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Wren. 'rite concluc',tng worsts were die
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yY..:_E r •# M jUL Y 21, 1893.
Griti. • great real face ll' hat foul, cruel lies here diesel
Captain Dundee put his gr es. what
by tlm side ()this wife's pretty one, and, "Is; his justice?„
with one area. round her peek, hailed her own,
sister through what he called the port, , "It is treaohery,"• replied he; adding.
hole. got significantly; "justice has beep, done,'
..1t ain't any use, Laura; I ain'tg I You have denounced him to the so‘
the Heart to permanle her not to come, piety?" ,
ani. shekinder delft kuow 1101' owls mind. 1 "1 have anticipated tl'e! senteitee,"
1:
site asked of DOA”
ell lutea the Ula(:lcbeetles, but by "You nil's 1ci1 eTi iiitn f and no investigator with the least Frit•
thunder. I do believe she loves mei' You ; "Hush! es, I have killed hint," 1 dence or tact would be forever dwelling
ahali take an observation for us, my Muriel stared at the assassin m horror. ` upon, matter to be investigated. Such
dear, Shall she go or shall she stay ?" I +' The society will not uphold you, You course, theinat elarnx the estiga ed zSuo h
Then Laura spokeagaimi in that hoarse .tad z10 right to kill Ralph Kest with oration and seal her lips, oe of what
hollow tone. ' out ;in order from the council.,,
"Take her with you," she said. I `"7'txere is exeelttion for pniergency more natural than that, in refraining
Then, turning, site raised her oyes and oases, This man was dangerous. It lues front dwelling too mnuoh upon his friend
l and hp's friend's sweetheart—the latter
saw the fond name smiling upon her my duty to stay him from doing this clearly a distasteful subject to Muriel
from the window above; the soft cheek pixief," O'Connor—he slio1i11 investigate Muriel
of the pretty little wife nestling the "Litt not to kill hila,"
the sailors great curl Beard, and l herself, manc.lure her confidence by pre-
y•`''ices, to kill him." fiber of fessions of sympathy as cordial as they
r
frie'nci, Lord'WIuinore, wnowas throw-
ing himself away on a dangerous woman,
The said "'dangerous. woman, Miss
Laura Kingdon, .lad the clerk side of her
life associated with the house at the
corner, and tato that mystery Chester
felt it the duty of a true friend discreetly
to penetrate. Discreet penetration in-
volved a diplomatic expenditure of time,
speak to .ler again. afternoon sun dancing i the happy eyes i `•I tell yon, no: am >z member - were—though lie would not admit it to
t thet I ant an the council I]cnoly ? M a
q they departed, and took with them of both; anshe roppa socio'y ; r g himself -731.4a bly sincere any
neltwenaper evhxch had brought the "Take her with you, Tien," this tune oar law restraining privet° vengeance. valuable Hour did he steal from the
um
with a ring of pass>ionate entreaty in her You must have the consent and author
t one member of the affairs of Great Britain and Ireland to
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axieci and expression ,
"`Ah, siren." thought Chester, „you s Whoa Lama revived to a crushing poise. cry oc at the least follow up these investigations in time
,tela breathe that very differently to f danger, her eves sought as Presently she crept steathily to the council to entitle you tostrfkp down even pahn•slyadel conservatory, or the dainty
( forthat harbinger of trouble as attic where she was accustomed to sleep, SncTi tit wio t1 palming-yooin whose large rhe dainty 411
alone!" a 'silo o • can , , wretch as this.
eagerly sister's
t a tar fingerFrenchwin
-
jug
alio resumed with more courage
; , ,•,tone for the self•convict and there, with the door locked and "Stara, I had that sante consent and doves opened on to the velvet• ;seen lawn
el sincerity; her setter s had
y ' letter addressed "Captain Dundee— barricaded against interrulition, fell to "Sere,
set � backed by crust upon great of rliododon-
:tai�' . the frontier lonely, and with the same eager claanin and polishius; a rusty dagger of ' Ha I Froin whom?" c.ron bushes.
