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�� for the stranger easy Isde•r• her.
COh?!ICHT, iaa esJ.E i.IPPINCOT .baa Mrs. Tumuli;v I1441 11.111111111042 IY[oottt
- .- - 1_ of tact. she knew it was beet to ap-
nem the matenehuet first. This she .lad.
w osis'• wife 22,5 a noxa of faintly an.. ,ei
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rank. She wise ooh' thi••king :hat tilt :and te the surprise of other lady isue
ran was hers—all hen. se•11gers rr,•tvvrl oto rt•huff. Her advance
He hail treated leer kindly „weigh in was not, howe -ere rapid. Mae•k,n,ae
the •lays they wen• thioether. but eh, had haul her inetrnt41•ett.. When she
bel not 1*•.•n u go.1 deal with hunt le found that Mnt. TI •v ilii. knew IYnu:e•i<
nurse they trtvelel fast, Mad his thine". Aruthur and his p+q,h, sir• th:twtrl a
wen, utauv err he meals team see. het little more. end thea v. n hrsuetutgly
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a •. i e .:•i 'er u ••. , 44.11 t ._
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THTTRRPAT JAN. 10. 1M5.
only in tee l'at'e ot her gnwdtatIwr. :. tan be swore at Arm..ur Mose than latae
we have rata Her hand., 1be• twekin:l, and war a1xl..aa crterrnlnit the rooter
ly ithguiaiturr decided. were mimeos her tion of tole finder wife by ler white
Pet peint. They were perfectly ,at*tk•, rt lMtve•a
shut, yet plump, the ttui;.•r* tap•rutg. Had M. bum present at a certain
the wrist supple.. Mrr. 'roenley then strew at l.r•ybop• a day .r two beton,
and there der•t.leel that the girl h:wl pow bit would have hen still more anxious.
dbilithr•. But here she was, au huhu', It was the custom at breakfast for Mn.
with few Agus of c•rv'thzatitin or that Armour b, open her huehand's Iettl•tw
Weeding which see tits t,. w hot. people and teal them while be wee engaged
the only breeding eding tit for earth or heaven. with bus uewepap•r and hand to him
airs. Townley slid u..t need Lambert afterward thew that wen, important.
.sgg.rdkn that she ebould try to up- This "welling Marten noticed a letter
preach the girl. make friend. with her from Frail( .eueoug the pole and with.
and prepare. her in w.nn• slight tlognt• eat a were isouutrl upon it. She was
etufore, as : ,.y wow:n would be, to
mw hrwAte t.eok Miss s.herw.sd'a motion.
Her father was deep 111 his i.aptr at the
time 11. r utother was r.:uliug other
letters. \laimai nrwi the tint foss loos
with a 1.. ling of 111111.441 12411111111 4011
der. the w.r.1.. nem s., earl, 'Mk lvtuc:a
111111 ,441141.
Riehnrel -at .n.lss.ite her. Ile also was
engaged with his paler, but chant -tug
to glam•e up 'saw that she wait becoming
very pale and that the letter trembled
in her Linger-: Being a little 'lout
sighted. he wits u.4 near et.ough to 1*i
rho 111111.144 wing. Ile did me sisal( yet.
He watebiti Pn•tentlye ser ittg her ;aim
twee excited, he timelier' her feet nnde•r
the table. She Itr.ked upend eetetht hi.
•ye. ret.• eatpd slightly. She gave
iiia a wattsiug I.it.k and tuned se -,t -
from bee mother. Then ss' went on
reaming to the hitter tut:. Prese•n ' y s
little cry escaped her :wheat her still. '
At that her mother heeled up, but .hr
t•nh- saw her danghter'e bark. :is she
nee hurriedly trtln t +.oleic, "'eying'
that rhe acoeld retain ill a near ut.'
Ma. Armour, however, had been star-
tled. She knew that Marin had beeu
reading :1 letter, au.l wits, a mother's
inwtinet her thought,. were ir,*tanth- on;
Frank. She spoke quwkly. almost sharp. I,
ly. "Marini . (some here."
Rieharrl had riven. Hr casae round
th.• table, and as the girl eh. yel h. r
tartlet trek the 'titter from her fingers
and hastily glance(' over it. Mrs. Ar
mour came forward and oink her daugh-
ter's arae. "Merlon," she said.. ''there
is seittn•t ping wrong -with Frank. What
ie it?"
