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A 3, ;44 NV TIMES, ei ULY L 1893,
and Meetly= its daily e'ourse o ton,
On the river eame a molting steam tug;
from the wharves sortmled the rattle of
ehainst footsteps c7attered and carts
rambled in all directions ; a noiey rooster
crowed euddenly with all his might, as
if to summon every ereature, great and
small, to a renewal of life and industry.
. Laura Kin gdon eltralfk from this reveille,
; creeping like an outead to the closed
, door, ana crouching there in bewilder -
mole tota egieery. She Welber hand upon
the braes! handle, tind
ed to the night summons, and wily had wickedness awe isheene I weld I might
the door been left uhfastened atter Dor- bave been too late tosave her—I watt too.
othy had gone out? IIad Dorotirs: de- late; I should have betel if Ralph Kestrel
parted without the knowledge of 6usan had coine here last night. as she of course
Pegg? Or had they left tho. house to- hoped he would, come. But 1 ans not too
gaiter? To eluenlate this mysterY, late now, with. Gee help to make. all
Laura climbed the dark stairway to the well. When she has recovered a little
etervant's room. I will make her tell me all, and then 1
arret,. a sleeperlay. Laura wM speak to her very, very seriously.;
recess of the g
and When Ben conies home he obeli find
Upon the- pellet -bed. in a shadowed
could perceive the outline of the form her at least recouciled to be a faithful
against the whitewashed wall by the
tit light that MIA 111 at the distant wife to him for the iest of her life."
Thus revolving her benevolent projects„
' • t
turned it mit e socket. lieerow window .
1 The door yielded and MI open under "Sasan 1" she called; " and devising means e '3' -
Stisan, is that
with the single-mindedness of a Jesuit,
. • • Lanta got together alight breakfast, and
the pressure a her weight as she leaned your (
agamet et The figure turned drowsily and relaps.
- carried it up -stairs to the sitting -room.
There WaS nothing to prevent her from ed. into a heavy .4"sleep, l'etura. went Dorothy Was no longer there. A uto-
eetering her sir's home—nothiag but across to the bed, • nil, stooping, laid her mentary fear that she had left the house
tea undefined dread of what she might handbeavily upoi the womitu's shoulder. was dispelled by discovering her in the
1 &cover there.
"Get up!' she 'cried paseionately, her adjacent room, vaguely eeaeching about
—
tem ea, aee y • •
cousidered the culpable negligence .0f. miss.
this guardian a her sister; "get up, 1 Laura shrewdlt+ guessed that this °b-
uy, you Wicked, wicket wretch! Rome ject was the letter addressed "Captain
yourself ! Come here and look me in the Dundas—only for him," whichlay safely-
F:we !" hidden in the pocket of Laura's drew;
!ea the woman half -rose from the bed, but she said nothing, merely inviting
Laura canalat her by the arm and drag- Dorothy to breakfast in the most com-
ged her with the resistless strength of ' monplace tone she could assume, Nor
her indignraion acrose the floor to the did Dorothy make any reference to the
window. Then turning upon her furi- letter. She had become cable, and self-
ously, she cried: fend. herself to be clothed in a dressing -
"Where is my sister?" gown, and led to the table.
The trembling creature fell' cowering • But her manner was strangely absent
at her feet, and, reigns; a stony, piteous and fitful. She ate nothing, but con -
face to Laura's, amazed her with the gently gazed. about the room, as if un -
sight of—Dorothy herself ! able to associate her surroundings with
a.e... _ .. circumstances vividly in her recollection.
Laura, watching her quietly without
CHAPTER Z.7, • . , .
appearing to do So, began to entertain
' ' DOnOTIIY'e 1,11.2.2.% ' fears forhersister's reason, and for some
A stony, piteous face, were and wild time endeavoured, without suceess, to
as that of a madwomen, peering upward draw her into conversation. '
in the cold morning light through Suddenly Dorothy startled her sista
streams of soft brown hair. Laura,look- with an abrupt question: '
ed upon it with a throb of pity. It was "Aro you Laura, ney sister?"
like beholding her own. face in a cruel Laura replied with all the calmness
mirror that blasted all its beauty and its she could assume.
yonth. She saw her own blue eyes grown "Yes, dear; Laura, yea" sister ?" 'Why.
faint and lustreless, wila with terror and do vou ask such a question?" '
despair; she saw her own lineaments The other gazed at her a moment in-
grown old and hard, and livid with a tently, and then pursued: I
•
"And I am Dorothy? Aro eve sleep.
deathly pallor.
