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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1893-06-23, Page 6TirE "W INGHAM TIMES, JUNE• 23, 1893. CHAPTER V. COetintegaISED, As soon as Willinore was out of beer - ing, Ralph, Kestrel *Preached Laura, and asked abruptly; "Is this tette?" "Is what true?" "This coming home of year sister's husband?" "Captain Dundas is on his way home." "No humbug? True for a fact, eler "I believe his vessel will be reported n hour Why do you doubt my sister? arassucrigleet theni eantallefitgly abewe her head. Leura lisprang at them with a cry of joy. "0, thanks! thanks! A thOusaud, thousand thanks!" she (=Claimed; "and what has passed between us shall be utterly forgotteu." "Utterly?" "Give me the letters." "There!" Ile dropped. the packet into her hands, In he delight and emotion, Laura caught his hand as well, and pressed her eoft lips to it, unaware that the libettry door hail opened, and th-at nue It is she, 1 suptose, who entormed you Ceeil Chester, end Donovan stood IWhy do you as me? How does it con: Watching- her, cern you?" tfitie"WeeileehldalrOrAfraritritud ecrye to me—wrOte silly lotters—male determintion. that Chester shuddered, an ass of herself. I threatened to tell At once his euspieiens of Muriel 0'., you; said I wile goiug to .give lettere. to COnnor surged batik, you Devil of a stew! 044 her eyes. What were the words of La Bruyere? Out. Begged me not to euie. her. Give "If mon 'wished to be 'held in esteera, her back letters --bundle 0' nonsense. 1 they mast associate evitli those who are conlan't stand teare, so gave emu back, estimable." There you have it," It Muriel O'Connor and Laura King.- "SWeelate Pie Yen 10 net love her—, doet were honourable women, why aid, that you never have OVAhei: t" he encennter such men as these under Muriels eyes_ blazeie, and the beersh the same roof? They could not toucb ring of hoe voice told of a raging seal - pitch without being defiled, and that onsy. these men were pitoh was beyond. a Sosew= hal Xestrel au opportunity della, of swearing. to the truth that lee respona. Then he thought of the spectacle of ed with smell alaceity and. in such solemn 1 eYener very.screet in good at asking questions, CHAPTER VL Laura eagerly grasping at the bundle of terms as carried conviction, Muriel's I Laura; be aaanswering any letters—loveletterts—her love -letters, of distrust of him was appeased, but her I that may be put to you—for your sisters emeas RBI CONSOLS. I1ECTI," course; and the impulsive thanksgiving anger against Laura Kingdon burst of the kiss she had bestowed upon Ralph 1 through all restraint; coNelseen. It was scarcely possible that a girl Kestrel's hand. There had been a pit. "How dare he how dare she! how attempt to tri Q 'With love e6e, .eicull, aud. the sneering siaggestivepess of : Laura "Cingden asked this gileetion timid avoid some allow of embarrassment ee.eisness in that scene, es he tenderstood , dare shel" she exclaimed, crossing the r lover by. the suggest' on th t e Anu the reference to Muriel O'Connor was a not lost upon him, The thought flashed impetuously, leith a tremor in her voice — ma a wild leek of apprehensionin her -e . a hot blush swept over LanraKingdopes it Could it be that these girds were in the 1 . room as if she would go and seek the dly, simple recigroeatiou that ; and eirungen tanunarity orthis ffiEn"- "What do you meant" caught in so compronaieing a4 situa i • d class interests c '-- aeo AS she looked up and saw Muriel power of two knavefs—Panocently In I my table. slept under any roof, gone with teaitress in the garden; "she has fed at • • ' tl h e , '' ' glare of the groaner • t 1 t her with drunken emazedly. „ hpoil rose in arms at this idea, The re- I you!" All the chivalry of Cecil Chester's man- e second self, and—she knesys that I love me everywhere, been in allthings as my them; nor did air O'Connor and her guest gaziug in at her their power—and needed a deliverer? sould come through his mind that Chester must be large blue eyes turned up to hint in the J dream that right, that his own first impressions ' pressive training to which he had been' Ralph Kestrel caught her by the arm subjected had but held in abeyance the : as she was rushing out, and, drawing romantio impulses of his youth. HiS