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„ 4anuar) 23rd, 1908
0. IX aTaggart. M. D. Me
Taggart,
McTaggart' B
-DANK -411i,S,
A GENERAL BA,NKING BUSI-
NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES
DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DE,
POSITS. SALE NOTES PUR0H-
A.,ED. '
W. BRYDONE„
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR
NOTARY, ItUBLIC. ETC.
.OFFICE --:Sloane Blocit-CI INTON'.
mcw••••••1,
RIDOTJT & HALE
.44 Conveyancers, Commissioners,
Real Estate and Insurance
Agency. Money to loan.
C. B. HALE - ifsOHN RIDOVIT
iNe••••••,Newagm.••••••met,...••••.. •••.•••••
DRS. GUNN & McRAE. ,
D. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P.,
Edin.
Office -Ontario street, Clinton. Night
calla at front door of office or resi-
deace, Rattenbury. street.
Dr. T. T. McRae,
University a Toronto.
Office hours at hospital .
1 to 3p. ; 7 to 9 p. m.
t -DR. W. SHAW-
-OFFICE-
RATTENBURY ST. EAST,
-CLINTON.-
•
IlaR, C. W. THOMPSON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention given to diseases
of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
-Office and Residence -
HURON ST. SOUTH. CLINTON
3 doors west of the Commercial hotel.
-DR. F. A. AXON...-;
(Succeseor to Dr. Holmes.)
Specialist in Crown and Bridge
work.
Graduate of the Royal College of
Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor
graduate •of •University -of -Toronto
Dental Department. Graduate of the
Chicago College of Dental Surgery,
Chicago.
Will be at the Commercial hotel
Hayfield, every Monday from 10 a. m.
to 5 p. m.
J. LEWIS THOMAS.
Civil Engineer, Architect, ete.
(lath Dominion. • Departinent Public
Walks.)
Consulting Engineer for Mun-
icipal and County Work, El-
ectric Railroads, Sewerage •and
Waterworks Systems, Wharves,
Bridges and Rc-en1;orced con-
crete.
Phone 2220 • LONDON-. ONT.
AUCTIONEER -JAMES SMITH LI-
censed Aue t on t. cr for the County
of Huron. All orders entrusted to
me will receive protnpt attention.
Will sell either by percentage or
per sale. Residence on the Hayfield
Road, one mile south of Clinton.
LICENSED AU( IT ION EER.-GEOR-
ge Ellio t t , licensed auctioneer for
the Count y of ,Itiron, solicits the
patronage. of he public for busi-
ness in his line. Sales conducted
on percentage br so much per sale.
All business promptly atteuded to.
-George .Elliott, Clinton P. 0., re-
sidence on the Hayfield Line. - 58.
SO YAR
EXPERIENCE
?VIM:1E Manatt
DiCsiorie
COPvRIGHTs &O.
510.15 strictly cottEldentlal. ea raceme
sent free. Oldest agency for recur Illr_patentr,
ratents token throrireb Nunn Co. creel*.
'rectal ?Maowi thout ohnrfro, in the
SCIatifiC Alineritaila •
a handsomely fillistrated weekly. LIonxest cit. ,
miation of any selenium ionrara. SorMil, $3 s
,'oar: four months, 11. SoId by all newsdealer&
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The .Rogue's March,woric:, tzst hainr ge ... southwest eoger oaf bam• 4/taillea t'lays, t49
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its proper place. It is a story of ' i°ung. EngliSh" ladles. The letter re° ta:
and of faithful lo of ,sacrifioe Avernue Ikdge, Regenee
adventares Many.
role s'ouf wronged degra 41 em. wronged,
; of an ehe. AtigilTenlatcgesiiittwIn4iean?
thinking erxr in rtiarg 1 nsaaw
bruited, and yet not lost -a story am-ari'Itliket'yYonun Were! 0111;,-Imyl
'which hot& the interest Of the ITT.whritgeoagiajdt niweitihna?oxiTeellym, Will
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Author el "Raffles.