Could this be the fresh young beauty, fieg, Laura? Is it all a dream?"
Laura rose and went to her side,
! "My darling, take my hand. There 1
1 kiss you; don't you feel my touch?"
i "Certainly we are." einva-es of the world which he had
. "We are both awake?"
"The other?" , visited never had he seen 50 iillritillg il
spot as ads qniet nook hm the Wapping
1 "Then the other was a dream?"
"0, God be thanked, it must have been I IlVer-shore. The. imatness, the sweet -
dream!"
1 "Yeo, yes," said Laura soothingly.
• "You have had a bad dream. ' t•I'm surd
..
of it. I found you sleeping."
"And yet—emd. yet"—the wide blue
eyes wanderettptaplexedy—' and ye. it
,
. t he unreesoneblY the bed for some object she seemed to
I 'me too. And now I looks at you, nnss, i
sestione, ot reesentess, reeurred io leim eVs theveryimage of yourself. 'didn't CHAPTER NIL
eiteiblv. take much notice of you as I was passing. DINERTED.
The -last train. thundered intc the hefore, 'cause 1 remember thinking it No. 19 Shore Stetest the hoine of Dor-
1 In the coedit:3ton Dennis Dome, were nothing- unnatural to see a young othy Dundee, was a small. single-arontea
ran et -reed nsitle under a lamp, and tore woman just your figure agairta into that leettee, steel/Beg fil.,ne 111/01.1 the shelving
gem Vet, tetter Keetzel had given him. there house. You see, I thought you bank of the rie or.
ges he read it hie face assumed, a fiendish was her what lives here. Your sister, is Its basement Wes below the lenol, of
see:Tee:don, half gloating with a savage !ahe'? Well, if You'll muse me for say- the road, audits groond door, consisting
half desperate and indignant, wholly bg it, it's a bit. late for such as you to be of sitting -room and. bed -room, corres-
bloodthirsty. to preoectipied was 110 a -hanging al out in thee° parts. It's nigh pondingly above it. Overhead, with a
with the yarned of this clumsy scrawl upon arf-paet twelve, that it is. The small caeeinent juttina out from the
. . " • . Int iet to night, but there's red tiled roof that beamed oyer the face
' • ' shut -
that he for a moment; lost sight ot his P 1 ,
barge, and it was only as the train be- ft rough lot as gets about 'ere sometimes.
1-.0 illOVe off that it oceurred to him Listen to that, now?"
, re join it, and follow Ralph. Kestrel to I:pon the stillneee of the smniner night
!;els deetination. He made a rush for the there suddenly broke tho clamour of
teen:gar carriage. but was roughly thrust lea (eta in high. diepete, and midst oaths
aek by a porter with a peremptory ; and hubbub a woman's shriek for help
•aheo late, sir !" • pierced to their ears again and again.
And nti ho found. himself left solitary "Thet'e the sort of thing I was just
Ton the platform, he gnashed his teeth aespeakiin of," said the constable calmly
.. eith fury at the thought that for the ana sagaciously, xeithout moving a step,
iitement his prey had escaped him. in reeponse to the armeal. Laura was
But etay 1 What was that distant horrified The disturbance was close
'''''lrt,t staggering in a broad naoonbeam at hand, and the soands seemed to Indi-
tc tat eaot down through an opening in cate that eome violent outrage was being
e• t ae
! 'le reef of the station? Ralph Kestrel, committed.
ee all that was nropitious! Ralph Res- "0, can it be my :deter?" cried Laura.
t ,al, tarrying for his doom 1 "0, go to them. go! Hark, a woman is
At that 'moment the distant figure dis- crying:Marilee Why do you net go?"
,pertee,1 in the shadow, and simultane- "'Tweet my beet, miss,". replied the
av all the station lights were turned phlegmatic °Meer ; "I've no business to
: . • a plea; 1 ats tho call from my mate.
mesing Donovan in darkness.
