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A DAUGHTER OF CAIN
•
LigninseAssiNpor:el of the Pres cut Day.
Oh. Howard !" rhe said, after
uwhlle, be4weec iter roles. •'W think
that you should come last at this
time when I need you moat. William
diel two days ago -was tlirowu from
hie marriage nearly a fortnight mhos,
sat
kaew nothing afterward."
A fresh bunt of weeping heredrown-
at e'en Howard's expression of deem,
Mutt eurpr.ae.
" 1 war to California." she resumed
at length. " vtidtlttg'Fanny acherman.
anti they telegraphed for me; but I
did not get here las rearm' to we him
before he died."
" Then you Old not get my lettere?"
Howard began, but she interrupted
Ione
40. .1 test .4091 O- them
William was away allthe ttme was
gone. and no oae knew my addreee.
Olt, dear ! I am nearly distracted
with all tills trouble and exeltemeut" ;
and another shower followed this as-
sertion.
Howard'', patience woo well-nigh
exhatest0tt. but while abe as in that
"tate Le ,mull do nothing but try to
uuollle her.
He knew. of course, that if lois
meter hod but Peet received his lettere.
Cecile war still to the dark *accru-
ing big fate ; was, perhaps, believing
litm !dead, and still mourning for hie-
" Helen." he said. at length. wheat
1'e mould bear her weeping to loager,
•' where t& Cecile?"'
Ilut she seemed to be even more
greatly distressed than before at this
question.
Helen Langley had never wept so
mutt' In her life, and now she was
only seeking to gain time. Bad as she
war at heart, she inetlnctively recoiled
from carrying Out the plot which she
had been maturing ever since receiv-
ing her brother's letters,
• Olt, Howard! my poor brother!
how can I tell you? It seems as If
all opr trouble comes at once." she
sobbed.
Seward laegentty .at eredt'and put
ler away from him. tits face was as
vh $e ss chalk. and his ,bast rose and
tell w:tlh deep, heavily -draws breaths.
" What do you mesa?" be cried,
hoarsely. widle there was a rushing
sound. la hie ears. aad 11 seemed as 1f
Bu▪ t ehe was trembling vlolently,
her whole body sea swayed with rout
and site appeetsf•.rrabie to tell the
He laid hold of her wrists, and drew
her hand. away from ber face.
" Helen. have you no enemy ueo:t
mer' he said sternly ; **tell me at
*nee: ,tet do net -keep- sae in title
tortar:ng su.peitee."
" Can yqa bear it. Howard r' Mrs.
Langley Bilked. ,Illtitug; her tier pite-
ouslyto lila face.
Icannot bear to wait ; tell me
where my wife la," and hie voice was
strained and Iaoerns.
iShe threw her arms again about
his took, and hid her pace upon his
shoulder, because she mould not meet
his anguished eyes while she bold her
horrible tale.
" Howard." site said, sadly. " site
man be your wife no longer ; elle be-
longs to another now."
He threw her from Pim .with a de-
spairing ory-a ort that rang in her
ears long afterward.
Yon cannot memo It.," he said,
with ashen lips. "Cecile ilhe wife of
another?" '
She would have known the
voice, it was so unnatural and full
of misery while his tate was per-
fectly frightful to look upon, and
the began to fear that she was carry-
ing tbiaga too far; bat it was too
late to retreat now.
And for Howard Montgomery, lite
aaokereee
acre. With all his anxiety •nd fear re-
garding his dear ones, be had never
thought of anything like this.
Helen crept close to him again. but
he could not bear ber to touch him -
be recoiled from ber proffered sym-
pathy.
Dowse,"-rdti returned, "Ile '011ie
not legally be the wife of another as
los( as you •re alive and have re-
turned ; but -but -abs believed you
were dead, aad-abs is living with •
Dr. Mortimer, in Sas Pranctsco-come
one whom she met, I believe, when
she returned from Europe, and who
was eery kind to ber ,'rind the wick-
ed woman ,told this cruel falsehood
with every appearance of reluctance
and sorrow •t having suoh dreadful
tldingeoto reveal.
The wretched man bowed his head
upon the arm of the sofa, and his
whole frame shook with the agony
which be could not control, while his
sister sat by end witnessed it without
a twinge of remorse for the suffering
she was cauaing.
If she could but make him believe
this, and file a petition for. a divorce,
she would be amply revenged upon
Cecile for her defiance in the past.
"How long is it since -since this
thing happened r Howard at length
asked.
It is cooly about five or rix week.
sine she went to San Presence, but
1 do not know how long the has been
contemplating the. step."
"Yat do not know. Helen 1 Why
don't you kbow r ber brother: •de -
mended, regarding ber .earchidgl .
"Because �e bee never confide to
me any of her plana," she agswered,
proudly, and with rising color.
"Have you not been interested in
Cecile since she returned r he asked.
"Oh, yea," Mrs Langley said glibly,
"but ale never forgave me for op-
posing your marriage with her, and
she scorned every offer which I made
after her return. I wanted to take
the baby--"
"My baby -what of her 1' Howard
interrupted sedatey.