the AlsAteur Cracks,
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SCRIBPIER'S SONS,
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&W.. '.1.11ends.1 go and tuf/s...1 don't. Sudden
you
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ear! Ito
come In without a kind of struggle. He bad
1 becoine a gambler, and a gambler's
:::Pil ,..e°Tmit°'132tFlaasq °wchallenrretfibetoyheilmlovneow4indon
Jun
. Still Was setting, a little after 7 o'clock,
a:id About tw,enty minetes pest sev,eral of
Be the better favored pedestrians in Pall
s on, •
Mall were isecosted by a timid -ea a
ceder to the lust fine, and which ly did en the ispot this afternoon. b
• here, as yoU love me. and tell me all
he will never forget. Darling, what can it be that has
•• you here and so anent a11 this tirne
CHAPTER '• did you go out and come straight b
• been
moist April morning there kneels., • I
on the Phaen lzgt ottie'eptcTrante3rn
have prayed for her safety all 'th
N the year 1837 and on a warm, afled
ed at a modest lodging house in tnentits. I Was so sure my love wa
111Cf,ai Cliulon
• I. have been appointed agent ••
for the IA4ssey-Harris Cote-
PanY this aistriet and will
keep on hand a complete list .
of supplies in my store oppos-
ite the 1VIeltons Bank. '
r am also continuing ttfe •
flour, feed and seed grain bus-
iness and respectfully solicit a
a setitinuance of your patron- • :
3 :A,Ford.
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Will restore gray hair to its natural colo.,
Stops failing hair, causes ,to aro* On bald
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Contains he ofir or greasy ingredients.
. Is entirely unlike any other hair.prenara-
tioa ever offered for sale.. .
. A good, reliable Canedien preparation.
• Ihosollierted Testimonial&
Edith A. •Burke,,MissionarY IL M. Church. .
.Skhimini. Egypt,: and friends, greatly pleased
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L. A. Hopes, Monte's& My hair
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Restorer is the best I have evernse„---
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Canadian Hair Itestorer h *worked wondes s.
Mr head is nearly all covered with' thick
growth black•hair, original color. • '
• Sold by all wholesale and retail druggists;
Maikd to any address in the civilized. world
on receipt of price, 50e. ,IVianufactured by
CO., Windsor, Ont. Canada.
For sale by W. S: R. Holmes, J. E
Hovey and W. • A. •MeConneil drug-
gists, Clinton.
LWAY
GRAND TRUNK IVSTErvi'
CALIFORNIA
MEXICO'
• FLORIDA
are the faverite.
WINTER RESORTS.
Round trip ticket* are issued by
the Grand Trunk Railway Systern
giving ehoiCe , of all the best routes,
going one way and returning an-
other. ,
Fall information may 'he obtained
from
• The flicKillop Ming Fite
Moulage Cormanu
-Perm and Iselated Town property
• -Only Inured-
• -OPFICEAS--•
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.T:. B. .MeLeae,. President, Seaferth P
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; 'Thos. Fraser, "V14 -,President
Brucefield P. O. ; T. E. Hays, Sc
Treasurer, Seaforth P. 0.
• "-DirectorS-
William Shesney, Seatorth !„ Joh
Grieve, 'Winthrop ; George Dale,.
forth ;• John- Watt, harlock ;, John
Bennetvies, • Bredhagan'; James‘hVan
• Beechlebod ; James Connolly',
--AGENTS-
Robert $naith, Ihrlock ; Hin-
chley, Seaforth ; James Cumrnings
Egmotolville ; J. W. Yeo, Hohnes.
ville. .•
Parties dositoux to ieiteet insurance
or ttansact ether buSiness will be
ntomptly attended to on applicatio
to atty of the above officers addressed
to their respective postoinces. , Losse
inspected by the director who. live,
neatest the scene.
GRAND TRUNK RALAZ
TAI3LE-
Trains will ; arrive it and ooltt
from mato* atation as follows ,
BUFFALO AND GOD8RICH IMV.
Going East 6.22 a. in.
7.35 a, nt,
3 15 p.
6.20 p., tu.
11 11.%';;;•ni
p.
6.40 p, m
11.11 p.
LONDON. MYRON & DAME DIV
Going SoUth •• 7.50
It ? 4.23 p. m
Going North .
o 6113.61J0p,.roM
ft 44
tt
Going West
ft ft
ft ft
44 44
deatt.."
erevnent Thdeger NON) could no longer aftVwd. " siairn:uadoek flew more seconds! The g•ir
board!.