General Armour was nom looking tie
at them alt curiously, gtx•eticoiagly, have had neither death nor .li home.
through bit glasses. his paper laid down, , vee"
his hands reeling on the table.
Marion, could end answer. She was'
sick with regret, vexation and shame. I
At the flrwt_,fla.th' death—kr Flank—
_ }. had leen preferable to .thin. She had
romeiderable store of vaniti-. She was
not very p hileeophit'al. Meeks she was
nos married, and what Captain Cidaii, .
ber devoted atdmircr and possible bus-
• tamd, wonlel think of this heathenish
animate was not a cheerful thought to
her.
She choked down a sob and waved
ber band toward Hither(' 10 answer for
ber. He was pale. tees, 1.nr....l. He un-
derstood the .ase. instantly. Ile niwie •
up his mind instantly also as to what
ought to be—niust 1*—done.
"Well, tnuther, " he said, "it is
about Frank. Brit Ince is all right—that
is, he i.e. alt; a and well in body. lint
be has arrar;nd a hateful tittle ember•
reeement foe us. He is married"
"Marritel!" ttaiel his mother faintly. I
"tib. iota La.ly Agnea!"
Marion suif'ed a little vieton,ly at
tbiu
"Married! Married!" said hes father. !
"Well. what: aleent it, eh' What about
it?"
The mother wrung her hands. "o ib.
I know it iso tm.thingdreatlfnl--ttreaa-
falt He has married some horrible wild
person or something."
Richard, miserable as be was re-
maittri calm. "Well.' said' he, "I
don't know about her being horrible.
Frank is wileat ..n that point, but she is
wild enough—a wild Indian, in fact."
"Indian! Indian! (i.e.' tee', a reel
niggera' cried (Amerat Armour harsh-
ly starting to his feet.
"An Indian! A wild Inelian!" Mrs
Armour whi ;pered faintly as she drop -
pert into a chair.
'And 414•'11 lx• here in two or three
days' flattered Marion hyeterieally.
Meanwhile Richard heel hastily pick-
ed up The Times. "Shu is dee here the
day after tumncrow he said delibr•
I
ate'''. "Frank is as decisive as he is'
rash. Well, it is a melancholy tit for
tat " 1
"What do yon mean by tit for tat?" I
cried his father angrily.
"Oh, I me an that—that we 'tried to
hasten Julia's marriage, with the other
fellow, and lee is giving ns one in re-
turn, and you will all agree that it's a
pretty permanent one...
The old soldier recovered himself and
wan beside hie wife in an instant. He
took her hand. "Don't fret abort it•
wife," he !aid. "itat an ugly busi-
ness, but we mast pnt up with it The
boy was out ..t his head. We are old
now, my dear. but tbere was a time
when we should have resented troch a
thing as much an Frank. though not in
the same fashion perhape—not in the
same fashino " The old man premed
his lips hart t.. keep down hit emotion
"Oh. how renal he, hew could het"
said his mother. "We meant every-
thing for the beat "
"It is always dange'mue business;
meddling with lover.' affairtt• " rejoined
Richard. "Lovers take themselves very
iariowsly indeed, and—well, here the
thing is Now. who will go and each
her from I6verpoolt i should tray that
both my father and my mother ought
toga„
nine Richard took it for granted that
they would receive Frank's Indian wife
trite their hams. He intended that ole
far an he was concerned. there tires'
be no doubt upon the question Man Ile
biliri"
Ht ! Rhe shall neyertlre bur•
Mid Mariam with flashing are. "Agnew
teewinentaxel
when she was gone beyond re -
chanced one day to pat en the
iefwort• when the h•tte•rs :and 1a-
egpf)/teclaring his misfortune came to
ono He found his brother's leiter; he
aft i1 and react it It was the letter
isms on who knew now to appreciate
•ii whom prop r vitiate the ntistertutt i
and fototferiae,* of life. While Fratak
the • let t.e. ptoratibility did toot oect r t.. she intreduceel her to the ledire
her tYhY. hr had hastily, teetle'n h, , Mr-. 'rewnley tutihri ler Iset, anti
fan we 11 at Port Arthur, he had kirse,l ill. re were many who knew how attrat't-
tip•v at th read h. cause to feel fur the first fees end said. "(hselby, my wife." She tv'' she • „old G at sop h a tit• euirut.