In lila agog, caused bywhat be had
heard regarding his wie, be bad al-
most lost sight of the fast of his
child's exidesoe.
"Howard --the Is -dead."
He put out his 'madam if to ward oft
W illow, and be reooiled as It he bad
struck her as the naw his fade.
It was horrible to sit there sad
wltaam' his suffering, but she had de-
termined upon het plan of action, and
abs would not swerve from it ; while,
although abe did tot really know that
Daisy was not living, al* really be-
lieved that she moat be dead and
buried long before tibia
They had told Mr that she wan
1 ding when she went to laquira, and,
• reoese, idis tbougbt it would be int -
possible for her to recover tram) a-ro-
laqs of that Arend -did, neo --
It was almost M0fe the* Merbt
nee could bear to sit then lad bars
e ll his bops thus shattered.
Cecilegore-won by another -lord
to him forever ; his child -that beau-
tiful. bloeeed, sunny-baltreed dart*,
dead I and tater the exile and suffer-
ing of the pant three years to re -
tore and fled himself sora of all
that made lite worth lista( 1 Sure-
ly no oma had ever had meta enp
of misery to drink before.
With his hand pressed hard over bis
sal smith
his heart growing smi
yes,
leis boiuw, -b. .at still ani
rhea' to hos it -to reallse•,fast what
before him.
a," he sank after awhile, "I
C1
cannot talk -I can soireel7 think, and
I cannot bear much more; but tell
me in as few words as possible all
that has oocurred to Oeoile ea* she
returned -or. at leant, all (bat you
know about her."
And -lbs *pains tale which she
wove for his tingling ears would have
done credit to the most extravagant
romancer of tbe age.
Abe repeeeented that ne goon as
she had learned of her return, elle
had au Interview with her, mitering
to befriend her In any way that she
could; but all her overtures had been
indignantly refused, and Cecile had
treated ber with a hauglttlaees +sed
overbearauce that wan intolerabie.
"That+• Is not at all like Cecile,"
8ow.usl,silo. ata a .troaltel k 1.-
But I tell you she has never
given one for not being present at
your marriage, and for my opposi-
tion to It," reiterated Mrs- Langley.
"I offered her money when i found
e lm was le triable—"
You offered ber money !" interrupt-
ed Howard, In astoolahmtent. '• There
was plenty al money for her with
out, the necemity of borrowing from
ady toe,"
'Bat Mr. llrlswotd, your lawyer. died
Inst about the time of her return,
nod as W affglrs were in such a
t'olapllcnted eondltion Ceche meld
get totbtng," etre. Langley explain.
ed with some uneaalnete.
"Mr. Griswold dead !" ber brother
cried
Was everybody deism? Was this
goof man, one of his best friends.
gone too? Was be to long every-
thing that he prised out of his life'
"Yea,' Helen returned; "he did
quite suddenly -was U1 only a few
days; and, then the colonel think-
ing we must bear front you before
tong, took the management of your
besmear interests. Of course, wee*
all this was happening, Decile needed
money, but, as 1 told you. NMI in-
dignantly rejected all try advances -
she was very haughty and (ndepead-
ent, and went away and bid her -
melt from as."
"You abo td have settled a hand-
some Income upon her," her brother
said, sternly.
11 was entirely unlike hls wife to
hereat A eeryshirts- *armee
as his sister rmprrrents�, and he
mould not understand It at all.
"How could we do that, Howard.
otitis we did not know where she
was ?" Helen asked, innocently.
"Bat what supported her . Site
bad no money of any consequence
when we left Fngland-tot even
*Oast to payber passage," he
*eke greatly bturbed-
I dant know what supported ber."
Helen answered, with sw.tpit•loue ,t-
ags ; "but site told me that this
- Mortimer, who was so kind to ber
during the voyage, lent her mooey
to pay her passage"
ebbe told you this•" and then re-
fused to tab what you offered her
to cancel her obligations to that
man e' Howard Mootgomery said,
astonl.bed.
" Helen," be saki. a moment later.
"there le something about all the
that i tie not understand. What
ou have total me as entirely at vier -
with Oeclie's character. Are
you sure you are keeping nothing
back ?"
hack r
she
':What ahar:d I keep
questioned. "1 ■fterweed discovered
by accident where she lived, and,
supposing her to be in reduced cir-
cumstances, and feeling that it was
no way for your child to five, 1 went
to her and offered to take Daisy, and
do for her exactly ae if she were m
eon. She insultingly worried my of -
fee, as before, and said she was sup-
-'twd •tiled' cot >•el, easy
sieletenes from me. *4b. was living
in a pretty way ; her house was a
perfect little bower of beauty; aad
sinoe I learned that the had gone
to San Frascitco to live with this
doctor, I have come to the coeelu-
.icn that ha mast have taken cats pi4
her all along."
Howard covered his face agala and
greened.
-Could it be possible, he asked him-
self, that her helot could have been
so easily woo from him? -that this
strange doctor, whoever he might be,
had acquired such an Influence over
ber that she would consent to place
herself ander such obligations le
him l He remembered how she had once
said to him, "There is nothing in the
world I could not bear better thea
to loseou or your love."