• Ti' antes were being locked, and one Ler' bless yer, -0 gots this sort of •thing ,
cerre the weary porters went home to here a dozen times every nialit. Never glaes With its broody:hit frame inutded
ef the home, bright lth lt•3 .
ters and white window -tans, were a gar-
ret and lumbet. cupboard
Controlling with an effort the nervous
tremor that heel seized upon her, Laura
Kingdon entered the dusky little hall
and opened the (looe of the parlour on
13er left. All was in aarkoess. She called
eoftly to her sister, but there was no re-
ply.
Summoning her courage, she crossed.
to the windows at the front and. side of
the house, and drew up the blinds. Then
she glanced. nervously over her shoulder
at the room, dreading—half expecting to
eee—ehe knew not what.
But in the dim light of daybreak all
seemed in order: the tadeCl green "rep"
(Cars, the old horse -hail. sofa, the square
table. with its gay blue -and -white chess -
pattern cover, the cabinet -shaped mahog-
iar o with red silk front, the looking -
do for us to be a-le:wing our'sbeats when yellow flee -netting, the glaes-shade.d gilt
„keens Donovan stood listening until folks cry •• 'lurall a dee, they're quieting elock and bright blue vases on the In notal .
.e votratle feded an,eay, and then, with ' down nicely all by themselves, and no shelf—all -were in tacir places, looking
W4 ewift ete'althY Movement of a nen.- tereat harm done, rll be bon id Only innocent enough; her eyes took note of
. crept towards the spot wh.ere he makes thhees vense, the perlice interfer- the stuffed fish, the nuglel ship, the coral,
•::;eca. reestrel desappear. ing—too oleic -lone like. Yer jrat gets the printe, of marine eubtects, the sea-
. Zee, he was there still, reeling. about • InleCked about fa yor yeans, and alee Weed, end other odds and veils which
t qe.te gloomy slualows, and muttering , 'spot:tor think yorare a busybody, and distinguished the room tts the abode of
.a3herently: , the magistrate grmnbles at the long a sailor. Nothing ,Sras distnabed,
• i!.Where'e little sailoreriel? where.'s th' ' char ee-eheet, veal wot's the good? How- With her beaet beating a little less
• at Here am L Na'here aro yam ever, tide aia't quite the thing for the wildly, she event to the door that opened
elty, Dorothy, haire .you cheated ine likes of you; eome of these 'ere sailor into the bedroom, ane't Intoclml. upon it
a 1
s4- 1116' kr ylatve,11.1 serve you's i chaps a hit screwed will be round. this gently. No answer tame. She listened
aienidey for
.e Mu 'v see if 1 dant: I'll set your i way, and if they seas a ineetty „hal—beg- i t t the breathing of a sleep(ne
akeasbaret at :eon, sett' him your letta.s i ging eester pnreses, missi—whyethey goes There Wrai no sonna but the throbbing
, need silly letters. Jell' lark ! Where ; tor her, and Wenned the' unnleminat, of her own :mart. Site tiled the handle;
a•-ou, Dolly?" ' of course, for a lady." it yielde& taid,she ventured. to push open
toareel out the last words so lustily :, "Cala yon help to wake my sister or the door.
'Dorothy, aeleee ill the dark corner . servant/ hairs. Dandle, has a stre
emt All woe in shallow here, but thae Was
e alcove, opened. her eyee with a 1 living .witil her here. Knock at tho door euffleient lifeht to show Laurathat it was
bet 11A: brain seemea still asleep. With your ataies, please do! The hell is empty. Tim bed Wati unoccupied. It
, e.actucd. to see a short fierce atrag- i not loutl enough to rouse thetu," had not been slept upon that night.
.!eteeTC11 tWo nmn in the raurhy • The coast:11am complied, tend ci-eated With a gaep of dinnay Laura hastily )
eve whieh bre. east beyond. her. A siich a clia imon til0 panels that tile win- threw open the Window that looked out
faVill :attSbill„g 61701, alla,me of them i (lows of n•eighbourina honees were on the river, aiedlet in the lint rosy glow.
ealiong at ha feet. She looked tha'owlh hit in (Illicit` eucceesion, ana of the dawn. Not a sign of t•rouble
in sleeechless horror, end beheld , rongh bates were thrust out in the hero, save tlm Ler' Len bed; everY item
ecr's' face
11t '121 up at Lar With ' =medial -it and rough proteets alia JD: of the herinble 111 x. *as arranged
g eras in the path of the moon- i teryogations were :male all roenid. with caeteeel. imaties. Not a sign of
adhlile vet she gazed from her . Still no reel:0116o from within the anything wrone. Stay! Wbat was that
gleam of. widie upon the patchwork
'
there' Instantly. W. aele the tear ts
twill your face. Lie down on tt 5 be&
and Calm yourself ; ideep if yen possibly te'
can, He must not eee you until you are
move composed. I will, eesplain, that you
have been" ill, He shall not suspect—"
Dorothy had. started up in great agi-
team.
