The Abergavenny Mail

Among the howlers" perpetrated by Indians at the last B.A. examination of the Punjab University is the following: "Tht Panama Canal is being cut from Delhi 1:.<' Bombay, in order to facilitate the speedy pas sage home of persons going on snort leavf from the new capital of India."

I REPORTER" RAILWAY GUIDE. Hereford and Ledbury to Worcester, Birmingham, and London, Sundays. a ma" mn ma ma m amp m p m p m p iiii) iiii) tyip nip mp m p m p mp mja m p m Hereford dep 7 308 449 35 1130 1250 1257 2 20 3 10 4 205 8 6 20 8 10 8 519 45 Withington .7 39 9 45. oo. oo. 1 7 3 2,2 5 19. oo. 8 20 9 55 .„ Stoke Edith 7 46 9 52 1 14 3 301. 5 26. oo. 8 28 10 4 Ashperton .7 53 9 59 1 21 337 5 33 8 36 Ledbury .8 1 10 8 1132 1 30 a 3 4fi4 204 435 426 41 7 45 8 47 10185 5 Colwall 8 13 9 10 1021 1147 li 1 30 a 13 4fi4 204 435 4? 6 41;7 45 8 47 10185 5 Colwall ,81391010211147122. b 1 412 55 3 58 4 33 w 5 54 6 50,7 57 8 59 10285 17 Malvern Wells 8 21 1031 1152 1 46 4 44 37 5 59 d 8 2 .? 9 5 10345 23 Malvern, Great 8 239 18 1037 115512 9 1 301 513 6 1 4 104 425 06 6 58  8 15 9 18 10425 34 MaIvern,Great8 239 181037115512 9 1301513 64104425 06 5658810 9139281038530 Malvern Link 8 32 1043 1215 1 56 4 144 46 6 9 8 15 9 18 1042 5 34 Bransford Read 1050 4 2?2  8 24 1049 5 41 Henwick •- 1057 4 28 6 24 ? 8 31 9 28 10565 47 Worcester F.S.8 419 28 11 4 1225 .? 2 6 3 16 4 304 585 106 267 98 33 9 339 3910595 49 Worcester S. H. 8 47 9 52 1110 Ii72 133 354 365 5.5 356 358 08 40 9 38 Ill 65 5,5 Birmingham 10 51027. 1 35 4 25 6 15 8 20 10501050,4 179 50 Birmingham 1044 1110 1 22 2 3 4 234 47 6 47 8 138 55 1158115-4 1210 3 Wolverh'mpton 2    Evesham 9 24 1053 1225 3 12 5 30 6 8 7 20 ►. 1058* 6 28 Evesham .9 591245 1 40 4 20 7 18 9100 .1. 8 8 Oxford 8 52 Reading 1110!2 1012 551 5 4 20 0 ? 8 52 I 4 15-5 52 858ilO5O 9 42 a Calls Tuesday at 2-45. b Calls if required to pick up for London. e Calls at Colwall to set down from Hereford and beyond on notice to guard at Hereford, d Sets down from North of Shrews- bnry and from Cardiff, Bristol, and beyond, on notice to guard at Hereford, w Calls at Colwall to set down passengers from Hereford and beyond and to pick up for Birmingham, Wolverhampton or Oxford; Wednesdays and Saturdays 11 55 I London, Birmingham, and Worcester to Ledbury and Hereford. Sundays. I a ma ma ma ma ma ma mama mp mpmp mp m p m p mp mp rap nip ma 111 p ma m London dep 5 30 6 45 9 501020 1 40 1 451 504 45 7 30 1020 Reading 6 18 10431111. 2303 5. 7 35 11 9 — Oxford 8 28 35. 11251152. 3 83 46 8 55 12 0 Evesham 7 509 109 47 11221231 1 38 4 17 7 251015 9 23 1 33 Wolverh'mpton 7 0 9 10 10 31120 12 0 1 30 3 354 8 5 3 6 38 8 01045 3 55 Birmingham 8 0 9 38 10151135 11451al0 3 554 25 6 5/7 5 9 251150 3 37 Worcester S.H. 7 159 15 9 50 1030 1039 1228 1 52 223 304 04 154 506 356 55 7 488 101122 2 356 30 Worcester F.S. 7 209 209 531053 112412431 9224332 4 175 26 377 77178 88 1811271 02 386 33 Henwick 2 43 Henwick .7 239 239 58 2 293 37 4 22 6 42 8 21 1130 2 43 Bransford Road 7 29 9 30 3 43 4 28 6 48. 8 271136 248 Malvern Link 17 39 9 40 1011 li5 1 212 423 53 4 37 6 56 7 227 29 8 35ll461 17 2 576 48 Malvern, Great7 479 4510171111 114012591 27 2 48 3 594 22 4 42,5 20 7 4 7$27 36*8 228 44 11021 23 3 16 55 Malvern Wells,7 519 491021 1115 1 312 524 4 4 46 7 10 7 421 8 481157 3 57 0 Colwall .7 58 9 5710281122 1 372 594 9 4 525 29 7 15 7 49 8 5412 6 3 117 6 Ledbury 8- 12 10 7 1039 1134 1 49 94 ??2 5 25 39 7 io!7 8 4 9. 8 5412 6 3 117 6 Ashperton 8 20 1046 1 56 3 16 5 10 8 9 • • Ledbtiry 18 20 1046 .56113 3 16 5 10? 8 9 Stoke 18 28 1052 2 23 22 6 8 16. cØ 7 30 Withington .8 36 I05S .1. 2 1113 33 5 211. Is 25 -? 7 37 A,shperEtodn ith IS 36 1058 .?l ..3. 3 21 22'3 42 4 555 30,5 58 8 3,8 35 8* i4 E" 7 50 Hereford ar 8 45 11101153 1220 1 33 2 22 3 42 4 555 30,5 58 8 :?s 338 54 ?20 7 50 W A train leaves Wolverhampton at 7-15 a.m., 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). See penny book for Additional Colwall trains Ledbury and Paddington (via Worcester). a mla ma ma mp mmmp m Ledbury ,n ..1III r ?a 10 81122 1 304 435 42 Paddington 1110| mla. mla m!p mlP m/p mlP m Paddington 111 2 554 155 50 8 581050 Sundays—Ledbury 5-5 pm, Paddington 9-42 pm a m a mla mjp mlp m p mlp m p m Paddington5 -Olga ;laloglpZIP 1 4M5IP -114 p ?t- 5 P Ledbuiy 1134 1 4913 915 215 39 17 40 Thursdays and Saturdays only Paddington (dep) 7-30 p m, Ledbury (arr) 12-10 pm Sundays-Paddington 10-20 am, Ledbury 3-20 pm Ledbury and Paddington (via Gloucester). & m -1-I P m P Ledbnry 8 20 1012 1 58 | 4 2 T I 19 P 7 lam/a.m/pm/pmlpm Paddington 1218 I 2 35 6 0)8 30 330 am a m | a m I p mlP m 7 11155 1p 3 1n5i 1 p m Paddington I 1 l 30 9 0 1155 | 3 15 Ledbury 1123 1 15 4 20 7 45 Hereford, Roee, and Monmouth. a m a m a mjp mlp m p m p m Hereford dep 6 15 9 531255 2 54 10 6 20 Ross arr 6 50 10261 292 284 456 53 „ dep 6 558 1810451*35 2 555 07 5 Kerne Bridge 7 38 27 10461*47 3 65 97 15 Lydbrook 7 7 8 32 1052 1 *53 3 12 5 147 20 Symond's Yat. 7 128 371059 2 03 1915 1917 25 Monmouth,MH 7 228 491111'2*133 30 5 29 7 34 35 5 33 7 38 „ Troy 7 27 8 511117 2*17?4 3 23? 