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, when : collapsed Air;. Burrill, and swept from
P emote, e', , the room.
Dianond nti irate Mr. Lanottie•tarned tohis wf"ou mut. tak' with that girI's Ilee
e-11une•iirg; said, savgol„"what the devil ails you
a secrcu tl>1t21t#ir} annyinggJmrillhe coarct do ii.vithout tottnuuh op
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wa x l I pc r n.
in vain," he milled, gallantly.. "passes all?"
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By LAWRENCE M. LYNCH
4e your Hour, and, your+ steers, and I will Mrs. Lamotte ammo and faced him.
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(E. 1VI. Van Deventer) r' < if reed be " , replied, looking hint straight in, the eye.
ri » "John
"The T �yb;l lauaheci, lightly, "You halm tried that girl a little' too far,.
Autfnor of"A Woman's Crimen Jobe Arthur's l9Jtrd,. The ..Oat 1} o will have a moderately E'easortelele Mr. Leniotts;. and she followed after
„ + Witness," "A Slender Clue," r°Dangerous Ground," breakfast, Frank, not to, maga your Foe-
" Against
ate-"Against Odds," Etc., Etc. _Nkr xifice too great; and I will ride taretchen,.
'J� •, �1ti Poem thing ! he will hove alznost..for-
te.Jtr,., =,•' t '',.,yd,:''• :..e„ Utters -me .i, ,4
t , e �d� t . '71ieu that: is settled, replied 1~',smk,
",'T-.,-1\ tranquilly, and glar cing-fur ively townie
TAM allennoneec TAXI, ne worn ice an erne-::, there," ,: ; Burrill, who was boginxizig to welig;g:;le,
' u11WAS ly in his ohm . "1 -lo you. NvL;nt tw
altar, sis?" his huge ds,s, to- el he wring with rage,
"vel, rue for eewbfl!n •Seeing this;, Ain. motto did first, a
, went to see s'snar' of very natural thing;
1, ro uttere:t. a string
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iota s t
Man cat r"' into of o the . "riot but d . and
Can a a�
tri •,
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rr
known that Coni;tanceivnsgone ; and had •'Jes zit I didn t; know better.
abandoned himself to a tit of rage, when "Nonsense, man; your wife Tia be'low', go anywhera.in pat
he became aware that his. blank mare was with her mother ate this- moment. NOW I "•? o, runless you
our lE out.
shake sel'L''d
and; a� oPlace;
Lips ae t , . ttr
that f i, Y
driven to stop,
dricc
l gone. Mr. Lamott'a
had
also gSy ,i1 I've someprivate Words for your ear," Cou 's nos* dresses.
town with his awn light buggy; 1r
was gone, Evan. was ',gone; even hie "Oh;" the rnanfa voice dropped a tone town and call tor neo rater" nest, ,! t.ur, soneiblc.,,thing., ho resig for
stately mother-in-law 'NIS ieycnd the lower; "quite a stime sines we've 'ad ; "Alii cciy nice inerugeinen.;. than I brandy and hot Neater.
f his obnoxfattRpitasantrie' many private words, 'Bout bybilP't cant call with yott ' And now the battle ie in rte; I.amotte's
ret:Ch 4
Hordered up- abottle. of wine. end ";:o, sir.,, Thai, tone was lower than ! "I)eoideNily not, sir, Who wants: a man hangs, why need we lin ter. Barony hot
He
dant• it in the spirit of an ill nc.•d uteri. before, and so stern that it caused the (' always about? Theyr.rttcoiveoieme:, Lot will atis...ys screrquertL John....urxine
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felts,,i•crita o he> ' Hess and mine, , , I'mg p
her doughtier..
A ro Lr, not - onus e the hellmw of a
bull, re -tolled. bin„ L .motto toethe busi-
n.
