 Kerne Bridge. 7*539 59 1 0 i4 36288 48 45 Ross arr 8 *310101 HI4 136 388 138 66 dep 8 8 1028 128 4 246 57 ? 9 50 Beldon! arr 8*3610681 66 4 537 271.11015 Rail Moter Car. No Sunday trains. Hereford, Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester. a ma m a mp nip m p JI1 Hereford dep 7 2710533 35,5a12 Leominster 7 158 5512184 107 38 Steens Bridge 7 25 9 512284 20 7 48 Fencote 7 36 1612394 31 7 59 Rowden Mill 7 42\9 22 1245 4 37 8 5 Bromyard 7 529 32 1265 4 47 8 15 Sukley 8 3 9 43 1 54 588 28 KmghtwIck 8 7 9 47 1 95 48 32 Leigh Court 8'14 9 54 1 16?5 128 39 Henwick 8 24 10 4 1 26 5 22 8 49 Worcester (F. St.) 8 7 1 2915 5 28 8 51 (S.H.) an 8 311013 1 34 5 35?8 57 a ma mp mp mp III P In Worcester (S.H.)dep 8 1510352 355 207 48 „ (F. St.) .8 18 1038 2 39 5 23 7 53 Henwick 8 23 1043 2 44 5 23 7 59 Leigh Conrt 8 33 10632 64 5 33 8 8 Knightwick 8 4IH 1 3 2 5 41 8 16 Suekley 8 46 11 63 75 468 26? Bromyard .86911173186 0840.. RowdemMiH .9 6 1127 3 20 6 78 471 Fencote .9 18 1136 3 39 6 18 8 56 SteeM Bridge 9 26 1144 3 47 6 26 9 4 LeominatM 199 33 1 11?46 6 3 &4 6 33 9 11 Hereford arr 11 0 12 5b60 7 9 45 a Hereford dep 6-30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. b Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only. No Sunday Trains* Liverpool and Manchester to Hereford and South Wales. Sundays. p mjp ma ma ma ma m? m? n)?. ma mp mp nip in p mp mp mp mp m pmlpniiprnp mip m a m'm Mai3chentei L R 12 18,1519 25 1040 1215? 3 0 4 2 7 1 ol 11 2 -Tip m[a m!Ip m 9 o? 1155 Liverpool .1155 2 35 8 151I 9 10j 1030 120?.! 2 40 Ua30|7 01155 9 2o'll 0 Chester .11 2 2 7 8 409 45! 1023 1217"g-5 2 15 4 255 307 45 11 2 9 3511 2 Shrewsbury dep 2 202 353 30 45 R 25 103 11 5i 12331 0 2 25 0 5 0 515610'745920?20 — 5 5'3 30 Church Stretton j ;7 208 57. 1 322 47 5 446 37!si6 -534 Craven Arms .oo .I. 14 8, ?73?914tl0 1 453 0 4b35 .[. 6 316 531S 32. "'j'" 5 5l'4 8 Ludlow £ 4 20 8! 7 57jl0 511131 1145 2 63 11 5d0 6 07 5i 8 501 ?WoofyTert.on ?  y  8 10;1015 1124 1153 2 18,'3 21 5d j 6 327 179 2.61 oi4 20 Berrington & Eye H la 8 18:1021 1130 2 24 5dl5 6 38 9 8* 5,115 19 8 Leominster ••• £ S .§ 4 41 8 2810271135 12 9 2 313 35 ^28 6 57 Leommter ?? ? S 4  8 2810271135 12 9 2  35 5d21 6 507 309 15 6304 41 Ford Bridge Il. 8 35! 1034 c 2 391 ,.I 5d28 6 57 l?9 23 — • j Dinmore I. 8 4111040 1224 2 46i 5d34 j 7 3 .9 29/j § I Moreton 8 46,1046 2 5l| 5(139 I 7 8 9341 ?S Hereford &rr3253435 5 8 67J11 0115812 81236 1 38 3 3,3 55 5d506 6 7 20 7 5519 45'l0253 25 6 55;5 5 Moreton .4.3:5 .5 7*i. 5 9 109 54 1243 121611225 1 46 4 2 6 13, 6?2 6 50 5858;1035335 7 158 10 8 57111 0 1158 12 12361 383 33 55 5d5O 16 13 7 27 59 1819 5! 1149 5 15 827 110 0 Abergavenny 4e335 538 11 1012| 1 40 15 0. I 7 27 458 559 30 |4e33 *9 10 411 55 1 9 4e33 ?90 Pontypool Rd arr 4 50 0 .8 32 1033,1043 2 0 li512 36 !5 2,2 73 a .8 59 189 48'll26 4 50 8 29 20 Newport 5 15 819 4 11057245 1 383 13 5 40 7 34, 3? 9 4810 5jll495 15 18 27:10 0  Cardiff 5 43 f 5 9 25 11183 15 2 0 3 34 ta 8 7 55 Sj 10271210 5 43 860 027 Newport 5 423 1? '24 4 IN5 1248 4s461 4 515 40 17 55 81 972555" 49. 102711 l2lO 5 43 Swansea 9 2 *1055 Jl248 4s46 4 55 40. 7 55 I 9 25 12174 15? AO I I 14 15 a Saturdays excepted. b Mondays only. c Calls I if required for Hereford, d Mondays, Wednes- days, and Fridays only. e Abergavenny June, s via Aberdare. Saturday midnight. Hereford and South Wales to Liverpool and Manchester. Sundays. ?p ma m a m a ma ma ma ma ma ma m p m p m a ma m p m p ina p m p m[p m p m,p m p m a mfp m Swasea.18055 5"0 1050 11101140 2 45 355 35 ItI.oo *5515 0 3 10 Cardiff .1235 7 15 6 30)8 40 9 30 1238 1 O 25 2 374 15 5 40 7 0 7 401235 7 32 6 7 Newport .1258 ..7357 59 23 9 52 1 2 1 312 45 3 6 4 37 5 407 18 7 30 8 1 1258 7 57,6 29 Pontypool Rd .c 7 34 7 34 9 56 1030 10401 28 2 83 19 3 405 13 6 15 8 58 39 8 407 0 Abergavenny .8 58 10 1030 11191 I. 2 38 4 3 6 40 8 25 9 0) Herefod arr2 20 8 419 10104211 81118 12152 15 2 26 3 454 5 5 06 0 7 40 8 21 9 27 2 20 9 407 47 Hereford dep2 25 7 30 9 2CI? 1046 10,53 1126 1140 1230 2 33 3 35 4 15 4 305 12 6 8 64io 0 9 32 2 251025 8 0 Moreton 7 39 11491238. 4 39 b 6d399. 2. Dinmore 7 46 9 33 1 11 5 1155 b 3 47 4 455 25 6d46 8 14 Ford Bridge '"1' 7 53 12 1 4 511 b 6d53  Leominster 7 57 9 45 1115 12 51250 3 58 4 56 5 37 6d58 8 25 1045 8 25 Berringt8D & Eyel' 8 7 9 54 1122 1214 4 6 5 4 5 45 d I Woofferton June. 8 15 10 2 1128 12221 4 4 13 5 115 54 }dl3 8 39 16ig I 8 ?.. Ludlow  8 25 1013 1136 12.1111 12 4 22 5 206 2 7d25 11 78 50 Craven Arm! 8 45 1030 1155 1250 1 24 4 38 5 316 27. 