I rng.ant only for hiin,
Pledge a to
ameronly she questioned Dorothy of its Oriental workmanship, concealing it at , "Front your own self, for sure?", Sorely inclination—"interest" Ire ca11-
k�lclatt we to' earn otheronlywhereabouts. dread
l Bat neither she nor her length in a crevice where no one would "From met From Inc?' pd it—as well as duty led him to the
b eau that shall endure innvay. husband
had
he send- lrnsbarid had seen the paper, and both find it—no one would seek 1 o find. I "Sere, pori towld one, when you let me presence of this other woman, whom hie
oz bey an to lose herself t of Laura's • And in nervous haste, crept silently oat in sa 'eget, to follow him and take „ »
tent ottoher rel that approximated e, fainting- i . With of thefcause f stone,elms prepared y Instincts marked dangerous, but in
• • lat'ons with Willmore, fainting -fit. a face get in stony and with a face oP 1 care that he diel no harm. T was to act reoos;rifzing the risk he gave the more
at he to lisp ie I impassioned iuc:miments Laura went about the house- all thins for her sister's departure on for yez •as seeuiecl best to Dennis Doot- , credit to his friendly devotion to 'li he, bending over her in t1 mean—" ,here, It was a noble thing to incur
'light. forgot everything but his love hold qests, not dating to bring which
the when
voyage. and Dorothea ovau, for sure. n er for the sake of hang to i ho
Will -
r her• with questions the vision of that which And when Doli ton.her taciturnity an "I deidanotme the nkulofnl authority of danger
• an g sacrifice would be well
Tha last verse rang out joyously. It ,reel so terribly affe ted Do ()thy kind band remnarlced pg told -himself
more and more, as she watch- depression, she once or twice glanced a member of the council. ]: have don() 1 if he saved Ernest from making
ve expression for all the hope that filledd wonderinger S Ywhat lamed best, and iit's safe and dead fool himself. But his true motive
sr sattl: Kopp her sister as for her- tel her sister's peace and li lit-lxeartec.• maurnfull at her sister, and strove to
1f—hoe, delight, security in the affec- ness, at her power to dissemble and to say some words attributing this gloom he this minute.
p
u of the man sheloved. dismiss an experience of such horror. to the separation that was about to take � "Why are you
Let us from the sombre stillness I But Dorothy seemed to have° forgotten place. But the effort did not well were "For protection here?"die
l et council.
oup i if i in tTrceb reveille of the light, all that had so recently brought her to ceed in cleceivin, them., 1'
he
And forget all bygone iliness:
night, the point of frenzy, and grew day by day eager questions as to their return; in -
And between Denims Donovan
It'sal shall cyremarked Ben Dun- more joyous and sportive, as if the so deed, it almost seemed that Lama would
a That's aua pretty,"inhed time song. "Ain't recent past had been ante,rlydream;
t at and
hap n. a She en ment 1 n t ac ompver to see her sister
ter
5 4 .Laura began to feel assured1 g a
ardthatGs 'Polln Dont ,'La understand
Give us 'Poll and I,' Laurie." vision which had been described to hergon board the ship, and her last embrace
But I,aur:t was listening only to a of a dead face upturned in time moonlight was so cold that Dorothy went away in a
estion which, on the impulse of the had been indeed only a drealn begotten stupor of astonishment, and, thinking of
ozn.ent, 'Willenore murmured in her of the fierce pressure of Ralph Kestrel's it as she was being rowed clown the
personality upon the tempted woman's river, broke suddenly into tears.
is: ima inatiou, and the truth of that dream "You ain't quarrelled with Laura,
"'Have yeti lead troubles that you g.
Dula forget?" was simply an instance of those strange have you, lass?" whispered the Captain
.' My life has not been altogether forebodings which are notuncommon in as he drew his sobbing wife to his side.
'>,ppy,." she answered. general experience. He had been a pained observer of the
"But it has been blameless," said he; Her task was, therefore, to keep Dor-- sister's altered manner.
I would etitke my soul on that." otl y in oblivion • so she wrote to Muriel "No Ben, no," answered Dorothyvery
"I would have you think me no worse .nee onher, and remained by her sister's the kindest sister in the wog she a tunnel, and managed to dodge purse ; people say you are ahvaya aeon to a pau9e
an other weak women. I shall always ways has been. But something has seine but, for sure, she'll put the police on the ether." her of things concerning her which he
y s deserve mo e t good opinion, which side, to keep from the hol r. It wasedge 110 between us. I feel it, but I do not know track of him that killed her lover."g 'I should be glad to have a few words her ofld know.
