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wh her heart Ira
were they -- mar-
ried r' las as►sd, a 'lever Mining over
dant know. 1 du out arae know
that they are married at all," Boren
r ilueeutly but he
altaawt Hercule.
"Don dare to biennial* anythlag c[
that kind 1" he Maaki.. "She was ar
pale u an a+ s1. aad 11 she has been
wan by aaot er, the has given ber-
ieK away bouorehly, believing that
1 am dead,"
"Yee, the told mV she thought you
were dead ti eowt as she
but wbetti.r she 1s married him
or not, 1 naw their shadows WWII*
d the certain. of their room. M I
was pamsing..00e evening the bone
where they board."
Howard made a gesture of repag-
nanos. He could riot bear to have
law go thus immaedlately into details;
it tortured him.
" And gay Daley -wheat dld rhe
die?" be naked. with a sob of pain.
"About that time; she was at-
tacked with diphtheria In its wort
form. 1 was very anxious, of course.
and went every day to inquire about
bee-whe eras year ereeee. am t
tilaindstai 1ronmestre eribt to do go
Teo last time 1 went they tend me
dao war dylug, and -that was poor
Daley'r Meet night on earth,' the
false-hearted woman concluded. with
every appearance of grief.
"Dirt you ate her *flier -after It was
all over r"
"No, I teeeched a telegram that very
evening saying that the co:o:tel had
bees (&tally htjurud. and I sees ob-
liged to corse away Immediately. Oh.
Howard" she continued. going near-
er to him, and leaning against him.
"I know all ties t dreadful to you
-a11 tbat you have has been taken
from you ; and 1, too. am now left
aWee ; we have oats OM *statistic 110W,
and we must try to comfort Mud live
Mr eacb other In the future."
He 000ld not bear one word of sym-
pathy.
A try of despair buret from. hum. Ile
port her qulot:y away, arose and left
the groom without a word.
t1he beard him go tpataire to the
chamber that be tried to occupy when-
ever be was her guest, and shut and
lock the door, and she knew that It bis
beset was broken, she a.00a luny done
a ; but there was oo sorrow, no re-
gret in ber heart for the ruin which
she was working.
tube ants wearily from the soca
where they Mali been setting; the ex-
eitemeat sed eight 4 his m4aery' had
weld -nigh exhausted ber also.
Well, that ordeal im over at last,
and 1 have utile antieiyated tient$ u
tattle, after all. Any one could see
Slam Akar balder ie donor.
worshieped her; arid wit -Deasy dead,
it is easyto e that be wird
offer offhimasseand Castile, weir* out
wttb trouble sad watnbing, will be
onto toogiad to find atinsebody to take
care at her. If I can only makes How-
ard believe it, and persuade him to
got a divawe, I anal! be able to keep
my brother to myself. and be amply
revenged upon her. How abs would
rave and tear these golden locket if
the found, as too late, tbat Howard
had returned .ave' and well!"
And with three malicious thougbtei
in her heart Mrs. Langley slag 'ought
the solitude of bar chamber, .to plot
Wild further for the ruin of the wo-
man whom abe bated.
CHAPTER XXVIIL
A DAUGHTER OF CAIN
A Novel of the Present Day.
Oh. Howard!" she said, after
awhile, between iter sots, "to think
that you should Dome just at this
ilpte when I need you most. William
deed two days ago -was thrown from
his oarrlage nearly a fortnight since,
si0i1 knew nothing afterward."
A fresh bunt of weeping here drown
ori et ea Howard's expression of dismay
rind eurprete.
1 was to California." she resumed
at length, '- visiting 'Fanny Schoenen.
nod they telegraphed for me; but I
did not get here las meaaou to see him
before he died."
" Then you aid not get my letterer'
Howard began, but site Interrupted
,. tfo. t 7pgn{F y y
William was away all the time I was
gone. and no orae kuew my address.
Olt, dear! I ate nearly distracted
with all this trouble acid excitement";
and another shower followed this as -
"tertian.
Howard's patience was well-nlgh
exhate.iod, but while sate was iu that
elan• lie eoukd do nothing but try le
soothe her.
He knew, of course, that If hes
sister had but just received his letters.
C.d.le war still In the dark concern-
ing Idle fate ; was, perhaps. believing
him dead, and etie mourn sg for hum.
Helen," he said, at length, when
he could bear her weeping no longer,
where !i Ctcirst-
But she seemed to be eves more
greatly distressed than before at this
question.
Helen Langleyhad never wept so
much in her rie, and now she was
only seeking to gain time. Bad nestle
war at heart, she Instinctively recoiled
frau carrying stat the plot Which she
had been maturing ever .Inc? receiv-
ing her brother'. letters..
• 0h. Howard! my poor brother !
how can I tell you? It seems as If
all opr trouble comes ne once." she
mobbed.
Howard Instantly sat erect and put
her sway from him. His face was as
wl'.:lee as ebalk, and ht chest smarted
fell with deep, heavily-drawneatha
" What do you moan?" he cried.
hoarsely• while there wale a rushing
sound In 1.t ears, and It seemed as If
.littemura.nelson.ilagl:ag„1teRw.J 4 -date;
But a1.e was trembliter violently,
her whole body was swayed gj�r0'
and she appear.dt unable 10 �T Wm.
