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':hese were hot wholly cheerfut-ones. would be no ate sally enough to put
Tbo explanallou he had so long drend- them on mine."
ed. no long eltufflrri out of. could bt' "Not silly at all. Don't let us talk
about graver.' sale Mr. Howard. With
put o(1 no longer. Geraldine wart ule'omlortih!e Nuttiness. "Why choose
learn that he had lived on Iles ; that the suddemt of all subjscts un much
there was n mystery about her birth;
a
lovely mormlttg e t"
that rhe was penniless; that he had 'Oh, but I thinkna ththere are many
thluge sadder than death l" said
two Staten who disliked her. He Geraldine, for whom, in the bloom of
counted upon their aversion melting her two -and -twenty years, the tomb
like snow before the run under the buil u fascination which u quarter of
inflamer of her 'sweetmeat and climate a cei.tury e nearer approach tot It
had very much decreased in her com-
panion. "separation -bee -norm step -
twat t nn from -from people we care
about"--aa.l her voice euddeuly quir-
but mt111 It would not do for h'r to
come into their pretence In Ignorance
of any circumstance in her own his-
tory. to reek ita being Lobi to her loss
kindly 1 han by hie own lips. She had Bred; "to bee good people unhappy,
been as a daughter to him, Ile as a and net tat be able to conftort them;
lather to Ines. for' eighteen ye ire; he to have friends a hug way off In
would adopt her frankly now ; and the trouble and suffering, and to be no
et of his Meters receiving her under able to go to them -why, to die seems
the mane roof with them -(or they easy compared with n tot of troubles
w ttt>rld epee' ve her -he had reset%cd I know"! But then l believe people
upon that -would silence.the tattle who lire very solitary livor seldom
of the neighborhood,. and mike leo- fear dente:' rhe added, la a worm_
pie receive the mentees ncetwnt, which 'slug tone that frequent solani,
was all he hnd to give them. as indeed hnd caused her to r e4ulru Nhen
t0+ truth. Yes, on the very next day a nkiug 011aub solo 11 Wilt which she
b tale de uvpr to ('up�ley : I-ut I,end thought much.
instead 01 witting as usual, ulpset -But surely you don't lead a soli-
monoeellnbi•ally lit ' totter prat tars life, young n9 you Aral You
tib which was always» echh erie' for him. are not quite in the wilder/lase here.
he would take her out. for a walk with thou -h I dare say the e,carty of the
bins and make th � strange uu,l def d.
fruit eonferwkrt as nest ba might- oeighburhood is not very enlivening
ant hie decision had teeut 1p.!Lde tow
laF. and he confession was to be fore-
stalled.
On the morning after &r Charier
.uuterent a with the vicar. Geraldine
was walking through it lane n little
way from Cupeley, with a bsekee In
her hand containing swirl Jelly and
troth for a ark woman.. She waa
alone, for Mite t;retton did not feel
well enough to aeemnpluty her. Rather
god to Ie, able to cbeile her owe are eloquent t use.
e, "
pavthe was ee.PPiele nlotsg as feet' "Well. the hnluibittnt of Copaley
am Ira feet could carry her, the April are as o!d as their hoarse, 1 think,
sltr qui k nine hw yoeng flood 1r1 h-• and hale aboet nm much to may for
erring ktr-sot& urogg_eyei_dnd brlh1 _ eheusselvem.'_
inn. a glow of rich color tel her cheeks, ''You are "severe. But i don't con•
when. turning quickly Into a graver fine teasel( to Copslfy. I go further
covered ml r►rsway wk eh
ted
to the
row
afield. arta
visit Ilec let,'m
wd Cul•
rottateswhich
was the end of her beach and Waringltam."
yfµrney, the came face to fans with ..The church at Tolbeaelt as pretty,
tvtlo gentlemen; one wax the curette, but were is not much to see at Heck.
the other n stranger whom she Ilarl letou. . Art•l Waringhnn-why, War -
mineral Orme lately met In'bls cont- Ingham, 1e a long way off ; It le not
parry. She had heard a good deal of to tiuffole et all."
cumin lately nm t, wtl.) thin etrange ..No, It Is Just within the boaters
geotk•inan could lee who had for the r Norfoils. I know," said the ntran-
-there are se few young people of
,your own ago in the familiar about."
Gerad'Une was rather surprise.',
r-ery one looked upon this gentle-
man n» a stranger.
'-1 nlwayd find out something about
the Inhabitants of any place I may
bo in. as well us about the scenery,"
be milted in explanation, nud 1
make a prnint of seeing all the _old
huurca and churches. Old bulidinge
last few days come over so fre.luently
(root ('alt hater, where It wets aft
(Mret.xtl tilt Ile was staying.
apparently for no other motive than
to cnety the society of the curage, Mr.
Meadows, whose acquaintance he had
made ou the previous Sunday after
'service, and who, though a geoid litth,
fellow enough and quite n favorite
ger, watching her. "Bat 1t Is only
seven tunes off, nearer than Toe
beach "
"Only nevem miles off ! in.leed, I-1
think you must hr mistaken. d have
lived here nil my y life, sued I --0h. In-
dese i am sure it 1r a great deal far-
ther off than that."
everywhere nut In the pulpit, Wm "No; I suers you you have min-
notthe sort of companion people would where
calculated file db n h You knowh No
Pre
have expected such a well-dressed and lve royal branch* off Just.at
well-bred looking man as the stranger
to fid very Intcreeting.
