'Who are you ?' he cried, as a man entered.
'I am Jim Carlton, the celebrated detective,' said the new arrival.
Sam Redfern's revolver dropped from his nerveless fingers, but the next moment he had sprung upon the detective with the well-known activity of the mountain sheep, and Annie shrieked, for she had grown to love the rough Bushranger.
(To be continued at the end of the paper if there is room.) -- ---------- SCHOLASTIC A new slate is horrid till it is washed in milk.

I like the green spots on them to draw patterns round.

I know a good way to make a slate-pencil squeak, but I won't put it in because I don't want to make it common .-- SUB-EDITOR.
Peppermint is a great help with arithmetic.

The boy who was second in the Oxford Local always did it.

He gave me two.