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The Clinton News-Record, 1906-10-25, Page 7October 250 1906 XeTaggarti M. D. Maar:Bort' MeTaggart 13rose A GENERAL BANKING BUSI- NESS TRANSACTED., 'NOTES DISCOUNTED. DRAFTS .ISSUED. INTENneST ALLOWED ON DE- POSITS. SALE NOTES PURCH- ASED, . W. BRYDONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, PUBLIC, ETC, ' OFFIVE-Sloanc Bloik-CLINTON. HENRY BEATTIE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, 'ETC. Once formerly occuPied by Mr. James Scott in Elliott Bloek •- MONEY TO LOAN - RIDOUT & fiALE Conveyancers, Commissioners, Rial Estate and Insurance Agency. Money to loan, 0. B. HALE -,- JOHN RIDOUT DRS. GUNN. & GUNN ' Dr. W. Gunn L. R. C. P. & L.R.C.S. -Edinburgh- Dr. J. Nesbit Gunn M. R. 0.5. Eng. L. R. C. P. London Night oalls aerfront door a residence on Rattenbury street, opposite Presbyterian church OFFICE- Ontario street-CLINTON DR. SHAW PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICE -Ontario street -tneINTON Opposite St. Paul's church. DR. C. V. 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Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. le"erif LIPPINCOTT'S' MONTHLY MAGAZINE A FAMILY 1.11111ARY The Best In Current Literature 12 Comilla* Novels YEARLY' I MANY SHORT STORIES AND !JAPERS ON TIMELY TOPIC* 112.60 eta 'MR: 25 Ole. A CreineS1 •: NO CONTINUED STORIES. IV CRY Mild SEIB COMPLUS IN ITSCLP segeriesssommisiselimusieseeelealtamira. 1 upwards Sunlight deep 10 Utter thin other beeps, hot 10 belt WW1 Sidi in the Sunlight Way, Asa golightlieea suid font* direttleara A 'The Clinton Nevi*-Recard Ma+:11.;,+:•+++++++.•14+44 Mit& E: N. A NOVEL jSOUTHWORTII 47+4++++ • Author of "Self -Raised," "The Deserted Wife," "The Bride's Fate," "Retribution," "Ishmael," "The Wife's Victory," Etc., Etc. 4444+44++4 -f444444+444+444+++ -44-44+t+4444+ th73 marriage off?" ' Ims upon the subject of this sea5Pased Albert Hastings looked at his worthy heir," said Roe% with 0, sarcaem eo father in incredulous astonishment. fine as to emeape the apPrehenaion of "Yee -you doubt me; but Wait a few the obtuse intellect Of Colonel Rale days, and see if you do not have the , tinge. breaking off of this intended marriage as publicly announced MI its contrac Lidy Etheridge you may reptant° the "Listen-tlien Lady Etheridge -for Omwas. I shall call upon Lady Otlie- end a your life' if you liet'AM:errethant ridge to -day." I twelve months since, YOU WOra RC - This conversation took place in the I ,ailttainted with ray son,Mr. Has - breakfast parlor at Hastings House, , coffee and muffins. , RS "Nay, I never knew Mr. Albert the father a.nd son gat over their • , tinge,' replied Rose, halightilY, Colonel Hastings was as good as nie "Very well, then; let that MOM Mori word, and in ,the course of the same OM it year ago you knew a person call - day presented himself at Beresleigh lay Wilma William 1-4y.i" House and sent in his card, with a traitor, who had no right' to the' request to see Lady Etheridge. SSW that he 'assumed." • He received the answer that jeedy 1 "Albert Hastings loves you, loves you Etheridge was engaged, and could not only, bas loved you ever!" said Colone have the honor of seeing Colonel Has. el Haltinge, earnestly. tinge. I . "Ton are wandering from the point, This was Just what he had expected; win Mr, Albert Hastings' sentiment so he went into a neighboring reading- I eon be Of no importance °whatever td room, whence he addressed a note to , mo. That which I would learn from yet *Lode' Etheridge, to tihe effect that he i is this --what are the terms upon wished to see her upon matters of the which you propose to suppress the ex. utmost importance, concerning herSelf istence of,the true heir of Swinburne?" uiostly. • To this note he received an answer that any matters which Colonel Has- tings bad to communicate to Lady Etheridge must be addressed to her ladyship's solicitor. 