respect more than anything in the the sensation of the hour. It was Kith yon about him. She rose, going
orld except—my duty, was her difse easy task, but "love will find out a way," what it is." "You would have me silence her? „to her secretaire,
1 Nn purpose. m Dundas did his best to comfort her. not know where she is. It will. be too ,Amid T shall •be glad to in- from a drawer a petition praying
10 reply.er-Laura wasthnot one s. those and v � Lye
. her ur oso. ' "Cheer up, little one." said he. "Wo- la's," de"d, I think there is d t listen,tbutr that for tookr release from prison of ,Thomas
ho over-estimate estimate their virtues. Her , Fi`ta d tys 1,&aged. wife • mien nava their fads and fancies.Tins is I r,Not too `late to contradict her evi- lie will be forgotten. If you should one Murdoch, then undergoing a term of
on"lits were rather with her sinter The happiness of Dundas and his only a shadow. dence. No one saw me leave this house• day take a wife, Hermia might grow ,penal servitude for treason felony.
an herself. as will be, seen from her seemed confirmed, and in the contem 1 He guessed amiglmt. it was only a No one saw me iEiturn it. Sure, it's jealous of her husband'saffoctionsforhis ; "I am the daughter of Thomas Mur-
„ 1 dthe petition
Cleetotec'x visitor; and wilt►ting' underf the
insolent diotation and familiarity o
revolutionist, for whom, as the ass
of a man she had once loved, she d
conceived a desperate abhorrence, tu. lied
suddenly to Chester for protection, and
sought from limn by direct petition that
which she had hitherto exclusively relied
upon Donovan towin for herbyintrigue.
,[t was in the soft summer, evening -time,
when Chester called upon his way to the
Hoose, ostensibly to bring her some rare
orchids for the conservatory, but 4n truth
impelled by destiny to declare his love
and ask hoe to be bis wife. On that
evening of all others he had no right to
be those; his duty called ltim emphati-
cally to the House, where an important
debate was to'take place, at which his
presence- with certain precious State
documents wasindispensable to his chief.
But behold aim rushing into Muriel's
drawing -room, to- steal half -an -hour from
his service at a national crisis for the
purpose of deciding the most momen-
tous issue- of his life. His private cab
was waiting at the gate • in the garden -
wall, but he diel not dare to trust hie
all-important despatch -box there.
brought it. with an apology, into the
drawing -room and placed it by the side
of his chair, explaining the nature of its
contents. This was not lost upon Don-
ovan, who, as usual, was in coueealment
where he' could hear every word.
Chester was pressed for time, his mind.
was made up, his brain confounded by
the new charm of a pale, suffering, mel-
ancholylook upon Muriel's winning face.
He spoke out his love frankly, passion-
ately, madly. He pledged to tins woman,
a offoolma whom he had known but a little while,
•a cravin for the society of this and whose life was a sealed book to him
was g
glorious woman with the bright hair, still, his mime, his Ii3yalty, his• faith.
whose mellow brogue charmed his ear, He knelt at her feet in the delirium of
t^�•ed her to take all
police area , end whose sweet frank eyes enslaved his Ins passion, aunt unp__
must stand e wee soul. he had to give, and return hint only the
and hanging this day. He became reckless not out of friend- promise of her love. His sincerity ' '•ts
"You were seen to strike him down?" shipfor Willmore, but from love of so palpable, and she had seen so c1e: ty
"Seen face to face in the broad. light Muriel O'Connor. • to wuat his constantvisits tended, t :at
of the moon, and by one who knows me One afternoon, as he lounged almost at she felt neither surprise nor
f his fees,... 1,
well and has the best of reasons to be- her feet the while she reposed in a shell- I She caught the arc
tray me." sheped chair of earl" and silver -green h and though calmer than he, she un(: •-
"You cannot mean—" Laura Kingdon, plush, looking in the swathing folds of went some moments of deep agitati ..
I "That he was with Lan I , moss -colored silk and yellow Irish lace Did she love him? No, not yet. 1.: r
your friend—his swatelreart? Yes, by that composed her tea -gown like a fabled . heart could not so soon be divorced from
the powers! but that's just the truth of sea•goddess, she asked after Willmore. the unworthy dead. But in time, is
it." 1 "By the way, Dannon," she said—it brief time, she must respond to the in -
"Ho was with Lanra?" was a sobriquet which she had given tensity of his devotion, and love as he
1 "He was so—on the platform of the him—"where is Pythias? Why does he loved. She realised this. she believed in
railway station.. She saw me stab him, not come here with you? Your friend- her soul, and her impulse was to take
and ran skreeling away. I took to the shi is, I hear, quite a proverb in society. this goodly gift from the hand of Heaven.