11289 6 Church Stretton 9 4 1048 1 44 4 50 6 43 1144 9 22 Shrewsbury arr3 30 9 35 11131149 1230 2 5 3 38 5 12 5 23 7 4 7 13 1040 3 30122019 47 Church Stretton 9 4 1048 iiio 2 53 38 5 12 5 23 4 18 301 1 3q4 7 5  4 1 5 1234 Chester "'1'5 301113 1 30 2 16 3 37 5 27 7 1 8 30 12347 5(4 151234 Cheater :5 5 3 0  1113  1 35 225 4 455 25 7 20 9 10 1 1 6 3 4 5 3 lti Liverpool 48 1210 2 25 4 45 5 25 7 20 9 10 1 6 34 5 3 lo Manchester LR.5 331220 [1 35 2 27 4 50 5 33| I7 10 9 0 1 10 5 32 3 55 1 28 a Mondays excepted. b Stops to set down beyond I Hereford, c Not Monday mornings, d Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays only. Saturday Bight. Ledbury to Birmingham, Derby, Manchester, Liver- pool, Sheffield and Leeds. I Sundays. a mp wa mp mlP mjp mpmpmp mp ma mp m Ledbury dep8 1 1081302b45!4205426417459 910185 5 M?vern 8 17 t0371 5113 64426 27 58109351038840 Worcester an. 11102 133 3515 56 2711 35 8 4010 311 69 5 Worcester dep 9 a 8 1011 1235 2 25 3 49 5 40 7 5:8 2919 101101511299 10 Birmingham 10 211 3 1 42 3 36i4 42j6 48 8 1010 5 9 5511 51222 9 55 Derby 1125 1238?3 22 5 25?6 28?201025 11251238 1 421125 anche8ter. 2 38 5 207 1718 401012 2 40 2 40 4 30 5 25 Liverpool 3 506 158 l5i9 .110! 11 5 5 55 106 O? Liverpool 'i3 1 40'4 20 6 30 8 6|9 40 I i?511 50 3 01225 Leeds &rrl 28 3 0?5 3217 3019 1511 5 1 30 3 104 421 30 a Foregate Street b Tuesdays only. Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Derby, and Birmingham, to Ledbury. Sundays. *??" la mama ma ma ma m p mpmpmpmampm Leeds .125268 8 55 1055 11202 504 204 37  2 581220 -Sheffield 11294 25 H20 H2O 1 323 18 6 22 4 271 30 Liverpool .1130 8 30U0 51130 1255 3 30 5 0 11301115 Manchester .120 9 20 1055 1220 1 50 4 205 50 I 12 01230 Derby .2z25 6 15 10551240 2 28 4 35 6 15 7 45 6 3:3 0 ]Birmingham3z4 8 40 1 151 55 3 325 50 7 489 O? 8 45,4 55 Worcester arr 4z28 9 38 2 93 8?4 306 548 4510 01 9 56 6 3 Ivern 7 53'1014 1 2 223 30:4 .50 1 7 10,9 &511201 9 .566 3 Worcester dep7 25 9 50 2 22 3 30;4 50 7 10? 45 1120! 10156 30 Malvem 7 531110141 2 45 3 56 5 9 7 34 10111:52! 1044!6 52 Ledbury arr 8 21J1039 3 9 4 221 8 71 12121 1 3917 17 Monday mornings excepted. Thursdays and Saturdays. v Monday mornings excepted. Thursdays and Saturdays. Ledbury to Gloucester & Cheltenham a m a mp m p m p m p m Ledbury dep 8 3010121 58 4 22 9 10 Dymock 8 39 1021|2 7 4 319 19 Newent .8 48103012 ie 4 409 28 Barbers Bridge 8 55 103712 23'4 47ig 35 Gloucester 9 81050:2 36|5 0 9 48 Paddington .r.r I 124138 1 2 1132 3 2 .5 5 506?9 10 48 Cheltenham 9 431132 3 215 56l0 8 Paddington arr 1218 2 3516 018 30 3 30 a ma mp mp Mip m p m Paddington dep 7 309 01155 3 15 Cheltenham 6 45 10 7 1154 2 57|6 16 Gloucester 7 81038 1235 3 30 6 50 Barbers Bridge 7 19 1049 12463 41:7 2 Newent 7 28 1059 1255 3 517 15 Dymock 7 3911101 514 417 28 Ledbury arr7 431127 1 17 4 18"7 4 Q No Sunday Trains. Hereford, Hay, Brecon & Merthyr. amp m?p m p mlp m Hereford dep 9 2212453 505*5 8 1& Credenhill 9 34 125914 2 5*16 8 27 Moorhampton .9 431 8j4 11 5*W 8 8? Kinnersley 9 50 1 15' 1 õ". 8 4& Eardisley 9 55 1 20i4 205*378 4& Whitney 1021 27 4 30 5*43 A 55 Hay. 10121 37 4 405*52[9 &■ Glasbury 10211 4614 49 6*0 14 Three Cocks June. arr 10251 50 4 53 6*5 9 1? 1033 2 i,5 6*1 5  i& Talgarth 10332 315 6"159 M Talyllyn Junction arr 1044 2 15;5 126*2719 36 Do?laM 1 153 43)6 25 Merthyr 1 283 40 ?6 45 I Brecon an- 11 8 ,2 35t 306*429 48- a m a mp n p mfp m Brecon dep 7 010301 10 6 Merthyr 9 38 121012 50 Dowlais 9 4012153 20 Talyllyn Junction 111050jl 6 IS Talgarth 7 25 11 o?1 35627 Three Cocks Junction an 7 3111 81 52)6 35 Glasbury 7 85 1113!1 57'6 39 Hay. 7 1123?2 8 6 50i .« Whitney .7 53 11.34?2 166 Eardmiey 8 01145-2 23 7 5 .? Kinnersley .8 5115012 287 Moorhampton .8 121157 2 357 17 CredeDhil .8 22 12 9?2 45 7 2(il Hereford art 8 33 122912 56tV 38 Wednesdays and Saturdays only. No Sunday Trains.