i her to his embrace, stemmed the tide of imagination kindled at the thought of I beauty in distress, as it might have done ; her passion. Not out of any considera- tion for Laura—they might come to fifteen years before, The house became ' blow, for all he eared, and he could an enchanted castle, Dennis Donovan an I have stow. by and laughed. at the humil- oehere, RalphKestrel a raagician, and him- I laden of both—but because he wantedto self the champion knight whose spurs ' were to be won in a valorous contention utilise the precious moments at his dis- with supernatural powers. posal before the return of Dennis Dono- in cloudland, she coraraencedto sing the ' true as the stars above us. Come away van, Muriel assisted his reverie with one of l's* "My own dearest Muriel," he cried, Balfe's entrancing strains, and presently, 1 "I know it too. No one knows it so well glancing up and perceiving that he was. as I do. And I'm true to you, Muriel; words of the melody in a rich. low voice from that window, dear. Minx not thatheibrated with unsuspected passion. i worth making a fuss about—not now, at She sang and he listened. The song any rate. Come along over here, and sit swelled into feller, freer tones, like the down. I've something to say to yen." heavenward flight'of a swift bird, draw-' How amazing and how pitiful is the intr. at last to its close as such a bird infatuation of a noble -minded woman for circles gently downward to its nest in i a worthless want The spell eves broken by Kestrel. under a spell at the touch of the maudlin The gracious Muriel O'Connor seemed the waving corn. "Brava, dear girl, brava!" he exclaim- rake. Her auger melted away like a ed, approaching the piano. "Never tropical storm, and soft tears filled her And Donovan followed with: eyes as they gazed with tenderness upon the flushed. face of her worthless lover. heard you sing that better." "There's just one song you sing better, Had Cecil Chester seen her -at that &dint, and sure we'll have it now for moment he would assuredly have blotted the sake of good luck, Miss Muriel, just her image from his heart for ever. His give us, plaze, 'The Wearing of the refined sensibility could not have endured Green.' " a spectacle which would have seemed to Chester looked at Muriel keenly, ex- him to indicate utter debasement. pectingto see some confirmation of his But in truth there is no shame where latest view concerning her. She would there is no vile or guilty thought ; and a. show loathing and fear of the evil -look- love that exalts its object into worthiness ing Donovan, of course; she would is an enchantment, not degradation. shudder at the approach of this cigarette- Let us not blame Muriel O'Connor that smoking, blear -eyed pupeeti she would her warm heart kindled under the magic sing the patriotic ewe as bidden. of sympathy, and that her imehination But his calculations were all upset. created from suck poor material an idol Muriel O'Connor rose from the piano, fit to be adored. He had nut always ap- and in tones as dulcet as those she had I teared before her in tho lamentable recently blended with the music—with a aspect of a drunken man. At his best face bright and smiling as the moon he was but a contemptible, soulless that rose over the trees—no sign of re- fellow, and no generous act or noble pulsion, no semblance of fear, laughing- thought ever sprang from him; few ly declined to shag "The Wearing of the women could admire his character, or, knowing, could respect him; but many, Green." At this juncture Lord Willmore enter- refusing theie minds' testimony, yielded ed by the window alone, very pale, his to that weird influence whichmakes one manner cold and constrained. He oross- human creature the slave of another. ed the drawing -room at once to where Ralph Kestrel, soft and subtle, g•ay Of Muriel O'Connor stood, and courteously manner, elegant of bearing, handsome, but firmly took his leave, and passed out and witty, had a fascination which all into the hall without taking any notice women admitted and most found it diffi- cult to withstaiitl. Brought to the house Chester saw that something had hap- at the corner originally by Donovan of the others. paned to greatly change his friend's feel- (who had introduced him for purposes Of lugs towards