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The Signal, 1901-3-21, Page 6+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++i+++++++++++++++++ I'Th it tree also.". ait le', tloweM. the gaudy (been a r. LGERALDINUS FORTUNES "SJ thick( papa was the orale (away whloh tam w lung been tolled down, left ; and, now Mit Int tt dead. Ch'trlerl and looked at her sister Fu querulous reel Elisabeth and I aro the only res oat.-, Otwayr." Elisauelh's bino eyes were 1(111 " But date," 1 bright with a Tort of lee -bound flre. 1 "Otte! Which Imre? Wit at de you ••\('hat did he ray to you before 1 ++++++++++++++4-++++++++++++++++++++++tete+++++++++ mean, Lindley 7 Wifo k the other?" came, Eleanor t Lid he loll you wily Eleanor but darn to leer test, and he had comet What reason did he give f" "0 Elisabeth, i don't know I don't Zook at me like that ! He said noth- ing iu particular. Ile just raid he hull a secret- Ni; he raid there war another Mies Ot way, and then you oawe In. Ile raid no more about it, Indeed." "Oh, you had somethiug more In- teresting to talk about, 1 suppose!" sneered the tither, coldly. "i uta afraid you hove nut used your la- riat/pm over your tulmlrer to the belt adventage, or he would nut uuw be occupied In trying to turn us both out of our home by fulettng hes own child upon our brother." "Hie own child! Lindley's child!" cried Eleanor, in horror. "Yee. I have long suspected It ; to - (lay I out sure of It " 'You mean the girl Charles has edu- cated!' faltered Eleanor. "les. On the very night when mita fortune brought the wretched child here, her likeness to "tout Henriet- ta's portrait woke my ruspielons. It war a trick of LlndIey'ee n very clever trick ; au t It is out surprletng that he le so triumphant over Its success. But he is going et little too fast now, and I fancy I can Im- pede his Mat all-important step." "((Tutt do you mean, Elisabeth 7" "He will try to persuade Charles to declare this peasant -woman's waif to be his own legitimate child. The girl is handentte, they tell rue - in fact, I hare token care to deo her. and unluckily her appearance Is In favor of this infamous plan. Now that -now that Charles has no heir, owing to -to oxer last terrible mis- fortune five years ago, you see po- litely lsxly would be Injured by such an nrrangettteut_leut us: and Chptrles would snTfl odor his conscience In thut respect by saytug to himself that he would take care to provide for too, and that, when we knew her better she would le' the light of our lives, or some macho nonsense" And then he would shuffle and delay no usual, until at hie death It would be found. just out It was when pool papa died. that we were !eft with nothing. We should be at the mercy of tWs vagrant girl, who w.".ald grudge us the means of living like tradesmen's widows In apartments at Yarmouth or Iwrwemtuft. This is what your favorite li tryink to bring filmed, Eleanor ; but, in the face of any accusation, Charles will not dare to keep steadfast to the 11e." "0 Elisabeth, all this will kill nee- I am etre' it will!" (moaned the ether, falling Into her usual formula lit titles of excitement. "i suppose the girl will let me be burled ln,the Tiwlt nt Ctlliegeton•e f It won't cost much to have my bxxly.taken there." But the goeatiun did not interest her sister, who 1 -ft the, room with no other answer t tan a glance of con- tempt at the blllty of the other to gram) a s:tubtlon so full of danger. she hesitated in the hall for n few monieutw, debuting Whether elm should go up stalls to her rooan and Thank you," &alit die, muetvtllly• to a thowsuul fn a tout nc nnul tor- e You Etre relieved tui from n terror , luring tear, 1 cannot describe, 1 Wald not under- Merlon upon the right truck. That stand. Tht mart frgbtene me be hints very afternoon, within three boor and stories whle•h seemed to take the 4.1 the thew when the stranger left very ground from under my (eq. I Geraldine In •('upley Church -yard, hate not recovered' from thio nnifr'ls: the old servant Johusun-who. new of them evert now. Forgive, ,m, for that the number of ser%nnts at War- bning ort *WY. an Ineoh'rent : 1 will Digitate hall was at Inst mewed. tell you -explain mysieleew)tet I nm ( wee butler, valet, anti footman nil In one, came to the door of \lies Her affeetlon haul put her uppre• He pressed her hind tvnnnly in bas. sod let h -r go. Then he left t he (-hurtle card and went hemttly In the illrectlrt th it lie Iiud ran "Mr. 110warit" take. 1t was toward lit) at:t.o; Eleanor Otwny's room not tol•1 Icer that u gentieutin wished to bee her. Eleausor was ('0 by thin time. and more shriveled) mud rliruukeu than ever; but this mesenge put her into mud, seeing thvt.tleere wow )l trace it flutter of excitement. and brought of thet gcntk'ninn clout, and that a :t tinge of orange to her eheoke. trait hid just started, Ibtginnld cane lit the conclusion that Mr. Mrmdowi gentai Dime' was satisfied th tt he had ,brio mischief encash for one dry, and. remounting hie father's :air, va which ho heti ridden over o:t the thence of getting n glimpse of Great - nine Lindley, he returnee ,to Wa•ine. ham Vicarage. But 'Mr. Howard" wn"s to du worse nttsrhtet than that before 'the day wax over. 