• .Rolis Peter lane, a re. t Cth, if only I dere have stopped to p
metrop.olis or in the dam!), green fields .11trell
be made. hia bed in the parka of : the
attic's trifling rent. So- n wooto0u:olecwnbaoKneao; egiBvetitt ,m eor rn
ctlyto youour uv
it
Unless" yonunwcomee to 111°.4eY0t
g -
eels mufiln with a ghastly face who begged
°mu 'the loan of a penny and was rightly
YOU
ad- treated to deaf ears, but at length a
bout dapper youag man, in a long bottle
re green coat wheeled round with an Oath
and.a twinkling eye.
,outside. And. for all he professed to
care, the damp was welcome to kill sad and ill, my. sweetheart! s
him If only it would kill 'outright. his poor face still!, an 'en
Come and tell me all and let me help
The man was very fair and spare, on or my heart will, break. You are in
hilt !Of a median; height. His hands ['rouble. I know It and must help yo
ad feet Were notably small, the wrista • it my right. We are in the new A
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ti.4,ueseread; you. will easily find it. ,
lOoked lean, but were 'Made of muscle
and arms a little deceptive These ea: as
yfoaur the elarfgreosmt on the right b
fields behind. and our ravga. •Tgher:
and quickened with hot, keen blood.
a -t at is, we have a °fro
lie•vras very young; but, though as a
donie, .reckless face looked half as old locked, but will be there at 9. o'er
again., An abiding bitterness had sari- you Be there for
• "'Lend you oiler' cried he, "I like.
thati What d'ye mean by it, eh?"
• "What I say. I ask the loan of the-
ve- Sniallest Coin you've got --and your par.
The don for the liberty' .
and ."Pray, when shall t see it again?" •
re "In half a minute,'"
a of -"Half a. what? Well, you're arum
e is 'sr You are Here's your brown."
ept •
bur own .walled in with it and ther
fact not fi*e and twenty. the thin, ear. a green zeta in • the Wall. It is keoh
an . you," said EriChsess, and hal
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tomorrow (Thursday) night, and so m
ed the full nostrils, deepening the linee au.
my sake, and tell rae you stnd b d r rdaY. Heads
the moment go- le. go and tails 1.dou't. Sudden death.
thence to the sensitive red lips and I have writte
Let it fall clear."
drawing the latter too ha.b1tually apart '
prost it inty'seir. • tear om, do not
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ust anced it on Ins rigbt .thutubnuif. 'Now
upon setteeth ora sneer. Islorawap the 140ettlindt.oanh,ths girl if you think hertover- ' beggars tnanners (snch as these
oyes you, phe loveix yod and .
.e e eo ma e yours a
• bitterness of the. kind sewn in proud would giv h r lif t k h were) had been forgotten on the in -
hearts by capricious circtunstaaee and • aY. uwrenowtya. true • . . . CLAIRE, . . .. - .
.. - staut The coin rang the paving
crushing but not dishonorable defeat. . eight ...mortal hours to wait. I . stone wt-th his weeds. • . • . •
Shall hear my -heart beating -as 1., hear It - ."Heads it cried the Owner; on his
It was rather the Dead sea frtiit of now; as I have heard it ever 'since
willful riot and'a contemptible, impen. that, sad, sad face -until I see it asaini dust. ...• ,.- . . -
1 saw •haunches.with his finer long coat. in.tbe
itent. remorse. And yet in the full .. When Theinas Erichsen came
. . .
to the :. . •'Then I'm. 'unspeakably 'obliged to
brown eye and lifted chin, as in •the • end of this passionate„pure love letter • .
,111 clad, well carried figure :there waci, he buried his face in. the sweet'spring. • . turning' the penny. ' . •. - - . . • '
you,- replied the , fervent beggar, re -
a lingering something that ulna gallant grass. arid lay..immevahle 'with it Plot •.• •"No, no! Hang it ail! %I'm a . sports,
and fine and debonair. . . • '' • • ' , . too 'great for tears. • ThetFamilds
To • thle. lost youth .the door 111%11611S • London. (louder then than now) boom "ley, and you 'hadn't even a
nt :" man myself. - You'rea man et my' kid-
bniidinge Was opened by a gray' haired, ed and rattled .1t3 his ears. To 'these brown to
w.on3att, wile • nodded kno*Ingly -In. re- of . his soul a brave' soft voice was • yellow boy: . No Curse It! I. beg your
toss With. 'bblige me . by -taking this.