that house, and shrewdly his own), he had straightway marked . connected it with Laura Kingdon. He Muriel as a prey for bis avarice. An un - hastily excused himself to Muriel, who, his salary quite insufficient for his sup - darling in a Government office, he found port as a man of fashion, and was seek- ing to augment hisincome by an alliance with some lady of fortune. Muriel Oa Connor appeared to answer his require- ments in this eespect, but her resources were veiled in an uncertainty which he had succeeded in penetrating ; and there- fore, although he lbst no tune in paying her ."honourable" addregses, heaheld off TO MU CONTINIED. alamnomommorne....m.........onnarompoomuneynnetagovemmeirrnamml a to which her ware correct, and u 4SSIOD. so tar 3 e 0 IILD,g,.1,1)2„ndea t could be joined a was the web of a human spider. And if impenetrability. Mal shook his ehead all de , elowly eeveral tunes ; then, trying topat "'''''''tr.a, a brutal design to that were the case, what of Laura King- • eet was worthy of being don, the intimate of an adventuress? her on the Cheek, an attention which she How could it be possible that she should evaded, he hiccoughed; • • • ts' touch pitch and not be defiled? _She " . . You'll know all about it, my dear, in • , , sees had hems)her n inetead of in a libuse that he had trembled in the presence of this nitoet good tune—in good me. upon a soreerivhat ecruivocalfoot- cated blackguard; she was palpably i She caug,iit him by the aa•in as he a this siren, with the as onna ,of mind. Unhappily, the influence derstamling between them, and he, did 1 "Ralph Kestrel, if you contemplate calm gaze of purity itself, had been ( miseht len,ve understood her at ease; there was most clearly an un- enema away. emaciates and the feverish eaTer- not hesitate to class it as blamewortny.any wickedness against my sister; if you hitherto a stranger to passion, and pos- uf his of had led him to dis- But if Laura Kingdon had so far lost have forced yourself upon her again, and icileoSnSceedar past r133111.thdilitee INS'vulitliNsvei hgavtoe sur eat betwixt good and evil, to as- he confirmed in his evil naises when, Kou, in spite of my warning, in spite of way to a oyuieal smile, andthen his face ell women, and, where there was his good opinion, how much more was she has been weak enough to receive the worst as a safeguard against having deitted Mr. Kestrel to the er solemn pronaise to me I implore you rhardened tato anger as he reflected, and arrible danger known as "being haughtiest of snubs, ho (Willmore) in- to desist from this persecution. I warn tgEll,d,ptell, absurd position of his friend Oreve her into the shadow of the was met -with a request, conveyed in will be no longer without a protector, Laura noted his thoughts with swift at fool of." .. vited her to withdraw with him, and you that the time has come when she otis, and, as he kissed again and agitated accents, that hhimself would e . and your attempts to corrupt her, while Muriel's face which she had never instinct, and caught a dark impression be fair forehead that stooped. to- withdraw, and leave her m privacy with . they may ruin all the happiness of her upon ,,, bis breast, hrm e blessed his happy this swaering debauchee! ' life, ay bring about your own destruct. leered the malevolent countenance of seen there before, And behind these two ehat had given him so rich a prize He wa:too muck slaocked and amazed done, t the exaction of a serious seed- to offer the least opposition. With a She stood. like a challenging angel be- Dennis Donovan, a man of whom she cold bow, tbo significance of which was fore him. She towered up like a prophe hadsoa rooted st l0no‘N, d a s sher -0alland iniera obrnriece. innocence,But Cre'ePTER rv. into the gardenin silence. small nature became majestic, and, as so stinalated by the loving triumph she lost ion Laura Kingdon,nhe passed out etess delivering an oracle of doom. Her I But, once shrouded by 'the friendly she looked him through and through, had achieved for her sister. that theserough, we. Lova's Y_A.Lu. gloom of the bushes, he paced along the Dutch Courier% with which he had sinister looks gave her self-possession in- ': sun had set and the gray veil of furiously. mutteriasabetween his teeth, fortified hinisel? deserted him, and ho stead of increasine b.er embarrassment, "She has sone shame, at all events, muttered Chester to himself.. "This is the old love evidently, and she is 'off' with him for the sake of being 'on' with Pc,'.. Ernest" And his deluded friend was hugging himself with the fond. imagination that is :"..tt covered the closing flowers. and frequently exclaiming aloud in pas- quailed like a chidden cur. ltosss8.