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TO the sweetness Orthat shysniile Duke
succumbed. He looked with remorseful
tenderness into the large, truthful, trusting
eyes, clear-, eyes that had never drooped
with a secret of their own, nor we.tolted
suspicious of a secret of others. He drew
her to him with a crressing ,gesture ; but
his face was gloomy, and he could not smile
at her for the sharp sting of, self-reproach
tingling it his heart.
Luli-sweetest, purest, gentlest ! There
is no man in the world worthy of you," he
• said, at Wit.
"Duke?" she answered, in loving
renroaeh and protest, surprised and half
distressed that her hero should any
mood stoop to deem himself " uavvorthy '
of her. "My darling, my darling," slie,
whispered in the softest, lowest, teaderePt
of times, leaning her golden head against
his breast, and laying her gentle hand on
his, " Vous not worth ou!"
"1 am not goo -enough for h yOU, Luli
Pleage understated that, accept it as a ,fact,"
said almost abruptly.
• " Not good enough for me?" she repeated,
in -genuine perplexity and amazement and
deprecation. "But why, Duke?-whatsis
there in me -except- that I love you -that
is all the good there is in me ! ^I Can only
give you love -and if you give me that--"
Sue paused, and looked up trustfully, yet
appealingly.
'Love!" he -answered., f' Can I help
away s loving you, Lull? • Could I cease
to • love you. But, dear, we sometimes
• wrong those we love the meat !"
• "Would love be love," she said, if there
was ,any wrong that it could not forgive ?"
She looked so beautiful in her trust and
• innoceisce that her eyes of heaven's own
deep misty midnight blue seemed full of
• heaven's own light. On Zera'eface;,hively
a, el/I-human perfection as it witiathere had
never rested that spiritual look of alincet
divine peace and purity; and Duke knew
thisa_ For the moments_ heafela_ a _mad
impulse to speak Words that woulcl,lead to'
a confession of his own Weakness. Then
he knew that for safety's sake, for Zora's
safety as well as his own, he dared nest let
•the conversation coiatipue in thie strain ; so
answered lightly„foreing a smile,
" Don't promise rue euch sweet absolu-
tion, darling, lest I should be 'tempted to
,
put it to proof."
BOOK
ON THE ROCKS.
CHAP.TEn XX. •
1 sa.vv` a' sight that night, that night,
Because I could not help but see- '
Because the moon waableached so white,
Because theaters were yellow light,.
• Because they bloseomed .in e tree,
' And dropped' their[blossoinSbirthe Oiss4:
• And scorbcpausei aloe! sigma. .. • s
An eeil;apirit guided.niea ta, ,
s a • s a-Toitsniirasinneita-
. although •Luli atiasuspieinue and,
. .blind to the clouds that were darkening her• ..
horizon-, not BO her father..
•
Aa idea once . implanted in Glenciarn'a..
mind, especially' a gleornsaidett, wasliffi.
• cult to uproot...... Whet,.Wheyeaatd hew .he
• had first conceive d the suepicioa pf; etanie
mutual interest, some clandestine- under-
standing, existing between, Duke•and Zora,.
lie could never ' have pointed out; the'
moinent When this idea earnek.deep tootin
a his naiad beSornilttriotpc. :
'asl-Whethei4tblidOitailelaL-144t-Otst-9asthoi
, ,eyented,,..*IustasheeiitocidS waithet,tO Watch;
theta step Ont'ofsthe bot iCtihg: red sunset ,
light -aethether 41haQbee4,i1Uaking in hie.
amind feem the time.helieciaeertain.astoi.
-ZoraaiparentagesSaer aWlietheagittrese only,
whenhebegan toletabithat the-ypimg people
•-kepeW.tcigetlieraineiresi&eaqiiartet than
in Pairs, and that Dultegrew more sociable
• than lever -like, he knew net.' Still. slowly
and insidiously these suspioionis, once ger-
minated, however basely, and unreasonably
conceived, sunk'deeper," . • .
, One night they 'weighed upon'him, and.,
lowered around hint like a thundercloud in
the darkness,' and the silence, and Midnight
solitude. . • '
Whether :it was that his Merbid•faney
• that day liedimagined a shade of prephetha
sadeess ,and, 'wondering • perplexity, ae
— if of some newaincl scardely Comprehended•'
Sorra Waal sforeboding, in Luli'S royes, or "
that he had noticed some incautious Mot:lent• '
of empresSenient•- in Duke's. manner to Zoete:
or some sof 1 embarrassment it her to him
-whether, as the ,general "good night"'
ran round.the circle, he . haddeetned that-
Duke'e hand bleeped ZOra's a moment too
long and her eses dropped; too. timidly away
from his, or Whatever it was that had gtitb.'
• ered the clouds darker tn,Glencitirn'e view,
that night they lowered black • and thick
over his soul, the blacker. :because sur-
charged with the poWer.of a superstitious
idea of the strange werkiageatacirepetitione,
of Destiny. He lay long awake -brooding
in suspicaone ef the truth that be had no
• cauee to,be.assurediffs and fell into it trou-
bled sleep, in . which., his. floating fancies
formed thetnselves into a dream.