Geraldine had take's dislike to the
man ever since the first moment when
else had met hit critical stare of ap
prove! in <leach ; and she felt ver,
much aunoyed when the curate, after
a few low cords from hie compablon,
said In the hurried. nervous manner
peculiar to him when not preaching -
in the pulpit -vigorous denunolation
was his forte -
"Miss Lindley, will you allow me to
Introduce to you my friend Mr. How -
are ?"
nine bowed rather coldly, nue ex-
changed a few remarks with her new
acquaintance in a hard, amlleieas, al-
most ro/pellatit m inner which she
round assume when eke was not plena
eft. cafe tem:glit Mr. Meaduwe had
taken a liberty In forcing alien her
this lntrntlnetkm to a 111111 who, 11 I-
I hough his manner west that of a 44r-
taln revs of gentlemen, was, sem! in -
mince told her, an undesirable tic-
qualsteuce.Mr.Howard was not of the
type of men wh nre easily snutrb'd,
and hi took cam not to let her pass
on until. to an adroit remark. h • had
at last drawn an unw lllog smile from
her. She then continual h •r walk,
fulfilled her errand, paid two or three
visits to cottages near, awl returned
toward (' w4ey. On the way Irick she
gathered a basketful of pr!utrnee,
and, turning irltp the rhurehvnrd, air
nate drown on ono of the trxnhwtornhe
and began to loft then t,gether and
fasten th •m, to place on the grnyo of
n little girl, wit hnd been one (4 her
wluflare In the Sunday swivel, and
woes had been crrried off by tennauma
tion just before the spring flowers,
began to bksw*n.
Rite was creepier' with her flowers
with the utter absorption natural to
her In nny work, flowerer triftin,t.
when tin Yoko of the unwei'orne Mr.
Iioirard addressed bar. Ile had ops
WelkIh'xt from trilled her. aerobe the
gram and the graven, its softly that
eke hied not h,nrtl a sound until he
Is flaks
Another errand of mercy or kind-
ivelw, 1 ren gnaw Was LI...i rre' "arta
he, with n smile and n eleoma tt man -
n*, wheel were dlfflenit to nebat;
and Mr. Howard strolled around th •
Mee tombstone which aepnrate.l him
from her. bud, rotting lea hone on
Gee ween -beam of n coal wh to marble
• looked down upon h.r with n
k (items whl•h e.nrpi.11ad her to look
up. And then alis was forced, against
1sy will, to anile Ihi.k again.
Mr, Howard we.' not n very young
moan. He was rath'r Meet, rather
ze,, and looked a yenr or two Inas
ted forty. In reality h' wine older;
Yi be was so carefully feasted, no
I of marmor, the grey heirs In
bit dark moustache and hair were so
welt dyed. Hutt he carried his yearn
very lightly.
(Iayaldine shook her head nl.wly
the foot of the hill which goes up to
Wnringhnm Park rata'?"
"1 have never been to Wnringhnm."
"Never been to Wnringhnm 7" Jae
echoed, In a tone the (surprise of
.which It sudyienly occurred to Ger-
.11dine to think wan feigned. "Then
that ncccounta for you thinking it
so much further off than it Is. You
might to keow Sir Charlet Otw.ey
and Iris two weirdold sisters."
Geraldine mtarted; but her compan-
ion die nut seem to notice this Ile
continued -
Charles himself 1s a charming
gentleman --he Is an old friend of
nine Waded, a connectlein of nty
!ninny; but has slitters are the very
reverse. of him In all things -at least
OP younger le, and the eider follows
hersister's". lead. _ But you really
ought to know Sir Charles."
"I oto know Sir Charles," answered
the girl, quietly, but in a conetraio-
ed voice. "Ile In my guardian "
'indeed! To tell yo( the truth, I
hal heard go; but your saying that"
-you had never been to Waringham
Made me doubt whetter I bn.1 heard
correctly." --
"(4011e correctly. He was n Cole•
rade of my father's, who lert me in
tie care. He le as fond of mea as If 1
Were hit own child."
"Yet you have never been to War -
Ingham t" tie let the gnestb.,n slip
out so naturally that It did not stem
impertinent.
"N -u, 1 have never been to Waling -
hem," Geraldine Answered in a taw
voice.
Suddenly, Mr. Howard's, manner
changed; and, Lending a little 1 .mer,
en that he could look Into her face,
he maid Impreeulvely-
"And do you know why 7"
Tho girl raised her head -quickly
and coldly.
elf he had waahoul ma teektlow. iiir
Charles would have told me."
"And def you not ,with to know 7
Of course, you do. Some curtwlty-
In th., matter. nowt that 1 have un•
wittln ly let out two things ilea,y ata 11151,-"TTIVII--130fere ill rorty
natural."
The girl rose. and clung to the
headstone of the grave next to tit.
fosftetone on which she hail been
sitting.
"Whatever curiosity i may :18.1
to know whether tip things yo.l
hnvo told mo are true or false I must
stifle. 1-1 have no right to -to pry
into any sec -rt whirl' my guardian
cheerios to keep from me.'
Nlre was trembling and (vole ; the
pretty color had left her chceeke.
noxa her »yes seemed suddenly to
hero lost their lustre.