%.0enndorarl, Y and, l,1Leisntienig t o" rMuriel,e 'ter by. the window, engrossed in Rage grew upon him as he revolved says I've seen her, or know anything ma,de sorne quiet remark about Lord ',Fillmore and Laura Kingdon sat sionate resentment. • "Who says Inman wickedness? 'Who ender converse which delights in the matter: rage at his own folly in lov- Willmore having gone to seek her and about her? 111-ind your own business, his friend in the garden. -wrote nee t' say confoufided husband Nobody spoke. Chester, for one, was ?exiling. ing such ae .0 my Clear Laura, if you please. Dolly li reature • rage aeninsther for • of her parents' early death, and manner, for the presumed corruption of coaning home—I must keep clear. astounded at what he took to be her cool old him all of herself that she had her saintlike face, her innocent voice and • essity whieh hadprompted herto her life, above all,. for the affront Thought it was humbug—put me all audacity, a conclusive sign to him of a t ithe position of companion; of her iho had pat upon him in preferring the trying to see her. You say it's true; practiced intrigante. The silence did ['experiences in that ca,pacity, and iheiety of such a disgusting cad as this that's all right. That's all I wanted to not seem to effect her in the slightestao- ' ardent which had made her the Rianb. Kestrel. know." gree. announeine her intention of ifriend of Muriel O'Connor. She Ills firetintpulse was to suit the ous!As Laura Kingdon watched. tho man's Le9tkolgeLarliWesijsbn gtlethr sateectithoar :11TOeti dear to her as flesh and blood vice to the leiter. . . Their hostess had.de- shall:line pretences, suspicion of some os branches with perfect grace and dig - an of her one relation, a younger at once, and if, °now out his friend's ad -half-closed eyes, and listened to his ee, who was married to a sea -cap- serted them immediately atter dinner . • d n er to her sister laified composure. ow expected home from a long without ez.planation, and =king but the unnimen a g through Then Kestrel approached Muriel, and . To that sister she -was going on lightest Of apologies. "I do not trustyou,Ralph es re K t 1 " began some incoherent explanation him. roso fiercely in her mind. eerrow, to help her prepare for the Muriel's conduct was equally unae- . es . , which she cut short by introducing him site said scornfully; it is my bitter -een of her husband, and to wel- countable. Had she considerately intend- sorrow that I first made you acquainted to Chester. The latter bowed somewhat aim home. She described a humble edto leave him to a solitude a deux, why with Dorothy while her husband was at stilly. and Donovan iezew Kestrel at once !,ettage in the unfashionable local- had she not taken charge of Cecil C'nes- sea. 1 have learnt some part of the tbs. into a distant corner of the room, where Wapping, where Dorothy Dundas ter, who would have been very much in he seemed to subject him to a severe ex- ' t the returnof her errant spouse. the way had he not taken himself off? F ni defiance of all the restraints of cour- aneful proposals you have made to her =illation. ipping, does not sound nice," said ' Where, by the bye, was Chester? He Muriel sank down at the piano, and elearecatingly; "but the house is had disappeared into the shrubbery. tesy, manhood, end honour. I know played some soft strains, conversing pritty and snug, end so nicely Willmore groped his way thither, and that you have visitedheragain .and through the music with the gulden- . cm, .theabank of the -giver. It is called quietly fpr his friend. In the again; how often and with what success bearded. Chester, -who leaned over her iatdresting to watch the craft pass utter stillness of the fallen night his you have urged your infamous suit I do and watched the white fingers straying '-and down, and we don't notice voice must have been heard all over