He laid hold of her wrist*, and drew
her hands away from her face.
" Helen• have you no mercy upon
me?" he said sternly ; " tell me at
encs, anrt.. do not keep me In this
tortar:ng suspelies."
" Can you bear It, Howard!" Yrs.
Langley tidked, lifting ber eyes pite-
ouslyto his face.
" 1 cannot bear to wait; tell me
where my wife la" and his voice was
.trained and hoarse.
She threw her arms again about
las neck. and hid her face upon ht
shoulder. because aha could not meet
him anguished eyes while she told her
horrible tab.
" Howard." she Bald. sadly. "she
cnn be your wife no longer ; s1.. Im-
las to another snow."
Ie threw her from him with a .le-
epolrtng cry -a cry that rang In her
ears long afterward. -'
' Yoe cannot glees It," he mold.
with ashen lips. "Cecile the telt. of
another t"
Ski. would never have known the
voioe, it was .o unnatural and full
of misery, *'bile his foes was per-
fectly frightful to look upon, and
abe began to fear that the was carry -
Lag things too far; but it was too
---tie to retreat now:
And for Howard Kentgotsery, lite
seemed like a bitter mm000ckker the him
see z�oir°ice a�T hI. aaiti.t aad re-
garding ltis dear ones, he had never
thoughtlot anything like this.
Helen crept close to him again, but
he could not bear her to touch him -
he recoiled from her pro(tered sym-
path . -.
"Of coarse," she returned, "she can-
not legally be the wife of another as
long as you are alive and have re-
turned ; but -but -she believed you
were dead, and-abe is living with a
Dr. Mortimer, in Sam Francisco -some
oa. whom .he met, I believe, when
she returned from Europe, and who
was very kind to ber ;" sad the wick-
ed woma■ told this orael falsehood
with every appearance of reluctanoe
and sorrow at having such dreadful
tidings to reveal.
The wretched man bowed his Wad
a the arm of the sofa, and his
whole frame shook with the agony
which be could not control, while his
sister sat byand witnessed it without
a twinge of remorse for the suffering
she was musing.
If she could but make him believe
this, and file a petition for a divorce,
she would be amply revenged upon
Civil. for her defiance in the past.
How long is it tine-sinoe this
thing happened r' Howard at length
asked.
It is only about five or six weeks
since ahe went to San Plranci.co, but
i do not know how long she has been
contemplating the step."
"You de not know, Helen 1 Why
delft you korner her brother de-
manded, regarding ber searchingly.
"Because she hes never confided to
me any of her plans," she answered,
proudly, and with rising color.
'Have you not been intl.restbd is
Cecile Vince mho returned r' he caked.
"Oh, yes," Mra Langley said glibly.
"but the never forgave me for op-
posing your marriage with her, and
she scorned every offer whieh I made
after her retire. 1 wanted to take
the baby-.-"
My baby -what of tiers 'Howard
interrupted auddaaley.
In his agony, caned b what be had
Kurd regarding his wile, he had al-
most lost sight of the taut of his
child's .xistenee.
"Howard—he is -dead."
He put out his hand as If to ward off
s blow, and she repotted as if he. had
street her es she saw hie floe.
It vies horrible to alt there end
witness his suffering, but she bad der
t.rmined ape her plan of action, and
she would not swerve from it ; while,
although she did not really know that
Daisy was not living, the real! be-
lieved that she must be dead and
buried fee before this.
They had told her that she was
ding when she went to inquire., and,
al course, gibe thought it would be 118 -
passible fou her to Mover from a re-
It
o1 that
A 7
t was •Inre.t' s.elte 4 mortal
mu could bear to sit ibyre and have
all hes hopes thus shattered.
Cecile gone -woo bez another -lost
to him forever ; hs eight -that beau-
tiful. bee. -e ed, shiny -haired darllog
Wed I and after the exile and suffer -
lag of the past three years to es-
ters and fled bltruelt shorn of all
that made 111. worth heir`` I Sure-
ly no oat bad ewer had eaeb s rllp
of _Misery to drink before.
th hes head pewee bard over kat
sad kis heart growing nab
a tt�s baenm, he ITC
still alit
l0 as it -to ren .a jut whet
]before him.
Hetes," ire midi atter awhile, "I
oaaaot tall -I the scarcely think, sad
1 cannot bear much more ; but tell
nee in as few. words as possible •11
that baa oocurred to Cecile since she
returned -or, at least, all that you
know about ber-"
And the cunning tale which she
wove for his tingling ears would have
done credit to the most extravagant
romancer of the e.
Abe represented that as soon as
she had learned of her return, she
had an Interview with her, offering
le befriend her In any way that she
could; but all her overtures had been
Indignantly refused, and Cecile had
treated her with a haughtiness and
ovestbaarance that was intolerable.
"Than Is not at all like Cecile,"
�rd held, with a srcit001v " fior-
"Bat -I t+Ntryw she has never
given ate for not tieing present at
year marriage, and for my Opposi-
tion to it," reiterated gra Langley.
