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risen tta2o'nea agagitiortitt *unTII.-iis 11'0
gintt. -tiongs should be a little more
e t: a ..1,," e ontentizig himself wit h borrow•
to t:ittel eapeaditare. And Muriel tons. I say, sweetheart, von'll have to etump tutd InY
tt s youreelf as, put the business into •stin t":1a"."'
a log 1 eseettal„ mad:this fact alone had I Toit VffilL.,--"(40.4E To mot, MOST LIKE." Mtriel's cheque, But the credit of the
tea twin her inceesaut•ly to supply his "Humph! 'see, V s Ner,s- pie • 3 , .. „ . own: and remelt -roan. t en, . . Dund - 1 1 been again .mia. again. o ., :
It-Am:al. ,tIttiorigh. her reation, told her ••0 Ralphr
'0 Ral I '" b t t 11 '
, seems best."
"As s e
e ins beetto 5mu, Dennis; yes, as '
! causect Laura unceasing anxiety, Her of a siren.
remonstrances Itati.at laat caused a nip- I "Your frtend is in the
titre in the. effect= that bound the I was all that Laura Kingdon foot -id words datiou, and after further 'efforts in t'•
arerwing-roorn," established to permit of this =ammo, 4.
house at the corner was not sufficiently
eangeree to profit:40n withtl the man up a merry little fifteen as well. Sorry
, Dennis Donovan s hands to act; for ye as
7;.;:nti her heart had selected te be her to have to ask you, but ean't help it.
writer anal 4 (Med Itarafd tyrp,IFIF
drawIng•room, which se ma ea soon as
she heard the garden -ante close, she was luAt.te
weeping bitterly: her whole frame shook read
with the repression a hysterita s�1. dolielywrxt
At the door stood Donovan, apparently for reciproc
in the act of deportiug.
"Dennis," she mod M. great excite. . ...
fon0isuoppitlirx;I:
meat anal emotion, "Ralph Kestrel has Ito soul gm
threatened to di.selose all he has learn,ed first fierce 4
sotoia, tel flung off every redrawing i
nee a :rude:roe and lioneor. Laura i
cu thr ugh page upon. page of folly,
ezt, reckless, full a yearnmg ,
ted love, of toutp‘s ri-
ng for coldness sod built 0f '
a. respome. She tvad, and.
sick within her; even her ,
termination to eavo Seemed
of our plans. Have. yoo trusted. him to faint bv t
0 Wav.
with the Is:ihnelly affair? , e i When sheliad lilt the drawing,room,
"It was Y.ourselt that 8314' 'Ten 4". ostensibly tot search for Lord Willmore
nu—trnSt 11 1141 with 1.11.; il11 g° 114 for in the gardlu, Mit purpose had been ;
Kestrel.'" • driven front her. mind -by a burning 1
• "Then. follow him, watch, evhere he anxiety. to know tlig truth. as to the- re- l•
goes, do not lose sight a bit% Re bi in. lotions existing- between Kestrel end her •
toxicated. and may get into trouble te sister, Dorothy's . was. one of those I
. night, We have quarrelled, and in his shallow iterates almost incapable of keep- 1 ;
' present condition lie may deetroy all our ing a secret, although with cunning ,
hopes. Followlaim ett once—watch hint, enough to attempt deceit; Rua it had not '
—watch over bins." overtaxed Laura- 's penetration. to dis. 1
'Wt*.11, dear, I'm sorry for thet. I man with it sinister smile. "t1 will take
"Be easy, be easy!" replied the Irish;
cover eigns.of a tiangerovis predileetion I
on the part •ot het sister for Kestrel. 1
4tEvery- penny gone—every penny!'
have got it scarf -pin for you. See, is
-- it , the best of care of Mr. Ralph Kestrel t Her Offere to come ina reside svith ,
not a pretty wet ' • this night, Miss Muriel, for your sake ..
. • Dorothy during the ;absence of Captain I
••••
now wicked 1 ani in My lend r YOtal
your MAN; *Mid atone for lunch, for
I have 10,10Wil 110thing but tuber)* since
fitot met Yott. What evould Latura, say
1 to me nowt"
1 She crouched in the dark corner of the
and scanned with tremulous W-
I alcove,
1 patience every pertain evios .ctune
vows', Put the moments passed, train
after train melted noisily into the etation
ala glided silently out of it, andetill no
Lover ye ; and Dorothy Dundee, worn.
out saith many it sleepless night, fell nu,
knowiogly int° a deep slumber. Tint eit,
meautime Elie truant lever Willi drawing vr
nearer to his sin, and that sitt's nemesis
hovered about hint:like tbe shadow of a.