Mr. Howard wee overwhelmed on
seeing the effect of his rash dna-
elnnnres. He made protons apologies.
and ed.led. aro he withdrew his Land
am, egrrowfntly A..he answered him; front the crone Oa which It had been
"leo one ran show either kinrinets rotting and prepared to take leave -
or merry to the dead. Theme flowers Yon neat show mP. Hies Lifeline'.
are' to pet on a grave." ne n men nearly old enough to be
"Teen why do you do It 7 I have Your father" -he wan quite nil
• l tprwmeel upou me newt strongly 'eessgh. bnt "nearly" mounded bet,
h e+ou
erynne 1 have met about here ter -"to eapresis may admiration of
that yes, area young lady of trunk• emir self control. wooderful, In one
eemdent learning and acnfmplist• wt Young. In roasting the tempts
tion to learn n secret whichewilat-
ever you may ery, must beds of
vital interred to you."
He raised his hat, and was leav-
ing her, when. turning emddenly to
word him. with tr.mbing Ilan and
. Syed gooytntlnnm come from. nut even tanking volae, she called him back.
✓ 1 Were learner% i dare nay i shasld ' Mr. Howard, .stn moment, please!
hoes human weakne*ees. I anppwwe Thera In one qulsrtlon i moat oak -1
putyat< Hower* ele a grave in nilly, met- net ; there mon he no harm In
yAe i sl,nM not Nt. to think there that. Perhaps" --
Bite stopped. hesitating. In spite of here• -a friend of air. Meadows. He
barrel(, the poor girl war unable only-"
entirely to resist the temptation to She gar• way, and bunt Into a
learn sowelhlug morn, II uuly parelou of tears. Turltlug blindly to
tie; and rhe woe trylug to thiukto meow. she ran against es graveetil'.
all Innocent question. arsd ltegitultd laid it gentle. restrain -
Mr. Howard canto to the rescue. hog luted ou her arm the next too
"Ili) lot torture yourself ueettlers• unset.
ly," said Ito, kindly. "There Ir uoth• "Have you hurt yourself ?" he
Ing much more terrible In what you asked. very O0la7.
have not heard thou It► what yw1 I "No -011, no. Let 1110 go, please. Miss
have heard. The answer to owe of Gretton le welting for we li-
the quostlwls which lamsltr you 1 "hon moat let me auk yew foe qura
have already given you; it W tSr time MIs Lindley. You know very
Charlene asters, or ruhur his taster well It le not Impertinent eurkslty
Elisabeth. who W the obstacle to which prompt ms. 1 know the man
who was speaking to yJust now
your
gulslg to Whtmi. What• -at least, I knew him mute: I know
ever
c bur beeline Inteesr rhe laves : hila as a worthless, In.hwating
whatever -whoever he loves she I scamp, volae will mote any mischief
hater. As Sir Charles -your guard• de order rh Will m e° I[u
1 think Ilan him T W food
esf yoy, I w1.1 weever fur It that, In
I:lliabethes eyes. puler' woul•1 not
bo Wad enough fur ru."
"Ir that w?" asked the girl, her
fate muddculy clearing. 'Then tai are rhe looked up with gllrtening, ln-
e . e
tuur.e Lir Charles cuuW out take m tont eyes, into his face. "Ile nue
k, see W ariuglww, because her ate not tell the truth, you any 7 lie L
term would tot receive me ktudly ; unworthy of any belief Y'
and cu, iu tinier to ootid telling me "Quite ! He would make up any
that, for fear it might palls sue. he *tors' almost for the bare pleasure
In to by it.would tell
!a0. you cu • - any Ile, annoy anybtxly. to tory ex-
tent-
"What,
x-
tent-"What, what! Are you sure 7" In•
t'rruptod Gerahline, eagerly selthtg
hie hand In her breathiest' noxlety.
miter mentioned thew to me, and let
na, think \1-aringham was is long way
off. '19tnt is lust eke Islm- so
keel nod considerate! That explains
everything. Oh, 1 Lou so glad I"
she cried, ne the natured color began
to flow back to Iter cheeks, and rho
gave a deep sigh of relief. el -1 be-
gan to be quite frightened. It
wine so caddsuly, and 1 have always
lived ru quietly, that ami thiug that
wands at all etrunge Iwpres.e' nae
deeply. 1-1 duet know wheat 1
thought at first."
"Nothing half so strange its the
truth, Mus Lindley, I 1Im sura of
that. What would you say to a per-
son who would clear up the mysteries
coucertdng you and the people about
yidwhich must long have puzzled
" What mysteries ? 1 know of no
me storied. 1 don't underrttIld
you," said the girl, sharply, ler lace
flushing red under this new and
MI* alhnuhtg form of attack.
"Ilia 1t never .x'eurred to 3ewto
ask yourself, If not to alk those
around you,- why you lead a life ao
dUferent front that of other gels -
why you have been brought sp ns
tls,ee girls are who are intends 1 to
shine ht.eocfety, and you are kept *hut
up hero with two old echo ulmutrasses
like a 11101, with no companion. of your
own age. none of the usual unitise -
meats and gayeties of a young lady :'
140 Sou timer wonder way you are
n ever shown any portraits of your
parents, why you are ucvcr told any-
thing about them except vaguely in
answer to queetluns from yourself?''