be could hthat his brother Richard hall tut- woe not acute tllrtarith Jest in the indite -There \rut• a eagle pule • in which
c(weave.n,statueand d. maybe, fstatue such misery e; "mete at her murlitattvely, 'entree -
'Tow .o theluta site • le him thr.agh Juliet -he : • M' of !trioti apr•ch t,�ratrh the astir• "meteI and nue it thew be:•utdal wild tinit,•re
angular st. It
e�•ee a diyuevion:ue, air.;• —almost involnntsn, —in the last two- t elided out end c:uight her hand noel
r. relict tolicttrl by a gentle v'. tt al.d allyls. She runcmh•re.l tit' wtirdls. ' livid It' but ehe ipr.ke uu wtx.L `Ne'
had the snag with a careful kiudtu•es thee it 'p.\;e\er, and the s-
ki. :uta shit 'c' only 'weed inquiringly. eeri.ush-. at
ori tater elmbltwice_ ow nes hottfor :e n.0.311 a moot wet.. *utilatltd To what sh. was got i
Iste new found fete rid and ptasently
alone A• thug ih. 1.1 in his bide. tit Julia die did not speculate. He weenie dropped the blanket away from her and
the worn: er.sei he had nothing (,articularly It. r --teat wee cn. ugh. int up finish-, :v. though she felt she
married k 1.• may. He delicately .ugge•et:•d The wosaa given to her aft mai l hai was nee :e yeenter 110 thea uuw 111141
Ch.)! •the acted according t.2 iter nature. 1.t11 well '►mean. Arm•,ur hail time had a right to held lietv•If proudly
co, that to the seesaw of lite Frank title carefully. She was Scotch, was ea among white people, as she did in her
tdo.sj 'lad a sore blow, but this was to+bee paved, hada certain anemia o1 shn•w,1- own ceuntrv- and with her own tribe.
• . new, would obey instructions and .1 who had greatly winched le e. Pertain-
he leiter did not say too much. It h. r duty easefully. What she thought
noilbeernify the difficulty. it eitd about tbt wheta. nuttier -h.. kept to erillteellw-
whielkot depreciate it It (lichee even dirt- self. Even the wileitor at elentr•al .
moil ety counsel it war w hole/lonely. ly. it—neer- Inuit' mefind out. She had her untrue- 1'
one hey judicial. Indirectly it dwelt upon the ti'ttis clear in her ntuid. She eels n
IA►a
e steadiness and manliness of Freud's unmated to earry them out to the let -
,bete character. Directly, lightly and with- ter, our which she• was already well
1011 tint r e it enlarged upon their nen paid aryl wait likely Mle Otte pod.
tahip. It ran over levee:v.11y Ow became Anoour had at•rftnitt,l Shat she
days of tithir boyhood when they w. re ' sheaf."on
continue to 1r• wirlq host ; wife t
.f
hardly ever separated. It teeth' thetta"t. I after they gut to England. She under -
yet with no obvious purple., bow geed ' easel well' the language• of Lall a true,
'fcoee'were friemdabip and otttflrlter�-which ; abed because J_aali'e English was limited,
Fath might be she mast rsselbeit tame le - ;the would 1r• iodise usable in England. 1
the .x' world—betwees two uteu. With Mai kenrte therefore had r•sis•u.ibili•' ,
lien ,,,se letter before him Ftanl,Armoar save ty, anti if she was Int elated over it she
hit s act in a new light. twill knew the tnip,rtan.r of he; -fink-
4 + - Aa we said, it is possible if ho had ti••n and had enough practical vanity to
g' Amid it 012 the day when his trouble [Hake• her an .efficient servant :uta cone + 111111111111.50.
ti rant. to him he had not Harrier lei' 1 paint. She already telt that she hall
d ,nor sent her to Englpted cat thio—tri h. -r get her pisitieu in life•, fttom which site *Thew toow. l,.t rrltd tett rs ,e4.7.,1 mit
involuntary mimics id revenge It is N•ae to g,. out no more fe rev. r. She met t,rwttht her h.,n.l.