"I offered her money when i found
Mai was ea tr�oeble--"
''You offered 'Kw money !' Interrupt-
ed Howard, In astoothment. "There
was plenty of mousy for her with
owl, the necessity of borrowing from
any cue."
"Hot Mr. (hrswold, your lawyer. died
just about the time of her returu,
and as his affairs were In such a
oowpllrettad condition Cecile could
get nothing," Mrs. Langley explain-
ed with some _ tn�.
"Mr. Uriewold lead f'' Ise ' other
cried.
Was everybody dying! • Was _this
goof man. one of bis beet brined*
-gone too? Was he to lose every-
thing that he prised out of his lite?
"Yes,' Helen returned : "ate died
quite suddenly -was UI only a few
days; and, then the oo:onel think-
ing we must bear freta you before
long, took the management of your
business interests.-- 9f course, while
all this was happening. Cecile needed
money, but. as 1 told you, mho in-
dignantly rejected all my advances.
Pia was very haughty and Independ-
ent, and went away and hid her-
self from nee'
Y sbouhr have settled a hand-
some locome upon her," her brother
said, sternly.
It was entirely unlike his wife to
,hsarsil ha• awl e.icb naa'g g
as big. dater ry ,rreented, and he
oeeld eels mnteretand it at all.
'•1Plsw*ePetld we do that, tHoward.
when -we Std -not know where she
wear' Wee asked. Innocently.
"But what supported her :' fele
had no money of any consequence
when we left England -trot even
ewe& to f* ber passage.'. he
said, greatly disturbed.
'I dent know what supported her,"
Men answered, with su.pk•lou.. Pmt-
phaes; "but mite told me that title
Dr. Mortimer, who was ao kind to her
during the voyage, lent her money
to pay ��"
"She told you this," and then re-
fused -4p talwhat 'you offered ber
to cancel beef obligations to that
man!" Howard Montgomery said,
astoulsbed.
' Helen,'. he saki. a comment later,
"there s something about all this
that I the not understand. What
yyou have told me s entirely at var-
lanoe with (frclie's character. Are
you sale you are keeping uoWing
back ?"
"What ahou:d I keep beck r" .be
q estioeed. "I afterward discovered
by accident wbere abe lived, and,
supposing her to be in reduced cir-
cumstances, and feeling that it to
no way for your child to dive, I went
to her and offered to take Daisy, and
do for her exactly as it she were my
awe. She insultingly scorned my of=
her, as before, and said she was sap -
site
ea ietenoe from meherself-and�Sbe wasd not eliving
in a pretty way,; her house was a
perfect little bower of beauty; sad
sine I learned that she had gone
to San Feminist) '(0 live with this
doctor, I have Dome to the medal-
lion that be must have taken care of
ber all along."
Howard covered his face again and
groaned.
Could it las possible, he asked him-
self, that her Meat could have been
ao easily won from him t -that this
strange doctor, whoever he might be,
had acquired such an influence over
her that she would consent to place
herself under such obligations Yo
him t -
He remembered how she bed ones
said to him, "There is nothing in the
world I could not bear better than
to lose you or your love."
Had she so soon forgotten him and
his devotion to her f Was it possible
that he could .have been so mistak-
en in her character? he asked him-
self, while a strange bitterness be-
gin to creep into his heart against
her.
He had fondly believed that she
could never change, that had she
watched him sicken and die, and 1d -
lowed him to his last resting -place
her heart never would have swerved
to Its allegiance to him, and lute ohs
would have turned a deaf ear toev-
ery entreaty Isom another, and gone
to ber grave alone, loving only ham.
But now. according to his raster's
.tory, she bad clang to the flrat
stranger who had admired and been
attentive to her; she had laid her-
self under heavy ("ligation" to hlm-
earIytatlons which mad. hie face burn
with hdlg. -nation, and his Opt to
curl with scorn; and, finally, without
primitively knowing what her hus-
band's fate bad been, she hail given
herself Into this menet keeping and
gone away with hlsa
He dad not dream that she could
um/port herself -that her gentle. de-
pendent nature coats rip• to meet
and overcome the storm of fate
alone; and so, blinded by disappoint-
ment end misery, hes was forest to
arraign. his .Itfwr'..tory at truth.
Hare you never elven her mince you
went to propose to adopt Daisy ?"
he asked.
"Not until r met her at the bons►
of a friend In Ran Frain -Iwo," Mrs.
Langley returned, ber fare flushing
hotly at else remembr*ace Of that
last Interview. "Phe was fully as
overbearing as she had been before,
and I. a..nre you the nesting was
anything but a pleasant ons."
"Detre you ever renewed your offer
to give ber an Income from my pro-
perty t" Howard gtteat'onrd.
Yea, once; but she saki she was
happy to tell me that she had nue
tlolsat for all bee need. --that even If
Nue sever !tori one dollar of your for-
tuity, Daisy woad have no mean dow-
ry «i..n &Ue reached her majrxtty."
Again Howard groaned; he ootid
not he to believe new that Mile
had been provided! for in some other
way than by her own efforts. Rene
was a d heats fragile girl who heti
never been toen-gltt to l.hor or de.
pine aspen herself et all -how .cute
she, theft. go forth Into tie world
Aimee and battle for a 11ving and
*in a e mopetnece.