'Geraldine returned home. still in nut a_atate uI bewjl%erment_and nervous etcltewent that she did not know whether the effect tit Mr. Hownrre words land passed ewes-, whether Reginald's a sue:uteri that tate man was not to be believed land or had nit relieved her min.) from the weight of vague but terrible givings which the Ieformatien he had volunteered sod the hints he had thrown out haul lad upon her. Miss flretten was in some alarm Irecauee she had been qui longer than usual; but Geraldine had self -command egough to describe In a liver' inan- ner bow she had been tempted by - arurea linger longer then rhe had. Intended, which enti.fled her old friend, who, now past seventy. was 1.01 so !yip'. eyed at detecting a &shifting glrri"e er a change of color as she hall once been- • But. when the girl wait alone- ngatn, it wee inevitable that she, should .11scover that it was impnsrlhle for her to rest until she had seen air Cbaflea and Tearned troln his_ -awn-' lips whether there was any particle of truth in the strange tonings she had been told, and, If not, what thtr man's motive could have been for de- liberately hunting her out to dis- • tress her with them. -after dinner -- Tor Miss Gretton rernntne.i faithful to the school -habit of dining in the mid= die of the day -she made an (,reuse to go out agntn, 'went -trek, 11 ti} 'rimmed o►f bereetf. t, tlw-ehu,ek-yerd, rind bunted atxxtt for 'th: etrant;.'r•r card. Bb? haul not looked at tt when he had given it to her, and now she meld nut find It. She pick -t1 up, in- deed, n little distance from the shot where she hof at d (luring trey in- terview with the stranger,, a gentle- man's card on which was printed th • it name "Hr. Lln,tley Flel ling," with nn address, in Lounket, la tit' city, written below In pencil: 1 --tbrr'-etr tger a !liar with I(ow int rhe thought at first th•it this card meat have fallen from his pocketbook by ncriejt )tee However. ih' •v,uld •find' no other an•f 11, en, the 1s,- tbUlty of a man with no character hiving two names- occurring to h •r. else put the ..nal Into b purse. slip;x.t gulittly tett of th, church -yard, and walked) net feat ns eh, could 1. Mr) of a row of cottages ra little Sletait :c alt. Th For elle knew that Elizabeth wall out, nut knew that her vielbor must Ie tbut family eeapegraee mem whom. 'nearly thirty years before, she haul berluwed it pinup hut eon• stint affection, of which lie had m;uiy ttmns since, when en pecuniary difficulties mitre embarrnnstng tbun metal. taken ativantagi•. 'rhe beet of therm few family trinkets which hind fallen to her share. hell one by one lowed from her bands to his. to. gether with such small sUuir ns she roue& int -spare from her meagre al- lowance of pocket muhey ; and each of these remittances had been arcompnnie,l by a copy of some poc- ket devotional work and n pedant!. eel's pbreseit letter, punctuated with pates of exclamation, after tate fash- ion of Ouse ladies whose education loon been of the .lip -shod order, in which n less careless reader than the ninth to whom they were address- ed might have detected the ring of a very pure and simple -hearted af- fection- He hail -indeed 'sometimes shed a maudlin tear upon one of these r)nter over the whiskey -and -water _ Raaf--etlabis him to procure ; and he hind basted of her demotion without letting hie hearers know that this "good lit- tle cousin" was plain of feature and a goats many years older (hail him- self. But the condescendingly senti- mental liking le haat for her, on ac- count of the lift to his own 'self es- teem which her court tn'_y gave him, was n poor thing which the blonde - Handset! object_of it rated much tate Highly. As she enteted the "'.eidom-need morning room into which she had directed that he should be shown, elle wee struck at once by the airy gayety not rase of his 'manner, and thought at once that they meet por- betel some more 'than usually deep difficulty. "What le the ruatter, Lindley?" she asked, her feeble voice shaking with atexter . -"Wont eau have nappeeed to bring you here? tenet you know thnt Elizabeth may .,return at any moment -she hnr gone only for a drite-nn.l then--d(t, (chat would elle may r' Thaw young girl's wordy, spoken as they were without the !Peat nf- fectetion, were oIdly puthetle in the mouth of the len them( held old woman - re - e• ling thought, ps be exaMieed !ter curionsty In the waning suultght of the April after -mem. nn excellent melte for the witch of Ender. -She nifty any what she chooses ,when 1 have the pleasure of •seelog her," sold he, bisrynntly. "One of the objects of my sent is to tense a littl • Impr.rtaut convereatton with her; but, of course, my' first care war De sew yetis, he added, "with g -t1 - i tepdemsna: ' 'e.Do reel .know . bow Lott¢ it will be before she returns l" he netted. after it penile. in which he had affectionately led her to a seat. "I expect her every moment," an steered Eleanor, nervously. "But do you think you are wise to fare her, Lhidley? I know you are very brave; but clic say's such bitter doings, elle halt no mercy, elle makes no allow- ances for the differences between inert s temptations and womcil a idled terot position. 1 have often intimat- ed this to her on your behalf -I bavr; .-imlee+i-but with -tittle -effect, I am• afraid." " Lct Ir -r ttsy • what eh.-• pleases Elenmor: 1b•ete .uunetheg to sty to h r wlech will turn• her hard) words and tltirp bob ht nututher unmeant. 1 tam -y. Is ('heriesr at hem a 7" " Yes; tut that si0,t't matter. 1 am not afraid of ('hirlet; it is only F:I Ira beth." ".1nd why be afraid of Elixab3th. sweet - cousin? Dorn elft ella u. y and aniih you Troth our she used to do? ' "O Lindley, you ih,uld not say (hit ! Iter cbt.racter Is different from ours -pot eo -easy to understand por- h ties. lett -much stronger. Sir 1s the pillar of tit family." " Well. t ba ia hard oncxtgh : How ever, 1 here cone to pill th, p fiar down.'