BWaiLltling with satisfaction at having
tliverted suspicion from himself by the
.surrender of lettere that tendea to exon-
erate him by their reproaches. for cold,
nes and neglect, lie made his way, on
leaving Muriers home, directly to the
nearest tavern, where, after further
POtations, be endeavoured to change •
amity a bitter truth to his prejudice, "Don't say It seems best to you, '. sietei•s closey during all their lives, and to say. the neighbourhood. he • set off in high
egeas Kest.tel eager to• speak with her . have tbat fellow Donovan back again and upstairs to her bedchamber, sobbing it was easy tor Laura to perceive that 1 Lord Wilintere . said, nothing', but dudgeon for therendezvouswithDorothy
P -a ou ein . 1 -
Cr eces loasthess of this li;ind incWh, now the money, and make haste. We shall Muriel O'Connor )abed from the NOM ;
bootee tho Tema of Dennis Donovan, ' any mo nent 0, he thinker m a johnny,
convulsively • and Dennis.Donovan, with some P0' erfa disturbiug• Maumee waS ! siMply 10Wering his eyes hann her face, Doming Toe alcohol witb which lie
at
from. watoo. hipnuniary ieeas bad ; bdem! Hes been letting me into sonne the work to so counteract the forces of ' turned and left her, had inuddled his wits inflamerl, him very
for tan -11 contettled. . 1 nice little plans, 1 citn tell you, I've .; •
seine stiure smildistortinhis
natures, left thePlouSe eteathily by the • . . - ,,,
notate and d. ty • I Slowly pacing towards the open win- -unreasonably against his late - benefac,
s lso e 'eee g
Iseeetiett 'Muriel to the toner recess of promised to do what you want—or what r 'ato in the wall, and followed a distant The manna tut return of Dorothy's loy, , dow, he lingered without until the tress. What ;wits the use to him of this
the deowingtrooni, he begtoi an on he witzite—but, Muria my dear, twiny figure that staggered along in the znoon, ia-hearted ono. unsuspecting, husband— 1 music ceased. Aedread of the influences cursed piece of paner? He wanted
' e....tia or entleanueut su• intlisereetiy . man has hie price, and mine.'s twenty light. b , who, when leaving for the Anti'. odes, 1 about him gathered. around his heart, money, mid she had given him a cheque
...area by hie taut:kat= that no wo- • 'Pounds at the present moment. See r As he went, his band clutched the •
while the whiter yet lay heavily upon I and' he felt a strange anxiety tofly:from which. no oue would cash,
en, totosever deeply, in love, could en- "I have no money here." dad agger that he hsnatched. from the London, had tatam Laura amert for a ' the spell of that song, the oppressi.on of 1 he was a swindler, this Muriel 0'-
, . telt:teat protest. But there was "Rot! you've always gnt money, Fork
wall, and he muttered over and over moment on the snow -swept deett axid , those deepening Shadows, themystery of Connor, It was plain what people
lIttae eg nee:talent, only a deep distress in • it outrm going a sourney; must have
.1 agedu the words: had given her special charge o! her , evhispering branches, and, above all, the thought of her, And she supposed she
vu:,,, ;.i, Om lind,,i, him. good- : coin for hotel hill, railwa3r ticket, ' aim 'otnn „ n d , , f . sister, for his eatte—incroaega •:he terror : peril of that unmasked loveliness keep- could fool him, did sh.e, with her nib,
- ----------- , • t • ) roanh i all the other infernal things." sake and, my own!"
a oro. sa te and ine own. oi. your ot the situation. ' ng guard in the bower yonder over the bishing cheques? Not if his name was S• '
1 - g - •
With flee Itey to all the areaded truth silent witneeeee of her shame. . Ralph Kestrel! He'd blow the whole • - ' . • s
":•-ltite my level? Muriel, yon madden Po •-•
41e0 - • 11 re had entered the house of cards into the air, .4-na, his mode
'with ggrat cedaaese," Kestrel tweed. —name won't do, and ten pounds
, CHAPTER VIII. • •
"Con yea net nnleestand evhat it is to won't do: must have cash. You ve al -
ON THE UNDERGROUND. molt of benorthscovered kissing a hbet, lettem y .
are. neer-I-telly asetta. "1 can gwe you a c eque . 01 .
