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■■*.. ... "" '.1 ■■ * * - <■’ > .. "j, ' ' By A. CONAN DOYLE M: ■ Author of “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Copyright by A. .Conan Doyle ffTTYTTTrtTTTTTYTTTYTlTnTrrmTYTTTrrrriTrrTTTTTrrTTTTTrTraiTmrYTrmYYYTYTYrn ©: •*> “WE SHALL 8EE.» Synopsis.—Writing Ion* after the events described. Jack Calder, Scot farmer of West Inch, tells how. In his childhood, the fear of Invasion by Napoleon, at that time complete master of Europe, had gripped the British nation. Following a false alarm that the French had landed, Jim Horscroft, the doctor's son, a youth of fifteen, quarrels with his father over Joining the army, and from ' that Incident a lifelong friendship begins between the boys. They go to school together at Ber wick, where Jim Is cock boy from the .first After two years Jim goes to Edinburgh to study medicine. Jack stays five years more at Ber wick, becoming cock boy in his turn. When Jack Is eighteen his cousin Edle comes to live at West Ibch and Jack falls In love at first sight with, his attractive, romantic, selfish and autocratic cousin of seventeen. They watch from the elms the victory of an English merchantman over two French pri vateers. Reproached by Edle for staying at home. Jack starts to en list Edle tells him to stay. Jack promises to. stay and marry her. She acquiesces. Jim comes home. Jack sees Jim kissing Edle. Jack and Jim compare notes and force Edle to choose between them. She chooses Jim. Jack gives up Edle' to Jim. The downfall of Napoleon la celebrated. A half-deal ship wrecked foreigner drifts ashore at West Inch. He says he Is Bonaven ture de Lapp, a soldier of fortune. He goes to live with the Caldera. A man of mystery, and evidently of high position, he wins all hearts. 4V ' CHAPTER VII.—Continued. v • / —7— Jim Horscroft *as at borne all that snmmer, but late In the autumn he •went back to Edinburgh again for tbs i winter session, and as he Intended to work very hard, and get his degree next spring If he conld, he said that he would bide up there for the Christ mas. So there was a great leave-tak ing between him and Cousin Edle, and he was to put up his plate and to marry her as soon as he had the right to practice. I never knew a man love . -a woman more fondly than he did her, ^-hnd she liked him well enough In a way, for Indeed In the whole of Scot land she would not find a finer-looking man; but when It came to marriage I think she winced a little at the thought that all her wonderful dreams should end In nothing more than in being the wife of a country surgeon. I was never very sure at that time whether Edle cared for De Lapp ol wot When Jim was at home they took little notice of each other. Aft er he was gone they were thrown more together, which was natural enough, as he had taken up so much of her time before. . Well, the summer and the autumn and the best part of the winter passed ^away, and we were still all very happy together. We got well into the yeai 1815, and the great emperor was still ■eating his heart out at Elba, and'all the ambassadors were wrangling to gether at Vienna as to what they should do with the lion's skin, now _ that they had so fairly hunted him vlown. We never thought that wha all these high and mighty people were ■doing could have any bearing upon us; ■and as to war—why, everybody was agreed that the grekit shadow was lift ed from us forever, and that, unless the allies quarreled among themselves there would not be a shot fired in Eu -rope for another fifty years. There was one Incident, however that stands out very clearly in my memory—I think that It must have happened -about the February of this year—and I will tell It to you before I zo any further. You know what the Border peel cas tles are like, I hare no doubt The; were Just square keeps, built ever; here and there along the line, so that the folk might have some place of protection against ^raiders and moss troopers. When Percy and his mei -were over the Marches, then the peo ple would drive some of their cattle Into the yard of the tower, shut up the v big gate, and light a fire in the brazier at the top, which would be answered by all the other peel towers, until the lights would go twinkling up to the Cammermulr hills, and so carry the news on to the Pentlands and to Edin burgh. But now, of course, all these old keeps were warped and crum bling, and made fine nesting places for the wild bird8. One day I had been on a very long walk, away over to leave a message at the Laldlaw Armstrongs, who live two miles on this side of Ayton. About five o’clock, just before the sunset, I ; found myself on the brae path, with the gable end of West Inch, peeping up in front of me, and the old peel tower lying on my left And as I stared I suddenly saw the face of a man twin kle for a moment In one of the holes In the wall. It was so queer that I was deter mined to come to the bottom of it; so, tired as I was, I turned my shoul der on home, and walked swiftly to ward the tower. The grass stretches right up to the very base of the. wall, and my feet made little noise until I reached the crumbling arch where the old gate used to be. I peeped through and there was Bonaventure de Lapp I standing Inside the keep, and peeping | out through the very hole at which II had seen his face. He was. turned half away from me, and it was clear that he had not seen me at all, for he was staring with all hts eyes over In the direction of West Inch. As I ad vanced my foot rattled the rubble that lay in the gateway, and he turned round with a start and faced me. “Hullo!" said I, “what are you doing here?