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quarters, which was just what Huckleback wanted, for ho desired a chance to exhibit* his deed to the court. The judge looked at it. It bore the name of Albrecht Heinecker. " A forgery," gasped Mr P. Huckleback, "a- forgery. Then I've been swindled." He started to rush out. "Where are you going?" tliey asked him. He swid he waa bound for the office of the man wbo had swindled him. They took him thither. The office was empty and the bird had flown. They brought him back. By that timfe the great city official was there. "By the way," he suddenly exclaimed, " was the man that got your money a smooth-faced fellow with grey hair?" " That was the man t " assented Mr Huckleback. The great official, with one hand raised in horror, and the other grasping tight in its clutch a roll of bills that just made him whole, no more, no less, gave vent- to a whistle of astdnishment. "Why, great heaven?, man!" he exclaimed, "I thought* I saw that man myself. And I've seen him once before — over in New York. Why, that fellow '. _. He paused and glanced, with commiseration written on his face, at the hapless Huckleback. "Who is he?" demanded Huckleback, "he's got my money." " Exactly," returned the other, dryly, "and what's more, he's very likely to keep it His .real name is John R. Hallovan. He's the greatest forger in the East and he just broke jail last week. I guess he's gone for good/ He took anothe]>sj-rm hold on the bills inside his pocket. "I'm very sorry, Mr Huckkback, for you," he said. "But let's change the subject' and talk about something else. How, for instance, is my old friend, Wing Shee, the laundryman? We mis-s him very much. t in Chestnut Square." • Mr P. Huckleback still pits on his threelegged chair, with his one leg on the winI dow-sill, contemplating life in general and | the house-moving business in particular, i The letter-carrier passes him almost every i day. But no more letters with a foreigi stamp have come. And if they did, it p { safe to say there would he no more ten ' thousand doilar legacies inside. •■*./ -"■ Fof 'Mr "Huckkback has' had : his i; da# in court. He has liad his little flyer and is through, for good and all.

PURE NEW ZEALAND WINE Frow Out Own Vineyard. PO&T, , SHERRY and CONSTANTIA, 25s per doz., at the Waverley Wine Vaults, Worcester Street E., near tho Cathedral ; 2s 6d per bottle at the Criterion Hpte!, Gloucester Street, and Cnversham Hoftl, Lower High Street. ._/' F 3205 Take Woods fireat ' || pgppern)ii)*<2ttrefor -II g vHIATUA LAND AGENCY. FOR SALE— v .1300 ACRES, all in grass, 17 paddocks, rich limestone country, carrying now 2j sheep per acre and 140 head of cattle. Price £7 10s; £2000 cash. 1000 ACRES, every possible convenience, 7roc;aed house, wooished, dip; splendid country. Price £6 10s; JE2300 cash. 2000 ACRES, lease, with right of purchase at 15s and 173 6d per acre ; 225 chains fencing; 200 ceres in grass; limestone formation. Owner's interest 25s per acre; a „ good investment. 6000 ACRES, freehold. 2000 lease at 2s and 2s 6d per acre; 30 paddocks; every convenience; iwo miles from Railway Stai tion. Prict. including 9000 sheep and 503 head of cattle, £25,000; half cash, balance at 4 J per cent. We have a SPLENDID LOT OF DAIRY FARMS FOR SALE. . Particulars on Application. E. B. HARE AND CO., . PAHIATUA. X2270 TaKe WOO-C& (Smeat h peppcrn).};^eurefor | "DONUS, Bonus.— ln addition to tho surpri*. J-» ing bargains, we are giving a Caah Bonus «i 1 ?r p^.f cent n „ aI1 Purchases of 10s and up W. McClea and Co. 4 "TT" COFFEE.-Ask your grocer for thii XX superb line. It is a blend of tho finest Coffees grown "K" Coffee is refreshing nourishing and kus taining. Take no other. __ -_ 13_ QHOE Brushes (sets of three), per set ls . n ??i 6d ' 2a > 2s 9d > 3s > 3s 6d, 3s 9d, 4s 3d, 4s 6d, 4s 9d, ss, 6s 9d, 7s Gd, Bs, f.s 6d. Call and see the whole range. Minson and Co - 4579 Telephone No. 1271. g*D NE V H. JONES, SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL DENTIST (by exam.), Rhodes' Buildings (upstairs), Corner Heroauu and Manchester Streets, Opp. National ii»t_k Aud N.Z. Express Coy. *BUS 1 Tr l ' 1 J'ou have any Lead, Zinc, Brass, I i JL Iron, Bottles, etc., for Sale, we cau fl B i;t\e tho highest prioe for them. Ad- Q I £ r ? 5S Canterbury Bottle Exchange, P Colombo Street S., Chj-istchurch. fi 3 Teler.iione 112. jj ""^ . '"""'•""T'Vinfll 11 —" W H»"'-_fMIMIBIIi_II IIW !»*■-—"• '• T^AST-COl^^-oif^d-Zephtrß in all J- shades at 5Jd yard, for children's dresses . and overaJs, at- Ballantyne's,. Dunstable House, Ohristchurdh. ' "IT" SAUCK is an excellent xeliah; it •"■ contains only the very best ingredients, and as an appetiser is beyond comparison. Kecommended by epicures as boing superior to any other sauce ia tho colony. Ii ROOMS to Let— Good central position, now by dentist. Apply tb Mr Wickenden, Bea.h and Co., Limited. - 2 PULL-SIZEr all-wool " Colonial Blankets, Si,- at H. Atkinson's, 117, Manchester Btreei- X1893 WANTED Kn.-/wn_That . Law.ra<£~^d give Exceptional Value in Sideboards and Cabinet Fwjiitur© oi every degeE m*j»_s.' ■■-.■■ ■■'•'•/ •'■■•.. O