/3 - I
' 1;.e . :. 1—to 10V0^—as paseionately as I ways given ine cash before." Muriel O'Connor locked. ia her bed, tine'e hand aRectecl her little, tie we have . hands, left the- ;Arbor and sped directly • with at the piano. fle would wiate ;0
t
1, doe I tenet not seen you for three days, ' "But toglay I spent all I had in 3,
, ,b1:1:,..- diamber safe from the observation of seen, awl eventhe newly -pledged. love of ; to a, side -door, by tvhach she gained her , Cecil Chester at once evhile he was in
Lord Willmor° had become eecond in
: Ins- .:tarttioz. aeti von nave oot given me lag you that pin—indeed, it's tee Lento .
llabandoned herself to the bitterness own room. There she hastily changed thehumour, and. tell him a thing or two
her thoughts. As she stepped into the • her diuner.-dress for a simple gOWn auk which would make his next visit to
i "What the dickens did you do that ° P. P garden she sa,w that the lamps had been, i eicatieg and threw into a travellbag Muriers house one: of .a very different
f love's (Use tiointmeut and des air.
e -Tone thie with you, then." Site rais'ed for?" the moonlight streamed in at the dia- t' • .
' bernted in the summer -house across- the ' the articles ehe would regoire danang a order from the last.
-one itog yet. not one, midi want a thou- rut telling you."
The room was in darkness'. save where . • , . ; . •
rhee foe t to hie. mei reeted. a moment ha • "Why, dear, it seems not nice to give
mond-paned window and fell upon a• lawn, and thither She quickly beut h.er shor1-, absence. To 'Lord Willmore she Ho only fully arrived. at this deter-
- .
;extott-eyce..a tiontsatull"
e. Demiis Donovtin, entering money to the man one is engaged to; it
1 at the foot of the bed; and there steps, Fling -tug the lettets hastily upon . baldly gave a thought. Her mind was mination -svhen the tioket.collector at tlie
e;- wit 'a einitIte settuess from the conserve. is like buying him ; it humiliates you and
lcaor Muriel ;prosturated with grief, hoe the table, she took up the first that came absorbed by fears of her sister. Of Ralph gate had allowed him, not without some .
,igtote. taw thma through the palms, and it humiliates me." tears flowing beneath the tumbled to hand, and, iti the right of her sistorl ' Kestrel she no longer bad any apprehen, Scruples, on account of his evident in-
, •
ger--the shadow, as V "What bosh! Stuff l -fiddlestielog iiesguardianslno fell to pm:using it. The sion. The evidence in her heads event toxication, to stagger on to the station.
4. gar, anal oego.
• in her possessien, Laura cared httle , As soon
for as her persona iaterests. The embarrass- I house Laura Kingdon, with her sister's ot attack. should be through this mecious
1 ' • • t h. d in both her politician whom she had been spooning,
tungd 'gone. His eyes gleamed out just because you're so jolly -mean, that MASS tap It letter proved to be of , recent date and ; far to show that he had been a neglect. platform. A number of passengers were
es o her air.
Ittoe ,••• i'elia•te like thoee of a panther alit Look here. Monet, if yotOre like
the door, and, although she diet not re -
Presently there came a gentle 1 f a rather than a too ardent lover. The assembled for the last train, and among
sponcl, the raging of her sobs was sub, 1 "My OWN ORITEL BEL0TED, —He 1t4 &Inger lay with Doroth y berself. :Morbid these a dark figure inoved silently and
ran thos:
little. The knocking was repeat- coming home; he will be here oil Sundae' with loneliness, her reason distorted. by without attraoting attention.
11 tO eat yti enring: his breath mune short
hi.t it ItZ•avy pants that were al-
•niesr. entitle: his whole frame shook
e tneport of fury: for this man,
w
W4W 11,11=2 Watt savage, whose whole
nctiOli. 1:fte tvas bloodthirsty and venge•
t pra, 11,1a. m him that softness which in
tattle baiotte. Irmeau and animal, marks
teetteir dieting:ion tram the demons of'
"'table and faaey: he coult1 love. And
au overwhelming, vehement pas-
ut «ion he loved Muriel O'Connor. He had
t root eirgeri to rater his love.. or to give the
znalleet sign of it, knowing well that
sn.
nrematare declaration. would. rob him
wci,11-611.• his hopes, and destroy the moment-
leattie nrejects which she and those she
egnfleieuced were his toole and catspawe.