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"V" _n (ALL RIGHTS RKERVBD]. I For Love and Honour aS By HAROLD BINDLOSS, Author of "A Wide Dominion," His Adversary's Daughter," ".The Kingdom of Courage," The Mistress of Bonaventure," &c. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS: Barry Elliot returns to England after an ab- sence of eight years. He had gone abroad to save a friend from the consequences of a poach- ing adventure. Tom Grayson had sti-ticiz. down & neighbour of his employer, and in order that Grayson, who was about to be married, [JIj:ht not lose his situation Harry disappeared. On the night of the affray Harry had been seen by Alison Elliot, the niece of Arnold Elliot, a ship- owner. While abroad, Harry sets himself to clear the name of his father, a ship's captain, who had gone down with his steamer on the Pacific coast. It is believed that the skipper vtjts not sober when he lost his ship, but Harry's in- vestigations lead him to conclude that his father was sacrificed by Arnold Elliot, and that the ship was lost for the insurance money. He meets Tom Grayson, to whom he conifdes his dis- coveries, and states that if he finds Salter. the engineer of the steamer, he will be able to learn the truth. 4 — Harry's eyes. 1 don't like it, when you can scrape it off." That," Vane commented, "strikes me au » rather apt answer." I suppose it's epigrammatic, because it isn't very clear." Alison remarked. Harry laughed. I seem to be doing my share of the talking, and I don't know that mv views are of any great importance, but e're not bashful in the West. Polish is an accidental. It's perhaps desirable, but I'm not sure it's worth very much in itself." Rank heresy, Alison Vane exclaimed. The girl made no answer, and Harry went on, challenging her with his eyes. The smooth surface is nice to look at: but I don't know that it's necessary to hide the hard, clean-grained wood, and, in the opposite, case, it only covers the knots and rottenness be- neath. Don't you think it's better that they tshould be seen and recognised?" Christopher laughed, and they changed the (subject; but when they strolled out on the Uwrace after dinner was over they found -,X?,ud Elliot sitting in her wheeled chair near the door, "I was a little eprly. but it's a beautiful evening, and I'd boon in All the afternoon," shy said, and turned to Harry, You know, sit at table."  Put h?w ? Vu.i get here?"" A gardener wheeled me across. "That's not right," said Harry. Send .Mm back. No hired person should wheel you, unless he does so for the love of it.  Maud smiled at him. The id&'8 rather proiL, But hcvr shall I get home? I Ta going to take you. After all, I'm one -)i the family. You ought to have a volunteer bodyguard, bound to do your slightest w ish." It would be nice, but I'm afraid it couldn't be managed," said Maud. You see, there are not many idle men in the dale, and they naturally prefer to fish or shoot instead .-)f waiting on me. You couldn't blanks them. Mv place is in the quiet background." Harry made her a little inclination. I think, he aid, they also serve who only si* and smile--wiietlier they fetel like it or nt)t--v.-h,on their friends are happy. Now and then it can't be easy." Maud's gentle eyes grew grave. "That Isust," she answered, "is very true." Vano and Christopher joined in. but by- «nd-bye they strolled away with Harry, and Maud turned to Alison. vnnt. do you think of your new rela- tive?" she inoni"t1. To begin v.ii't, he's a distant one. My father and his father were cousins. To go on, I think he talks two much; he's aggressive, and to i&.ke a delight in hitting at what he evidently considers to be our prejudices. I ^uppo.se men who get on out yonder be- <>rne rampantly colonial." Ilaa he got on? To tell the truth, I know. He seems to prefer to talk abuul iheidays when he was poor. In any cr.sc, it doesn't matter." kind; that goes a long way," said Maud, reflectively. It struck me that he lias the instincts of a courtier. I thought he was theatrical—too fond of making dramatic speeches." Maud laughed. Well," she said, "I be- lieve he miuns them, but he seems to have jarred on you. Did lie take the wrong fork at dinner?" No," replied Alison with slight annoy- ance. All a matter of fact, he seemed to un- derstand these things' perfectly. Still, if we are to see much of him, I wish he was more like the rest of us in other ways." Ah said Maud, quietly, perhaps it is because my hold on this world is a lighter one than yours, but I sometimes fancy we attach too much importance to the little tricks of speech and manner." Alison was puzzled by something in her twmpanion's voice. It had struck her before that, while Maud never uttered even a light v.ord in his disparagement, she was never en- thusiastic about her father's virtues, and he undoubtedly possessed a cultured manner. By-arid-bye the men sauntered back towards th-2IT1, and wlicn Christopher wheeled Maud »way to show her some new flowers and Vane followed them. Alisoii. somewhat to her au- was left alune with Harry. He, sat