1iWl he mold not quits understand
w117 she ebould retain to seestet
*het rig'hefklly ]]shed to Ad of
frill property, Minn J1 was Moog a
Owns et gnat aid • selectauoe by
during htshoprh.uu amt.and had been
the Oat's b of comfort that be
had had thole hang year* 01
tubi-ns4 a1; leg into those deep
blas •yea w faithfully painted there.
he could act hr his heart to be-
lieve that alba nod be so flokls, so
forgetful of ter bre for blot, that
she woald have !elan Itgttle won by
auotl.r. Without positive proof of her
tinebead's death.
But the teen seemed to �b�s io
plain. lira Lougley atihrOad Ilk she•
k-hu-
atw Ler slst.rlaw wen w thlg
Dr. Mortimer. that she had seen them
together lei their own room, and be
telt that thine. oertalstly looked badly
for Howard's peace of mind for the
future.
8: veral weeks went by and How;rte
sill reinitiated a ,rcoluee, and was
sura nearly to a okeletou by his eon -
&tent and rebellions grieving. Mrs.
Langley also dented herself to all
visitors --using no one bel this one
tetanal who remained so faithful to
Iter brother. and in whom the was
begeoutng to feel n strange interest
he melt.
But the ntonoto-.y of this way of
longed
begau to he irksome to her, and
rate for tom, change. Besides'.
site tsgau Yo w1.h that 'Howell! witobt
smote himself and k& Into her Xy
hand's affairs. at rhe naturally felt
home onrtottty regarding her future
finance..
Enna cossetted Dr. Anthony upo.t tee
propriety d trying to get Howard
to aaooispany her to WOMB watering
plane. hoping that this might change
the boor of bl+t thoaghte somewhat.'
mud help to bullet up her 'Mattered
system-
' It wal be We very best thin] that
you can do," he had toed her, adding
impressively, " Samethlag must lee
dour lamedsately, for Ile altwot .ti•
dure tk!a kind of life much loagsr" ;
and thee. embo:ef-•ned by her conft-
iteaco iii Woe. he %ensured to ask her
conte gaege:oas re,anling 0.014.'..ee-
eral narvtage.
The ..are he thdugbt al oat the
metier lbs lees sat eied he felt. lie
had a feeding that eometldug was
wrong moa where, and he had *tout
made op his ailed that he should go
to San 1PYdnc'a.0 *n 1 sift the who e
thing for Maisel( asst as soot as he
coukl leave Mt frbe nit
CHAPTER XXXI.
Au (h,poreau.. fleeting.
"Somr,tbiag Wrong Somewhere.".
Ib, next taw days were dreary
matzoh at the Langley tmation.
Arrangements to be mads for
the funeral and burial of Colonel
Leogny, Mies. L.agley was busily en-
gaged in ordarrlas r ueourniag, and
Edward, left to h`mself, neither ate
nor slept in iia wreoohednem, and
;ooked.more like • **t than a hum-
an being.
:News of ha return spread lake wild-
fire tbroagk the circle in which he
used to more, *ad hie meads -many
of them excited by cariosity sad some
by 1 frimaadly feeling -flocked to
see Moo
Bat be wood adroit phone of them ;
the thought ot-meart eteintles
and being obliged to talk of. his trou-
ble was Mere thin he could% beer, end
everything jarred upon his sensi-
tive nerves.
Only Dr. Anthony, wbo insisted
aeon seeing him. was allowed to Dom.
i•to his preemies, and the sight
of even his .ympethetio face aesr;y
drove him frantic.
" My lite is a failure -it s ruined,
and I wish you'd give me something
to put an end to aye, misery r' he maid,
one day, as be wrung the young Joe -
tor'. hind until he nearly cried out
with pain.
"Hare I not Buttered though r" be
continued ; "here I not borne ell that
buman nature could be expected to
bear oto the teat three years, with-
out the addition sit this cruehing,
demagog burden r'
He had been telling his Wend the
Moro that -him ester had related to
Dias, • he was so ezc ed sad un-
strung that he hardq knew what he
tiewas thytag,
a do those first
hours cif his wreto three
calmly spoken wards of faith
that he had tittered to C.-
ciie when she had told bks so^
long ago of her presentiment of mus-
ing trouble; he had said, " Treat w111
doubtlese come to um in some form or
other -I erpeet thea[ ; and If God seeds
th.m`Iatsm I trust we shall troth bear
them In the right spirit, for we know
whom 'He Ioveth a chastmneth. "
net he had never thought teat
trouble could come In any form so
dreadful as this.
if she were dead," he cried, 1
nould bear It hatter : but for o both
to llveeend to feel that we can never
be auythlag to *soh other again will
he a living death to me. (ah. to think
she could have married another with-
out reeltive proof of my death I -to
let another win her love from me
when i have Idolised her ! -when I
hoer trained and belleveti that noth-
ing could ever make her forget toe!
i tell yon. George, the &hock to both
hnv. *04 trout. le more than I can
bear.