Had t� ao soon for otten hint and
his &svotlte to her t Was it possible
that he could have been an mistak-
en in her character i he asked him-
self, whiles a atraa a bitternese be-
gan to creep into his heart against
her,
- He had fondly believed that site
mould never change, that had she
watched him sicken and die, and M-
eowed him to his last renting -place
ber heart never would have swerved
in its allegiance to hint, send thee*.
*.
would have turned a !leaf ear toev-
ery entreaty from another, and gone
to her grave atone loving only him.
Bet mew, according to bis sister's
story, she had clung to the first
stranger who had admired and been
attentive t4 her; she hatflald her-
mit!' under heavy oligatbone to hlm-
atlona which mode hin fare barn
with indignation, and his IIP tee
curl with sworn; and. finally; wItltout
positively knowing what her hus-
band's fate land' been, rthe had given
herself into this man's keeping and
gone away with him
lEe did not dream that she could
*Import heraslf-that her gent, de-
pendent nature could r1* to meet
and overcome the storm of fate
alone; and so, Minded by disappoint-
ment and misery, he was forced to
err pt hie stator's story as truth.
Alava you never seen leer glace yea
went to propose to adopt Daley ?"
lea asket
"Not until i met ber at the house
of a frond in Man Francisco," Mrs.
Langley returned, her face flushing
hotly at the reemembranee of that
last Interview. "Me wee fully At
overbearing as she had been before,
and semreyou the meeting was
anything but a pleasant axle."
"Rave you ever renewed your offer
to give bet an Income from my pro-
perty ?" Howard questioned.
Yes, Dams; but she said she was
y to tell me that she had nue•
t for all bet nide-that even if
tis` lever had one dollar of your for-
est*, Daley woold have no saran dow-
ry when she reacted her maireity.•'
Again Howard groaned ; bre weld
not fall to believe now that te-Ile
had leen provided for In ammo totter
way then by her own efforts. Rhe
wets a delicate, fragile girl who had
never Mm toggle to labor err el..
prod upon If at all- how tooted
abw, then, re beth nth the world
atone, and 1ath1a for a living and
wit a MepuMmioa.
tttlll he meld not quite nnderelwud
why ._Abe abonld . isfsea- to weed
Whet rightfully Twldge 1 to ber of
the property, enter 1t was frite a
sense d gat MA a Mieetlaps tp
use tees money whoa Mr heart had
turned to auottere
' W has-wbsn were they -- mar-
ried?"
arried?" be asked, a ahtvar miming over
Mat.
"I don't know. I do not ensu know
that they
are merited et all," bleu
COME akso t fiercely.but Its
Motet de* to latsaatte Mottling of
that kind I" b. Bald. ,tae was w
pure se aa edged, .ad 11 she Iambs*
wen by another, the Mae give* her-
self away b000rabiy, believing that
I am deed,"
"Yea, ales old lep ehe tbougbt you
were teed to soon all ales returned
but whether she Is married to hint
or Bot. I caw their shadows upon our
of tries curtains of their room, as I
was passing one eventug the boos
when they board."
lisward made a gesture of
nano.. res 1 not bear to ha e
h rg tltu Lately Into details;
Itb
" And aq Daley -when did the
die?" be naked, with a nob of pain.
"About that time; she wee at-
tacked with diphtheria In its aorat
form. I was very anxious, of course.
and went every day W inquire about
bar --alae was your uhlld, and I felt
Nat.t bad-. ea•d ud there b►,etiw.
Tho last time 1 went they told me
she war dylug, and -that was poor
Delayed last tight on earth,' the
(alae -beaded woman cuacluded, with
every appearance of grief.
'Old you gee her after -after 1t was
all over r'
"No, I 'retired a telegram that very
evenleg, saying that the setete tel had
been fatally Injured, and 1 was ob-
Itged to corse away immediately. Oh,
Howard," she continued, going tear-
er to bpm, and leaning against him.
'-I know all ties L dreadful to you
-all that you have has been taken
(rout you ; and 1, too, ate now left
ukxr'; we have only oue another now,
and we must try to comfort and live
for each other in the future."
He Maid not bear otte word of sym-
pathy.
A ory of despair buret from. .,aim. lie
pot her quickly away, arose end lett
the room without a word.
IAbe bard hien go upstai re to t he
chamber that he teed to occupy when-
ever be was Iter game aad shut and
lock the door, end Gibe knew that if bas
beart was broken, aloe alms, bad., done
it ; bolt there was oo sorrow, no re-
gret et her heart for the rutin which
she was warkiag.
She arose wearily from the sofa
where they had been sitting; the ex-
°k.tmett reed light et his misery' had
weM-niait ezbarmted ber also,
Wel, that ordeal ;a over at last,
cad 1 Have malt anticipated evenld a
little, after alt. Any one cosld see
that. that •.eisatthitsneore • ,.dextro
worshipped her; aad wit.b Daisy dead,
it is eat Iere that be wi:J
offer ljtmnelft. , and Celle, wore cat
with trouble and watching will be
only toteglad to lied somebody td take
erre d ,her. If I cue only make How-
ard believe it, and paramode bim to
got a divorce, I *oak be able to keep
buy brutber to myself, and be amply
revenged upon ber. How she w.,u.d
rave and tear those golden lockP f
ahs loused, all too late, that Howard
had returned alive and well !"