it p But sh d, and thoughts came to
'Connor. excusing herself from atten- earnestly. "She is the best, the dearest,
world • 1 1-
1
m
testis. Who shall declare herself blame- plation of their peace Laura found the shadow that had come between these an alfbiIwantofyou, urlel0'Connor. !friend." i door, she said as sliep ace
ss? the dl no responsibility rest with her reward for her been in it. t the comfort t110, but it was the shadow of a crime. S1 d d h m coldly stonily i W between the in Chester's hands ' `If you love me so
r disgrace to which her sister had Nor had she withou k truly, save my father from S
nfessed that very morning? Had she and delight of reunion with her lover. r CHAPTER XX,
tall too readily allowed hergnardian- Willmore had written the kindest of ,
h h d et•
She regarded i "Women are aptto come in m this living
"Do you know what you ask?"
most attached friends, but perhaps I _
Dennis Donovan gave a sinister leer, should not give niy wife cause for Jeal- death. Give him back to mee, and, if
half -triumphant, half -supplicating. oust' of Willmore.- You know, 'friend- : you still desire it, I will give myself to
AN AL1BI.
tip• to be thrust aside? and but for a lotters, and subsequently t ey a m g ship is constant hi all other things save Y
star's neglect, might not Dorothy be again and again, he always refraining I In the early hours of e }tragedy morning im-
the 1 riage' 111 your
1 after asking. my 1 swats
in the office and affairs, of love.' If 1 She told a� sad story of the "distress
nm hesstepl with true generosity from electing any mediately following
confidence she did not voluntarily be- Underground, a constable, tramping Muriel, if you'll have
woman can re, roach were to marry I should love, and if I fall country , she told of her inherited
Iii I.a hp. reply, and in the thoughtful loved=-•" �� ' sympathy with the down -trodden pea-
se that ensued, Willmore found cause stow. And, sorely as it pained hor to heavily along the roa(1 that skirted the then not man or w n your "Well? If von loved—
xvat vague uneasiness. His enthusiasm have secrets from him, she dared not house at the corner, cast the gleamhewall,t you
was duringo� the whole of one par "Anpatriot as meritorious as Garibaldi,
... ant a silence fell between them, breathe a word that night by chance his lantern upon tit , , 1 unlikely thing with me. a P 11 Tell she told how
ei n•, met Chester's fixed, imperil her sister's happiness. A secret tested it with his hand, and passed on- titular unlucky night."You area cynic.
aaaoizep tap, he gazegScarcelyI have thought Thyself one." her life was dedicated to the liberation
s..t7er. His misgivings were re -is no secret when it is no longer locked ward upon his beat. h figure loathing, turned from him pale with "But if' you did levo?' 1 of her martyred •parent, and how her
ctC t oaths face of his friend. fast in one person's bosom. For herself, turned the corner when a muffled g
•Chester remark• she would trust Willmore with her approached that gate with swift, silent "I shall not take an assassin freshly ' What spell was upon him that set his mission in that house Was to advance
ymnmesust Ernest,"Chusband,"heart fluttering, itnd made him falter the cause of her oppressed countrymen.
"I must carry you orf westward. honour and her life, but the safety of steps, and, after furtively glancing blood-stained for a she said
noon Ca tain Dundas. Will Dorothy was surest while the past lay around, let itself in with a pass -key. coldly. "Nor will I lend the shelter of like a boy? His eyes were riveted on And Chester, delighted to have the
' u. sa f `g phang- hers, and wild words came: mystery ,tt lav `good-bye' to your wife for me?" buried and Laura herself held the key Choosing the dew -spread lawn and the my roof to a fugitive from the s zn ster cleared up with an explanation
g uld not hear of a vice- of its tomb. sheltering darkness of the shrubbery, man. What yon propose is an insult, "If I were to love I should forget ' consistent with the lofty estimate of her
But Dandies
Ho had not noticed So Willmore waited in vain for relief Dennis Donovan—for it was he—crept and you have only yourself to blame if friendship, duty, even honour, I almost character which ho had formed, flung aus leave-taking.a away from him all political prejudices
at Dorothy had left them. He would. from the vague anxiety which oppressed steathily into the arbour,and was lost in the degradation you. intended for me re -femme
search of her, and off he went his love for this girl with the eyes of its opaque shadows. • coils upon yourself." She answered thoughtfully, still gaz- 1 and undertook the forwarding of the
o in truth and the face of purity; and the as- . nightslowly ing into his face:
ownstaiss.The Uladlcness of the She rang the bell, apparently for the petition for her father's release.
