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(This story, one of the best narratives of love and daring published in recent pears, written by the author of “Red Pot- tage,” is presented to Frening World|} readers by the hind permission of Harper Brothers). CHAPTER 1. Sr John’s Request. Was on the point of leaving India tor | ] England, when Sir John sent for me. ty’s Army, retired after twenty years’ service in India. Sir John was my chief. He was dying when he sent for me | Hie first question was: “You are going to England seont' “To-«morrow, fir John,” | anewered. “Look here, Middleton,” he went on; “T am dying and | know tt. I don't suppose you !magined I had sent for you to M4 you « last farewell before de- parting to my long home. I am not in @uch a hurry to depart as all that, [ ean tel] you; but there is something | want done—that I want you to de for me I meant to have done !t myself, but I am down now, and I must trust | I know better than to trust An honest fool—but I am digressing from the case in point. I have never trusted anybody al! my Ufe, so you may feel honored. I have @ emal! parcel which I want you to take to England for me. Here !t is.” long lean hands went searching Gressing-gown, and presently pro- @uced an old brown bag, held together, neok by « string. here!" he repeated, chuckling ; : rolled and fell upon the) ft up and put it back! Diaze of precious astonished to speak. replaced them al! in the little i ifepft aT iF he watched it disappear you have got to do with said, @ moment afterwards, {t to Ralph Danvers, the see- Sir George Danvers of Stoke jon, in D—shire, Sir George hes I have never seen hi - or} $d, going to marry suppose she is a nt are going (o be marr upliment®, —} 14 don't suppose movthing the iliow the ‘ting saint, and Sondcring_how they would ger. | ernet, 1° not mash te leek at. You may make mind easy on that | ough F wou i hot have told hia 'eo f en worlds. There were a few sapphires— who Is this Ralph whom you] of & consMerable sige, but uncut have never see iy whom you are | S24 some handsome turquoises, but not ed, with my | Of perfect color, He turned them over eaten. with evident admiration, “They will look lovely, set in gold noment, and h ir “Dn Itt Wrat atier, now 'm dyin?" he ® he added reely, “T kn | 1 could not ont my ben ana ‘heat ¥ And then the words came a of himeelf he, she had married me who mi Pot she married avers, She called her second son | My first name ts Raph.” 7 ne | with @ sudden change of tone, pulling away Ms hand, “Th ow you know! alls aitving, tent te? These again, ge be ie impalite alte “dont lee me cei hie aeke Just bei f matied the "liowing day § ponty s fame horrible news been murdered in the night, ry whole bungalow ran- sacke? for ‘aiuahles. The murderer had been seen running away. He @ re ative dress, but had not the figure of & Hindoo. je was fe pain ed on hoard whom | to from ie feet. | oung American, travellir fneroage do, tO see the } t where he hed come noua T'nelteve he told me—oe | world. ™ why he war going to London. Ul Bicer Foung fetto: ag never met. Ais * rather simple na with A 1 am Col, Middieton of Her Majee-! upon the marble tate! stan feantly at me “Now where would and burning whita A/ You ly into my pocket. Ile gave lhe Ing to sible for As grateful nts which 1 was He was of foe, and Ing out, but he won took in & surpiisingly short time we became friends, He was in the next cabin to] Ho seemed to have Jost all Interest tn mine, and evidently wished so muoh to] the subject. for he began to talk of Kne- have been with me, that | tried to get | iand and of London. about wht 1 he ap another man to