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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 11053, 3 September 1896, Page 3

Business Notices. T. ARMSTRONG & CO.’Sj HIGH STREET AND MARKET SQUABS, {jJ* BE A T WIHI Eij STOCK-TAKING SALE COMMENCES TO-DAY. We have teen successful in procuring soma GREAT BARGAINS ; for this Sale, at RIDICULOUS PRICES, NEW GOODS ffOS EVENING WEAR, GREATLY REDUCED, The . whole of our enormous Stock has been thoroughly gone through, and all Goods that were found out of Season, Soiled, Short Lengths, Oddments, Old Patterns or makes, are marked down to RIDICULOUS PRICES. HUNDEEDS OF NEW JOB LINES Of Useful Every-day Articles will h) put In this Sale at ggl,. LESS THAN MARKET VALUE, ggj BBatSSZSSSS» LEAKING ALE c m m. J. TAIT, MONUMENTAL MASON (Established 1863), Corner of Cashel and . Montreal Streets, CHKISTCHUECH, Has resolved to SELL at Less than Cost Price all his Large stock of Monuments, Headstones, Railings and Kerbings. As he is retiring from business, no reasonable offer will bo refused. Early inspection invited. Designs submitted and estimates tendered on apjilicatior. ' MT396 Y ENUS CA,,ND L* E S ■ Are Pure Paraffine, The Best Candle Sold in New Zealand, S9U HIGHLY NUTRITIVEhi’Y BE OBTAINED 111 LABELLED TINS 3D PACKETS THROUGHOUT THE COLONY. NEW NOVEL OF ABSORBING INTEREST COMMENCED IN ■4<fjp|HE QANTEEBUEY fJIIMBS" ON AUGUST 13, “THEBROKEN FETTER,” ' BY JOHN K. LEY! Lovers of thrilling and sensational fiction will be delighted to learn that the Proprietors of “ The Canterbury Times” have secured the right to publish an absorbing new work of singular interest from the pen of JOHN K. LEYS, Author of " The Lindsays,” In the Toils," “ The Mystery of Lowdon Castle,” ** On the Track of the Iron Horse,” ” Guilty or Not Guilty,” “ A Bird of Pray,” Ac., &o. •» “THE BROKEN FETTER ” possesses an unusual plot and an abundance of incident, and is, moreover, written in a style to please the most fastidious reader. The author of our new story, Mr John K. Leys, is well known as a writer of skilfully constructed stories. His works, whilst quite within the domain of probability, nevertheless derive much of their interest on account of the fertility of their author’s imagination. They are essentially stories of action, rapid in movement, and are written in a vigorous style, Mr Leys has few compeers in the art of constructing a story so as to sustain and increase the interest with each succeeding chapter. He lures the reader on from scene to scene, and holds him spellbound to the end of the story. In a serial competition instituted by one of the great English weeklies, Mr Leys obtained the first prize of £7,50 for his sensational, story “ In the Toils." THE FIBST INSTALMENT OP “THE BROKEN FETTER” COMMENCED IN THE •• CANTERBURY TIMES ' ON AUGUST 13. OUTLINE OF THE OPENING CHAPTERS. Dr Stanford is summoned to attend a young Russian lady who seems to be dying from an inexplicable cause. On examination he decides, that she inust have inhaled some poisonous gas from a scent buttle placed,by someone on the table. The doctor manifests an unusual interest in bis patient. When 'lie re-visits the girl, he discovers the in- i criminating scent bottle has been removed by Madame A’abrini, who is'.-ostensibly the house--keeper,. .On, being closely questioned, she reluctantly .produces, a bottle, which is recognised by Ursula Beritza, the patient, as the identical bottle. Dr Stanford’s suspicions of Madame Pabrini are temporarily allayed, but in leaving the house his eye is caught by a sparkle of glass in the gravel, which proves to be a fragment of a similar scentbottle. The doctor returns, but finds that Madame Fabrini has disappeared; he is informed that Ursula has also gone, but is sceptical about the latter information. He casually sees her at a window whilst he is going through the gardens, and goes back, when she confides in him, informing him of the plot to destroy her life. Her story is a sad and exciting one. The foregoing conveys but a faint idea of the opening incidents of a very exciting serial. The story' itself is largely concerned with the affairs of a Nihilist Society, one of whoso members is a traitor, and the evil genius of the story. He plots and counterplots, his chief design being to obtain possession of the Beritza estates. To further his purposes nothing is too diabolical for his scheming brain. He causes Ursula’s brother to be arrested, thereby hastening her father's death, and matures plans by which he hopes to get rid of Ursula herself Attempting far too much, he defeats his own ends. A strong love element runs through the story, which one ot extraordinary power and sensation SILVEESTBEAM Schnapps (gold label), os ' clear-awd-puro crystal.