'''a passible also that there came to bin• hail been brought up iii':iw ehadow of ly Mrs Townky.cosld find no foul:
•• ' the nest vague oonneption of the wr ne . Alnwiek task. and eh• knew what was with the %reams' as an Julian. She hal
- he had dente this Indian girl, who tin- due to her eltarg,•—h>_v ether people. I taste, carried her clothes well and was
i. doubtcdly married him ler^rust, eh- He•rt•lf only should hate liberty with enp•rhly froth in appearance., thongh
f cared for him after her heathen fashintt. her. She was taking hili to the home her hair still bore very elighi.trate" of
• while be bad married her ler nothing of General Armour. awl that must 1e the grease which even tin• meet aristo-
that was eontm'eadahle, net • veil fie kept constantly before her mind. There- i txatic ietdians use.
paesiou, which may bre parel.msl, nor fore fr,ne the day they sect fern On the•' But Lali would not talk. Mn. Towle
for vanity, which has its virtues- He Aphrodite she kept her place beside, Mr,. ' ley waaanxious that the girl should be
had had his boar with eire•uut.tane•. Annette, sitting with hr—thy walked dressed in Eaoep•an ,•o.tatne and nf-
(`ircumstanet, would have its „hour with very little—and ,+earo.ly ever *pakitite ' fere l tei lend her anti rearrange dre,mhe
him in due times Yet there a vas no ex- either to her er t.. the curious pitmen- of her own, but site cane in elelheion
traardinary revnldm. He was still alt- goer.. Presently the pas -e'ag'er+ beam. with Mr. Armenr's tuetrneti.see So
gry, cynical and very sore. He would ' mon• inquisitive and state malty at- sit.• had to aw.ame• a merely kind and
see the play out with a consistent fiun t.imptea at being friendly, tint thew' r- e toren* attitude: The wife had not
netts. He almost enannge•d a rutile wh.0 ttiv.rl little em,tnrag••ment. it had lee the slightest idea where ahe was gran.
a letter was handed to hint .seta.. weeks cote known who the Indian girl we-. and •vett when Maekenzie, at Mrs
and many wild tales went about as te. Townley'e oft referees' request, e 3.-
ber marriage with Fnut.•is Arnour. plaited very briefly and anpictansequ.--
Now it was maintained the had saved ly she extly looked itterrdnhwt or sue
bis life at an i.ntler•ak of her tribe:mocernel. Yet the ship. in:curl .us pts•
again that .he had fennel hint dying int taeagers, the dining *aloin, the meek..
the wowl and }Lid nursed Rine hack t, the sea and all had given diet sugges.
life awl Im ;doh: yet again that she tions of what %vas t.. comic. They had
• When Mrs. Frank Armour arrireel at was a chile tain.ess. aucree.tn1 claimant expected that at table she would Is.
Montreal. she still wore her Indian cos- steatite the Hudson's Bay company. awkward and ign.truut to a d.imr. lint
tame of clean well bsoiok're1 bnckekin, and sit ort. she had at times este[ at the trader'-
moccasins and leggings, all surmounted 'There were several on heard wh • table at Fort 4'hark•. and haul learned
how- t.. use a knife end fork. She hal
also Ieru a favorite with the trawler's
wife, who had taught her many ei-t-
'1nd thing,: Her English, though far
from abundant, was g, *ed. Those. there-
for, who were curious and rude enough
to stare at her were probably disappoint-
ed to tin.i that she ate like any Ulan. -
torn man."
"Ilene do yon think the Arutours
will nete•ive her?" said leentert to Mr.
Townley. of when. judgutent on short
aequaintanee he had COMP t•.'•utc•rtaiu a
high opatien t.
. Townley had a p
Mew pretty way of
patting her heal t.. one sate and speak-
ing very piquantly. She had had it as
a girl. She had not lost it as a woman.
any more than lilt had bet a weft little
sp utancous laugh which was one..f her
unusual charms, for few women can
laugh audibly with effect. She laughed
very softly now. and her sentient humor
supervening for the moment she said:
"Really yea have asked nee a .cmun-
/ g 1 k h drum. I fancy I strains. Aruour's face
when the gets the mews—at the break -
feet tai:l., of cower—tine gives a little
shriek, and says, *timers', oh. general t'
But it is all very shocking, yon know, "
she added in $ lower voice,. '•Rtill I
think they will receive her and do the
best they ean for her, becanee, yon pee
obese law is married hard and fast. She
— bears the Armour name and is likely t..
make them all very unhappy indeed if
d ie det••rmiueo to retaliate upon them
for any neglect "
"Yes? But how to retaliate, Mrs
Townley?" Lambert had not a Ruggtnt
lee mind
"Well, for instance. camerae they
sent her away int.. eeelutintt—with
Frank's moment, another lanolin qui
WA aeon Der nese to tumour name Into
a nx•etage roe"'
Miarluu drew her ektrt back, a^ if the
matunuu .•guar, with ler blaulo•ts Wel
gramme, was at that hood near lwr
"Well, you see. " euutwwtl ltteltard.