"Of whom are yo pi peaking?"
"Hark!" cried her. sister; •"there
again!"
"Doi othy, alloy 1" cane along, (latent.
m the river.
eciful heaven. eseclahuet I Darothy
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' replied Lama, wavily her
rebief fron. the bay evni. low,
whicli, at the side of the house, iom-
maniesd a view of the down stream 1 end,
" it islCaptain Pundits in his ehip's oat.
They', are pulling him straight. fax the. .
landfeg-stairs with might a ad male He
is standing up, waving his be t feentie
and urging the sailors on ta. if they • tete
rowing a race. Ile .will be in tho 11 !use
in live minutes, Quiekl. do its told eou, •
and. trust to me."
"One moment, sister I" cried )oro ley,
as Laura attempted to. force her intc the
bedroom; "there is ono thieg I did not
&atm.. A letter! I wrote btte: to
hini—to Ben, my husband; laid. it] ere
—here on the bed, . Where is it? Ile
tnust not have it now, and a can not Ind
• Laura was already teatipe, th le ter
into a hundred fragments.
"Fear nothing, Dorrie Clean All t tat
le at an end. Truet to tie."
• She flung the taorsele ot pa per: nto the
kitchen fire as she hurtled ti the or
opening on to the river to greet.—C tp-
tain Bedjaanin Dundas.
CHAlS.5111 XV.
T1TE f10311,,-co.mtNG.
Frem the door oh the back kitchen or
scullery some halreigeon ston ps „le-
scentled to a tiny garden mad y , •.
a hone -hook, a stmearaer, 11(1 it• fl.W • •
nealgolde, gerantume, and c vete Com '
belle. At tinaes the v, int( 1 tea dr
tide would. , covey this lltt:i 12
ground, leaving, boa ina it; at Wien. tee
but fertilizing mu 1, vel.lch hell et. hy
the sheltered eontlaen aspect, pet de. eed
Bowers of•r canarlei Flo size and betaa
As Captain Btee ate drew nete
little home be thinerht that n ti 11 the
hall fr
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"it is
tcy:
r'.'e"egest
Itenee
atea-
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me s, the picturesqueuees of thatcoin
libation of red and white and green,. the
cotily :moldiest chimney -pot above, the
teey freed:agate (if flower -garden below,
the Hight oe wooden ateps—which he had.
cannot have boon all a dream; eome part t inetele -matted Navy bine by way of
--eperhaps the awn& awful part! 0, veea.tiy-ua 1:292:r ;O:fkirt) he went away,
. it were! But listen; yon shoal judgeit, mt '.• which eeeniea now to extend a wel-
you 0111111 tell me. I—I cannot think . come to him ite they stretehed down
.
My brain is learning. 1 OM not mad, am from the geraea. • to the water's edge—
formed a pastare which, to the honest
,. "No, dear no. What is the matter sailor. excelled for dowinight beauty
' with you? 'Why do. you tremble so? 1 cyes on. diOr would he heve been so
the most glorions Talmo he bad ever set
• I?"
ea: e and tell -me all about this horrid deeam." 1 weil ereadlea to have an emarers in "full
ei Come, rest beside me on the sofa here, I
. 1 . 'Tell me first—is ton—do V011 know. rig" 40rue:14.11er marble stall:ease to re-
ceive hian„ (teethe; graceful girlish figure
DOULT.---D011.0MY'S MITA= MD me- ! a man named Ralph faceted?"' 1 that came flapping oat of the scullery-
CO.T.I.E MUSE. i door, ecroatthe tiny garden, and. down
i Laura turned away and arrangea the
1 cushions on the couch as she t-teesseerea , the clumsy. tiataverahed wooden steps.