• He thought:that-11e. was •standing. ort the
• deck of a great vessel,pleugbing,across a hazy
• Midnight ae.a. , All was dreamy, anti dusk,
iniclanysterietia ; the ilent heaving 8(.397e/sad-
• cloudy eky melted' together .in the rniseet
the horizon; and .aerOBS the waves; gleam-
• ing faintly white through .the dim .twilight
•.obscurity, a 'ghostlirjemale figures & pale
shadowy Wraith, that 'yet .witia plainly
recognizable as Luli, was gliding, wringing
her hands and.. wailing., Behihd her es
greats- serpentsourvedeartd glided, through
theavater, always' in her track, half -sub-
merged as it coiled and.siid along, but with
its malignant head upreered, and burning
emerald eyes fixed, on her. Glencairn
• endeavored to call to her, but 'ell around
was ghostly and unreal; and .his veice gave
no sound: and as the white shade passed
moaning on,. ftirther and •further into the
distance, the Serpent. raised -ate head
higher, close -to his face, and biased hate
his ear, " Her fate is following her. You
cannot Kaye her."' . He sprit*, from the
-- deck toward.her„-andeteltsthescoldavaters
• surge ' round' him; and akt he did.. so the
scene changed; the mist- cleared ; the dusk
brightened.; the dream, still a dream,'
assumed all. the sharp outlines, the clear.
• lights and shades of reality. •. ,
• A boat was gliditg alongever the bite day-
light sea; and -in it eat p eke Mayburne tind
Zora Brown, nedreame nor- wraiths, but
• .bright and real and human, their beautiful
heads bent . together, smiling,' absorbed in
each otheraresting. On ' their oars athey
gazed into each other's eyes, totally regard -
leas and ,forgetful of ,Luli, who at bowed
down in anattitade of utter prostration and
••S hopeless.. sorrow, - her .face - buried in her
hands on the side of the boat, her long hair
i3w.eepingin.the 'water and weahingsto and
fro. 'like strings of golden aiertvveed, As
Glenoairtedrew near, Zoret, glanced up and
• smiled in a slow malicious triumph, and
Duke looked at him with-am-aspects:1.f cold
haidaess which he .1.1,ada never ..yets seen
• Duke's hatdsomo, good-natured face weer,
and Betide She, must fade as her mother
faded, and die as her ,mother .died." The
• worda were franaed by Duke'slips, yet the
voice was not his voice, but the Vorce of
,
the serpent-.-the,eerpent that . was Fateti
And as. Glenoairn, gained, the • boat an
clutohed at itsit, ewayed and eaPsieed,,and
all were ingulfed ,together ,• and struggliug
In the blindiiese and the darkneee of the
evervehelmingavaters, Glepeant awoke. -
."; Er* slept iie aseire; the merniaglight was
Fearing full through the windows. and
streaming across the floor in tread. bright.
rivers ;' and the dreamhad made so vivad
animpression en him that he could not
compete himself to sleep again. When
morning was but a little further advanced,
and before any one else in the house .was
stirring, Glencairn went out and wandered
dovviathe garden toward the lake, to wash
the feverish unrest .away from his brain in
the pure, freeh morning air. In one of the
distant' Paths, near the boundary of the
large garden, he paw a bow of 'pink ribbon
lyingon the path.. Half ,naechanically he
Stooped'aud picked it up ;and then his eyes
liedatiponit with an inteiat, ,curieus, spec-
ulative '
'Ffe wainl' a mood when little thiogs
arepreesed him, when "trifles light awair"
'scented' " confirmation streiag." '• He. asked
hinatielf at fireit abstractedly, then with a
'saddens stispicious interest -Who dropped
this: ribbon? and 'when? • Glencairn was.
to-nalinsmilltinar tan dand-y-taor lieau
artiEit ; he did not ' knew what fashion -a
,weniates' dresS was. • made in; and would
probably not have distinguished 'silk frota
• Japanese, or Velvet from velveteen.But
he had a keen eyeaor color and, a tenacious
memory. He knew that Zara Brown had
worn' pink ribbons of exactly this shade
the previous evening. • He recollected as- he
thought of it.that lathe had worn ahlue dress
all the day, and had gone to change her d tees
for dipper unusually late, allowing but a few
tainuteadrem the tune she ran- up to her
room, andttie time .eb,e joined them at .the
dinner -table in, white inulin and pink rib.
sbons. After dinner it had mined, and they
had had "a quiet' evening and a; hale
music" in the salon. -None. of the ladies,
he felt certain, had been out. But this rib -
hot d,id not look .as if it had lain there
more -than one night it moat.;:,' -Neither
• of the other girls had worn pink;'!diad.Zara
then run oat in the . ram ,daring the
_evening; the rain whieh hovvoiserlissi ceased
before the party had said "good night," but
-ceased .too Iatesforatheni to -take 'a walk?
`Whiitheuld she have rushed down to the
lake in: the rain?' %Besides, , she had not.
been out. of the rooriantiring the evening,'
hefelteure. Thetalsy.the freshness of the.
ribbon it was not, a Very far fetched utter-
ence to assuche thaaehe had been out later,.
when the rain had..ceased, and when every,
one elsehad retired. ,
'Noulter off on theassme Path lay one of
theavell known.. tokens of Duke lllaybarne's
presenoe'-a half :cigar tossed Carelessly
-. .another mod 1 Glencairn would not
have ;noticed theee, things, or would only
have 'oast, hisuuconecibusly.. penetrating
'eye Upon theta as he • passed by. But tbie
nmeting.hteattentMn fixedupon thesetri;
fle'sithe:gazeof an Indian trecking'fi kind
theptinacif aniesemeeihon the
sltsdreaansaSt knes-Cfariblacital.
but iteSertliciese the:Oak:links in .a:ohain.
• All that day Gleticairta kept a ceaseless,
but cOuCealed; on Fails° sand. Zora.
They, however, were always on their guard.