33 7 38 Tintern 1237! 4 23. Chepstow arrl- 1252 4 39 a ma ma mp mp mlp m p m Cbepstow dep 7 91130248 638 Tintern 72511463 4 6 54 Monm'th, Troy 7*30 9 3012253 386 27 408 15 Monm'th, MB 7.339 34 1234 3 426 6\7 438 20 Symond's Yafc 7*45 9 46 12463 52 6 15 7 538 83 Lydbrook 7*50 9 53 1255 3 586 21 7 598 40 Kerne Bridge. 7*539 59 1 04 36 28 8 4845 Ross arr 8 3'1010 1 11 4 13 8 38 8 138 56 „ dep l 8 81028 1 28 4 24 6 57 9 54 Heieford arr 8 351058 1 564 537 27 1025 Rail Motor Car. No Sunday trains. Hereford, Leominster. Bromyard, and Worcester. a mia mampmpmpm Hereford dep 7 2710533 356 30 Leominster 7 158 5512184 107 38 Steens Bridge 7 259 512284 207 48 Fencote .7 36 9 161239 4 317 59 Rowden Mill 7 429 22 1245 4 37 8 5 Bromyard 7 52 9 321255 4 47 8 15 Suckley 8 3?9 431 54 588 28 Knightwick 8 7?9 47 1 95 48 32 Leigh Court .8 149 541 16 5 128 39 Henwick 8 24 10 4 1 265 22 8 49 Worcester (F. St.) 8 26 10 6 1 295 2818 51 (8.H.) arr 8 31? 101311 3415 2385118 8 5571 1 a m a m p mp rnp mp in Worcester (S.H.)dep 8 15103512 355 267 15 „ (F. St.) 8 18 1038 & 39 5 23 7 20 Henwick .8 231043 2 44 5 237 23 Leigh Court 8 3310532 545 337 33 Knightwiek 8 4111 1 3 25 41 7 41 Suckley .8 4611 63 75 467 49 Bromyard 8 6911173 186 08 13 Rowden Mill 9 61127 3 20 6 7 8 20 Feneote 9 1811363 39 6 188 2! Steens Bridge 9 26 1144 3 476 268 37 Leominster i 9 33 ?11213466 15 3 5504?7 6 33 8 44:4 Hereford Mr II 0 12365 507 20 9. No Sunday Trains. Liverpool and Manchester to Hereford and South Wales. Sundays. a ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma nip mpmp mp m p mp m p mp m p m|p m p rajp m p m a WIP m Manchefte! LR. 12 5 8 20 9 25 1040 1215 « I. 3 0! 4 25 7 1012*5 9 01155 Liverpool .1155 2 35 8 159 10 1030 12 0 2 40 4 2.5 7 101155 ••• 9 2011 0 4a3O 7 1 10 1155 9 2011 0 Chester .1220 2 d 7 8 40 9 42 1110 1235]ë 3 32 4 205 107 33-55?11 2 3 46?ild2 Shrewsbury dep2 202 353 30 6 45 8 25 1030 11 5 12331 0,2 20 0 o 3 505 0 5 156 107 459 202 20 — 5 20 3 30 Church Stretton 7 208 55 1 322 45^ 4 18 5 446 378 16 5 46' Craven Arms 4 8. 7 38 9 14 11 1 41 0 6 36 538 32 ••• 6 04 8 Ludlow ? « 4 20 7 5710 51113 1140 2 63 11 5 0 6 207 5'8 50 6 174 20 WooSertonJunc.??? 81010151124 1148 2 183 21 5 9 6 32 7 17,9 2 6 281. Borrington & Eye3^ 8 181021 1130 2 24 5 15 6 38 9 8 — B,,?rrington & Eye ;4 Z4 8 2810271135 12 9 2 313 35 5 21 6 50 7 309 15 ••• 6 404 41 Leominater Frd Bndge. I 8 351034.? c 2 39. 5 28 6 57 9 23 -a Dicmore 8 411040 1224 2 46. 5 34 7 3 9 2 Moreton 8 46,1046 2 51.oo 5 39 7 8 19 34 ••• SI a Moreton 8 46104 6.25 1 .539 6 7 207 559 45102513 3 05 5 Hereford arr3253435 5 857?110115812812361383 3355 5506 6  7207 559 t51025 25 7  5 Hereford dep 3 35 3 53 5 15 7 109 109 521243121612251 46 4 2 6 136 25 8 10 1005 3 35 — 7 15 8 10 Abergavenny 4e33 6 10 8 51010 1 40. 5 O. 7 20. 8 55 4e40 9 0 Abergavenny 4e33 6 10 8 51010 1 40 *'i 32 i 6 32 7 207 40 I 9 48 11565 22 8 27!10 0 Pontypool Rd arr 5 71 CI 8 32103110432 7 1 232 36 5 32 7 20.7 4°1'" 9 27 112614 57 8 2?920 Newport 5 20 8 1 8 58 11 2 2 25 1 38 3 13 5 46 .? 7 34, 9 48 1156 5 22 8 2710 0 Cardiff 5 43 S? 9 19 11242 55 2 03 34 6 15 7 55, 1217 5 49 8 50|l027 Cardiff 5 2'?? 1055 124814,a46 1 4 515 261. 7 55 9 32 4 1517 tOl Swansea 9 15 a Saturdays excepted. c Calls if required for Hereford, d Mondays, Wednesdays 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 m a ma m a m a ma mp mlp m a h. a mp mp ma mp mp mp mp mp m a mp m p m Swansea .8 55 5a 0 1050 11101140 2 45 3 355 35 8*555 0,3 10 Cardiff 1 2 3 5 308 Cardiff 5aO .4.0 9io 1238 1 02 25 2 374 15 5 12 7 25 7 40 1235 7 32?6 7 Newport .1258 7 35 7 5 9 23 9 52 1 2 1 312 45 3 64 37 5 40 7 45 3 51258 7 57 6 29 Swansea 55 7 31557 6 0] 56 1030 10451 28 2 83 19 3 405 13 6 15 8 43 8 40i7 0 Pontypool Rd 7 34 7 349 56 1030 10451 28'" 2 83 19 3 405 13 6 15 8 43 8 407 0 Aber g avenny .8 5 8 8 iiio 2 38 4 3 6 40 9 07 13 Herefod arr220 8 419 101042 1118 1215 2 .5!226 3 454 5 5 06 0 7 40 8 46 9 27 2 20 9 407 47 Hereford dep 2 257 27 9 20 1046 1053 1126 1140 1230 2 33 ? 3 35 4 15 4 30 126 86 308 011'" 9 3 251025 8 0 Moreton 7 36. 11491238. 4 39 b 6 39 Dinmore 1. 7 43 9 33 1 i' 11491238 4 39 b 6 39 Dinmore 7 43 9 33 11 5 1155 b 347 4 455 25 6 46 8 14 Ford Bridge 7 50 12 1 4 51 b 6 53 Leominster 7 57 9 45 1114 12 51250 3 58 4 56 5 37 6 588 25 1 I.: .?. Berrington & Eye 8 7 9 54 1121 121 4 6 5 45 45 7 4 .¡.oo I. Woofferton June. 8 15 10 2 1128 12221 4 4 13 5 115 54 1 118 39 16igI ,8 Ludlow 8 25 1013 1136 12.3111 12 4 22 5 20 6 2 7 20 8 50 11 78 50 Craven Arms 8 45 1040 1155 1250,1 24 4 38 539627 9 11 1128?9 6 Church Stretton 9 4 1053 1 44 4 50 6 43 9 24 1144 9 22 144 4 50 "? 