Sponse to an. inquiry ,for ietteis. and. • whispering . the Met. ,godspeed, while I
handed one over • with ',an, invitation .to his own, the moro•broken of .the nardon-I. might . have. seen:: 'At least,
enter: and lead it ,.withiii.:. but the was vowing not only eterisal- .con! ..
two, Birr, liOLI wili join me at the' tavern to
kindly'. words All on Inattentive ears**. etarley, .but eternal goodness and .cp3,.
, . .
the.loint, 1 think; and .a tankard of
show there's no Hi feeling? 'A .Cut off
Looking fondly and - yet fearfully at • .bonest life for het sake • . . •'' .... .
the superscription -ale Thomas Erich..He could see the steady •gray eyes myself. • Come, came, or .you'll offend
stout ;What say, you?•• I feel :peekish
• 'sen,' Esq.; and.therest-the needy own.:' filled With -tears that never. f II d
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er of that name suddenly pocketed his shining 'into his with the love_thin„:„...14.,______• •
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letter with unbroken seals. He was. knew no shame: He must never look • " lc`" uts tomeriesrinal
turning as abruptly away when the in them again nor ever. more defile left dry were dim again at the kindness
blank face of his tomer landlady led With. his the brave lips that had tre133-; •of the world, and Tom Erichsen had
him te pause a moment: • • bled, truly, but yet spoken comfortable
• not spoken because he could not. "Alay
"No, -bless you, 'not it's not from words up to the end.
him," said• Erichsen grimly. "This is And here Tom. lay in culpable pov, •jt will I live to toPaY this.? be muttered now.
be my first bite alade••yester.
from , a .friend I rnet yesterday,' who
would ' insist on having my address:
What :wa�,I to do?, I lhought /on
wouldn't's:rand, so I. gave 'thy Mat"
"Mhtd! It Is /our address and.might
be your .'ome if you .wasn't..that 'igh
erty .and dishonorable rege failenal• day'' •
ready to an ultimate deep. SO 130W,A-11d In
•DI.
too late,anw
. as through the gates of hell, am.fnaeths eAsnholunrg it rwwaair wn thw
Must coirie • this 'Message ef an elic • such belek steps upon thehigh road io
ve'• ' ' g • Avenue 'Lodge and hie appointed fate.
. . .
Ilereadit again, tore o1! Ilse clean. moreoVer, .the earrente ot other lived'
and 'mighty.' Dear,, dear,' dem!' Se , half sheet and,. sitting cross legged, ' than bis had .been: deflected for good
• you've not heard'. from that • villain wrote • fOlIOWS, 411, . Pend' epee ell •:or evil. by: the 'snits af that borrowed
, "Not a line," .
' "Nor Of him?" • .
"'Not a ' word, Give the ihne.. if I
,
yet?"•
' knee: • • e°1°
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It means that I ELM a blackguard,: and *• • • .• , •
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no longer worthy to be even your friend. . . .1
The Jumna was ten days behind her HE household* at *Avenne Lodge
advertised time' of sailing, and I wee
don't root him out by this day month-- miserable. •You might have Pitied • me . cOnSiatecl sit Ibis peidod • of
wen; then' he's fled the country -7111m a then; I neither ask nor deserve any pity , .IVlebcioltifs, Harding, M. P., .1. P.'
peesible.reanKu
." • . 'lv• 1 had vile thoughts. Evert if 1 ," (also Fish Street Hill, E.• O.,
"Hut what if you do?" demanded the 2314d; efentlfeir:ne oon' Ltzr Pathever-a:diO 1 m -so
(11 hate . and win.wand Hail, sin:cello; his aye
landlady, who was herself directly In. it could never be. You would marry in dalighterS, his mtnaservants and maid- :
terested in the event • due courie. How could you help your- se. •••"ants and a certain strangee within A
."Whatlf I de Mrs. AdcOck, *en, 1 It3rer? TI.litse f ma my . thoughts. And me gates, ..