"that' is jest it. As 1 said, Frank tar
ranged this little ootetplu•at with a
trifling amount of malt.*•. Ne. doubt h•
duht't name with her because t'w he wished
to test the family loyalty end teepee"
Sty, but a paeitotrips tt. hie letter says
that his solicitor hear tnetruertons to
meet his rete at Llvetpoul and bring
ler lt. h• re lit case we fail to show her
pngwr courtev v.
lien• roil Armour here spoke. "He has
car .• .1 flit• c':ir .4 nNalt itiutt very far
iushesi, but men du steal things when
their blond i:. up, as 1 hate• wr•u often.
That .t .2.1. 1 alter our clear .duty in the
matter. 1t the• wontitn were bad or
*nannefnl, it wo.tld be et different thing.
Marion interrupted, "She has ridden
bareback acmes *1* ..tutitetst like. as
jockey—like a c doe ley Anti she
wears a blat.ket. and she doesn't know
a word of lsttglish, and she will sit eel
the thaw."
' • W 4211, " said her father, "a!1 the-.•
things are not sins. and she must Iwo
taught hitter. "
"Julep'', how eat. you:." said Mrs.
Arleenr in iii itantly. "She cannot --she
e e c i on
shall not err ue Item Think of afar
Think of our petition!" She hid he t
trebled tear stained face behind het
handkerchief. At the same time sL•e
greeted her husband's hand. She knew
that he was right. She honored hint in
her heart for the position he. had taken.
but she could not resist the natural iut-
pulw• of a wotnau where her taste• and
convention were shocked.
The old man was very pale. but there
was no mistaking his determination.
He had been more indignant than any
of them at first, hut he had an nun.ual
meat' 0f jnetiefe when he got fare 1. -
fan• with it, al. Richard had here ho'le'd
him to dot "We .1.. not know that tee
woman bar done any wr.etar, " he said.
"As for oar pante and position. they.
thank, (bad, are where a mad marriage
cannot mtseat them. We have had couch
preep•rity iu flip world, my wife. We
latex, bearing his solicitt,r'a u.surnnc.'
that Mrtt. Frank Armour 411.1 her maid
bad been safely bestowed en the Aphn.-
dite far England. This was the fMet act
in his tragic comedy. -
CHAPTER IL
by a blanket. It was not adistitigniah.d knew the Armours well by name, and
costume, but it scanned snirthl.• to its two who knew- them is n0ually. 1 hoe
roarer. Mr. Armour's agent was fu a was Mr. Edwani Lambert. a► loarriste-r
quandary. He had half neo instrueti.slg cif th.• aliddle Temple, and the other
regarding leer drew Ile felt, of .,oar; was Mn. Tewuley. a widow, a menthe!
that as Mac Frank Armour wee should of :t Weil known He•rtfeiniwhire family.
pat ori' tbt'ee garments and dram se far
as possible in accordance with her new
position. But when he spoke about it
to Mackenzie, the elderly maid and e, en-
panion. he found that Mr. Armour had
said that hia wife was to arriyein Eng-
land deemed as she was. Be saw some -
thing ulterior in the matter, but 1t was
sot hip province to interfere. And e•
Mre. Frank Armour was • t +'e't er
by the Aphrodite in her bockrskin gar
menta mess, .'f this utarrlago. lint he k. -pt
What elle thought of it all is not his utf.,rmati.tn and his opinieons ni.' t-
gnite. easy teensy. It b passible that :et ly t.. himself, except iu so far as it
she we.
that -
seemed o due to friendship to n n
Arlt see only consideredmy r p
the wife of a white titan—a thing t.. 1r• tteite. the numberi,te Idle stories go-
detired—and that the man she loved ing ahem. After the eine .lay at sea he
was bora forever --a Matter of indrtiva- Cant• to know Mee Townley, toed when
ble joy to her. That bewas sending het he discovered that they had many
tea friend,. and that elle newt a Ar
moors he spoke a little more fnr.l, to
bet regarding the Ihdian wife and told
her what he believed was the canoe of
the marriage.