the playful coquette who had' never seem- - He thoughtia'Was Ian wife—the meters
alto give the World one serionsathoueht?. , lightly:
"'ail hy, of (mune I do! What has bore anevamatablereeemblance—and the
She raised. her tenderly en her arms. • Ralph lhestrel to do with your anent'?" ! 11139,11114 id a little iniet of his own
'Darothy—eieter! dear Donde! What Ii 01 everythino! 1
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i eahe ! distilliwalagd,.el ld:n. somewhat. '
I ' " 711F-1"lea?" he dead?" • 6
• • , 1 'Doily, .akent 1" he leaned. out huskily
• ',1_. ''"I'll-110i-bei-boi-ahoy! •
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let ghoul -like tov,-ards the body the, ' The coneltable three:- temne mncl up at counter:ec!,-.;:e. e
A. 1 es ler Laura soo The stned vacantly at her as if "Dena? peilaw Nestle]. ace( .
orneraoil -the alcove. there carae wee --
she did not.hear. Her Lips rei.oved but no, detir, no; of 00 100 not. What an 1 There's my wife, la•as! Therets my own
f the "'a- 11 Slowln della- the windows, but still no sign of au in.. to the leeer, ant red vat a a tacImess at
the heart or Ralph Kestrel. A crowd of neighbours and night- f9r him," in the --i-- " r gi d hi Laura's citron; embrace. ".A.Te you 9111. e? aro you sure
abeurd fancy!" true little, evmnan !tending reaay to hug
rn
he felt for the 110 0U that he the heart, "For Captain Dundas—only
h intlwa'tine• of leer she uttered no sound. leer limbs were
' • le a 't atom the waadereee began to as:eatable, and Laura, tester. The laet three words WM 1111-
. ster, for God.'s t:.ake speak to me! "I saw him alivo last Melt " me! God her! laalioa, Dolly!
lerallo-ho•ho! Slowly lade! Easy, now!
s 1 •
) 1' ttl raliat's co. Ship your oars!
. You know me, dear, du you not? 1 'L ts. Inge:b.
Slowly the wild eyes gathered. their ' "Yee, last night. I give you my word. 1 Eno we are, Mime et last I Thank God
vision bee life tIt1C1 reason ; the hand that Don't you believe me?" , for it!" .
hung listlessly was raised until it touch- . "Yes, yes, I believe you. You saw , The boat eon aloneeitle, and Captain
ed Laurtds cheek. Then came a cleanse, ' him yenta& last night—alive?"
• f , i Dundee, preoecupitel with landing, and
" • • " • .1.-
and carefully wiped it upon the to ..es e,, , souestlicieelf le the naidst
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1 ov a very nuervonry amine preposeeseing ‘.1 CHAPTER XIII.
„en's cape.
he r.oto, and foe tatie firet time ; eet of synreathisers., ready to pull the bell THE G..`..T1,11;t1T.
1 ' =. • tc 'ell the COity.t... Ha, out, hanuner the door down, or break
1 The leteer dronn Leen Latra'e nerve -
1 111 W J
Theee steed. in the full flood of , a:aura eteeietea freete attempting to gain . 1088 ilpilCb4; OilE1 t int° teters, anu terrible and yet welcoine 111 the peantul "Yes, dear, Indeed ix .
ted violently wad flung tiown the • the 111 ow ao t11.1 least e.coul.4;einen .
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Mlight an accushig angel taking 1 admittence, arel beef tea theconsteble to eank (town in her mieerv bownrr her
- , L.: , , „ teneion of the moment. :Dorothy gae.o "Theteatenust heap been a dream—au ,
. Wail 1,11e o.1111. aim mitt, „, .
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aingle instaitt temeestitious awe 1 respectability to whord.her shelt true, ti en— .. ...,
all that she had dreaded all her sister's neck in a flood of violent . to me—a warning to keep me back frotail .
. ,t MCP. LW.. in:Lot-O.:an before—leaped on
se e.: t;',t:',;.-:::.7.1,.
.. 1:1.' for the head. upon the -win on - et ,,e. it NN ab au
,t1 a 1 71,e. a long, loW, \veiling cry, and fell upon .a-WfUldream, sent by God as a evernim+ •
7ieOlti o2 Lagett Kingaon. I escort 1101 10 the nearest inn of snalcient
te • him: 611t 7.'%?Illelt..1a12: the i nigat. Accordingly she was soon aceome that she hed lathe:on:, _ Derothy had: de- heatterical weeping. Sin." .6
. Wilii...h. be, Muriel, and Chester ! modated. 'With a low -roofed musty little eated her home, rotsalten. hee husband
Laura held her to her bosom for some "eah, Dorrie ney sister!" ,
•
seitesa, t1 '4- evening, he trnickly , bealeom at the sign of The Diving Bell, . he the very 11 .