gstiat while slowly weaving his toile
Ile • •
".ound her he had. not feared for the
feat:late resolt, She liEfep.aed so cold, so
inenr cooed, so much. outside, above, a:ad '
he ' y itti all vulgar sentiment, that hehatl
-cog.. con:axed the possibility: of the ptc-
--rt st-hieh now met his vietv: Munel
rite";
Cantior surrendering herself to the
su'Ytress ot: this paltry libertine. Swiftly
• Wend. steathily he glided forward like it
Aond of Fate, his eyes fixed upon he
'es; ivers, until in the shadow of a g eat
ithl cabinet he ctouched, and his hallo
• ttaYttete in. contact with the Japanese
ful eggoer that hung in its sheatb upon the
e atoll. Ple drew it forth quickly, and the
wieght of the moon gleamed upon its canw-
-1, blade. Then, as they began to speak,
(towered. doom, hie limbs gathered to-
hertther for a spring, it tush, his heart on
able, his arm nerved to the utmost ten -
brain insane with hellish frenzy.
.."My pretty IVI-ariel," Kestrel murmur-
- soothingly, "I'm going to ask you a
end imendous favour."
ncesMuriel raised. her head. She was pale,
d her face wore =almost terrifiea ex -
"HIV:
111111 I
W1 h e you deserted the constant perusal of cheap fiction, Kestrel hacl drifted to his rendezvous
•t of instinct which. guides drunk -
clued a e. at the latest. av y
ed. and Muriel raised her tear.stairted ine? Why do you not write? I 'love 'sera that had produe,ed. in her a ;weedy growth y a, soi
litai',{1:1 Then came a gentle voice saying "Muriel!
face into the moon rays to hsten, but
still she did not answer the summons. so dearly that my love is all my life.
His return iS to me like the coming of
.. .
at -easel an executioner. Heinle been good. to ine,
... Muriel dear!" and I dare not look him in. dm face. I
:tit' 11 1 The tears ceased to flow, and her fair
cannot welcome hina laorne; I cannot
forehead was knitted into it frown, but
bear the thought of long., years in the
'it 11! still she made no response. custody of my .gaoler. I dare not think
0101' • 'Muriel dear! Mtviell Is there any -
of one hour iri the presence of my judge.
thing the anatter?" canie Laura's soft
a Death would be better far than. that Ben
tones through the door. ,
and I should ever meet again. Savo me,
Muriel rose to a sitting posture; and
Ralph 1 save me, I iniplore; you, from my
her eyes flashed angrily in. the flood of
husband or from death! Night and the
light as she answered shortly, ' day is orie aver -rowing fear. I shall go
"Are you in trouble?"
. etegot,
you ill—in pain?"
i
"Will you not let mein, then? I have "My God l'' cried Latn-a, aloud, drop,
anALOTSSY —IN 7,..,,I., ...otoove OF A GREAT something to say to you." pine her hand with the letter in it upon
BUHL C.AtINET HE ert000ngo. "I do not wish to be disturbed.,"
mad if you do not come between me and
, •
' despair of living again with one I have
never- loved.—Yours, yours, yours,
"DOROTHY DIMAS."
thetable in. the full light of the lamp.
this before merriage, I'm blest if I shan't "I want to tell yon that I am going "My God1 if he had read this!"
think twice about marrying you at all!" out:" • She taised her eyes, and Lord Will -
She gazed at him for an instant, trem, "Croing; oat" ! more stood before her. Instinctively
Ming from head. to foot; then answered "I shall not be back again to -night?" , : -she clutched at the scattered letters,
coldly and in it strange voice: "Very "What?" • and, gathering them together, rase and
well.' Muriel rose to her feet, and flung back stood over them like it tigress over
This did not please him so well as it the loosened hair that fell about her her peeing. A deathly paler overspread
(ltd the crouching figure by the buhl shoulders.
' • , her face, that bad been burning with the
' shame of what •she had. read; the 'Auntie
• ever en men into the place of reason, but for
±11010 W1W 'probability eV her taking some insane the moment he forgot whetted brought
ot sentimental aney,
and irretrievable leap in the dark. At him there, his mind being exclusively
the best, the peace andjoy of honest Ben occupied with his scheme of revenge
Dundee was grievouply :menaced, and against Muriel O'Connor.
the good work of pteserving the happi- He must write thatletter—that letter
ness of Dorothy andherhusband eclipsed to Cecil Chester. It woold be such a
in its importance and urgency all Laura's lark, and serve out Muriel so jolly well
personal affairs. for her, infernal meatiness.