ii dose bv, a"d looked at her with » smile. Did you Keogn'.se when I met you 00 Arnold's lawn the other day? he inquired. Yes," &aid Alison, with her least effumve air. I didn't expect you to know me. You only saw me for a few minutes eight years ago, and I must lave changed since then." That's true," Harry agreed. "But I recollect the young girl who came down to the etepping-stortes very well. She wore her hair loose and long, and was at first inclined to be dignified and a little imperious. I think she was suspicions of me—which was very natural. She had a frock of the prettiest corn-straw colour and very little bronze shoes. Alison laughed. "Y ou seem to have an ex- cellent memory." "I have, for some things. Perhaps it was Ijecause you were the last English girl who epoke to mo before I—bolted—for Canada. But I recollect another point. Before I went away your suspicions had vanished. You had some confidence in me." He paused and looked at her with smiling eyes. I'm afraid you haven't that confidence now." "Aren't you taking thinga for granted?" Alison suggested. "1 beheve I'm right," said Ilarrv. I daresay it's perfectly natural, but vou;re pre- judiced .against me." Aliaon, who could not deny it, made llI8 answer; but be did not seem disturbed by her silence. "Well," he added, "you don't hide your feelings, and you're honest. If you'll only keep on being so, we'll end by becoinini friends. Alison was as astonished as she was indig- nant, and she determined to rebuke him. "I think you have changed more than I have done," she declared. "I mean that an En lq- lishman would not have expressed himself in that fashion." No," said Harry. "What you really mean is that one of your own particular friends would not have done so, which is quite possible. The curious thing is that some folks out yonder objected to my English ways, and here you consider me a Westerner. After all, I'm as English as you are." He paused and looked round at the tarn which lay gleaming in the valley and the ranks of solemn fells that towered with clean- cut summits against the evening sky. I'm glad I am," he went on. "I think this coun- try is the most beautiful in the whole wid I world—though I'm not sure that it's the best for an active man to live in." He rose. It's getting damp and chilly, and your father's coming along. With your permission, I think I'll take my cousin home." "She really isn't your cousin," Alison cor- rected him. Then I'd like, to think she's my friend," said Harry. "I don't despair of gaining your good-will, too." He left her, half-vexed and half-amused, and by-and-bye she stood at the gate watch- ing him while he carefully wheeled Maud's chair down the dim white road that wouna j through the valley. I CHAPTER V. It was six o'clock in the evening. and Gray- son was busy in Arno'd Elliot's London office when alaid an envelope on his desk. District messenger's waiting an answer, uir, he said. Grayson opened the note, which was em- bossed witn the name of a big hotel, and read: Can you come across and have din- ner? If go. tell the messenger." The initials H. E." followed, and Gray- son reflected. M'nnie was going out for the evening, and thougu there was a matter which still required his attention he would enjoy a talk with his old friend, and it was not often a dinner of the kind Harry would supply him with came in his way. The answer is tnat I'll he across in an hour," he said. By-and-bye he proeoeded to the hotel, and when they had dined Harry took him into the smoking-lounge, wiiere Grayson made himself comfortable in an ea>y-ehair. I've just come up," said Harry. I've been in several of the outports worrying Mer- cantile Marine associations and the Board of Trade shipping people." "What for?" "Looking for Salver," Harry answered, briefly. I can't help you there." said Grayson. The 011.11 left our service after the Calabria went down—I've sometimes wondered why, since nobody seemed to blame him. He ex- plained the caliio of the trouble with his en- gines satisfactorily." "What was his record?" "Excellent, on the surface — a first-class engineer; but I've cause for knowing that his subordinates didn't, like him. His last second called him a sullen, overbearing bully, and hinted that he was venial." V e lli.1 There Rie ways of making a little at your ounera' expen-j abroad, and I daresay his second was right oil the other point, because he nearly got into trouble once for ill-using his gvt'tvsera or firemen. But do you expect to get anything out of the man?" Yes," said Harry. "When he hears whfft I to I'm inclined t6 In ink he'll iaik." Then he changed the subjccfc. You ,11 have your employer with you shorter." He came up this tfterjioon. Gz re- plied. I believe Miss Elliot not his cfsr.ghier—wag with him. I suppose you )J.Y6 lI!t her î Harry looked displeased. .I heard 4ij,ip wasn't coming until next week. Is he often at the office?" 