"What do you wean 7" gurpel Ger•
aldlne, et a very low voice, look-
ing at frim steadily, hut clinging to
the worn stone by which she was
'tending. nit it IDe fe!: that ehe had
twarcely strength to tear the .hock
of what might be coning.
"Whet would you say for -'nate ale
who, inviting heard your story
and being struck with, deep pity for
your position. and deep admiration
o
u
filled d ft.
Inc tier- way In which J
had taken the trouble to hunt out evi-
dence which would remove you front It,
would expose the cruelty which hap
let your bright young life Ile under
51 shadow for so long, and fora
those who are keeping you out of
your rightful plats to yield :t np to
you '7'
"I dolt wakumtand you."
"If this were true that 1 •un tell -
lug you, you would be grateful to
such a person, would you not ? 1 am
w ire yon would, for you are very
tenderehearted. And, if this person
were to prove to be a -a relative of
your own, who had been as 111 treated
wt the bind, of the rest of his (omnis'
6* you had been yourself by the same
persona, you would In gratltn.le
stretch out a kindly -hind to him,
show him sympathy In his trials, give
him help in hie atruggleamttfi-altuer-
Ited mIsfortune."
"All thle bewilders me. 1 don't know
what you naso. I begin to feel that 1
ought Dever to have leten04."
"Alt, thnt itt what people always
begin to fuel when you mention to
them that you expect a little help In
return for a great service!" Inter-
rupted Mr. Howard. tim psma'nnate
tones to whirls he had worked himself
up durklg his last speech changing a
little. "Out that is not lake you. MIs
Lindley. You are generous -hearted
YOu- w
'•Walt, wait I Let me thlak. You nre
a stranger so me, and you come upon
me with -with a long neeount of some
mystery %Welt you make more mys-
terious by your way of telling It. Be-
fore I bear .Mother word from you 1
must ere me Real -dim, must tee him
What ydu h its told ane -or part an
at deist -there Is no help for It now -
anti must ask itine 1f I am to believe
-what Inn to believe."
"Ask Sir Chariest! You will get to
help there. Ile will stammer ane ex
cure himself, tell sett that i nal not
to be believed, that what I have
told yo1 Ls a Lessee of nonsense."
"If my guardian tells me that, that
le the version I shall have to accept,
Mr. Howard."
mna1P, rent at 1111 likely to do nby•
Chip( withowit a renwu. and it geed
"�dt1 Ally Kr. Meadows heti Men
Mil you that H» thtnke me Ienrn
ad nem i know where sal him Itaek-
t
of exercising his Invention, 1 really
believe."
"Thank Heaven,' she whispered. as
her ltan.ls fell 1!etmsely down at her
Olen ; and for the nm)tuertt Reginald
thought she was fainting.
But she remit -erre even its he put
Ida arm about her, 4111', freeing her-
isrlf gently, noshed up at !tint with
grntefel. moist eyes. as she held out
her hand.
" Th ask you." said rhe, unsteadily.
You hive rel'eve l mi from a terror
1 cannot describe. I could not under-
stand. The mon fr'ghtwu me by hints
and 'tomes which seemed to tisk, the
very ground from under my feet. I
hive out recoveree frau tete effects
of them even now. Forgive m 1 for
'eing ex) telly, so tncolt •rent ; i will
tell you -explain myself when I nm
nfy'.•rlf again."
ie• pressen h'r hand warmly in his,
au l lot her go. Then he left the ehun•h-
yard and went hastily In the direction
th ,t he Ind ben "Mr. Howard"
take. It was toward tie, ati:t'on
and. seeing that there was u.1 trace
of tint gentleman Mout, site that n'
trail keel Just eta/tetf, Reginald came
to the coitclusbn lilt Mr. Mallows
meta; friend was satlefled th it he had
.1110 wbobkef enough for one day ;
and. remounting ha father's cob, on
winch he hod rlddan over set the
(II entre of getting a glimpse of Geral-
dine Lindley. he returned to Waring.
hem vicarage
But "Mr. Howard" w w to do none
mahief than that tetore the day
wax ever.
Geraldine returned home, still in
such n 'tate of bewilderment and
nervous exettement that she did not
know whether the effect of Mr.
Howard's words had premed r.wey.
whether Reginald's assurances that
the man was net to be believed had
or had nut relieved her mini from
the weight of vague but terrible mle-
givings which the Information he had
volunteered and the hints he had
thrown out had Ltid upon her. Miss
Greyten was in a )mo alarm because
she bail -been out longer than` usual;
but (leraidlue hnd sedfc'tmmand
eoough, to describe lu a Ideals man-
ner how she lead been tentpted by
primroses to walk farther and to
linger longer than she had Intended,
which satisfied her old friend, Ware
te.
now part seventy, was tot so lyn
eyed nt detecting a shifting glance
or a change of color are she had once
been.
But, when the girl was alone again.
it wag Inevitable that she should
dittexnver that It was hup'.ealhle for
her to rest until she Jowl seen `lir
Charles and learned front has own
lips whether there was any pnrtiele
of truth In the strange things she
had been told, and, 1f not, what this
man's motive could have been for de-
liberately hunting her out to dle-
treu her wen them. After dinner --
for Miss Gretton remabnei faithful to
the school -habit of dining in tato nal.