=radian he would be bum- moments, wondering, dreading; then, as "Listen: I will tell you. what I dreamt ;• :
ed thet this apearitton atuet be i a public lame of =invng aspect with. lug evith enticipatiene of the long -yearn. the fit increased became alarmed and I will toll You. I dreamt that 1 loved •
tee le for the likeeeee between ! in two minutes' walk of Dorothy's houee. . ed an joy of holdiug her once inore in earove to soothe her. She would have - Ralph Kestrel—no, I Willed; dream that ;
he tat.et aa to deceive way 1 The lanalady. e I no vegygood-hinnour hie embrace. The crnelty, the Wielced:
, placed the convulsed form. again upon I did. Teeny love him,. Do not interrupt .
1 Pea i.TI 11 '112 , ra being aroused eaten eer elninbers, she : nc. - the bed, but Dmothe shiank back from.
' ob v for her esteem (via affection for her • •
.F.0 Of the act ehocked Laura urameae. . me, Laura. This is what I dreamt: I •
tealteee this lee darted fornerrd , hexing 1.11 (t WW1 tile teeebache, re- ! a S., , - - ' , - it -with a sh.udder, and, slipping from her thought I had planned with him to leave -
to thae• ler. There would lte e , ceiveu Laura with !,,,it-picion, te....7 exact- , sister's husband eves deeply rooted. sister's embrace, rushed through the my home—my husband's home—for •
3121 4. (lid not he "s . '' ' e te - . L door and down the attire, to the paelour Ralph's sake, 'end go and pass the rest of
ice in ha dealt, es in eeeers. ' eu prepayraeut for the room. i And WOriie, infinitely worse. than the
els momentaiw Imaiteti011, ..",i'l.0 i IN ettraiMi to sey tam L • I g• it .01-" appea-•ea the motive of Dor- below, where Laura, followhig, found my life with • him. -I cannot toll you
41 and ccreseht up. the &teen : down. to reet. Loeking the door, she i othrs nrifaitie u nes. s. _ anretcoo. t rTi
. 1 1 t her.proetrate upon the floor. And there what it Was that made me love him: it
fallen ,et h.er feet, andshe lay, refusing all aid, all comfort, her was a magic that lee had about him, I
,theeelh. ' crow:Ilea upon. a caair (dose to the flick- 1
' doubt that motive , sh4e...a.twe.: ail 101 i
a wildly, trueeal and fled him a " efing senile (if a cima) cadae, aud wait -
ilk hours for think, for sometimes he was kind and .
1 ghast,ly cletteneee pti %40 litlibtl 01 Isobs blasting, forth. as if her very heart
tr along the dealt. alatform toa! ea, through the long 211itit.Ti ; knoteledge of her filb ey s uns a_ e c. tar- would. eveep itself away. Laura tried. then sometimes he -was cruel—often
i e,•dt-IY,ate. i - , acme tereible disclosure. and But I thought of him always. I
, e e - " • day which she feared 1 acter, and the rememorance of carelese . •es to compose hex in vain:
1102 ollow her? The gate evonla : ..Wuttill OrIng welds significant actions, which had
' • el 1 s • ionent uneaeinese
elostal, aud she coda not es- • Leetehing to the yelle of belated drunk- , long emu's, He po.„ , 1 ...
ontirmed, "..efelse the world, taid '
;imam of. riot i!roinneiglihouring houses, 1 hands pel-atte,c1 to telee, .et.reoerthletsisi:nd 0011
rt e's Still Dorothy wept cm., still she lay prone mettle platform untleigiound. wen.
But teene iee( a. . , toe OCeaS1071a. . L'
O11 shriek, in the eilente' night. . Pea'aY It! 6*C:ri'et'bra"1,
• might still them, he would as- eatheehleephemies, obscenities, terrify- ! terapeible I , 1 1
le. 3).11'-‘1 1 a.8 1-1 •Le)a 1 n '.? upon the ground her face buried on her there; yes, I did ge. 07 it cannot, ca11-
eS! with mauy a tottl rie-or odour at the i Had Laura come 121 tette to save that tangled. masses. not be a dream!"