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Hess orate moment, John Burrill, hav-
ing
t
ing recoverctt from. his ncomentary stupor
of astonish!neat, was exiting; an im-
provisers, aunt unstexuiy can-cazr„ among
the clsaies,andt,•ble's,btating; tiicsair with
Aleseyt-, in his perfectly rtsber xroteen e. listener to start. if'It's about your bust- blessings," •
—
John Darrell oppres E n= t o u andOh Nvel1 exstin uishecl I rum- Cu. ,PTE .i, ' %ITT
of the dill:donee existing l twcen himself ' Oh ! maybe y i. want to settle em Ise to vanish iron our gas' e's soon as
and the reside nu' g n'T whose he had discharge me. Maybe you don't need rue � you ore within the. gates of the Princess
C1:("+fn to !:.'t 1 -is 1;t. .. • any ntarE'.:/1 . of \\Tttrdowe, enol: r ,is 1 think, art.•, so
-Not the -Li: 1•- recognized, or admitted, "Carpe you for`" fool! You know your , much vocal effo t, end ea, matte .,alf-
bis ::net .:..y; bed he not# deu:onetn:ted own value too well. Bully as you please, 1 humiliation, I will. go and smoke. Adieu,
to fee work, th:.t he, yfahn Burrill, ,where she rest aro concerned, but Sybil
i sister xniste; adieu. mtunmu, 1Ci1e ; ou
sora 'du,e mill worker, and; ovc'rd,eor, was - yew ;'r'• with Mme. SettlewithSyb l ' smoke, Burrill? _K ,,
a r:..'a of poets, a pelf-xuadq ua.Ltt• later if you rank; I want you now."
i X1 o, sir, tn.,nl fou, replied Bur ill,
When he heel m.ff d a tette of -vine, Could it be Jiisper Lamotte that ut-with brief courtesy, and 13'rrtnk, Nil o
he be:u.n tc. feel ",•pressed ;' d7trennt tend these worms; rather, hissed thein? ' kuew beforehanclwhat his answ r evetrid
way. He was ev. eburknelt wife e. 'ense Sybil almost betrayed herself in her sur -u bo, went toward _Ht.. own room, reeling;
;
of his owa ;:xr.it::, tend la 4 vele arentle prise; but the,: gasp that she could not contentedly.
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frame of n;in:!, oiltar-ether. I'. t:d mond, quite stifle,wee drowned by the voice of "T wonder what'd un with tiirl i1?" he
he joiner tare fondly at -Gilmer; :titer Burrill, saying''!
widen xt.':..1, a few gl:tssa's of brandy "Ali right. I'll settle with Sybil later."
added fire to the smouiiiering element And -then ehe heard them enter her
within hint,. and straightway he iiazra mother's room, and close the door softly.
forth: a gallant, a coxcomb. In this For a fall moment Sybi].Burrill stood
frame of mind, he always', admired hint- t refixed; then the silken folds that she
self excessively, took etucke of his burly het intri^ t]v!'ly gathered about icor at
legs anti brawny shoulders, and smiled
sentimentally before the mirror, at his
reflected ft.ce.
There• were people who called John
Burrill a handsome intuit and if one had
a fancy i"or a round heard, with depres-
sions where bumps are desirable, and
vice verge and an anineil sort of attrao-
ticeuese c_ feature, cone,isting of a low,
flat forehead, straight hose, Large, full
red lipped mouth, fair florid complexion
set off by a pair of dark, blue eyes, that
were devoid of any kindly- er:p_•e siorl,
' and hair, full beard, anct xnouetact".e, of a
reddish grown hu.', comae in gtuc]ity,
but plentiful in gnartley, and curling,
closely; then we will admit that John
Burrillwas handsemie. Why not? We osan
see handsome bovines tit any fat cattle
show.
After this elation, came the fourth
stage; a mixture of lir, tors as the even -
z• -'n: ing advanced, and the John Burrill be -
same jealous of his rights, earefnl of his -
dignity, crafty, quarrelsome, end difficult
to •mann ;ge. Next he became uproarious,
then maudlin; then blind, beastly drunk,
and utterly reirardiess where he lain
him down, to finish the night, for his
last stage usually dragged itself far into
the small hours. °
Gluttonous and mleditative in the
morning; beginning Ito swell with a
growin;i• sense of Znuprtanco about mid-
day; amorous, ohs • usive, 'and conse-
quentiel later; hita. o s• atter
dinner;
quarrelsc-nne before toet • and down in the
ditch before dawn. 's was Burrill's
noti' n of enjoying Dile in leisurely, gen-
tian -sales fashion. And this was his daily
routine, with variatidns to suit the cc -
mashie.
Bur sober or drun morning noon, or
night, he never CMS d to remind the La -
mottos that he was one of them, their
equal; never forg t his purpose, or
allowed thein to fo get it, or hien. He
was thole old span „get
the sea, their blight,
their curee, and, they could never hope
to shake Lim off, '
CHAPTER X.VI.