not know, for I fear thet Dorothy has over the keys. "Why did helinger there? d when the tide is in. If you the garden, but no reply came, not told me all. But this I believe—for Mere idle curiosity, he told himself, bl- are to come to such an out -of -the- an Wilimore concluded that Chester my sister is not bad; she is only weak, : duced him to do so. He could not deny ce, I should be so very glad to had left the house. Perhaps the laneentably weak andfoolish—I believe that there was a fascination about this e ce you to my sister mid her good best course would. be to follow him. I that she may yet meet her husband woman, a magnetic -witchery around wit -dm -at shame. and rest upon leis heart her, which made his very nerve tingle . He sought the door with that in- in the blessed consciousness that she Las with an intoxicatea. delight; but he • h t he y very fondly." read to his discomfitun, s ovse no . ed. He is a rough sealon but tentiou. but on reflection there was and. -true-hearted, and. he loves something not only gauche but ridicu- 1. not forfeited her right to 'his devote woula. not admit even to Ions in. this running away, without love. If I thought -otherwise I would was at e very mercy the of her enchant- Y ,gave Willmoee the address, and 1 not implore you, as I do now to abandon ment. No, it was curiosity that helddisposition to detain him and followed how he could reach the place; leave taking, of two guests who had eaten 1 . the vile purpose which 1 ltnow too well Willmore into the hall. ' a nearty dinner just because the hostess .ou have. entertained. If you ha se now him ' . • • there the interest of a study of hu- man nature, in which he anig compare ' • ht . The friends did not speak until they h • were in a hansom -cab, speeding towards clubland; then Chester inquired gently: "What's up, old fellow?" And the other replied: "Don't ask me, Cecil. You were per- fectly right. We'll never enter that house e,gain!" It is always satisfactory to be told that your foresight has been accurate, your judgment correct; hut now Cecil Chester -was not quite content with that satis- faction. He said nothing, but—incon- sistent man that he was—he made up his mind to return to the house at the corner, before many days. 5 she was to remain at Wapping was detained from them by some pro- le days, he readily agreed to visit • bably unavoidable circumstance. Will- ' or ever had one spark of deeot m for the signs, which the science o p y !re, for at the flood o b hvalrous and blue your- m declared infallible, with the a dual t had scarcely observed how dark gone, so much the more reason that he I Dundas is ti t tie and faithful man. His nature of the subject under examination, absence seemed unendurable. ill-mannered and absurd. If Chester had ; self enth•ely out of her life. Captain more could not run the risk of looking i ern had. grown, when the door should remain to carry out the formal- i love for iny sister admits no distrust of ns he, in the self sufficiency of his juclg- t. to admit a stream of light from ides of good breedine. I her. He woula stake his soul upon the ment, believed it to be. !I, and another visitor. This he told hiniszelf, held. hem back. 1 purity of hers. One little rift in the Her eyes, those "windows of the soul," were not noticed by the new- nom rushing from the place; but he were undoubtedly imideseent; he saw , 'a and Willanore, enveloped in . . them clearly in die light of the candles . 4 was not quite candid with himself in the , on the sconces of the piano. Yellow dis- matter. Love held him there by strong 1 eyes of a deep orange tint, strangely a-latup, couldhimself be very chains than etiquette. His feeling to- flecked with blue. Ile,tried. in vain to Who, standing in the radiance of ilt young man of middle height, wards Laura flew to all points, like a associate them with some evil character- . i seen by -them. He was a grace- er weather -vane in a veering wind. Now istic, to justify his prejudice against her, <evening dress, with a cape -coat he hated her for her frailty, now he ,1 There was nothing imaginable to be tearelessly across his shoulders. pitied her helplessness; now he loathed i coupled -with these eyes but a heave - les was partially concealed by the her for that he dared not formulate, yet