" And my baby -my blue-eyed Daisy
-le dead I' he went on. speaking like
Gene who was utterly despairing "Did
you ever hear anything like It, An•
thony? Did you ever know of any
one who wan crushed by much an
avalanche of woe? Oh. heaven 1 I
never doomed fleet *ndh nater .1mo-
lathm coed meth over the heart of
man. and yet Ifve1"
H. could, Indeed. hair no more, and,
honing bis head upon hs bends, great
mobs thick hs frame. and! he wept as
only a strong nature can weep.
it was well for him that his Mend
lead fared his way to heat, and that
he had printed out his merro*s to him.
for when all that Mtternee tont np
mesio lengsr in hieOsere:he meet have
g Dr. t�Antthony gonM find no word*
of neatfnrt to other to a ref like this
-he eoakl only alt silently Is and let
It have Its therm. 1"an.oletion otany
kind would have seemed hat a mock-
/.rorgo Anthony hd:d (L,nre to the
Sprwpt for a rh„rt h.at dal darleg
the heated teen Cot: before returning
to hie duties at the South.
He had tuft Nee York *Aute tines be-
fore lira Langley good her beother,
tut did not arrbs • at SeraWrs until
aft •r Howard had returned to the
city. -
F.
rrfln had halm greatly etartl*l and
shocked meg hearing Howard's sad
story -timed u Meth en al he had
leen when he had dtANavered him to
b. en Insnntae of that peeper nylon
In the netatlrei d Liverpool/
He was net nattg(W dr
.-lienor. He %•d fe.eq Moths 11 b blew -a Mvehv Esse oo. In Iles•
ard always married, aa* e�1ah.
Maur to red. 4*54 b11M yit ttf Ids
Jltovalloil alt. desiMoh eier,.s allr-
.o.ering the ahrmc- of his friend bat
gallantly de.ottd h4no31f to -the brbl-
IWtt yoga( witt,'•v, and soon found
that he was becoming deeply Lntsr-
, Med to her.
oh. had thus far shorn only the
ugneablei seei of hes character to
ben. and be had yet to barn the wile•
of whbb tate was copable.
"I have always tboagbt that I
should divots myself ezcluslrely to my
J}eoteaslosr-that I was riot • warry-
lns rases.” be aced to himself on the
very morning of the'iity oY which we
are writhes, "Int 1 declare I have
bd•ver met Meth a larclnating woman
as Howard's slat^r before --she would
make a meet charmbtg companion. If
she s always se 1 have seen ler:'
During the afternoon he had p,nc
for a weoll la Confront Part. holing.
It mut be comfeaswcd to meet the lady
of whom he watt continually thinking.
lie spent an hour or more wandering
about ut the owl, shady walks and
a venues., and finally ossing to the eon-
cluaWn that the was hot there. timed
his .tsps toward the eutranoe, think -
LW he soud run up to the (lrard
1'n,oh and ens if 8110 would not like to
go for a drive Duo to the lake; a {{,Ian
about which they had been talking
for mineral days.
Had this project been carried out.
there s en teetering what might have
happened for altheugit Colonel Lang-
ley had not yet been dead quite three
mouths, Dr. Anthony's duties would
�cn far a y �y� Its migiijy
ave te to comm T*ThTimaslf in
some way that would betray to her
to nething of what be waw contem-
plating.
An Ile drew near the gate his atten-
tion watt attracted to the figure of n
tall. graceful lady who was walking
Ouse in front d flint.
Phe was very plainly dress d In
Mack, but the material wen soft and
rich. and there was t1 quest air of ele-
gggaa about her that betrayed et once
lady.the
"What an exquisitely formed wum-
nn "• George Antboay mentally ex-
claimed as he watched her. "8he Inas
n stop and carriage fit for a queen.
and every movement k full d grace.'
Hardly watt tee thought complete
*heti he sprang forward with -a cry
vie
Without warning of any hied the
ful'woman whom he was eatr.erv-
en closely had fallen suddenly to
the ground
"Madam. ere you injured?" George
Anthony asked. as he reacted her ride
and Mooted to rake her to her feet,
wbtle his facie expended great concern.
"Thanks, no;' she returned, In n
akar, tweet voice. "I stepped on a
rolling now, aid It turned my ankle
and threw me. 1 waa very cervices."
As she 'spoke site turned upon him the
fattest. most perfect faun t' at in. hnd
ever seen In ids life; but it was a face
wit he' that tittered his tender symo
path? s deeply, for it told of a great
morrow borne at some time during her
life.
He started as he gaud upon It.
The features earned familiar, hut he
00101'
� not remember that he had ever
Men them tutee. (
Her complexion wail like tilted wax„
her azure ere "like homes of ellent
prayer." Iles ref h,'Shtett scarlet, and
she lied hair that framed the whole
liken golden halo.
But even as he booked, the delieets
coeur faded entirely from her cheeks,
an expression of pain settled about
her hips, and as she endeavored to
Sep she stumbled.
You are hurt, I am afraid," the
physician seid, reaching oat hit hand
and gentty eopporting her.
"i think i must have sprained my
foot a little, but it I can rear.h my
carriage i shall be all right," she
returned, but striving to (emcee) how
much she was hurt.
"Allow *.,.thea, to assist you to it."