"Dorothy!"
arrested and condeinned fax fair arms, over which her hair fell in
Mg aleli et beaten women, that came in i ot this treac es y. , • . at Lou c. ( one
Me Donovan, with furtive window, which site had opened for re. 1 home from ruin lv T sister from hfeloner
t , e Innee 11 eatee. Beniamin Dun-- At last Laura rose, and leaving her, "Bat this is what I saw—or dreamed
lief from the staae ?titters atanoephere of I 'me has( ----, t .11- e -. e„ - descended to the ltiteheh, where she e saw—pray God I only dreameCt this!
- right anti left, slunk away into
the tavern garret, Laura endured await- !
- das from a Ino on neert c one Fatieu busied herself in the preparation of a re- 'O --------------- ounat my feethis head, his
• ' rot There WaS blit one hope; kestrel . storing and consolatory cap of tea.
now murmuring soft, symnathetic en. could not eat, nor sleep, nor rest; my
dearments, now chiding her for her life seemed drawn to his.
weakness, now imploring her to be calm, -Well, Imy dream: yes, 'thought that
end. ive some explanation of her distress. I was to meet him at a railway -station,
• • • aras temoting ilomeward, the echoes of , Dorothy had fled with. a loser, ant the
1 s t • which fellen into Laura's
Lark: ttumel.
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CHAPTER :a
1,11411,.
r heart :inking under the most
-giving:4,14nm Kingdon paced
upon the rough stones of the
el the door of her eieter'e seem -
110 home. Now :and again
tug desperately at the old bell.
ngs, and anxiously listen for
evithin. Knocker there was
he summons of the bell was
hat a "sonnet sleeper might
sturbed by it.
"mg to the hope that Dorothy'
fe lacane :Intl in bed, all eine
a visitor. .A policeman,
al her once upon his beat,
when, returning, he found
ng to gain allinittance.
v hear you, miss?" said this
dian of the night. "Gone
hike, Didn't -expect you,
0, ain't -seen 210 0110 go .out.
ves 'erel Dinidas, els? 0,
are; I mind her, 'Widoele
ing
atone have banished sleep. but the midi- Dorothy had lied to him itemns ns wis 1, .
t'l ' ' I eeeded, to the anxiety and alarm which ing over horribly
mace; the face turned upward—I saw
for alt that opareseed her senses would I had seemed an unevilling.loyer • perhape A feeling of angry Impatience had sem- Y • ,
ino nightmare. ine item emu she e 1
b C J
taster, the agony er speculation upon I her: and in her deep= she ineght Buhl- and the gentle Laura conversed quite that; dead—dead, quite dead!"
The unhappy woman crotched down
tonal 'burden of apprehension for her i in which case he might refuse toheceive had hitherto over -strained every 11.01•Ve,.
the cause of Dorothy's abeence from 1 mit hereelf to Laura's persuasions, ant . shrewishly with the tett-caddy and the .sheuldering, her whole form treinbling
home, seemed to strike her heart and i return to her home in time to receive her kettle, the refractory fire and the clatter- like •an aspen -leaf. Laura drew close
One o'clook—half-past one—two! The' Kestrel at once. She wou _ ,
Id confide in • .,How can she go On Sol roOlish, un- -
to her side,
"My poor Dorrie, it was a drea,m; in-
•
main with stale, of unendurable anguish. 1 husband. Laura resolved to seek out . jugoups awl sateen.
church clock strack, and statick regain . Muriel O'Connor, and. Muriel wouldsits- gratesail girl! What is there to ay for?. deed it Was. Think no more of it except
after intervals of bitter weariness; but I sist her in this terrible .juncture. , But , Has she no sense? Why can't she tell -as a warning" sent by God against the
4f 119 she crouch ed by the guttering .candle, I •0, fax some immediate eine to the where- ; me all about it, whatever it ie? Of course temptation to Wickedness. Fagot this
• f the lat WIT: Laura shudder. • it is that bad worthless felloW she is man. Put him away .otet•of .your life for
pale face, the oeeecl and glaz-
her cheeks pale and wan, her eyes star-
ing in a vague terror at the visions ,of
her featly.