Sybil sat alone In her boudoir. It was
yet early in the e -ening, but, feeling little
inclined to remain in the society of her
fancily, who assembled, with all due
formality, in the ;drawing room on "at
home" evenings,; and most of their even-
• Inge were spent at home now, she had
withdrawn, pleading; fatigue after their
drive.
The night outside was ba1n y enough,
but Sybil had ordered. a light fire in the
grate, and she sat before it with all the
rays from a fully illuimnated chandelier
falling directly, over her.
She still wore the rioh dress she had
put on for her drive; and excitement,
exercise, something, had lent an unusual
glow to her cheeks, and caused her dusky
eyes to shine clear and steady, almost too
- clear, too steadfast, was their gaze as it
Vas filed upon the. glowing coals; sho
had not looked so thoughtul, so self -for-
getful, yet self-absorbed, since she came
to Mapleton, John I3urrill's wife.
Sitting thug, she heard a shambling terlude that br. "sc'tttcd battle afar elf,',
step in the hall, and the heavy voice of 5ybii't only mime .r was u• low, mean;
her husband, trolling out a snatch of ter laugh, argewhen the hsdfgnit,a:'n his
song, she played on and on. and on.
Sonata, bravara, fantasia, rondo e crash
and whirl rapid, swift, sweet, brilliant,
cold;• no feeling, no pathoe. A fanciful
person rhight halve traced something of
exultation and defiance; in those dash-
ing, rippling Waves of usie.
Presently she stopped and tingled to
Frank.
said to himself. "�
eitledly; but ate
rumpus with 1 ur:i
When he had
he has waked up He-
rres let herself in tar a
1.l'r
one Sybil arose, and
When Sybil Eurrilll, after uttering her•;
defiance) in. the face fatltc'r ants. bus-•
band, had swept frci1l the roam, pinsely-
followed 'by her n.otiwr„ tamales. form •
n.evetl away from tie itxaute :lata vicinity
of the most aceesa il,lr drawing -roan
window—the forme of Evan T nmottes.
Gruuetdng, creepin4, shivering, cussing,
he nuwa iris ii ,r ;to the t"pot where, ho
had left: Frank's horse, and led it toseuri
the stables. k
An thing but sfober when • he com-
menced his vi ui1 u1;'aernenth the drawing -
room windows, he ad been shocked into
sobriety by hi, Fist is violence, and his
own rage against her tormentors. GroNv-
seating herself r tel itnr mother, said : ing nwro and more Sober, and more and
"Maanma, you were saying son path: rtg more suilcn, ho staled the, ill-used
about going to the, c_ty yeezerd, y ; lasso thoroughbred with his own hands, and
the Page slowly slipped from her hunts; you decided about'.tn' thea, aveniing •alike both servants and .
seradues y the color that had fled from Mrs, Lamotte Hadi hn•d. 11, tum lit family, he crept into the house, and up
her ch eke evaae back, and burned - of going to the city, and who was fu:ly to his own roam,
brighter titaef ». She seemed to con- ( conscious the't shot had made no remarks. les In the aaornin glho awoke betimes, and
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tt�ial he. ••'elf by a strung effort, and stood on the sutp'ot, t': it111out a •arose promptly; hp had conte to know the
tI i it=ir_--tldnl in;,. ruffle upon her .,•,.t imerOe efice enc. aad•it t rf iris fatlinr• and John Burrill,
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On a few moments; then she lifted implied, like a ws."1 esu. c,c:,c1.1_o,�hor, end he had goad. reason for knowing
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her head with a gesture of defiance. "No, my child, T havetarot d :deft" I them, having of late made their move -
"Then, when Nu decide r, go. inferm meats hi; study. ;
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foroli]tnii itltli11111a1. I t tiro: I:' l 1 a_ Wino o'clock;
bo ,Fim: r1 i...t.., cep untie ,
like to aceoris7eny you a .cl do son e he altv,.yr iti:e t:ti•er a i cl .u::h, meddle,
shopping for myself. Ev n, h:.a recently formed :, habit 'of ap-
Here Burrill showed sigh m^kd'a: I pearboi. late at breakfas also. From his
symptoms of outbreak that A!'r. Lamotte ; Teem he kept ul a •sari •itia:aoe over all
from stip room. Ofwee amore Neithhse!Iriv
own worn he looked. the door wlthr an
unste sdy hand, Knel,.thers threw himself
heniineng upon the bed tattering wool
after 'groan, as if ibsptsIao '
Afw"kratime big move
e
Waned,
still looking as Mlle,bed peen ghost
and, going to a Sleek, opened it, and tenor
thcr•$ront t1 capaeiowe drinking !leek;
raising it to his i:t-t•he- drained halt its
contents, and tile^ a tnnn,B,ent acting aeon
•,A + ,.:ret.,,,..,
'� , a moved under
ssl . he
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SNi•iftlyrodn.e y
the chandelier, dew it down, and extin-
guished every light. Then softly, cau-
tiously. she opened her door and looked
out, listened thus a moment, and then
stepled bolaly out, and, gliding to the
head cif the stairs, leaned down and ; Who, throughout •the hear they haat the household alter a Method invented ,
is cd in the drew;ilig teem, 1.,44.1 r. ra i by hie:aa,'lf,
quiet lost Close observer. thought 0 hire He ka:'•,v edeen his stately mother '
to interpose, and artlull.y attends .e i ;c, i swept down to tato breakfast fast room, fol -
avert the impending storm by s,,y]rg,:— lowed Loon aft,o by hi., father.