Mrs. Townley wee a woman—a girl
---t,1 uncommon g. ntlenew of disps,i
tion, and in spite of her trembles in
eliuet t.. view life with a ninny eye.
She had known ..f Frank Armour's en
gagement with Miss Julia Sherwood,
but she hail never heard the istgnel. 1f
this was the ..rtuel—well, it had to Ile
tweet But she wase almost teemalene
with sympathy when she remembered
ere Armour and Frank's gay, fashion-
able sister, Marion, and contemplated
the arrival of this Indian girl at tiny
hope. She hal always liked Frank Ar
mour, but this made her angry with,
hien, for on second thought also war
Dot mon• eery for hint and for his p,�
pie that, for Lali, the wife. She bad
the true instioet d womanhood. ane'
she snppe rel that a teethes like the
multi have feelings to he hurt arid a lit.
to he wounded as herwelloratother. At
least *he saw what was pissiM1 in the
fltmre when this Indian girl same t.
umde•rstand her prniticen, ally t. be se
castpiislid by contact with tine new dile
as different trona her past
Both eke and Lambert derided that
ss', was very Darn lloath astwtthetand-
ing her csatnme. tlbewes slim and well
belie frith aiedest hoe NIA shat.e! r
who, ,on a pleasant journey in See -eland,
heel met, cotsgnenrr and married a
wealthy young Atneriean and hail here
left ahue• in the world by no means
portionless int months be.fnr•.
Lambert knew Richard Armour well,
and when, from Franets Arnc.ar's .s.-
l.•Ithr, whom tie knew. he. heard jest
befere they started who the Indian girl
was he was greatly shiekeel and terry
He gu„ts.ri at ouee the ? n.ttne. the nem.'
to England did not fret her, became 11
was his will. and he knew what was
best Busy with her oontented and yet
somewhat dazed thoughts 01 him, sic•
was ton happy to be very active awn -
tally, eyes' if it had been the character-
istic of ber tae. She was not at that
aware of bow much notice see excited
rod how strange a figure sbce was in
1
L
ttse gotta."
w w M sawn
It 1111fa tat still
fle d4 wl\ her
IlIffrfffesn•a
tion—aid she should take the notion te,
fly her retirement and appy err inoppur
timely at some social function allotted
as she is now. I fancy hos blanket
would be a wet blanket in mach a case,
if you will pardon oho little joke."
Lambert sighed "Poor prank ! Poor
devil!" be said alert beneath his
breath.
"And wood= rift Freak? Do you
think be et Ikat kaMan of Oraybope
ant the thselh M auks 1a this?
What tibia MO pssf#AT fast think
why ba matvle1 b* it any snspeoinas
are right, anei 1ueslne her feel -
Ingo wheel sheW ffr truth der
f beret as conte t* a 142 vara lede r"
and oak's' Her veva *we large. Then Limber! blie to asstht last'
nail*, eisd ineallIgeate fasten* be is • difarusf he* to WO tea'
eguaesee mbs was a *04ot1 pathy for Frannie Anew gore Isla as
WOO degisl trios'is hoot.
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"If this isn't dishonero father, what
is Marion flatbed • •tit.
He answered calmly: "sly daughter.
it is $ great misfortune. ' It will proba-
bly be a li't•hng trail, bat -it be not
necessarily dishonor."
"You never can make a eramlal lees
by trying to hide it," said Rieharel,
backing up his father. "It is all pretty
awkward, but I dare nay we shall pe
some amms•ment,owt of it in the end."
"Richard." said his mother thr. nti i
her team, "'you are flippant and un-
kind."
"belied. neither." was his reply. "1
never wag more ',crime in my life.tp
When I luke_nf anMesieat, I menet
comedy merely. not fun—the thing thee
looks like tragedy and bas • happy end-
ing. That iewbat I meek emitter, noth-
ing more. "
"You are always so very deep, Rich-
ard."
ich-
ar ." r•nnu'ted Merton irenically, and
t are se vete little how the nest of us
feel abet f'lint's. You have. no family
pride. If yon had Married :t squaw. we
shouldn't have been surprise'. You
weld have (impel in the grounds with
your will woman and never have been
ntiteserl—by the world," she hastened to
add. for rhe saw a sudden pain in hit
face.