* . ; 4 I may ask yon that,” said be. 1 came up because I saw yonr face* at the window.” "And I because, as you may well have observed, I have very mnch In* terest for all that has to do with the military, and bf' coarse castles are among them. Ton will excuse me for one moment, my dear Jack,” and he stepped out suddenly through the hole In th •> wall, so as to be out of my sight But I was very much too curious to excuse him so easily. I shifted my ground swiftly, to see what It was that he was after. He was standing outside, and waving his hand franti cally, as In a signal. “What are you doing?" I cried, and then, running out to his side, 1 looked across the moors to see whom he was beckoning to. “You go too far, sir,” said he an grily; "I didn’t thought you would have gone so far. A gentleman has the freedom to act as he choose, with out your being the spy upon him. If we are to be friends, you must not Interfere In my affairs.” “I don’t like these secret doings,” said I, “and my father would not like them, either.” “Your father can speak for himself, and there Is no secret," said he curtly. “It Is you, with your imaginings, that make a secret Ta, ta, ta 1 I have no patience with such foolishness.” And, without so much as a nod, he turned his back upon me and itarteA walking swiftly to West Inch. Well, I followed him, and In the worst of tempers, for I had a feeling that there was some mischief In the wind, and yet I could not for the life of me think what It all meant What could there be to spy about In Berwickshire. And besides. Major El liott knew all about him, and he Would not show him such respect If there was anything amiss. I had Just got as far as this in my thoughts when I heard a cheery hall, and there was the major him self^ coming down the hill from his house, with his big bulldog. Bounder, held In leash. This dog was a savage creature, and had caused more than one accident on the countryside, but the major was very fond of It and would never go out without It, though he kept it tied with a good, thick thong of leather. Well, Just as I was looking at the major, watting for him to come up, he stumbled with his lame leg-over a branch of gorsei and In recovering himself he let go his hold of the leash, and la an instant there was the beast of a dog flying down the. hillside In my direction. i aia not nice it, 1 can tell yon, for tbere was neither stick nor stone about, and I knew that the brute was dangerous. As tt came at me with bristling hair and Its nose screwed back between its two red eyes, I cried out, “Bounder I Bounder l” at the pitch of my lungs. It had Its effect, for the beast passed me with a snarl, and flew along the path on the traces of Bonaventure de Lapp. He turned at the shouting, and seemed to take In the whole thing at a glance, but he strolled along as slowly as ever. My heart was In my mouth for him, for the dog bad never seen him before, and I ran as fast as my feet would carry me to drag tt away from him. But somehow, as U bounded up and saw the twittering finger and thumb which De Lapp held out behind him. Its fury died suddenly away, and we saw It wagging its thumb of a tall and clawing at his knee, "Tour dog, then, major?" said he, as Its owner came hobbling up. "Ah, It Is a fine beast—a fine, pretty thing.” The major was blowing hard, for he had covered the ground nearly as fast as I bad. “I was afraid lest be might hare fiurt you,” he panted. “Ta, ta, ta!” cried De Lapp. “He Is a. pretty, gentle thing.* I always love the dogs. But I am glad that 1 have met you, major, for there la this young gentleman, to whom I owe very much, who has begun to think that I am a spy. Is It not so, Jack?” I was so taken aback by his words that I could not lay my tongue to an answer, but colored up and looked askance, like the awkward pountry lad that I was. “You know me, major,” said De Lapp; "and I am sure that' you will ten him that this could not be.” “No, no, Jack! Certainly not I Cer tainly not 1" cried the major. "Thank you,” said De Lapp. “You know me; and you do me justice. And yourself, I hope that you will soon have your regiment given you.” “I am well enough,” answered the major; “but they will never give me a place unless there Is war, and there will be no more war In my time.” “Oh 1 you think that?" said De Lapp, with a smile. “Well, nous verrons. We shall see, my friend 1” He whisked off his hat, and turning briskly, he walked off In the direction of West Inch. The major stood looking after him with thoughtful eyes, and then asked me what It was that had me think that he was a spy. When 1 told him he said nothing, but he shook his head, and looked like a man who was ill at ease In hts mind. \ CHAPTER VIII. . *~ The Coming of the Cutter. I never felt quite the same to our lodger after that little business at the peel-tower. It was always In my mind that he was holding a secret from me; Indeed, that he was all a secret together, selng that he always hung a veil over his past. And when by chance that veil was for an instant whisked away we al ways caught Just a glimpse of some thing bloody and violent and dreadful upon the other side. The very look of his