And with these malicious thoughts
is her heart KraLangley alae nought
the aolirtwtr of bar chamber, to plot
ato:i further for the ruin of the wo-
man whom abs hated.
CHAPTER XXVIII. e
dorltbg Metas ealliseat. aad hs4 been
the ?PIT 0011111 of comfort that he
had thedr1nrose Iu g years of
trial-athd, Itse.lttgthIntl& ihoes deep
blue eyes, so faithfully petaled there,
he could not beteg Itis heart to be
levet that she ooukl be so fickle, so
forgetful of her love for him, that
she would haw beset lightly woo by
suutlter, without positive proof of her
huebaatl's de .
Bot the facts seemed to be so
plain. Mrs. Iolth.gley of armed that rate
kt tw her elder ludew Irma with this
Dr. Mortimelr. Mai she had ..is them
together to Sher own rpom, and he
felt that things certainly looked badly
for Howard's peace of pled for the
future,
Hoses' Weak" went by and Howard
rt l rentaineti a recluse, cud was
wore nearly to a skeleton by lair e0u-
rtant and rebellious grieving. man,
Langley aged dented herself W all
vleitors-teeing no one but tills one
frtend who retnati art ro faithful to
Iter brother, and w oboist ohs we.
bsglaatag to fesl a strange interest
liureed..
Bat' the pay of '$lI s way o!
bit' Te be Irksome to leer, end
rhe lar tom, change. Betides,
Wag thearead Peed
1 leen WY•hee kare
band's • In, di rile naturally felt
dome oarloelty regarding her future
finances.
the eoaauftetl Dr. Anthony upo h the
propriety of trying to get Howard
W aeooaepany her to tomo water:ng
tine hop!& Hutt -this might 'haulm
the tenor of his tholghts somewhat,
and help to build up his shattered
eYtein
It wit be the tory iwet thing that
Put' can do," be had toed her, adding
Impressively, •' 5 metl,lug inu.t be
duce immedletety, hes he a umot en
(lure alis kind of life muff' toager"
and then. emtteot-.nett by Per coati.
denoe lit Wet. he f catered to ask hs
same qi sI:ova regarding ('t0 le'e ►'
oral 'marriage.
The More he thought al oat the
metier the lees to,t'Rted he telt. lie
had a fesllag that tometeing was
wrong somewhere, tied he had at out
made ep tits salmi that he should go
to San Frtna:.-v, ahhl sift the whore
thing for bhinsed just as moot hs he
could leave his (deft,.j,
CHAI'TI:R XYXi.
Aa Ofportuue, Meeting.
K ',
"Someehang Wrong Somttwb.zs."
Tbo next few days were dreary
,touch at the Langley meineob-
Arrantlperaents had to be made for
the 'funeral and burial of Colonel
Laegesy, Mau Lase* was busily en-
gaged le orderieg her mourning, aad
Edward, !eft to himself, neither ate
nor a'tpt in hie wreoenednese, and
:ooked.mare like a Ovum tbam • hum-
an beteg.
:News of his return spread- like wild -
Lae through the circle in which he
used to move, and be friends -many
of them excited by cariosity and acme
by real friendly feeling -flocked to
we blot.
Jlat he _emnSd.-admit
the thought of meeting am
red bring obliged to talk of bis trou-
ble was mors then he could' beer, and
evsrytbicg jarred upon his renal.
tee nervea-
Only Dr. Anthony, who ;me ed
dCapon ageing bias, was allowed to come
ata lis presence, and the atgbt
of even bis sympathetic face near,y
drove bin Immo.
" My hie ;a a failure -it is rinsed,
and I wise you'd give me cermet bins
to put so end to *7 misery I" he said
one day. as be wrung the young doc-
tor's band until he nearly cried tut
wits pain.
"Ham I not suffered *mitt r' he
continued ; "have I not borne all that
human nature could be expected to
bear dOnog the eat, three years, with-
out Ube addIsitim of this cruabing,
damning burden r
He bad best telling his friead the
story that bit sister, hed related to
Mtn, aad he wed so ettited� sad us -
strung (bat he herdey kernetwbat be
was Hesayfoorrgot dairiog thoxw first
boors or his wretchedneae thcee
es hilly ludoken woade of faith
that he had uttered to Ce-
ei's when she had told him so
long ago of her presentiment of com-
ing trouble; he had tubi, " Trials will
doubtless come to ns bnOpine forst or
other -I expect them ; and If God sends
them to ea I treat we shall both bear
them In the right spirit, for we know
whom 'Ile Ioreth Ile ctasteoeth.'