"Now that souni s raterrl. I'm plat' The family ell aimed o breakfast be -
that you feel like eleorpinit, Sybil, and t fore the obnoxious .Burrill hod carne to
like getting out myire. -Very glad; aren'this waking. in;; tirse, ands wore rias of mill
you, eaurri1i?" t l.,_ dee man, n, all but Evan. He and his
• Les Lir. Burril heel, no notion of being i bar her i,. i ;v�a'!are:tkfae d together later,
tliu-® Teased; ini'tead of ppikiug as• gtu. ,Noel i:. the most amiablemanner. After
Jaasper Lamotte had opened 0 battery. 1 A time he hca;d Frank go down, and the
"I'm ckliented to hear that Mrs. Bur- - ring of his I^eels assure Evan that he
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Evan opened ` a commodious wardrobe
near the bed, threw down sone clothing,
spread it out nnoothly, and then stepping
within, he drew the doors together,
fastened them by a hook of his own .con-
trivance, on the inside; for Evan had
made this wardrobe do service before.
Then be Iaid himself down as comfort-
ably as possible, and applied his eye to
some small holes punctured in the dark
wood, and quite invisible to casual out-
side observation.
He had began to grow restless in his
hiding-plgtco, and fiercely disgusted with
the sleeper's monotonously musical Whis-
tle, when his waiting was rewarded. The
door once agaitn opened cautiously, and
this time, • Jasper Lamotte entered. Ile
looked carefully about him, then closing
stable. The streets are free to all, you can sleep locking the door, he approached the
accompany melinmgdrives; the churches "I knew it," thought Evan; "the fox
are open to t14 vilest, you can go with will catch the wolf napping, and nail
me there; but into the houses of my him before he'can fortify himself with a
friends yon slip not go; I will riot 50 morning dram."
abuse friendship You have counted upon It took some time to arouse the sleeper,
me to gain you entree is Wardour and to but Jasper Lamotte was equal to• the
a dozen houses, the thresholds of which occasion; this not being his first morn -
you will never'cross, If you are not satis- ing interview with his son-in-law; and,
fled with this,; then you must be suited after a little, John Murrill was sufficiently
with less...I will not be seen with you at awake to scramble through with a hasty
Aga4111 " in Jasper Lamotte,toilet, talking as he dressed.
vexed and "Business is getting urgent," he
alarmed for the denoument, interposed; grumbled, thrusting is huge foot into a
knowing she was striking at I;xrrill's gorgeously decorate slipper."I'c1 rather
chief wcakne s:— talk after breakfast."
"But Sybil, Miss Wardour, here in her "Pshaw, you are always drunk enough
meetings witch Burrill, tastily r000gmzed
his right to call," to be unreasonable before noon. Turn
She turned upon him swiftly. cold water upon your head and be ready
"You kn . n why she did it, sir; 15 is to attend to what I have to say."
useless to dfseuss the question. You nifty What he had to say took a long time
calm Fir, urrill in anywayyou please, in the telling, for it was a long, long
P ,I gr
or can. You know the terms on which hour before the conference broke up, and
he became my' husband, He will continue the two men left the room together.
my husband on my own terms, He shall Then the doors of the wardrobe opened
not cress the threshold of Wardour, pro- slowly, and a pale, pinched. face looked
teeted by my' presence, and without it forth; following the faces came the body
listened.