0-1 Colonel Hastings was baffled for the time. He permitted a day to pass, and then addressed the following note to Lady Etheridge: Hastings House, Sept. leth, • Madam:' --That which I have to cone municate to Your ladyship is a matter which you may not like to have core fided even to your own solicitor, and which can be communicated to your Inquired ROOM coldly. "I will suppresa the existence of the, real heir of Swinburne, and leave you In Possesision of your fictitious rank arid wealth, upon the conditions that you will at once break off your impend- ing marriage with the Duke of Beres ,leneli, itnd contract your hand to your first lover, my son Mr. Albert Has- tings," sold the old gentleman firmly. "Never!" exolaimed Rose, with Ina neetsioned emphasis. "Better any suf- fering, than the sin et keeping the rightful heir out of the estate. Better any tato than the frilly of joining me life with that of a doubly -dyed traetor ladyship alone. Abiding your ladyship's as Albert Matinee has proved himself orders to wait upon you, I have the to be. To all of this I have one prac- honor to be, madam, your obedient ser- tical. reply to make. I will immediate - vent,• ••ly request the presence of the Duke,of •William Henry Hastings. • Beresleigh here, and you shall repeat Itose took this note immediately to in his prepenee f all that you have re - the duchess, who read it and laughed, lated to me," said Rose, pulling the saying: -• bell -rope. •, "You are no daughter of Eve if you "Lady Etheridge,. you are vented; do not see the old gentleman, and find calre yourself, pause, reflect," eeelgtim- out what he means. See him, my love, ed Colonel Hastings, anxiously. see him; I confess to some curiosity." The door opened, and a footman aP- O Rose accordingly, wrote a note to Peered. •, Colonel Hastings requesting him to "Take my Compliments to the Duke call the succeeding day. at twelve yr Bereeleigb, and say that I request o'clock. • leis grace to join us hem" . Punctualry at noon the next day the "Lady Etheridge, you are mad! colonel presented himself. He was Countermand Your order before it is shown at once into the library. Rose too late," exclaimed the colonel, in an , soon entered. This was the first occaexcited whisper. sion upon which Rose had neer met But the servant had already bowed the father of her former lover. She ad. and withdrawn from the room, while AM In Me course of the same dela thaesox . fraueciforrteeulatbe tef the ensuing Month w marriage. The eveeinn of the *awe day Won Which these events tor* piaee, the myeterioue iadividual, whom we have heard called by the name of Roberts, walked restlessly up and down tile • floor of hie gloomy apartment in ate Old, reined palsee of Ely. His restlees- noes was without the least ilihumor; •non, he iled to himselfas he mur. Inure "Gentlemen Who earl walk abroad at large at , all hoursof the day Can, of %AVM have little aPPreclation of the tediousness of waiting twelve or four- teen Woe in a place like thissi, roerwtahredY. wouulisit :x0hodiphlturorrewcahsaraiterlea' • ed y the sound of steps approaching the door, and by the peculiar rap by which the visitor announced his arra Tailioberts cantiOnalY °Pelted the door, Admitted the Visitorand secured it • behind' bin. .before speaking. "Well, dear Mac, here you are at last, old fellow! I have been hoping and expecting to see you ever since the night of our adventure. I ceuld not find any safe way of communicating wIth you until this afternoon, when I contrived to end a note. But you knew where to find me, and it. *was cruel in you, not to come," said Rob - ors, in his usual gay, sweet tone. • "It was wise and prudent clime. Was I, perchance, to show the police thr way to your lair? Roberts, you are the meet imprudent Man I ever knew for a coward." • "Epicure, e,pleure, dear Mao; not coward, but epkure; it is not danger Or death that I. dislike, but pain, dear Mac, pain; therefore, call me epicure, or voluptuary, if you like, but not coward,", said Roberts, mildly. "Very well, then; for an epicure yea TUU more risks of hurting yourself than any one I ever ltneve." "Nay,. I am very can -Mies; I have not shown myself abroad by daylight since the adventure. But now tell Me, what does the world outside say of • "They give opinions as opposite as north and Booth. Of this, however, ,I can assure you, suspicion is far oft the right track. Neither you nor I ampus- p.ected, so far SS I have been able to discover, The particulars given by the young lady to the magistrates are of the general and unsatisfactory charac- ter. Her carriage attacked in the night on Honnslow Heath by thieves, not one of whom she could 'identify; nerself rescued by two gentlemen, who called themselves Colonel ArCarthy and Cap. tain Roberts, but whose faces she never distinctly saw, and . • taken through the darkness to a country house in the woods, soneewhere off the . road between Windsor and London, and finally carried off again thence by a man who wore a:mask and spoke in whispers. Very interesting- bet . yery embarrassing all that! There may' be two. hundred 'unidentified footpads in England.. There are, perhaps, two thousand gents who •might answer to the description Of Colonel' M'Carthe and Captain Roberts, of the 11th in- fantry, though there happen to be no such officers in that gallant regiment. ' And lastly, as the preachers say, there are at least two score of old country • houses. in the woods offethe read be- tween London and Windsone thotigh there may be no such place as 'How- • lers Close found ainong the number. But there is one thing I cannot • un- • derstand, Roberts." • • "What. IS that?" "Who the deuce it' could have been that earried the young lady from the house in the wedeln and so ruinedmy enterprise!" • "What?" inquiredRdberts,. abstract- edly. ; • . • • • "I say, I cannot imagine who that • man -in the mask, who concealed him - telt in the young lady's room, and seized and parried her .refr by force, could -have been, or what hie motive -could have been. I have been thinking of it ever since, and can roake nothing- 'ef the matter -can you?" . • "No, indeed, dear Mac; I never was Intended by nature wee detective" . ."Infect, I am more puzzled than the police, for the police are not Puzzled at all. They who have not been able to identify, either the first assailants, the rescuers,' or .the country: house to which theyoung lady was taken, have quite hit 'upon the individual who cat - Tied her -Off thence," said Mac, looking. "Upon, my life ,I could not say,. dear. oinis:;:afuoeelu.?lnyl,tniewnt a.h.3isacsommppoar serene -- "Indeed." only. . identity. of the indiVidual who carried • the woods! Note, who do yonsuppose Lady Etheridge -off, from the house. In they have Made him °title be?" • frankness. ••. • 1W9C," answered Roberts, with cheerful. "Indeed." - eyes; they have quite made out the, • • • O qnired Roberts, with gay he O cre„dytioluitly; • ° •. "What nonsense, dear.Mac! What •-should have nut that into, their • re- markably, stupid heads?" inquired Rob- erts, with anamused expression of rountenance. eThe evidence. of the cabman.. who • Was hired .bythe than to carry off the lady, .and who degeribed his employer an -la tall, • stoutish; eight-complected gent, with light 'air and w'iskers, and most the beautifullest 'smile as hever. hit, ha! •A description • that would suit hilt a million of Britten • gentlemen!" laughed Roberts, gayly. .0 "Exactly --precisely. Yet, you • see, they.cotilcl think .of no one •uut your self. It shoWs thet they know you te be in England, and that they are in search of you: So; thetigh of course they are ludicrously mistaken in sun posing you to have been the masked man that carried off the beauty trona the house in the woods, °yet, as their attention is turned toward you, you • had better' leave England as soon at you can get off. In fact, I cannot ima gine *hat madness it was that brought you back." • "The madness is comprised. in out word -Helen." • "You, 'for another Helen, would lost another Troy." "No more of that -to' come to tin • point. Though our enterprise has sig nally failed, yet I to presume the- • beml-noblernan, your patron, hat liberally, or will liberally reward atm for Heaven's sake. No. Hat we seceeeded le securing the beauty and had she been persuaded to lister to his stilt, 1 will not Venture to sa3 what we might not have expected fron the gratitude and munificence of in3 noble patron,for with -hem! -nobles vanced with cold dignity, seeing: O "Colonel Hastings, I presume?" . "The same, madam. I have the hon. or of addressing Lady Etheridge?" "Yes, sir. Will you be seated?" - • "I •thank you, madam," said the colonel, handing a chair to Lady }lithe- • ridge, and taking one for himself. They sat down at opposite sides of the reading -table. . • • "You demanded an interview with me, sir; may I be informed for what purpose?" inquired Rose, coldly: requested an interview with you, madam, in order eo communicate a fact which came to my knowledge through, •-my very intimate and confidential re lations with the late baron, and which vitally concerns your present position and prospects." "My -which. concerns