1 Off awl on. Watson practically runs the business now, and of course there are tbt} I dir:ot«r\" "I Vuppose none of the staff are there atter ix or seven o'clock in the evening? It's unusual, unless we're busy. I'm late now and then. however, and I have one set of keys." "Then you can take me across to-night." Grayson hesitated, but he made a sign of acquiescence. I'd sooner not, but you have my promise—and I'm heavily in your dbt." Harry smiled. You have no reason to be- lieve that there is anything to be found out which your employer would sooner conceal? N o. said Grayson. "There's not a com- promising paper in the office. It's a perfectly sti-fdghtiorw?rdbu?ine-?s." "Exactly: All I ask is an opportunity of reading through the documents relafing to the Ic.?n of the Calabria. I don't want to make copies—only to see them. You'll have them all together? Toere's a tin box full of them," said Gravson, tirilv. Harry rose. Then we'll go at once. 1 11 give Minnie and you a pleasanter evening as soon as we can arrange it." They left the hotel, and when they reached Lie street Grayson looked at his companion. You wouldn't find me so amenable if Minnie on your side," he remarked. "She believes in YOU, and somehow she has always been antagonistic to Elliot. Perhaps it was because lia advanced Watson over my head. For that, T-iatter !a))d he smiled rather bit- terly— felt it, too." Hvrrv hailed a motor-cab, which dropped them at the entrance to a narrow street, over which huge buildings ran up into the sky. The light was fading, but no lamps were burn- ing vet, and the street was almost deserted. As thev walked along it the roar of the traffic diminished, and when they turned into a little cou-t Mink like a pit between the towering vails, only a dull, reverberating rumble roaehed them. The place, which was strewn with dust and torn papers, smelt fusty, and thadingv buildings, with their brass door- plates, were silent and forbidding. Harry round with a s.-nile. ..It'I!Üt a cheerful spot to spend half one's life in," he remarked. Personally. I'd vso the in the big. sweet-smelling woods of the Pacific Slope. But we had belter get to work." The lift, had stopped, and they went up several flights of dur-ty stairs before Grayson owiir-.l » door. Then they entered a large, shadowy room crossed by row* of desks, and after switching on -t single light Grayson ooeiK'd :>J desk and took out a bundle of • -••». After this, ho unlocked an iron door, and tiii box flung back ilip Jill. • everything relating to sh e Calabria ts here, and IT vou get through the lot in an hour you'll he smart," he "aid. "There'^ s no roa'xv.i why I should be idle in the meanwhile. J Sirj ike, if you like." Harry filled his jvipe, and sitting down be- side the box read the enclosed papers one by out. The empty office was very quiet, except for faint echoes of the distant traffic, and onlv w fie re they sat was there a pale circle of light. Outside it shadows that grew steadily darker closed in. Harry, however, did not not'.e' this. He was absorbed in his task, and Gravson. who at length glanced at him impatiently, saw him sitting very still with knitted brows and a palwr clenched in his hand. He looked grim and determined. By-and-bye Grayson heard the purring of a motor in the street below, and crossed the room to a window. Opening it he saw a big car with blazing lamps at the office steps. A man got out. and Grayson, who started as lie recognised his employer, ran back towarda Ilarrv. Mr. Elliot will be here in a nrnute or two." he said. Ali Mid Harry; I'm inclined to think it would be better if lie didn't see me. Switch on a few more lights." Grayson dkl so, and his companion glanced quickly round the room. The rows of desks offered no concealment, because there was clear space between them- and the floor, and Harry indicated a couple of cupboards. "Could I get into one of those?" he asked. No," replied Grayson. "They're fitted with shelves for stationery." I remember," said Horry, coolly. There's the private office