3 7 18 30 :o  Shrewsbury arr 3 30 35 11131149 1230 2 5 3 38 5 12 5 23 7 4 7 13 9 45 1040 3 30 1220 9 47 Chester 6 231130 1 I 1 23 1 52 3 20 4 57 7 1 ?1234 12351 4 4 252 ?3 1231041o Liver 001 L St .5 551210 1 35 2 25 4 455 25. oo. 720 9 3 1240 6 34 5310L.. Manc K ester L R 15 331220 1 1 35 2 2,5 4455 25 7 2o Man.Cester L R.15 331220 1 35 2 27 4505 331 7 10.19 o| — 1 1 32 4 20l 281 a Mondays excepted. b Stops to set down beyond I Hereford, c Not Monday mornings. 0 via Crewe I 4-20. Saturday night. Ledbury to Birmingham, Derby, Manchester, Liver- pool, Sheffield and Leeds. Sundays. amp m)a m p mu) mpmpmlpiopmpmampm Ledbury dep8 1 10 81 30. 4 205 42 i5 41 7 458 4710185 5 Malvern .8 17 1037 1 51 4 42 6 2 7 34 8 10 9 13 1038 8 40 Worcester arr 11102 13 5 56 27 8 58 409 33 11 69 5 Worcester dep 9 a 8 10 9 1240 2 25 3 48 5 40 7 5 8 25 8 9 8 40 9 33 11 6 9 5 Birmingham. 10 2 11 8 1 42 3 364 456 528 10 10 3 9 55 11 512229 55 Derby 11251238 3 225 256 328 51025 112512381 421125 Manchester 12 3815 207 17 i 401012 oo. 2biO 2MO;> 305 25 Liverpool 3 50 6 15 8 15 9 301110 5 15 5 45 6 5 Sheffield 12331 404 20 6 30 8 109 5 1225 1 502 521225 Leeds arr 1 28 3 0?532745?15il03 1 303 10 4 421 30 a Foregate Street b arr 3 10 Sunday mom'ngs. j Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Derby, and Birmingham, to Ledbury. Sundays. a m a m a m a rota mampmpmpmpmampm L<ed& 1225258 10551120250420437 2 58?1220 SheSeld 11294 25 9 5511201 323 18 6 15 4 251 30 Liverpool .1130 10 511301255 3 30 5 0 1130*1115 Manchester .12 0 9 2010551220 1 50 4 20 5 50 12 01225 Derby 2z25615 11551240228435615745 6 333 10 Birmingham 3z40 8 40 1 121 55 3 325 50 7 489 0 8 454 55 Worcester arr4z28 9 38 2 93 8 4 306 568 4510 0 9 566 13 Worcester dep 7 15.9 50 2 22 3 3014 50 7 17 9 451122 101516 30 Malvern 7 471014 ?2 4 8 565 98 271011 H52J 10446 52 Ledbury arr8 121039 3 94 22 9 3 1215; 1 397 17 z Monday mornings excepted. Thursdays and Saturdays. Ledbury to Gloucester & Cheltenham la m a m p m p mlp mlP m Ledbury dep8 20 10121 584 279 71.- Dymock 18 29 102112 7,4.36 9 16 Newent 8 3810302 16 4 459 25| Barbers Bridge 8 45 1037!2 23'4 5:l9 32 Gloucester 8 58 1050j2 36 5 5 9 45 ) Cheltenham 9 38 1132 3 2 5 56 lo?8 .1 Paddin?ton arr | 1218 2 35 6 018 303  a ma m p m p mp mp m Paddington dep 7 309 011553 15 Cheltenham .16 40la 10 7 1154 2 52?6 15 ?1 Gloucester 7 110151235 3 3016 55 Z Barbers Bridge 7 12 1056 1246 3 4117 17 Newent 7 2111 512553 52 7 J.9 L Dymock 7 3211161 54 417 28 Ledbury an 7 4311127 1 174 18)7 No Sunday Trains. Hereford, Hay, Brecon & Merthy*. fampmpmp mp m Hereford dep 9 22 l?4.p 3 595*5 18 M Credenhill .19 341259 4 25*168 27 Moorhampton .9 431 814 115*258 36 Kinnersley ?9 115,4 185*328 4? Eardisley 9 55 1 2,D?4 20 5-37?8 48 Whitney 10 21 27 4 3 5*43'8 86 Hay.1012 1 37 4 405*52 9 6 Glasbury 10211 4614 49 6*0 19 14 Three Cocks June. arr 1025 1 50j4 536*5 9 18 Talgarth 10332 3 5 0 6*15 9 26 TaIyUyn Junction arr 1044 2 15)5 12 6*27,9 3$ Dolais 1 153 436 30 .? Merthyr 1 283 406 45 .? Brecon arr 11 82 355 3Oi6Wi2,9 4S a m a m p mlp m p m Brecon dep 7 0 1030, 1 10'6 5 .? Merthyr 9 38,121012 50 Dowlais 9 40?12153 2i Talyllyn Junction 7 11 1050 1 25 6 16 Talgarth .7 2511 0 1 35 6 27 Three Cocks Junction arr 7 3111 8.1 52^6 36 Glasbury 7 35 1113i 1 576 á9 Hay. 7 45 1123; 2 6 50 Whitney .7 531134I2 166 68 Eardisley 8 0114512 23 7 5 Kinnersley 8 5 1150!2 2817 10 Moorb&mptON .< 8 12U57J2 35 7 17 Credeihil 8 22 12 ¡2 4&7 20 .? Hereford arr 1883 li2o2 E617 Ul Wednesdays and Saturdays only No Sunday Trains,

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as xmaazlm AWMWIA-WE samossommeam I [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED I J I THE SECRET OF THE SANDS I M »a — x^x W* VAV II By FRED M. WHITE, BS Author of Tregarthen's Wife," The Weight of the Crown," The m Ere Edge of the Sword," The Cardinal Moth," A Fatal Dose," &c. |p *«* y*g *.<*ysKany**y33K23%Jflg :?x???t??x ???m??????m???????????? PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS: I E-IR HORACE AMORY, of Oversands, a highly. esteemed county maguale. VERA, his daughter, DICK AMORY, Sir Horace's scapegoat son, who is on the btock Exchange. LADY MARIA AMORY, a widow, devoted to Dick. JOSEPH BASTABLE, a speculator in land, lormerly Sir Horace's steward. BON ALD BASTABLE, his son, a barrister in Lund ou. CHAPTER XXX. I Joseph Bastable was not happy. In hia more expansive moments he was wont to regard himself as a model to be imitated and Envied, but lately he had abandoned that attitude. He wa.s frightened. He still strode down High-street with his hat on the back of his head and the usual truculent nod for his acquaintances, but his heart was full of fear. The man was a bully to the back- bone, and it looked as if his time had come. He could get no information from any trustworthy quarter. He might have