my present position and prospects! I do not under- :.FOR SALE BY W. H. HELLYAR, CLINTON, ONT. standyou, she" . "Your present position as Baroness Etheridge of Swinburne: your pros• - Pects as .the affianced wife • of the Duke of Beresleigh." • O "I am very eure that nothing which dolOnel Hastings can have to com- • municate can in any way 'effect the one .or the other," reinied Rose, • in •so haughty a tone that the old gentleman lost some measure •a his temper and .self-control, as .hrnseid; , • • "We shall' see that, madam. Tour . ladyship 'has heard of me, perhaps, as the lifelong, intimate friend of the late baron?" • • • Rose bowed, haughtily. "You are also aware that I was left the guardian of the person and proper- ty of the young lady who was brought up as his heiress?" . • Again Rose boWed in cold silence. • "You have also heard, perhaps, that upon the lett day and night of the late baronet -life, when he refused to see • either physician or clergyman, he sum- moned me.•to his bedside, where I re- • mained until he died?" • • "I have heard so,° said Rose, very coldly. GRAND TRUNK R4sLrea -TIME TABLE - Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton stollen as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERICH Going East 748 a,. rn. (I 14 (4 (4 Going , West tt 44 44 (4 3.23 p. 5-Z0 p. In( 10.15 a, in`, 12.50 0.40 p. M. 10,47 p. m. LONDON, HURON at BRUCE DIV. Going South 7.47 'a. m. cr• 4.23 p. m. Going North • 10.15 a, m. it it 6.35 la M. A. 0. l'ATTISON, Station Agent. as, R. tionoms, Ton Ticket Agt, J. 1). MACOONALD, District Paeacna ger Agent, Torentea, the face. of Lady Etheridge betrayed no signs Of relenting. . • , "Nay, then, if you will be so frantic; I .shall withdraw; yet I beseech you be 'careful; take time to reflect; do not commit 'youreolf rashly; take time to weigh • consequences, and, if you should come to a different decision, a note directed to my town house will . always find me. Be cautious net to bo - tray your own interests, and I, on My part, shall be careful to guard.. this secret for yet A few days longer. Footsteps were now heard ape:woad*, Ing, and the colonel, bowing deeply, hastily withdrew. . " He had scarcely made .his • escape when the Duke of Beresleigh entered. Rose was walking excitedly up . and down the floor.. . • "I thought to have found Colonel• Hastings here." 0. • •"No, he has run away. He came hither to Intimidate a woman, not to face a man," said, Rote; exoltedlye , • . The ,duke stood still and. looked it -heritt amazement n a inoment, and then, leading her to a seat, said: , -• "Sit down and •compose yourself, dearest' Rose, .and tell inc calmly what has occurred." '. • "First, it is as my heart prophesied, dear .George, and I am not the heiress of Swinburne." -• • . • °"Forgive the question, dearest Rose, and tell me What reason, beyond your own fancy, you have for saying sq." "Tho old man who had just left me has said ice. He 'declares that when he, attended •my late father in his last hours,• the berme tonilded to him the . secret Of the existence of an heir to the barony .and castle of Swinburne, together with every proof necessary tc establfsh his rights. Colonel Hastings offered to suppress these facts and de stroy the proofs if I would marry .M1% son, and threatened to produce the :heir and establish his rights by the proofs in his possession, if I refused:" ."And you, .dearest, you replied to him as he deserved?" • • ' "I requested him to say to your grace all that he had said to me, and 1 rane and • Sent a message requesting you to join us, *hereupon Colonel ..1-eastingS hurried away." • . "And what do you think of this strange communication, love?" inquir, ed theduke, smiling. • . ' "It confirms the prophetic feelingit a my heart; I feel that it must be true," replied Rose gravely. • "And I •believe it to be essentially false! This man has probably heard of your morbid forebodings upon the alibi jeet of your inheritance, which is no secret to your Mende, and he hall sought to pra.dtice .upon your credttlity for his own purposes. That is all." "But I credit this story, though I cannot trust' him. And, believing .the story as I do, pray tell me what must I do?" . "Nothing, simply nothing." "Is there no way of corapellinghlro to •produce the heir and the proofs Of evhich. he speaker • . • "No way Di the world that I know,un. less you now the name of that heir." "Can he not be compelled to divulge the name?" "No, he cannot be compelled to give the name, or to produce the heir or the . proofs even If such an heir andsuch proofs exist, which, I repeat; I do not believe. Your present policy is that which a great statesman haer termed 'masterly inactivity.' If such an heir 'exists, let Colonel Hastings bring him forward and prove his claims to the barony of Swinburne, when you will at once yield up your possessions. I need not repeat to you that, no change In yotir fortunes can work any change in .my feellogs or purposes toward you. 