Dr. Anthony begged, i• his most
•uaortsous tone, as he offered his arm
for her support.
"'Meek yogi," she rid, as she ac-
cepted It ; "i fear i &ball be obliged
to trouble you; and he thought the
neatly-gtoved head witch tett 'tatty
upon it the most perfect be had ever
seen.
They pronged.' at a atoef pec. to-
ward the gate, wheel: wee curly a taw
atepa distant, and jest ss they were
passing throe b they w.r. confront-
ee by Helen Langley
She stifle/adsheet, a low ere *mere
ing ber, r face growing livid from
astoeiahmant, sager and hatted, as
her eyes fall apoa the couple wbo but
a few moments before had met.
She had sot observed the ..eldest ;
so, of coarse, scald not tom bow it
happened thole her admirer see in
the company of this beautiful ni•n.
ti%e reeover.d herself, Donner, al-
most Mentally. ewe bowed bnghtlly
to Dr. A• y, SI sa4 as -- .
realsed iis-ba1 to a al b b
wondered at the ts'lest et
errata «blob .he d shot from her
it tipsy it Ti. sting loom
Zsia tlig ay of feeling from one
whoa he d admired eo muck made
Mas n trifle uaoumtortable, and he
glaawd et the lady leaning upo• bis
sr to sea if the a,ao had observed it.
a. was ao less startled et ' - the
dit=ehe taw upon ber face.
was • vivid flush upun ber
sheen; her lovely eyes glittered like
jets of blue flame, and her small white
teeth coca eased her under:ep 'mill it
was bloo4bss, tier bead was proudly
erect, and her whole euunteuaoce had
grown cold and hard.
Was she suturing from pain caused
by her fall, or from agitation at this
mestlag with ]lira. Laugley 1 he won-
dered.
Did they know each other t
Il w, there had been no token of
recognitloo beyond this strange emu-
tlon.
Perhaps they had been rivals during
some time of the pest, sad Mrs. Lang-
ley was aagry of his atteutiun iu heir.
He began to feel his curi.etty
aniseed.
Jas► outside of the gate his com-
panion beckoned to a coachman, ••Lo
eat upon his carriage -box net far dis-
tant, and la obedience to her signal
he-imwdia approached._
,e" reit! l*bbted o yea,
for poet indoesa," eke said, turning
to Dr. Anthony as the carriage stop-
ped beside them.
' Do not mention it, madam," he
answered, besrtU sad feeling sure
that he had sees hose strangely beau-
tiful eyes before; but where. he could
not remember. "I am tbeoktal that I
wee near •t hand to lend you aid.
1 trust you are not seriously in)ured."
"Oh, no," abe replied. selling -such
• rare, sweet smile, that it remained
like a sunbeam in his memory for
many a day ; "it is nothing but what
• little rest and •tteation will set all
tsiabt, I skink."
lllyes waisted her to enter the car-
riage ; and then leaning toward her,
be said eardestly, for he saw she had
grows pals again, "A sprain some-
times proves more troublesome than
we imagine, if neglected."
"1 will not neglect it," she replied,
the color Doming back for an instant
to her cheeks at his manifest inter-
est in her.
Then bowing graciously, and giring
him • look from her grave aweet eyes
that tbrlaed him strangely, she gnve
ber order to the driver to return to
the hotel, and was whirled away.
"Beaattful In form and feature,
Lovely ns the day
Can tbere tee so talc it creature
Formed of common clay :'
George Anthonyurmured, as he
w*tubed .that vision of lovellaess out
of sight, and %ben turned to retrace
his slept in march of Helen Langley.
Bei eleffeleleetee -qhs trki rot irxrq,
half so attiaetive to hist as hem-
leore; the spell which she had east
aborta Dim wee suddenly olthet"d.
He found her matting upon a rustle
seat near a fountain, a.o,l not far
from where the accident kind o -cur-
red.
rhe was still pale, and there was
a forbidding gleam to ber dark eyes.
Her face, so cold so hard. was like
February twmpared with the other.
which was like the first faint btueli
o' a summer's day.
Tbe contrast was not a pleasant
one to kin, nor favorable to her,
and as he sat down beside her he
half regretted that he had returned
to meek her.
"I've just met with an adventure,"
be said, removing tele hat. and be-
ginning to fan blionelf with It, for
the afternoon was very oppreaadve.
An adventuress," Helen Langley
thoegbt, wrathfully In her heart.
"I hedged so whist I met you lust
now. Wbo was that woman with
you ?cam returned, and upon bendingauspia
"I do not know," he replied with
his eyes resting absently upon the
fleecy cloddy that were floating In
hsge masses above them.
You en not know ?" Hello repeated,
"yarding him curiously, while a slgb
a relief eseepod her it. the smut,
mute.
"No." I was about to ask you the
same question.
" e!" ahaa tcaist,�d, in well-feignedels p.Or y- dtbild -
me that?
(To be continued.)
itIW'*OMAw SMOLT PLatillgar"
Zeep the •aealde o itreiahat tun the
Oben Whited.