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shall probable half milder him, to be. ars showed line the toivn. He • helped Nicholas Harding was fifty yearn of
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'gin with. }Ie has *holly ruined 'me.. me to forget. He won most of my money fige:anads:a widower for the 'second time
Yes, it will be 'MY money --and your , •
iti.edi tbdok the rest by *eV, I rHe
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ver ern'. a big, blond, jovial, loud, over. • :
money -43r his life... He knows at, too, trst)eill The lIftletsoag; htd.now ell. 3' v; e
bearing man, without a gray 'hair in ,
If htIl got mY lettere Feel the weigh; But that's all he did. He didn't Ms-. his massive reddishheader a shut of
of that!" . . . . graee me. I. disgraced myself and broke sorrow. upon his healthypink,. domi-
And he put In her bands a heavyash ILlinTvYerilriv3iVsZo
trothtyheannablme gairtl
Itrielvre= steering face., Yet private bereavement
Stick, green tu3d sinewy, witb the knob see her •no more. It Would be no good. Was not the only misfortune that had •
still ereamy from the knife. - WhY should 1 insUlt You. toe? I have failed to a. lot othersvise enviable
"Lord. save us!" cried • the woman. . 51011e !":' 0O°Prli in 000dogcto twit simplY enough. Since the last general election
• et xne, so w rth your scorn.
"IS this the rod in pickle for him?" 'rete14mutteram nOtly. i am too ashamed to , a little .charge of flagrant bribery had
"That's the rod in pickle. Nice and sign my name. • found •Its way even • to an asaise coort,
heavy, isn't It" . . This he folded:. up, addressed With.' where it had indeed broken down, but
"Too 'eavy, Mr. Eriphsen. Too 'envy hls pencil and sealed (in a fashion) , not in a fashion wholly satisfactory to.
•by 'alt. I'd show no inercY to thieve ;. with tlie wafers which had been used the accused. '
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arid swindlers, but I Should be vera already.' Her lips had 'touched them ' An hisporta.nt witness. had refused to
careful What .I • did, with that. I
wouldn't take the law. into my trwn before his, Then be oat where he was °Peri his mouth, as Some said because
rind noted the other moral corpaes be was well paid by ' Mr. Harcling•te
• hands if Were you." • stretched upon that daily battlefield keep it shut and endure. the penalty. .
"You wotlIda't?" erled he. "Not If
. and wondered if any of them had
you'dbeen cleaned out as I have by ea wrecked their •lives as willfully as he
blackguardly a dodge? Hy the Lord hie. And then be thought of his fa.
that made hire, rd break every bone .
in Ids infernal bbody'and w , ill,•too, 11 I •ther's ,ayhlte Mare and thanked God
find him and he won't pay up, I'll 'my
bltal - 1 ...grant Y0,11. it was my ow n ttlioebYrihntIttlyheomn ttoherbee. grave
Without tb18
Cursed teak in the beginning, But
what about 'that last CZThee he lay down again and wres.
?
that? Why am I rotting and starving
Who mt tied with hunger and anguish alter -
hire? Who threw roe on the mercY Of riately and both together. It was even-
ing when ho left the park heavily
mild° It "bilge ef me le MY 'turn? way, He lacked the price of a two
Whose doing is It thet I've got te pawn
the clothes off My bak or beg my penny stamp. Not a farthing had he
thetas, to tramp the streets all day, to eleilfkt pnuerrette iiiebinigng °tow° aelliptsirde, andll's tlohnagt
lie MI night in the fields"-
• "Your owtir exclitimecl the Vrottiati, . had been his father's before him. It
emnItig hastily down from the Step ah011id not g0 even tor ,this, yet the
upon which she had 'been standing all letter must. Then how? '
Ho sat down again on a bench, for
howevez Yon know well it isn't mine. hia weakness came 'a temptation that
Chi!' a-itY.'• b" ben" emPt3'. evm. shie4. was indeed mere like an Inspiration, so
•you Went. YOu're Welcome to it until
It's wanted again if only you'll .teine ItIminoils Wag Its flash. He might take
back. Nay, sir, 1 de assure yeti I'd his lettee tand leave it himself in the
'rather have you for nothing than most k°31161° of the'garden With' WhY "t7
Then she wetild get It at once -that
of them that pays, Come back tonight evening. .
or Pm Mire 1 sha'n't sleep it wink for .
thinking ot you. , Come in now, and Why not? He had already given the
I'll get yet Some Wee 'et breakftiat'? reasons In the letter Itself. Mel see
Erlebsen held otit hist hand. her he would -he must -if once he got
"No; no,' Raid he. tot owe you onto as far as that garden gate, So the rem
enough already, Mrs. Adcock, 'Ilealdee, sons in the letter held very good in.
kind, good folks like yeu-yes, and ladett with a fact remembered 'on the
thisi time, "it's your own fan% IS that, be wee weak per want of food, end, in
mis deed. And how weak` to be himself the
Mit aa atrwig a '1"." (1°Ing ' first to In their fatel nutthen,
,
much better than you think, Hut the
owoodrldviesostuiof
yolllforearil
aydnOuratierftea, and whereas the temptation grew stronger '
weakness Was his present portion. s
And his dark eyes, that Wit now -had
flashed and burned with bitter fires.*
that *Were far more striking always for
a lghoel of almost fititell, hai-4400(1
gimil kr .k.rorti OA ronfttil 001r tie% rranOri
end stronger -only ,to see her face once
more, only to heat her volee, although
It lashed hint vilth the reproaehes be st,
richly deserved. yet he did not givt
.16
itt any event the eherge Was not per.