-Only once he fanciedhe-it tercepted a glance
et mutual auderstandiug betweet - thein;
'mace he observed bat -during a general
,conversatien'they exchanged swift and
(mullets aside -a wh ispe r. se cautious,, with
nonchalance so admirably acted, that no.
eye less keen theta -0.1encairu'e would have
motedit.at as se;
aivetenllassetibled before dinner, a I think
one Of you young ladies
to'#kiii property," .He sdrew the pink bow
pocket,twhere It haditain crumpled
all day"I*010 4,1:00 11 as rather oreased
'he added'dellberatetyatc1Paliteiy; trying
tpaininoth. out ;the, eadef., With'.hishria.catiti-
torted fingers. .. • .
!' Oh, it is mine, thank • you,", said Zora,
,srailing anembearassedly, and stretching
Out her hand for. it. , .
• 'Why, ;Where slid you find . it„
When , did: you drop it; Zeta?"
inquired Kate in her 'clear. 'high visice,.
attracting evesg. ote'si.attention. .`
"1 found it down. at the bottoihof , the
garden," replied G eepairn placidly,.not
looking in the least siguiticant, but notieing
with. accuracy the eauctehade of . the• blush
that .imounted to Zera'S eheeke as he spoke..
:" Why You have had • yoUr bine dresson
all day !"' • 'etiedauncoriseioue, straightfo.i-
Wards inquisitive; Kate. to Zeta, "how did
, • . .
•you manage te. go dropping your pink bows-
'abont •' • ,
a 7" I,pinted that bow on to my white scarf
• when. I Went' in the garden afthr breakfast;
I naustshave dropped it then," .eXplained
Zeta with .the Moat innocent leek inthe
world, but the tell-tale blush still lingering
enlace face.
„
The shadow of a grim ..smile just curved
the 'corner of Glengaina.'samouth as he
remembered the , hour • at which he had
foundthe ribbon, and that when the girls
went into the garden 'alter breakfast," •it
had been in hispocket socae. three lamina
That 'light when all the 'party bade eaoh
other good night and. separated,.Glenettirn
went aa usual to , hiS room; and aa*Diike
• aetienial take :his -hat and light oigarand
go out for a solitary stroll. But when all
-the 'houSe was quiet, Glencairn, opening. and
eltattifig the doors softly, left his room and
CrOBSed the, hall, and quietlywent to
the terrace. •Ke_epingailimselfainisliadoWa
lie looked:up at Zora's window; therewas
a light there gleaming through the eurtainas
He looked • with, keen and far searching,
eye along the terrace and into 'the tear,gat.
den paths a no One was to beseen; not a
• sound was. to be. heard.. He descended the
stePp,from the . terrace to the garden - and
standing back it . the deep, shadows
df the
• shrubbery, in a spot where hecould still see
the light in ZOte.,'Is Window; hewaited there
and.watched. ' . • .-
•
Glencairti had: no more scruple abotit.
watching or eavesciropping,with a purpose,
than a savage about lying in anibusii.
would not have done it without what
eeercied to hinase sufficing. motive;' but
his Viewlhe end justified the meats ; and
he hesitated. -to more about • espionage
when therewas anend tote' gained than
an Indian about lurking in the forest on
the Watch for an -enemy. .. • • ,, •
,His patience. was neither 'severely tried
nor unrevVarded . this night. After a little
• while the light disappeared from Zora's
windew • then-Glencairn'equick ear oe,aght
the sound of footsteps on ,the terrace; atd.
.even identifsed them as . Duke's focitstetis.
The darkened window ;Opened softly; 'and
• Glencairn contd. distinguish a light'fernale
• figure stealing cautiously along the balcony,
until at the balcony stairs she disappeared
from sight. ,
sEvidettly she .and Alike 'met in silence
• On theterritoe, and came almpst inanaedi-
ettely down the lower flight.ef steps to the
garden. AS they loitered Slowly along, they,
passedso near .Glencairn that every sylla-
ble they said, although they spoke but very,
Hoftly,,came clearly 10 his 'ears. .
." What a aight 1" '
',"Yes, look at that great bright.ste,r 1"
"11 is almost as clear and brilliant as;
on te frosty night,in England!"
-,".131) not let us talkof frost and England
here!"
' "England -and winter!" she repeated,
with a sigh and added slowly, 'painfully,
-"But they mustetome 1" "
"Not yet," he mid, "we have our Italian
autumn pow, and here." • ,
As they wandered down the garden, Glen-.
airn, letting them lead by &este distance,
stealthily. and slowly followed them. At
the end Of the.gaid.en they leaned over the
broad balustrade that bounded it, and
looked upon the starlit lake.
- The lake, by day. less purely blue than
Geneva's peerless Waters, was lovely in ite
clear darlineee, its utter stillness. ' a
Duke and Zona etood looking on the
peitee , and beauty of the scene, utterly,
uncontiolous of the eyes that were watching
them. A boat was passing in the distanae,
and faint and light ,the plash of the cars
came over the Water.' to them, and olearer
and sweeter, ,the Sound ot a. girl's voice
ainging as the oarsmen rowed slowly and
almost languidly on. '
They are going home. from some party
by water; how delightful I" paid Zona
There are .the boats Moored yonder,"
said Duke. "Why could ..We not, go down.
and loose one and take Earove on the lake?"
he added, eagerly. -
• 'We shoeldbe mad!" protested -Zara
enaphaticallysaiti,.rilUarin at the very
. idea. " Madder. even that we are now; and
that ale mad enough !" she added gloomily:
' Mad- 'enough,yes," assented Dake in
-the, Fettle tone. Well, it is eter well we are
,net roWiiag. out on the 'lake in a little boat,
'-after all ;for in Beale moods, Zora, I think
-the-spirit •would move me to., tip the boat
over and drown us both." •
• '
'And a good thing too," murmured Zora,
with bitterer despondepoy than seeme
natural t� her sweet yoke. Then . her
naturalsoftness catne back to her„and she
,added caressingly, "No, .DUke„ do not say
Sol The end will come .soon enough."