To be phpdoalhy wa11 and perfectly
prop/Mean the
aiera women must
A ocnlm0a fors of t.gleot le tie
shoulders. which are allowed to child-
hood to grow Lop -aided, and take on
en ungraceful stoop. Ottea they are
crowded so by 111 sitting corsets that
hey seriously dlspleoe the roller bow.
Instead 4 such maitorms'ttou they
should be level, large, erect, la
ssnslb5y descending and well prised
milking Ohs watt appear round sad
smell. ILissege and dL will do sash
10 tone up the neglected
.b0& iats�
and the stn can be wbltaasa sad
mode besutitulay term by this pasts.
which is of Spanish origin: teat the
wbltea of tour eggs In rem water,
adding a few grains of slum. Beat
untl: the paste is thick, spread the
compoaltion on • Myer of old Masa
and app., to the neck and shoulders
at nlglt French ladles are so expres-
sly. with their shoutdees that they
give them every advantkpri as their
'shrug" L a part ole, Fr.neb ooevr-
wr . A authority
1 on this subjectle
isblt to break 1•
tealsate, ta4 water en
doownwnwhen opting, which, In ad Lal
to sleeping on high pillows, metes .o
many round shoulders and sunken
chests. Peop a should always watch
themselves, and when they discover
the taut straihten up, but It Is so
easy to settle down Ln this way after
years of indulgence In the habit that
Many get discouraged and prefer to
grow crooked. Let me warn you. Med-
co be eternally vigilant in ac-
quiring a good sltting posture. The
joints you were given to you
to bend with. and It t a:moat a crei
to sag doves as It you had no laws
or other viral organa. Hold In the
backbone. throw the cheat out, bend
from the hips only, and .o ooetrlbute
to the pertectlos of your fliers, your
beauty asd your health."
Blegana and Zooaomy
W whet you get by urine
BOSTON LAUNDRY STAROB
It gleet a beautiful. hard finish. and
the dent per shirt s lees than one
cent.
An lmpertent Detail-
" I want to see some blankets,"
said a lady as abe walked into . a
dry goods store on Woodward ave-
nue. She wan directed to ten de -
pertinent where they were kept.
Thee she took from leer parse a
small wisp of hair tied with a byte
silt ribbon.
I want to get a pale of small
blankets to munch tent," she said,
holding up the 11111e lock of hair.
The ulerk took her over all the
blanket. in .tock, but, anfortuuate-
ly, none would match the_Iock of
hair. So the lady said she would
have to go somewhere else. "Yes
see, it's for say little dog Fldo,"
she said, " and I must have It ex -
an," aid she .wept the of the store.
-Detroit Free Prem.
To he strong you must have goods
appetite, good dlgestem and goal as-
wtmllation. Miller'. Compound Iron
P111e hrtng all theme.
•
To Preserve obese..
Not every housekeeper knows that
the best way to keep cheese in good
bondtt(on Is to put It In the refriger-
ator. This method preventn 11 from
getting soft and wily In summer and
from gutting hard and dry In the win-
tr. Wrap the Omen to a eleven cloth
and again In brown paper and lay It
on the tee. Cheese preserved In this
wu7 don not become moldy.
Miller's Worm Powders make the
children healthy.
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Two Kinds of Peoples
'Ibsen are two great promoters of
social kapplssse--ebeeegall people and
poops *hp hare acme reticence. The
litter ars mos'. esters benches to so-
ciety ash the darter. They are the
so s eosdaetere et all the heats and
liniment's. trend tial. -Helps.
There is more Catarrh in this sec•
Lion of the country than all other
demean pat together, and until the
last few yowl' was ettppommd to be
Incurable. For a great Benny year.
doetore proneaneed le • Isoal camasm,
and preocrtl.d local remedies, and
by constantly foiling to ewes with
local tratanett, presoantad k 1D•
cnralnls. Selena has proms eaterrh
to bo a constitutional AIN" and
t%ereefele emblem .ea/tltlttldnal
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Oars,
maaetaetnrsd by F. J. the.,
ritToledo, Olde le the only cnl
Writ eras the mortal. It leg Yt-
tsrw•Ily to damn front 10 &cop to a
deaspprmfol. 11 acts drsstly clotheblond *nil meow eaM.e ie of that
Tyres's. They offer tans bleidred doe
Iare for env ease It fails tq e�a !e geed
fop ebeestare and teMltl4e,MM1a
. Addsar.F. J. 0h-&.,-
le4*100.drellrirtsly 75r•.
Hall's Fatly Me are the best
dR ` 1.
(ng.Bt.a. nateaol Junction. 1'. Q., 12111
1893.
Hemp. C. C. Richards • Co.
l0entiemen,-1 felt front tkie bridge
leading lrom a platform to a load-
ed car while mandating my men in ate
loading a load of grain. The bridge
went down as well as the load art 1sy
back, and 1 struck o e the ends of
the sieepors, causing a serious Injury
to my- leg. Only for Ito being very
fleshy, would have broken It. In an
boar could not walk s step Com -
raced ung Ylnard's Liniment. and
the third day went to Montreal on
bonne.. and got about well by the
Mese of a cane. In ten dawell. I canys
beet y� misname- •
recomatend
it al the bYirmyet
of In iter. Yours truly,
C. H. Gordon. e
ei• •
Tested and Tri
hr2
.01. *0 po •11you e urert.
in • new bank 9 Ones pug
have filet hoard of?