opportunity of ex- Bassin of Ralph Kestrel went still un- turned to gray, and from gray to a rosy purpose of destroying the alibi which the "How fortunate for you that you do The petition was voluminous and num-
imening seized thep tnot love
aria u anLaura, with only'VPill.- tracked, while the references to the crime ;mellow dawn -radiance. The birds twit- conspirator desired to set n but when !" eronbulky to go pinto his despatch-boxand seemed at . She
t too
rime g i pgradual. faded out of the newspapers. ; tered among the opening blossoms and a servant responded, the voice of Don- He forced a light laugh. Y,
More for a witness. gradually gentlyroom, "Ha, ha A politician has no room in left him for a few moments to get it
I will leave you the evening paper, The time seemed to have come for in the branches that swayed in (oven only came
from er ler inner
g 1
Kingdon," he; "there is a ter- Laura to return to the house in Regent's i the fresh morning air. The any grew 1 giving his than. lits for amatory projects." bound up in a convenient parcel. While
iso K "But you have projects of your own engaged in this somewhat difficult task
ble affair in it that is of interest to us Park. She had written several times to . stronger, bolder, happier, and the risen , name.
doyou think Ernest/ A. Muriel O'Connor, but no reply or ores- ' sun struck its gay beams slantwise upon i The girl started back from the door of that will interest me, I'm sure. Icon- she was joined by Donovan.
- What
f the Uncles sage of any kind had come from her, the windows of the room where Muriel her mistress's bedroom as if the roar of a fess to being a little weary of the subject She knew that he hard overheard all,
order a a platform o g
r Railway • and the assassin got and Laura felt an increasing desire to go O'Connor lay in restless slumber upon _ beast of prey lead sounded thence. Too of. your friend. Tell me about yourself •
---------ro sass co�•etsvi:.s�_
anal Ra . , g the couch where she had flung herself • much amazed ,to make an reply, she
can away back and banish all misunderstandings, Y—about this new appointment that as
D • tl secret hours before, to sob out her humml h d l totlmekrtc,men and exclaim- been offered
s3 P
seats, and exalted her Fenian father into
•
Kossuth, or William
aomo cnord in Laura's memory was so far as regard to Dorothy's : some a ore, - muse c own you—what changes are to
�tithed, but for the moment she could would permit. But Dundas was very iation, bitterness, and despair, As the ing to the astonished cook, "0 Mary, take place in the Ministry. Tell me
of say why that chill apprehension loth to have Lauraleave her sister. The hours passed, and the house. remained Mary! It's all true what you said—it's something of may poor Ireland, and
ruck her. She said nothing, but slight- good ship Wanderer which he command- closed and lifeless, Dennis Donovan, ' all truer covered her face with her whether all the cruelties I hear reported
paled as she regarded Chester. eel had received a new cargo, and her peering from a recess of the gardens apron and burst into tears. of Lord Furborough's Administration
"How doesit concern us three?" asked saiiing•papets were made out for New arbour, grew more and more impatient i Later in the day Mrs. Donovan, the are well founded."
' illcnore indifferently. York. It would be a short voyage this and apprehensive, and raged against ostensible mistress of "the house at the 'And she ledhim on from point to '
"Because," was the reply, "wo all met time—his last in the Wanderer—and he the sluggard Habits of Muriel's house- l corner," departed on a visit of indefinite point, so that he seldom left the house
to poor fellow last night at Miss O'Con- thought it best that Dorothy should once hold. At length, however, there were duration to some friends in Dublin. ; without a sense of having betrayed the
Thr v' t' was Pal Kestrel.' more be left at home, if Laura would , signs of awakening. An u per win- trust which his chief reposed in him, of
CHAPTER XXI. having yielded up State secrets under ;
A Lov11i's LIFE. a the sorcery of a woman's smile.