Bet he hnd never ttwaoght that
trouble could coma hi any form so
dreadful as this,
" if she were dead," he cried, " 1
mould bear It better; but for es both
to live and to feel that we can never
ate aoything to *oh other again will
be n nein death to me. Oh, to think
she could have married another with-
out positive proof of my death 1 -to
let another win her Mon from me
when i hare lloltsed her ! -when 1
have treated and believed teat noth-
Ing coup ever make her forget me!
I fell too. George. the shock to both
love and trust is more than i can
hear.
" And my baby -my blue-eyed Dairy
-ie dead!' he went on, .peaking like
011» win was ntterly Iiwpotring "Did
you ever hear anything Ilke it, An-
thony ? i)1A you ever know of any
one who was crushed by each an
al/Janette of woe? Oh, Maven! I
never drooped that anent utter deso-
latlm mould sweep over the heart o/
men, and yet 11vet"
HP could. Indeed, bar no more, and,
lowing lila heats upon hti hands, great
sobs shook he frame, anti he wept an
only a erring nature cam weep.
it was well for him that his friend
load fere-ed !hie way to him. and that
he Md poured net hie sorrows to him,
for with all that betterment pent 0p
much longer fn Mittman be must have
OAread.
r. Anthony uenkl . 1!n4 no words
of comfort to offer to a grief like 5111.
-he Maid only alt saliently by and let
It have Its entre.. (!on*o!ation of any
klml would have mimed but it mock-
ery.
He had leen greatly "tartlet and
'shocked none Marne Howard's aad
.tory-Alrensi as mach so as he had
been when be had ell.00vered hien to
be an Inmate el that pauper asylum
In the neteklree of Liverpool.
He wee not satisfied dr eesvlsted,
.weber. nee Mad- alma Opel*'s $sSor.
--a lovely thee pt porton* that How•
and always *mud, and
airlines -44 sett•, kid WM left 10 MR
•e
George Antho try hod tome to the
Sprwp for a short hot dray during
the heated wttatt,gc before returulno
to his ditties at the Mouth.
Ile bad left New Vostok emus else lee -
fore Mrs. Langley and her brother,
but did not arrla • zit Mnratuga until
after Howard had returned to the.
city.
. ketreleagemitheltsepresteat moan deo
dovish the allm'nce of Ws friend but
gallantly devoted hlnwlf to -the bril-
t
lthaaat bye as becoming
and soon found
' we'd in her, x'PI7 Intae°
rine had thus tar shown only the
actvrable aide e,f peF character to
him, and he had yet the wiles
of whet, she was
"/ hare - alwttIlle that+{
should devote myself' thieve', to wj
erof a-
ede+that 1 wad not s marry-
ing crman," he raid to himself on the
very morning or the der of which we
are writing, "last 1 decisra I have
tteter, met each a fascinating woman
as Hcw'Aa(de stet -or before- she would
make a most charmhlg comport Ion, If
she 1s always se• 1 have men heir."
During the aftt•ruoon he had gone
for n stroll In cocoon* Parte hoping,
it must be contrasd, to meet the lady
of whom he was continually thinking -
HP spent an hour or more wand•ring
about. to the mr,l, altady walke and
a vermeils. and Honey coming to the con-
clusion that she was not there, tuned
his slept toward the entrance, think -
:Os he would run up to the Grand
l'nuo
and me if She would not like to
go for a drive ouv to the Lake; n plan
about which they had been talking
for c.-eral days.
Had this project been carried out.
them be no knowing what might have
haps:wi nd, for although Colonel Lang-
ley bad ndet yet been dead quite three
moths, Dr, Anthony's duties''A
h fb.f-kway, a��l6-tlrrg+ltt
Lave been kd to commit himself In
some way that would betray to her
something of what be was contem-
plating.
Ae he drew near the gate his atteu-
tton was attracted to the figure of
tall, grrsee(al lady wlto_tmsa_=walking
Jost In front of him.
She was very plainly dress d In
(Hack, but the material was soft and
rich, and there was a, quiet air of ele-
gance about her that betray' d at onus
the Indy.
"What an ezqultotelr formed wom-
an l" George Anthony mentally ex-
clalmtd as Ile watched her. "Abe hie
n .top and carriage f11 for a queen,
and every movement) le full of gram,,"
Hardly was the thought complete
when he alreng forward with a cry
of dismay.
Without warning of any kind the
grsoeful woman whom lie wall observ-
ing
en closely had fallen suddenly to
the ground
"Madam, nm you Injured?" Georg.)
Anthony egged, as the reacted her .1
and steeped to rains her to her feet.
while his Inc. expressed great concern.
"Thanks, no." she returned, In a.
clear, tweet roles. "I stepped on a
roiling atone, and It turned my ankle
and threw me. i was very cnrrlan."
As she spoke she tarred upon him the
fairest, mart perfect fame that he had
ever span In Itis Ilia; but It seaa it face
withal that strrcd has tender sym-
patlit t deeply. for It told of a great
enrrow Monne at some time seeing her
life,
' He eter'ted as he gazer., spam It.
The features seemed familiar, but Ila
could not remember that he had Aver
nem them trfO e.