' The soft topes faltered, and Duke was
.conquered immediately. . •
"We must go back ' now;" said Zora
regretfully, but -anxiouely. "It is 'so late I
•and if:Katie should Wake and call, rim 1"'
hgdarling girl, we haiia riot _been out
near a quarter, of an hour," pretested Duke.
- "But we must go, beak. I am go anxious,
Duke," she said, clinging half nervously,
• halflondiy to .hisarm as she drew him
along the .path. • "1 keep fancying'I hear
• somebody co,miriga" • • .
Glenoairn smiled. grimly, . Hedi a not -
wish' himself to be discovered; but he
thought with • •Sonte .seoinfut • and. bitter
' amusement how, if they were to . discover'
.his.pre,eetee, he would :dryly explain that
, he had Come. out ter a starlight Orel!, and
reirosrkSrtipon the' strange and pleasing
chance .hy.which they. had . all three acci-
dently. Choeenthe sa.md hour and place te
enjoy the air,Of 'the Italian evening. • •
' • Hoviever,. they did not expiere. the ,
'
by -ways of , the garden, nor seek to tante-
' trate the shadows; and. Glenceirri remained
unsuapeoted and audienovered. When Zara
'stole up the balcony stairs and glided into.,
• her arooms..there,Was .alarmanor appre-
, henaion norshadow of presentiment on
her .,13011, -although her .eyes• were . full. of .
dreatnY sadness, and she • sighed; "It mues.
end! We shall have to part.. -It will terne
'seen enough!". , • • . • . -
• .When Duke crossed .the marble hall, the
very last thought that. would have entered.
his 'Mind would, have,been to open the -door
:of Glensairn's, Motu and leek in to see if
bus future father-in-law were safely sleep-
. hag. Sein their blind. Security 'a,ud.
Vaguely,and unceasingly ,beset
by "stsoind'antiety, althetigb .notknowing'
what definite ea.use they'had tpbe.anataus,
assailed': by doubts., and s' 'scruples and
..emitoti3e and fears, ,yet.never leaking inthe
.'direction whence the storm Should burst,
saiset-hltridattisathesableaskaniOu&sthaf-wa
and ,. on, . readno threatening
-
gathering; th7 let the, winds '3,11(1412.o.wa'res
bear them .
onaensin the. sky.. • •' • '.
• CH, ApTER XXL
We have beard from hidden places
. -What love scarce aves.and hears;
We have seen en fervent faces
The- pallor a strange tears;
..Wo.have tro the wine -vat atreasure,
Whenee, ripe's:a steam and stain,
' Foams roundthe feet of pleasure,
The blood -red must 01 pain. ,
' Love is ' the pet.entiality of all heroism
and Of . all • orinae. '; When it entere -in .a,
human heart, it posseses.it,with all divine
possibilities, yet in the Peleatial light of its
, halo sleeps the fire that, if evil influences
should kindle ib, burns, and ' brands deep
as the. mark on the, brow of gaits, There
haho hellto the depth of which' Love,
nnaatIdened.-and 'misguided, may, not . hail
itself downstio Heaven whop° pate heights
it may net aisle.. • , • . •,• ,•• •
In even this love of Duke and Zero.,
whirls; was .fat indeed from the noblest,
•which was Pimply. an irresistible attraetiort
oompellingtogether two creatures ofbeenty
atrOng to dazzle, and Warm. and impulsive
natures, weakto reeist--whieh ,waiabut a.
Magnetismdrawing eye to eye -rather than,
soul to soul:ash:Leven-this, love there were
redeeming lights. It may be paid in Duke's •
'.favor that disloyal' and fickle as he was, he
never from first .to iast thought lightly of
,
Zora, mar 'treated her, whoserashnees might
easily 'have. been misinterpreted and whoee.
trust mieused; with less respect than be
• gaVea to:the purer, noisier, truer, and as trust.
'Mg nature. of the woman7-its young and
fair to .whom. be- was. it ,honor, bound
Whom he sometimes rather adored than
• loved, and at other titiee-a-forget.
Pont Zora, elle:Waal at least inncere, and
in her 'weak, impulsive, passionate heart
anciavotidlyaliews_neranair.cenarylada.eshad_
now a -place. She dreaded. discovery, yet
each day she risked it with a realinees that
was the 'nearest approach. to courage of
which She Was .capable... Still all thetin,ae
she feared the discovery -of their secret
Meetings et a -terror that, froze her heart,
but Could not freeze out its ' love; and it
• never eroseed her mind to calculate on the
probability that, in the event of: these
meetingebeing detected and,.eitpeeed,thake;
who swbuld oth�rwi hEroya1 to Dili,
would ihthat case. deem his honor lay in
thecipposite direotiozi. • If Zero, were' Com-
promised, and, exposed , to false COnStr110.
Lim:if; and rainitig rumors through hie
fault, hewould feel it was to Zora he was
• bound. ° He was jIlBt' the man ender suck'
-oirellrestarides' to Stand in &serous iaclig;
nation by her .aide 'against 'the world, to
swear.that he would atone toher at the
altar for any &mew' he had,caused her, and
so in hot haste and defia,ncis to make her his
wife. He was just the manatee, afterward,
• to.sigh for Lail, and 'Say: that he had 'lost
an angel • . .