She resolved to confide some part of He gazed. about stupidly for writing
her apprehensions to Muriel in explana- implements, and it chanced that his eyes
tiou of her abrupt departure, and was fell upon an automatic machine for the
deliberating how she 'could approach her delivery of :postcards and stationery,
without again encouutering the guests, with convenience for writing letters on
when, she heard the last of them de- ' the spot. It seemed as if the devil had.
part and. ...Muriel hereelf enter the ad- ' answered his need. lit a few minutes
;milling room Mid lock the door. -Then ' the denunciation was wtitten and ad -
came that passion of sobs, audible dressedto the Honourable Ceeil Chester
through the partition -wall, which arous- at the House of Commons, and Kestrel
ed ill Latin it deep sympathy and desire stood gazing about him. for a pillar -box
to comfort her friend. Never before had or it naessenger.
she known Muriel O'Connor to give way The latter he quickly.found. A short,
to grief like this. What could have hap- thick set matt, muffled. in a large scarf,
perked? Could it poesibly be jealousy of with it rough cap pulled &Aim over his
Laura and Kestrel? The thought was eyes, stood. at Kestrers elbow.
extravagant, but Laura, as it woman, i "Here, my fine fern take this to the ;
knew it woman's weaknessee, and she re- • poserfish,poppetin," saidKestrel huskily,.
membered the look upon Muriel's face and the man took the letter at once, and.
when Kestrel had been discevered sur- ' repliea in an equallyieusky voice: ;
" 11 ''odet
mietake, but, being drunk, had not tact "To your sister? To -night? Why?" calm ancl purity of her countenance was renderingDorothy's letters. As-wehave e. •
to rectify it. He went from bad to "Let me in, and I will tell you." all gone, for amidst the conflicting seen, Laura at once sought an interview "That'll do for her, I think!" mutter -
cabinet. Kestrel felt he had made a I am going o my .
worse. Muriel moved it pace towards the door,' emoticms of her heart she took to herself with her friend, but, being repulsed and ed Kestrel to himself as he walked un -
"Look here," he said savagely, "It's stopped, hesitated., and finally turned all the guiltiness of her sister, and suffer- time pressing, she left the house without steadily up the platform to keep his op-
al' very well for you to say 'Very well,' away. ; ed a tenfold hauniliation. To it purity a true understanding having been az- pointinent with DorothyDundastighich,
and I dare say that's all your love for "No," she answered in. a cold bard without stain, toe truly unselfisionature, rived at between them. . now that he had got rid of hs mental
me amounts to—just a bit of cheap tone. "Go --to your sister." • to a vivid sense .of honour and. chastity, We have followed her on her. journey .
jeevellery and 'Very wells' but I can tell Lamm Kingdon palmed for a moment, the disgrace of one near and dear ismer() to her sister's home; and there we must ' TO 011 C0.22 4i
. .
you this, Miss Muriel O'Connor—or. to surprised and hurt by this imaccustomed acute than if it were persooal. leave hex now standing in the' deserted . `z.-'-',----r7-7"-r7=-"^"'-• 'r--"nts •"'''"
call you by your sight name, Miss—" treatment; then, connecting it with the • In. the presence of her newly -sworn riverside street, gazing up in despair at •
"S'ilencel You swore never to utter eituatiou that had been witnessed in the lover Laura. Kingdon felt her sister's . the dark 'windows, rinaing again and !
• drawing -room, her mide and scorn of abasement as if it were her, own, And again at the echoing bell, knoaking ever
all unlaritable misconstruetions re- he, standing there ht the lamplight rigid- and anon upon the door, that seemed t
strained her from saying more than: . ly, his feetutes aghast with dismay, closed, like the. gate or a. sepulchre,. ; ..
"I shall be back on Monday. Good- pallid as hers, his laeart scarcely beating against joy and beam and love for ever- 1
To evhich Mutiel O'Connor vouchsafed his fears. his convictions of the meaning The housetwas deserted.. i
bye!" in his breast—what were his . thoughts, More.
. . that name, even to myself.