From the drawing room there came to
her ear the sound of the piano, lightly
touched, and Frank's tenor htilaming'
over the Ines of a Neapolitan boat song.
Then she understood her father's mis-
take. Some unwonted impulse had caused
her mother to seat herself at the piano,
and.- accompany Frank, who did not
reckon piano playing among his accom-
plishments; and the thing was so un-
usual, that Sybil was not surprised at
rathen than to intoxicate -.
..Mw.
"At last," lie muttered to himsci ;, "I
aln •at the bottaniaof. t ,e mystery, and:—t.
ion , j cnverless " 'f" -hem... like hits sister on
tilt',, previous clay .lto muttered, "There
is nut one any --only cme--rusts ittnsust
11o•lmsel" newt throwtrg; hisnselfr.'ance
mores upon the bed. he nro:wed:—
'Olt, that I, thea caowrsed of the family,
ht etofore, ehorriel live'to be—but pehaw1
itle for Sybil I caro: plat—for teensy let
them 011 keep nateg. :any sight—I .'asuld
not tree them trod itart
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deo r • v ll.La and
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made. his way from Haar house to he seen
by nuno at Alvelleton tor taunted tteenty-
ftizu hours.
After thea morning ening interview Nish his
Mteer-in-haws, Jt.•n Siurrfl bluste s less
for a few clay se tui makes es 1' s' on' less
d.isagreeabio a, nee holies. He accepts the
situation, or nee me• to; he old( out on
one or two satiny u,fternoons emit Mrs.
Lamotto and Sybil., and on oneiret these
occasions they trait. Constance Wag—dour,
driving with her aunt. The lniress of
Wardour smiles gayly and kiseesi the tips
of her fingers to the ladies, boil there is
no chance for' hlin -he might bet the foot-
man n for aerl, Constance seems, to see or
know to the contrary; This happens in ti
thoroughiaro-where they are• more than
likely to have been observed, and John
Burrill chafes inwardly, made begins to,
ponder stow he con, in the fate of all the
Lamottes, gain a recognition from Con-
stance 'ii'.ardonr. In his sober moments
this becomes a haunting thought; in his
tipsy ones it grows to be a amnia.
One, day, during this lult in the family -
siege r Sybil and her mother visit the,
city, doing a mountain of shopping, and,
rtucruing the next day, Sybil 'keeps on
as she begun on the night when she,
listened to her father awl husband whine
they held council in her mother's room'„
She is full of energy ansi nervous excite-.
pont always, and the old stupor of deaf-
ness, and apathetic killing of time, never
once rettrns. But Mrs. ,Lamotte Ickes
this last state not morell better than the
first; neither does Cioustance; but they
soy nothing, for the reason that, it-ttould
be useless,- as thei know too well. ;Sybil
goes out oftener,t Bits with the family
more, and seems bike one waiting aux-
lonely for a. long isxpected event,
John Burrill i's' a little disturbed at
Sybil's visit to the city. He brows that
she will go and conte as she pleases there,
unquestioned, abler, if she choose, unat-
tended 'by her • mother. And, without
knowing why, 1-e. feels ineliued to rebel;
but he is still incler the spell of -that
>•
cw,bolds his
and so
d, i4
peace,rnoruin-
- inters- Evan, too, under the same uncanny
spell, goes about more morose than
usual, more silent than usual, more sar-
castic than usual, More and more, too,
he attaches L•iniSel'f to John Burrill; they
drink together iii the dining room, and
then repair together to "Old Forty Rods,"
or some other falvorite haunt. Together
they seek for plepsure in the haunts of
the vilest, Evan continually playing upon
t vanity
i
the anit� and credulity Y in Burrill's na-
ture, to push him forward as the leader
in all their debauches, the master spirit,
the bon vivant, par e seelleneo,
And Burrill goes on and on, down and
down. He be= ins to confine all his Matt-
idlin woes to I111, anal that young man
is ever ready ith sympathy and advice
sang, is not caulated to fxmke Jasper La-
anotto'scposit , as;kat:trainer, a sine -
But Evan contrives• to leave Sybil toler-
ably free from this nuisance for a time;
but only for a 'fila. John Burrill has
other advisers,c other exhorters, other
spurs that trgeshim on to his own down-
fall..
Burrill begins to throw himself in the ,
way of Constance Wardour; to meet her
carriage here and there; to stand near by
as she goes ands conies on her shopping
excursions; to drive past Wardour Place
alone and oftent
At first, this only arouses Miss War -
dour; then it annoys her; then, when
she finds her•walks in the grounds so.
often overlooked by the slowly passing
Burrill, she begins to mark his maneuvers
with a growing vexation.