'But thewindings and turnings of Duke's
'mind, the relative strength of the confliets
sing paseitins waging War within him had no:
-place in Gleteitirtae speculations. He did,
.tot.study Or enter into Duke's motives and
temptations; 'and on Zora's feelings he
never Wasted% thought.. , a • •
' 11 seethed to him. now elear that his last
night's dream was no chance twisting
together.of memories of the past, no-orys-
talization of waking forrealess fears • and
fancies,buta true foriaading-a warning as,
true as • the , Highlander's wraith or the
Irish banshee.. .•-
The nets of destiny were ' elosing round
him and-Luli. • In the, days that Were
looming darkly forehadowed ahead; be was
to see' his darling fade and 'die as .her
mother died. Fle had not sufferead 0110411
in all' these years of regret and remorse,
remease that' was. however alwaye rather
a bitter , grief for the lose his Bin had
caused him than any, approach terepenta
•anoe, of it as a sin in itself. He had not
drunk the cup of suffering 'deeply enough:
but for his itot his daaghter waste atone'
in tears and expiate in death. Fate, subtle
and (instal in its ordinances, hadreserved
for him the retribution Of Fleeing -liar suffer.
„
"She must fade as her mother 'faded."
'Yes; she was. tender and • fragile a flower,
and as likely to bow down and die. He
saw the eatery of the two 'mothers repeating
itsel line for line in the story of the Iwo
daughters. • As the dark' and dangerous
eyes of Zonis mother had lured him away
from his true love and wife and broken her
heart, so. the soft seductive' .lovelinessof
this ;girl, her dark -eyed mother's truer and
.worthy daughter, with even more alluring
wiles, more dangerous, lbeciause more ten-
der, Was weaving the 'charm that was to
eat -tangle Duke in nets Whose, meshes he
could never break, and te be the sorrow of
Luli's life, and possibly. the 'cause of her
death. Glencairn never for. a moment
regarded the possibility of Duke's parting
. utterly from Lult; Wholly transferring, hie
allegiance to Zora, and' leaving .Luli free.
Hentdaelookeddownone-vista-ef-the-possis-
Wittiest or the future, and saw Dakeretains
ing.Lull'a love; keeping her. his . own, set
Wearing her life away - by the constant.
-torture of the jealosy that cannot blanie
and cannot rebel -that is not angers but.
only agony. He - did not contemplate
Dake'e desertion of her while there yet was
time for theta' to Part. '' Ile contemplated
only Duke's cursing her life with the half
love the half faith that is crueller than open
inconstancy; for while one inflicts • the
sharp wound that May heal, the other is
the slovv, sure poieon that kills. He seemed
to seethe mat of Destiny unroll itself, and
traced her future too olearly. - Shelled her
mother's .heart as well as her mother's
face, and was. wasting upon -Duke the same
• full , and fees and. 'Maiden deehaticeithat
• Laura had lavished upon hinaself; Ihtliat,
Pure and deep simple and single-minded
nature ' which' ,Lali inherited from her
mother, there was no reserve, no caution;
nelipait. All the force:and 'strength, the
hope and aka, the faith and , passion of the
soul, was /inured out in; the opealeep_ chilli- .
nel'of an: exhainitlessalov.easal.ridaDrilt,
Dukewhoth yet be could not htstialecaueo.
he looked upenhim chiefly as an.instra-
ment in the hands of fate -was being hoarliy. '
hour and day by day allured from this great.
• pine lovei by a lower and Shallower nature,
even as he,
Glendairn himself, , had been.
Thegirl hesibeet -sent hete for that puns
pose. To that 'end the threads of 'these
separate lives that had, floated so far apart
had been gathered together and woven into
one twisted and tfinglea Skein. ' '
• The serpent had said in his dream, a Her
fatei3 following. her. You I cannotsave
her.' . •. - . .
' "Can I not alls he pondered gloomily. ,
;SSCan-Isnot,722-is , ,, , •, : • . •
- He thought of. the -Fate, be believedsin as.
he' would hav.e thought of a. human -tyrant.
• Glencairn looked' upon.. Deatitay:With the
taiallen brooding" with which he, would have
listened to'a mortal,' despot's Unjest,decree,.
• anctSaid to himself, "What-- has she 'done,
that it should Wreak itself Upon her?" . • -
.• He. always acted on impulse,. not , the .
impulse of the remanent, but the impulse of
thehour or day.. ' .
• Thiemorning before he lerthie room, he.
made up his mind to the One ptep that -he
couldand would take, and before the morn.
ing was. many hours old he took it. . ., .
Hake and. Lulis, Kate, and Mrs. .Craven,
went' for a ris* on the like ; .Mr. Craveheat
reading' G.alignani on the 'terrace'and
._Gleiscairn went to seek Zora,whons he feuric.1
aiiiatlieltalowitstailingshereieltsofsents-of
rare 'hours hours of liberty tp write a .batch .of
lettere', for,. solitary .waif as she was, she
was too °berthing. notsto have friends and
correspondents, too affectionate to neglect -
them.. . , , . •
. .
"I want to have a little talk With, you,
Miss, Zora, and. I ,may , as well 'seize this
.oppertutity," said, Glertoairn, with .stiff
politeness, taking a seat near tete • .• . .
- "aelrem1.1
taipprloy,"8=8,Zoraaild vqh
alenil:inkngg, NV, ih
amher.