exchange, Dut he WAS] peared to have t grumpy about tt, and | had to t}and-half knowled UP. much to Carr's disappointment. In-| sroves misleading en newly deed, he wan quite silent and arose t ‘ ‘When he {r r a who gay about it, poor fellow nm did, that 1 was. Was a tall, handsome young men, fumiliar with the ntly built, with the kind of salle Jexion that women admire, andl ered at hie preferring my com. pany to that of the waomankind on boart, who were sorely very him. One evening when | was raftying jhim on thi gubject, as we were leaning over the side (for though it De- ember It wae hot enough tn the Red Sea to lounge on deck), he told me that to a he Was engaged to be saaerleg jDeautiful young Amertcan girl. I forget |her name, but T remember he told it |me—Duletma Something—but ft ts of no consequence, Nothing, verred, was oe ood for her, At | a one er look js © sure he was not mtg tame fe he t have picked up @ few stones for vou will know where I had bet- ter keen mine,” he sald, a moment later | with his impulsive boyish confidence "How fortunate I tc Bome are alue, and ete to put them Will be absolutely safe. fried about jewels with me be- nd I am nervous adout losin, them, vou understand.’ And he nodd THE ATTACK. me to keep them?” in vou."’ I sald significantly, “But where?’ than even I could He was simpler have ig Ng i to retrain wrest vauks ing, "So a 1°h, put them in a bag with @ string to | Put the string round your neck an hat Daw under your clothes night “Of course, You are fust as !!kel: ove them. as you call it, tn the Tent etn the day.” y would not care t I would not hav sight of them for fond deal, but 1 would show you them {n @ moment. | Every ong else ts on deck Just now, if you would ike to come down tnto my a, never could tell a diamond but he seemed e0 anxious to a! at he had that 1 did not like to re- | y all means,” T sald. And we went It was very dark in Carrs cabin, and after he bad let_me in he locked the loor carefully before he struck a Itgh! amy red dusk of the warm have other fellows dina whisper, nod. | ‘ing at me for — moment ant then he suddenly some decision, for he 5 el out of his pocket and besan to — tt. welet on her arm,” he said, was very much in love, poor And then he added. humbly, “But I aa way (hey are nothing to yours.” IT chuckled to mynelf at the the thought of his astonishment when he should ectually behold them, but I only maid: “Would you like to see for yourself?’ if it ts not giving you too much | he exclaimed, gratefully, with | Us very kind of you. aid not ike to with your wt nodded, and proceeded to undutton | == moment a voice was heard wn the companion ladder: | the « Carr sprang to hus "teat, tively savage, shouted Jooking: cand the volce Paays you are wantedts | "p your coat,” he whispered, | suddenly: and with an oath pened (he door Poor Carr! He was quite put out, 1! could see, though he recovered himee! in & moment, i went off laughing with the man. who had been sent for sf jn a rehearsal ie nly resolved on; for theattieats, "had been brewing for yd time, and he had promised to act ‘The following morning, as 1 hoy) k ing arly turn on the deck, he me and sald, with @ Seite, aa he arm in ming, “I was put ou! it. wasn't 1% “But Pita om oa La ea & moment,” 1! DENT, |her on my travels, a few sapphires of considerable value I don't care to have |i generally known that T have! Yewels about me, but I don't mind telling | vou. “My dear ying | my har houlaes ptt sinking | my voice to @ whisper, “not @ eoul on | peace + Vessel suspects it, but so hay It was too dark for me to see his face. but Ly] t he was much Impressed by what I had told him, you about them. | I hardly know one stone trom another, | nj Ww iit beheld les of fireworks, and re. membered nothing more (To Be Continaed.) For Sale quite pale in the light of the ‘ ask, Have you got them a ti By Mary Cholmondeley, author of “Red Pottage.’’