(Reef the day -she made an excuse to
go out again, 'went back. Inlf
if Klima! of herself, to the church -,yard,
and hunted about for the stranger's
card. She had not looked at 1t whet
hi had given It to her, anti now ehe
mold not find It. She picked up, in-
deed, n little distance from tie) spirt
where rhe had stood during her In-
terview with the stranger, a gentle-
man's card oa which was printed th •
trams "Mr. Lindley Fielding " with an
nderate in London, la tit: city. written
:,slow iu pewit; but, knowing that
h'+ stranger's name was Howard,
hr tlsongbt nt first theft this .tail
must have fallen from.his pocketbook
by accident. However, she could find
no otb.'r; and th.70. the possibility of
a man with no character hanIng two
names( 0ceurring to her, els' put the
card Into b -'r purse. slipped guiltily
out of the church -yard, and walked
an fest as etre could to ono of n 1400
of cottngew a little distance off. Thr
mother of two of her Sunday school
wh,lalw lived tiara; but, though Ger-
aldine emtd» time excuse of calling to
know whether }'lista'' cough was n;•v
letter, the barfly beard Mrs. Begget t
answer.
" You used to live In Norfolk MCP,
MOO. Bogget, didn't you 7" ah1 sulked.
after a few remark,' about the baby.
"Yew, m!an; i wait kitchen-nutl1
two yexue In Mr. Fawcett's family at
Theme, I nut married from Were,
m 4a."
" Thorpxe ? (!h, yes, that !s neer
War!ngkene leat't it7" •
"Warlughnm ! Biros ye, no, miss!
Thorpe's smiles and miles from War-
inghnm. It takes nigh upon two
houre by the railway to get to
Thorpe."
"It -It doesn't take nearly se long
to get to Waringham, doe. it 1" nak-
ed the Bart, with hands. which trem-
bled me much that the estonishol
mite on her lap turned and feebly
tried to slap her.
"file* your heart, nn! Why, It'n
only a walk fremeatgg9 tp Warong-
ham
"Oh, yes, yes. of oonree t clow fnr
do you call It r
"Well, It's n matter of three to
four mile, I should say."
"Oh, It must be more than that I"
broke out the girl, with sudden re-
is»meneP.
"Well, mayhap it Ig. I'm not much
of a dab nt guessing such thing.,
and i don't know am I've ever heard
tell the length cf it rightly:'
-Hots long does It take to walk
there f Ik, you knot►, Mrs. Boggrtr
"Well, John cah do it to a little over
two hour.; but then he's n goal
walker Is John. But you wasn't think-
ing of walking over to Wnringhnm
-was ye, miser
"Oh, no I" nnmwered Oernldine, who
indeed hnd nre, much Intention.
Six+ had only taken the 'simplest
mental of firming out from the Ignor-
ant woman here fnr her gunnllan't
honer really nine from here.
(To be nxstlnned.)
"Yap will try to it) stn, perhaps
But sawn day liaman nature will get
the better of you en far as to lend
yam to sok, not Sir Charles. but sone
Lneiffereent person, how far off ` War.
Ingham In. and. wls'n you hear that
It Is put seven mitre from here, 'tome
other day van «111 pot be able to
mishit the temptatiere to walk those
seven miS'. ; awl, when van find out
that. be.sldes Rlr Charles, two old
adios!, his sisters, live In at. vert «111
begin to et -melee If there was not
some tenth In those other suggeetlone
the 'granger offered yon, and to be
tormented with a burning wish to
know what that last and moat Im-
portant Mere of Infornrtion wn.
whish yon were too prone, or too
timid, to let him tell."
"Vali ,are mistaken. Whatever my
g nar.inn tell. me «111 sntlufy mit."
"I think note But it la portalble some.
thing 1 have to tell him may 'nti.fy
him. For. thnngh you been not re.
cared the disinterested .ervlees of a
complete stranger very klnely. I am
mngnanlmona enough W resolve to
N erve yon agalect your w111. Then.
when yon hey'. eeperfeneee, my gen
erosity In spite of yoar.»If, It will
lie with yoi whether you 'how net
a Corresponding grnerottlty In return
or -like moat of your '0x- forget
1t. 1 will give you my Addreat; wtlen-
i do not say 'if,' but 'when' -yon went
my Iw•Ip to clear up the mine. of 411(1-
(11111,a and contradictions you will en-
eoenter when you put your glleestloes
to Mr Charles", a note, n telegram wIl'
summon me to your service Immed}-
ately."
R' pnt into her hand a card, which
Nee allowed tie drop unreels, to the
ground. H, ons not d•,nnted by thin
show of disdain, knowing well tient
she woad park It up and rend It not
soon am he nre out of eight., and that..
If eta were ti. aver It In pleas and
throw It to the wind.) th.' next mn-
ment, the addresses would rem tin Indel-
ibly graven on her mind.
She bot him go with the coldest of
haw' in answer to hl' pleTnrately
eonrteowi'slate. nn,1 In her nervone
excitement nttereel n'bort 'ensile as
ReglnaM R , mb.-r'. gw-e»t rola', (totter
164 ritb^r faster tion usual, addrems
ed her.
"Mlle f.ludley, what hen that man
been staring to vow T Ifs has fright -
(Mee you."
"Oh, sre not at all. He le a stranger
A FABIER'S
STORY.