• " I Am' afraid:cur Manversations are not
invariably. .p.roduellior:mach Betide°, -
tion," he said,, 'grimly,' "'What I have t�
Casaba simply this: .It is. not - Myabit to •
beat about the bush.' I .keoves tha. garde
• you ate playing. . What' is. yout to .-ject in
it?:. Do you hope' to inchice DukeMay
barna • to break uff;his engagement to. my
• daughter and marry You?" •: •.. , .
. "What can :you mean ?" 'faltered .Zora,
Whoseblush had 'faded 'quickly as Glen -
cairn 'came with such sudden plain -speaking
to his point.She was very; pale and Irma,
bling. now; :lend although . :she . tried ' to
assume an appearance of ' surprise , and
bewilderment, the pretence was a. neer one.
. ," I mean precisely what- 'T say,".he
replied. . "1 know of your clandestine
understanding with Duke quite positively;:
so thatit would be useless for you to waste
time, in denying it. • What is te be the .
• upehot of it ?, ,Do•you intehd-that .heehall
part from my, daughter and marry you?".
• . "1 never dreamt et etch a thing," pro"'
tested Zora, in apiteouely treihulous 'Armee,
and .with a fair amount :of , truth, . for
althOugh such an idea had sometimes thrust'
, itself ' as an ntbidden_guest into her mind;
• 8110 had never invited, never encouraged it. •
"1 peser thought -I did not mean--",
he. added, brokenly. ' Her voice, „faltered
more and More ; . tears came into" her
alcately_eyee- " Haveaorne-charity-for me-
deptity me 1 I have bean,so unhappy -do:
, show, me scene • mercy, ! she inurmared,
With a pleading look that' would have
Melted any man but Glencairn. . He was
hatd as . adamant to., herbeauty and her
' "1 am shoisingmercy," he said, Steadily,
" inwarning you that the game -is not a
safe one. . You are not aware perhaps that
.,I knew your mother once." . _sass -i- .
- . Efe was .apeaking7Witli- alci-alidaattrefuT
utterance, his eyes averted frem. her and
downcast, his dark brows 'contracted' inan
'On-lincius line, a deep. line which only,
showed 'thus when he was profoundly:
•
earnest. - ,' • •
: • Zora, looked at him and listened, half
sinterbatecl and curious, half alarmed. ' But
he was silent for ts whiles Then he raised
his eyes to her and said abruptly. .
' ." Leek here! I will ,not See.your mother's
' daughter. wreek my daughter's life 1"'
Zero., shrunk away, and almost uttered a.
ory of. terror. • The -dark look of hid som- .
bte, piercing eyes frightened her.; the half
_savage . resolution of his tone frightened
'
Glencairn seav this, and knew his poWer,
He felaa sort. of scoriafor thie weak, fragile
'creature, who yet was. se strong to work
fatal. mischief; he ' scorned her alimoat too
miaah to avail himself of - his power to ter-
rify her, beyond the extent he, demanded
necessary. . ' • .. . .
. "You shall promise me," he said, keep- .
ins , his eyes fixed upon her, - and noting
,how she shrunk and. we.,vere,11' beneath his
gaze, ." to set Duke .Mayburne. free from
your nets at, 'once: Let him go alspollatelsk
and for ever.,Separate yourself -trona hint
entirely; reulee any advances be may
make.. Put an instant etep to Your Mid-
night haterviewe-s.. -." , , ' .. • . '
' Zero, started, Violently at 'these last word's,
and uttered a fainta`littlesobbitig breath
of illartrofil&te fear and diatreaa and
eataeag, and- her face, fluahed and paled
with uncontrollable agitation.
"Yea, you see I might take another,
course," said. Gleneitirt. '1 might tell
what I knOW, BO serve up at pretty
little tastily-garnithed dish for sow:Idles
mongers. - But I won't do that. I choose
my own way, You shall swear to me to
part utterly and entirely Irene Duke May-
burne henceforth and for ever, and you
shall keep your oath, or—"
He paused a moment and hislips parted
slowly over his set :teeth, and gave
strange and dangerous look, and in his
deep-set eye there flickered such an expree-
BiOn ais, once 'seen, can never be forgotten.
Zora gazed at him half fascinated with
fear, but ehriniring away and trembling;
and as he laid his hand upon her arm, she
started with it faint orY.
"Oh, you are safe enough,'" lie said,
scornfally, and instantly releasing her
wrist: "1 Willnot hurt you, and Twill not
betray you. .But creels my will an this Mat-
ter; exchange' one more word of love with
Duke; and. he shall die!"
"Oh, I promise -I swear " gasped Zora,-
with asohof terror. "I will never-never
.....
;
- a, a.: ,
"Only a genie that Itave own to be
played before," interposed GleGlencairn." It
has been played to the bitter end some-
times: It rests with you -or with the Fate
that perhapsis laughing at us this day," he
added, with it sort of reckleas defianie--
" vvitether.iashall be so played ant nOW."
• "11 shall not be," she protested, agita-
tedly.. "1 Promise- all that , you oat -ask.
I will atever see nor 'speak to him alone
1Sobstook her breath again,
.and she added tremulously, pleadingly-
" except juStonce-sato explain -tea say
, a To explainto say good -by 1" be
repeated sternly and scornfully. "No 11
kuct* where such eXple,nations, lead and
how such goadhys end. I Ikuow the aitery
-it 15 an old' one. 11 1 !souk have known
-if I could have known ! I would have let
him 'drown and die betore my eyes -1
would have pushed hina dawn...to the,depths
withiny own hands. ButsI'lied no Warn-.
ing-to sign -how • could t know ?. I tell
you now that I will net seethe stery acted
out. End itaser it shall be, ehded for you:
No more meetings -no .letters -no words.