extracted it out of the drunken, broken-down Turk, had not Turk departed. He had left Shore- month altogether for some place in the North, where he would be properly attended to, and Bastable could not get his address. He might perhaps have vented some of his spite on Batter, but Batter, too, the town knew no more. He was supposed to have emigrated to America. In point of fact, Sir Horace and Kennedy had deemed it judicious to get these two men out of the way. Looking at things from his own standpoint, therefore, Bastable concluded that there was a conspiracy against him. Sir Horace meant to prosecute him, and was getting up his case. This was how Bastable would have acted had the position been re- versed. At any moment, he imagined, he might be arrested. At the sight of a police- man the moisture oozed on his forehead, and he forgot to return the officer's salute. What were these fellows doing? Why <didn't they make a move in the matter? For «ome days they had been in London. Bastable could stand it no longer. He would BOB Kennedy and propose terms. But it was more than a week ere this was possible. Then it was Mr. Kennedy who sent for Bastable. The message was curt and to the point. Bastable was to call dire-ctly after luncheon. As he swaggered down the street people greeted him respectfully. He was the man in the place to be envied above all others. How could they know that his legs were trembling under him, that there was a dryness at the back ef his throat! Joseph Bastable would have sacrificed every penny of his beloved money to be at Oversands again, humbly listening to Sir Horace's orders. Kennedy kept him waiting so long that his nerves began to give way. He sat a trembling mass of fear. lie could hardly speak when Mr. Kennedy entered. The latter did not shake hands as usual. "You wanted to see me, sir?" Bastable said. "I did." Kennedy replied. "I had to. But you need not grovel. How long is it since you spoke to anybody in that respectful way?" Basttkble ventured on a faint smile. "I am always at your service, he said. No doubt," Kennedy said, driiy. No doubt, Joseph. I am glad to see you are not unduly puffed up bv success. True greatness is always humble, Joseph." Bastable writhed on his chair. He had al- ways been afraid of this man he had always an uneasy feeling that the shrewd old ob- server read him like a book. I have worked very hard for my money, Mr. Kennedy," he said. "Oh, you have," Kennedy smiled. "I ad- mit that freely. But you have made much nore bv scheming than by hard work, Joseph. llonestlv, what are you worth?" Bastable repeated the figures with some pride. Kennedy appeared to be taken aback. "Really!" he exclaimed. "So much as that! Why, you have more money than I. Now, tell me candidly, what possessed you to be so foolish in the matter of Sir Horace Amory? Enger as Bastable was to speak, at first the words refused to come, but when he was started, it was not so difficult. "I hated i Im," he said. He always looked down on me. and when a man looks down upon me I curse him and plot revenge. He tried to stop my marriage, to deprive me of the best wife man ever had. I swore I would ruin him. More than once I had him iT) my grasp, but, lie managed to elude me. Then on-ne a real chance." Kennedy lay back in his-chair, watching his visitor with acute interest. He might have been a scientist studying a new specimen. Quite so." he said, a gift from the gods. You expected to crush vour enemy without risk or expense to yourself. You are alluding to that promissory note of mine? That's right," Bastable went on. I thought you were dead. I knew.tbat when you were dead I should be your executor—:—" You have no sense of humour, Joseph. I am not so far gone in years as that. But you stood in my shoes as far as that bill was con- cerned. Go on." I knew that Sir Horace could not meet the bill. My idea was to sue him and so let the public know that he could not meet his engagements. He got wind of my iiitention 11 No he didn't," Mr. Kennedy interrupted. Yonr son told him. Ah it is most remark- -able, Joseph, you should have a son like Ronald. It is, perhaps, less remarkable when one thinks of his mother. You were annoyed with Ronald." He betrayed confidence." Really! From my point of view, the lad olid (luite right. If he hadn't done so, matters would have been awkward for you, Joseph. Because, you see, Sir Horace found out the fraud you had practised on him, and if he had been injured he would have prosecuted you. I should have prosecuted you without com- punction, and you would have gone to gaol, Joseph. You would have stood in the dock, and the judge would have given you seven years. Think of it! Seven years' penal servi- tude, despite your money. You would have become a mere number-a cypher in a prison, at the mercy of warders, ordered here and