Her complexion wee ilke tinted wax,
her azure eve "lits (homes of 'hent
prayer." lips 0( Mie lteat rennet, and
she lied hair that framed the whole
like it golden hila
But even as he looked, the tidiest'
cobor faded entirely from her Meeks,
an expreseos pf pain settled about
bet hip., aad as she endeavored to
atop uha stemb'led.
"You are hurt, I am afraid," the
physician said, reaching oat hie hand
and gentiy tepporting her.
I Mink 1 must have sprained my
toot a little, but if I can reach my
derriere 1 shall be all right," she
returned, but striving to eonoeal how
meth ale was hurt.
"Allow me, thee, to assist yon to it."
Dr. Anthony begged, la his most
tome/sous tone, as he offered bis arm
for her enpport.
"Thank you," err mid, as she are
°opted it ; I fear I shill he obligee)
to trouble you;" and he thought tate
neatly -gloved hoed which fell aptly
upon it Ibe moat perfect he had ever
seen.
They proceeded at a slow pace to-
ward the gate, which was melt a few
steps distant, and jest as they ware
passing through they were eoefront-
eel by Helen Langley I
Abe stewed short, a low cry weep-
ing b.r, her face growing held from
astonishment, sager esti hatred, as
!sr ,yea fell upas the couple who hat
a few movants before bad mit.
the bad not observed the .,oddest'
p, Al cowrie, could not know hew It
happened that het admirer was M
the company of tbis beautltel *oboe.
Abe recovered herself, however, al -
moat instantly, aad bowed haughtily
to Dr. Asheap, who smiled as - los
Weed his bat to Mr although he
woedared at the to look of
Meth whleb she 4 shot tram her
tatdn►ght es at his companion.
This d y of teeing from upe
whom be d admired au much made
him a trifle useomfurtable, and he
glanced at the lady leaning upon his
area to nee if the also bad observed it.
He was no leas startled at the
eking, he saw upon her face.
''Mrs was a vivid flush upon her
cbeeka; bet lovely eyes glittered like
jets of blue llama, and her email white
teeth mom eased ber underap until it
was Her bead was proudly
erect, and .r whole counteuaace had
grown cold and, hard.
Was she satferiag fru* pain caused
by her fall, or from agitation at ibis
meeting with Mrs. Langley t he won-
dered.
Did they know each other!
II so, there bad been no token of
recognition beyond this strong. emo-
tlre.
Perhaps they had been rivals during
some time of the past, and Mrs. Lang-
ley was angrf of his attention to her.
Hs began to tee: his curt hsity
arouaad.
Just outride of the gate his com-
panion beckoned to a cuaohman, who
sat ups bis carriage -box nut far ds-
tant. and la obedience to her signal
ha immediately approached.
` tell ertele ,ty ***kited (0 y,yvvu�t sirL
for your kindness," alte sald,ititetilba
to Dr. Anthony as tits carriage stop-
ped beside them.
Du not mention it, madam," he
answered, heartily, sed feeling sure
that be had seen those strangely beau-
tiful eyes before ; but where. be ooald
not remember. "I am thankful that I
wan near at hand to lend you aid.
I trust you are not seriuuair injured."
"Oh, no," she replied, settling -such
a rare, sweet smile, that it remained
tike a sunbeam in his memory for
many a day; ett is nothing but what
a little rest ■rid attention will ret all
right, I bink."
He 'toasted her to enter the . car-
riage ; and then leaning towar& ber,
he said earnestly, for he saw she bad
grown pale ■gain, "A sprain some-
times proves more troublesome than
we imagine, if neglected."
"I will not neglect It," site replied,
the color coming back for an instant
to ber cheeks al his manifest inter-
est in her.
Tien, bowing graeloualy, and giving
him a look from her grave sweet eyes
that thrilled him strangely, she gave
her order to the driver to return to
the hotel, and thea Whirled away. '
"Beautiful in form and feature,
Lovely as tbe day
Can there be so fair a creature
Formed et eommea clay ?"
George Anthonyurmured. aN he
watched that vlmlort of loveltneer out
Mrsight, lot search ISAIenand then turned oLa�ratw
step Ka7.
• Batt... senseboro ,aho tiid...el?ft•,+onat
half so attractive to him as hero -
totem; the spell wbtch she had cast
&batt bim was suddenly awe:Wood-
He found her sitting upon u turtle
seat near a fountain, nail not far
from where th, accident had o:•cur•
rod,
$ho was still pale, and there was
a forbidding gleam In her dark eyes.
Hes- face, so cold so hard. was like
leebruary compared with the otter,
which wee like the first faint blush
o: a summer's day.
The contrast waa not a pleasant
one to ham, nor favorable to her.
and as be sat down bootie her he
half regretted that he had returned,
to seek ber.
"Pm Just met with an adventure,"
iv. said, remov Ice hls hat. and be-
g tnnln to fan himself with it, for
the afternoon was very opprnwdve.
" An adventuress," Helen Latygley
thought, wrathfully In her heart.
1 Judged so when 1 met you just
now. Wbo was that woman with
you she returned, and bending a
awptcoos glance upon him.