Short, Straightforward, Earnest,
and to the Point.
Mr. John Fletcher, of 1;rautuu, Fella
bow 11e was Cured of Lumbago
by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Oranton, Ont., Neb. 2t.-titpeclul.)--
There are few people in this county
who do not know lir. John Fletcher.
farmer. of Granton. Mr. Fletcher W
not only well known. but highly re
epected, aid her tunny Mende will
rt -Jena to hear that he hay entirely
recovered from tLo very severe ut
tuck of Lumbago, wltich almost peon
trated 111m last year. He Imre given
out the following statement of her
ease and Its cure:
" I have been troubled for over a
wear with Lumbago, also Kidney
Trouble. My urine was of.a very dark
red color, and wy back war fearful
bad. I could get nothing to help use.
Dodd's Kidney 1'lllr t•ured use. I uta
well; Lumbago all gone, uud urine
natural color."
The remedy that cured Mr. Fletcher
bait never failed 1n Kidney Trou•
We. Dodd's Kidney P111m are the hope
of every sufferer from Lumbago.
(Sciatica or Lame Back. They never
tale
A Remarkable tear Tree.
Charles J. Tinsley, of Hearlro coun-
ty, Virginia, Me n remarkable and
must accommodating pear trete Title
IP the second year thls tree ham
borne. -1 few days ago Mr. Tinsley
gathered the fruit of this tree. He
found then that It had produce., rt
pear for each member of his tamely
-thirteen in all -lie and bit wife and
eleven children. The tree had return
bered every one. This pear tree did
not do little, 'sneaky things' either.
It bore not a pear that weighed leas
than a pound. The pear for the yW
man weighed eighteen nonan' and for
the mother seventeen ounces.
ONE LADY OR IIENTLEM.AN IN
every city, town, village und ham-
let In Canada can make u few hun-
dred dollars with very little effort
on their part manufnoturing our new
Cameo Art Medutllone, the greatest
selling art novelty ever placed on
the market You can easily clear
Forty Dollars per week. We teach
you the entire process of making
this great seller and supply all ma-
terials for only $3. Only one person
In each locality. and we fully Iwo-
teet you In your own territory.
Greatest opporttmtty ever offered Iu
the world to learn a money -making
business, and no fake scheme. Par-
ticulars free fur 2 cent sanest).
Write at once to Green's Art Med-
allion Co. Renfrew, Canada.
Heirs of Living Rulers.
Here are some Interesting etatistlex
in regard to the heirs of living ruler"):
There are thirty-nlne rulers in Eu-
rope, and twenty of them Itave no
male heirs. Seven of them have ono
son, three have two, four have three,
one has four, three have five. and only
nue, the Emperor of Germany. bum
6(x. Altogether the thirty-nine rulert
have fifty male and thirty-seven fe-
male detwendaott, Among these there
are twenty-four princes and fourteen
prinecssen, who are the descendants
of German emperors. kluge, grand
daken. dukes hod princes.
Not Tkere.
A farmer once wrote to a distin-
gasified scientific agriculturist. to
hem he felt meter eleigatkei for
Int minting . a new variety of swine-
especteli Rlr,-1 went yesterday to
the (5.111» fair ; i (nand neversl plea
of vnnM apeelea. Thsra «*1 n groat
nrlety of tt»nsta, and i was worse l Tb. flogs Ten Company. 11-18 Front
,ouch neloniihes nt not seeing yam street teat, Toronto.
there."
Catarrhosone cures Catarrh.
++++++++++++++++ P+++++.4.4.4,
I ISSUE No 10 1901. JU1,
TRAILS OR
NO TRAILS'
t+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Whether 1t were nobler lu the mor
man to suffer the wad fibs a olid
"spatters of the trailing skirl, or
abandon "mode" sad embrnc'+ bygleue,
to the question of the feminine hour.
Agitation vu tide wart Important
pulnt hue been whetted by the uewr
which cower 0110. tltu seas from Aur-
trlu. In Vienna the tattling skirt
must not be. In Vienna they have
city autlorltlos who rise burplred end
lay down the law nctx,rdtng to their
lights. In Vienna have been hoisted
the mimes of the hygienic reign, Mid
thorn who run may read that the
trailing mklet W tabooed became It.
tweeWl up the dust. No too, too lung
gurwedts in publ.c placer. If tit» ague,
which etre prominently and frequently
Misplayed, fail of their purpose the
uff,'osiers aro to be fined.
Already the kingdom of the long
skirt hue been cuuteetod by Its
'shorter rival. The abbreviated bit of
wearing apparel 'started with the
popularity of blcyele t 11htg. From the
wheel and the golf links it war but a
ttep to the street. Then came the
ready adopttou by the "Helly
Dalsles" ; and now the curtailed thing
111 so common tont only the provincial
elating the city fur the fleet time
tutor around to gate at its wearer.