honesty, tempered with the commanding See' of his opera -hat, which he had loved her throughout; it was inevitable. qualities of intellect. He could not find eeTatoved. That Laura should hastily The thought did enter his heart that ap- any trace of the coquette in those eyes— exaw her hand from Lord. Will- peaeances might wrong her, but only to they might belong to a gamester. ccaress was not unnatural, but bo scouted by gusts of cynicism and " thought ho, "presently we shall it ea subsequently asked himself worldly self conceit. Upon ono thing see these yellow eyes gleaming upon er the action was not rather due did he congratulate himself over and green cloth. by asking her to he his wife. Lord Will- He passed red, but lovely He passed in review the red hair—un. fj guidon of the vedtor than to the letrusion upon their conference. over again; he had not been dishonoured younk man, evidently supposing more, in common with most inen of his ' hair—a wavy mass of it thrown boldly 'ie servant soundly : class, had a great respect for the sacred- ness of the marriage tie, and he conceiv- ji off the forehet d, broad and low, and lightly confine d ley a golden fillet; the an to be unoccupied, began tt lat's this?" No lights? All gone to ed it to be the highest honour that a long, finely -chiselled nose, gently satiri- umn could tender to a woman. Many a cal; the large mouth, with its firm yet ‘ap, you lazy 'baggage! Is this a time had he dallied with love, imagining flexible lips, diselosieg with every word Or not up yet? Come, light up, himself its victim ; but he had ever been a row of beautiful teeth; the ruddy com- e° Chow me into? Where's your e , 4,s? Don't know? Why the devil chary of offeeing his name to the object pleedon, genuine as the glow on a cam know? Light the gas, idiot, of his passion. He now thanked the pru- 't talk to nie in the dark! Saucy dent teaching of hie father, and conga, of rubbish you servants are! tulated himself on his own self-control ve so much to say I" . that had held him back in the moment gas was lighted, and the servant of insanity from profaning that precious . The new -comer found him. gift which he yet hoped to lay at the feet e to face -with Laura, Kingdon of a worthy woman. But if he dreamed rd Wilbnore. for a moment of abandoning his pursuit or he said, nodding to the lady of Laura Kingdon, he quickly case the lent familiarity, "hallo!" thotaieht aside. eVening, Mr. Kestrel; have you With redouble ardour he coveted the see Miss O'Connor?" , kr ; sward girl who could only have become his wife to see you, my at cost of grave family dissension, Ile h you par -tie -lardeilly. felt himself free to possess her, and r friend? 'Duce me." liberty gave vitality to passion. And a trel had evidently dined. Lord fiercer flame was added to the fire that surveyed him with disgust, burned in his heart: he would be re- d heavily as he noted that falsity, upon the class trembling and appeared to vellged upon her of birds of prey which she represented. ly embarrassed. Little he reeked of the suffering his con - this man?" lie asked. duct might cot lime The cruelty of a t waitiraforLaure's introduc- - trains passion is almost inhuman. If other replied with emphasis: knowledge of the world's sad pictures lemati is Ralph Xestrel—the nis showed him a vision of wrecked woman- 1—eir! Who are yon?" hood, lost beauty, broken heart, and Willmoretf' said Laura, mind degraded, he closed his eyes against yfM1s5 O'Contierrs." it callously, and crushed pity with some another of 'on A lord, eh? such judgMent as: 'Toginnoddy, glad to make your -What does it matter? It will be all ing enefeehes,, Offen, tile same a hundred years bettass" • • & In tbs intrusive ellia. It was provoking that he SUSPICION.