Witted to he withdrawn; but the se
tion merely dismissed to allow of
new trial, of which nothing had bee
heard up to the present time. But
naked sword, thus dangled oyer Niche
las Narding's. ruddy, hard bead, whos
true temper the situation served t
prove. So far from' resigning his see
he returned to the house With a shru
and a half smile and in the .whole mat
ter continued to bear himself wit
such modest galiantry as to remov
the Prejudices of many who had a
first sided with the 'enemy. •
Claire was not yet twentyaine. The
only child of his first wife, Claire had
never occupied the place of the young -
et: ones in her father's affections, had
•beell cOnsistently*repressed in child
hoed, but had sine eontrived to,Pleati
that -critic by her clever inattagemett
of tin enlarged establishment. Indeed
• the girl had eon* /tense trete oche°
very eapable and shrewd and self pos
sessed, with an admirable drawing
room manner end even better finalities
of which hr. Harding would have
thought' less, so thpy were carefully
hidden from ilia View% for Claire had
also bee &tilts and Wee both seeretiVe
and politic in the inane circle as a re -
suit of that early repreaalen and
thr
e, Given thaeause arid this effect
'and 1101110 clandestine folly may be
counted upon In nine einses.out of ten,
and Claire's Was not the tenth,
It came about at Winwood hall, the
Sudolk shooting. box where the family
had Spent the last three Mitutnna.
Nieholas herding had begun there in
tharaeteristic fashion, by quarreling
11
/ with the gentle, white haired •pataoli
(who -would yet be neither domineered
• nor overborne by an iratiloping Lon-
doner) and by torbidding hill daughters
• the church, glebe, rectory or any ma-
' inunication with ita inmates from that
day forth. A. weeh or two later. he
' came full upon Mire and the rector's
Mb son comparing notes in the bane.
mid a pretty Keno ensued. Mr. Hard-
sbook Waitaki; at the hal, who
snatched it from him and snapped it
across his knee." Claire was imprisoned
under lock and keY for OM' and twen-
ty hPurs, and young Tom Kriebeen
shinned up the waterspeut and sat ea
her window Sill while the rest Ivere at
dinner. But this and succeeding incl.
-fleets never cense to the ears of -Nicho-
las Halting. And, partly In revenge
for the indignity to whieh she had
beet. subjected and partly by reason of
• those adventltions"tralts already touCh-
ed upon, the motherless and then nil
but friendless Claire disobeyed and in-
trigued thenceforward without a qualm,
• The single page known to Nicholas
Harding villa a thing or the past in his
• mind: - lie never thought of it now alul
for the best of reasons. He firmly be-
lieved that Claire Intended to marry
an entirely different person, of whom
he blinself most •cordially 'approved,
• and it made him for the first lime as
eerdially approve of Claire.
• A.nd Claire on a sudden cliviaecl tt
all and saw (also for the Orst thne) the
• false position in which she bad plaeed
herself and yet never regretted it, but
rather gloried in having the leak little
, thing to suffer for Tom's suite.
' Now, the ether nnufin her mindtind
in Nicholas flatting's, too,, was the
stranger within their gates. •
James Ed*ard William, Sir Halides
• Daintree's son and heir to the baronet-
• ey •and•entailed estates, was a. melan-
ctleit', brooding bachelor little' worse
than thirty years or ago., Unlike Mr.
• Harding, however, he looked much
Older, with his 'swarthy, saturnine
encusee and Ifie white threads in
,• the coal • black •Whiskers that curled:
beneath his deer) set His lines
had fallen lir very alarepent places from
those • of Mr. Harding. He had spent
-most of his restless life abroad. His
soul bad been burdened with a very'
different -temperament; ne bad that of
it pobt and his manb,00d bad been poi-
. • • .
soned at the fount by •oae th
UOV
wretcriecr family quarrels- which Je-
dound to nobody's credit and otwblel,
the outside world never get the rights.