At last the morning broke, and in the
first pale gray light she crept down the
twisted, creaking stairs and let herself
eat in the street.
Perfect silence reigned. Not a crealeare
s to be Feet'. The fiesh morning eir
ed at the thought of what evils might re. beetetin .
g her heart over, because he over. Never let your good husband sus -
stilt from delay., The letter for "Captain . would not steal her from her husband, pt that your thoughts have been for a
Dundas—only for him", she dared not . moment unfaithful to him. He is coin -
03)013.. She would. not violate the sacred- ruin her, degrade her! 0, but he was
good. to spare her! / loathe hini,.but he ing home now, his heart full of love for
13e a trtte, lov-
there any likelihood of discovering. in t
NSTES • can't be utterly bad. But Dome, my you, make him happy.
own sister, married to dear old Ben, to mg', contented wife, and thank God who
ness of it wife's confeesion; nor
ettch a letter any hint of what she wish- . cave like that for another man than her lias saved you from .sin •and his bitter
Shevainlyeought for other indications husband—such a cur, such a disgusting
brute, such a coarse, vulgar— Hitt no I punishment."
Laura Kingdon pattsed, .and rose to
ed to know.
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Children of Mr. and Mrs. 111. 211. Seller
Altoona, Pa.
tee
oth Had Eczema
In its Worst Form
—
After Physicians Nailed, Hood's
Sarsaparilla - Perfectly Oared.
Great mental agony is endured by
parents who see their children suffering
from diseases caused by impure blood, and
for which there seems no cure. This is
turned to joy when Hood's Sarsaparilla is
resorted to, for it expels the foul humors
from the blood, and restores the dis-
eased skin to fresh, healthy brightness.
Read the following from grateful parents:
" To 0,1. Hood 8; Co., Lowell, Mass.:
"We think Hood's Sarsaparilla is the most
valuable medicine on the market for blood and
skin diseases. Our two children suffered terri-
bly with the
Worst 'Form of Eczema
tor uxo years, 'Wo had three physicians he
that thee, but neither of them succeeded in
curing them or even in -giving them a little
relief, At last we tried Mood's Sarsaparilla
and in a Month both children were per.
feetly volved. • WO reconiniend
pierced to her bones as she stole on taps4
too, spellbound by the weird stillness, f r) th Itt
o • oro y .destination, The house had h v ine her letters he wof lno4t, ee- .
lei feet. , .
She seemed to be listening to some Hood s Sarsaparilla
v .
back to her sister's home. been most calefally stripped of all snch e ga e • • '
As she etood once inore before the iracee, if allY 21f Lr that the wo- crying thele now, u 3
oil 1 thadileverobt 1 . existed. ,
courage her ; it is because o that. ie te
I must tioe sa - a ...,,es-, ,...rwauhtasotuanodion hear?,
. asked Dorothy be without me Mit: and Mus. M. M. SoLlaitn,
stS a standard. fanilty 'medicine, and would not
house, gam „,,
, ' to up atits blina-drawis win. Then it occuri. word against him.
le h 1 t y a e
fit/WS wondering if after stI Dorothy mart w o Ives oro s s. ..God help her! Hoer shh receVe Anxiously, as she observed her. 1412 2nd Avenue, Altoona, Pa.
Married, eh? 0 yes: hus- were there, Lana sOme diee trage y a t 1 ri anion Inf sht be able to
— poor Ben? 0 fool, fool, fool! 0, Dome, Laura held up her hand for silence —1,4—
• tenor something. But evuere was Silet * I . " 00b'S 6nte 'Ihtet ills, constipation,
instan and. p
—"away oa a voyage. Yee, held her from respondingto her sister's If ' tiie e svh hadshe not respond- Dorrie1 how conld., you? .What, a .dbis-
k ha , "Hush.1" she cried.; t 011'0'411g lailiouniins,16 di 1
dk, WI di'
party; she's a rate 'pretty call, the world, seemed to reuse itself, 131 la Mae • Y grAce What wic et ness—W t 10111 e .48011 i110 door of the 'bedroom, '"go in ea etia potion."
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If Charley should pr
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As far as 'What is
And can't you bear i
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And mi>i a few light
You know I hate c
Oh, mother, mother,
One little hour tie
That day by doe,
For this doer bloc
It seems the wheel
Rich mother love;
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