—WDAT IS TIMM BETWEEN not detect a single sinister indication to VOD AND LAURA XINGDON1", accord with his conviction that, to use a earthly canopy of his trust and a tempest 1 homely phrase, "she was no better than would follow that -would destroy not 1 she should. be." And then, as she dig only a happiness which has hitherto ; coursed, to the rippling accompaniment, b rt erfect but life itself—his life, her Of taelodies that flowed from beneath her own, and that of the wretch 'whose vanity and brutality came between them." The girl's vehemence seemed to sober hands, nervous and well shape —a model for a sculptor—of an Infinite variety of subjects, hovering like a bee, ffoni flower to flower, and extracting Ralph Kestrel, He replied with indig- sweets from all, he began to charge him - nett protests and detuale, self with lack of generosity, with un - "Why, Teaura," said he in a reproach- manliness, in seeking With such cruel fill tone and with great seriousness, "I persistence for a rift in the lute that can't think what has piit sueh fancies sounded so 'purely, for poison in the into your head. Dorothy's a very dragon I draught that appeared so fragrant and Of virtue. I oetai I was a bit a an WA joy -giving. with her but she pretty quickly sentme ' She had almost converted him from. to the right -about; and you know, Laura, I'M sweet on Muriel, and 1Viurielas sweet on me. That's -where the love lies. We !shall be man and wife one of these day, as soon as—as soon as—certaiii things have happened. A fellow can't be isWeet Ott two gide at Once. I don't are a rap for Dorothy, upon. my honour tO•warde 'his antagonism, almost, won lure to be, Have in her defiance of himself, when he happened to cast hie eyes towards her other guests in the caner of the room. Ralph Kestrel, sitting astride a chair, with bis elbows oil the back, was smok- ing cigarette. Ms face was turneChester, Who saw anon thed . CHAPTER WI 'TRODBLED WATERs. Dennis Donovan, with an obsequious- ness that was coldly received, had in- sisted upon accompanying Chester and Willmore to the outer gate, and walk- ing with them some hundred yards to a cab -rank. Thus left alone withKestrel, Muriel turned upon him like a tigress: "What is there between you and Laura Kingdonr Kestrel had availed himself of the temporary distraction caused by the leave-taking to attack a decanter of brandy, and. the suddenness of this ques- tion nude his surreptitious gulp go the • wrong way, causing hire a violent chok- ing fit. Muriel took him by tho shoulder in a strong grasp, and shook him back into possession of his powers of speech, and at the same time considerably clarified his reasoning powers. I"Tween me and Laura kingdonV he hiccoughed. "Don't know What you mean," "I saw you give her some letters. What has passed between you?" Kestrel was notiti a condition to reason cl€ tidy, but his drunkennese induced a cal aeity for excessive cunning. He flattered himself that nobody could get the better of hiin, when he was drunk. The less said about Dorothy Mans the better, he now told himself. Muriel had such a way of cross-questioning a fellew, l3etter put it upon Latira, since Muriel was incilinea to misconstrue what the had seen. It WAS a good. joke to compromise the Diana -like Laiira and Make mischief between her and her frieiid, It would ) Moly eurinshity default, I reemnatend it I don% arid in proof that all is over be- young man hartationte dies° serve her out for meddling between him tweeinis VO brought you her letters. tures an etpression of almost satanie and her sister. to all," Guo. COOW, St. Johnsbury, Vt, iptterS they are. Don't read 'era, etinniti, Over Kestrere shoulder like My precious said he, endeavour- HOOD'S MIS ettre Ni111.1101L, mane:Wader Mr. Geo. W. Cook Of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Like a Waterfall Great Suffering After the Crip Tremendous Roaring in the Bead —Pain in the Stomach. "To C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Two years ago I had a severe attack of the Grip, which left nine a terribly weak and de- bilitated condition. Last winter I had another attack and was again very badly off, my health nearly wrecked. My appetite was all gone, I had trio strength, felt tired all the thine, had disagreeable roaring noises in my helve like a waterfall. I also had severe headaches and Severe Slaking Pains in my stomach. I took inediehtes without ben-, eat, until, having heard so ninth about, Hood's Sarsaparilla, I concluded to try it, end the re. suit is very gratifying. All the disagreable effects of the Grip aro gone, tun free from pains end aches,. and believe Hood's Sarsaparilla lfly Burn. up, burn 'm up," the are i -enemy himself, lowered the ing to take hand, "don't be 1 tudigdtion,Bitiousiiest. 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