and chief clerk's room on the floor below but Elliot would be on the stairs before I could get down and open the door. I won't try the safe, because he might want something inside it." "Be quick!" cried Grayson, in despera- tion. He's coming up the second flight now. Get beneath the counter." The sound of footsteps that rang loHowJ. through the deserted building reached them; but Harry shook his head. No," he said, it isn't. wide enough to hide me. I suppose that window opens? The one he pointed to proved hard to move, but they managed to thrust it up, and when the footsteps grew ominously near Harry looked down into the dark pit of the office- keeper's yard. It was three or four storey? below him; but an iron pipe ran down near the window, and he made out a small strip of lead which covered a cistern some six or eight feet beneath, and a little to one side- of the pipe. He seized the latter ar.d shook it vigorously. Seems firm," lie remarked. Any way, I'll have to trust it. Shut the window gently as soon as I've gone." Grayson hesitated. Harry's anxiety to avoid Elliot suggested that his discovery might lead to trouble with the latter, and Gravson was bv no means sure that lii« (m. pr.un'ti una mm rr-j situation ne nan promised. On the other hand, Harry was his friend, and what he meant to do looked hor- ribly dangerous. He grasped Harry's shoulder. No," lie said. You shan't try it. It isn't safe." Harry shook oil his hand and smiled at him. "It mightn't be if I'd spent the last eight years here. I think it's safe to me." He got out upon the ledge, seized the pipe with sinewy hands, cad boiclv swung himself off. Grayson could see hi3 black figure sway athwart the shadowy gulf, and then tiie pine rattled, and there was a thud upon the leads. It was with intense relief he heard Harry cidl to him. "Shut the window," said litter. I've landed safely." Grayson did as ivr.s hi after- v r.. (. after- wards stood still a Kto:nt:.t-: or two ith his hand upon the inn or led;?, for the stn-in had told on him. He had just i.ached his desk when his employer walked ;11. I didn't cxpeet to find anybody here," said Elliot. You're working late." "Yes. sir," replied Grayson, taking up from the papers in front of him. Can I get you anything? Elliot leant against the desk. He was at tired faultlessly :n evening dress, with a th: coat over it, and his expression was genial. Yes," he said I wanj a cheque-book— I've used my last form-und yoa might give me a few pounds in loose gold. Isha.IIbe motoring down into Kent before the banks open to-morrow." Grayson was devoutly thankful that Harry had not sought refuge in the safe when his employer walked with him to the door of it. "Thanks." s:t; d the latter presently. Give me a bit of paper, and I'll initial it to keep things straight." When he had done so he glanced up at his clerk. You're not look- ing well, Grayson." I don't think there's much the matter with me, sir," replied the ratter, who was conscious that he had not quite recovered his composure. Elliot glanced at the end of the cigar upon the desk and the pipe which Harry had incau- tiously laid down near it in his haste. There's no reason why you shouldn't smoke after business hours, but aren't you overdoing it? he asked, with a smile, and added, "That's a nice pipe." Grayson grew horribly uneasy, because the pipe bore Harry's initial, cut in the band. lie was relieved when he saw that they had escaped his employer's attention, though he wondered with keen anxiety how long the latter meant to stay. Then Elliot took a strip of paper from a case and scribbled an address on it. If Watson wants to see me particularly to-morrow he can wire," he said. "If not, I won't come back before night. By the way, I had intended to take Miss Elliot to see the new piece at Terry's, but we'll probably get home too late. Would Mrs. Grayson like to EO? A flush crept into Grayson's face. Though he was not liberal in the matter of salaries, Elliot was, a-,i a rule, genial to the clerks, a.nd willing to dispense small favours which did not cost hira much. He had discovered that a trifling gift tactfully bestowed has now and thei) a large effect. -'Thank you," said Grayson. I've no doubt she would be deUghiett," Elliot him two then, to QttfcyWtt'S rittiti-ii-e, glanced back at the pipe. Well," he said, I have still some calls to make. Good-night to you." He went out, and Grayson, who drew a deep breath of relief, hurried to the window. Harry he