. " Leidley " Yee. telt, has dlonq hnr Islet to turn every member o! the family against me, end all for on natter 'extern' thin .hit 1 preform! hnr more moituset and retiring sister Ov h •r (wer!naroyg sit.' fetid hi. fatu•xuroly. " But th it to all over nota, Lind- ley," returned Eleanor. rath r 'pleased, in :rite of It'ns•IL " We aro all get - brig old n,W, and tihonld forgot saris h:ngs. Why, do you know, it le nearly twenty years since esu 1" tee sc.'n ovuch other!" "Is it, indesel7 It teens merely n few eno!ethe to me," ie r epnted, qufekly. Ile d11 not mere for remind- ers of this sort; and, em for her sug- Seetbn Hiatt it ars time to "forget such things," why, he had never telt hinrts'lf to be go rligihle an ob;ect for the tender pixrlua as he was now nt tlx•Ilow-•well. .forty. Rut of coo se. _tt. was very different with there o11 needs, and one must make answers for Neem. "Yore will think her rather pesm MIT, 1 dare may. Lindley -Diet Is, If you kart npn nleetlog her. But .he is very hamirnrxe sill -at tenet we think owe: you know rhe hos always been the beauty of the fatuity." "Well, elle will have to give up that pinee now : and on thewhole I dl.n't think elle rout oi,tnpinln thnt skin has been hurried out of it. We will see If we rare( give the enmity another inot}i^r Of tura re'lwT IWttT a bolas Iryed there; but, though wVIne made tit exrew) of railing to . ;bolus• whether Eth=a'I sough woe nvy letter, etre hardly iisaI'd lllrs. B„gget r it newer. " You used W lire In Norfolk coke, 1Jt< Bogget, didn't. yon 7" eh • asked. after it few remark., nlAout th. baby, " Yes, mins : } was kit hen -mal 1 two years In Mr. Fawcett's family itt Thrtrpe. I was Married from there. 1* " Thorpe 7 Ob, tees, that is nen* tl-eringh'm, Ion t It?" "Waringlinm I plexus ye, no, miss 1 Thorpe's nailer and miles from War- Itgham. it takes nigh upon two hours by the railway ti get to Thorpe " "It -It doesn't take nearly s•, long to get to Waringhnm, doe's It P' ask- ed the girl. with hands which trem- bled eu much that the ..stoniefted mite 011 her lap turned and feebly tried to step her. "Bless year heart, oil Why, it's only a walk from here to Waring - ham l" "Oh. yes. yrs. of e•ourse! How far do you rail it r "Well, it's a matter of throe to four mile, i should sny." "Oh, it must be more titan that!" broke out the girl, with sudden ve- hemence. 1 "Well. mnyhnp It Ix" I'm not much Of a dab at guessing Mach things, Ind 1 don't know ne i've i,ver heard tell the length of it rightly." 'How hong does tt take to walk Pre 1 )k, yon know•, Mrs. lkiggetr' • "Well, John can do It inn little over two hours; but then he's n good Walker Is John. But you wasn't think- ing of walking oyer to Waringham -was ye, miser no 1" answered Garnishee, who Indeed had no sueh Intention. :>fir hoot only taken the simplest 'mane of finding out from the Ignor- not woman how far her guardian's home really wax front here. (the wee entlxfusel now : and after -alerting "(krxl-day" 1.. Mrw hl gget, who guessed, fr.nn the young lady's ebseut manner, that something was amiss, she returned home. and, un - Able to face the old Indy j,wt yet, went .trsight to her own room to pflvn way to no agony of memo -nee LOsi misery. It was not tont this itltle discovery was by itmelf eery terrible ; but this evidence that the stranger had told the truth on one (mint opener) the possibility of his I rving done so Concerning other matters. His strange statement., lite meeterioie hints, could be explained away only by Fir Charles ; he was etre to call before the afternoon was over, as he had not been to Oorp.ley for two day.. like listened, on fire with irn- patbence, for the .smaxl of tote, hell, or of tete tlor.e's hues upon the drive ; and at last she •tole into Mies (iret- tee's bedroom. which wan In front of the home, anti watched with •t,epentng anxiety for his lung-de- iayel arrivet. flirt the afternoon wore on Into the evening end Air chariot( never same. iering the CR .rears since her return from I'ark he bed never before allowed an Irng n tine as three slays to elnpee with- out teaming to step hie relented eh114; fad even Mies liretten oxe- g%n to be "melons', and to wonder whether Sir Charles had Ind ,mother of there etteeka like the nee lie had hid twelve years before when he had begat threetewed with porelgdh. A awMlen mitgiving that she mew singes of bIomen who had •llsturh ed her own peace that morning had heel ...teething to do with the net. Neel* of her tutored guarelan filled f:'eral.11ne with einem. an I chase(' was leaning upon h,r slaver Iteadksl taper crutch atiek, with h •r black Byer staring itt him out of the home' wrinkled face, like a sorer( fright• ental hv. some app•trltlu eh o has hew self euis.jureti up. ." lar, wh► la the other 7 I too should like to know th tt !" stru dk In a heard. clen r toll the seemed t, cut th. airand. turning -even Lind- ley more startled than he dross appear -they both raw that EIIY• leUt bad entered the room, awl war standing, looking as comn:afdlslf in ben brown stiff gown as EIi'an,r look- ed Insignifitwnt In herr. with her kung. slink, white fingers'•411upoon the handle o! the door, 7 dignified, very go'et, very read. Lindley mored toward her in a asuntarhtg, airs manner, in which her rlutrp gaze detected something more than his old bravado- - "You