,g tesslon, -Swore VI yes; and you swore to love
O) 'Not to -night," she said. "Ask 'no inc. I've sworn lots of things; you've
mist- nothing to -night. Let me think for sworn lots of things. Break one oath,
: 'n that you love me as you swear you break the lot, I don't care. I'll be even
a has Do not ask payment for every kind. with you. That blackguard Dennis
erel or act you bestow upon me."
lesaa" Donovan thinks he's' the monkey and
- .„ -Who wants payment?" cried. Kestrel, I'm the cat; so do you. But rm not to
remeg tip with indignation. "I don't be fooled with, I can tell you. Se.crets
. nt payment! You shall have it back I've got out of you, and. money I will
tertvery penny. rn give you a cheque get. Dirty work's worth dirty meuey.
v lsankers to -morrow. Do you want
So pay up my precious wife that is to
al I would not offend you, Ralph, '
Iy t "Never! Your wife? Never!"
Ino split—blow all your bloominp; tricks anti. far into the night a furious woman in the presence of that drunken ioue
ino trBut you have offended. me! What "Fork out the ten, I say, OT by heaven ta P
ne'novott think I ara made of? Haveinto the air, see if I don't!" paced to and fro in a moonlit room, in- and shamelessly sought a private con'. . thepassengers passed away, and she re-
-ling:3? Payment, eht"
no reply. 'of what he had. heard and saw? He
givings on other grounds to take much been the writer of those letters. He was WILFUL imusintitl
heed of this, Laura descended the stairs acquainted. with her penmanship, and
With it heart too full of serious mis- could not doubt that Laura herself had '
and passed from the house. A. pale angry the glimpse he caught had shown the When. Dorothy Dundas alighted from
face at an -upper window watched her characters to be apparently identical the train that; had brought her from
as she hurriedly turned the corner of the with Laura's writing, And had she not Wapping, she stood for .a moment gaz- i
road, and took the sarao course ;that impulsively gathered them. from hie mg anxiously about, as if she had ex,
• 1 had taken heel before • sight? Had she not previously trembled
• waiting toreceive her ;but the train and
pected to find some one on the platform '
CHAPTER X.
The clock struckeleven. An. ominous veighing hi desperate terms against love ference with a man who boasted of his lammed, argnost alone.
tl°,1,1cirgivie me, dearest; I snolte noon .1 deh
and frien
"Not here," she exclaimed with a
entsoallse. It was sweet to l'eet your love, - little ga.sp of distress. "Not here! Can
si once •fell upon the room. Kestrel . licentiousnese?
steed balaucinp; himself, with his legs Ten. minutes later, two trains drew up Clearly as the day, Ernest Willmore
e fiotrar you vow it—and always you an tstule apart and. a leer of defiance upon at the tilatform of an Undergronnd tail- SaW himself as the dupe a intrigante I have mistaken the station—or the .
ith tiring all. It is asking rue for taortey ms godden face. Muriel faced him, way-stiOnon. Into one, bound eastward, , whose sordid haste to, better her social tini°?"
„,,,, zi will be every time; and it grieves She retired into one of the dark alcoves
deothly pale, tie‘r. with disgust, stricken stepped heathy a yorolg woman clad in condition had outstripped. all discretion.'
t'tarett dear, to feel asot;t of doubtudiether
• ' -gieli shame to r't /Henley. The shadow dark attire, a veh drawn c,var her face And yet his faith in her goodness was at the end of the platform, where she
LOW trer all, it is only as a friend that yeti „ „I , , , .. , . e- , • . , so as alumet to conceal the beauty of its etronger than he realised. It was an would be unobserved; and drew a letter
7 .,10 on.11 E ,A bin 11.. lelltalneu dark and
rig lsik of tne—a friend who can help you ".
..,..)11.011e:ai. At length Muriel siaske; from the bosons of her dress.
contour and the deep lustre of her blue instinct. like his belief in God.
cad 'our troubles. lain proud to do it, I have told yoo I haVc no • money in eyns; while from. the train going west Els primary thought was, "I ha • d A. sharply defined ray of moonlight
and will always help Won, dear;
the house to-nighte-I have no means of alighted ft, counterpart of this traveller, meant to make this WOIllan nly wife," fell aorees one:blab:el of the alcove, and
etomeal you because I tuitl prepared qetting ltny. I will write you a cheque so deeply resembling her in height, face, and he was conscious only of a culmin- eettting heeself upon the bench placed
Ohio peesent for you.. dear, and I want- :ler fifty ponnds, which you must con- antrdhfeortm as, to seem identical with her. ; ation damning evidence against hei. there for the convenience of waiting pas-
enhg the price of your silence. Is that n11 of guards' evhistles, the slatin ; For some mot:lents, that seemed an sengers, she examined yet again the
essioto give it to you '211 02 tav own accord,
ming of doors, the snorting of epgine,t, age •to both, he stoodstiently confronting ;words wInch were already carved so
the rumble of many Wheels. and Laura hot. esi f 1 deeply 'open het Wain and heart:
Kingalon Was Speeding to her sister's thoughts were bewildered. Sheaves cell- "SwasTasT DOLLY, -12 you really
home, evhile Dorothy' Dundas steed scione of occupying' a false Position, but mean itthis time,meet me at the Maryle-
tretabling on the platform of the reil. knew not how to notify iE with a doe bone Station on the down platform—the
go/ etyou never againg m. o). 5 , •
understoodi
tuition titne at all. '
tat
, elepreeent, elit Ah, thota my sweet
- --- «104141 spare but fifty pounds."