there, half-fed, perhaps. All this would have happened if Ronald had not behaved like a gentleman. You are getting out of it very cheaply, and all because you have a son and .Sir Horace has a daughter. But you will have to pay, my friend. You will have to pay Sir Horace the L-14,000 you robbed him of fourteen years ago at compound interest. which makes the sum over £;)0.000. You will liave to refund the 1-20,000 obtained by means of the forged bill. Please don't argue, because you are not entitled to do so. Theso are our terms, Joseph." Bastable breathed more freely. He was feeling less uncomfortable. there will be no unpleasantness tft,-nvtrd,;? he asked. "We won't prosecute, if that is wha.t jou mean," Kennedy said, curily. Your son. will marry Sir Horace Amory <9 daughter. That is settled, although nobody knows U of it M yet. Some day these young people will have all our money-that is, yours and mine. In fact, you are merelv robbing Peter to pay Paul. And if you will t-ake my advice, in future you will beast less of your industry and acumen, and talk more. if von must t.lk, about ycur luck. Don t fo-rgot, either, that the poorest, of your tenants who touches his hat to you is a better man th^.n yourself, fie, at any rate, is r-t a mean and eoiiUmptible thief. Now rro CHAPTER XXXI. Ronald was not surprised to hear what Dick had to say about Bowen. For some time he had suspected something like this. He was not blind either to the awkwardness of the situation. If Sexton could only bt: spirited away! But that was impossible. You see where the trouble is," Dick said. In one sense it is amusing. At the samt time it's most awkward. If Bowen were free he could trump up some story for the sake of the public. So long as he could meet his creditors, as he can with my assist- ance now, all would be well. But as he is-" He comes before the magistrates to- morrow," Bastable said. "If he could get bail-" If he could get bail, then he would forfeit it," Dick exclaimed. He would secretly vanish, to be seen no more. It's our only hope. Certainly there was a good deal in what Dick Amory said. Bowen free and Bowen in prison under another name were two different matters. There was something about the whole business, however, that jarred on Ronald's sense of honour. But he had gone so far and could not turn back. He would have to see it through for Vera's sake. "I will try to get bail," he said. After all, the evidence on behalf of the police is not very strong. If he is released on his own re- cognisances, so much the better." Dick and Ronald spent an anxious hour or so next day in the police-court. It would, perhaps, have been better had Bowen been legally represented, but in view of the fact of what was going to take place lster the policy rfmply justified itself. Besides the evidence of the letter and the telegram from Sexton found in De Lava's possession the police had no further testimony to offer. Kite had already gone back to London, leaving the case in the hands of the local police. To all purposes, the Chief Constable of Shoremouth acted as prosecutor. He was a young man, zealous and officious, and, con- sequently. in conflict with the Bench. Ronald watched the proceedings with a rising feeling of happiness. Malcolm is playing your game for you," he whispered. "He's annoying old Hartley." The Chairman of the Bench was certainly getting angry. Like most borough magi- strates, he had a profound impression of his own legal knowledge. He did not think much of the Chief Constable's case, and did not hesitate to say so. He snarled violently at the suggestion that the affair should be ad- journed for a fortnight. In that event I apply for bail," Bowen said, eagerly. I have been detained on the flimsiest evidence for some days, your Wor- ships." "Perhaps that is so," the Chairman said. Case adiourned for a fortnight. The priso- ner is released on his own recognisances in the sum of £ 100. Next, please, Mr. Chief. We shall be here all day at this rate." It was a piece of blind luck, of course-the story of an officious policeman and a pompous M'?!?''ate. si-im It was not difficult to convey a certain sum nf m?'