Champion"' of the, short skirt are
hailing( with Joy tee nctiou of the
Vienna folk. They see In fhb Aas-
trlan lnitlatlee grant pos'slbllitler,
even local Iegielateve titLion, In behalf
of their favorite garb. They are
ready with res menu why the clipped
wear It to be commended. For ex
nwple, .peakiu,g e�1 the comparative'
nue 111L ., w"w,u1 rued:
'I wear a short mklrt because 1 call
get around In it so nitwit easier than
L can In a long one. 1 find the change
invaluable from the taint of conven-
ience. When I weult to rue out to
market I don't feel like putting on
my trolling skirt, which ax 1 1 to
gather in ell the, duet and dirt from
the sidewalk rind the Outman.' unit
one uupletring artifice which adorn
the floors of the butcher's', the bak-
er's, and the eandleetick maker's. 1
am et. used to tete short skirt now
that I wear It when I go down town
shopping. nine let me confers It, 1
oneo wore It to the opera, when the
night happened to be disagreeable
atond mtheise."opera oust that I didn't wont
On the other hand, there are count-
less women who are not ready tt re-
Iloquish the old order. A. one of
these ham it-
"W'e wear the trailing ekhrt be-
cause It In fashionable. Why 1s It
farhlomthle 7 Oh, because it
1., that''
all. For one thing, it gives a womatu
n more dietingutrhed appearance. it
teaks' the short woman look tall and
it maker the tall W0012.1 11 look queen-
ly. We are not going to forsake the
long skirt on uccottnt of n 110111140K
precedent." -New York Herald.
Triumph of Economy.
"The oke man seemed mighty well
pleased with himself," said Mr. Grind-
er's oaachman.
"Sure saki the cook. "He's been
saving all his burned matches, for mix
months, and this morning he found
he had enough for me to .tart the
kitchen fire with."- Indianapolis
Pres..
Minerd's Liniment
cows.
Cures Gorget in
Are Birds Becoming Martinet.
In only three Staten In this coun-
try are Male holding their own.
Three nre Oregon, California and
North Carolina. in Illinois they are
mald to have decreaneil 88 per cent.
during the last 15 yearn, while front
all sections game bleat, according to
recent etatbties, have decreased 50
per cent.
('atarrit soie cures Catarrh.
in enli.ting for the cavalry recruit•
ing olfleer,' never accept an enlist-
ment from n maul who welglu over
163 pounds. while for infantry or
nrtlllery recruats who weigh up to
190 pounds are accepted.
A dentist says that se woman loves
her teeth sooner than a man. Prob-
ably she wears them out with her
tongue.
Deafness Casisot be Cured
By local epplieatann.ae they emend mark the
diseased portion of the ear. There h only one
way to cum destne.. and Ihnt 1. by tomtit n•
tional remedies. lRwfne.ts 1e paned by ion In -
diluted condition of the maroon limns et( the
Ku-tachlan Tube. Worn this tube le httlama'l
you have u rumbling mound or imperfect hear-
ing.
earing. and whoa It Y es
entirely r1. med. Deafness Is
the mauls and tanlees the Inflammation ems 1'•
taken tasseled tile tube restosW tolls normal
mrelltlon, beating wul be d..troleet
n ine euwee out e.t t - 4+y1
which I, nothing hut an Inds, Bed .00ditinn of
the muco+u.uHwoe•.
\1-r will rive One Hen'rt I Dollar* for nnf
e'5.e of 1)eafntw• amused by atarrbt that awn
sot k cured by Halls Cstarrle Care. r4ud for
clrcolan., trey.
F. J. ('HRN6Y &CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by druggtste.:6r.
hall's Family Pi1e are the bet d.
Very Deep lYater.
The survey of the Pacific bottom
for the propose.' cabin to Japan and
the Philippine's Neta beon completed.
end Rear Admlrel Bradford, head of
the Isydrograpldc bureau. nouoeucw
hie rendtneau to 'templet AIt11 the ley -
Ing of the ruble. Marna sixty male'
east of the brand of [loam nn
abysm use encountered. the deepest
ever found, In which tn+ttont wen
only reached when 11.614 feet of
wire had been run out. This -.throe
now named the Nero doer, In of
coarse avoided. At another pima n
high mountain range was dbsein'Pred.
through which it was necessary to
find n pans.
' C. C. Richards it Co.
Dear Rfrs,-Your ] P ARfl'N Lifer
MENT la our remedy for more throat,
cold,. and nil ordinary ailments.
It never (nils to relieve find cure
promptly.
;MARL} u WlIOOTTEN,
Port Mnlgrave,
As Exceptional Lake,
An Interesting exploration of Lake
Tanganyika and the country' north of
It, finished recently, reverie -1 the fart
that while rerinln wen tnodlu'os nre
renal In this lake, it 1s the fade on.•
of ;ell the Inrge African lakes In which
nosh ptlenomenn nre ut.cened. Title
like 1a only n short dintnnce, now
eighty met., fmm the great Congo
bealn much of whfrh, without doubt,
was once covered by the men.
This picture is the trade ma k d.i
SCOTT'S EMLII,SIO:V, anti i 4111
evboof SCOTT'S J:Mi-i.
sIoN in thettle World, which now
amouery nts to many millions } early.
This great business has grown t„
such vast proportil as,
Fist; -Because the proprietors
have always been most careful in
selecting the various ingredients
used in its composition, Lamely;
the finest Cod Liver Oil, and the
purest Hypophoshhites.
Second: -Because they have
stn
skillfully combined the various
ingredients that the best possible
resobtained by its us>•,
T6/ultsMare:-Because it has made so
many sickly, delicate children
strong and healthy, given health
and rosy cheeks to so many pal?,
anaemic girls, and healed the lungs\
:and restored to full health, so many
thousands in the first stages of
Consumption.