shall ktpw In goal time, my dear eosin,' said he, genially. "But I think. ht comnxon fairness, It to the Bead of the family who rhotdd have the privilege of !earning the interest• big ret'ret fink", "Ansi It/4 for all practical purposes, Lhxlley, I am the head of the funnily, as pet very well know, lit ettinnrow faunas you will intrust the inter - eating secret to me," she urged. with carelessness au adniiritbly feigned that, if it lint been possible for her to to even as dell net this to him, wltleret s very strong native. Lind• ley worth! have thought It real. "I am afralet I must steel myself to resist even peer all-eortquering faset• nation," said Lindley, showing hos handsome teeth, curdy one of whish was fa4re. In a smile which was still admired by some women, though to hill couuin Elizabeth at this moment it seemed a ghastly caricature of ma- ture (nomination at which she did not st, upbe to shuhler. _ _-____ _..- "1 suppose you know' that to bear legally the name ut Otway the per e lm in benrlivg it must be the child of a gentleman of that name who luta been legally married to that child's neither ."' ':So 1 have been tul;t, my fair oou.in." ".Uel f suppose you know thnt the rally living gentleman of the fondly bearing the name of Otway to mp brother Charles'?" "My cowln Charles. i have beard something of the kind." "And that he is the only person who mull,' possibly be the father of eueh a child Tide w•ae putt In exactly the- 'same tone; but something in the glance of the cold bine e7PN told that title was moxa of n quentloni than the otb ore had been. "Ithlnk..l tnay etett go with you as far an that," raid Lindley, very ✓ awly and impressively. Her Pe er showed that she .lid not believe hlni" However, she went or. "You have come. then. •to Inform SW Charles, my brother, of the ex- kstence of a legitimate child of hilt 7" she nskel. with it sneer. "four conjecture, ow might b-• ex - 'led Fran ou, show Considerable pone on. "Of whose legitimacy he was -Ig liorant ?" - "Wnnderful, wondlerful:•" "Otherwise, you new, your tutorial ton would not be of sufficient v-:1ne to encourage you to swngg•'r in the home, where you form erly cringed." "Epigrammatically put, though ee• %ere, and stip wonderful In its -Ise- cernment, like ell- Yotir o(Iier „ye. mirky." --.---- Elizabeth made no *bow of Move. tlenee. 'the afoot confronting him Ilte mer1ie, except for the steely glitter of her cold blue eyes. After a pewee elle muted. turning nightly toward him, and, with a stelden smile which any like the (Inch .d flint nod steel, said, In a lower, softer volte-". Lai with it look of Inquiring tenor cense- t - "Doerr it often happen that a mac merrier' anti becomes the father; of a child without knot irlj it ? "Not often, i (elietr," answered the nnnhashed Lindley, in suave mimicry of her own true, '•:n ouch n rare no doubt he wound elbow deep gratitude to the person, who, put him in pwesshm of auelt ra a 4.• O ammin _.gl. "WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND.' Dodd Kidney Pills Have LAW Claim to Tills Title. They beem to be eubstantiatiug tees Claim by the Evidence of )nilly Trustwortby and Nell 'kilo esu Ladle*. Lusher'* Bight•, Little Bay Irli&id, Green Bay, Newfoundland, March 14. -{ptpeclnl)-holder Kidney Pine. a1Id the wonderful healing work they are accompealeng lu NewbutitlIund, 1r the subject of much favorable com- ment among our people. Mauy cases are reported, where they have raved tl►e lives a men and women rut tering with Bright's 1)iaeare, 1)1e betels, Itheutnnttrni and Female Trembles. The local druggists are reh'lug a great deal of tier remedy. Big tit here there occurred 11 care which is of more than ordinary lotereet. Mrr- Elizabeth Brooks war for yer.rr . it sufferer with Kidney Dteease. bite le n lady w•ell•knowrl and highly e'eiteem- ed, and her story of recovery hoe caused general r tlstactleo. tine writes: "1 wish to make k ern to all wbat goof I have obtained through the use of I1odd's Kidney Pills. The, are a very valuable remedy. I have been a sufferer for over two years with Kidney Disease. 1 employed a dor. tor, but did not succeed lu gutting any better, I heard of the wonderful cures Dodd'■ Kidney Pill* were week - tag in the Island. and bought a but of them. After using the first box, I felt that i war getting better, w► I bought more. Nowt I ran truly ray that I am a well women. L tkluk every auffertng woman should- know of the remedy that will cure her, and 11. I nm giving my expar(enee for pub- Ilcntloli-' Mem. Brooks' 'statement tr only one of many equally strong cases tures) by texture Kidney files in the reelgb• [torte red. Was still wenring.- or kii sek at the thew of the library to distort) her brother and ceusin In the concoction of their *cheese.. But she decided t hat a bold neeesation when the plot was ripe would be mere effective; and mite ria,1 walked toward the etalrense. which was in an inner hall in the centre of the 'tease, wheu nolo+ from the library caused her to atop short. It was tlie unmietakable duutel of heavy fail. tette terned back, and wan at the library door in ground inside but the sharp resale of priper-ne voice, no tread. She teep- ee' the handle quickly, anti called "Clinrles I" "I may eay believe that too." a beweriering piece of information?" "I think you antay ray. Lindley Flinding, that eseu reckoned upon it. Then, changing back to her old, hard tone, she went on slowly, fixing upon him /steady gaze which. in spite of hint/self. nuole