Days passed on, and in Muriel's house And Dennis Donovan, lurking within
Dennis Donovan was lord and master. earshot of their conversation, took note ,
He camp and went as he pleased, seldom, of many a thoughtless word that was •
however, leaving the premises until spoken by Chester without suspicion that
nightfall; he directed. the servants and it reached any ears bat thosd so white
assumed sole authority, and Muriel re- arid exquisitely sculptured which peeped
sisted his domination in nothing but the from a veil of Titian hair.
es of au intimacy l,1ifcle'he strove Cheater never encountered the Irish -
Then there rushed upon Laura's mind stay to keep her company. I dew blind was drawn, an a little
11 that Dorothyhad told her as being 'You see, little wife,"said he, "the later there were sounds of bars and bolts
tell
story of a dream.
earn. Wanderer ain't kinder fitted for women- 1 being withdrawn. Presently a maid
-
t She glanced from Chester to Willmore folk, She's a tub to the Neptune, which 1 servant throw open the drawing -room
s'rith white face and staring eves, then I shall be part-owner of when I return I windows, thing some mats on to the
ell swooning upon the floor. from America, and I wouldn't have my i lawn, and passed round the house to the
lass take a grudge against the life she'll kitchen premises. As she disappeared,
CHAPTER XIX. have to share with ins for many a long ' Donovan glided from the arbour and
V
You wait for the Neptune, Dolly, 1 entered the drawing -room with a wolf-
x11z, crAp01v or A crlstiJ.
end I'll have such a state -room rigged 1 like stealth and celerity. Unnoted he
I lvile
Time sensed= which agitated Ernest tip for you as'll boat for prettiness and ascended the staircase, and1 opening a prg
ilia
mo••e as he bent over the inanimate snugness any home ashore," ; floor upon the floor above, fennel, himself x vain to carry '`o its consummation man. Muriel was always found alone,
1 in
in of Laura Kingdon cannot be de- But Dorothy felt a singular dread of in Muriel °'Connor's boudoir, He turn
maedi. They were too complex, too seeing her husband sot sail once more ed the -key in the lock inside, and tapped
ntra+lictory. The soft brown hair without her --a dread thatsurpassed that several tunes at an inner door. The
;cake from its maims as heraised her, which as a lands -woman she held for the sound awoke Muriel. She started torp,
,sl, training, the pure *ado:mna-like cockroaches,whichthe Captain freely and for the moment wondered at having .den
ce that he pillows>•1 on his arm. pre- witted would be found in severing on 1 lab, there fully clreased, But the tap j Y
l is eaters to his gaze dant seethed board the old Wanderer. ping was renewed, crud she responded to Laura's letters were unanswered, for
ltd 1
with loathing los repeated and their convereation grew in earnest -
nese with repetition. At first Muriel
threw herself without scruple into the
task of drawing from this susceptible
repository of State secrets all she could
gain for the advantage of a cause dear to
her heart and approved of by her° Con-
scteTtee; but as their intimacy increased,
and she became aware of Chester's real
love and trust, she perceived that she
was playing an unworthy and treaehor-
ous part, and revolted from it. The first
sign of this was an opposition to the
eavesdropping of Dennis Donovan, But
this the latter overruled, Ile compen-
r
over
hiso
orla,rsness qIf for w
s
reel himself p
nn
rte t ra
n absolute Y
byc
hor affectionsy
o1er her
r
mindr
and afterfor
a
later er
inter
-
view with the politician, when tho had
stip rosseel or turned aside from all poli-
tical references, he drove her back to
her repugnant course with a short Hut
1
' a1lYetowerful reminder of what she bad
to do, its'motive and its object.
But Dennis Donovan, hearing part,
heard all, end while time growth of hea•
fors passion filled him with malice, the
offers oil marriage, she shut him off
rigidly from the realization of that con-
dition of things the existence of which
he pretended and she dared not openly
Muriel remained bitterly resentful of
the supposed treachery of her friend, and
reference to the night of time railway
tragedy was barred by the danger it lin.
plied to a member of the revolutionary
brotherhood. Donovan for some days
stood in constant apprehension of arrest
sn-
Kin (lo
Laura . ,
. it1pT1 pp
t3 thecla o,Khan
:Ion;
()n
n
I
tined
t. rip. coati
rt lZt
• letter of
that s t
buts 0
• • f ease 0
f ata
no Hint itgdinst him, am reference Y
` the door,
Lama, going at once to
or t thedecision n to La it by n
• , . • a un lily. Yet t i d the accts > 1y
ort u),ate its She referred g
lI1,at Y y
able whiteness that gees almost a who was at work in the little flower- 1 It was not without amazement that
l • zc;peet to her features he was forced garden below. Looking down. from the she stood face to bee with Dennis Don-
e z of a secret tie that window, Dorothycalled softly ()van, and beheld him mud'ssteined, hag•
read the confessionUedrooux � i .
