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knows that Hope had hidden the gems away until he can safely dispose of them. Hope is a bad man. My brother found a letter to him, in which aconvict in the Ohio penitentiary charged him with getting him into trouble and then leaving him to bear the brunt of the crime. He wrote that he lived for but one thing to es cape, and then he swore' to kill Hope." "Have you that letter?" asked jjarnigan. "Yes," replied Ida. "Give it to me. I want to think over the case." Somehow the progress of "the case" furnished an excuse to the bank man to call twice during the next week. " The one following he appeared with suppressed excitement and satisfaction in his manner. "Miss Dalziel' he said, as they were seated alone, "I have good news for you. The missing dia monds and James Hope, the man who stole them, are in the hands of the police." "And my brother?" cried Ida, clasping his hands in suspense. "Will be a free man within a few days." There the overcome young lady fainted away, and, holding her in his arms and gazing on her lovely face, Jarnigan took a final step he kissed her. "That letter," he told her later, togave me a clue. I acted upon the theory that Hope was in mortal terror of the man he had sent to prison. I bribed a newspaper to print a story of the convict's escape. I saw that Hope got it. Our bank detective shadowed him. He went to a lonely house and secured the stolen gems. Thence he proceeded to a railway ticket office, and then we nabbed him, finding the gems upon him. The chain of evidence was com plete. "Oh, how shall we thank you?" cried Ida, her eyes suffused with mingled tears of joy and grati tude. Jarnigan, the man with no sen timent, looked her in the eyes. "By giving me your love, if you can," he said, and for reply 'she placed both her hands within his own. COFFEE AND TEA STAINS Coffee stains, even when there is cream in the coffee, may be re moved from delicate silk and woojen goods by the aid of pure glycerine. Brush the glycerine on the spots. Then wash them with lukewarm water and press on the wrong side with a warm iron. The glycerine absorbs both the coloring matter and the grease. Black coffee stains and strong, clear tea stains may be removed in the following manner: Make a wash of equal parts of alcohol, chloroform (or ether) and the admixture of a tablespoonful of household ammonia to a quart of the compound. 2. To remove old tea and coffee stains wet spot with cold water, cover with glycerine and let it stand two or three hours. Then wash with cold water and hard friend neajfijDhionJentxlsS fiepeat if jaecessary. i ,