his full brown eYes shift their auelacious glance from her faro to the carpet : " You have a verY legenioue plan, Lindley, for 'in- ducing- Sir Charles to nelopt openly and preelaim ne his legitimate child the family, to whom, not you know, - for you keep yourself well Informed of mu- affairs -he Ilan become fteadly and foollehly attached. Yon know that he le no abeurdly infatuated theut title girl that he would willingle seize upon any plan for openly adopt- ing her as hie daughter, and remov- Mg the prejudice which naturally reeds open the foundling. You know that he Ito readY to do this, even to the prejudice of his legitimate rela• tits*, to the annoyanee and (men in• welt of his unattractive obi sinters. You therefore not unnaturally reckon course without mich difficulty ; and. in return for your suggestion. and for your untlertaking to provide the necemeary story and the necessary witnenses to the-han "-the truth of it, you also nee unnaturally, reckon upon -his gratitude." "Really, Elizabeth, In the arz of making &tory. I yield to Yoe -overwhelmed by Toile eloquence - the more Ws nil this fawinating fic- tion of your* has not hail the as. violence of the leant basin of truth. But It would be idle to Monet on would Mill len,u1 you to forego the front your preettnee to meditate on your gentile &one. or perhape to join in admiration of with my cousin. yolir brother. the head of the family - im fact. with Sir He bowed. an•I airily nnul "swiftly went out by the 'second and lore mord actor. which led into the dining morn, Giro et -eluting any perwinel contusion with hie ulignified ceueln. who had dretern herself up Where iushe @toad in n rather menacing maw ner. n•the turned 'sharply ; but it nem too tete Ise vrtut gone. Fieenor bed mink. trembling like n leaf. acorn upon the refl. (hir- ing this' Irene. which she had wit- neweel terror, titrnIng her bend. like hiaek eyes from the MIR to the other sot thrust eneceseled hoist In the /overt detentes-. awl t oring from time to time a faint peetiona- floe of proteat. of which neither took the eilgliteeit Isere She now 'Alerted up ove Ds detain 1,1miley; hilt, res he hid Already 1st t the room he the time Imo seem on her feet . she wow actin on to the (-hint" coverwi emollients. wit tlwir beautiful Mies Otevny, and nine. tAx). Wittlho title to loveliness it will he "What ukt you mean. Lindley WP are the only Mien Otwnye left." "Are yom snre 7" mire, 1111114111. 111)111,1 upetnrte of the 'unmet name nre trying to pass of mire,' maid Ow, drnwing her/tell "Oh, no. The Inuly I Worn le In the diesel line." ' "Bet thnt impoemible--you knew ee ineemettee, Lindley," :the re treated onernismody, looking up loot hi. curie 11tirreoml,,,n of tritimpitint "me Tether and ht. Mato., vele mother. were the only two rower And then, when Aunt Henrietto. ranr 11101 her. tnearelmed Ile. Fielding. veer fnth why. Gem elm reassel to her to lie a es ear that night a prey he ant ()teeny !" There wax nu answer ; but the sound inside ceased. "Charlet'!" she culled again. Again no answer ; but she heart very total. footstep In the room. else did not scyuple to put her eye to wax n part of the table and some books( on it. "Charles!" she repeated, in a loud- er tone. "Open the door. or 1 shall think fornethIng has happened to ou, rind I shall send Johnson to get In by the window." This threat brought Lindley to the door, which lie unhcked and opened, with a face of well -expressed horror anrt distress. "Come In !Call the servants! Where 141 the bell ?" he criel, stepping back int() the room, and holding open the door for Elisabeth to enter. 'Come and help me to raise poor Charles. Ellsebeth crooned the room, pulled aside the heavy screen which shut In her brother's favorite corner near the fire, and saw nim l'ing on hie face on the floor, close by the large bureau which stood opposite to the firepleee, ant a few feet from it. She touched the bell, and woos on her knee@ beelde him in a moment, try- ing to rain' him, without a word to the effusive Lindley, who fidgeted' officloaely about the room. lint re- frntned from again offering to join gerytoes to hers, weirned by the hnop-like manner in which her well - cut mouth was closed. As soon al site had diecovered that her brother wax not dead, she looked up and said quietly- "Wee,- did youl Met ring at once 7" "I lost my heed for moment. 1 the/tight-I thought soasethlug had leippened to him ; I threw myself down Weide him Reel begged lam to -Styling° that I heard illtu fall but del not hear your voice! Why del you not let me In at once?" • I did let you in nos noon aa 1 heard yob ; but I wile co much occupied with poor Ch rlell-" efeo," sill she, wietrply, "not with poor theries, but wIth pow Charles' He winced ever so slightle, then turned nwny rut if this woman's wearisome auopicions were beneath '1 really cannot condescend to en - ewer any more of your ridiculone nnui heartier, sicerheee said Me with dig- nit7. ''At each a moment res this, vrite..n your brother's ilfe may be In danger, I really should have thought yon wonld be oecupted with rime - thing more serious than my iningin- nry crimes." At Diet moment they were inter - who, with Linulley's help, rained the beronet from the floor. and Orwell him, still nneonselona, upon the worn. Then Ells ihrth gave her emote n hint thnt he might retire, which P•eli Ile woo fain to take. anti he left the nIril3 promising the butler, who knew' qulte Waal. trail gentip- min's wee Ilkely to be. that he would return to m -its. inquires. (Th be corthated.) 