body was terrible. I bathed with him once In the summer, and I saw_ then that he was haggled with wounds' aU over. Besides seven or eight slashes hts ribs on one side were twisted out of shape and a part of. one of hts calves had been torn away. Be laughed In his merry way when he saw my face of wonder. "Cossacks t Cossacks 1” said he, run ning his hand over his scars. "And the ribs were broke by an artillery tum bril. It Is very bad to have the guns pass over one. Now with cavalry It Is nothing. A horse will pick its steps, however fast It may go. I have been ridden over by fifteen hundred cuiras siers and by the Russian hussars of Grodno, and I bad no harm from that But guns are very bad." “Ana the calf?” I asked. “Pooh 1 It Is only a wolf bite,” said he. “Ton would not think how I came by It I Ton will understand that my horse and .1 had been struck, the horse killed, and I with my ribs broken by the tumbril. Well, It was cold—oh. bitter, bitter 1—the ground like Iron, and no one to help the wounded, so that they froze Into such shapes as would make you smile. I, too, felt that I was freezing, so what did I do? I took my sword and I opened my dead horse, so well as I could, and I made space In him for me to lie, with one ANNAPOLIS FOUNDED IN 1604 Neva 6cotia Earliest Colonized Land : In North America, With Excep. - fltn of 8L Augustine, * Nova Scotia may lay claim to be ing the earliest colonized land In North America, with the exception of SL An. gustine, Fla., where the Spanish e» tnbllshment was made as early as 1565. Port Boyal, now the little town of Annapolis, was founded In 1604. three years before the English settled at Jamestown. The brave French pioneers found It necessary to sus pend their colony for three years, but the settlement was re-established In leiO by a group of Acadlans. The Acadlans were In almost con stant conflict with the English. The colony fell Into the hands of the Eng lish twice, and was each time returned to the French before the English final ly captured It In 1710. The Acadlans remained steadfast In their hopes that S'rench rule would some day return, but their hope was destined never to be realized. They, however, persisted lu maintaining their Identity even against the English Insistence that they abandon their allegiance to their mother country. The descendants of the Acadlans, numbering 800,000, are to be found in Maryland, Virginia, the Carolines, Georgia and Louisiana. When the Acadlans were expelled from thd' Basin of Monas, Grand Pre, when they re fused to take the oath of fealty to the English sovereign in 1755, many of them escaped to the wilderness and latet drifted back to their former homes only to find them occupied by new settlers from Mew England states. Cleaning Treasury Notes. The process by which soiled bank bills are cleaned and the treasury de partment enabled to make a large saving in paper, ink and labor an nually, Is perhaps not generally known to the public. In the govern ment’s laundry the notes are placed on endless bands which pass in and out between a series of heavy copper rollers. These rollers revolve in a special kind of soap, and as the bills pass backward and forward they are washed and rubbed clean. They next pass between rollers running in clean water, and thus are thoroughly rinsed. Lastly they go through heated rollers which dry and Iron them, leaving them almost as crisp and dMB M when drat printed. '■ '.■ i ' tittle hole for my mouth. Saprlstll It \ was warm enough there. But there was not room for the entire of me, so ’ my feet and part -et my legs stuck out. Then In the night, when 1 slept there - came the wolves to eat the horse, and they had a little pinch of me also, as yon can see; but after that I was on guard with my pistols, and they had no more of me. There I lived,' very warm and nice, for ten days.”-. "Teh days I" I cried. "What did iron eat*”-■ . "Why. I ate the horse. It was what you call board and lodging to me. But of 'course I have sense to eat the legs and- live In the, body. There were many dead about who had their water bottles, so I had all I could wish. And on the eleventh day there came a pa trol of light cavalry, and all was well.” It was by such chance chats as these—hardly worth repeating In them selves—that there came light upon, himself and his past. Bnt the day was coming when we should know all, and how it came I shall try now to tell you. The winter had^been a dreary one, bnt with March came the first signs of spring, and for a week on. end we bad sunshine and winds from the south. On the seventh Jim Horscroft was to come back from Edinburgh, for though the session end ed with the first, his examination would take him a week. Edle and I were ont walking on the sea beach on the sixth, and I could talk of nothing but my old friend, for, Indeed, he was the only friend of. my own age that 1 had at-that time. Edle was very si lent, which was a rare thing with her, bnt she listened, smiling, to'an that I had to say. , "Poor old Jim I” said she, once or twice, under her breath. “Poor old Jim!” “Ho b ajr Imikair (TO BE CONTINUED.) Strange Draughts Boards. Probably the most extraordinary draught board In the world was'con structed nt »t Leonard, England, in 1891. It was made of solid blocks of concrete, three feet thick, and Its sur face covered an area of 625 square feet. 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