?v to Bowen. who an hour later was on 1, to London. When at length he the metropolis. Sexton no longer ex- isted—Bowen was restored to his office. With "rim amusement Dick read the story of Bnwen's abduction in the daily Press next day. On the whole it was not a bad story, and sufficed to satisfy the public. Dick had letters to write, and Ronald found himself with Vera. The whole afternoon to ourselves," Ronald said. "What shall we do?" A long walk. Vera suggested. One of the walks we to take years and years ago." Verv well." Ronald smiled. "Let us cross the park and go as far as the Red TTr-use. T:\TY1 anxinnq to we the bridge my father is buildins. Thev have made wonder- ful progress in the last ten days. Th<> huge baulks of timber are all in place. Now that the biR piles are in, they tell me the river has changed its course. What amazing things t,hey do nowadays with engineering machinery The sands are ever so much firmer, and lower down, near the Red House, they have almost vanished. What will the place be without the quicksands?" Altered out of all knowledge," Vera said. "I shall rejoice, if the current sweeps them away altogether. They have been the source of all our woes." Well, we can see. at any rate," Ronald said. I shall be glad of the opportunity. dear, for there are so many things I want to talk about. Mr. Kennedy asked me to dine with him last night. It was an evening of surprises. I was astonished that he knew how deeply I am in Love with you, and had set his heart upon our marriage. He will leave us all his money. Vera. I asked him what Sir Horace would say, and he told me lie had settled that question with your father. You can imagine mv amazement. But, darling, I am very much afraid-" "I know what you are going to say, Vera interrupted. You intend to talk about your father's behaviour to mine. I don't know the facts, but I have learnt a good deal from Dick. It's very horrid, Ronald, and I can ouite understand that you feel it keenly. But what does it matter so long as we love each other? I know you aro honourable and upright, and that I am a happy girl, and would not change places with a queen. There is disgrace in our family, too. Look at Dick. I do hope and trust that he will go straight in future, but he has had the narrowest escape of prison. In a sense, you saved him. Don't let us discuss the family skeletons, Ronald. Let the whole thing be forgotten. Let us be happy while we may." Vera spoke softly and pleadingly, with her hand on Ronald's arm. There was a flush on her cheeks, a mistiness in her eyes. By this time they had reached the edge of the sands. The Red House loomed behind them in the sunshine. But it was no longer a place of ill- omen; no longer did its sinister shadow lie across the way to peace and happiness. Ronald stooped and took the girl in his arms. She raised her lips to his. Verv well, darling," lie said, as lie kissed her. That shall be a contract between us. Let the dead past bury its dead. My word! what a difference His eye roamed over what had once been a wide expanse of shiftincr, quivering, grey sands. But how chanced the scene! The boiling mass had gone, leaving a deep track of hard silt behind. The stepping-stones stood out in great masses of granite, like a row of grim sentinels. The bed was firm to the tread. Ronald scraped some of the yellow stuff aside with his foot. Fancy a few piles higher up the river do- ing this," he said. "Well, it is certainly less repulsive. In a year or so when the golf links are open- He paused and looked down. Some glitter- ing thing was sticking out of the sand at the base of one of the stepping-stones. Ronald stooped and wrenched it from its place. "What treasure is this?" he asked. What smuggler in the old days A sudden cry of illumination came from Vera. "I know what it is," she said. "It is my aunt's jewel-case Ronald conveyed the casket from the sands to the bank. It was light for its size, and when he had rubbed it clean he saw that it was a silver box probably lined with cedar wood. The lock and hinges had corroded with the long exposure to the water, so that he could raise the lid without violence. I believe you are right, dear," Ronald said. Isn't it strange that we should be the persons to find the missing gems! Th,-v have been here for fourteen and might have remained here to all eternity but for the new bridge." I don't understand it," Vera said. "Oh. it is plain. The driving of those big piles in the river for the foundation of the now bridge has altered the currents and chan- nels altogether. The sand is beginning to silt up now above the bridge, and consequently the stream here .runs so fast that already it him washed thn <vzicksands aw aw The water nas none in a snort Time wnat man wouia net have done in months. Possibly De Lava had some such ingenious idea; that we shall never know. But the fact remains that we have the jewels. Ronald turned the contents of the box out on to the grass What at one time had been fine leather cases lined with velvet were now rotten masses of pulp. Embedded in the centre of each case was an ornament. They looked dull and lustreless, and not in the least suggestive of the fortune they were worth. They seem like theatrical stuff," Ronald said. "Do you think it possible that the years of exposure to the sea water has done them harm? I never heard that such could be the case. The diamonds seem to be dull and worn at the "(lr.