| —_——_ oe —_—— and, anks all the » ut of con picked up for my the best | can afford.” wily never a e theatres (he day after we ar. n London fe wanted me to fo wiih him the ¥ on that point ne we arvived. but was firm. My sister J ing with « me, before ema}! house in Kensington, wi evening in England with abeence of so many years i Carr was tauc! y Interested to hear that 1 ha and asked innumerable er. Was sre 0 Dif the and Kensington way. ad moved, |lady now Hving at her former home. Jane's new address and w @he made on her pantry shelf, Sir George I wrote at once to ved. The shock there the previous day Cart and went to the inner with him, as we bad agreel. He had read | Dery. and was much relleved when I told him Jane had some time before moved to another address (which | gave him) As we started home from the theatre late that evening, and were driving, by & short cut Brown a dark alley, [oaw |two men rueh out of @ doorway. One | seized the horse and brought tt violently tandettll, while the other flew >. and catching Carr by the col eeded to drag him out by main on or fight of ft; and white I was > the man who had got hold of Jenly caught by the legs ther side of the cab. assatlant. saw a heavy me. caught at it, missed ity goods, a @ Bowery ¢ Cama! (over Dank). Open evenings het mot Gee Singer sewing machine 4 0 Mire Patldipe, OG Pitts STEINWAY PIANO—Com BO) ¢ 58 great sacrifice for cash OI Rea! Estate Woot, Warmen @ Uo are sbeolutely | 1), { | } nave utile gitl which are)” wart to the . sister's address) me n invalld| y | 1 di not expect any resuite, Imagine my sarprise operate PUR Mee, THe te Real Estate iIMade Her _ |- Beautiful. very Lady in the Land Can Now Have a Peautiful Skin. A TRIAL BOX FREE. very laty who wende der atdrese evrment of a} name ay avers Ee mplen j chemicals ant ie a dea'y maker known On 628 Lexington Ave hen | began casio VANNIE B RALSTON. (Bowing her wonderful Improvement.) ever the weather changed ecreme, chap E rheum added to my misery. 1 eulfered & thousand deatha, and when | seat for o trial of Mma Rib time and agai, © when the next dey ail redness and soreness were Danvers and awaited his tn-| ved fatal to the invalid tady | { the rob-| | patebes, pimples, blackheads, Meek worms, oun | suppose Carr did his best, but being |! y an American, he certainty made a'® s |4t9BROADWAY cs bo ES . 988 $d Ave. free from somoytities ia Brostlyn be aus there ten't am eere of land that Te bought today at lees than SO | |Full Sets of Teeth........-$5.00 Gold Fillings.....+.+.4+ oe Ay Full set Teeth........ $5.00 Our system of Painless Dentist Gold Crowns, 22 karat.....$5,00 Silver Fillings..... \urers (Fit Guaranteed) ‘ entirely removes the dread of We make the above prices (or the express purpose of introducin | Gold Crowns (22 k.). 5.00 = Chair. Indorsed by thoes proving that we are the only PAINLESS DENTISTS in Greater New York 100 dosent ‘ Gold Fillings........ Jup Silver Fillings,...... .5Oup 336 Sixth ool akin | uz NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS, of the Dental Chair. pA appreciates good work. One of the Oldest, Largest, Best Equipped and Best Known Dental Establishments in the City. Hours 4A. M.to#P. M. Sundays tod Ladies’ Attendant. Beooklya--Cor, Fulton & Hoyt Sts, ic fare’ And salt rheom were completely 1 improved oo wendertully that my triepte 414 not recognine me, 00 quickly had the henge taken place, My shin te now pertect!? and there is not @ diemish or wrinkle where, T hope ll tedien wtll ot least try theee marvel. lous Deautifiera” Do sot delay, bet write (mmediawly, The treet. nt is barmiem, @ natural deewty maker ant Will permanently remove all tam, freckles, meth dure, chaps, roughness and any and all shin tm- Derteetions wo matter what they may be. Write to-day without fall apd the free treat. bog Wilt be mated, prepaid, with full directions at @AILINO — BOAT! 4800 Inheb'tsne, 6 ees ehaola, FURNITURE,$80 WORTH ON $1 DOWN AND $1 WEEKLY. PRICES THE LOWEST, LEWIN’S, 48 WEST 14TH ST. 267 WEST 128TH ST. EDIT —Diamenta, watches, delivered on fret Sri czeatental Masbate ‘Teleptene cal! “T69 Cortiantt * Breach V@ecee—128 Weet 22 DROOKL TN 906 firoed way, Wa’ DIAMONDS, JEWELAY. weekly; article delivered on Gret codmeed XCHANGE WATCH OO. 187 Breed: DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY—Weehly pay mente, reasonable ote 4, LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP. Some time prior to the re on Decoration of 773 lots on FLAT- BUSH AVE. (103 lots), AVE. Methods! N (80 lots), and adjoining =| streets and avenues, we would suggest that youask the prices EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN ALSO ONE FILLING wisn attic, FREE ant intreduce our yA ge Plate- lagna, Most Durable Plate made. All the neighborhood are being held at private sale. You will then be prepared to take ad-| HW YORK PAINLESS DENTAL 00. IncorporatedU nder State Lawsof NewYork | from Manhattan sod vata! thereby making our /0-year guarantee cer-| oa tn ate ti fi f MIT TLE te USE ON THE ¢ Wein ion thal word, of ladon) “oben ed PELs Haan TE" Se BE ALSO BOLD all oa are shilled graduates and| Maps and {archer particulars tr Rata’ vemen" interested in this asaociation, TTIBROADWAY cor sore over how Bere, Gor, Pata o oe ave. a P.M. dlevate A “bee line” to the point to resch—o Sunder wae © t line! 1212 BROADWAY, 2 W. t4th St. 108 W, 23d St. * in Tie | senate nani = 130 W h St HARLEM, bre Door East Of Koch's. BROOKLYN, sv Fulton St Corner Brides it. PHILADELPHIA BROOKLYN, 414 & 416 Fulton St. Gecont Deer Went Abrakam @ ftraet Bay “ oa! Son bn on at Name, ems No More Dread PERVECT PIT GUARANTEED rateful patients, Our prices are do not have them extrac in the reach of every one who thelr nataral beauty. w Hours: 5 to 6.30, Ladies to Ave, — rortdriy it Wen tat. THA WORLD: VHUMSDAY bviNiNG, MAY 24, 1900, EXTRA! GRAND SPECIAL TRIPS FOR 3 DAYS SATURDAY — SUNDAY — WEDNESDAY to the “Empress of the Bouts INO ~ fixe Meouiona," Grant Bouisvarts Choice Sites, $65 and $95 (& few bigher) TICKETS NOW READY. WRITE, CALL OR ‘PHONE FOR THEM. 1 West (04 » Myrtie TOTTENVILLE, 8.1 at which Flatbush ave. lots in, Xork Harbor ferry trip from 8. | vantage of the bargains that) wit pu: will come your way on Dec-|"valled !iveral terms. | as thousan: tot Novtread | Only pers prices soon to advance. rr r| Ceuta, WATERBURY DENTAL PARLORS Teeth positively extracted and filled w botanical discovery applied to the gums. Mt you have a few old roots or badly decayed tee ut let us restore them to our Painless Crown and Bridge System, which is undetectable and everlasting. ‘The cost is small, while the results are great. and Holidays, 9 to 4 German, French bey pete spoken. All Examinations GUARANTEED FOR TEN 23d St. New York, 54 — Eden Musee). Beooklyn, 414 and 416 Fultoo St. (Secoud West Abraham & Straw), Real Estate Nr1900 mc Center of-a Papers. every day Auction Sales. COOKE’S ROOMS, 200, 211 East 128th St, | aot 31 aves. To-day and Friday, + commencing at 10.90 AM. each fay pliance With inatrvetions received from