If jot Imre not tried it. teed far nee tempi%
As agreeable tate wf11 eerwtse yeu
Ku.T a SOWNR Chemi.tq
veto.
gm. and p.o., all engem&
ethane fur Timber.
One of the mint curious mines 11111
la worked Is in Tonkin. ('hina, where
et u rand formation at a depth of
front 14 to _0 feet there is a t1e-
p,ett 'of the 'grime of treat. The
l'hinese, work file mine for the hue
ber, whish is found In good eonell-
tlun and la used in making trough.,
and for sawing and other purposes.
-4
This signature is on every bon r( the (onetime
Laxative Bronlo'Quinlne rshists
the remedy that Mels a nal, 15 owe WAS
Raking Ties.
It 111.n pinking Inger cake, 1f there
1n not title to Ilan the tine with pa-
per, the coke Is not an likely to stick
if, niter the tine are greased, .they
aro lightly dredged with flour.
"A CUP OF TEA,("
Is there a phrase In enr langnnge
more eloquently slgnitk'ant of phy-
sical and mental r'frenhment. more
expressive of remlarlon of toll and
restful relaxation, or 00 rich in as-
soelattone with the Menest and se-
renity of home life, and naso With
unpretentlons, Informal, '',sial 1F
tereoaree 7
11(S1' HIGH GRADE, TEA In a Hsi
example of what ten Alonld ise. Ret
the 25 cent peekage for greatest
economy. If soar groe.r do»11 not
keep 1t, send poor name and nddrese
on it metal. end by return mall we
will glee you the name of one who
doe.
Minarets Liniment Cures Colds, .te.
Maori. has 'early 700 lengunges,
anti this fart presents great 151(11l.-
nesdosswre -effort:a
MIRES NLSREI
Stet on Ttisl
et wbuleeak pn,s
if not rit.fsr1orr
money refunded
Guaranteed w ran
easter red 4.
barter work etas
a•` r ether marbles
at the minlet . •
good machine fee agents to beadle. flit
wooer made. Thousands 1a m. Yoe tam.
and prism widows
WIANDARD URPTLY CO. ■sameea. M
DROPSY.
Treated Free.
we have made drop.y are 1 ve
complications a special t • f.,r
twenty pairs. Quirk rr'Irr
Cure1 wont caePO. n...k et
TRSTteo'IAu and Le ova
treatment rams
DR. H. H.ORKIN•eO,'s e,
hoe 0 A.ttl,a,T.,Oa.
FOR SALE.
Fencing and Metailk Roofing snit
Siding Suttee's and plant.
Rrnnnn for gelling, not see, si
ealead to plea bu'lneet.
THE LOCKED WIRE FENCE CO.,
limited, LONDON, ONT.
MUSIC
Tl. 11,w emir Tmrarr . arra t.• -a i..
LEgtON{cus514t.l5. w.
erp. rnblre . 10 Nam,1.4rey..0i ,A•'re('n,'1•
'.•'.
aL�i •, ,nn omen e., 1 ...d .*a »..y I+ • •
seem. i^r•l.r ph. lam! .ea M end ran *., ..' -,
'moron .ear .M .A,ner.r of .i . R•'•••• .1-1 "
..ms MSt
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....t.. a r.ss. son10 .a a► ! site
N.i, r 11. 6515* h .nei. ref malF.. '
1; OHTY ACRlte FOR BALK, --ON LARD.
I herd-westnf fort Dalhousie: ten acre.
planted to hull tress: large torte", beetles.
.tdelre... boa 010. 11t. t'athwrines. Ont.
1,011 4ALF„ HARDWARE STORK. WORK
shop and dwelling, on line of atlas,.
with clock and tools -new and dean: .1 rife
nn thn dollar: nre chanes: Inapectien ,mlleltoi,
John Ritter, Newton. Ont.
..BIG STRAWBBRRiE 1e
lie plant. post paid for ICUS Send for 11111 -
Il. E. MALLORY, 1aNahAn..
WANTED-A(1ENT8 pN EVERY TOWS
In Canada to een made -tame nears
clothing- good rommte.lnn.; full parrlrolart,
Crown 'Tailoring Co., McKinnon Bldg., TTo
ronto.Ont. -
1;81'1T FARM' FOR SALK- pNE OF THE
.1 nneet In the Niting�wwra f'enlnanle, at
Winans. 10 miles from Hamilton Or, tarn nth
nay.. IM seam In 411,36 of which b in fromos
mtly pew. hes. Will be sold 1n one Barrel
dfrlded into lot. of 16 to W ■,'rest In molt I4r
.-treat. 'fids M a Aeddett tmgaln. *darer
Jonathan Carpenter. l'. O. bot .e, w Ineont
•lntarto.
Mn. Wln,low's Mnothingt Syrup .hould W
wase be mead for Chaldron Teething. It soothes
the child. moftean the game. curse .rind
and is tae Mme remedy for Diarrhm. Tw.ntr
Ove cents a bottle
An
Important Question
For one year now we
have put before you In
thecolumne of this paper,
a notice asking your at-
tention to the merits of
our geode.
11 you have read our ad-
vertl.ements and believed
looser statements by using
our goods,
WHAT IS VOUR VERDICT?
St. Lawrence Sugar
Refinery