"Make it a latudi•ed."
I11Y 'iiel', But. by jo•vel you tunke a mise ,,sa ..t , It ,..4 .,
. . . y SIX 5 , unt .
:teeth. indeed you du- IN,Asn poi ,, "Sixty, then.
Irish girls say. I—I evanted you to wr t tl I i
0 0 ie e leque; taen rising, the rang parted in quest of her. : ends expectedintetrogation, andetrove —at 10.30 to-raorrow night. -wi it
`on for tioney—olevil a stwer r as way station whence her sister had de -
She sat at her davenport, and rapidly
to prop:Ivo anSweve that might satisfy to be there tomeet your train, brit, if you
f sight
g otteing to provide it substitnte for his cheque: "go, and. forget me andall ;fon.
DESERTED. . troth. And Wittman, distracted by the til 1 oome. ire nie if I am to expect
1 Idea petition. know of me." ! indefiniteness of his attitude towards you. You dear little rascal I knew
sha'n't ask you anything, now, as toned at once to the libraty. ' anxious interest the agatents of thet "Yes, yets," she muttered, as she re.
the summons. she said iiiipssively, the train that burrowe 1. itgtgay mit- nation, distresg and amazement, end to
etteh a brick." told Kestrel, evading little bundle of letters whirth she htul °la „ind as they steed jiistly facing eaoh. folded the letter, "/ am right. This is the
Isturiet "Show Mr. Kestrel to. the gate, and re- Nrard, Laura Kiagdo: ea sca ing vveth ' , ram , melt an to tlictment againA her as
ICeatreI gazed after her ettifidly for a he nigLlit be justly entitled to make. station—the down platform—the west.
•d 1-1 . ter's secret She aevait- westward end, whore there areno lamps
.11
e Paused, his brandy clogged brants "Take this and go," giving -Kestrel the CHAPTER IL : him and yet evade the unspeakable don't see me, wait there ottt o un.
W
Me r- . the bell for a servant. .
ell toe, cleat. I will do anything to Turning to the servant who answered. Alone in a second-class catriag•e el ' her
and 3 et tempet
dt findwerds that could fitly you ivould have to give in atlast,—Your
ately express his indig- loving
le yon. Ralph," urged the goblins- Ratner
21 like it. Is it money?. f soine incoherency about a "bit Of a tiff." tnelancliely story of bit; a infettuation Ward end of it ; but the time?" She loolt,
e, anOpouting out half a -tumbler of brand
1 dread of the hoine-comit F, of t lin 1 at i Other in the ituitinet-hottee, sett strain(' ed again; the 10 was indistincti Nviutt
ili.eulty. "Show us thet present— moment; then muttered to t le servatit taxied from Ralph Kestrf 1, They told a
ht what you had on Wedttesday— gulped it down, and i'ita4sgova. out a the ;whose devotion had fail '.
ed. to win tsh3e a,i.
,, Of nielody floated ferth ripen the night she had mistaken for a naught might be
air and mingled with the entitling of a ft 1. Yes, it Was 11.80 he had Meant,
o, dear, not money thie time; r
itearlay—it was Tuesday. ; door, legianess of a weak romantic; nat-ure, wave of wind that rocked the trees and and slie had over an hotir to wait. "0
.,... ,:en.,ttrie, •.1..onne.rre.erne(.....o the They 'were pad letters in which the bushes q the garden,. tind the voice of Ralph, nly lege," She Munnuted, "do
ld last nit'' Itiari0.1 O'COttlior pealedont like the lure notkeep rite lengt.1 Ilevt 1 staler, end
ell, em Tuesday, then: I thought gee, ar s r 4,4 4 i 4. 4%
WOU •
zoaatto,• .
aig;iiti...4agaadtt '
Mrs. 4, A.. Wifliams
Itynnettass.