< Siir,-iz-. t'le smd could not do that. Well. I nm no ovivrt. "0 we will take these treasures to Oversands." Sir Horace, who had been up to London with Mr. Kennedy, had just returned, and was pacing up and down the terrace smoking a eigariet?. He listened eagerly to the strange story that Ronald and Vera had to tell, but looked somewhat dubious as he examined the contents of the cedar-lined box. I don't profess to be a judge of such things," he said, but they look suspiciously poor. Let us ask Lady Amory. I fancy she is in the drawing-room with the Duke." Lady Amory's appearance was unusually bright. She had once more acq: r"d full pos- session of her senses. She pounced eagerly on the box. That is my jewel-case," she said. It is the case my poor sister flung into the quick- sands. But the gems look so different. I wonder 91 Sir Horace pondered the matter deeply. He was asking himself a few questions. The lost gems had been recovered in their casket, but they looked like rubbish. On the other hand, two of Lady Amory's ornaments which she re- garded as paste had turned out to be of price- less value they had saved the fortunes of the family. Suppose, suppose- I'm going to telephone for Balden, the jeweller," Sir Horace exclaimed. "He was for years with Spalding in Bond-street, and will know a gem if anybody does. I fancy I have solved the mystery, but I can't be sure yet. Excellent the Duke cried. I begin to understand, too. Telephone by all means." Half an hour later the expert arrived at Oversands. Without the slightest hesita- tion he gave his opinion. Everything that had been recovered from the quicksands was pa-,>te Excepting the settings, they were of no value whatever. It was only when Lady Amory produced her gems which hitherto she had regarded as of little value that the ex- pert's eyes gleamed. Oh, these are altogether different, my Lady," he said. This collection would fetch six figures any day in London. A child could tell the difference." They looked at each other after the expert had left. Sir Horace spoke first. It came to me like a flash," he said. Lady Amory's sister made a mistake. She removed the paste from the proper box and replaced it with tjie genuine gems. Then she took the real gem-case and threw it into the quicksands, and all these years nobody has taken the trouble to verify the story. This could have been done by critical examination of the stones. Of course, the imitations were excellent, and it was only after they had been in the salt water for many years that the dif- ference- grew very manifest, even to the un- tutored eye." "Oh, if I had only known'" Lady Amory cried. It makes very little difference now," Sir Horace said. I know what you meat% Maria, and I thank you all the same. B.ut since my fortune has been restored and the fortune of those young people is made, nothing matters very much. I hope you will live here happily many years, and that the diamonds will shine more brilliantly than ever." Lady Amory smiled with something like a blush on her pretty face. She had dropped the burden of years from her shoulders and grown younger. They broke into groups presently, Ronald and Vera strolling into the garden. I am glad your people are coming here this evening, Ronald," Vera said. "I am going to be very fond of your mother. Your father-" You will have to get accustomed to him," Ronald said, as Vera hesitated. He has many faults, but he has some virtues. He is very proud of his position and his money. Perhaps he will tone down as lie grows older. At any rate, he has had a lesson that he will never forget. Still-" Vera laid her soft rosy fingers on Ronald's lips. I thought this was a forbidden sub- ject," she said. "If you begin to speak of your father, in sheer pity I shall have to pitv I sball have to allude to Dick. There are failings on both sides, and we must leave it at that. It will prevent either from taunting the other after we are married and begin to lead a prosaic existence. Ronald drew the speaker to his side. He looked down into the beautiful, smiling face and the clear eyes so full of love and happi- ness, and kissed Vera tenderly. We shall never do that," he whispered. There will never be any trouble between us, sweetheart. What a wonderful romance it has all been, to be sure. And in so short a time, too It is only a few weeks since I first called here and saw the little girl who was my old love in the days gone by. Then I knew- well, you will understand-" Vera nestled closer to her betrothed. I think we both knew," she murmured. It looked no natural, Ronald. You came back into my life as if you had never left it. I wanted to turn to you at once for advice and help as I did years ago. Do you remem- ber-" Of course I remember," Ronald laughed. Fancy the delight of recalling those old happy times, and the joy-" Of looking forward to the still more happy future," said Vera. [THE END.]