Mrs, A, C. Chism, WE WILL AKLL AT Public Auction The entire Elegant Furniture, Costly Bric-a-Brac, Rish Tanaings, | Oil Paintings, Piano, &e., Temoved from her city residence Also the balance of the rich furnishings of Stillwell, Unprecec Rented Sale Hi Househol of every bn hc las Appointments o Terms Easy. Massive Dining Suits, Hderoarie, Dining Tables, China Chavet, Sets of Chairs in leather and ft apeatry covert English Brass Bedstea: 3, sled orate tuding, estegded foet- rearte. ale of and Marbirined Bedavents Bedroom Furniture NEWAIK 486 Broad ot {8 walnut, rosewood! mahegan | ineleting Sa redeere Chlfon’ery Dressing Tab A ta Oil Paintings by prominent foreign and American arttete, a NUMERR OF Upright and Square Pianos SOLD FRIDAY aT 4PM Chins, Plate ant in fect every known reqatsite for select housekeeping é ae An All the Year Home. EE yg DRITANNTCA. Trereriver, Ref igerators, be CATALOGUES A WM HOLEWASEER, Sawes wie AR. Anette, aes Auction Sale, by way of tilt Rapid JUNE 42, 4900. Transit cad the magnificent New | wilt ve oid at auction by order o » Supreme Borough of Richmo:d N. Y. City. A Home by the Sea, 50 Minutes from Heorge to Battery ag pe Par. at we Pin LOW COMMUTATION, umber and Coal Yards at QUICK SERVICE. L - White Plains, N. Y., tormerty owned by the John W. Young & Sons Co, OFFICE AND STORAGE BUILDING, ELEVATOR, 05.000 BU. CAPACITY, PLANING MILL Houses ready for oeeupancy, or we id to sult customer upon un Lets the Acme of Investment, f dollars are being ex- roving this property number left, and TITLES guaranteed | Free Lite Insurance to value of lot purchase. ™% int allowed on lot payments, For mape giving full particulars, terme of ale, oe., apply AUSTIN B FLETCHER, Receiver, 32 Liberty at, New Tork City, 60 AND 62 |, LIBERTY ST. Mowers Ruthertont & a full ond NEW YORK. 54 West 23d St. Copenin Bien Moves) pain by our new) Linings, feeve You can have your teeth | s»= extracted FREE, PAIN-| LESSLY, in the morning and go home at night with new ones, 00 CROWN AND BR PLATES aie and Consultations Free. YEARS. th, Real Estate RUGBY Auction Sales, | Standard ‘Art Galleries, on 5s ae At Public, “Auction | Furnishings ‘as ‘appointments i to Ge enh | Captain Frederick Ford,” | _ 116 West St, | THIS DAY (THURSDAY), at 10.30 o'clock prom: ALSO TOMORROW, seus Wo | The residence is furnished in every apeety contains the very best to found in an upper west elite home, pene, frevinw tpom conteing many corte of 1 Siteboard, Table, Chair, , Upright Pi Pane. Elliott Chi chime Fait Gi Clock, nee’ Centr Qrte-o-Bree Rich Hangings, fine Bedding. | shor: + | ing Bete Di! | Mate Mactroma, Linens DRAPERIES {m damask, very rich, and el made to enter ty Lord & Tape at stax S30 Ponwem Pe... fee Mk ant Kirmes, Cd ew the Fursitore haw been in uae DOt ® Carpets |hroughoat. Sale of Rare and Valuable Japanese Plants 19 and 21 West 128th Street, BEN). Ss. WISE, A TOKIO’ "NURSERY" THIS DAY * f8CRogmy at 2 o'clock prom ALSO TO-WORROW. Saxrr 500 Japanese Plants, ‘The majority of these plants are trem years oid and ore is portees oom COLLECTION 18 ¥i ory of each plant and Rew te M Jopeneoe Jartisteres end Pom oh Sale adeniviely wihost limit or t rerve L. HALPERN, Auctioness, SELLS THIS DAY “cRURSDAN, LAM mHal LARG® Constonue HOUSEHGL tb ceNifURE }—FINE UPRIGHT PIANOS$ CHOLCE PARLOR SUITS AND — w Leal I Armeiren (eis, Wardrowes, fh Dini | lor Fabien, Desks Mirror: Prost aad ster, Lib’ BR OMe BRASS oa Caran, fo CARPETS AND RUGS, APETS 220 7M SOLI & 70,000 Imported & Domestic Cigars, A. SCHWAB, Auctioneer, Selle TO-DAY, © Oe entien steve t fe od buyers, NEAR LST @Y. ARE, sect om, at Zh Flest ave, cliee shirt walete, JACOB AUBIN oy