Dut,bow •bout an old
basila 9 One that has doss
bovines for over a spline
Of • oantury 9 One that ken
always -hold its Prom10est
Pao that mover toiled ; peva
tmilL.d you in any \. ay
You oould trust teach shank
000ldn't you?
acorns
EMULSION
01 ODD-LIVIA OIL Wm%
EYPOPHOSPHrrES 1, it,d
Wee waoh a bank. It has never
disappointed you, never w11,
It has never deceived yq4
never will
Look out that aomeoae
does not try to retake yoq
invest your health 1n a new
t0mlo, some new medicate
you boom' nothing of.
toe dal '.w; en Arusha.
sooTr r e0wbt11, Or.rt, Tana`
Last siert the bouts at the In
ice Lumber Company. mill
hitting away e flea ' sswsill
between 15.000 ard the
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lost
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One on the Nssearep ler.'
The other day a Little etenograpber
In a downtown office In Bono* g -
gad scene workmen who were
putting up a new telephone not to
place it -so high on the wall as they
were doing.
"You see," the said, "1 have tones, It
a. much as any one sod i am so
abort that I cam 4ard',v retch It."
"Oh, vte:J, miss," .old the humorist
In charge ce the work. "you ave raise
your yoke, .ta't your.- Beet on Traas-
art pt.
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as It pee rtber and dos. bet- LIN[N DOT TCO.
ter work than any other starch eon. reason
mold
=csvasib se. , weir
A then Prayer he Soldiers.
While travelling by stage coachin
he Transvaal last summer I beard•
discussion upon a recently d.oeaaed
South African bishop. He msaat
well, no doable." remarked an of-
ferer of the Becheaaaland Mounted
Po'be, who happened to be a fellow.
trateller, "but. unfortunately, he
generally coaterived�i to do what
rong=14*. -'3'h. b. h'.Ifg •d
the w he tat
was the prayer be taught oar ems
to say when we were out In Limiest
campaign. It wee: "0, Lord, when
1 forget Tkm., remember me." -Nobel
end QasrW.
Ladies! if you womld be strong and
healthy. and have good complexions
take Miller's Compound Iron Plls.
Plague of ll.vwm's to Japan
t$p'ders are a serious plague In
Japan. They qle thele webs on the
tok.grwph wires, and w so numerous
as to canss a merlons loss of hsuletton.
Sweeping the wires den little good...
she spdsrs begin all over again.
're 1*dtes
The face read1rs the record of dolly
experlmtoe. Conetest suffering from
oorns wall mar your beauty. Do not
look anxious std cfmoonteoted, but
use Pentanes POM.= Corn Extra/dor.
wick *111 extract that sore cowl In a
day without pain.
A ass 'Haw
"Do you ban any rag tints down
here r' asked the area with the gel -
ter.
It's always rag tams down hero,"
replied the bard -time eltlaen, with a
lugubrious sigh, "nothing .bot rags,
betrdiy any patches"
IOgnd t LiaotheLuabal.m uFried
-_
Now, what on earth did she mean
by telling him she dearly loved rainy
days? Merely *hue didn't want ham to
think her sentimental.-
-Oh! no. She know,. well enough
that sentiment s out of date. She
wanted hen to get the Ides her Mir
varied naturally.'
1liller's Ortp Powder. Cure.
Op in Natural tittetory.
"Dscribe the' hlppdpotamua," said
the teacher.
I t t� hippopotamus." answered the
girl, "is s very bssutffol ani-
mal, but t not uasgeL It t raised on-
ly In circus."
BOSTON L.LUBDLT STABOB
r. the oaty np•tcrdate starch on tate
market for ('offs, Collars, Phlrnsnd
Indira,' Blonens. Nothing flnwr aside.
Vatter'. la idgIar, '
Under the Belgian law unaarrted
man over 15 ian one vote, malrl.d
mil avid widows with rammer bare
two votes, and and other per -
wine Of seder hare three these,Severe lila. *7. Imposed en rho n
who fan M Vote,
Kluiai'. Ltihlat1 H awl 4* !'lyrt{ehtlr
The deeov.ry of what Is tree and
the praottes of that whin% 1.ood
are the two mast heportent abject.
of phlfswph7,-Voltalne.
dry
tc•L'
W.
f( the
who
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inn
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gar.e
wale.
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C7wea1 Caw. ilMok. iM*
eq esa to to eMb erre. t lira Mt le
-Per Ile for}a'sh by
all Orocen-
or Ca W Omen 0.. bTesaat�s. Agent.
every leadlty.
FOR SALE
A 1 Natlenel Peer Cotter. let mease
se new. }nice enae • hareem.
ADDRESS " HERALD,"
DaedsIk,
Progressive Bake
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welch pretests 1t from 1a•/esNreksed
tswim
o fres the Melees. .adllsget Yrs
W ere for sanies* d wrappers sed pone
THE E. B. EDDY Co
504..1E Ma1etJVACrflintft'
Hull, Cana/a•
Beinehea and .asset* is all the
alter and sown. In Canada.
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