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Suddenly he bade his friend good-night, and took a hansom. "The mystery thickens," said the astonished "Tom," as he watched him drive away. "I would give a hundred pounds to find out what it all means. Oh! that woman's face it haunts me. It looked like the face of an angel bidding farewell to Heaven."

Absolute secrecy a prerequisite as explained. Reporters tried to reach me to-night. Trust you fully, but implore you to proceed with utmost caution. "The plot thickens," said Peter when Varney turned back, "till I, for one, can't see the drift. However you've sent for the Daily?" Varney nodded. "I told him to get three or four others, too, for a blind."

The music that he makes here is the music of Master Hugues of Saxe-Gotha: So your fugue broadens and thickens, Greatens and deepens and lengthens, Till one exclaims "But where's music, the dickens!"

We shall not be able to see the guards to-night, if this mob thickens much more. 'We shall have enough to do to hold our own, perhaps. Do you hear what they are crying there? "Down with all heathens! Down with barbarians!" That means us, you know. 'Do you fancy no one understands Greek but yourself? Let them come .... It may give us an excuse.... And we can hold the house a week.

Whatever stupefies the brain, impairs the healthy action of the nerve of smell, or thickens the membrane that lines the nasal cavities, and thus diminishes the sensibility of the nerves ramified upon it, injures this sense. All these effects are produced by the habitual use of snuff, which, when introduced into the nose, diminishes the sensibility of the nerves, and thickens the lining membrane.

The rivers do not run on the mountain-tops, but down in the low ground. But for us, as the darkness thickens, the pillar may glow the brighter; as the gloom increases, the glory may grow; the less of nutriment or refreshment earth affords, the more abundantly does God spread His stores before us, if we are wise enough to take them.

Does the body, or the life that fills it, reason when it tries to get rid of, or to neutralize the effects of, a foreign substance, like a bullet, by encysting it? or when it thickens the skin on the hand or on any other part of the body, even forming special pads called callosities, as a result of the increased wear or friction? This may be called physiological intelligence.

Sauce for Pudding Cream one-fourth pound butter, add one- fourth pound of brown sugar and stir over hot water until liquid, then add the yolks of two eggs, well beaten; stir until it thickens. Just before serving add a cup of brandy and hot water equal parts. From MRS. LOUISE L. BARTON, of Idaho, Alternate Lady Manager.

The question seemed to amuse David slightly. Then his lips were drawn humorously. "When my logical formula came back I thought of that," he said. "On inquiring as to who it was rang me up on that fateful occasion I learnt that the number was 0017 Kensington and that " "Gates's own number at Prince's Gate," Bell exclaimed. "The plot thickens." "It does, indeed," David said, grimly.

"Henri," Herr Freudenberg said in an aside, "you will present my compliments to the chef. You will shake him by the hand from me. You will double the little affair which passes between us. Tell him that it comes from one who appreciates the work of a great artist, even though his French thickens a little in his throat." Henri bowed low.