a re o
f
e with
la
•motion- unkempt, t
red hardly be tree• from theme of tin. to her sister, who least standing tarsi, Fila, and torn t>xl ,.q
Coupled led with his observations at less by the group of hollyhoeks and sun- mingled ferocity and terror in his eyes,
nrieicyCounors, this swooning at the flowers, contemplating a gleaming o'h• "What has happened? she exclaimmmed
1, with a horrified 'misgiving at her heart,
:lysis c,(.ittly had a varyshe was holdingin her hand whichw1 I
plies of Isar est
1"
r
r I•
and
V f itn a
answered, 1s
"Justice," 110 3r
flower - bed. ustic lm
,i b ,cis Y
i E, r
fl0 V i
d 'n the he lied £oun , I
tat e artnincaucn.
„ theto written
, � ,. i r hands letter
placed into
la �ed
ethhe was thismelan to her? I'al a ma o ftlya, Laura deistora. She sort to the crime, and, further, as the
, � tostate all that summons Caine,Laura by Kestrel on tltaraillvsiY•pldtf . , there was no
cat hor, was impelled Softly it thenews a tern reported that 1
, p1 p
I .rs .if
wo•
, i
i of C
denunciation ct
,1 u �
read en
a
,•• instantlyre
tilein
tot
a' tvlmozit 1 a .„ a too1 fstet that
.r to rstrange--. v ' t the n sister, ,d with 1 r e. e(,
11-r . s startthe tnurc o
,� ovclueA
c pea toCl e
k
r
who to
n w
a andntxi ,
uo
,t•i u
lir
ac,
of £ tae v
..the
folds man ch
,• anda t.into
• veho
tritri�of
rren lana the fall limp form,she hid the treasuretrat g aeras would abuse air hysterical evotnan,unknown, w
explanation from her knowledge of her gown; her heels, was turned to the far treasonable s ag every vague deacreptlon was given, had
it . , ungenerousher sister had hos itaeit andmaka a mock of en hon• y
c. But st emcd tinge a window from sweep P Y ' froth the station just as the last of
ry s htPlod
Kestrel's 1 st
She read x mn�n, i3
er d
t
rt ,
in tblo.t
puts
t' urn -aur:
lilt o g
•laywithout eov aextinguished that
'while she answeredopal o
Itg•stn
wto answ xbeing e. i
less c n 51e
her nt sr ] lightswas
intoq 1 e,
pryn„J'the
e o,
Yg
y�,
N
'� pale andgu trrled almost lookingtt : wanting to Cecil Chester, that she would s� I(t , pitiful, a 1 xoimnd or pamldootro night, and escaped in the arknoss--he
death, "Yes.,' I .vitt iris lova only to disgrace Y believe that Laura had not ye-
a sanctity o£ t e ith. _ grew to 1 C
and Chester hastily took leave v net' verso sounded strangely hoarse ' ' n. , hat cognized hila, and that he wits virtually
.i t
Waiting for her recovery. T1teit amtrl hollow, triitll:She bad boon orisons pt1Ei safe' from jtltmtiCe. pereeptible increase in the warmth of
"'the g w condi. et or deal ns 11ad bornl3' so evil , , ,
return to con , n:telt r sdils ter ht, We ata til `hester' made fro frequent Muriel O Connor's response to that pas -
bile
ace when site should, ,lie W aruin withC;hester, or The Icon, too( (r q
deeplyher • • it whether -11111W shall o a t;otn lm?thou ill den l ' Connor. On retch siva brought upon him the td�xttti`e of „ort
Cest cn dined the , want to :awit t 5o g p ,. I calls upon Muriel )Co.
Chestered the case • � with Ben." ' with any other man who had frequented asked hiulse.f what business bitter jealousy, which lbd him to strdmn
1Di'iet vd consider i to r awloccasion he o de- d; nothirt • she neither her dralvirtg•rootn, Ilor 'sentiment leo i ()scalp() t'always lu(1 silon'red the to the verge of endurance the coercive
leer his friend's
to the inevitable Laura et e ter ',against lie 1 1te heti 'Glare, and g Muriel,
relations withup at the window nor turned to one of high indignation g • l .. i voice within hitn b the Maur• power he held over her. And Mu
of'hisfriomyd slooked n Dorothy. traitor whom she had bei'rienclerl, too+iv warning v ., y
inose feltfthe need'before
of es11'tM eater rite Rause and 3ai y,t Whet. ante that he carie in the interests of his grown ip egard for 110 trusting at�(i
reflection l;eforelte shct>ad did he dare writ() their of :her ► ty
. ;
r,.it
A£r. Dat i.,t 11f. Jordan
of Edmestolt, N. Y.