For the Good of Others
Rev. Mr. liritti---ants Ileartitif En-
dorses Reocrs Scursaparilta.
We are pleased'to present this froth
Rev. A. A. Williams, oc the Sillsbee
street Christian Church, Lynn, Mass.;
"1 800 210 TOO,SOrt why lb clergyman, more than
a layman, who knows whereof he speaks,
should hesitate to approve an
Article of Merit
and worth, from which:he or his nanny have
bC011 signally benefited, and whose contmenda-
ton may servo to extend those benefits to
others by increasing their confidence. My wife
has for many vials ;men it slimier from severe
Nervous Headache
•rlr.7111014711: find little - help. She hs trieerd
IA1Ytrgtrr7lgt
nned Ifiritilwall 11ttot:
tle of HOod'S BarSanarilla. It seeing
Ing what seep y one -bottle
t.itr her. The attacks of heallaehe decreased in
limier rola were less vio ont in their.inten-
' Fbethillster ersiirtlietrealiniraelkobitstgellitettg.
_
•rom our exper mice with
Hood's Sarsaparilla •
%liava no hesitation la endorsing ite usestitaan
A.A. Wxr.LrAtts,
itoHnetiobanba'tleitP.dittivi7se. a.1,ttitteb14s,tittatiftizsecat!,.:_tto:
ow
Bits of A.dviee to
It loud weak, alreetf
basalt, or shrill tone Of vi
Ex travegence con vei
phrases as 'awfully
'hands of time,' 'don't
rbate,' for di,like, ei
Sudden exulanuttione
surprise, un(1 joy, such
(gracious l' 'now ,jully
Yawning when listenir
, Talking 00 family nu
bosoai friends
Attempting any vocal
tal piece of Allubiu you el
With ease.
di Crossing your letters.
1, Making a short, sharp
head, intending to do du
An unaffected, low, di
toned voice,
The art of gdeashig
you, and seeming pirases
• and all they troy do for
The charm of making
flees vice otterellyoutil
to yourself.
The habit of maldng
tlie
opiuiotis, fr.:vanes, oi
others
• An erect carriage, a F
.A good memory for 1
conneuted with them,
giving Offonec thiOuuli 11
or bowing to people, or :
• what had lies- be left ur
The ,art cif listening w
ence to prosy talkers,
the twice-told tale or jot
- summer Weal;
And that tired feeling, loss
• nervous prostration are d
Hood's Sarsaparilla, like
morning sun. To realize t
great medicine, give it a ti
ooin the army of enthusiai
• Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Sure, efficient,easy—Hoc
•should be in every tn.,
OV4ry medioine chest. 25
Evolutiox
am looking, snid thi
stained man with the vi
irfriend of mine who used
street.
What's his name ?
• policeman leentng aga
post.
Dobbin
No Man of that„nam
fiere.
No, I reckon not, si
traveler, looking ill a
at a memorandum in
then at the row of stet(
• front of him, but he u
• one-story cottaae right
'A:tone front stands.
Was be a short, ilea'
bald bend and nee leg
• than thc other
Yes, that's the mar
now 9
Always walked wi
hind him and wore chi
That describes him
• Why, he got a street
three or four years liar
• $10Q,000.
• Good for 1) iain 2
•f him ? is he in Bur
No, answerea the p
ing at the hiir stone f
right there,and his nit
Rebecca Wilkingon,
Ind., says: "1 had bee
• coneition, for three ye
•,ness. Weakness of the S,
and Indigestion until m;
baa been doctoring
relief. 1 bought cum bcr
erican Nervine, which c
than any $50 worth of
in my lite. 1 would tg
patents to use this value
edy." • Atrial bottle ,
Wearatted al Chinholm
Prof. Drnmnsond :
IS on the wrong seen'
of happiness. They
in having and gettin:
served by others, It
hid' end in serving 01
Zeolt, Xi::
Goes the story of the E
Sanaparilla and what
and this is tile strongel.
isdone Oli belialf of t
endeevor to tell hon
Sarsaparilla, is and wit
what it has done is 1
and far more potent.
cord of cures; is Sore to
haVe never tried Iloo(
11 13 1111 excelloot 'teak
Goldett Rule : 11
pieious of any line o
that grieves devout ;
the irreverent and
A caimuttan
The season a
arinka is the to. , .v1
of cholera nwthus,
complaints prevail. ,
owiegts Martin of
should be kept In the
has been tbe most