called, anxiously. I'm still here," was the reassuring answer. Be re?dy to get hold of me if I miss the ledge, It won't be so easy getting up. Grayson braced himself for an effort; there was a clatter below, and Harry swung out of the darkness with one hand on the pipe. The other fell upon the stone sill, and for a second Grayson fancied it was slipping off; but he seized his comrade's arm and clung to it desperately. The pipe shook md rattled, -ind then Harry hove his head and shoulders into the opening. Next moment he sprang down into the room. I was uncommonly glad to hear Elliot go," lie gasped. Those leads were slippery." "Have von finished with the papers?" Grayson inquired. "Pvo seen all I want." said Harry, with some dryness. I found thsm interesting. But you look shaky. We'll get supper some- where." Grayson laughed sourly. I think I need it. My last adventure in your company nearly ended in the manslaughter of a north country landowner, and the present one has rather up- set me. I haven't spent eight years in the wilds, and I'm not used 1) this kind of tiling." They left the office a few minutos later; but on turning out of the court they almost walked into the back of a car which was standing against the kerb with a man who had lifted off the bonnet bending over the engine. There was no doubt it was the one Elliot, had arrived in, and Harry strode ctraiglit past. The narrow street was badly h a t the glare of the lighted, and he fancied that. the glare of the motor's lamps would only fall upon his back. He had passed it a few yards when he heard Elliot's voice. Grayson I he called. "I want you a moment. Grayson stopped, and Harry went on; but his companion overtook him in a minute or two. "I was startled when he stopped me," the jfatter confessed. As it happens, lie only wants me to telephone his friends in Park- lane that he may be a little late." He paused and added in a different tone: "I don't think they saw you." •'They?" said Ilarry. "Vour employer is the person I'm concerned about, and I under- stand he'd no suspicions." Miss Elliot was with him," Grayson answered, drily. She was oil the side nearest you." It was a bad light," said Harry, with a thoughtful air. "Besides, she doesn't know I'm ia town (To be continued).

NEWS IN BRIEF. HELP FROM QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Queen Alexandra has sent a cheque for tlO to Mr. and Miss Hancock, whose roundabout* were destroyed in a fire, by suffragettes at Devonport. I BIRTH OF ANOTHER DREADNOUGHT. The first keel-plate of the Royal Sovereign, the new f-uper-Dreadnought, to be built at Portsmouth, was laid on Thursday morning by Mrs. Heath, the wife of the Admiral Superin- tendent of the Dockyard. I LORD MURRAY'S INTENTIONS. liord Murray is expected I 1 niake a personal atatement in the House of Lot.), soon after the assembling of Parliament. At present he de- I clinee to make any statement for the public. I NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA. M. Paleologue, of the French Foreign Office, and formerly Minister in Sofia, has been ap- pointed to succeed M. Delcasse as Ambassador in St. Petersburg. LIFE'S SAVINGS STOLEN. During the temporary absence from his cot- tage of a Hemcl Hempstead labourer his li., r, savings, amounting to t48 in gold, were stolen from his bedroom. I DOCTOR MURDERED IN A LINER. A wireless message received in Gibraltar from the Nor;h German Lloyd liner Berlin, from Genoa to New York, states that an Italian doc- tor in charge of the migrants has been mur- dered by one of t1. .11. I BY HONOUR. I 1 ne Mayor of St. Mihiel, M. Phasman. was made an officer of the Legion of Honour on I Sunday morning. His joy gave him an apop- lectic shock, and he died the same night. BETTER PAY FOR LIVERPOOL POLICE. I The Liverpool natch Committee has decided that the pay of police-sergeants shall begin at 128. weekly, rising to 5(K, and constables' pay shall range from 30s. to 40s. This represents advances ranging from 3s. to 6s. weekly, a total increase of tl4,698. CHILIAN AVIATOR KILLED. I Lieutenant Mery, a Chilian military aviator, was flying at a height of about 1,000ft. at San- tiago de Chile on Monday, when his machine turned over and crashed to the ground. Lieu- ;enant Mery was killed on the spot. EXPLOSION AT DORKING CLUB. I By a gas explosion at Dorking Volunteer Jlub on Monday night the building was dam- aged, and Colour-Sergeant Austin and Private ,haleroft were injured. Chalcroft was blown