'You are, under all circumstances and vicissitudes, my promised wife, the to 'tura Duchess of Beresleigh," With a beaming Mile Retie placed .her hand in his, and. they went forth 'together to join the dttehess at dinner, who was curious t8 knew the Were Of Colonel Hastings, communication to (Lady Etheridge. When made *voila :04 with the subject -matter of the ten •etreatiOn, her grace smiled Earcruiticai • ly at What she also tonaidered °My all i the eltipty threat Of a Weak and de sieuips Old man. "On that last , day and night of his life, the late Baron Etheridge of Swin- burne confided to me a secret," said Colonel Hastings, pausing. "Well, •sir?" "That secret, that fact, of which I am the only custodian, of which I .only possess the proofs, wotild, if proclaim- ed, cast you down, from your present high position to your former penury and obscurity," said the colonel, slow- ly, watching the face of Rese to see the effect which his words produced She turned a shade paler, but made no comment. • "You now know whether this secret Concerns you or not," said the colonel. sarcastically. • "Pray go on, sir; play the play out," • replied Rose, "That secret, that fact, with all its proofs, which, once divulged, would cast yeti Sewn from wealth and rank to poverty and obscurity, is mihe alone! and whether it shall ever be divulged rests with me and yen atone! I only have the power of dashing the eoronet of Swinburne from your brow; you only have the choice of bidding me close my lips forever or open thene upon this eubjeet." • "Pray proceed, sir; tell me Wliat le in your power to ditrulge, arid the terms of your silence," aaid Rose, sarcastical; will. The Secret confided in Die on his death -bed, by the late trit7i Ethe- ridge, Of Swinburne, together ith.•the- proofs for establishing the feet, was the existence cif another, .the only true heir of the barony of Swinburne, before whose claims all others rand shrivel up as stubble before the flame," said the colonel, solemnly, "1 ant not surprised. It is lust what • my heart prophesied," thought Rene, Within herself. "You believe what I state, Lady Etheridge?" "Yes, I believe R; 1 thoroughly be- lieve it. Now, then, tell me the name of tido rightful heir," said lose, eternesa ly. • "Islay, Lady' Etheridge; the name of • that heir 1*5. secret that I dare not fide, even even tO yourself, al yet." "Very Well; thee tell itte the Untie Mien witioh von will foteeet Mose emit to ale !race the Duke Of BerealeIgli." "No! exclaimed Robeete, betrayed into more energy of eXprersion titan was usual 'with him. "Yee, certainly, it Is publicly an- nounced; bat what is there so strange shout that as. to Make Tou start up and wham in that way?' "Rose Elmer -Lady Etheridge -a. Duchess of Beresleigh," murmured Roberts, musing deeply, "Well, well, well, of course! All natural enough; the pair were under. stood to tie engaged long before their betrothal ante announced; but vthy It should affect you so strangely I can- not imagine," exclaimed Mao, In im- patient auntie°. • "Nifty, my deer Mae! Because sUeli a roarriage will disappoint your-noblp -Petrone' replied Roberts, smoothly, having quite recovered his serenitY. "Pooh; that is not the reason, What do you take me for to impose etude a story as that uPon me?" ' "Really, my dearMac, -this is one reason, though not the Only one, The other is that I once knew this Rose Elraer as the daughter of a village laundress. And you will acknowledge that I have s. right to be rather startled t� hear that she is about to become a duchess," "Hem! I doubt much whether that is the whole reason, 'either; but I will not press upon so very forbearing an antagonist. I will rather draw our Con- versation to a elose. You sent for Me, merely to