"I do not know," be replied. with
lila eyed, resting absently epos alta
fleecy clouds that were floating in
h uge masses above them.
Yon t!o not know ?•' Sem repeated,
regarding him curiously, while a sigh
of relief escaped ber at. the assns
ants.
"No." I was about to ask you the
same asetioa.
.cr ss rey6d4i Oto Ot le
surprise. Pray, wky should you sok
me that ?"
fib b. eoettaasd.)
saw WOMAN NOIILY PGANNND-
Reap the SM,tawe strs.Igkt Baa the
'Ohms Iafalsd•
To be pbmaloa4ly well and perfectly
ProPootteeped the modern watmen must
be ever Oa the alert.
A oeslalts form ut seg4ot 1. the
'boulders. which are allowed In o.11d-
hood to grow lop -aided, and take on
an ttpgraosful stoop. Otte& they are
crowded ao by l=1 fitting outsets tient
they serious4y displace the coilar boss. ,
Instead of suoh malforutatlou they
should be level, large, erect, la
sensib:y deeoseding and well poised,
tacking the waist appear round and
small. Vassage and elm will do much
to tone up the neglected shoulders.
and the akin can be whitened and
made beautifully firm bt this paste,
which 1s of Spanish origin: Beat the
widow of tour eggs In roes water,
adding a few grains of alum. Beat
until tie paste 1s tklok, spread the
composition on a layer of old linen
and •plio to the Beck and shoulders
at night French ladles are so expres-
sive with their &boulders tbat they
give them every advantage., as (hair
shrug" Is • part of French aonver-
aatlon. An authority on this subject
nays: "A difficult habit to break 1& !
down
.ws.iaey 1M b)nB, ,- whennsitting, w *5481110
i
to sleeping on high pillows, makes a0
many round shoulders and sunken •
chests. Peop a should always watcb I
themselves, and when they discover
the fault straighten up; but It is so
easy to settle down Ln this way after
years of Indulgence In the habit that
many got discouraged aad prefer to
grow crooked. Lot me warn you.lad-
dna, to be eternally vigilant In ac-
quiring a good sitting posture. The
joints you were given to you
tband with. and It Is s'o.t a crime
to sag down as It you had no lungs
or other vitat organs. Hold In the
backbone. throw the theist out, bend
from the hips only, and so 000trlbute
to the perfectlorof your figure, your
beauty and year health,"
:Monatead Junction, P. Q.. 12th
(tag., Iflee.
Merers, C. 1'. Richards & (b.
teentlemen,-1 fell from the bridge
leading Trout a platform to a load-
ed ear while amistIng my men In un
loading a load of grain. The bridge
went down as well as the load m sty
back, and I .truck oo the ,soda of
the sleepers, causing a serious, injury
to my log- Only for Itis being very
fleshy, would have broken It. In an
hour weldnot walk a step - Com.
'Peace.' wring Ylnard's Liniment, and
the third day went to Montreal an
*einem and got about well by the
use of it carte. In ten days was alar.
It a beet Liniment that I t ow
or in use, Yours truly,
C. H. Gordon.
and ioenomi
to t jos get by using
PORTON LAUNDRY STABOH-
It giver a beautiful, hard finish, and
the oast per shirt le leen than one
men t -
An Important Dealt
" I want to see some blankets,"
said a lady as she walked Into . a
dry goods store on Woodward ave-
nue- She waa directed to the de-
partment where they were kept.
Then she took from ber pares a
small wisp of hair tied with a blue
silk ribbon.
I want to get a pair of small
blanket" to match that," she said,
hotting top the little lock of halt,
The clerk took her over all the
blankets in stock, but, unfortunate-
ly, none would Hatch theiook
halt. Ito the lady said she `wouiii
have to go somewhere else- " You
see, it's for my Intl. dog Fido,"
she said, "and I meat have It ex-
act," and she swept oat of tauten.
-Detroit Fres Prem.
To be ,frons oho mast have modappetite, gr,cod tl�tgest on and good as-
eimUatlon, Miller's Compound Iron
Pill. bring all these,
To Preserve Cheese.
Nett eveify hosskeeper knows that
the beet way to keep cheese in good
bortdleton Is to put It In the refriger-
ator. This method prevents It from
getting soft ar-d rely In summer and
from getting hard and dry In the win-
ter. Wrap the cheese in a Olean cloth
aidto 1n brown ata paper and lay IS
an the toe. Chaim reserved In this
way does toot beeves moldy.
Miller's Worm Powder, make the
t•hlidean healthy,.
Two Kinds er Peoples.