the billiard-room. I MARQUESS DRIVES FIREMAN. f At the wedding on Monday of an engineer of ,he Wokingham Fire Brigade the Marquess of Downshire, who is captain of the brigade, drove I :he bridegroom to the church on a steamer. ESCAPED LUNATIC BACK IN ASYLUM. I Arthur W oodhouse, rhe young man who escaped last week from Colney Hatch Asylum. rihere he was an inmate, is now back in the LSYIUM. He was given up to the authorities by lis friends. STATE MEDICAL SERVICE. < Sir John Colin delivered-a lecture on Monday evening in the Central Hall, Westminster, in which he criticised the panel system under the National Insurance Act all the ground that it did not provide adequate treatment, and out- lined a plan for the establishment of a State medical service NOT MR. ARTHUR POWELL, K.C. I Mr. Arthur Powell, of 6. Pump-court, Temple, states that he is not the Mr. Powell, K.C., who had the altercation with Mr. Handel Booth at the Dublin police inquiry. He states that the Mr. Powell in question is Mr. J. B. Powell, of the Irish Bar HANDCART INSTEAD OF HEARSE. I The Rev. T. Pym Williamson, Vicar of Thel- wall, Warri ngton, who has died at the age of seventy-eight, expressed the desire for a plain burial, s.avinw he would rather be carried to his last resting-place on a handcart than in a hearse. DEAD CARDINAL'S WILL SEARCH. I No trace of a second will was found in Cardi- nal Ram|>;)lia's rooms on Monday, when, says a Rome despatch, a magisterial search was made. a JUDGE'S SON WEDS. I Mr. Robert Pollack, son of the late Baron POIKM! was married at St. Peter's, Eaton- square, on Monday to Miss Ethel Mary Pure- I foy Powell. NORTH WEST DURHAM POLLING. I The Sheriff of Durham has provisionallv fixed Fridav. Januarv 30th, for the poll in North- W est Durham, the nominations taking place on I the previous Friday. -.1 NAIL IN BOOT CAUSES DEATH. I Lockjaw, following a wound in the toe, caused by a protruding nail in an old boot, led to the death of a labourer, it was stated at a Lam- beth inquest. ILLNESS OF MHS. S. F. CODY. I Friends of the late Colonel S. F. Cody, the aillllan. whu WII killed in the fall of his water- plane near Farnborough last August, will re- gret to hear that Mrs. Cody is confined to her bud owing to a serious stroke. SEA WRECKAGE MYSTERY. I The lifeboat and two fishing-boats put out in a rough sea on Monday to find out what a dark object was which was seen drifting in Filey Bav- They discovered that it wa.s the forward half of a ship's boat which had been cut through amidships. 1 ne identity of the wreckage is a mystery. ESSAD PASHA IN BATTLE. I A Belgrade (Servia) despatch says that Essad Pasha, tite defender of Scutari, at the head of 7,000 Albanian followers, is reported to have de- feated du" Hluin expeditionary force of Ismail Kpmal Hey, head of the provisional Govern- ment of Albania, near Elbasan. FIREMEN'S FROZEN UNIFORMS. I Firemen while fighting a fire at Aberavon (Glamorgan) 011 Monday were in turn scorched h\ the heat of the flames and chilled by the icy water from the hose. The uniforms of some of them were frozen, and when removed stood rij-id against the street wall. FIFTY-EIGHT DIVORCES. I Fifty-eight, decrees nisi were made absolute r.n Mon.iuv. The list included the case in which the II 011. Mary Morrison was petitioner and Cap- I tain James Archibald Morrison, ex-M.P. for East Noltirgiam, was respondent, the peti- tioner's complaint at the trial being that her husband w«s guilty of desertion, and of miscon- duct with Mrs. Morand, wife of an actor. THE BLASPHEMY CASE. I regard to the sentence of four months iiiii isonment passed upon Thomas William Stewart at the Staffordshire Assizes for blas- phemy, a memorial (ii-awn ul) by the national l'res* Association has been forwarded to tho I'pme Minister. RETIREMENT OF A RECORDER. I I Owing to ul-heej.h, Sir Joseph r rancis Leese, K.C., has resigned his position as Recorder of Manchester, which lie has held since 1893. He was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Aceringfon in 1832, and held the seat till 1910. VICTIM TO THE COLD. I I Miss Lydia Cox, a Tottenham schoolteacher, d.e.i suddenly 011 the top of a Wood Green tram- I:f <.I!I Monday wiule on her way to school. Death is said to be due to heart disease, accele- rated by the intense cold. ALLEGED GIRL BURGLAR. I Hannah Elliott, twenty-three, a domestic ser- vant. has been remanded at Exeter on a charge of birgUiry. 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