Colorless, Emaciated, Helpl3cs
A Gonvpiote Care Trp :1001PS
SARSAPARILLA.
LLA1.
This is from Mr. D. M. Jordan,a re-
tired farmer, and one of the most re-
spected citizens of Otsego Co., N. Y.
"Yodrteen years ago I bad an attack of the
gravel, lard havp since been troubled with my
Liver and kidneys
oT
rn,dualt rpwht worse. three •oars a6
gradually g g 3
bl
villi,
` cd5nlelscarc 5
It II
gotcloavnsololvt a� Y
xn loot(ecl they() like a t:orpso titan a living r,el fi
I had no appetite and for Live weeks 1• toe
1 emaciated
t e
pbthil batt rtteE, T Was badly !i a
,
tat'YY.l t tete.
and had no more Color their to Marble n s h
hood's Sarsatt r.rit1a Was reeenunenrled tied I
1 r I had iinisbe'1
thought 1 would try It. I ePo 0
rl o tet ym.•-
Rnoticed thatxfC1t t
toitgr.tbbtllolt
the s
fered less, taro inallatminntiont of the ,bite'+
din had subsided, tits color hcaan•tm i (.taw to
MY face, ,and T begat, to feel hungry. ...0"11
xhad taken three bottles 1 could eat anvthh e
Without btu•tholr, mo.• 'Why.1 got so him.,- ,
that I had to eat a times 0 tory. ,1 1in.'e ;.•• ••
tnliy recovered, tltanh.a to
Hood's > ta',:a 1pta`,'i:ik
r Meet well matt ton % et% Alt who know
1110 narvel to 808.153 so well." IX M. ROMAN.
•
HOdtt's PILLS ars the best iftur•dlntmortItis,
Waist diaestiop„mntmaell athastat?11tit1WaliYiet.
4
Text of the 1
ovy Verse
1, 18—Oout
stearin.
1. "After
from Athens
testimony wt
above clave u
Yious verse.
the seed wou
•are we so to
God's word
and not rettn
not in vain
a:v, 08). His
some" I Co
plislied, Th
of an elect n
unto Him a
1,4; Johnx
Paul, shoul
where.
O. "And
Aquila, hot
Italy with
Claudius ha
part from
We cannot
years the ..Te
part from ci
of the earth.
as in the dal
of words s
years ago.
the curse ha
the blessing
of their mo '
that scatter(
the time is c
Jer. xxxi, 1(
8. "And b
he abode wi
their oceup
While Paul
who preach
gospel (,I Co
in working
ister to his o
pel freely (.
Thess. il, 0;
advantage,
able to do
mouths of t
"It is his b
out of it."
years' expo
cessities by
I might fre
to distinetil
4. "And
every Sabb
the Greeks.'
salonica ane
opening an
needs have
the dead, al
(chapter xa
his one stor
the Son of C
b. "And t
come from.
the spirit
Jesus is tin
he was "col
reminds u;
word of the
him and a i
speak any,
of God leas
was constrt
6. "And 1
and blasp
and said n•
your own 1
forth I will
his Gusto
pel to the .J
the Geo till
Antioch i
When any
and refuses
himself (
obey not tl!
everlasting
As to shale
7. "And
into a certe
one that wc
bard to the
Shut, anal
times, as 1}
closed agar
door for us
a house or
message wi
name (Rev
that they i
we bear (L
8. "And
synagogue
his house,
hearing be
chief ruler
rulers, wh
tion, mays
synagogue
there will
others slut
Will be 1
preached,i
and Lord
down bef
l;iim (itev.
splendid v
ant to hav
hold recei
reel's Me.
helped by
again. as "
save some
0, "The,
night by a
and hold n
ern
being t
t
t
have ttirem
fl, that he
10 fear, am
had ohs
cit
great coin
17. What
in these "f
xv,1 to ltd
less we ap
we are tier
may take ,
10. "Por
Allan set o
Much peel
gest preen
hugest, is
See heath
con, Isafa