Tome are two great promoters of
,metal EapWaent--eheeeYtrl people and
people wiat have some rsitea toe. The
latter are more meows beatifies to m-
oist,' than the foe -mer. They are the
son-ecoductorn of all the beats and
animosities around them. -Helps
There Is more Catarrh in thin aee-
tdon of the country than all otiose
demure pat together, and until the
last few meta was supposed to he
Incurable. For f great many yearn
doctors pronounced It a Isoal dimeae,
amt prescribed keel remsedlsm1 and
by 4onetantly feting to cps with
local treatment, pronounced it In
curable. Scheme has pupa uatarrh
to be a not.tttcticaal diseas., end
therefore ragoleus ottretttational
te.atareett, 13a11's Catarrh Care,
'manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Po,
'Palacio, Otiba he the only constitutional
Ogre on the market. It in taken la-
tersalty 1n dome iron 10 drops to a
=VMaassesgel. It sots dinette netts
at morrow .nota rs of the
eyeless. They offer one hendewlitel.
lass ton' any ease It falla to eerie Rend
for al velars and etartltnnntala
At ass, F. J. Ory a -fls,t To,To,,tie l.y (trumpets ?Se.
Hall's i►elly Pok ars 51se beet
ISSUE No 40 lege
Tesled and Tey
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flOuid You feel 'effetely
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anew bank 9 one yes
Bat � about an 011
bank 9 Ons that has dope
business for over a wore*
Of a 0entury 9 One that 1134
always kept its pprou1I1 7
Ono that never fnUutl ;
misled you In any order?
You oould trust such a batty
couldn't you..
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EMULSION
of 00D-L1VElt OIL Win
HYPOPHOHPHITEtb et bit
like suoh a bank. It hue taus,
dlseppointed you, never wile
It has never deceived no.
never will.
Look out that someone
does not try to make yolk
Invest year health dna new
tont°. some new wediyy
Yon knOW nothing Of.
tea nes lee; all dotter.
SCOTT a SO'etdlSI, Cheese Torula
Leat eight tbe boom at the 8t
rte Lumber Company's mall
letting away the fiontleg ea wisp
between 15,000 and 20,000 toga
*FREE
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MNI ILaveaMr stns
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'ISO lletteiNt,
RHQY11tID
One ce the Dieeoarapber.
The other day, Yttis .tgnographar
In • downtown' eglissolioelleston beg -
gad some woolens._ who were
putting up a new t.Lphoee not to
pica It so high oc the wall as they
were doing.
"You see," she said, "I have to ase 1t
as much as any one, and I am no
short that I can bard:, reach It."
"Oh, weld, miss," said the humorist
In charge of the work, "you can retie
your vodcet start you r' -Boston Tian
orf pt.
The beet Bess lutbML
That's *bat yore will pet by Untag
BOSTON UU1PEBUT STAB!
as It goes rtlter and tl,el bet•
ter work than any other 'starch
sold
A Short Prayer for soldiers.
Witi:e travelling by stage toachln
the Tranreaal la* 'rammer I beards'
dimension upon a recently deceased
South African bebop. 'He . 'nee*
well, no doubt." remarked an of-
ficer of the Bechuanaland Mounted
Pelee, who happened to be a fellow
tr'atellerr. "but.
unfortunately, he
a, belt uta ve ZieSrt the right the g at
the wrong tlnse. The best lie did
was the prayer be taught our men
to say when we were out In tine last
campaign. It was: 'b, Lord. when
i IThse, remember me," -Note.
am(
Laths. t 11 you woalb be strong sad
healtky, and have good complexion',
take Miller's Compound Iron Pills.
Plague of Minders is Japan.
Ap'•dmie are a awl*, plague in
Japan. They men their webs on the
telegraph wires. and aro so newsroom
as to cause a setons loss of Insulation
Sweepingthe wires does little good, an
the sp:dem begirt all over again,
To Ladies.
The face rec'ehres the record of daily
experience. ('oospant safferl.ng from
oorna will mar your beauty. Do not
look anxious and deoonteoted, but
one POtnam's Painless, Corn Extroeor,
witch will extract that sore corn in a
day without peln.
A Itag Tbse
"Do you have any rag time down
here r' asked the man with the gni-
tar.
It's always rag time down here,"
replied the bard -time eltlsen, with •
lugubrious glib, "nothing but rags,
hardily any patches"
1[lnatd i Ltniasnt the Lesbianism's Friend
Nor Maaslps.
Now, What on earth did the mean
by telling lllm she dearly loved .rainy
/lays? Barely site didn't want him to
think her sentimental"
01,1 no. BM know., well enough
that sentiment I. oat of date. BM
wanted Itlnt to get the Idea her han
owed mentally.''
Miller s Orip Powders Cure,
IID is Neutral History.
"Describe the' hippopotamus," said
the teacher,
'The hlppopot.mua," aelwered lbs
little girl, Is a very beautiful ani-
mal, but la not ueduL It Is rallied on-
ly In ettenmla"
BOSTON LAUNDRY BTAION
le the only np-to-da5e starch on the
market for Cuffs. Collars, Mir* and
Lades' Blower. Nothing (trier made.
Vetere tri 11ot+fnlar. .
tinter the Belgian law unmarried
men over 211 have one .vote, married
men and widower. with Tamlllen have
two voter, and pricer* and other par -
arms of ednentlon have three vote..
Severe pertaitIpv ase imposed on those
who gall to vote
rlaetd's Liaison is assn ln hyena&
Tble discovery 01 what I. true sad
the erectile of that whish la
ors the twe meet important ob pts
of phi osephy,-Vettahe,
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