Prontise me 'that all Abell be over from thiEt
hour -swear never to allow another Meet -
Mg, never by word or look or letter to
exchange another sign or token of. love'
withhim Inam this tithe forth for ever." ,
"Is -I do -LI premise all that," ehe, said
with a shuddering -sigh, breathlessly, trern-
• blingly, her voice still, failing with nervous.
nese, but with all the ' eager -emphasis of
eincerity, and without a trace of the waver-
ing accent of falsehood in the quivering of
hertone•s.• ' .
•1 To be continued.
LATEST Fli0111
Minnedose, is organizing a volunteer
company.
There are now seven places, of public ,
vvorshipsin Brandon.
'2 lsriokery is being got ready for opera-
tion in Pilot Mound.
A branch of the Ontario, Bank is about
to be opened` in Emerson.
Brandon contemplates raising il.50,000
for public improvements.
Dr. Wilson, M. P. P., is building a hand-
some residence for himself at Nelson.
The shanty was burped at Winnipeg
yesterday in which a case or small -pox
was discovered.
Henry Simpson, while drunk, fell out of
his bed at Flat „Creek into •six inches of
water, and was drowned. '
Mr. Malcolm, a young student, brother
of A. Malcolm, of Minnedosae has accepted
the charge of the Presbyterian church a,t -
Oak River.
• There are now • twenty-two clerks .
employed in the Winnipeg Poet -office,
besides five letter carriers. Two more
TIME ItECENT ABDUCTION.
Ilovv -Little Arthur Smith Was Ke-
- turned to Ills Hoene.
.- A Mantras' paperssays : On ,Tuesday.
night, after all theories, probable and im-
prebable, 'which human •ingenuity, , could'
ipyett,had been 'exhausted, .,a thrill of'
joyous - relief was experienced by the
afflicted parents and the: large circle of
friends who ;sympathized with them, when
• the announcement Was Made that the ohild
was' found. It appeared that just as it,*as
getting dusk, the door -bell of the residence,
of Mr. She*, auctioneer,: corner of Burn-
side and Peel street, was rung, a,nd on the
door being 'opened a child, whMli proved
to be little Arthur Smith, was found stand-
ing on the &boa step, with a tag, consistingoflf itpostasard, tied around his wriet,
as 'follows:'
Please forward
to Mr Smith,
283 Mountain
Street.
This cool request was at once complied
with, and the joy or the griefastrioken par-
ents may possibly be imagined. On the
door step, bY the child's side, were the
drawers and nightgown worn by,the, child
when he was abducted. and .instead of
them he was clothed with a brown flannel
dress, a flannel petticoat, drawers and
brown stockings, eihowin,g the,t there Must
have been a woman, probably with child-
ren of her own, implicated in the plot., Mr.
Smith states that the writing on the post
card was the same as that in the letters
received in the diamond •robbery negotia-
tions." •'
A SICKENING STORY.
A Bother and Iter Children Lose their
Way end Perish. •
• A despatch from Cheboygan (Mich.) givea
the followingfuller particulars of the above:
The bodies of Mrs. Wilson aid one ot her
two children, vshia left their home near
Newberry, On the 16th :June; to ,yisit
neighbor, have 'been found. The mother
had with her a child of 9 years and another
of 7. A boy 12 years old Was left to take
care of that house, the father being eighteen
miles away Working upon the railway. One
day the boy came to hien and said thee
mother and other children had been gone
five days. Search :was begun at once, and
on the 17th Of this Month after. the Search
had been given up a hunter found the body
of the mother and one of the children lying
behind the root of it. fallen tree, bin the
other child, is little girl, was alive • and
sitting by the corpses. She saysthe mother
'inisteek the isethaleadhigstesathe neighbors,
-and they wandered for days, living upon
berries, eta. Later the established them-
selves at the pla,ce where found, and lived on
green oranlserries from an adjacent mama.
ECORSE KACING LlENOENCEDs
A Port Ilope Clergyman Brought Into
Court by a Town Councillor.
-A Port -Hope stelegram-
-sepia ---A Case-
-which has excited a. great deal of interest
was recently brought into the police court.
Rev. Mr. McDermott, the respected pastor
of the Baptist Church of this town,was
charged by art employee of Ainbroses
brewery with defamation of character.
The rev. gentleman took occasion last
Sunday evening, from hie pulpit, to sp'ea,k
in feeling terms of a councillor (the plain-
tiff) who, at a recent meeting a the Council
Board, insulted three of its members
became they saw fit to vote against the
granting of 8200 toward e naakineup purses
for horse raees on Dominibn Day. After
hearing the evidence the Magistrate dis
• missed the case with costs ts the plaintiff.
A great deal of sympathY iee -expressed by
all for Mr: McDermott, vsho has been
wantonly dragged into the police court by
Winslow, for the sole purpose, it is'
believed, of gaining a little cheap notoriety
The Iron Moulders' Convention at Brook-
lyn adjourned after a session of twe, weeka.
The different branches of the association
are reported as being in a prosperous con-
dition. '
• George Lesetrd, it Waterloo veteran of 104
years, walked to the pension office in Mon -
real the other day and drew, hie money.
Amos Whitmore, the inventor of the shoe -
pegging Machine and of inaprovernents in
the bioycle, died in Cambridge, Massa last
Wednesday aged 68 years.
clerks are on the way out, . and more have
been asked for. •
The Bon Tot Restaurant, on Main street,
Winnipeg, below the C. P. R. creasing, was
sold this morning , by sheriff's sale. The
building and stock brought only $130.