But Burrill persevere, and the more
nearly he apfiroaches tho fourth stage of
his intoxication, the more open becomes
his stare, the more patent his growing
admiration,.
- CIAPTER XVIII.
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It is night; late and lowering;; especi-
ally. gloomy *u that quarter of W-- whore
loom the great ugly rows of tenements
that are inhibited by the factory toilers;
for the gloorlt and smoke of the great
engines brook over the roofs night and
day, and theidust and cinders could only
be made not eeable by their absence:
In a small - cottage, at the end of a row
of larger hooses, a woman Is busy clear-
ing away the fregnents of a none too
bountiful supper. A small women, with
a sour visage, and not one ounce of flesh
on her person that is riot absolutely
needed to screen from mortal gaze a bone.
.A. woman with a long, sharp nose, two
bright, ferret -like brown eyes, attd rav-
ing voice, that seems to have won itself
thin caking hard gtiestions of Providence,
front sunrise till dark.
The table' has been spread for two, but
the second party at the banquet, a gamin
eon aged seven, has swallowed his own
and all he could get of his mother's
share, and betaken himself to the streets,
night though it be.
The woman moves about, how and
then muttering to herself as she works.
Ther room Is shabbily furnished, and not
over neat, for its mistress epends her clays
in the great Mill hard by, and house-
keeping has become a secondary matter,
Only' the needd. of life find their damn ul
leo ills costixiifett')
her parent's mistake, • 1 rill has stopped ntopir.,g," he said gruffly; woe equipped for the saddle.
Evan being absent, Jasper Lamotte'4 "but 1`111 hand 1f I'm glad to hear ; A utile hath., and,,ft u. his post at his
naturally' supposed that floor deserted, I. myself loft out of all the programmes, ' front window, screened by tete flowing
and therefore had not observed too much and I'll he cussed if I'm going to put up curtains, Evan . sate the horses led
caution. - with it tither, euui. Mr. Burrill, Fero{ around, saw Sybil come do;vn. the steps
Only a moment did Sybil listen, and f full in more seises, than one, arose and is her trailing, dark cloth h.bit, taw. her
then, gotttwring up the silken train, and paced the roma esdth more fiercenes:t thou ' spring lightly ,to the saddle,. ,end heard a
crushing it into a soft mass under her regula icy. t mocking laugh ring 'out, in response to
she crept t noiselesslyas a cat to the
specas
hand,s, n 1P so far on 'rank astheycantered
p Mr. Lamotte forgot It r , e,, some sally from Frank,
door of her inother's room, bent down ( utter an asngry i>.ixlsrecaiion between h;s aw,iy,
her head and listened there, shut teeth, aLaa.ti to wrinkle his f; ^e hea'1 "Act ono in the insurrection" said
Five minutes, ten, and still they into a dark frowzy. Firs. Lamotte ,•lft•we:d ' Evan, as he iurned envy from the win-
g shade of contempt to creep about her dow. "Now let inn prepare for action."
lips as she 'turned her eyes upon he: ' His prepara,ioh were fewand simple; he
daughter, but sy ii looked not one whit rerun ed itis boots and coat, and crept
disconcerted. x a orar, and f oftly along he hall until he
"I've got sotnething to say al'c'ut my reached Lurrili's door. Here he paused,
wife," went on' lilr. Burrill, ".:nit I'm to esstre himself the he was not ob-
blessed if I.don't,say it." ' served, end. then softly ied the door; as
What had conetgovor Sybil? Bi retnfore he had expected, it opened without re -
she would in any way, in every woy, sistance, for Damen hadbeen escorted to
have avoided an encounter with nim; sie bed, by his faithful father-in-law, in a
would have quiticd the fold - or have re- state of mellowness, precluded all
mained as deaf as a post; but now, "Say thought for the night, or the dangers it
it, then, Mr. E lerin, say it, by all might bring forth. E an entered, can -
means, here and now." she retorted in tiously closing the dooras he had found
the coolest voice 1.mm:fin:Lble. . it, and approached the ed, Its occupant
And Fir. Btu'ril-did say it. was sleeping . heavily, and breathing
"I've had enough of being made a fool melodiously. Satisfied on this point,
of, Mrs. Sybil Borrill; I've `had enough
of being a carp� under your feet, end
nothing better. , ern your amen and any-
body's equal, that's what I am., and I'm
going to have . y rights, It's very well
;, ,ux .r u . rer�, Inn for you to anno inee that, you're going
Mrs, veiled e Calf resting; near thorn, I here' and going k there, Mrs. Burr:11; but
witn veiled eye.'. and her 9'lenest cast of let me telt yeti that yea go nowhere
ommtetin nce. i except John Burrill goes with you, that's
Castir:g one siren glan'' towarl Bar Settled."' k
rill, st:lest, being int)rpr>t"d, meant, Sybil laughea` scornfully.