11 su, send a letter or postal card folluwing questions: Where are yon going ? When aro you going ? • Where do you start from" How many arr in your party? Will you take your household ripecial low rate settlers' tickets on sale during Idaych and Aewil to pointe In ILanitoba. Brithel Colum- bia, Oregon. California and all West- ern States. Fon particulars from B. If. Bennett, General Agent, Chloago street east. Toroato, Ont. DIICD KOH THEIR PATIENTS " Heroic Pbysh:lams Have interlaced Their Lives for Others. Minsrd's Liniteent Cures Gorget in oowa A young girl who lit%I to It lit tilt village pear Durk, Ireland, broke an artery In her chart mud kat u1• most every drop of blood In bur lxnly. The doctor who wow called had only Weil qualified a year and uveas rot out of her lwenttr. lie Injected malt into hits'patient's veins to bring her aruud, then, turning to her naturally arielotlr ptreate. he taid- "I eau rave her life if anyone will alk)w me to inject a quart of their blood into her oyrlem." Although there were two strung roar 1n the root'. uelther raid a wor•I, but their "pother, a delicate w•umuu, volunteered to give the required quuutlty. Thu doctor raw at once that rite required every drop elm had lit her body, and without uu• other word, he bared his arm, cut a vowel and allowed the bludxl to run Into the , vele* of hie 'entbnt. He saved the young lady's life, but he wee never (able to wake good the blood Iter had lust. and about rix mouthed later he died. Another care soluvwhat rlmllar oc- curred hit Salem, Maw. A wealthy met chaat, as a result ut nit accident., lust it largo quantity of blood. and. when 1 hi. doctor arrived, he was ly- ing 111 bid, white and apparently dead. The uufortuuate man had only just been married, and his wife prayed to 11e doctor to save her burbuud'r lite. The doctor felt sure that 1f he gate his. own bled to bring look the pa- tient's Ilfe 1t would take Mut weeks to make good the lora. and that pose 'Ably he might never make 1t good at all. Ho would nut allow the wife tri make the eaorlflce, but gave Hearty a quart of hie own bout. The mer- chant recovered, but the doctor who gave him b,o•k his strength and life Is it feeble, pole -faced man. unable no work or follow his profession. Ile liver with the tnerchnut allot Ills wile, who look after him tie If he were their own brother. . A country (lector diet of typhus' (dryer early in the year. Ile war ealleii to attend a young Hurn who was in- fected with the direare, and he went Into the rout where the patient lay and carefully cxnmlued the body. At the time the doctor was in a low state of health, nlltl Ito caught the dreaded fever and diel within a fort- night. A young French doctor eoanre time ago inorulntea himself with rholent germs and suffered many week's of elerluue Miners In order W experiment with u mise nistlklnsl discovery whtclt was Ieloevoel to cure all germ dr ease. Cnfortunntely, th3 medicine re fused to art, and th. plueky dkx•tor died of the fever be, had given himself. When Korh's fluid was tint direov• erect hall a dozen (format' 'student.' were the tint pereour to'brise 1t Itt- ieetesl Into them. eloowe knew whether thv fluid was not. deadly a revision ns a skew of mtyehnlne, and the men who allowed the drug to be injected !nu. their mysteries are worthy of the highest Prete. The dere given to them was far too powerful, and two of the number were nearly killed outright. Just a Word. We swallow pleasure at a gulp. Igor - row sip by sip, which punctuates our kept, owls, to paying material sent in attCh quantities leY men. The man your wife tuiglit have wedded. or the woman your lord might have mated. were parapet... If it es not good for man tes abide alone, how much worse it in, for wo- matt niche the spinster. Cntlf ehe is hated let ne woman tance, socially. A men in love le more intereeting than a woman'. because he Is sso cer- ISSUE NO 12 1901. offing Thin is all right, if you are too fat; and all wrong, if too thin already. Fat, enough for your habit, is healthy; a little filOre, or less, is no great harm. Too fat, consult a doctor; too thin, persistently thin, no matter what cause, take Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. There are many causes of get. ting too thin; they all come under these two heads: 0% er.. work and under -digestion. Stop over -work, if you caul but, whether you can or not, take Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, to balance yourself with your work. You can't live can. There's a limit, howeveri youll pay for it. Scott's Emulsion of Cod 1.iver Oil is the readiest cure for "can't eat," unless it eanitroi your doing no work -you can't long be well and strong, v.ithout some sort of activity. Made to Cure. To cure what ? Catarrh, .tethano. Hay Fever and Bronehitis. Its name is Catarrhosone. If you breathe it, it cures you. There'. lots of eatiefac- ter you've use" it a ilatie While you'll wonder you ever lived without It. Two sizes, Inc and• vitt at ail drugglicte or by mail. C. and Hartford. Conn. Feminine Spendthrifts. About eight out of every ten la- dies in society find it a difficult mat- ter to make both end' tueet, even when in receipt of liberal allow/mere from hiteihanulm or parents. stye Tit Bit* Draws nInne mete woman la good circle" am much ros would keep three or four middle-elawe fam- an expenee which cannot he evaded. And there are numerour other ea - petters proportionately lnrge to be pege unseated le better than fl volume buret Air lend Meerinla.. Met, do frail t ban Oro- might eniees 111.4/111,1‘. 