• Arthur..11. Fraser, a gentleman recently
arrived in Winnipeg from England, bas
purchased one of the houses in the Dundee
Terrace from J. G. Morgan, real estate
agent, for $8;560. •'
' Ald.Batligate, of 'Winnipeg, bu east on •
basineee as Wellas reoreation. He will, on
his, return; inabout sx weekii, bring home
• his family., who have been spending a few -
• weeks amongst frienda in Guelph: "
IllraDewe, Dominion Government In-
spector of Post ()fflees, who has been' in
Winnipeg etorae weeks in connection with
recent improvements in the city poet
office, has returned to Ottawa.
. E. P. Gies:son, who is charged with
uttering several false drafts, was brought
before Chief Justice Weed in the Court of
Queen's Bertch it Chanahersaest_Winnipeg.
His: trial will take plaoe in about a week.
On Tuesday night, at a ,meeting of the
managers of St. Andreve'eChuroh, Winni-
peg, it was reaolved to tender the posi-
tion' of organist to Para. Hooper. The new
organ was. to be placed in the church on
The saw mill company at Brandon have
• an exteneive boom across the Assiniboine
at the mouth of the channel west of the '
island, for the purpose of guiding -the. loge
now on the way from Shell into the mill
pond. • Another boom has been placed.
across the channel south of the island,
from which the ties that accompany the logs
John McKay, head turnkey of the Pro-
vincial Jail, left this morning for Stony
with Betsey Parisien, who was
yesterday sentenced tit'� years' • impri•- .
sonment the Penitentiary for • stabbing
-Alex. Peterson. This is the •firet woman—
ever sent to the Manitoba Penitentiary.-
• Winnipeg Free Press of Saturday. -
While on his way from Winnipeg to
Birtie, lay thesteamer Alpha, an Englieh- •
mannamed Ralston missed his 12 -year -Old •
boy. A careful search of the boat was
made, but the little fellow wee novebere to
befound. It is supposed'that he fell overr
board. • Much sympathy is felt for the
bereaved parents. -Brandon' Sun. •
The first meeting of the now City Council
of-Brandon-wae-lielsIson-Thartiday-eveninge-a.
•
The salaries -of officers are 0 follows City
Clerk, $1,200.; Chamberlain, 1$400 ; Aimee-
• sor -and Collector combin'ed, 81,200; Chief
of Police and Health Inspector, 8900; -City
Engineer, 0.50 per. month ; assistant aon.
stable 860- per month. Donald Campbell
WaEl appointed- assistant constable; Mr. F.
G. 'A. Henderson City Solicitor, and Messrs.
Poudrier as Brownlee, City Engineers.
•
THE FATAL ACCIDENT,
Anson 311111s Sucettmobs to the lujuries
Received -
Monday's TIMES gave •, the particulars
of the,accident to Mr. Anson Mills at the .
Queen street curve of the H. & D. Street
,Railway. • It appears that.there were.two
• Passeugereoaches.and a baggage oar on the .
train, the . latter' being at the rear. Mr.
Mills attempted to jump on the rear end
of the •last paesenger-car, missed his hold
and • fell under • the wheele of tile •
baggage oar. An eyewitness . deseribes
the occurrence as most terribly painful to
behold. The baggage car was thrown from
thel track. _• The train was going at full
'speed. • No blame.can possibly be attached
to any one. The company have in each
enct of all their cars • placards warning
•passengers against jumping .on or off mov-
ing trains. About 3 30 yesterday •the •
• unfortunate man was taken ort an easy,
spring waggon to •the City Hospital. • He
bore up • with • the greatest- fin:epees
and bra,very and was quite conscioas _ _
until 630 in the evening, when •
he becanae insensible. • A little after 7
o'clock an attempt was made ,to remove
some of his clothing when he soreamed
the most awful manner several times, and ,
of course the attempt was given up, as it
was quiteplain to the physicians that he
could net live long as 'he was, much less
Undergo amputation. He again lapsed into
unconsciousness and -quietly passed away
a little before 9 o'clock. Deceased was a
member of Gore Lodge, No. 88, Ancient
Order of 'United Workmen, under whose
auspices he will be interred on Thursday
afternoon.
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• Many of our readers will remember hav-
ing noticed, in a number of newspapers, the
following-advertisemotta -withs-the-avord----
" time" diagonally printed across the face
in bold typo:
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offer ie inage...Sinaply to Antroauce ,.our watches --
and jewellery, and holds good for GO days only.
Two only' will be sent to one address for 60 cents.
A tine gold-plated chain for 20 ceuts additional.
address orders to Sanderson & Qo., Reedville,
A subscriber of this paper sent the
required sum, and received a small sun
dial. That is the kind' ef a; Warranted.
time -keeper, and it is only right that those
who do not wish that kind should know
what the article advertised is.
At the Cabinet meeting on Saturday the
contract for the Murray Canal works was
awarded to Messrs. Vartdusen (.4P Co., of
Syracuse. The Presque Isle route has been
pelected as the cheapest.
The Dutch man-of-war Adder, whose lose
has been announced, has been' discovered
near Sheven Engen, capsized.
A despatch from Victorial(B. (.) says:
A Chinese company is preparing to erect
workshops and wharves at. Vieteria to
manufacture clothing, boots and B110013 tin-
ware, cig'ars, etc„ &tad enter into competa,
tion'with the white firms. The intention
oretiteS a eerioue feeling of alarm,Its white
labor cannot compete with Chinese.,