"1 tot you so, you o1," Mr, Lamott3 "Not quite so fast, Mr. Burrill, just
Seated himself ileside his wife. stand still one Moment, if you cart' stand
John 13urri11,"am]nglisinterview :with still, which I cllrubt. You sayyou will
his father-in-Iasy, had . become a t;hade -accmpany xnetwherever I go. .1 say you
n)ore re:Lsonabl,, and less inclined to may accompany3 mo wherever people will
think that in o^der to vindicate this tolerate you, nowhere else. You are not
wounded sensibllitie", he enlist "slave it too man to three into a gentleman's par -
cut with Sybil, ' But hi; lace still wore lor; you wouhimeligraee his kitchen, his
a surly' loner, and Frantic, 'alio was n'a y
over delicate in snob. matters, looked
askance at hip., and. then whispered to
Sybil, 110(14'1' (civet of IL sadly played. ill -
talked, and still Sybil stood, moveless
and intent. Then, draining back sudden:.
ly, she ran hurriedly down the hall and
had gained the foot of the stairs before
the sound of the opening door admonished
her that she had escaped none too soon.
In a moment sho had entered the draw-
ing room, and, with niore of her olden
gayety than they had seen in her manner
for many long days, approached the
loiterers at the piano.
"Mother! mother! your'hand is out of
time!" and, in a moment, she had drawn
her astonished mother from the stool,
and seated herself in the vacant place,
"Sing, Frank,"' she commanded, strik-
ing the keys with: a crash that died away
in discord. "We have been dull too long."
When Jeerer- a mot e en his '
r �La t end 1.s metra
son-in-law enured the chewing room,
they found Frank sin<_rhig, Sybil itedi,m-
panyin r him micat" 0 s fit
song, caught up most Iikely in some bar-
room.
He was approaching her door, and
quick as thought, she sprang from her
chair, and noiselessly examined the
fastenings, to alsstue herself against him.
Then, while her hand still rested on the
door, his hand etruck a huge blow upon
the outeldec, tad he ealiecl out gruffly:—
Noyanswer; she dared not move, less "What shall you do in the morning?"
the rustle of her`++��ilks should hetr:7 her. she asked, abxaptly.
"'S -Sybil, I say', lilnxme in." Still no re- ' krarel ran, his fielg;ers through hi
luny,
lye ands John `Burrill shook rho door aafter a fashion he much affc•etcci,
p and replied, slowly...
:
Violently, and ground out an oath. "Well realI
Just then came the sewed hf tame:f t, y, :Nothing important. Go-
ing to rice to thefIiee—n n•ti Heath'
`:el ,
e is tlg s
era,
dour further up the hall, her x
„door, It opened (<(411(, a,x:cl t <,• r 1`":', not the rnilln, Can C der any thin,
1 tsiek eat -like etc f .• .:,,dG..:., , 'ie.}
:and then q P "1 "8 thinwrit.ning,'" began f ybil, as turn
and the void of Jasper Musette. low eoneernedly writ.she did not know the 1
.and serene as usual, arrx.'stedl thee noise rhe was about to astonish, more than ate
•reef the baffled applicant for ttciniittr.,.ec.
e% '• had already done every ono of her 1
-s notaaa, 13ttrrill. Sybil }cud erre, i•eners, "that it would he a fins morph.. the door would duan in his face. If Mr: of Evan Lamotte, shaken as if with an
lid: her father adrlress hint in that toner
txf familiar caxnmand. "Sybil's not
ter a eanter; that is, if to -ono: ow ahou:c. Burrill does not like my terms,lot him ague. Mechanically he elosed the ward
be a eountPrnart .el to -der. and Y aneitsz so. It is not in his tower or YAMS to robe, and' staggered rather than walk°
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Itching, Torturing,
Distressing„ Disflgur-
Se>
ing' Skin pl'sea ,
there •is nothing, gives suoh
quick relief and,promotes such
rapid healing as this wonder- •
fol Ointment.