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NEWS IN BRIEF. f THE KING AND THE FLEET. 1 The King, on board the Royal yacht, led the great tieet assembled at Spithead to sea on Monday, and after witnessing a tactical exercise returned to London at night. I PRESIDENT POINCARE AT KRONSTADT. I President Poincare arrived on Monday at I I Kronstadt, where he was cordially welcomed I by the Czar. 11 I BUILDERS' NATIONAL LOCKOUT. Members of the I^>ndon Master Builders' Association decided (, Monday to support the I national lockout of building trades' employees. i DEATH OF AN ADMIRAL. The death is announced at Chertsey of Ad- miral Henry John Carr, formerly Admiral- Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard. He was eighty-three years of age. I WESLEYANS AND RELIGIOUS REVIVAL. I The Wesleyan Methodist Conference at Leeds on Monday discussed the prevalence of irreligion, and adopted a scheme for united effort for religious 'revival throughout the denomination. I BOER WAR GENERAL DEAD. I Major-General Inigo Jones, C.B., who com- manded the Guards' Brigade in South Africa, died at 10. South Audley-street, London, on Monday, after an operation for appendicitis. I VICTORY OF HAYTI REBELS. I The Hayti rebois made a fierce attack on the I city early on Sunday morning and finally re- puteed the Government troops, says a Cape Haitien message. 4 I MILITARY APPOINTMENT. r Lieutenant-General Sir A. E. Codrington has been appointed military secretary to the I Secretary of State for War and secretary of the Selectiorv^oard. I THE CAILLAUX TRIAL. I The trial of Mme. CaiUaux, wife of the former French Premier, for the murder of M. Calmette. editor of the Figaro, began in Paris on Monday. I ARMY AIRMAN KILLED. I I Lieutenant L. C. Hordern died' on Monday I as the result of an aeroplane accident at Fort I I Grange Military Air Station, Gosport. I 860 FISH IN TWO DAYS. I Fishing with rod and line from a boat in the Downs at Deal, Lord Herschell and a friend caught 600 fish on Sunday and 260 on Monday. The fish, mostly pouting, were hauled in three and four at a time. This is stated iQ. be a record for summer angling at Deal. I I S" TERRIBL-E FALL. I STEEPLEJACK'STERKIBLE FALL. I Patrick McHugh, steeplejack, fell 90ft. from a chimney at Newport, Monmouthshire, I on Monday, through, a corrugated iron roof, I and was fatally injured. OSTLER'S DEATH FROM GLANDERS. I Owing to the epidemic of glanders among pit-ponies, one of the large Gedling collieries in Nottingham has been closed, throwing 600 men out of work. An ostler, who became in- fected with the disease, has died. COST OF THE COAL STRIKE. I • In the report of the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies for 1912 it is stated that the chief feature of the year was the great de- pletion of trade union funds—amounting to nearly £ 750,000—which is ascribed to the coal strike. BALLOONISTS' ADVENTURES. I Several of the balloonists competing in the race which started from Paris on Sunday had adventurous voyages and landed in Wales. One balloon dropped in the sea, but the aero- nauts were rescued. GUARDIANS' GOLDEN SYRUP PLAN. I I The Hackney Boaw of Guardians have de- cided to include golden syrup in their outdoor I relief as a treat for the children. BURGLARY AT SISTER'S HOUSE. I James Oscroft, a well-dressed man of thirty-seven, was sentenced to eight months' hard labour at the Old Bailey on Monday for burglary at the house of his sister, Florence Hall Poyser. His sister had given him money and food just before he broke into her house. 500 WOMEN FOR 29 CLERKSHIPS. I More than 500 women applied for twenty- nine vacancies in the clerks' staff of the Lon- I don County Council. RAILWAY STATION FIRE. I Traffic on the North London Railway was held up on Monday morning while firemen ex- tinguished a blaze at a bookstall at Hamp- stead Station, which spread to the station- master's office and a waiting-room. MOTOR-OMNIBUS FUNERAL. I Three motor-omnibuses filled with mourners followed the hearse on Monday at the funeral in London of a woman Salvationist, Adjutant Cooper. The service was held at the Black- friars shelter, and the interment was at Nun- lif ad. BLIND BOY ATHLETE. I At the sports of the East Anglian Institu- tion for deaf and dumb children, held at Gorleston. a blind lad named Cullum won the hundred yards race in 12 4-5sec., lowering the school record hy one second. He felt his way by means of handles attached to wires along the course. DEATH OF ROCK SAND. I The famous racehorse Rock Sand died sud- denly in France on Monday from heart trouble. The son of Sanfoin, who was four- teen years old, won nearly £ 4^,000 in stakes for the late Sir James Miller. CHILD'S FALL DOWN A PIT SHAFT. I The body of a three-year-old child named Emily Hampton, of Dudley Port, Staffs, was taken from a disused pit on Monday after- noon. The child fell down the shaft, which is 300 yards deep and about half full of water, while at play on Sunday. BANK MANAGER SENT TO GAOL. I Mr. Janer Joosub, formerly manager of the Credit Bank of India, has been sentenced at Bombay, says a Reuter telegram, to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for fraud on the bank. READING CHURCH ROBBED. I Thieves broke into Trinity Congregational Church, Reading, on Monday. They stole two valuable brass vases from the communion table and several pounds from the cash-box in the secretary's office. FRENCH STUDENTS DROWNED. I A telegram from Guernsey says that two students of the French Order at Vimiera, named Bienvenu and Coatsalion, natives of France, have Leen drowned as the result of a bathing accident in Vazon Bay. FIRE ENGINE AS HEARSE. I A fire engine was used as a hearse at the I funeral at Tiverton on Monday of Joshua I Davis, a member of the local brigade. CELLULOID CAUSES A BIG FIRE. I A serious fire, the result of an explosion of cases of celluloid-- on Monday afternoon gutted six large warehouses at La Joliette, says a Marseilles message. Iron gates and railings were torn away by the violence of the explosion, and ceilings and roofs were blown away. FORCIBLE FEEDING IF NECESSARY. I Edwin Lambert, a smartly dressed young man, arrested at Grimsby for alleged shop- breaking at Cleethorpes, has been on hunger strike since his apprehension on Friday, and on .Monday the magistrates committed him to Hull Prison to be fed by the surgeon if necessary,