1110 iimfort Is that h. keep.i his nt he omme time -Sir Ift know MIN MD'S cure Diphtheria. 10111N D. F'reneh Village. I know MIN ARDS cure Crimp. LINIMENT will LINIMENT will F. CUNNINGILtM. Cape Island. I know MIN AHD'S LIIIIILEKT le the best remedy on enrth. JOSEPH A. laNOW. Norway. Me. Deafness Cannot be Cured By 104%1 application.. as they cannot mach the diwared portion of the ear. There 5. only one way to cure deafne.o. and that hi lir roman u• throat remedie-. Deafness to mussed by an in named condition of t lie noncom lining of the k:u•itachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed hare • rumbling sound or imps erect hear. taken out and t uhe re-tored to its Dermal cendition, bearing In ill be de-troyad forever: nine ewe ont of ten etre canoed by Catarrh. which is nothing but an Inflamed condition of Mucou• surfaces. we witless One Hundred D•dlars for any Mae of Inane.. waned by catarrhs tar C...a• 11101, Ouirewt by Hales Catarrh Cure. "Lend for circular., free. Mold by drumlins.. 75e. TerayeMears the best. Across the Baltic Isi Balloon. A Berlin bulloon hart made the first cropping or tho Battle Sea. Ilr. Benson and Lieut. Hildebrandt nue vended recently to take obeerva• tains eimultaneously vt•Ith other aeronauts in other parte et Europe. The wind took them over (Stralsund. when they decided to risk the IM/1 atilre arrow the we*. They were blown aereme to Telleborg„ on the ot quarter and came down straight in a village of the Proviowe of K17111,11 111111, in the interior of Sweden. Deadly Sheik of To -day. The (fedi nn ry shell whlch wee reannfactu.ed thirty years ago only broke into from twenty to twenty. five Meese when it heist. At the present time tt bursts into 240. while a shrapnel 'shell, which only need to scatter 37 mliseLles. now trotters .140. A prementeiny bomb. when charged with peroxyleme tweaks" up into 1,200 plasm, and it ie estimated that it would effeet. Ively kill anyone Mantling within 2:20 yank: of the explosion. Catarrhosone Cures Asthma. Swedish Telephones. aweden Is maid to hare the hest telephone syetem In the world, There are now 77,600 milee nf telephone wiles and 52,501 apparatite in nee. The amount of 51,000,000 IR to Ise expended OM year alone upon the ex- tention of the State telephone. Where He Pitied. Iligivee-I saw an old maid Mae n itnar oil a Overt ear this morning HIghte-WalM't Hie, though ? Digisee-Oh. wee thinking of the dog.-Ohlo State Journal She 011.,17)-KOW le It -et -Josef, that you have never thought Peri- ouely of getting married ? ously of It -that's why I'm 'cache- ,, Man •ed the Milerobe. At this point In the fable the man marveled greatly in that he had not met the microbe long since. "In what guise have you travelled. pray?' asked the man. "Why, for the moat part, In tha guys . who didn't boll tlielr drinking waiver' replied the microbe. can - Orly a Widow Left. man rims wrote to weetern lawyer fnr informatien in regard to erable mini of money for ri lens time. What preperty hoot he which 1 could attach?" he naked. The Interpret reply wan brief and to the point : " The man died mix month'. ego. Ile linos left nothing subject to attach patilmu The Prlee No Object. The *wart rortuair conducted hie beautiful captive aft. "Tide the quarte.r-deck." said ke. The child of luxury contemplated the rude appeintmente in dismay. "Is there no fifty -cent deck?" 'Mot Rent thought they saw team In the outlaw s eye"; not he turned brusque- ly awny.-Detrult Journal. As for the woman, Ph. tonna the wondero of erratum, not in the eitiminating vertebrate, Mit in the Wawa. 1,01.11Pen 44 life claimed the Woman. "Hoar MIN it eter got to jell wo brantlfully 7" how the other (I ght they mule underetand her awe. nithough none of them, am It tratiepired. had ever put up any peewee's*. MInarors Liniment Cures Colds. eto. The genuine has this picture on it, take nO other. If you have not tried it, send for free sample, its a- greeable taste will surprise you. SCOTT /it BOWNE 60c. and $1.00; ail druggiete. of speech. A City COliticil Chamber 1,13, where men nmemble wire tille axes to grim!. t Circulation Manager -A man I, 'swears to the truth RINI eerie% hut the truth.. writew articles leveled. Concerning Scoops and who neeer drinks tree thing 'stronger than eater., • rd Trade -An usrgnitizetse the meet nee by thousands' of people. A Political Party -The ammo palter of there whom no men put nenteder. .A Pot nto-Tite germ of (watery A Police Inv oestigatien-Ne :Feu, matter is nib judiete-Vaneener Almost Unnerved. "Del you feel vary nervous the flout time ;von appeared In tight., Mien ehnipleten 1" "Yee. terribly remember it oell 1 almost forgot my lines for a min- or. or two It wes in the mftreli of the Amnions. and Met as I *topped before the audience I eertild tell by the way it felt that my helmet wasn't on streight "-Chicago Timee-Hereld NITS CAPTURE BOER LAHR Boer Leaders Conferring and Massing Troops. NO AMNESTY FOR DEWET, so nu lu Mere Prisusere for Ceylloa-Stratia- ,,or's Pay-Vreiselit Lottery to Help the Boers Keit/Auger tie•e•tesse to Shoot liritish Leaden, March 13.