e EO. LER, nFiurszrrnrnn,
says he Nv
aat
troubled ed
ith
E
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ca
on Nile Bands so read that he uld.i
not work. Ho leaddoctors treat--
Ing him, and trteal ail the remedies:
he heard of, ht:t:at no avail. At',
night the itching was so severrn
be could not sleep. Dr. Ohase'dt,
Ointment boing recommended to,
him he tried it,u,uat one box coin. -:
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cq a E„P)tatt_the benefit lie,
ie
Petco, 00 rent" . 9otix by al dealers,mr„•
Edp,M xm,,. b@t0N di ecy
^Urouw.Unt.
'W ash .lx•; Flannels,
Mar'18 S. T. RORER. DESCRIBES ROW IT
CAN I311 Doc;•E P1 HICECT8.It'i,
”. fihztvo It goar11'r of' a pound of
soap into a go:l41150 satLieepa0;: add
one quart of bsai!li.ig water, stir over
the fire until dissolved," 'Natures Mrs,
. T. Rorer vg "Handl ing the, F.ttaily
Wash," in the Navetnt:)sn' Lollies' •
Home Journal.. " Pour this• into a,
tub half filled. with wstebr at a tem-
perature of.' 100" Fahrenheit. Mix
well. Hattie on the left:side of the
tub a bucket of clear, warut water,
100° 1,+akraenbeit, into which you
may put a hatf•teaspoontul of botise-
hold ammonia. Take each piece of
flannel si;ttgly and immerse it in the'
suds. Snap should never be rubbed.
on flannels, nor should flannels ever
be rubbed an a boa ntl „ Wash them
bu pressing and drawing through
the hands, rubbing the soiled places
grdekly with the'lands. Rinse at
once in clear water, and wring by
pressing one hand under the other or
through a wringer•. Never twist in
the wringing. laii-ako well and hang
to dry imnaed' itely ; then proceed
to wash the second piece. The R.aa,n-
nels, when nearly • dry, must ha
taken from the lint* and pressed with r
a hot iron. Be careful that 4 is not,
however, too hot, or it will destroy
the colpr. Flannels washed in this
way will retain their soft texture
and original size u til completely
worn oat. No deviations 'from these.
directions,however,
can n be made.
For colored flannels make a suds as
above. To the• waren water for rins-
ing add four tablespoonfuls of White
wine vinegar, or a tiny bit of acetic
acid which has been thoroughly dis-
solved. It is always well to wait
for a bright day before washing
flannels. They should be dried as
quickly as possible."
,
MITCHELL PrilATTERS,
Au Old `Sesident Well Known in
This Vicinity;
Mrs. Leonard Young, Mitchell, Ont.,
says :
'Tor a long time I have been unable
to walk except for a short distance be-
cause of shorinese of breath. My nerves.
were all unstrung. 1 also suffered a
great deal with giddiness and weak eye-
sight. 1 slept very poorly and was in
eo'nstant epl)rension that soinetbing
would happen, I knew not what. Hear-
ing that Milburn's heart and Nerve Pills
were agood remedy for ailments like
mine. 1 got a box from Mr. S. A.
Elodgge's drug store here. The results
following their use have been 'Marvel-
ous. They proved beneficial to me in
every way, restoring restful sleep,
etreng thening my nerves, and enabling
e to alt with perfect. freedom, .
"My granddaughter. Mrs, Seymone,
who lives two miles from here, has also
taken these pills for nervousness and
general�tdebility, and they have cur-
ed her besides building no her health
and strength." (fiigued) Mrs. Leonard
Young, Mitchell, Oat.
STILL ANOTHER.
`Messrs. T. Milburn & Co., Toronto,
Ont.:
Gentlemen,—For a long time I have
suffered from weak action of the heart
together with excessive nervousnes, my
strength was much reduced, and I age -
paired of a cure. I have taken Milburn"
Heart and Nerve Pills, which I got at
S. A. Iiodge's drug store for my ailments
and can truly state that they have prov-
ed the best medicine that I have ever
used. They are indeed the most splen-
did tonic, strenghtening my heart and
nerves improving my general health,
and improving my physical strength. I
can say without hesitation, that they
have done me more good than anything
I ever took for my heart and nerve
troubles.
(Signed) MRS. HELEN AGAR,
M'itehell, Ont.