•• It. Was only known that. Sit Eitilius
• and hip son had not been on speaking
tern3s .for years.' . •
.Such sympathy as is felt in these
matters • was -entire). • the •
the son. •The present baronet was not
n, popular man: IRis chnracterveas ec-
centric . and his morals sc. notorious
that' In. many quarters' the quarrel was
,. .
young Daintree. Whein•however, after
from the Orst considered ereditebleto
•
magistrate a
an absence of .eight years the latter
',etva4miees,hwoinhqe.;.qiiah.elewaVaes .afrommag Nciu4
a Men of some irepertence and more
promise in the young. coleny, and when
the, ad Savage.. -father; net. only
Still refused -a reconciliation: but pub-
licly Cut his.Sen on every possible °C-
ession', • thee -well, ' the Indignation
might have • been 'greeter had James
Daintreebeen himself. a *More popular•
•
Man,' But the truth was be had cane
owe a morbid, sensitive miilanthro-
pistand thin •treatment 'made ttlia-ten
limes worse. l'icts seldom :seen by
: his .old friends .anywhere, but he bap.
. pened to 'make. it StatiCh new one in the
person'. Of . Nichelas. Harding, • whose
house, indeed; bectinte the • wanderers
, home • .•
1- •Citairea3 attitude • .will he *readily.' an.
prehended. 'Llatintree abetted his bruised
heart to her, and.".elle..ponalciered his
father the. retest abetedeeble old Man.
'alive It.was at Avetiue* edge that
.naecel.:of faded . flowers' arrived ':for
bath:tree )4..41Lnc/A crazy
with 'rage and grief: He. had planed
-
'''444'00044400+000.00;0,,otaorS4...,acir....art,.
nor mule., •-41 tine pulled the gm."
open fohe felt certain et it; and tiacel;
beheld als4 • heard -him, 'advent/OW
liyiy thltothih, the eibilaut grim. win,
' IMMO white thing in Ws Wind am; IP
Yonne -41100n $unt risen ever Primrose
70134" Oho Wed rioftlY, 1";Von furis
comet Oil, thank Ode I 'have' kepi
you"- '
Lho words nneit tier. PartV• sli
40. Ile stem), nhkapcat 'before' heri-
filiatnefaced and never noticing' her
tremuhius, oUbitretchestatandis Yap
OWla held out to `her a •f,olded note;
"Read that," be said bnarsely.' "It
am only here because. bad pot.moneagr
• for the Stainp!" "'
. A great ehill struck to thegirl's Iff's&
• heart; It was the doubt.that bad kepi4
tier awake, now a doubt no more. Heir
Be stood Ohmic° heicke her. •
trembling ceasecl. She turned her back.' .
on Erichsen and read by the moonfight•
• e .candid words that be had written. '
in St. dames! park. • ' •
I "My own poor boy!" she whisperecT-
- •, through ber tears. "Oh, thank heavena
' Y,ou•bad no money for those stamps!"
1 "Claire," he gasped, falling back,,"dm,
i not speak to me like that! 1 am rest'
worthy. You don't. Imderatand: ,Yeas•
• should go your way and, never think or•.
-• me 'again." .: • .• • - • •
•"here 15. somebody said' titer& r,
I I 'c lady •, •
"Hush!" he said hoaraely. ''Xtfs.not":.
' that I love you, 'my darlingahl Go&
• . knows •how. truly. how! Yet I have -
'come to contemptible, grief. •I have -
been everything that's bad."" ' :
•
Re • greeted. • :She. 'sald tothXng; hart'
'caught his hand and pressed it.. • -
,. .
' • "Oh Claire' 'cried It was ' •
• nees,:l.. think! 1.,was insul at leaving -
Yon and Old England PCI forever.'
.
And the shin wouldn't sail, Claire; tbier.
• ship Wouldn't pall! When I 'went to titii
office thinking I 'had about three &AM .
they told' me she Would hethree wee
walked :•out • of that Office swearing:.
_.144'. find some other,but au 1 foum& .•
s-the°roalt-M-the bad.. Dritak-an4-7-7-
dice and eiteds! You naked Me to teP..
you. all.: I .tell ,y.ou. ail I"can. ,I tell W..:
you to set- Yen 'against - me and Makes --
you 'bate me forever. That is the kind-
est 4bing. Claire, • Claire, why &oft .
you strike me?: Why don't you safaris .