-A derpittch (rem Lora Kitchener Wined this meriting 1,4 au 'silent upon the rubjeet of the puttee negotiallotir that it Imola to the 1.,111011$1.0111 Ott t nothing hue yet &▪ finite- charncter to )(testify lending tench,' reimport to the view that the ear Is oVer, tIO Gen. Frenches hos▪ tilities. although porstley, as no date ir given, hie captures were made prtitione•to the granting of the armis- tice Lord Kitchener's' despatch, which ir visted at Pretoria yesterday etenitag, rep -W. -rot as follows: Do Wet has reached Sonek41 on -Irei.ch. In addition to Ids reeent saceseer, esparto 48 Boers killed cr wontided, in taken prieont.ni and surrendered. witlt 200 rifles, 3,700 roan.l. 111 amatunition. 2,400 home.", art:I.-beside. mules end trek plea. '' Methuen has arrived at Warren toe (rein Klerksiorye bringing in furls. wore end eat t le. •'Tlin we ether is wet, delayins the sneemente of the rolumnise• 'tiers Cut et tees. Cape, Town. 13. -The Doerr having ,eut the wires, telegraphic tommunication between the Enstern Hew the Chase. gistra. tu ✓ u liu i▪ t 11 arrival henekel. Orange elver easy, onyx tlint though he has • "sly it emelt renewing, De Wet is searing a (nett -let where Ile is like- ly to twelve rernaiderattle reinforce) sena nue prebahly intend., to piek ep go% in it/1114e of republoana who are ever preeent In the Durnborg &ad Korannalierg diet runs. Gen. French, the •Ieepatch nubile hae been detained hy swollen drifts in the Pletretjaf district,. bat Is now ere te mace again. reclean tees have turnwritouthward anul are new within forty mile, of w000rmore. awl that the British ere feeewing them. 1% here 'bison ers Composed of t he most powerful 'subduing TV1111. lie, knew, euir. rheum's Ism. neuralgia. cramp.. Dein in the beck rind wele, and the lest of painful affections. internee or exterual, arieling from inflaters - tory action. hate- ef Nerviline perinea? over every known remedy. cents. Druggist.' sell it. He Vowed It. It was a Dutch royal marrov- that ef III. le the Pee .01 'eeriest (laughter -that led nettle -porringer." to write: The fluke ef York a daughter line. He gave the Prince or Oranitc her; And now, my lord, claim the priUll l'or making rhyme to porringer MIRES Nil Sent on Trial if not oatiofo. i•iry money refis-'•d• batter work hen sr.) cohering, hoof rand machine for mirentm 10 hitiirt.e 110 111.110Y made Thrinimailv in isme. For 'ere. rind prices %TAN OA It II el 111'1.1 CM. Illenallion. Oat COSTS ONE CENT. kara how to wake IN 11.LAR•ft. Our Vehicle,/ weight, twice the strength, end three awn the '0,1 lag moan*, Wardle.", win remain. 1119$1111111 runt C11.1.44, 0", Treated Free. we have meile ilrortmy tonna es -implications a specialty htr TC7rzu.srelosiwo°:ormsittir:Lsai:a4!dilkirr.11,(4,7"..ngni BOK ATLASTA, OA. 100 Aettros cor STV ,o Me* lowelintatimehmee. sine ri Ponwesion at °nee, J. G. Freeman, Itot uLACKSMITII WANTED -TO 111U1' As rent Mee end bowie In Markham Mei, A BOX OF CIGARS FREE • "that Duel le Off. Lensianna Switzerland, Morel' 15. 0-sellueetual-which lad been omit/Wei to tnko pines torloy between M. Past Bert:elate and M. Andre Buffet. Wectralit out of the controLerry over the action of the royaliatr at the Hoe of the poop d'etat 'Winner{ by Dersolede and If. Marcel Hebert in kr.). Itna been "'handseled in eon- inhtiol a decree expelling both the would he eembatants from Switzer - Is tel. 141OR AA 1.1i: 01,1) EMT A 11 1.1dHED num taws in outwits; preen'. twereee * ..BIG StRAWBERRIES" 1M planta pont red for $1.ta. Rend for 1,1HVIT FARM MP RALE -ONE OF T111. joe7sm.„...birlitaltru; 1o:dotty pea. i hoe. Will he sold le one Pare,' rftwts:daM..17:1h..beintillrhdt:71...surdabcrorers,:eCtillrhhiellygirehLmsn" IrTriet.,Prrnpun.ht14.1n0:11:761hInd,r1)(101::, 11,1e: Gana Boni de Castellano and M. lierusleys met this afternoon and decelen that the duel should take piste tuemorrow ;• two 'thole will he aorta/aged at 25 paces.. Peri - tier, one Of U. IhrrOdaYa. tiro I# co -manager of the Figaro. in Ili. mei: "I will not telernte th( presence t,r stranger• If 011," wise, will retire from the fiehl. persons nttracted by sehersithy cur to be present at a duel 11 wheor two emu are staktng the: Indle's Population. Celtettn. Starch 13. -Complete roe returne trite the popuiation India no 294,000,00W Inerenee the Dud decade of 7,000,000. Dedite, the population of the Baluelii, tun, Shniestelue Chin Hille and Sikh territory, enumerated fur the fir" llate, ft net increase Is shown 1 allir 1.4 per cent., which is due t Improved census methods,. Time, ti Population le, for the time. 'Utility dirase nnd a great decline in ti Noll tette, the native attars (she "timenve declinee. These retell' Wrrn quite unexpected. were etened nt the State Depart me teeny by Lord Pnuneetote anti Sect tory Hey, extending the time of ra fiention of four of tbe Britlieh We 1111101 reciprocity trestle'', name inmelea, Iternaudo, Guano, awl (.1 eoli beam Is. nu ekteasiou ir tine ye from to -morrow. Army Affair* 1tt the horde. Lfalllots. March 15. -The Home Lordx wan unusually crowded to (I ha anticipntion of tin reply of 1st Wohneley, the former commander thief. tho eriticiam of the fern hem' Reerets.ry for Foreign Arial hord Wolseley, In Ike openine the :levers omments of Lord La *mole an the manner in which he 11 chief. rnPa Town, March 14.-A perlY int: the remount depot nt 1101110 Park. Cape Collyny, was met lw isult. One Ilrilleh soldier wan 11 mo,eittly *wounded. atind district mot three colo """'Ito.. Tee Boer. hell their ;Pc reente npproncheri the Mogi ,1 there One of the re ef Ills feet nett five mon have I Root', briongime to (telt *Oa' sommAndo The neves et tien wart taken in Klerkederp eat brother-In-1nm were mincing ""init. Three other men have