know 'whether my amble pa- tron would repay your unsuccessful efforts to serve hem." . • 'q did, dear Mac." "And I told you 'no,' for if the ill- fated enterprise should come to his knowledge, our patron, instead of re- warding' our Seal, would punish onr crimes and illustrate his own high senee of justice." "Exactly, dear Mac; but what is the useof repeating painful truths?" said Reports, sweetly. "In order to come to a. pleasant one, and to tell you that, although nothing is to be expected or hoped for from our patron, yet I will not permit you to suffer loss from an • enterprise into which I was the means of drawing you. I came here with the express purpose of telling you all this, putting thie fifty -pound note into your hand, and advising you to place as many miles of sea between yourself .and England as you conveniently can, for your awn • good, and my safety, for you are just the fellow to turn king's evidence upon a pinch," added • Mae, Mentally. "I thank you, dear Mac. • You are very kind a,nd thoughtful. I accent your bounty as a loan, to be repaid with in- terest some of these days." "Of course, as a loan," replied Mac, very dryly, adding -"and now I must really wish you good -evening, • or rather bid you good -by. I hope to hear from you from Quebec or Constantino- ple," said Mae, shaking hands with Roberts, andleaving the room. . Left alone, Roberts took two or. three .turns up and down the 'room, murmur- ing: • % • "Rose Elmer -Baroness Etheridge - Duchess Beresleigh! hign fortunes for the .bottage girl! I could spell that • pretty sport if I chose to .do so, or dared to show myself.? :Were but one man and one woman out of .my way, • what a prospect Were opening to Me! I must think! I must think! Here is • a• magnificent .fortune „ and perhaps a • baron's teronet, within iny very grasp, but that man wile was a witness of 'ray crime! and that woman, who is the living obstacle .to my ambition! The. woman maybe easily 'disposed of, poor creature! but the' mant the man! I must think. Can all these difficulties be overcome in time to permit me to ap- pear and arrest this marriage?. Scarce- ly! Well, let the marriage go on if It must, for a while, it will only give rae a stronger hold- upon her grace: Let her wear the strawberry leaves a lit- • tle while; she will be none the worse, and as she is not Helen, I am not fas- tidious! Oh, Helen! Helen!"• ' 7 to get the addrese of um Russel front Mr. easpinove, with • the view of in - 'meeting her lodgings, and Inassibbr be 001ning her tenant. In the meantime, Miss Elmer ad - Owlet'. a note to Lady Lester, advirt- ing her ladyship of her intention, ter leave at the end of her • term. And latatra'a resignation was at ones ac cepted, with a few conveutional Pressione of regret that tbe yonug ladles ihouldloge the advantage of the instructione of so accomplished a teacher. And, the, news got abroad in the household that Vase Elmer WM going away. It was about this time, in the tater,- Val between themorning and the after- noon session, that Miss Eimer was .sitting alone in the vacant schoolroom, when there came a rap at the door. "Come in," said. Miss Elmer, expeeta Ingle see a straant witb a mestizo 'Oxen Sir Vincent or Lady Lester. Mr. Cassinove entered the school- room. His face was pale, and Ms voice vi brated with intense suppressed emo- tion, as he said: 'I hope you will pardon this fame ion, and give me a few moments' ia. terview, less Elmer." • "Certainly, Mr. Cassinove; pray take seat," she said, handing a enair, and, resuniing her own place at her desk. With a bow, he declined to sit donne belt standing before her, and resting one hand upon the back of the chair, he said: "You are about to leave us, 1 hear, Miss Eilmer?" • "In a few weeks -yes." Forgive the miestion--eor another situation?" • "No; when one has discoverthat • she is not fitted for a particular work, • elle should abandon it; and when she has found that for which she is best adapted, she should pursue it. I have clearly ascertained that I am not fitted either by ability or inclination for the life of a governess, since I can make myself neither very useful nor very happy in its duties; while I have some • gift for scribbling, by which I can lei's.' more satisfaction, if not do more good. At least, it is my principal talent, and I purpose to give up teaching, take some quiet, Pleasant • lodgings, and maintain myself by my goose -quill; willow already brings me an income sufficient for My few wants." "Yon will 'be more independent, more retired and happier. I sincerely congratulate you on the change, Miss Elmer. The most humble life of liberty O and seclusion Is preferable to any life, of dependence amid encongenial as- sociates. And since seu speak a going Into lodgings, will you permit me to , reccnnmend to you my late landlady, Mrs. Russet?" • "Thank you; I was thinking of her." "She is a gentle and refined/woman, untie, to struggle through the • World, and hence one does not succeed very • well, She has now a pretty little.house at Melees, the greund floor of which • Is occupied' with her own little shoo . andefamily rooms. The Upper floor • comprises a suite of three or four neat • rooms, that she would be glad to let.! think you would like both the landlady and her lodgings." .• • "I ara quite sure that I eleauld., Please ' give nee.her exact addrege," said Laura . taking up a. pencil. • •• Cassinove complied,and while Laura • was • taking Own the address; he 'gazed upon her beautiful, bowed face as she bent over herdesk, until his own fece rapidly flushed apd paled, and hie breath came ehort and quick. • She heard -her ear caught that quick, coneulsive breathing -and she • Impulsively looked up" lust as he, ' stooped and took her 'hand, and lowing over it; uttered, In a tone • scarcely • above -his breath, yet deep end vibra- ting with his sours profound emotion: • "Laura Eimer, I love you. I love you with mn• whole heart, soul and spirit. I loved you the first, hour that I look- ed upon your noble face. I have 'loved youwith an ever-increasing power ever since, as I shall love you through alt time and through all eternity. I have suppressed the utterance of my love for months, as I ought, perhaps, yet to have suppressed it for years, 0 but I could not be silent lohger; I could hot . stifle . my feelings and nye.' And so • I • sought you today, 'Laura Elmer, not • in gelfishness, not invanity.; not in Pre. gumption; not to engage your n.eart oi bind yourhand to a poor man, -who must yet struggle through nanny years .of labor, privation and hardship before he can command a position which he • would dare ask you to share. No,: Laura Eimer,no; 1 sought you to say-, that my heart, my brain, • my services, . my whole life are all your 'own; to say that I.consecrate myself, with all that • I am er may become, with -ell. that / have or may acquire, to your service for life and death and eternity,. aed count Myselfricher than a monarch. ,more blessed than an •archatigel, so you will but accept the offering." • He paused, still breathing low and quick, and raised his eyes, eloquent with emotiett, to hers.. • • • • Her fate, that had been averted, was now turned gently toward him, when., meeting her glances, he exclaimed; "Oh; Heaven!, your eyes• are fullof tears. You donot torn, away. My avor, ship is not ail wasted.voli Accept the . . . ovation. Oh, Laura, isit not Ifo? Speak to me! speak to me!" ' . . brie placed both her hands in both of. his, with a glance that told. all he • wishedto know. Be eaught those white hands and pressedathem rapturously to his HA to his heart, amid excIemations of love and delight that made bit blind; deaf and inseneible to all else an earth or In heaven, blind, deaf and' insen,sible to the presence of Sir. Vincent Lester, who had entered the schoolroom un- announced, and who now stood,' gaz- ing upon this love scene with his dark and handsome face lowering with evil passions, Until Laura Elmer -raised her eyes., and with a slight eeclamation reeognized him and started to her feet. "I beg your pardon, Miss Elmer; but if this had been atiother than the schoolroom I should not have eittered Unannounced," said the ' baronet, with piercing sarcasm, ' Ferdinand Cassinove stood up, and taking the hand of Laura Elmer, cote • fronted Sir Vincent with a proud and joyous expression' upon his fine fetter saying: "Sir Vincent Lester, I have the hon- or to atibounce Co you my engagement to Miss Eimer, who has just bleseed my life.with the promise of her hand." eI congratulate you, sir; though your somewhat formai announcement of so evident a feet seems rather a work of supererogatioten said the . baronet, with freezing hauteur. • Mr. Cassinove bowed coldly. "And