-me and leave, me to raY fate? Ole,.
could bear...4t4better than thiSr .
Her 'wane arms were about' -
They clasped him .tight. Ile eouId hear.'
her heart and bieown,
Suddenly she stood apart from:la*,
with -small clinched, fists- glittering. .
with rings. He held. hie breath.
• "The men Wise Is at the bottona: of '
• all this," Said. she,' "who is he? noir
Was Ton 'speak Of him in yenta*, ,
ter lell me more" • • . • .
.'What bs the. use? • The thing le done-.
It's past mending, and it was- My owe.
;miserable fault. Most 'of• rity • money
went in fait plea' and-riott Heonly
•yelleved are of the residue, ..Yet 1 telt;
you Claire" (with 'sudden fury, "Ird
go contentedly to my,aecourit lf 1 bOukt
'only kicking' 'along in front of me the; ,
whole way! ' Yds; I'd hang for thee
.hound endthink the satisfaction cheap t
at the pricer • . • , t.
"What is his 'name?". deMandedf
• Claire. •
"Blaydee," said Tom, 1371-a-Sad-eals,
,Captain kleydea, forsooth, on half payt
'1'31aydes- of theguards,: who disgraced.%
themeelyee for all time by not"- •
• liebroke Off and stood looking et the:
• • • • •
"By- not What?" whisipered
•;.who bad glanced inVoltintailly• through
,the gate towat1/41 the distant lighted
Windows, and. whowas new trete:Wing',
again, With a new and .dreadful
,
thein a daY or two: before upon
mother's grave. He burst into a storm
•of oaths and tears before tEte girl, who
' thought'the Worse Of bite for neither,
Lady Daibtree• had .died, the year be-
fore In fact, It was her death that
had brought the outcast home for the
recencillation for which he'Pleaded in
•
He had the sympathy of WI ;who
kneel' hint. That of Claire vitts spon-
tabedus and heartfelt and frank.' But
it never blinded her to Dcantree's
faults, tiatich' vete those of a warped,
egotIstidal, but yet an :ardent nature
,She pured him of one Or twe. But he
• was a Man witli a' weight uport
seal, and she could net cure him of
that She Was not told enongh. :After
rtO, tob,..liett' head and 'her heart were
full of :another.. And VMS' • she wee
skiwer to detect the new levee in the
new friend than would or •could have
:been the cage ;lb ' normal eireinn;.
stances. •. . •
• Indeed, ft •miglat bever bave 'dawned --
upon her until he spoke but for the
calling In of Lady Starkie to.lend her
distinguished countenance the first
dinner party given by Nicholas Hard.
mg after Ida late ordeal. Lady ,Starkie
was a lieutenant •general's wicloW'and
a shrevid wornan•of the world.
• CHA.PTER '
lTd ;garden Was . the ordinary
one, but with Ms) heavy addi-
..tione beyond and behind Its,
• neighbor on either side. And
g the arbor ;Was, se to speak, lit the hot-
- tle's sleek. There Was no getting to
h the meadow Without pashing *within a
e Yard or two of its rustic portel.
t There was, how.ever, a shallow shrub-
bery down either wall of the original
garden, and 'when Daintree bad been
'alone about a minute the laurele oh his
left began a risky rustle in the still
evening air. Luckily he was already
• • in too deep tt coetemphition. of his last
ti and angriest wound to hear aught but
t the gleas voice and 'his own stilt ring-
, ing through the arbor. But as for
1 Olaire, one moment she held her
- breath in borrld Certainty that he had
heard; In ahother she wee. satisfied
that he had not and had forgotten Ida
existent° ,the Sant. Indeed, by the
time • elle looked- upon the IncildeWt
asleep beneath its soft -gray coverlet Of
dew,' the Wide world contained but one
live Wain end he WitS at the gate upon
the farther side.
'lent was he? Around the ineadow
reti a gravel path, upon which rite
thought her feet pattered lend enough
for all the world to hear. Then she
dropped the key In rertehingilt from its
• aceustoined ereviee, and it rang upon
the gravel, and hi ber nervousness sbe
' was an age fumbling at the leek. Yet
no Selina of hors hrenght it word of
greeting i!reui the other side, Ile WO
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