He ttaruei from them all a little wear-
ily and limped oyer tithe window. He
stood there Its.king out into the limes
where he mind Frank had played when
boy*. He pat his Muter up, hie unhand-
some finger. and taught away some
moisture frets" lie eyes. H.• did not dare
to bet them syr his tan• nor yet t.. speak.
Marion had c+ut deeper than she knew.
and he would carry the wound for many
a day before it healed.
But his sister felt instantly how creel
she had tern at she saw hint limp away
and caught sight of the bowed shoulders
and prematurely gray hair. Her heart
smote her. She rax over and impul-
sively pat her
t hands his is show
lder.
"Oh. Dirk," she said, "forgive me,
Dick! I dieit 't mean it. I was angry and
fo ulish and hatrfuL "
He took one of her bands as it rested
on his shoulder, she standing poly be-
hind him, and raised it to his lips. but
be did not tern to her; he could not.
"It is all right; It is all right," he
said. "It. doesn't make any difference.
Let us think of Frank and what we have
got to eke. Let tool stand together, Ma-
rion. That is best "
lent her tears were dropping ..n his
shoulder as her forehead rested on her
hand. He knew now that whatever
Frank's wife wax she would not have
an absolute enemy here, for when Ma-
rion cried het heart was soft She was
clay in the hands of the potter whom
we call Mer.y—more often a stranger
to the beasts of women than mea At
the other aide ot the room also the,
father and mother, tearless now, watch -
e1 thaw awn, and the mother sew her
duty batter and with loss rebellious -
nem She had felt it from the first, but
the could not bring her mind to do it
They held sash other's hands in alexia
Presently General Armour said. "Rich-
ard, your mother and I will go to Liver-
pool to meet our eon's wife. '
Marion nbnddered • little. and her
hands closed on Richard's shoulder, bot
air said nothing.
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MR. FRANK R.1 I I R, Ritmo.* 4, '0lIT.
Perbapsyoa know him ? In Water
loo he is known as one of the most
popular and successful business men of
that enterprising town. Aa manag-
ing executor of the Kuntz estate, be is
at the head of a vast business, repro -
senting an investment of many thous-
ands of dollars, and known to many
people throughout the Province.
8oltd financially, Mr. Frank Bauer
also has the good fortune of enjoying
sold good health, and if appearaneva
indicate anything, it is safe to predict
that there's • full half Dentary of
active life still ahead for him. But
it's only a few months ha since while
nursed as an invalid at the Mt.
Clemens sanitary resort, when his
friends in Waterloo were dismayed
with a report that he was at the point
of death.
" There's no telling where I would
have been had I kept on the old treat-
ment," said Mr. Bauer, with a merry
laugh. the other day, while I counting
his experiences as a very sick man.
•t Mt. Clemens,' be continued. " was
the last resort in my cane. For
months previous i had been suffering
indescribable tortures. I began with
a loss of appetite and sleepless nighta.
Then, as the trouble kept growing, I
was getting weaker, and began losing
flesh and strength rapidly. My
stomach refused to retail, food of any
kind. During all this time l was
under medical trestinent, and took
everything pr,aeribee. hot without
relief. Jurat abet when my condition
seemed most hopeless. I heard of •
wonderful cure effected in a case
somewhat similar to mine, by the
Great South American Nervine Tonic,
and I finally tried that. On the first
day of its use 1 began to feel that it
was doing what no other medicine
had done. The first dose relieved the
distress completely. Before night I
actually felt hungry and ate with an
appetite such .a I had not known for
months. I began to pick up in
strength with surprising rapidity,
slept well nights, and before I knew
it I was eating three square meals
regularly every day,
with as much
relish as ever. I have no hesitation
whatever in saying that the South
American Nervine Tonic cured me
when all other remedies failed. I
have recovered my old weight -over
�OO ponnds—and never felt better
in my life."
Mr. Frank Bauer's experience is
that of all others who have seed the
South American Nervine Tonic. Its
instantaneous action in relieving dis-
tress and pain is due to the direct
effect of this great remedy upon the
nerve centra, whose fagged vitality
is energized instantly by the very first
dose. It is • great, a wondrous care
for all nervous diseases, as well as
indigestion and dyspepsia. It goes
to the real source of trouble direct,
and the sick always feel its m•rveel-
loss sustaining and restorative power
at once, on the very first day of its
ase.
JOHN E_ DgVIS,
Wholesale and Retail Agent for
Goderich and vicinity
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