now, sir," continued Sir Vire cent, "as the time of an engaged man must be much more valuable to him- self that to any one else, I have to in- form nou that / must, from this day,. deny myself your inestimable servites,, and authorize your departure tram toy house at your earliest convenience." Again Cassinove bOvied ceremonfotia- ly, saying: • "You have anticipated my wallies and purposes in this tnattert Sir Vincent. My term Is up tomorrow, when / shall relieve you a illy presence," "Prot do not feel obliged to lierVe CHAPTER XXII. . • • • The maaTiage ofethe Duke' of Beni- . aleigh and the Lade Etheridge Of Swin- letirnecame ar with great ° eclat. The 'ceremony was performed in St. James'. . Chanel,. in the presence ,of. the elite of . the aristocracy. The. Bishop , of Len - ..don officiated.- The bride was attended -tothe alterby the Ladiep Wardcitir, the sisters of the bridegroorfl,. and by Miss' Elmer, henpartieular friend. After . the ceremony the bridal party return- ed to Beresleigh House,. where a se- lect party were entertained at break- fast.. . • . ., 1 . Inmiediatela after.' .lareakfast, the. newly -married pair started for the Coin tinent • • • ' • - After the Marriage and departure of the young duke and . duchess, Mess El; mons home with the Leskrs• was not so agreeable as it had *been...Lady Les- ter,. having nothing more to hope from Laura's influenee • over Rose in feet* of Mr. Lester, treated the governess, not with. disrespect -for no .one durst do that -but with coolnese. • • •• Sir Vincent's . manner, on the teeny, had; grown so attentive as to be troublesome and embarrassing. Even Helen Ravenscroft had disappeared from View. Miss Ehnen had neither eeen nor beard free' her since the day upon which they no. last driven out together, 'when efts. Ravenecroft hai thrown' the letter 'from, the, carriego- windowto the stranger :Who had fol- lo.wed•them.. '. • ' Ferdinand Cassiuove kept on the "even tenor" of his laborious life - teaching all day; and reading law 'all the. evening. His patron had • grown cold to him; .his occasional meetings with naura Elmer were abridged. By a new regulation .0! Sir Vintent, the tutor and his solitary pupil took their meals alone together in their study, Well did Mr. Cassinove understand the 'reasons both Of Sir Vincent's coolness to himself,and of his new regulation in regardle the schoolroom. meals, and his. heart 'burned with hotest indigna, tion. The chief solace' of his life was now the daily "good -morning" and "goodnight," when his hand met Laura's eyes in a passiotate glance. And Laura, Elmer understood Ms mo Oyes perfectly. No weird of love had been uttered between there; their mu- tual esteem and affection had seeker( only through their eloquent eyes. Yet Laura Elmer knew • that Ferdthand Cassinove retained his position, and etidured a thousend Ineeilliations, only for her sake, She Was writing for S07- eral magazines of high charatter„ and drawing a small, but sufficient, income from her literary works, She deter- mined, at the close of her present en- gagement, to abandon forever the life tif a governess, for which she felt that nature had never attendedher, tied to find some quiet, respectable lodgings, where she might live indepeodently by the produetions of her pen. In thinking et searehing for lodginga iti the Wilderness oe Loridort, her thoughta naturally recurred to MM. Russel, the struggling young, mother, its whose excellent character and ma merited misfortunee Caasinove had in- terested her aympathies. She reniem- sumess is the test of merit. But we failed, and failute is, with the same ;lodges, the proof or demerit. And. were we to acknowledge our deed, 1-ind I alit) reward for our %eel, we ehooldbe testrIsported for our Orinie. "11 uniph 1 it iS it flied business this seeeet serViCe a—nobles," said - erte with &good-natured Serlilir. "It WAS a failute itoaeata-aa, wawa and, rig sttellf III1Pit liorile Willi 0111. Of. ophien1 "Ann IA the erwee quite hOpeless wit h, I. d bereft that Ruth Russel was engaged in the difficult talk Of trying to Ault - port her little family by keeping a MO shop thgt would not sue.ceed, and 4;ci hOgeleSii that She Will lie MAP,' 10dilinr that WOlifil not lets an lad on t fourteenth of hm eat onth ohe resolat at the ftret ovortutittY, 4 CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE rr•